He pushed and was pulled back to the ground by the weight of the beast, it was heavy. He tried to move his head, but it got stuck under the maw. The fangs are gnashing at his mask, yet it has no cracks. In the end, the man relied on his eyes and vision’s periphery.

He looked to his left and found nothing while the claw of the tar tiger has sliced through his abdomen. He’s bleeding and the pain is sharp, but he got no time for it and immediately turn his eyes to the right. Thank thee! The man found one, a big old-fashion blunt-sharp-looking rock, effectively for bashing.

He moved his arm in the direction of the rock as quickly as possible. The beast smashes its paw against the man’s chest, and his lungs got squeezed he lost his breath and loses control of his arm. He wheezed and tried to suck all the air back as if his life depended on it. The tar tiger keeps on biting his mask.

The man moved again and pulled the rock on his side, and was planning to bash the eye of the beast when the tar tiger noticed his movement and released the jaw from the mask and raised its head. That was the moment it made a mistake. The man immediately whips his head forward smashing his mask against the face of the beast.

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*CRACK*

The crushing of the skull was sharp and deafening. The man did not know what happen, but he immediately push himself off the ground while raising his rock as high as he can be, and smash it down against the head of the beast. Bringing a fatal blow to its head, and it took a couple of steps reeling from the impact.

The state of the tar tiger is now a mess, its eye is dangling, its fangs broke, and there is a hole on top of its forehead. Red blood was replaced with black liquid that oozes from wounded holes. It was an ugly sight, but a relief for the man.

The man glances his back to see his destination, he was a hundred meters away. He whips his focus back to the tar tiger. The beast was looking at him and readied its stance. The two beings were in a stand-off to see who goes first and counter. Fortunately, the tar tiger is not intelligent and pounced its way to the man, and a rock fell down on top of its head.

*BANG*

The man was amazed by his own speed and strength, he knew was somewhat strong from his journey, but never expected that he be this powerful. He looks at his hand, and the rock was not there, instead it was now impaled on the head of the tar tiger, dead on the spot. The man turns and took a step forward.