The thyxar's muscles twitched unnaturally as it's grey skin— laced with black veins shimmered with an otherworldly light.
It's jaw had split wide open, unhinged like a skull with rows of serrated teeth dripping with thick saliva. It's huge bulky arms were long. And each if it's finger ended with jagged bone claws.
There were six ranks of Thyxars.
Imps > Fiends > Hunters > Reapers > Demons > Hollows
Judging by this monster's physique, it was just an imp.
Zach held on to the shock rod, despite all the struggles he hadn't let go of this weapon—well it was a tool, but in this case, Zach had to improvise.
This monster was his captain just a second ago. The imp still looked uncanny and raw, signalling it still at its infant stage, not yet a full grown imp.
Zach bled, looking around the cave.
Littered around the massive cave were jagged concrete pillars that rose to the ceiling like jolts of uneven ribs, creating a cathedral feel to it's overall layout.
Parts of the excavation tools lay in the distance and Zach needed to get there.
I can do this
"You gonna have to distract that thing for me.."
Zach stated seriously.
"The miner's eyes grew wet with tears, legs shaking.
"I....I have a daughter" he sobbed.
"Yeah yeah.. And I have a sister. See?. We both have something in common!." He gritted " Now get up your ass and do some shit or else we're gonna die for sure!" he yelled.
The monster vaulted towards him.
The miner yelped, sprinting towards a random direction, but the monster wasn't going for him.
Not at all.
It was heading towards Zach.
Zach this time took a different approach, he ran towards the abomination, and at the last second, ducked in between it's legs.
"Now!" Zach yelled.
The miner was pressured, he had no choice.
"H-heeyyyyy big guy ". The middle aged man voice cracked.
The monster completely ignored him charging at Zach who was a few meters away crouching next to one of the tractors.
"At least I tried.." the miner rushed to hide.
That bastard!!
"Dammit" he gritted, grabbing a chain underneath a massive tractor.
The monster won't leave him alone, strangely it had realised Zach was a threat
Zach raised his sleeve for comfort, revealing a symbol of a sloth on his forearm.
"Wait —a mystic arts major?!". A survivor hiding under the tractor muttered.
Zach held the end of the chain in his mouth and attached a shock rod on the other end.
A shock rod is a mining tool (mainly used in mining stones) that channels stored energy into a metal tip, releasing a powerful electrical discharge on contact to break apart rocks.
To activate to to simply have to apply kinetic energy on it which would mean you'll need to pull it or push the handle.
He glanced at the abomination in the distance, heading towards him.
Here it goes!
If Zach missed this shot, he was good as dead, the thyxar would be too close to run, and to fast to dodge.
He was counting on this.
Zach tensed his muscles, dashing toward the beast. He swirled the chain, throwing it at the monsters huge frame.
The rope missed by a wide margin, and the abomination grinned.
The beast closed the gap in an instant, grabbing Zach's waist, his bone cracked under pressure.
Aargghh, Zach's body felt like it would burst open like a balloon, blood rushed to his brain clouding his senses..
The abomination lifted him into the air.
The pain was intense.
His insides flared like a burning iron was sizzling inside of him.
He gritted his teeth as the monster raised him up, opening it sickening jaw to gulp him down.
The onlookers watched in horror.
At this moment, Zach pulled the chain, activating the shock rod that blasted hundreds of volts into the base of a pillar behind them.
*Boom*
The electricity also ran through Zach's body because of it was metal, but he just had to grit through the intense pain.
Zach was never aiming for the monster. He was aiming for that.
The pillars base shattered, the structure groaned as it leaned in, crashing down in their direction.
The monster swung it's arms upward to block the collapsing pillar. It's grip on Zach loosening until the young miner slipped away.
The destruction of the stone pillar cause a ripple effect, causing multiple stones pillars to fall atop the monster.
Boom Boom. Boom
The cave erupted into sounds as the pillars crashed into the monster, ramming it into the floor with a loud bang.
The Giant barnacles on the ceiling broke off, falling into the debris with the sound of a grenade.
The mist of concrete filled the air as the sounds died down.
"What... in the hell happened...?"
"Did that kid really do it?"
....
*Boom *
The thyxar burst out of he rubble.
Mouth shaking uncontrollably, dislocated, as blood gushed out. It's arms were impaled with metal beams, one of it's eyes bled profusely as It looked around, frantically looking for Zach.
Zach's joints bent at an unnatural angle as he crawled away, a trial of blood flowing him.
The monster spotted Zach in a fit of rage, it's body swelled up.
Oh no..
Zach gritted his teeth.
It's maturing
The monster arms bulged as it lunged forward.
Zach just prayed that the chains would hold.
And that was the second phase of his plan.
Zach frist phase, the pillar faze was meant to get the pillar down so Zach could entangle the monster in a hot trap using the chains.
Zach shattered the chains so when the pillars come crashing they will entangle everything, locking his trap in place.
The monsters movement came to a sudden halt as the chains latched at its neck.
Zach grinned.
Due to the sudden jolt of the chains, the shock rod on the other end had activated.
And judging by the strengths the monster pulled by, the powered would go up to a 10,000 volts.
*Roar*
The monster let out a deafening roar as the chains heat up to molten. Making the monster wiggle in agony.
Due to this, the chains got even more entangled with the beast and the beast's movements got even more frantic.
It roared trying to snap the chains despite the pain.
"I... Have to do this...."
Zach's insides flared.
Zach staggered despite the pain, towards a driller parked parallel to the monster.
The last part of his plan.
Zach knew the chains alone couldn't kill the beast over time. He needed more killing power.
The driller, a heavy duty machine usually used for drilling into walls and uncovering treasure was being used today as a Trump cards against a thyxar.
Zach got into the cabin. fired the engines.
"Clear the way !!!"
The survivors instantly got the drill stepping out of the way as Zach used all his remaining strength to step on the gas.
One of his feet was broken so he had to improvise by using his other foot.
The huge machine with a drill in front of it shot forward, ramming into the beast.
*Boom*
The metal exterior ot the driller heated up.
Zach jumped out at the last second.
The driller pierced into the monsters carapace, heating up as it rammed the monster into the wall.
"GET DOWN!!!!"
Zach yelled.
The driller exploded, along with the imp, with a massive boom that rattled the very core of the entire cave.
The ceiling cracked under immense pressure breaking open.
For a moment dust and smoke rose in the air, then it settled.
The wall were the monster crashed had caved in, parts of the structure had turned to molten glass.
The monster was gone, leaving behind charred flesh, the air was thick with the smell of burnt flesh and searing electronics.
[Congratulations! Slave of the mystic arts]
[You have aquired an existence stone, reaching the seaquence level of earth]
[Your trial will start in 10 days]
[Welcome to the inner circle]