Ch168. Sickness - 23 (Task Force Shadow)

As Kurt believed, that battle dragged on for days on end.

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When Kurt's dagger flew, passing directly through the [ANTIBODY], as if it wanted nothing to do with that monstrosity, the creature turned its head, confused, not noticing the smile on Kurt's lips, but even more confused, after understanding that Kurt didn't had approached to strike him.

"Let's see if you can handle this..." Kurt said, grinning wide and evil.

The dagger crossed the distance until it hit a distant tree.

On the tree, an extremely thick rope, which had taken Kurt several hours the night before to braid, was tied.

Not thick enough that the dagger's blade wouldn't be able to cut, it caught something very heavy, tensing its entire length.

And when the dagger went through the rope, like a hot knife through butter, the taut length of that rope, firmly tied to the tree, broke.