Soon the sound of crushing rocks stilled as the beast lunged at hope. Its human-like face split between four parts and revealed rows of mouths which were bared open while its scythe was flung at her, fully prepared to be stained in pure crimson.
Hope sensed within her the feeling of an approaching danger again as she helplessly stood there, leaning on her makeshift blade.
However, under the surface of her appearance she was analyzing every movement of its stained limbs with an unmatched focus; for she had no choice.
'Every swing depends on a specific hind leg and he can't swing both at the same time. But he's purposely making it unpredictable!?'
As the cleavers flew towards her torso, eventually closing the distance and barely grazing her clothing, Hope made the only possible move she could and fell backwards, resulting in an accidental looking dodge as the lethal edge of the beast only skimmed the far edge of her nose.
Although the pain would cause most to cry out or flinch, she remained cool and composed, actively deciding her next move.
Just before she fell straight on her back, her body spun in a perfect circle and landed with minimal damage.
'Wait my shoulder doesn't hurt?!'
Before she could celebrate, she had to escape the abomination's range. Dashing straight at the shoulder that had just carried the scythe towards her, she jumped onto the beasts chromelike limb and used it as leverage to propel herself at the only opening on the beasts body.
Soon, she reached its surface and spun around, violently ravaging its flesh like a cutter.
"Ah! Damn that's hurts!"
She growled as her legs failed to find proper ground to land on, as the beast had left nothing but broken earth and dust in its charge.
Sparing no time she decided that another risky move was the choice and dove between its legs yet again, aiming to confuses the creature. Fortunately, it seemed that luck had finally decided to spare her, as the beast was panicking, trying to find her location frantically.
'Good chance it'll guard its left.'
She bolted to the right arm, expecting some hindrance or variable to interrupt her. However, for once, there were none.
Instead the beast had turned left ever so slightly and offered Hope the perfect chance to tear apart yet another limb. Wasting no time she jumped, narrowly missing the plating of the unberbelly the beast had, and delivered a vicious upward slash.
'It fells sharper?! Why is my blade glowing?!'
The blade dug into it's flesh and unexpectedly passed the other side of its joint, separating it from the rest of its body.
'How? What?!'
Using the momentum from her leap she ran straight, aiming to gain some distance.
The beast bellowed, sending showckwaves around it, further expanding the cracks in the earth. However, Hope was not within range of its outrage, but several meters ahead looking into the beasts eyes.
"I.. I need a break."
After its roar had ended, and the beast noticed its prey staring it down, it began realized that it had swapped roles with the very thing it was hunting, now glaring at it with pure malice.
Normally, such a look would do nothing but anger it further, but the sheer desire for its death behind those eyes was felt physically and deep within, the beast's instinct were on full panic, telling it flee.
The beast shivered, perhaps for the first time in its life, and took a timid step back, hoping to turn around into a full throttle in a few moments.
"Stop."
A simple word, yet the weight of those words crashed into the beast, freezing its leg and preventing any movement backwards. The abomination wailed in panic, fully confused by its own body.