Chapter Fifty-Four
A metallic arm grabs Koschei’s wrist before he can finish the stabbing motion, and a giant metal fist smacks into his jaw with an audible crack.
Koschei flies back.
Golem leaps at him.
Koschei slices at Golem’s torso with the knife, leaving a deep groove in the metal and breaking off the blade.
He then tosses the remnants of the knife at the robot. The impact dents the metal carapace with a clank; then the pieces drop to the floor.
Golem kicks Koschei in the shin.
There’s a sound of a bone cracking.
Golem kicks the same spot again.
Koschei’s leg snaps, a jagged piece of bone sticking out as he falls.
The robot stomps on him so hard that a few of its leg bolts fly in different directions.
Hissing in pain, Koschei nevertheless tries to catch the metal foot.
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