Chapter 7: Elric, I Say, Wake Up!

The demon came through the remnants of the seal I had made and crossed the distance between us in one movement, and one of its limbs caught me across the chest, and I went down again, this time without the crate to stop me, just the ground, which was significantly harder.

I lay there and tried to remember how to breathe.

For a moment, everything was just pain and panic, and then I could breathe again.

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