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With trembling limbs, he readied every skill. Then a battered comrade Thren, someone less known, suddenly rose from behind a boulder. This ant, half-blinded and near death, locked eyes with Kai. In a hoarse whisper, he said, "Kai… run away with others. I'll hold it off with my self-destruction." Summoning the last of his aura, the ant charged the monster in a suicidal rush. The Ore Eater roared, rearing back for a killing blow.
A flash of swirling aura erupted around the brave ant, and he triggered a final skill that caused an explosion of force at point-blank range. The cavern rattled with the impact. Chunks of debris rained from the ceiling. The predator let out an enraged howl.
