And she had to kill it... Which was a tall task.
Even now that Rain was an Awakened, the Tyrant posed a lethal threat to her. After all, most Awakened did not fight such powerful creatures alone... her case was especially precarious, because she was a singular existence.
Not only had she Awakened mere minutes ago, but she also did not possess an Aspect yet. Unlike the carriers of the Nightmare Spell, those who Awakened naturally, like her, had to spend time slowly discovering their Aspect and Flaw.
Before that happened, she would not have powerful Aspect Abilities to assist her in battle.
All she had was her enhanced physical prowess, cunning, and Tamar's sword.
Now, she would see if that was enough.
Reaching a certain point, directly in the path of the approaching Tyrant, Rain lowered the zweihander to the ground, assumed a stance... and froze.
She had thought a lot about how to kill that damned Tyrant.
Actually, it wasn't that hard to achieve.
The creature did not possess an impenetrable carapace or thick fur to stop her blade. Its defense was mostly in the form of overwhelming offense — the forest of arms were its minions, so damaging or destroying them would not harm the abomination. One had to reach its body to deliver a fatal wound, but to do that, they had to fight their way through the avalanche of monstrous hands.
Which was close to impossible for someone like her.
However...
The Tyrant was blind now.
So, that was what Rain decided to gamble her life on.
Standing motionlessly in the path of the abomination, she did not make a single sound. In fact, she even held her breath and forced her heartbeat to slow down — in the middle of the roaring storm, the creature would not hear it.
At least that was Rain's hope.
As she watched the hideous Nightmare Creature approach, all her instincts were screaming for her to turn away and run. However, she did not move at all.
Soon, the Tyrant drew so close that she could discern every ghastly detail of its gaunt body, flooded by the light of the flashing bolts of lightning.
The creature was coming right at her... But it was not aware that its prey was so close, yet.
Soon, a monstrous hand landed in the mud directly to Rain's right.
Then, another landed in the mud to her left.
The abomination dragged itself closer.
Its appalling, oversized head was now almost above her, the enormous maw close enough to swallow her whole in an instant.
Rain smiled darkly.
‘Got you.’
Instead of fighting her way through the forest of hands, she had allowed the blind Tyrant to bring itself to her.
She finally moved.
As soon as she did, the Tyrant's head jerked, turning toward her.
But it was already too late.
The zweihander exploded forward, slicing through the mud and rising in an upward arc. Rain pulled with one hand and pushed with the other, using its long handle as a lever. Her Awakened strength was great enough to make the blade of the greatsword turn into a blur.
A split second later...
The zweihander struck the Tyrant's chin. Its sharp blade carried enough force and momentum to slice its jaw in half, sever its tongue, break through the fragile bones of the nasal cavity, cut cleanly through its brain, and finally escape from its forehead.
In an instant, the abomination's head was split in two halves.
A moment later, Rain was already jumping back.
She easily leaped a dozen meters back, then slid in the mud the same distance.
By then, countless hands were already pummeling the spot where she had stood. If she had been even a little bit slower, she would have been crushed.
But it did not matter.
Because those hands were nothing but minions.
The Tyrant itself... was dead.
Its body swayed heavily, and then collapsed into the mud, a river of blood spilling from its mangled head.
Just like that, the pursuit was over.