Chapter 2: Fat Fury
The carriage exploded with a bone-rattling sneeze, and the creature’s head flung back inside.
“Come on! Work, damn it!”
The flames danced mockingly, licking the carriage without effect. The creature’s thrashing reached a mad crescendo, and the splintering cracks of wood hammered Yu Han’s heart like a ticking time bomb.
The carriage wasn’t meant to imprison monstrous dogs with endless stamina. The thing would break out, and when it did, Yu Han was going to be its second dinner. He could feed it for ages, with his large flabs of—
“Fat!”
He ran to the front of the carriage. There, the ceramic jar! It was under the driver’s bench, affixed to the carriage with rope. It had the animal fat they used for cooking and lighting the torches!
He took off his shirt and filled it with lard, creating a dangling bundle.
The carriage shook like there was a hurricane inside. Yu Han was lucky the dog hadn’t flung itself out the window by random chance.
Yu Han lit a corner of the cloth bundle, then threw it through the window into the carriage. The creature perked up, then bit the bundle like a rottweiler. Animal fat spilled onto its face, which then touched the fire on the cloth’s edge. A blaze rose, like the wrath of an angry volcano.