Chapter 45: A Despairing Struggle (2/2)

Both his axes slashed against the same leg of the Queen Jawfiend, but Arion was shocked to find that the blades of his axes were barely able to make a deep cut, and only a thin line of blood was seen which could barely count as a scratch.

Arion didn't expect his axes to cut through its legs completely. Still, he at least expected to immobilize one of its legs and thus slow down its movements.

Seeing how tough its nimble hairy legs were, Arion felt that he would have to hack away at the same spot to make any difference at all. It didn't even let out any screech making him wonder if his slash even tickled it.

He then looked up towards its abdomen before quickly rolling away between its legs before he could get stung by its stinger.

'I should strike its stomach!' Arion quickly thought of another solution after finding out that going for its legs seemed an impossible task. He felt that its abdomen should be made of softer tissue, and his axes might be able to deal a painful blow to it.

Arion, however, did not dare to make rash moves as he knew the only reason he was able to survive till now was because of how his senses were getting sharper by the minute.

Before, his eyes wouldn't have registered the movements of a normal Jawfiend fast enough for him to kill it. But now, he could see the large legs of the Queen Jawfiend moving a bit slower in his eyes, and his ears were able to pick up the sound of its scrawny legs shifting from the ground as it moved.

Coupled with all the sensory inputs he was getting, he was able to predict its movements and dodge them before its attacks could reach him.

Before the Queen Jawfiend could turn towards his direction, Arion quickly made a dash for in between its legs and swung his right axe towards its abdomen to make a slash.

*Spltch!*

Arion's eyes lit up when he heard the sound of soft flesh being punctured and dark red blood dripping down right after he made a small laceration on its abdomen.

*KREEEEE!!*

But his smile stifled when the Queen Jawfiend let out a terrifying, angry screech that almost made Arion feel like his ears would go deaf.

But what followed the screech completely shocked Arion as it suddenly made a jump with its huge body and pinned him down to the ground using its sharp-clawed legs.

”Arghhh!!” Arion felt as if thousands of knives punctured through his flesh, making him even let go of his axes.

”AAHHHH!! DAMN IT!!”

All four of his limbs were pierced right through his flesh and over to the other side, making him howl in extreme agony.

He had no idea that the Queen Jawfiend wasn't taking him seriously at all for all this while. It only made this sudden move because Arion succeeded in pissing it off.

But Arion's breath froze when he saw it plunging its sharp stringer right through his heart!