"Hassan!"
Just as the overgrown insect was about to lunge once more, a thrown axe buried into its side with a thud, throwing the bug off balance. The man named Hassan took this opportunity to hack at the insect's front legs, hewing them off completely and causing it to collapse to the ground, screaming.
"Hyaah!"
Leaping over the razor sharp mandibles in front of him, he landed deftly on the insect's back, turning and slashing downwards to cut the bug's head clean off.
The giant insect convulsed for just a moment before going still, though its hind legs still twitched sporadically. Hassan let out a sigh of relief as he jumped down, his head turning towards the young man that was running up to him through the dust cloud.
"Nazir, thank you for the assist," he said, looking around to assess the situation.
"Where is the caravan? Have we driven off the sand striders?"
