Emotion Taster

Arc 4 New Stage: Chapter 44 - Terkapar

The monster attacked to the right, swinging violently through the ends of the hair until it crashed into several strands. I dodged, forcibly throwing my body centered on one leg.

The monster's fingers were big and thick, looking terrible to me. One finger can be as wide as a human skull. But, it also became a bit of a weakness for him to be able to catch small objects for him.

Several times I dodged the monster's attack, ran in various directions, swung the axe, and hid back behind the tree to buy time. From his attack, it seemed like the monster did not want to really kill me. His actions were more like trying to capture me alive.

The swing of his hand was not too fierce to be able to throw me so strong that it made the body crumble. He held it even more, though at the same time he also wanted to overcome my agile movements into the narrow sides.

I came out of the open area, re-entered the forest rich in tall slender trees. The monster gave chase, with the strength of his hand he also wagged many trees to pass through.

I ran like that, assuming I could escape and merge with the forest.

“Ah.”

Until I realized that the forest full of trees is now gone. Many of the carcasses of the large trees were lying down cutting down other small trees. Not only spent, but the big tree also made a special climb. In the uphill terrain, I will not be able to climb the tree trunk carcass, especially with my feet still sore.

Heh, it turned out that the throw that had missed was not completely missed. This monster knew I could run, and he closed all my tracks before actually catching me. Really, now I know the feelings of the animals who cut their way before being hunted.

“RrRaakhg!”

*throw

A roar rang out, the monster made a pitch that I could somehow feel.

“Hh!?”

I looked back, and tried to dodge it. Fortunately the throw drifted higher, not rolling down the ground. So, lowering becomes an easy option to avoid.

The trunk of the tree this time turned out to be slimmer, he probably took the tree from my area now. The loud jolt when he hit my back area wasn't as awful as before.

“RRrrRaaAAHkh ..!!”

Coming, the monster came back with a fierce thump of his hand towards me with all his might.

In front of me an empty area without any more trees, even the former fallen trees were very disturbing my run. Running towards the side will also not change the conditions, the heavy terrain and the large tree trunk that was thrown before blocked my path a lot.

I turned around once more, preparing to receive the monster's attack.

“RhawH!”

*Acc ....

The monster snatched the thin tree trunk that was restricting using his left hand, then he tried to catch me with his left hand.

*dodge

I dodged, jumping small to make her reach miss her hand. Then ....

*Slash

With one powerful move, I attacked the back of the monster's hand. Although the attack did not break his hand, I could see a lot of blood coming out of the attack.

“Rrkh!?”

The monster felt the pain, he growled and his body shuddered.

“RRAaakh!!”

But, it was only for a moment. He quickly made a counter movement.Using his injured right hand just now, the monster threw his hand in the opposite direction. The back of the hand I just slashed using the axe quickly collided with my body.

“Gkhakgh!?”

I floated, my body darting through the air at an incredible speed splitting the air. Since many of the trees had already been picked up and fallen, I was there thrown enough and even thought I would die.

Bukh.

“Aakhkh ..!”

Twenty meters already my body was blown away, in the end I still hit one of the trees there.

It hurts so much, my spine feels like it wants to break. Floating strong and ending with the bumping of the back body with a tree feels very sick. Although my spine is still not broken, but the bruised muscles and itself sprained already scattered throughout the body.

My body was already sprawled, smelling the ground full of plants, limp helplessly struggling to move. There I could even feel the full vibration on the ground, the whole body that was treading made the stimulation sharp.

Of course I was there trying to stand up, doing body thrust with my hands like a push up.

“Ghkuah, ghuahk ..” my cough that leads to the ground.

But, still failing, the pain in each body area makes the joint become abnormal and interfere with the commands of each brain. In the end, again my body kissed the ground.

*Step, step, step ....

“From the beginning I said that you will not be strong to bring this.”

“H-hn?”

From the other side I heard footsteps. Not the great shakes of the monster, but the light ripples of the leaves were stepped on by the humans. It was Farrel, he came after me. He walked quietly toward my lying body.

“Fa-Farrel? Why are you here?” ask me while enduring the pain of a bruised body.

“You really asked that? Should answer? After many quakes and fallen trees here?”

Farrel said that while taking a position, he lowered his head and immediately pulled my hand onto his shoulder. He quickly changed the situation that was originally lying down to stand up while holding his hand on his shoulder.

“Not you there—“ too

“Completed,” cut Farrel quickly. “My task is done, now your task is left. From the beginning you have missed about fifty meters from the main route.”

