Chapter 9: Chase

According to the map, he just had to take a right turn here and go straight to arrive at the lobby.

However, Carter was stopped in his tracks just before he turned right.

His hair stood up in fear as the sound of squelching flesh reached his ears and a low deep sound of growling.

He gulped as he took a peek and there he saw a big black cat the size of a full-grown lion.

It was feasting on a human corpse.

Truly a beast!

Carter got chills to the spine, if he were to face such a monster, it was like declaring his own death.

Such a beast would be enough to crush him just by its weight.

Carter's hand was shaking, looking at the knife he was holding, would it even do anything against such a beast?

Just then, the beast raised it's head and sniffed.

Carter's heart stopped for a moment.

I'm fucked!

The beast turned it's head around and roared. It had smelled prey.

Carter broke into cold sweat.

How?

He was hiding right around the corner, making sure only his eyes were peeking.

How much of a fcking predatory senses does it have for it to sense him almost immediately.

Roooaarrr!!

The big black cat roared wildly. It's savage red eyes struck fear right through Carter's heart.

"Ohh...I'm really fucked."

Carter faced death once again.

Run!!!

Carter immediately turned around!

Lobby? Escape? Fck all that.

That monster was literally placed there to make it impossible to leave the building.

He couldn't hope to face that beast and return alive, especially with his current state right now.

Carter ran as fast as he could, but he bet that monster was fast as fuck!

Despite the beast being big, it had quite the slender build. It was for sure a predatory beast that loved to chase it's prey.

Carter could hear the terrifying growl of the vicious beast just right behind him. When he turned around, all he saw was the jaws of the beast endowed with sharp teeth that could shred his flesh and pierce through his veins.

Carter's face darkened.

Shit!

Carter knew he couldn't outrun such a beast but he didn't want to die just yet.

No, he definitely didn't want to die after what he had endured in that hellish 'domain of diamonds' - that fcking elevator!

Please work, please workkk!!

Carter cried out in his mind.

You have activated tough skin.

He fell down the floor as the beast pinned him down.

But there was a noticable glow in his skin that seemed to wrap around every inch of his body.

It-it worked!

Just as Carter was able to muster a smile, he forgot just how much of a beast the beast he was on against — and right now, that beast was on top of him.

With it's massive build, it stepped on Carter's left arm causing his face to shatter and release a scream of agony.

AAAUGHHHH!!

Carter's eyes turned red as tears fell from his eyes.

His arms was being crushed, as if that was not enough, the beast opened it's maws and took a bite of his left shoulder.

His scream reached far to the hallways of the building, under the monstrous beast that had killed dozens of people.

Fuckk!!

Was the skill 'tough skin' even working? Why was the pain still so intense, why did his arm still get crushed that easily?

Or was it that the beast was far stronger to the point that even the skill that was supposed to increase his bodily defences rendered useless.

Veins popped out of Carter's neck. He didn't want to die without a fight.

Fck that!

Carter clutched the knife in his right hands tight, his left hand may have been, more or less, now broken, he still had his right arm.

RAAAAAHHHH!!!

He plunged his knife to the beasts side as deep as he could.

However, instead of the cat being the one to scream in pain, it was Carter as the cat dug it's fangs deeper to his shoulders as a response to the measly damage that he inflected with the stab.

Carter could feel the strong and durable flesh of the beast as he pushed his knife deep to it's body.

He grit through the pain and planned to instead pull out the knife and continuously stab the beast. However, Carter found out that the knife was stuck very deep to it's body and could not be pulled out.

Carter had no choice but to let go of his weapon.

Aughhhh!

Carter was bitting his lips hard as the pain of being bit in the shoulders and having his arm crushed increased.

He had to get this beast off of him.

He clenched his fists, he had to get this beast off of him or else it would be the end of him.

You have activated the skill 'Enchanced punch."

Some sort of energy coated his fists as he threw a punch at the area near where he had stabbed the beast.

Finally, he had gotten some reaction from the cat.

Rooooarrr!!!

The beast finally let go of Carter's shoulders and arm, it took a few steps back whilst growling, it's red eyes shone more viciously than ever.

It became agitated!

It worked!

Carter though, couldn't afford to rejoice at that fact. He had to run!

He crawled and stood himself up as the beast licked it's wounds however could not pull the knife out itself.

Carter didn't plan to waist this chance of his and turned his back to run, no hesitation, this beast was far too much for him to handle.

His left arm was broken and he had a ghastly bite wound on his left shoulder. He was also losing significant amount of blood, with the way his body was right now, being tired and exhausted mentally and physically, it was even a miracle he could stand up right now.

Run!

You have activated the skill 'Enchanced Speed'.

He ran as fast as he could trying to run as far as he could, but even with that skill, it would only give him a little bit of a headstart, against such a fast beast, he couldn't hope to even dream of outrunning it.

Roooaaarrr!

The chase begun.