His regeneration meant that Elias could hold his breath for a long time and starve off cell damage, but what it would cost him was his Stamina levels, especially since he would not be staying still, but surviving and killing.
There was a slight pressure as if he was digging through leather, then his bladed hands sank deep, and Elias dragged them down and around him, ripping the flesh that was squeezing around his body sideways.
Black fluid that was both cold and burning poured over him, and now the monster truly screamed, it was high and piercing, and if not for the cover of the flesh around him, his eardrums would most certainly have exploded.
Elias could not stay in a single position; the cord had not taken him as deep as he wanted, but his senses could still hear the sound of his target, and this was where he needed to push towards. The heart of this monster.
