It had saved me… the damned shield had saved me. I laughed. I was a genius. I was a genuine genius. But now was not the time to praise my merits. It was time to run. But maybe I could just… yep there it was. Another annoying smirk and another taunt.
"That all you got~"
Like a beast… like the brain upon its skull was nothing more than for show. The troll got down on all fours and roared. Like the beast it was, it roared. The tangled hair parting this way and that in the powerful wind it created.
Then in a burst of speed much greater than its stature should allow, the damned thing jumped at me. So- so very fast. It wasn't even close, this was the fastest thing I had seen in some time. Faster than some cars could go, I bet.
But I was not one to be outdone. I jumped to a nearby tree and used the branches as a point to launch from. The Troll didn't like that. And neither did I as I jumped towards another. And another.
