"Squeeeek!"
An earpiercing scream resounded through the entire surroundings and Miles instantly felt dizzy as the sound irritated his ears severely to the pint he thought he was going to black out.
In that instant, the rat leapt forwards. The grasses shattered to pieces.
In just a single leap, it had crossed an entire distance of ten meters, its speed was so fast its figure blurred into a huge shadow and in the blink of an eye, it had shortened the distance between it and Miles within a second.
Miles eyes widened when he saw the speed of the Interdimensional beast.
Without hesitation, he pointed at the beast with the crossbow and fired.
"Su!" "Su!" "Su!"
Three arrows flew with insane speed. One towards the rat and two both left and right of the Ultra beast, towards the possibile position the rat would evade to.
But then he calculated wrongly as the speed of the beast suddenly increased, leaping more than give meters, it directly flew towards Miles in a flash.
Realizing he wasn't fast enough, he acted in pure reflex and placed his Machete before him.
"Clang!!!"
The sound of metal clashing against metal echoed loudly. Miles's body was sent flying off the tree like a rag doll.
His body slammed against the ground from the immense impact as the kinetic energy dragged him sliding backwards, clearing the grasses as he moved.
Using the energy, Miles twisted his waist, forcefully getting up to his feet, his feet sliding backwards a few meters by the force.
He felt his lims go numb and his muscles extremely painful as though his bones had been dislocated.
Perhaps, it was a good thing the Rattus advantage was agility. Otherwise, that attack would have definitely shattered his bones.
It was like a grasshopper trying to stop a moving vehicle. Miles would have been instantly crushed.
The Giant Rattus stared at Miles with murderous intent flickering within its beady red eyes. Its claws scratched against the soft sand, digging deeply into it as it pounced towards Miles.
Stomping his leg heavily to the ground he retreated hastily, while raising the crossbow, he fired.
"Peng!" "Peng!"
The reaction speed of the Giant Rattus was insanely fast, but Miles was far too experienced with his aim. He wouldn't miss a second time.
Even with its speed, the Rattus wasn't able to dodge fully as the two arrows shot into its shoulder, sadly it wasn't able to pierce through and only lodge in between its muscles.
If it were a Supersoldier the firepower of the arrow was enough to blast a hole through their skull, assuming they didn't dodge.
In the next moment, the mutated rat had arrived before him in the blink of an eye, it raised its left paw and clawed heavily at Miles's chest in a flash.
As though Miles had predicted its actions in advance, he moved. Sidestepping the claw and narrowly evaded being torn by the chest.
His sharp combat knife brushed past the Mutant Rat's skin, opening a flesh wound, barely dealing any damage and just adding a red line to it's ash coloured skin. His strength was just too low to deal any real damage to the monster.
River turned as he moved, simultaneously kicked at the belly side of the beast, diving backwards as he fired two rounds at the Rattus's body.
"Peng!" "Peng!!"
"Screee!!!"
The Mutated Rat screeched loudly in pain and extreme fury, as the two arrows punctured its neck, drawing out copious amounts of blood. The arteries that carry blood to ots brain was also and in time, the Type 1 Mutated Rat would bleed out.
Surprisingly, humans and rats are actually more alike than they are different. For one thing, their genetic structures are 80 percent similar to that of humans.
As Miles rolled back to his feet, the nearly two-meters Mutated Rat suddenly disappeared from its previous position, then appeared before him like a ghost, clawing downwards at his head.
However, Miles could now track the mutated beast albeit barely. He forcefully swung his head backwards narrowly avoiding being beheaded as his long hair was sliced into two.
Simultaneously, he kicked at the underside of the beast, leaping backwards and proceeded to shoot once more.
"Whoosh!"
"Peng!" "Peng!" "Peng!"
Three arrows tore through the air, penetrating the exact same place on the artery, expanding the wound. More blood immediately spurted out like geysar.
The Mutated Rat's shrieked, its eyes turning red as it went into a frenzy. Its tail whipped through the air, stabbing towards Miles.
Miles wasn't able to react to the sudden attack and was stabbed directly in the chest.
"Bang!"
Miles felt as though his chest had shattered to pieces as he was sent flying backwards with extreme force.
Howe, his T2 combat suit absorbed the force and redistributed the shock to the ground beneath his feet, barely relieving Miles from the force.
Using this opportunity, the Gaint Rattus pounced towards him. It's maws opened wide as it chomped down on Miles left shoulder.
"Crunch!"
Extreme pain shot through Miles's body like lightning. Trembling sound escaped the combat suit as the armor tried diverting the force from his shoulder to the ground.
Miles eyes immediately turned red. He immediately grabbed the two arrows lodged in the neck of the Rattus and stabbed even further.
Squeaking sounds escaped its lips as it refused to let go but even more blood poured into the ground, forming a blood pool.
After a few seconds, the Rattus finally let go, it staggered unsteadily, blood spilling profusely to the ground.
Whining sounds escaped its lips as it was weakening and its strength dwindling. It helplessly fell to the ground, struggling to get up, but the blood loss was too severe, affecting its stamina in the process.
Miles watched coldly as life left its body. In a few seconds, the Giant Rattus's heartbeat stopped and it died in its own pool of blood.
Miles panted heavily as he dropped to the ground on his kneels. He truly survived by the skin of his teeth today. Didn't they say the first 1000 meters had been cleared? Then why the hell did he meet an Iron-grade in this close to the Wilderness Station.