As soon as the word "monsters" came out of the hysterical woman's mouth, it was not fear that Malvis felt at that time but exhilaration. Somehow, he was kind of looking forward to meeting a monster since he just read them from books and how cruel they could be. Despite all the negative and threatening descriptions of monsters, Malvis waited for the creatures to come and swarm them.
"Malvis!" His mother, Mitch, frantically yelled at him. "Come here, darling!"
With a wide smile and a satisfied look on his face, Malvis turned and stared at his mother for a moment. Mitch's hearing sense was so overwhelmed by the commotion that she could not pick up what Malvis was saying under his breath.
"Mom, look! It's a giant ogre!"
The towering ogre in front of him was not something to be joyful about upon witnessing. With its relatively large build and fierce facial features, the ogre wields a spiky mace that could crush him any minute.
