Forged Destiny [Book 4: Ch. 5]

"Coming our way!" Nora shouted again, drawing my attention back to the tentacle, the second one that hadn't retracted. It repeated the same motion, as did we the same result – but this time when Blake leapt into the air, the tentacle lifted off the deck to follow.

I had just the time to try and cry a warning before it struck, but Blake flashed away as a black shadow, dodging via the use of one of her Skills to appear behind it. I breathed a sigh of relief, and then it was my turn to get by. Rather than duck or jump, I instead scaled three or four metres up the ladder behind me, letting the limb pass below in search of Ren and Nora, neither of which it managed to hit.

—Forged Destiny [Book 4: Ch. 5]