Chapter 11: Beast Armament
Still, despite the situation Nick found himself in, he wasn’t nearly as nervous or despairing as he had been in his encounter with the Awakened White Ox.
For one, this Sabertooth Wolf was only a Mundane beast, so the danger was much lower than his fight with the Awakened White Ox.
But the danger of death was still there. The Sabertooth Wolves might have lower strength and defence than the average Mundane beasts, but their speed was on par with that of an Awakened beast.
One slip up could be all it takes for Nick to gain a life threatening injury from the beast.
All of a sudden, Nick snapped out of his messy thoughts as the Sabertooth Wolf compressed it’s hind legs and lunged upwards, snapping its jaws open in preparation to take a bite out of Nick.
Not wanting to succumb to such an injury, Nick jumped off the branch and landed on the ground below, narrowly avoiding the wolf’s strike.
’Nice!’
Nick felt good, as he had managed to dodge something with the speed of an Awakened Beast.
However, things had barely gotten started.
The wolf seemed to have anticipated Nick dodging, and it corrected its trajectory to land directly on top of him, extending its terrifying claws and teeth in preparation to tear him to shreds.
’Crap!’