The attack came faster than conscious thought. One moment the creature was thirty feet away at the base of the stairs, the next it was inside Noah's guard, moving at speeds that made his Mach 2 capabilities look pedestrian. Clawed fingers raked across his chest, shredding through Knight Grace's void shell and the armor beneath like they were made of tissue paper.
The impact sent Noah sailing through the air like a ragdoll, his body spinning uncontrollably as he crashed through a conveyor system, sparks flying as metal twisted and bent around him. Blood streamed from four parallel gashes across his torso, but even as he flew backward, his mind was already calculating.
[Void Blink activated]
