Clash of titans

Strangely, Boris was only shocked but not frightened; his unfazed gaze was like a predator coldly stared at its prey. Suddenly Boris charged towards the Giant crab without any hint of hesitation like a raging bull and launched a powerful frontal strike.

The Giant crab blocked the incoming punch without even break a sweat simply by lifting its thick hard claws.

Boris was having a hard time dealing with the crab, he was nothing but a newbie in fighting so all he could come up with is to hit his enemy harder and harder till he beats it to death. Obviously, things weren't going as planned.

The Giant Crab was more like a tortoise all it did was defend, no matter how he stuck the crab didn't even budge. Boris became more and more frustrated and annoyed.

The same scene played out again and again and again, Boris would try to crack its defense with a different attack from punches to flying kicks to dropkicks. But the Giant Crab was holding its position like a stone wall without even budging an inch talk less about injuries.

Only when the 2 titans clashed Quinn awoke from his stupor, from Quinn's perspective Boris was blindly throwing random punches without aiming for the weakness or any sort of strategy while the Giant Crab wasn't smart either it all it did throughout the brawl was clumsily blocking the attacks thrown using its thick skin.

Quinn silently shook his head while earnestly observing the battle; meanwhile, he sensed the dark clouds hovering above his head slowly dissipating, the crab was too clumsy and slow Quinn could come up with eighty if not hundred battle tactics to kill this Fat Crab.

Boris was running out of ideas, he looked for Quinn and his eyes were pleading for help. Quinn palm-faced seeing Boris's pathetic state, he was struggling to hold back his laughter.

With great difficulty he held back his laughter and gave signs to remind his friend to retreat; their goal is only to lure out the Giant Crab. Boris actually forgot Quinn's instruction in the moment of panic and excitement, nevertheless Quinn didn't really blame his friend; after all, this was his debut fight.

After seeing Quinn's sign the sudden revelation struck him, he actually forgot his task and deeply immersed in fighting the beast. Then he hung head down in shame before throwing few cotton punches to the Crab and retreated like a toy running out of battery.

Boris trotted and jogged alternatively while stopping here and there, to highlight his fatigue he would take deep breaths and quick breaths as he moved.

Even Quinn would have fallen for such a flawless performance if he didn't have insider's info but then again stupidity was something really seeped deep inside that tiny brain of his friend.

One second Boris was fighting like being injected with chicken blood and the next moment he threw the towel and retreated like a tired donkey. Not even the dumbest person would be fooled, fortunately, it was dumb crab so his trick somehow worked and the giant crab moved its asses to catch Boris.

Quinn sneakily followed the Giant Crab, he wasn't really worried about Boris still he needs to be in the proximity to launch a surprise attack and immobilize the crab.

While he was moving Quinn whistled to signal Kallis and Lardo; they were both eagerly waiting for this sound and an ordinary whistle was like bell chimes. Without hesitating for second both of them rushed toward the nest; Elgar already marked the exact location on the map.

In fact, after the Giant Crab was pulled out of its nest none of them really needed any sort of map to find the huge dark hole, so both of them reached to nest in few minutes.

Kallis directly barged into the nest while Lardo guarded the entrance solemnly with utmost vigilance.

At the same time, Boris was dragging away the Giant Crab while Quinn was following them a few meters away. After sometime Boris gave an ear piercing scream before crumbling on to the ground, his breath hushed and eventually died out while he gently closed his eyes.

Boris started to play dead to fool the dumb Crab to let its guard down. Herculean Muscle Art also significantly strengthened the internal organs and so, Boris could survive a long time without any air to breath.

The crab waited patiently and only after Boris held his breath and tightly closed his eyelids, did it cautiously approach him. The Crab tested the waters by poking and turning him with its long crab hands.

Only after few minutes of harassment it really believes that its enemy is dead; though the Giant Crab was dumb and sloppy it was also very cowardly and spineless, thus making it difficult to deal with.

But the moment the crab let it guard down Boris didn't miss his opportunity and launched a surprise attack to its eyes; the strike contained all his residual energy after a trying battle. The power behind that attack was only second to his first super punch Boris used to destroy the fake stone shell.

Unfortunately, facing the life or death crisis crab's reflex performed abnormally well thus dodging the fatal strike by a hair's width and the strike landed on its skull.

But the skull wasn't as hard as its claws or shell, the Giant Crab went dizzy and a whole solar system was circling around its head. Its entire inner system was shaken by the surprise attack from Boris.

After the attack and Boris beautifully retreated while Quinn flawlessly cooperated with him by launching a sneak attack from its back. Quinn didn't go for any of face or shell instead he targeted the legs on the left side.

Quinn rushed down to the crab, he wasn't worried of drawing a drunken crab's attention. He clenched his fist and aimed at the joints, the attack wasn't as powerful as Boris's punches but Quinn's attack was well timed and perfectly executed one.

Quinn punch crippled its leg but he didn't stop there, while the Crab was wailing in pain Quinn proceeded to other leg and successfully crippled the other leg and immobilizing the Crab.

The Crab couldn't support its enormous body with its 2 legs crippled thus like a building demolished and collapsed within itself the Giant Crab also slowly floored.

While Quinn was sighing Boris was seeing this scene with extreme astonishment, he was struggling to keep up with that giant whilst Quinn just gave a few jabs and the Crab just crumbled upon itself.

Boris's reverence towards Quinn slowly converted into worship; but if Quinn could read minds and found what Boris was thinking Quinn would blush in embarrassment.

Technically Boris did all the job Quinn was just giving the final touch, so no matter how thick-skinned he is Quinn wouldn't accept credits for taking down this giant.

After giving a thumbs up Boris dragged his worn-out body to boulder slumped into like a soft cushion.