Chapter 109 - 107

By the state of the fox and the gigantic Stallion ghouls of the pictures are at I would assume they are the Abomination ones since they look so oddly put together, with those sewed up limbs, and are the ones with the worst part of the deal too with their pulling skin and open up wounds and all.

So I had the right line of thought the first time I saw the fox, they truly seemed to be suffering greatly in their current state, trapped in those deformed bodies.

And it is odd to think of it now, but that makes me glad for I realize just how lucky I am for having my connection made with Asher and not with another ghoul.

Scary thoughts to save for later.

This new ghoul, just like the Snake, has a humanoid overall figure, but as her he too had some animal characteristics, resembling sea creatures this time around, drippy and mushy.

This thing's slimy body ends in a very long head with a tentacle twitching at the end, almost as if stretched out by hand, its arms and legs open up into various tentacles, taking a similar human form when they twist like noodles, winding together to take a more solid form, but the oddest part is actually its eyes, mouth and teeth, for they are not on top on the long head but actually on its belly where the nipples and belly button should have been, somehow looking like the mix of a slimy human put together with an angry starfish, especially when it stretches its tentacles out.

I trust that Asher will not be killed off so easily and quickly, and actually I'm surprised to realize that I'm not as worried as I thought I would about him, wondering where this trust and confidence had come from, and yet I'm still very angry and furious about the situation at hand, but mostly not because Asher is in danger for he always is in his current field of expertise, but because I ended up being played by the Snake Queen, and she not only managed to slip away but managed to have me in such position.

I just walked up and fell into such a silly trap!

I growl to that, rumbling fire up my belly until my scales redden from the intensity and heat up, flames slipping between my strong jaw and big teeth.

So I free the flames, burning whatever I could reach, but since they are up and close to me I start heating up more and more to the point that the red scales start scorching them, like the hot metal of an ironing tool, only that the degrees keep heating up until I smell burned flesh and am let free my the howling creatures, who throw themselves to the ground and start rolling to not only ease the pain but to stop the small fires that lit up along their skin.

I give off a satisfied full of fangs grin as I watch the results of my attack. Now now that's more like it, thought you could handle me just like that now didn't you lot?

The fox clacks her teeth and the tentacle creature howls at me, its big mouth vibrating and letting out two long slimy tongues that tasted the air.

I give them my own growl mixed with mine up and down cougar scream, sounding far more threatening than these two slowpokes.

I'm not afraid of them, and I'm actually quite certain of my victory in this fight, only that… the longer I stay here the more Asher's situation worries me, so instead of simply fighting on I quickly shift my attention towards trying to escape… for now.

But of course these two are very aware of my intentions, and with plans to defeat me by hurting Asher they are quick to stand in my way, and with both having long reaching limbs it turns out to be a nightmare to get them out of my way for one tentacle that reached me would twist and pull the starfish monsters whole body in my direction, and as he would wrap around my arms the fox would quickly coordinate an attack on the other side, keeping me too busy to easily tear him apart.

Already puffing out smoke out of annoyance at these slippery fucks I do not think twice before grabbing my swords, the bigger ones snuggling at the palm of my upper arms, easily cutting the foliage around that gave them so much cover and advantage, as the smaller swords would be attentive and pierce the dark in search of their fleshy bodies.

But in the end they did not want to fight, so they would back out of my swords reach and try to restrain me from a blind spot, even using themselves as bait as the fox tries to coil the tip of its snake body on my ankle, only to realize that it does not have enough strength to pull me out of my feet.

Its reward was a sword through its body, and a deep cut along the scaled skin as it pulled itself away from my reach in a shrieking move, but beyond the pain they would heal up fast and move like ravaging predators with a single objective.

To stall me.

So while the fox had just being hurt badly the other jumps up my face, and such a bold move makes him lose more than a few tentacles, but does not stop him from reaching me and making me lose more time by having to pull him out my face.

Even if they have a strong healing factor like myself this way of combat is madness, opening themselves to my attacks like it is nothing, almost rendering themselves into meat pulp!

And this type of battling without a fight is starting to piss me off more and more, acting like dolphins circling around the fish, with bites here and there to keep them in place, moving away once I reach out, only for the other to grab from the other side.

So I decided to simply put an end to this stupid set of moves of them and put everything on fire, for at least these abominations have one thing in common with the ghouls… and that is they all burn nicely, so while my lungs fill with air and my scales expand to fit in the air, I pour out the sea of flames, having they shriek and howl back in pain, quickly being overwhelmed by the flames that eagerly consume the forest grounds and expand without control, crackling and hissing as the hungrily consume the wood into charcoal and dust.

But I do not stay back to see the fruits of my work in action, nor think too much about the damage such fire would have later on, I just find an opening to leap out as the now high orange flames reach my knee, jumping down the cliff and stopping my fall with my six limbs, the hands denting the floor as I'm finally able to dash up towards Asher.

I just hope I'm not too late…