Chapter 65: 65.Forest of No Shade-5

It was the exact same scene Mylo had barely managed to escape from earlier.

The only difference now was that he was far more prepared than before.

But will it be enough?

Their numbers were even larger than he remembered.

The manic, raspy laughter of the Tkerns resounded through the clearing as Mylo braced himself.

Kekekekekek!

He had already abandoned any thought of running away.

Earlier, he had resolved never to fight a Nothrought alone, but seeing how brilliantly it had trapped him, Mylo’s instincts screamed at him not to give it another chance to plot his demise.

Mylo kept his eyes locked firmly on the gigantic Nothrought.

This isn’t the time to ponder whether it has intelligence or not. My absolute highest priority is hunting it down right here, right now.

Tightening his grip on his chipped machete and the sharp antler, Mylo charged.

He sprinted straight into the horde of Tkerns.

He used the six-spiked antler to smash aside any Tkern lunging from the front, while his machete carved a bloody path through any that leaped at him from the sides. He made sure to move at top speed in an erratic, unpredictable pattern, giving the Tkerns no steady target to coordinate against.

Within seconds, he had closed almost all the distance between himself and the beast.

"Are you just going to hide behind these bastards?!"

Mylo shouted, his voice echoing in the abyss.

"Come on! Let’s have a real fight!"

The Nothrought hissed violently in response.

Hoooooonnn!

It whipped its massive head to the side, sweeping its thick, pitch-black horn straight toward Mylo like a swinging battering ram.

Whoosh!

Mylo dropped instantly to his knees, bending his upper body back as far as he could to evade the blow.

He raised the antler with both hands to deflect the trajectory by a hair’s breadth.

Clang!

A harsh scraping sound echoed as the heavy horn grazed the bone weapon.

Gah!

I barely braced against it with the antler, and it almost shattered my entire arm! Its strength is absurd!

Despite the shooting pain, he swung his arm with a violent twist of his whole body.

The momentum was so fierce that his blood surged straight to his hand. The machete struck the Nothrought straight across the neck.

Clang!

The harsh metallic sound vibrated through the air.

Mylo gritted his teeth.

He had already prepared himself mentally for how tough its hide was, but seeing that he hadn’t managed to leave even a single scratch was still disheartening.

Hoooooooon!

The Nothrought whipped its massive head around, shattering Mylo’s balance.

It rammed its rock-hard head straight forward, slamming into Mylo’s chest.

Thud!

The force knocked every last breath out of Mylo’s lungs.

"Cough!"

Yet, a frantic smirk spread across his face.

As he was knocked back, he slammed both hands downward, his antler digging near the Nothrought’s shoulder while his machete locked tight against its neck.

Pleasure! Pleasure! Pleasure!

Bliss drain! Bliss drain! Bliss drain!

He chanted the skills in his mind as fast and as many times as he possibly could.

Hoooooon!

The Nothrought instantly panicked, its footing collapsing as its balance wavered.

Weakened and disoriented, it began to thrash and run wildly, trampling several Tkerns beneath its heavy feet.

Crunch!

Ke-keke!!-k-

Mylo held on for dear life, but he felt sharp, painful scratches raking across his ankles.

Yanking his legs upward, he braced his feet against the base of the Nothrought’s pitch-black horns, using the momentum to haul himself onto the beast’s back.

The moment Mylo mounted the creature, he unleashed another barrage of Bliss drain and Pleasure, locking his arms tightly around its massive neck.

The Nothrought went completely wild, slamming violently into surrounding trees in a desperate attempt to shake him off.

Thump! Thud!

Hoooooon!

Its agonized cries echoed through the sparse forest as Mylo maintained his grip, unhinged smile plastered across his face.

The waves of overwhelming sensation rippled through the Nothrought’s entire body as Mylo’s hand slipped right past the joint of its hide.

Here... HERE IT IS!

This is your weakness, isn’t it?!

Your underbelly!

That’s where your hide is softest!

Mylo screamed inside his head as he raised his chipped machete and plunged it straight down with every ounce of force he had left.

Kuenche!

The sickening warmth of thick liquid coated his hands as the blade punctured deep through the soft skin of the Nothrought’s stomach.

HOOOOOOONN!

The beast erupted into an absolute frenzy.

It sprinting wild and blind across the clearing.

Its chaotic rampage crushed multiple Tkerns underfoot as it thrashed uncontrollably. Mylo’s vision spun violently, his sense of direction completely shattered by the erratic movement.

Suddenly, a bone-rattling impact slammed into Mylo.

CRUNCH!

The Nothrought had smashed itself sideways into a thick tree, sandwiching Mylo directly between its massive body and the trunk. The crush of force tore his grip free, ripping the machete out of the wound as Mylo was violently thrown off the beast’s back, tumbling into the dirt.

The bleeding Nothrought scrambled away into the dark, terrified and thrashing.

"Cough! Haff... haff..."

Mylo coughed uncontrollably, blood spraying from his lips.

Sensory numb... Sensory numb...

He desperately channeled the skill.

It dulled the edge of the agony slightly, but the sheer force of the impact was still far too severe to ignore.

"Ha... ha... ha! This is crazy! THIS IS CRAZY!"

Yet, he forced his trembling legs to lock, pushing himself back up to his feet.

He stared at the chaotic bloodbath of Tkerns scatter-brained around the frantically bleeding Nothrought.

"IT WORKS! I CAN DEFEAT YOU!" Mylo roared into the dark forest.

CRACK!

The tree he had just been slammed into gave off a sudden, sharp snapping sound.

Something absurdly sharp had completely impaled the trunk from behind, missing Mylo’s head by less than a hair’s breadth.

The manic smile on Mylo’s face didn’t even have time to fade.

SWOOSH!

Before he could react, that same thin, lethal blade swept sideways.

It smashed into Mylo’s right side and blasting his body off his feet, sending him flying into the dark distance.

The crazed, raspy cries of the Tkerns and the deep, agonized roar of the Nothrought rang across the entire clearing.

Cough!

Mylo spat up a mouth full of hot blood.

He forced his heavy eyelids open and looked ahead.

Just then massive tree, sliced cleanly through its trunk, toppled over and slammed into the ground with a deafening crash.

BOOM!

The heavy impact sent a cloud of fine, pitch-black soil and dust erupting into the air, shrouding the frantic bloodbath in a dark blanket.

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