Chapter 74 Dead....er? (1/2)

This darned rabbit is one nasty customer! Standing next to it will cause damage and apparently biting into it will also cause damage!

What the h.e.l.l!?

In the end I still have to finish it off as fast possible. As the regenerative fluid flow through my body I keep the mana pouring out of my core and into my mandibles preparing to take the damage and continue to chomp!

Shockingly this half-dead looking rabbit is still able to use the limb I attacked, despite a good chunk in the middle of it being crushed to bits. Since the rabbit is twice my size it looms over me as it finally manages to get its feet under it.

Tiny continues his rampage, thras.h.i.+ng the rabbit on its back, punching with his hands and tearing with his fingers, inflicting whatever damage he can. This is a completely new Tiny I'm witnessing here today, what happened to your chill little guy?

The rabbit lashes out at me with a paw swipe, claws dripping yellow, virulent looking fluid emerge from between the toes and lash at my carapace. I don't yield to this! Trust in the diamond carapace! Rather than dodging I brace for the blow and prepare my counter attack. I need to deal decisive damage in order to finish off this monster quickly, lest all of these damage over time effects drag me down!

BAM!

The paw smashes into my side, terrible claws raking along my hide. Those d.a.m.n claws are sharp! Sparks fly as those disgusting claws rake across me, gouging into the carapace but failing to break through.

Phew!

Now receive this bite!

My mandibles, charged full of mana roaring out of my core, are ready to clamp down. I just need to maximise my damage potential!

Instead of trying to do attempt anything fancy, like reaching for the neck I lunge forward before the rabbit can recover its balance aiming directly for its mid-section. This is going to hurt!

Crus.h.i.+ng bite!

CRUNCH!

With all of my strength I rip directly into the creature's torso, shredding muscle and bone, tearing into the monster's body. Immediately that disgusting ooze erupts again, coating my head and jaws, but I don't stop.

Bite!

CRUNCH!

The fetid flesh parts so easily under my a.s.sault, I'm not even sure I need to use my infused mandibles to inflict serious damage, but I won't turn it off. This thing needs to die! I can't even see Tiny now, my vision is blocked by this acidic fluid and the monster itself.

One drawback of having to attack with your face is that there is extremely little distance between my eyes and the enemies body. I'm basically getting an eyeful of suppurating rabbit flesh and fur right now. If it weren't for my compound eyes giving such a broad range of vision I'd be super disoriented doing this.

Bite more! Die you d.a.m.n rabbit!

CRAs.h.!.+

A tremendous force smacks me into the ground, causing my legs to splay instantly as the rabbit brings both fists down on my back in a hammer blow. The sheer ma.s.s of the creature adds force to the strike, knocking all of the wind out of me.

Guh! That one stung!

I hastily check my Hp. Thirty left! With this acidic fluid on me and the constant hp drain my health is rapidly shrinking. I need to finish the fight!

Shaking off my dizziness, I push myself back up before the rabbit has prepared it's next strike and dive forward once again. You. Will. Get. Bitten!

CHOMP!

Utilising the piercing chomp this time my mandibles rip into the wound I've already carved into the monster, the pointed edged of my mandibles tearing deep into the rabbit's chest, destroying it internally.

Under my a.s.sault the rabbit finally shudders and grows still. I hastily withdraw my face from the wound and retreat in time to see the foe slump to the ground defeated.

My face is still burning. I've never fought a monster that was more of a disgusting pain in the b.u.t.t than this thing.

At least… I got … the … experience?

As the creature slumps forward, clearly dead, Tiny is standing astride its back, his right fist plunged deep into the monster's back and his arm crackling with blue electrical energy.

He slowly withdraws his hand, the flas.h.i.+ng and arcing electricity fading slowly. There is a satisfied look on his bat face as he shakes his limbs out as if just finis.h.i.+ng a draining workout.

I look from Tiny, to the monster and back to Tiny.

The monster is clearly dead.

Did you kill steal me you cheeky ape?! Unbelievable!

I've not heard the voice of Gandalf at all. This can only mean one thing, I didn't get the last hit!

Tiny jumps off the monster's back and runs towards me his face is s.h.i.+ning with a pleased light, he honestly looks like a puppy. A bat faced, ape puppy.