Chapter 130 - The Swamp (1/2)

Luke ran after the huge beast while dodging the debris thrown in his direction. Among tree bark, branches, mud, and rocks, the half-wolf managed to use a rock to get at the creature. He leaped over the rock and used it to jump even further, keeping his axe at full maneuver to finally grab the animal's tail with both hands.

As he felt himself being grabbed, the animal that looked like a mixture of lizard and monkey didn't stop running it increased its speed even more.

Struggling, Luke climbed up the creature's scaly back and pulled some of its green furs to finally reach its neck. At that speed, the half-wolf didn't want to risk attacking with the axe, because if the animal made any sudden moves, there was a chance that the axe would go through Luke's chest or hurt him in some other way.

For these reasons Luke grabbed the creature's eyebrow with his right hand and started to punch it in the face with his left fist. The animal was a little bewildered by the enormous force of the half-wolf and slowed down even more.

In between so many punches, there was a moment when the animal stood up on its two hind legs and Luke didn't let such an opportunity go unused. He braced his feet on the creature's shoulders, threw himself forward a little, summoned his axe and drove it into one of the animal's cheeks, then pulled it down hard.

The lizard-ape hit its head on the ground and still tried to grab Luke with his right hand, but the man was faster and struck the bizarre beast's head again with his axe as he howled.

”Haa... Haa... What a fucking tough guy...” Gasping, Luke admired the animal that was in front of his feet. ”I've never seen anything like it...”

Since the voice didn't resonate in Luke's head after he killed the creature, he had confirmation that it wasn't a monster. Curious, Luke approached the animal's head and opened its jaw, which was partially broken by the punches and axe blows.

”Man, the Forbannet frosks should worship me for killing you...” judged Luke, as he took a closer look at the animal's huge teeth.

Each of these creatures' fangs was larger than a dagger, and two main fangs were larger and seemed to be used to inject poison into its victims. This was one of the deadliest animals Luke had ever seen in his life.

Before the half-wolf could have time to rest, he heard the typical croaking of Forbannet frosks. When he looked back, he saw the huge bipedal toads that even after seeing Luke kill the largest predator in this swamp, underestimated him for not being so large and intimidating.

Forbannet frosks are part of a rare species of toads, so they can exceed sixty centimeters when standing upright.

'Those fuckers will eat anything, won't they?' Luke deduced as he saw that one of the frogs was sneaking up on the carcass of the dead creature behind him.

Luke took a firm grip on the handle of his axe, quickly turned around, and threw it. The Behemoth Axe wedged into the Forbannet frosk's head and killed him on the spot.

”Objective accomplished, time to get out of here.” Luke spoke. In his forward vision alone, more than ten Forbannet frosks were coming out of the murky waters of the swamp.