The lizard is not dead!
Michael is shocked then, it turns into panic. He assumes that with this much fire, it should be enough to kill the monster but, the reality is not what he expects. Its long body wiggles out of the roots that hinder it.
Michael doesn't wait around. He quickly rushes out of the area. The lizard's body twitches and turn. Its scale starts to fall out leaving an aquamarine glimmer on the ground. What is left is a semi-transparent body of a lizard.
Its body has a slight tint of blue with its innard slightly visible. You could also see the bone of a Hamarr that hasn't been digested. Its scale has fallen off. Only a thin layer of water covers its semi-transparent body. Its appearance looks like an alma fruit but a lizard alma fruit.
Its slim body slid past all the roost that covered its body. The thin layer of water made it easier for its body to weave through the roots of the mangrove.
Looking back Michael is terrified by the sight. The normal lizard is terrifying with its size and persistent personality, however, this new body of it looks much more terrifying with some of its organs visible. Michael didn't want to look back anymore and focused on running.
Micahel is in disstess. The situation is out of his control and this alma lizard is different than the one he hunt before. Michael quickly brings out the Hopper wisp from the bottle and prepares to release it. However, Michael is a little too slow.
Shaa!
"AHH"
He was struck by the water in the back. Its force is enough to launch him five meters into the air. The unexpected assault shocks Michael, but he bounces back right away. There is no sign of the hopper wisp bottle he was holding It must have been dropped somewhere.
'Oh, my Apex! this isn't in the book!'
He looks around and finds that the wisp is about 4 meters from him. He could try to go back for it but the lizard is closing in. The lizard has more speed than before. Micahel is not confident in his speed to be able to break the bottle and escape safely from the lizard so, he decides to run in another direction.
Michael also needs to consider the time it would take for his rescue to arrive. If he charge in and break the bottle he would have died long before the hunter arrives. The speed of this weird lizard is considerably faster than before the shredding.
Micahel was no match for its speed and the lizard is closing in. he quickly ran through the options in his head.
First, he could circle back and break to the bottle of the wisp. This is a sure way to guarantee his survival but, he isn't sure that he would last that long.
The second option is to bump into another participant and ask them for help. This method relied on random chance and is unlikely that it would work.
The third option is to lure it into another monster. This option is more dangerous than the rest because the monster in that area would notice him first but, if he could get than to fight each other Michael could safely escape.
wieghting the pros and cons. Micahel decides to go with the first method. even if it's riskier than the second one it didn't require him to be lucky. The third one is out of the question since he could not outrun the monster in the mountain.
With a clear goal in his mind, Michael run in a wide arc to avoid crossing the lizard. He also has to weave through roots to avoid getting hit by another water thing. He didn't know what he was hit by but, he was sure that it come from the lizard.
The guidebook didn't mention that the lizard has this kind of ability. Michael thinks back to Gurara's words about why you shouldn't completely trust the book and sighs. Maybe next time he would do more research.
But today's not the day. Although Micahel is running at full speed, he can't seem to lose the lizard. On the other hand, the lizard with its semi-transparent body became even faster than before.
Out of option, Michael throws the last sticky bushes he had with him to the lizard. When the stick bush touches the lizard it expands into a large green surface blocking that lizard. This item buys him more time.
10 minute later
Michael has finally circled around and almost arrive where he drops the wisp bottle. the ticket to safety is now in his sight however, he starts to have a second thoughts about this. If he calls for help now he would be disqualified from the trial and disqualify him from being the tribe's hunter.
That would be bad.....
Splash!
Before he could finish his thought a water ball hit him in the back. It sends him flying past the wisp bottle.
"AHHHH! No!"
This time, the lizard's water strike actually hurt him. His back was bruised by the force of the water. His weak body spun around and hit a tree before falling to the ground. The lizard quickly rush to him when it waters his target.
Michael squanders around and grabs his wooden spear. Some fell off from the impact but he still has 2 spears near him. He repositions himself and throws the spear at the lizard when he gets his hand on one. The spear flew off his hand onto the lizard's body and it slide off.
"Oh my...Ek"
Seeing that the spear did nothing, Michael try to get up and run. However, his body is almost out of stamina and he starting to feel pain in his back. The water that the lizard shot at him starting to hurt.
'Am I going to die?'
He faces a dangerous situation again but this time he truly felt hopeless. The hopper wisp is too far away, his body arched all over from the hit, and he felt fatigued from running full speed for so long. This all adds up to make Michael very weak.
Slash!
A figure suddenly appears and slashes a longsword at the lizard. The blade goes through the lizard's body like a hot knife through butter. However, the blade didn't leave any marks behind.
'Is this another hallucination?' Michael is shocked and stared at the figure in a daze. The lizard and got sliced through started rambling and rolling on the ground. The slice work!
"What are you staring at? Run!"
Micahel snap out of his daze as the figure got closer. Michael knew who this is!
"Brava!?"