Two more shots pierced its left long ear and the beast turned towards the origin of the shot. Surgit, despite the pain he felt in his leg and arm, got up injected himself with Iosefka’s miraculous vial and quickly went around the monster’s head. His arm had gotten back to its initial position and his leg was functional again. He swung his weapon at its neck and blood came rushing out of it, his heart started pounding heavily again. He saw open teeth in front of him “to the back you fool” and he felt his body jumping backwards as the beast’s mouth closed on thin air. He looked at his chest as excruciating pain had shot through his entire body. A fang had torn his chest open. He had a diagonal opening going from his left shoulder to the bottom of his rib cage on the right. Those voices had actually saved him. “Blood, we need blood!” the voices kept on going. They were even louder in his head now. The beast was facing him again. It was clearly in pain as he had opened its neck earlier. It opened its mouth again and jumped at him.

He jumped on top of the beast’s head and used its antlers to keep his balance on top of it. He hacked with his weapon at the thick hide of the beast. It was like hitting rocks. He was running out of time. Pain was blinding him and if he wanted to heal, he’d have to consume the monster’s blood. “Release the beast, release the beast” the voices had gotten stronger in his head and he felt his heart pounding even faster against his chest. His desire to survive this fight and the feeling that he could fell the beast had taken him over. He was focused on only one thing, surviving.

Two more shots and he felt himself lunging towards the floor. The beast fell again to the ground, staggered. He fell head on to the ground, hearing a cracking sound. He got up and saw that his left arm had been broken, he had no more vials and the beast was still alive.

He looked at the beast’s exposed head. The shots were so precise that they hit the beast exactly at the previous spot. Blood was flowing out from the source of the injury and the opening was big enough for Surgit to try and make greater damage. That marksman was of great help and bullets definitely had critical effect on these monsters. He started losing consciousness, he had to act quickly.