It is monster in a form of scorpion. I gulp in nervousness.
"I hope it is not poisonous," Han hisses through his gritted teeth.
"Just.. try not to be stung," That's the only response I can give to him. It is exactly like the scorpion that appeared in my dream. Based on Thief's analysis, it is most likely to be a Deathstalker. I have read about its information, it is the second most poisonous scorpion in the world, and top ten most dangerous animal in the world.
Han chuckles, "I'll keep that in .. Watch out !!"
Instead of finishing his words, Han shouts to warn me as the scorpion's giant tail is flying toward us, starts its attack to us. We both jump in opposite directions instantly. With a little bended-knee, I land my self back to the ground in stable. But before I can hive my self a relieve, a corner of my eyes catch the tail is piercing itself toward me. Shit!
Despite of its humongous size, the scorpion doesn't lose its agility and speed at all. It keeps casing us while striking its tail non-stopping. I and Han can only jumping around to avoid its attack.
"We can't just keep jumping around like this," I say to Han while avoiding another attack from the scorpion, "Eventually we will run out of our energy."
"I know," Han replies after stops rolling his body on the ground. "I have tried to go behind it and climb its tail," he continues with a panting.
"Me, too," I replies, ditch the attack by dodging my body low. The tail hits the wall beside me. Still, it doesn't reduce its speed a bit "We need to reduce is speed."
"How ?" Han asks, barely manage another sting from the scorpion.
"It can't move when it is attacking," I say to him, rolling my self to its multiple attacks. "Attack now !!" I order Han.
"What ?" Han asks in confusion. His voice attracts the scorpion, thus it swifts its attack toward him.
"One of us needs to keep it busy, while the other sneaks to break its legs," I utter my plan. Of course, it makes the attack comes back to me. "And don't make a sound. It is triggered by sound also," I continue. I jump more to the scorpion's left, to lure its attention further from Han.
"Come on, Bitch!" I shout to distract the scorpion when it is about to shift its attention to Han. It attacks me one more time. I jump few meters back. "Come on !" It comes to chase me. I can see Han silently sneaking near its right legs. I roll and jump again. This time I intend to make its head further but its legs closer to Han. When it is about to attack me for the umpteenth times, it is suddenly shrieking in a loud and ear piercing tone and it is immediately turns its attack to another direction, to Han's direction actually.
"Your turn!" Han shouts. Even a little bit overwhelmed with the furious attack from the scorpion, there is still a wide smile on his face while his hands holding a huge piece of log. It is one of the scorpion's legs.
While the scorpion is busy attacking Han, I enclose my self with it, trying my best not to make a sound to catch its attention. I look at its huge legs that stand like a pillar of a building not far from me. It is obviously not easy for Han to take one down. But learning from its current speed, sadly taking one down is not enough. I need to take more than one in a strike, which .. I really don't have confidence that I could make it.
"Hurry, Dude!" Han shouts in a little impatient. I heavily breathe in decisive. If I can't take them down, at least I can't severally hurt them. I accumulate my power by regulating my breath. I can feel my power is increasing rapidly inside me.
When I sense it is at its peak, I transfer it into my fist. With upper arm at shoulder height and lower arm bended in the same height, I run toward the scorpion's legs. Once the nearest leg is in my arm reach, I straighten my lower arm and hit it with full power.
CRACK!!
I hear a loud cracking sound, followed by a painful shriek. I don't stop and keep running while hitting another leg. Another crack sound is heard, this time a tremendous pain is stinging my fist. I ignore the pain and hit another leg. This time the pain is not only on my fist, but also on my shoulder. One last leg, I say inwardly to motivate my self.
"Watch out !!" Han's warning immediately brings back my attention to my surrounding. I glance at my top just in time to know the scorpion tail is piercing merely a feet above me. I instantly pull back my fist and instead jumping back to avoid it.
Unfortunately, I am not fast enough as my back got slammed by its tail. The slam is hard enough to make me puke a full mouth of blood while I still flying in the air. I hit the ground chest first. Before I even can breathe, I see the tail is piercing again toward me. I am rolling my body further from it in desperation. I can only hope that my hits onto its legs gave any effect on its speed. Otherwise.. I am as good as doom.
I roll and roll my body until it bumps into a wall. I only have energy to open my eyes. To my surprise, the scorpion doesn't attack me anymore. To be exact, it can not attack me as I am now in some kind of a narrow and low walled crevice thus its tail can not reach me.
The scorpion is now vented its frustration to Han. Fortunately, Han notices this crevice. He fights the giant while encloses himself toward this crevice. After sometimes, he rolls his body to enter this crevice.
"Are you okay ?" Han asks me right after he gets up. I nod. Slowly, I wake up.
"Is it working ?" I ask him back.
"Yeah. It slows down the scorpion's speed a little," Han reports to me with a grin. He then gives me two sticks. "Here.. at least now we are not completely weaponless," he utters.
I observe the sticks he gave me. It is actually the scorpion's leg bristle. I doubt they are strong enough to even penetrate the scorpion's body. "We need to break off its tail. It's the only way," I tell him.
"I know," Han says. "I have a plan .."