In a somewhat dark limited space, Kiyan stood watching the large figure which had parts of the goo dripping down its body. Underneath his feet, the goo remained. Kiyan wasn't sure if it would be safe for him to move. Will moving even help? He wondered as the only out was through the way he came, rather fell in through. He couldn't scale through it as it was very steep.
'From what I recall from Father's lectures on beasts, not all of them are hostile. Some of them will pay people no mind unless they feel threatened. I am so small compared to this creature, I am in no way threatening. Let's just hope you're not hostile.' Kiyan thought.
Though, his words were true and not all beasts were ready to outright attack people. The ones that did were mostly territorial and tolerated no form of trespassing. If only he knew the chances of this long-necked creature not attacking him were next to zero since it was controlled by Raymond to him, he would be planning his attacks already.
Lifting his right foot out of the black liquid, Kiyan tried taking a step back. Being too close to the beast as he was made it more intimidating and menacing. As he made a move though, the beast moved its large head towards him tilting it from left to right.
"Please don't hurt me." Kiyan whispered still keeping his eyes on the beast.
The beast drew back its head and moved all eight of its hairy legs which were double the size of Kiyan's arms. Its neck was half as long as that of a giraffe. It moved its thin legs forward ready to stomp on Kiyan. As it moved forward, a sharp metal went into its legs, almost cutting through. Pulling the claymore-style sword, which was initially in a sheath around his waist, out of the beast's limb, Kiyan took a stance and had a firm grip on the weapon.
"You made the wrong decision." He stated staring at the beast which now had a dark fluid that Kiyan took to be the beast's blood, gushing out of the injury. The ground shook violently as the spider-like beast repeatedly moved about as if reacting to the hit it received. It was not deeply affected by it in any way, but it had more of an intent to kill now than it did before.
Letting out a loud shriek, it opened its mouth, baring its thick sharp teeth at Kiyan who had to put his hands over his ears to block out the painfully piercing sound, though carefully so he didn't hurt himself with the sword in his hand. Letting go of his ears he looked at the beast in front of him. An old image flashed in his head, a moment where he felt helpless, where he could see his end. He shook his head trying to get the thought out.
"Back then I could do nothing, this time is very different. I am ready and I will kill you!" He exclaimed with determination, getting rid of any ounce of fear he had in him.
"Come at me beast!" He yelled and readied himself as the beast was about to attack. He got in a stance with his sword ready in his hand. The beast moved its head ready to chomp down on the lad. Kiyan though, avoided it narrowly and swung his sword grazing the skin of the beast's head. It had less of an effect than when he struck at the leg of the creature.
'It seems the neck to the head area is more resilient. I'll have to cut it down limb from limb then.' Kiyan thought. Due to the dark fluid that concentrated around the beast alone, Kiyan could now move relatively easier. Moving his feet fast, he avoided more attacks from the beast, and with every movement, he struck with his sword.
It looked like the beast was getting frustrated as it would constantly miss its target and would get hit instead. Kiyan was surprisingly fast and he had his father to thank for that. In a way, the sight of his father scared him even more than the beast.
The spider-like creature moved back and stared at Kiyan.
"Retreating, are we?" Kiyan said watching the beast's movements. It bent its front limbs a bit as if about to pounce on Kiyan who was prepared to avoid it. Instead, the odd thick hairs on its body stood on ends and had sharp pointy ends. On the beast's body, they looked like spikes formed on the skin of the eight-legged creature. The spikes then shot out of the beast's body and headed for Kiyan.
Not wanting to find out if the spikes were truly dangerous or not, Kiyan did his best to avoid them. Moving to the sides and with his sword, he knocked off the spikes that got close to him. Though he did his best to prevent getting pierced by the spikes, he couldn't evade them all as they were simply too many. Some of them had managed to graze his skin and even pierce through.
"ARGHHH!" He screamed in pain as well as frustration. He glared at the beast which sent more spikes at him. Pulling two spikes out of his left arm and one from his right leg, he picked up his sword which he had dropped when stabbed and ran forward. There was an unbearable pain shooting from the injury in his leg as he ran but he endured as he pressed forward, swinging his sword and knocking off the numerous spikes coming at him.
He had been on defense since the start of the fight and striking only at intervals, now he had enough and was taking the fight to the beast. He did notice something in his fight.
The spider-like beast wasn't much of a fighting beast as it had no body part that could help it in that aspect. Instead, it uses its abilities to its advantage. Knowing constantly blocking the beast's attacks would only, at most, exhaust him, and in the end, if he did nothing he might as well lose his life. He had already decided it would not end in his death.
"If I can evade your attacks and land successful hits on you then I'm sure I can finish you off. I have seen your limbs are the parts you're least resilient, I guess I will just have to cut you down limb from limb! If that doesn't work, there's one more thing I can try. Kiyan Teferi will not lose to a beast!" He yelled and gritted his teeth.
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