Ingrit gasped in terror, staring at the beast.

One of the deadly claws of the beast pierced the wind as it approached towards Ingrit to slash him. He jumped a few centimeters back, and his back hit against the giant wall. Though, he managed to survive from that deadly claw attack, but now there was no were to run for him. So, he glanced sideways, and ran to his left.

He was heading in the direction of the forest.

Seeing that the beast began to fly towards Ingrit.

Ingrit began to curse himself for being unable to use his power properly. He had to close his eyes to manifest his sphere of Dracid. Moreover, it takes 30-50 seconds for it to be fully manifested, which would give the beast ample amount of time to tear Ingrit into pieces. So, he had no choice but to run, and find a hiding place in the forest, where he could focus on manifesting his sphere, and end this nightmare once and for all.

"What the heck is this thing?!"

He asked the system as he ran in the direction of the forest.

[Casper: They are a type of beast that lures human and any other living beings with non-hostile and cute appearance. Once the prey get close to them, they show their true vile nature, and devour them.]

"You could have at least warn me that the beast was dangerous when it appeared before me, you know."

He said with an angry face.

If the system had a physical form, then Ingrit would, undoubtedly, be beating the living shit out of the system right now.

Yes, I reached it!

Ingrit's face became a bit lighter, when he reached near the forest. Though, terror was still surfacing on his face thinking if he would actually be able to kill that thing at his current level. Because, at Ingrit's current level, he could only use 2 spheres a day. So, he had to be extremely careful of how he uses them.

Anyway, he ran into the forest. As soon as he did that the casper lost sight of him.

After a few seconds, the casper rushed into the forest, turning its head left and right to spot its prey.

In this field of dense trees, it couldn't spot Ingrit at all. So, its began to grind its teeth. As it was grinding teeth, saliva was dripping from its maw. It then roared loudly, which shook the air around him. After that he landed on the ground.

It slowly began to walk forward while grunting. It was heading in the direction of a giant boulder.

As ill-luck would have it, Ingrit was behind that boulder still trying to manifest his sphere, closing his eyes and sitting on the ground. But, luckily, it would take the beast 50-60 seconds to get to that boulder, if only it kept on walking at its normal speed. By that time Ingrit would have finished manifesting his sphere. In fact, it was almost close to completion.

Sadly, the casper had a strong sense of smell. So, it sniffed, and figured out that his prey was hiding behind that boulder. So, it rush towards that boulder like a hungry wild beast with its red glowing eyes.

After reaching near the boulder, the casper grabbed it with both of its hands, and lifted up the boulder, which exposed Ingrit. Seeing him the beast grinded its teeth again, desperate to feast on its prey.

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The casper, with great strength, began to lift down the boulder to smash Ingrit.

But, before the boulder could hit him, he got up, and leaped forward, then rolled. As a result, the boulder smash the soiled ground instead of Ingrit himself.

This was Ingrit's change to strike. Because, he managed to manifest the sphere completely. Now, all he needed was to throw the sphere at the vile beast's face, and then everything would be over.

Without wasting any time, he threw the sphere at the casper, and it perfectly landed on his face, which caused a huge explosive impact. It sent him backwards by at least half a mitre.

But, deep down he feared that a 8 centimeters long sphere might not be enough to kill that thing. Because, it simply didn't have much energy in it.

As if, to answer his lingering fear, the beast stood there like nothing had happened to it at all. Even though, his left eye was completely damaged, he didn't seem to mind that at all.

It was grunting, and slowly approaching towards its pray.

"Come on! You gotta be kidding me!"

Ingrit exclaimed with utter shock on his face.

Though, he anticipated something like that to happen, but still he simply didn't want his anticipation to turn into a reality.

"Not again!"

Ingrit knew what he had to do next. And, he was hardly happy about it. Because, he was sick of running. He had been running for quite a while now. But still, in order to survive he had no choice but to run with every ouch of his strength. So, after quickly turning the other way, with great speed he dashed forward.

But, the beast this time, instead of going after him, it lifted up the boulder and threw it towards Ingrit.

Getting crushed by that approaching boulder would mean certain death for him.

He turned his head a little, and sidestepped. Thus, he was saved from getting crushed under that boulder. The boulder landed right beside him. It was a close call for him. If he had been a few seconds late to sidestep, then he would have,undoubtedly, been crushed to death by that boulder. He gulped a little, imagining that worst possible scenario.

Unfortunately, before he could even realize it, he was caught in the left hand of the casper. It grabbed onto him tightly. The force was so strong that Ingrit felt like his entire body was about to be squashed.

It slowly opened its maw, and at a normal speed brought Ingrit to its maw. He could smell foul scent coming out of its mouth as it was bringing him near its maw. It smelled so bad that it made Ingrit puke.

Ingrit's heart was beating faster, and his face grew very pale. But still, he wasn't just about to about to give up and die here. He simply couldn't afford to die. So, he made a disparate attempt to save himself from its terrifying maw. He hit his head against the casper's right eye violently.

It made the casper to loosen its grip. Thus an opportunity was presented before him for a narrow escape. He again hit him with his head on its right eyes, hoping for it to let him loose. And, it actually worked! The casper let go of him, and grabbed his right eye.

The casper did feel pain a little. But, the reason he let go of him and grabbed his right eye, was to protect his only remaining eye. If it lost it, it would be unable to see for the rest of its life, which would make it hard for the casper to hunt its prey.

Ingrit rose on his feet, and grabbed his head. Because, after hitting his head not once but twice against the casper's eye, it made him feel an excruciating amount of pain. Its skin was a lot tougher than it looked like.

That hurts!

But still, he didn't want to waste this opportunity. So, he ran towards the light at the end of the forest. It was ,without a doubt, the exit.

He ran as fast as he could, and managed to reach near the light. But, he didn't stop there, he ran through it, and exited the forest. As soon as he stepped outside, he slipped, and slid down the tall ground.

Luckily, it wasn't so tall to cause any injures if one fell down from there. So, without any injures he landed on the field full of long green grass. Then, he looked up at the forest, hearing a strong pressing sound.

The forest's exit point seemed to serve as a barrier against that beast. Because, the moment it tried to exit the forest, it completely pushed the casper back. It was trying to exit the forest over and over again, but failing each time.

That made Ingrit relief. Now, he could finally catch a breath, and prepare his solid counter attack. Then, he could finally get out of this place.

With eyes full of determination, he said, "I will slay you."