Jay gestured to go deeper into the room - he didn’t actually mean to retreat, but to get a little further away and keep shooting at it; unknown to Jay, it was typically called kiting.
Anya gave him a confused look for a moment but happily grabbed her crossbow and began to run too.
The statue almost seemed disappointed seeing this, it had made all the effort to materialise a fragment of a distant memory, one of its soul-bound sword - now the enemies simply run from it?
This was like a slap in the face.
*BOOM!~*
In its anger it immediately launched one of its stone swords at Anya - but unlike Jay, she was simply too fast and agile.
Immediately she went into the black mist and re-materialised behind a few weapon shelves with her crossbow ready to fire.
*Pshew!~ Phoonk!~*
Needless to say, the statue didn’t expect this at all; after losing its target, another bolt suddenly pierced its chest. It had no time to deflect it at all.
*BOOM!~* tat tat
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