"Red Water Behemoth." Tabitha froze, her brown eyes on the lumbering humanoid monstrosity, its huge body pulsating disturbingly. The translucent red creature lacked a face yet looked right at her, almost daring her to make a move. She glanced beyond the thing towards Nymph and the other her before looking back to the monster. Knowing it wouldn't simply let her pass, she took out her Pan of Great Smiting +1.
She lunged at the large beast, pan meeting watery fist, its fist rupturing. The behemoth pulled back, one hand short. Grinning, the pink haired girl took a swing at the creature's left leg, cleaving the lower portion off. The monstrosity hobbled on one leg, failing to maintain its balance as Tabitha shoved it over the hole's edge.
A sickening squelch sounded as its remaining hand grasped the ledge, pulling itself back up, its missing hand and lower leg reforming. Tabitha nervously backed up, the creature towering above her. Even with no mouth, the great beast somehow managed a nightmarish smile.
It sent its right fist down, the pink haired girl jumping back to safety, its fist plopping against the lake surface. She swayed as the lake rippled from the impact, struggling to maintain her footing. Sidestepping a follow up punch from the behemoth, she countered with a slash of her pan, taking the thing's left hand. Red water splashed and the colossal creature stumbled back, wet plops sounding with its steps. Still, it barred her path, its missing hand reforming.
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That Time Tabitha Got Sent to the Forest of No Return
FantasyHaving been summoned by a goddess, Tabitha finds herself being involuntarily sent to The Forest of No Return. Luckily, the goddess gives her the cheat of Curiosity to help with her exploration of the place.
