*QRRRUAAAAAAK*
A loud, sky-shaking shriek reverberated throughout the lands and swept through the forest, making every creature within it shake involuntarily.
Even I, as I ran for my life away from the creature and through the heavily tree-packed woods, could not help but shudder at the loud shriek that overca my senses for the split second that I heard it.
Even the echoes that bounced off from tree to tree created a sense of gloom and fear.
The dread that I had been feeling for the last 7 to 9 minutes only grew to ache with even more intensity, shaking to my core and making exert more strength, agility, and perseverance.
If soone were to look at in the eyes, they would have seen a fla within my pupils, that no matter how powerful the storm, burned with determination and stubbornness.
'Survive...'
Those were the words crystal-mouthed to right before vanishing into the spectral light.
The only words that mattered...
"No" I muttered.
Sothing, a feeling, an emotion that I could not understand...
It took over .
Without a second thought, I had already halted my movent and had turned to my right before sprinting in that direction with all the energy that I had left.
I could not understand it.
One second I was completely exhausted, and in the next, I was filled to the brim with vigor?
'I won't die'
Droplets of tears ford in my eyes, falling out and being left behind as I accelerated more and more by the second.
I felt like I was Usain Bolt, running at a speed that no other human being could have rivaled.
I jumped, ducked, and dodged trees, swerving from right to left, making sure to create an obstacle in between and the creature where ever I could.
It was a chanism that, while maybe sacrificing a lot of my speed in the process, had yielded results that no other plan I could have created in the ti fra between leaving the cave and reaching the forest could have.
Every ti I swerved past a tree, I would swerve back, making it difficult for sothing as big as the creature to attack .
This was now a battle against ti.
I didn't know how much ti I would have left, but I knew that my best chance of not dying was for the flying creature to intervene, and from what I had seen and heard so far, I could assu that it would attack the larger prey rather than the small, two-legged one which was practically helping it catch the larger one.
As I swerved from right to left for over two minutes, I finally felt fatigued teach my knees while the constant heaving had caused my chest to beco sore, making feel plains that shook to the bone.
Clenching my teeth with a glint of determination within my eyes, I jumped and sprinted with almost renewed vigor, yet unlike last ti, this ti I did not have the aid of adrenaline to numb my pain.
*ROAR*
A distant roar, one that was much further away from the last one forced to smile widely.
Of course, the smile did not reach my eyes but it still shone with pride, and this was only the beginning.
'Now, let us proceed with the second stage of my plan...' My smile grew slightly wider, twitching at the corners as bolts of pain traveled through my body.
As if I could not feel them, I pushed and pushed until I found myself entering a part of the forest that was more lit than before. To be exact, the area itself was less dense in trees as well as having their heights reduced as I got closer to the light in the distance.
Of course, fewer trees also ant that the creature would have an easier ti following , but at the sa ti, it also signified my victory.
*Thump* *Thump* *Thump* *Thump*
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 while the scent of death wafted into my nostrils.
At the sa ti, I could taste it... The taste of victory stood barely a few ters before .
'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 freeze in place and feel my eardrums co to the edge of rapturing.
Without hesitation, the winged creature had aid 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.
The force from the ascend alone could have decapitated any creature. but this one was sturdy and stubborn, holding on to life by a hairbreadth and a half-destroyed neck.
It roared at the top of its lungs, or at least it tries to, but rather than coming off as intimidating, the roar was reduced to a pained growl which did not affect the absolute monstrosity that was holding it by the neck.
"QRUAAAAAAAK!!!" the flying monstrosity let out the sa sound as before, but instead of sounding like a shriek, this one sounded like a dragon's cry. While I've been thinking of running this whole ti, the thought had been imdiately thrown to the back of my mind the mont I found my entire body paralyzed, not only due to the cry but even before that it had been forced into a halt after my exhaust finally caught up to .
In the sa instant, the flying beast clenched its talons harder and pierced deeper into the skin of the creature it was holding.
Its figure shot up to the boundless blue skies, becoming but a dot within the cyan blue ocean littered with patches of white we called clouds.
For so reason, I felt a horrible feeling overco , one that was similar but a lot more toned down than the feeling I felt before Crystal's, my girlfriend's death as well as the death of everyone I ever cared for.
I rember feeling the sa dread whenever I looked at my girlfriend's best friend even though it was a lot less noticeable.
After blinking a few tis and squinting my eyes, as my vision had beco enhanced I began to see what the flying creature was about to do with a clearance that I would have never been able to accomplish in my last life.
'If that hits...' panic overca , causing to freeze and drop to the floor. A second later I found myself clawing at the ground with my remaining arm, trying my hardest to move out of the way before-
*Whistle*
*BOOOOOM*
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