Thor couldn't risk smacking the skull through the portal and not getting a shot off on it. Thor has confidence plenty in his abilities, but he knows himself well enough to know he has limitations. He had screwed up when it mattered before, and he couldn't afford to again.
"Clarice, look after them!" He knows that there's not much that she's going to be able to do, so he needs to end this as quickly as he can manage.
Lightning crashes overhead as Thor barrels towards the demilich and smashes it skyward with a slam of his hammer; he raises Stormbreaker up and is carried up so quickly that he very nearly keeps pace with it.
One smash, two smash, a third -- and then the skull's teeth start chattering, and he can feel it try and pull something out of him.
And when it starts to, he smashes it again. This time, when Stormbreaker makes its mark, a net of lightning holds it in place. Thor keeps striking it -- over and over and over again, with a savageness that might have seemed inhumane if the creature weren't so obviously an abomination.
And with each strike, the eye sockets of the skull light up blue-white, mirroring Thor's eyes now. Even as he strikes the creature, he can feel it reaching out, trying to pull whatever life it can from inside of him. Fissures begin to form at the back of the skull, and the blue-white light seeps out of them with every strike until --
CRACK!
With one last thunderous smack, the skull breaks apart and falls to the Earth below.
Thor takes a breath.
And then another.
He watches as it hits the ground. He waits, but nothing moves.
Re: Coc'zac - Boss Fight
"Clarice, look after them!" He knows that there's not much that she's going to be able to do, so he needs to end this as quickly as he can manage.
Lightning crashes overhead as Thor barrels towards the demilich and smashes it skyward with a slam of his hammer; he raises Stormbreaker up and is carried up so quickly that he very nearly keeps pace with it.
One smash, two smash, a third -- and then the skull's teeth start chattering, and he can feel it try and pull something out of him.
And when it starts to, he smashes it again. This time, when Stormbreaker makes its mark, a net of lightning holds it in place. Thor keeps striking it -- over and over and over again, with a savageness that might have seemed inhumane if the creature weren't so obviously an abomination.
And with each strike, the eye sockets of the skull light up blue-white, mirroring Thor's eyes now. Even as he strikes the creature, he can feel it reaching out, trying to pull whatever life it can from inside of him. Fissures begin to form at the back of the skull, and the blue-white light seeps out of them with every strike until --
CRACK!
With one last thunderous smack, the skull breaks apart and falls to the Earth below.
Thor takes a breath.
And then another.
He watches as it hits the ground. He waits, but nothing moves.
It is dead.