The beast was a bulge of furless skin, more akin to reptilian. Its paws and jaws, however, were very canine. Its back hunched with a muscle that matched the two on his hind. The eyes sparkled white and blue, and the teeth-filled trap that it had for a mouth was drooling. Jack had no time to see any more details because the thing did not stop or flinch.
It rushed in and lunged.
Jack felt he didn’t have the strength to stop it with a blow so he jumped to the side.
The beast couldn’t just turn mid-run, so it missed him.
Hearing a gnarling sound coming up towards him, Jack swung at it while standing up, feeling as if his sword was hitting a tree.
Jack saw the predator land on his paws, turned aside. It jerked quickly back to claw at Jack, but he hopped away from it while arcing his sword
