The creature raised itself to its full height, and the two pulsing red globes over its shoulders exuded crystal shards that swirled around the creature like a globe. The circling shards crashed into each other and sounded like a massive sleet storm hitting the windows of our house.
First to react, Jeremiah aimed his pistol and fired. His shot hit the left globe over the Cryshada’s shoulder. The globe blinked and then exploded, shooting tiny crystal shards in all directions. I spun around as did Jeremiah, and our coats protected us from the pieces that flew past us.
The creature stumbled and cried out in fury. It then pushed itself up using its large hands and fired a crystalline javelin at us. The shot went wide, embedding itself deep into the trunk of a tree by us. I shook Jessica, who
