The pig dragged on its chain and launched itself at me with a bounce. Its snarls could rival my own. But its speed could not. I raised my clawed arm in one quick moment the pig was flayed. It squealed and hot blood sprayed on my face and arms. I felt the mirage surrounding me flicker out. I was exposed.
Right at this moment the creature living in the house, which looked like a humanoid alligator, opened the back door. Of course, it looked at me then down at the dead pig, and growled showing his rotted but sharp-looking teeth. I definitely had better-killing fangs than this thing.
"I didnt mean to kill it, I can pay-"
"What is a ghoul doing here, by my house." Its voice was grumbling.
"I…" It stepped closer and I understood there was no way to talk a predatory creature out of killing me. So I did what I did best, I attacked.
The creature did not expect me to attack so quickly. My concealed claws jump up at the opportunity to slash again, the alligator creature steps back but looks unafraid. My claws slide right off his scales. Making no wounds, drawing no blood. He lets out a reptilian hiss and surprises me by spraying some sort of liquid on me.
It burns, and the speckles on my face feel like acid. The problem is that I dont really feel concerned with the pain, it's just there as an annoyance. I was more annoyed that this creature's armor was impenetrable. Its dark eyes looked at me with contempt.
"You are much weaker than I expected, coming here killing my boar expecting to run free." His tongue darts out of his mouth with another spray of poison, I caught it though. Never mind my face and clothes were drenched in the green liquid. His tongue was severed and flopping on the ground like a fish. The reptile lets out a groan loud enough to startle others. Now I was a little nervous. If he had a whole family of alligator people in there I would probably not be able to hold my own.
I reached towards him again while he was in pain, my nails scraped off of him but took a few scales with it. Progress, but slow progress. The creature's eyes were red now and looked menacing. I dont think that was the right move on my part. He grew bigger and buffer and more intimidating and I shriveled back. My ghoul body wanted to jump and rip and not care how I was beaten. Self-preservation did not exist in my ghoul mind that's why I still jumped and attacked over and over not getting any more wounds on it. I in fact got many wounds and black blood dripped into my eye from a wound on my forehead. The creature was excited now and continued to make strikes at me, he came for my neck.
A small thing whizzed past me into the space where I knocked off the scales before. The reptile man staggered and coughed blue blood. Blood that sprayed on my face due to proximity. The pressure on my throat released and I kicked the body away. Turning to see none other than Caligo with a grimace on his face and another different creature.