Chapter 38

The footsteps were growing closer, almost to the point where I could feel their vibrations through the solid ground.

'Just a little more.' I told myself, forcing my body to give a final push, knowing fully well that after this I might not be capable of moving a single muscle.

*THUMP* *THUMP* *THUMP* *THUMP* *THUMP* *THUMP*

The footsteps were incredibly close now. I could almost feel the dread loom over me while the scent of death wafted into my nostrils.

At the same time, I could taste it... The taste of victory stood barely a few meters before me.

'JUST A LITTLE MOOOOORE'

The creature had already opened its maw, ready to chomp down on my head.

I could feel its warm and wet breath touching the back of my neck.

Every single hair on my body had now stood up.

Was this the end?

*WOOSH*

*Rattle*

*QRUAAAAAAAK*

*Pitui*

*ROOOOOOooooooaaa-*

*BOOM*

The winged creature had swooped down with a war cry that made me freeze in place and feel my eardrums come to the edge of rapturing.

Without hesitation, the winged creature had aimed its talons toward the neck of the creature that had its maw wide open but forced into being frozen in place.

The talons gripped onto the creature tightly, dug their claws deep within the scaly surface of its skin, and flapped its wings, catapulting both of them into the air.