5 Never Corner a Mouse (1/2)

Morgana first made sure to distance herself as much as possible from the former lair. Preserving mana was important, of course, but right now she had other priorities.

By taking only the narrower routes, she was pretty confident that the terrible monster would not be able to follow her.

After running for one whole kilometer underground, she finally stopped. Hiding at a small rocky crevice hidden behind a thick pilar of dirt.

Morgana was very concerned about one point in particular.

Those large claws that grazed her skin. Were they actually poisonous?

The wizard was starting to feel a sense of numbness spreading through her left arm. A fact that deeply preoccupied her.

Back in her native world, Morgana had spent many years increasing the poison resistance of her body by ingesting small doses every single day.

But she was very unsure if this would work in case the poison turned out to be deadly. After all, this was a strange animal she had never encountered before, a complete alien.

Thinking about this, Morgana resolved herself - ”I need to quickly become stronger and come back to kill that damned bat. Developing an antidote is essential in case the artificial resistance isn't enough to save my life.”

While thinking about all of this, Morgana withdrew a black tissue from her robes. This was a material acquired through the smaller bats.

By wrapping It around her arm, the bleeding was stopped.

She had long realized the uses their leather-like skin could have, in the absence of common cloth.

Besides their innards were resilient yet flexible. Morgana kept some, planning to craft some rope in the future.

.....

In an isolated chamber, somewhere in the dungeon stood a frustrating creature.

The bat king was a monarch in the truest sense of the word. In the whole of this dungeon there was no one who dared to challenge its supremacy.

On the previous day, however, during it's the hunt, this ruler had encountered a very good spot, the perfect nest to be. It was large yet isolated. Everything a lair required.

Nevertheless, it was already occupied by a estrange creature. A bizarre biped without wings.

This creature had even dared to challenge the true king, by clashing with it before running away. It was truly preposterous. As the apex predator, the Bat King just wasn't used to it.