Bab 1105: Jake Versus A Titan (End)

River's Bane wasn't as relaxed as it tried to pretend. Despite being a revered Titan, a Kraken ruling the higher reaches of the Lumyst River, it had never come so close to death at the hands of a human. Not even when ambushed during its centennial hibernation by the Celestial and the four Saints.

Back then, it had sacrificed a few tentacles to escape, but at no point did it feel in mortal danger. It was a bit more tense when Featherfall, Dreadnought, and Anthace cornered it, but with guile and ferocity, it escaped.

Even against three Titans, it had survived! So why was this human, whom it had just blasted to kingdom come with an ultra-laser of the purest Water Lumyst, troubling it so much? Its tentacles, usually unfazed by cold, were now bristling...

Then, it remembered a detail it had overlooked: the two prey in its stomach!