Chapter 45: A Despairing Struggle (1/2)

Arion had no idea why the Queen Jawfiend needed him to be alive before it could eat him, but he was too preoccupied to think about it.

He didn't charge madly at it but instead waited for it to make a move. Other than not being reckless, he didn't have enough energy to waste by simply charging at it since he knew he would probably get squashed.

*Kreee!*

The Queen Jawfiend let out a low screech that sounded like a mocking screech to Arion. It was as if the Queen Jawfiend was finding it laughable that a puny human was brazen enough to stand before it, ready to take it on.

And the way the other Jawfiends retreated was its way of showing that it wanted to toy with him before killing him.

Otherwise, it would have ordered its children to kill him already...this was what Arion felt.

But Arion's eyes narrowed when he suddenly saw one of its giant legs moving towards him as if wanting to skewer him to the ground.

His eyes saw it coming as time seemed to slow down a bit, allowing him to move his body just in time.

'Wew, that was close!' Arion felt as if his heart almost fell out, seeing how its leg even broke a large stone into two halves. If he was standing in the same place, its leg would have punctured right through his chest, killing him within seconds.

He noticed how its foremost legs had small sharp claws which could pierce through human flesh easily.

Just when he thought his body would collapse from his previous injuries, he began to feel better bit by bit as time passed.

He didn't know if this was the so-called energy one would receive before their time of death or if his mind was fooling him as a self-defense mechanism. He also had no idea how he was able to react and move faster, especially when he didn't remember having such reflexes even in his previous life.

But all he focused on were its legs and the creepy needle-sharp mouthpart that looked similar to that of a mosquito.

He didn't dare to imagine what would happen to him if he got stung by its sharp stinger. And as he got a good look at it, he also saw that it had two pincers on its mouth that were at least half a meter long.

The Queen Jawfiend got a bit angry, seeing that this weak human was able to avoid its attack. It quickly moved its legs over by a certain angle and scurried towards Arion.

Arion gulped when he realized that the Queen Jawfiend cornered him towards the wall, not allowing him any room to dodge towards the side.

He gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble. He patiently waited for the Queen Jawfiend to raise its legs to attack him, and right when it raised them, he quickly rushed forward in between its legs and got underneath it.

He didn't waste this chance and swung his axes with all his strength towards its legs.

*Spltck!*