The Frostscale Python

The spear went through clean.

Ashley's scream tore through the clearing, disbelief written across her face as she stared down at the bronze spearhead jutting from her chest, blood already soaking through pale blue robes.

She spun toward Kael, mouth already opening some question, some demand for an explanation he had absolutely no intention of giving her.

He didn't wait around for it. A flat, silent command sent the General straight into Combo Strike, and the spear found her three more times in rapid succession, each strike punching clean through a frame that had never been built to survive a real fight.

Her health bar evaporated, and she dissolved into a column of white light, yanked back to the nearest respawn point.

Kael was already moving before the light fully faded, the General falling back into step beside him without a backward glance.