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So even the enemy wasn't immune to this weapon. It must have been a powerful blast of heat.

Time seemed to freeze for Kidd in that moment. Something wet landed on the rim of his hat and burned a hole right through it. He felt a drop of hot, melted leather fall through the hole in his hat and land on his cheek... burning him with intense warmth.

Then he saw the hypnotic eyes of the monster staring at him up close and personal. Just when had it-?!

"Fast-!!" was all Kidd could manage to say. The enemy was already inside of his reach, having gotten past the point of shooting it, and swiped horizontally with its claw. His gun went flying out of his hand which was now bloody and red. His body spun from the force on the impact and he tumbled to the ground before rolling several times. That wasn't to aide in the escape, either. That was involuntarily. The force of the attack had sent him nearly halfway across the room.

Kidd had no sense of where his gun was, and his fingers were likely broken.

His other hand went to his head. He felt his own hair. "... where is my hat...?"

The monster spun and launched a backhanded swipe at Jen in almost the same moment it had attacked Kidd. Since the two were nearby, it thought to eliminate both of them with a combination attack. That had resulted in Kidd getting away with just an injury. And he had underestimated Jen by quite a bit as well.

Jen jumped away from the attack, throwing herself toward the bar. Something in the air hit her, burning her arm, and catching the sleeve of her shirt on fire. She bit down hard, gasping in pain, and fall to one knee as she leaned against the underside of the bar. The monster spun, tracking her movement, and prepared to charge in that direction.

Then, in her hand, she grabbed the legs of the nearest barstool.

Aaron, having received a dire warning, turned to the appropriate flank just in time to see the monster uncoiling behind him and preparing to pounce. He had already begun to move, his lance was already free, and all he had to do was change directions. The air behind him caught fire as glowing spores began to hit everything in their path and bathe the room in heat and light and flames.

But Aaron escaped from all of that. The point of his lance struck the enemy right in the torso and he didn't stop there. He had been taught one thing when it came to the lance -- Don't hit your enemy. Try to hit the target 100 meters behind them. So he did that. The weapon impaled the fish creature, lifting it off the ground as it tore a hole through the torso of the enemy, and Aaron picked it up and kept running forward.

The point of his weapon was glowing with a yellow light, an illuminating power that allowed it to eat through armor with ease. And for an enemy like this with soft skin and brittle scales, it didn't stand a chance. He ended up nailing the monster to the opposite wall in the pantry before he ended his charge. The wall shuddered from the force of the blow. One of the shelves behind him tipped over as the two had bumped into it so hard while they were running through the room together.

The enemy gasped, grabbing his weapon, trying to pry itself free. But the more it moved, the more of its black blood spurted out of the wound, and it was quickly losing strength. He twisted the weapon and put his foot on its gut, then began to yank the weapon free.
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