The Harvester didn't give me time to process its words. It lunged forward faster than something that size should move.
I barely got my defenses up before its claws raked across my barrier. The impact sent me stumbling back through the grey sand, my power flickering from the force of it.
This was different from every other encounter we'd had. No servants between us, no escape routes planned, just me and this ancient thing in its own territory with thousands of stolen fragments watching.
I formed a blade with my right hand and slashed at its approaching form. The Harvester twisted sideways, those wrong arms bending at angles that made my eyes hurt, and my blade cut through empty air.
Its counterattack came immediately. Claws aimed straight for my chest.
I rolled left and came up swingin