“Sorry, if I am not hit by flying, maybe I can still run on the main line—“

This time the one who cut was the voice of the monster. He still roared loudly showing power and anger to the surroundings. Its incredible volume is still unchanged, still making the shakes of the entire shade of the tree around.

“No more time, you can run?” asked Farrel who was still putting my hand on his shoulder to help walk.

I may still be in pain in various bodies. Legs still hurt sprained, back still sore after being hit drifted hit by trees, and some joints also suffocated numbness. But, compared to running while carrying one hand like that ....

*pull

Pull my hand off her shoulder to separate.

I better walk alone.

Then, continue running small first in front of Farrel.

My moves are still imperfect. Fractured run, a little limp, with the body up and down irregularly, all of these factors would not produce enough speed to escape from the monster that could even dart from tree to tree quickly.

That's what I thought at first.

*Account ...

Bukh!

“H-Hn?”

But, after some time passed we ran into the forest, I instead heard a unique voice. The sound of tree fissures, then followed by a great trembling sound on the ground like a monster is landing.

I was curious to look back, and I did this when I got to a place with a blockage of tree trunks that had previously been blocked. While waiting for Farrel to catch up, I wonder what happened behind.

“The tree here is thin, I have also cut down some so it can easily collapse. So, he won't be able to jump around again like just now,” said Farrel who had just come closer and was aware of my curious gaze.

I was there salute, I did not expect that his agile ability to use the trees instead turned into a sabotage trap itself.

While thinking, I also while moving. Farrel whose physical condition was stronger immediately climbed up the thick tree trunk that blocked the path. He who was already on top immediately stuck out his hand to help me ride easier.

The present circumstances made the monster unable to catch up to me at the same speed. The condition of the trees in the eastern and southern regions is indeed different overall. Although it was now thin and would not obstruct the monster's large body, but it was enough to disturb and seal its jumping ability.

But ....

“Where did you know that the monster could jump? You prepared this from the beginning ‘kan, Farrel?”

I'm sure it's a new ability, and only discovered in the chase tonight. It's true that I had Farrel set up a trap in the south, but I didn't have that information in advance to be able to have Farrel tear down the trees as part of the trap as it is now.

“I don't know, tree traps cut down in part to easily collapse already the initial intention. I also didn't know it would be like how it works.”

Farrel said that while still helping me move. Passing through the blockade was only one thing, in fact he continued to help from behind like doing a small push and kept guarding the back.

I certainly do not want to be called a burden, with all my strength I re-exert the ability to run.

However, after a few tens of meters had passed, the back attack from the monster appeared.

“RruaAawgh ..!!”

*Throw, throw, throw ....

The trunk of the tree flew back, the thin width of the characteristics of the tree made the monster allow to throw the trunk in a row.

The attack may look bad, especially when Farrel decides to cut the trees around and make it easier for monsters to pull and throw them as weapons. But, the possibility is still better than the monster went to head us straight with his hands straight—

“Ivan, beware!!”

“Hn?”

Bugcahs!

Suddenly a tree shot straight at me. The trunk with its large twig hooked onto the body and displacing me far forward violently.

“Gkhahk!?”

Poked hands, related legs, and various bodies swiped following the slide of the tree trunk. The thin width of the tree was reused by the monster in a different way. Instead of throwing in a horizontal position as a roadblock, the monster this time threw a tree straight like a spear.

The thing is, I didn't know that he could throw a tree trunk this accurate. With its power, the tree slide became more stable and even displaced me tens of meters.

For the umpteenth time I experienced a feeling in which I thought I was going to die.

“Ivan!”

Farrel called out to me from a distance, he even cried out in worry and immediately ran after me who had been displaced far away.

At that time, my eyes could not even open perfectly. Dust and various other impurities covering my face to put me in the eye opening position is a painful action. In the dark of the night, I was also immersed in a private darkness.

My body was stuck in the trunk of a rather thick branch of the tree. Small branches that are still no less hard stab me into various bodies to bleed. This time I couldn't move, because I was in a position where moving would only add to the bleeding.

“Ivan.”

However, my hearing is still intact. Of all the senses, hearing has its own way of surviving physical damage. When I was seriously injured like this, the call from Farrel was still clearly buzzing in my skull.

*Whoush ....

Emotional waves.

Ah ... It was unexpected that the time had come where Farrel could let out a wave of emotion this strong. With a closed view, I could feel his presence from the sounds and waves of those emotions. So cold, so sour, and so mixed with anger.

“Fa-Farrel,” call me in a soft voice. “You just go, I can't survive.”