6 Who is the prey? (1/2)

'In Inuit folklore, it's known to use its resemblance with dogs to deceive lost travelers.'

The creature in question finally stopped eating and turned toward Lazar.

As he expected it wasn't the least surprised to see him and even looked amused to meet a human who hadn't fallen into the trap for once.

'What differentiates an Eeqidi from a dog physically is the fact that it's bigger and has a human face. Also, it was specified in the book that his sense of smell is closer to that of dogs than that of humans. The main thing to remember about them is that as soon as someone approached them without suspicion, then they would throw themselves on them to devour their brains.'

While Lazar was still assessing his opponent, the Eeqidi was stretching its 4 paws.

It no longer took this fight seriously after seeing the build of Lazar.

From an outside point of view, no one would bet on him either even taking into account the fact that he has a weapon.

On one side you have a 6 feet long creepy bloodthirsty monster with a muscular build, black fur, red eyes and a human face who has nothing to do there displaying a sinister expression.

On the other side, there is Lazar who has a good musculature but who must be half the weight of this monster.

But the reality was quite different for him.

'It's obvious that mother nature or whatever gave birth to this shit designed it so that its specialty is surprise attack. His claws aren't impressive and don't look sharp at all, the main danger comes from its speed and its jaw. With teeth like that, it will only take a bite to kill me. On top of that, I feel like my body is less resistant with this blade in my hands. But it's also easier to move and it's more important for an opponent like that.'

He had never fought a monster, but when it came to hand-to-hand combat with or without a combat knife...

No one could boast of being his equal at Fort Benning, not even his instructors.

Tired of waiting for Lazar to decide to attack, it was the Eeqidi that act first by rushing at him.

Not wanting his second snack of the day to run away, he reduced the distance between them in barely 2 seconds and threw himself on Lazar to tackle him on the ground.

It didn't go as planned because Lazar took a step aside at the very moment when he had thrown himself in the air to avoid it.

He didn't limit himself to avoid it.

In the continuity of his movement, he sliced with disconcerting ease one of the back paws of the Eeqidi.

It couldn't land on the ground correctly and from his amputated limb spurted a geyser of blood.

Now there was only pain that was visible on its face, he had underestimated his opponent and with one paw less he had lost his advantage in speed.

He understood quickly that he couldn't run away, he had to kill this human if he wanted to have a chance to survive.

The next few seconds were going to sign his death warrant if he didn't have a genius idea right now.

Lazar wasn't going to cross his arms during this time.

He reaffirmed his grip on his weapon and ran towards the Eeqidi to give it the final blow.

That was a real surprise for him when he felt blood splatter his face.

He didn't think that the beast was smart enough for coming so quickly to the conclusion that its best option for survival was to throw blood from its stump onto him to blind him.

This had the effect of disorienting him for an instant.

The beast took this opportunity to prepare another charge by gathering as much strength as possible in its 3 remainings paws.

Seeing that Lazar was no longer moving and that there was blood all over his face, the Eeqidi could already see himself savoring his brain who had been so hard to win.

It pounced on him with almost as much strength as the last time.

'You won't have me like that.'

Lazar certainly hadn't planned that the Eeqidi would do that, so what?

As a Navy Seal, he was trained to use his other senses when he was deprived of one. Blind, he counted on his hearing and his touch.

It was far from being as effective as his eyes.

But the growls of pain, the sound of his strides and the change of wind direction were more than enough to predict the trajectory of the assault of the beast.

The outcome of the fight was decided from the start.

The Eeqidi was cut in half and was dying on the ground.

'All it could do was try to pounce at me. I didn't even have to make a move very different from when I cut his paw, very clever but no fighting instinct.'

Noting that the Eeqidi was still breathing and seeing his blank gaze as it stared at the lower part of his own body right before his eyes...

He walked towards him and finished him by plunging his blade into his head.

'Disappointing and you really was an asshole.'

Not wanting to open his eyes for fear that blood would enter inside he felt two large discharges of electricity run through him but he didn't saw the black smoke that emanated from his body at the same time.

[You have eliminated an Eeqidi (E ★★★☆☆) .]

[You awoke as an Evolved human being.]

[150 experience points obtained.]

[Your level has increased, level 0➞1.]

[Your level has increased, level 1➞2.]

'Mmh... very interesting.'

3 pages with different titles had appeared in his brain at the same time.

'Let's see...'

The first page was entitled 'BESTIARY'.

There were several sections framed and a letter was above each of them.

In each section were several dozen lines and question marks for each line except one in the section named 'E'.