Kills a skelt

It lunged forward again from my left, and I barely recovered my balance in time – but on this occasion I managed to drive the silver-alloy blade into the body, just behind the head.

The skelt writhed and struggled to break free, but then, all at once, Jenny was at my side; she stabbed the creature again and again with her own staff until it quivered and lay still.

Starblade Book 3 Chapter 7