User blog:Baluar/God Eater: Fall of the Heavens, chapter 28: Regret

As Baluar rushed in, the monster had seemingly disappeared. Nanako and Lyrr were walking to the plane as well, but they were walking slower and would probably take a minute or two before arriving. The sudden disappearance of the monster did nothing to calm Baluar, as he knew that monsters like that were sneaky and could approach to their victims without fear of being detected.

But not all God Eaters had so much Aragami in them as he did. His senses were heightened beyond that of mere humans, and the Aragami inside him honed his already heightened senses to the max, in hopes of getting any sort of information on the location of his enemy.

Below the noise of Lina's heart, as well as his own (which moved noticeably slower), there was an incredibly subtle sound which faintly reminded him of hooves. It seemed to become stronger and stronger as the moments passed, but it was still incredibly subtle, in the very edge of perception. Baluar turned around just in time...

...just in time to receive a slash in the face, that is.

-Goddammit! - He said, quickly taking a step back while drawing his God Arc with his right hand and covering his new wound with his left hand. He would probably have destroyed that monster shortly... were he not out of breath and extremely tired from the recent slaughter. In his current state, he was at best an equal with the monster that fiercely wished his death... and the bleeding over his left eye didn't help at all.

The monster began the fight by trying to slash his abdomen, but Baluar deflected the strike with his God Arc and countered with a thrust towards his opponent's chest. The monster sidestepped, the attack missing it entirely, and motioned its weapon so as to cut Baluar's arm. In all response, Baluar bent his body to avoid the attack and prepared himself to deliver another counterattack...

...only to find his opponent's head literally exploding. He turned his head to his right, and sure enough, Lyrr was in position.

(Continue tomorrow, gotta sleep now!)