Classless King: I Absorb Anything I Kill

Chapter 8

CHAPTER EIGHT

Aleric turned at once, but he seemed to be already too late, his eyes meeting the sight of the beast that had already charged at him from behind, throwing him off balance.

Aleric grunted, rolling down the hill with every effort to hold onto something proving to be very futile.

The beast followed, its desire to make him pay for killing one of them.

With a threatening roar, it ran down the hill, eyes burning with rage as it showcased its fangs that were like katana blades, ready to grind Aleric’s bones between them.

Aleric’s companions were frightened to their teeth, and it was only Gareth who was bold enough to go a little bit closer.

Every other person seemed to be scared, standing frozen while they turned their heads from one angle to the other, holding onto their weapons that seemed to be in a hurry to slip through their fingers.

Aleric hit his head hard on the tough floor, and the moment he opened his eyes, he saw the beast speeding down at him, fangs sharp and eyes red with fury.

“What the hell is that ugly creature?” He muttered, eyes wide with shock.

He had never seen anything like that before, and no one has.

The beast looked like a lion from one view, then it looked like a big bat from another angle.

Its body already looked tough even without being seen, and with a speed like that, Aleric’s heart sank deeper into his stomach, and he was prompted to stagger backward.

But looking backward, he realized that he had gotten to a dead end, and there was no room to run.

So he stood his ground, taking a deep breath while he held strongly to his weapon.

“You can do this, Aleric…” He attempted to encourage himself, but the sight of the monster getting closer with quaking thuds made him swallow hard.

“Sworne!”   Gareth’s voice called out to him from above, causing him to look up for only a second, reminded that danger was still lurking in front of him.

“What are you doing?! Run for your life!” Gareth was already making gestures to him, but it was already too late.

“Let him die if he wants to…” Brock sneered, snorting as he looked down toward where Aleric was standing.

“Somehow, he thinks he is better than the rest of us. He will suffer for this…” He added, causing Gareth to shake his head.

But the latter chose to ignore him and his cohorts who were looking forward to being entertained and were not looking down the hill because they cared about Aleric.

“You can’t fight that thing, Aleric! Make a run for it! This way!” Gareth pointed, to the space he thought he had seen, but it seemed as though Aleric’s mind was made up to fight the beast and to defeat it at all costs.

Gareth grunted, worried and annoyed at the same time.

“He is going to get himself killed…” He muttered, taking a deep breath.

Meanwhile, Aleric had suddenly begun to deal with the feeling that he may have made a terrible mistake by not running for his life.

When the beast got closer, it suddenly occurred to him that it was bigger than any other beast that had attacked them.

He swallowed hard, eyes wide and glittering with shock.

“What have I done…” He muttered, his voice slippery and cracked.

“Maybe I should have listened to Gareth…” He thought to himself, but before he could process it, the beast had roared, reminding him that they had a score to settle.

Aleric looked it in the eyes, and what he could see was undeniable.

It was rage. It was a vendetta!

It was the furious hunger to break him into several pieces and scatter his bones all over the place.

The beast roared again, and then it started moving slowly, growling with eyes still flaming like magma.

Aleric took a deep breath, and then he began to move slowly as well, attempting to read the movement of the beast.

But he couldn’t, not when the creature was moving in circles, placing one huge leg in front of the other, and still snarling at him.

“What are you up to?” Aleric muttered, and the monster decided to show him since it couldn’t speak.

Without warning, the beast opened wide its mouth, and a splash of fire followed, targeted at Aleric.

Luckily, Aleric was able to elude the lava, rolling down to the right and still battling to hold onto something again.

When he eventually got up, he cared less about the dirt all over him, turning to look at the trees that had been razed by the lava from the beast’s mouth.

“I will be damned!” He whispered loudly, forcing saliva down his throat.