She was running towards me.
'Why?'
I wondered for a fragment of a second before she blitzed past, and I heard a loud metallic crash as she collided with something.
Then came the meaty crunch and grind of several blows pummeling... whatever that was. Followed by a splash.
Through it all, I prioritized running over checking what was happening behind us, despite my burning curiosity. The frozen surface near the cave entrance cracked beneath my feet, got shaky, started to give—
I managed to leap.
Landed hard at the cave entrance with the deadweight—literally dead weight—sprawling off my shoulder and onto the stone.
Just that second, I heard it:
[You have slain a Blizzard Mauler]
So Kassie had managed to kill another Blizzard Mauler.
'What do we even gain from killing these monsters?'
[You have gained a Blizzard Mauler Pelt]
The notification and my internal question came at the exact same time.
'Oh?'
