"Now!" Caldwell shouted. "We end this!"
Reza dashed beside him. Aura ignited around both men.
Caldwell and Reza rushed the stunned Dryad Lord together, Caldwell's Excalibur glowing blue-white, Reza's Sword burning in a red-gold aura.
Their strikes hit simultaneously, ice and aura rupturing the creature's corrupted core.
The Dryad Lord let out a final, warping shriek as its body shattered into shards of frozen bark and wilting rot.
Silence fell.
The fog began to recede slightly, as if the land itself exhaled.
Magic Cores dropped, this time larger, glowing a faint bluish-green. Among the remains, another paper-thin object fluttered in the wind.
Reza caught it this time before it hit the ground.
"Another talisman?" he muttered.
"No," Rijal said, squinting at it. "This one's different…"
He held it up. A system interface popped up.
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[Congratulations for killing the Mini-Boss Level Monster: Sproutcaller Dyreds]
[Reward: One of Three Natural Runes]
