Chapter 32: Freak Encounter 10
As great as the beast before him was, Lance’s train of thought continued to make him question what he was doing at that moment.
As he continued to masterfully dodge every attack from the beast, Freakshows words and his own rationale, kept him from bursting out of the arena in a mad search for the Landlord.
Freakshow on the other hand, struggled with the vicious attacks that the beast dealt in frustration, as it missed each of its attacks on Lance.
Feeling that he had underestimated the beast before him, the young child decided to up his game a little.
Seconds after resolving himself to do that one of the hydra’s heads, came crashing down to the ground after being sliced off cleanly by one of his sword swings.
However, the only real proof that his attack had any success was the beasts howl, as its head regenerated once more.
As Freakshow continued to move away from the beasts frantic attacks, he found himself cornered with his back against the wall, surrounded by five of the eight heads, that were ready to give Freakshow the final blow.
It was at this point, that he could truly grasp the immensity of the beast. It was the size of a huge manor and its heads were as tall as the mightiest oaks. The thick scales on its back, and the soft underbelly differed greatly in color, from a light green, to a murky blue.
Its many eyes, that were as red as blood, shinned cruelly as it inched closer to Freakshow.
“Given up on me, already?” Out of nowhere, Lance jumped on the hydras back, attracting its attention as he threw pieces of the three heads, he decapitated so fast that the beast didn’t even have time to react to the pain.
Enraged by the sudden pain, and Lances mocking jeer, the beast lashed out at Lance with all of it’s remaining heads.
Expertly back stepping as he dodged each head, Lance made his way to the tail, which he proceeded to grab, and with a herculean effort he flipped the beast on its belly.
After seeing such a feat before his eyes, Freakshow barely noticed Lances voice that urged him to slice the soft underbelly of the beast.
“What are you waiting for?” Lance asked as Freakshow finally snapped out of his shocked state.
“Hmph, I was just waiting for you to get out of the way.” Jumping on the beast that was still struggling to redress itself, Freakshow began slicing huge chunks of meat out of it, with each slash of his swords.
Never in the history of the arena, has there been so much bloodshed and carnage in just one match.
By the end of the slaughtering, nothing that even resembled a piece of the hydra could be seen among the mountains of red “remains”.
Covered in blood from head to toe, Freakshow finally stopped his relentless assault, just as rain began to pour down on the city.
“I guess this ends today’s main events, Scorpio!” Lance said with an angry smile.
But something seemed odd, as neither the public nor Scorpio seemed to look at Lance. Instead their focus was oriented towards the former red “remains”, which were now fully regenerated into the hydra.
Aiming for Freakhow who had his back at the beast, the biggest of the heads slammed into the ground swallowing him together with some of the soil.
As the public gasped in shock and disappointment, Lance frantically jumped towards the head that swallowed Freakshow in order to free him. However the beast had other plans, as one of tinnier heads stood in his way.
“Get out of my way!” Lance said, as he tried to cut the head in front of him.
Spit!
Without warning, the head squirted some sort of acid on Lance who fell to the ground like a swatted fly, and before long his twitching body stopped any movement, as flesh continued to melt away.
In mere seconds, what seemed like a glorious victory against the beast turned into a show of force from the abominable Hydra.
