Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

Chapter 104: Beat It To Submission

Serene pale blue pupils that sat inside black eyeballs, on a face that resembled a larger cat, scanned the surroundings. It's short, but adorable jaws exposed a row of teeth ready to tear apart the prey. The pale pink coloured triangular nose at the tip of its snout was cute.

An elegant S shaped neck decorated the head with a mane running behind it. The blowing wind caressed it. The front portion of the neck had a few grey fur that was arranged in an approximate shape of an upward pointing arrow. D reminded that the fur arrangement is unique to each Perrafin. Isolated faint grey fur can be spotted on its coat randomly.

Well combed white fur covered its body and outlined it's muscles. Its limbs resembled that of a tiger, but much larger and longer. The non-retractable claws could easily rip apart a Swamp Serpent's scales. The colour of the fur gradually changed to grey, towards its feet. 

The streamlined body came in with a pair of wings that originated from its neck. When unfolded, a single wing can reach upto 2 metres. The signature design of the wings were eye-catching. The feathers turn pale pink, pink and then suddenly shift to grey which deepens to become black, as it touches the tip of the wing. Like a bat, it's forearms and fingers can be traced by naked eyes, if given enough focus.

The long tail was worth giving attention to. The tail itself was a few centimetres longer than the body. The combed fur on the tail would give a pleasing death when being choked by it, Lee noted. Like the wing and the limb, the tail too had the distinct colour gradient!

The beast that was as big as a sedan car, and as tall as 3 metres, stood still as it's eyes pierced the surrounding. The sniffing nose can find the trace of humans, but it could not find any among the trees. Even if it folded the wings, it was difficult to pass through the dense trees. Considering the chances of ambush are not low, it decided not to take any risks. After a few scans, it did something unexpected.

"Quickly, hide behind the trunk!"

Lee almost yelled to hide behind the tree trunk as it bent it's forelimbs and took a glance around it. The creaturemissed them by a fraction of a second, due to Lee's enhanced senses and perception. The moment he saw it folding its knees, Lee almost cried out in astonishment.

The Perrafin can now see beneath the leaves of the trees. It was a move even the most notorious predators might have not come across. Lee had to applaud the creature's intelligence!

*sniff sniff*

It continued to sniff as it narrowed down the searching area. The Perrafin was now staring at a few trees around the one, behind which they were hiding.

"An, should we attack or hide?"

"I am not even slightly confident in defeating that flying monster. Maybe you can!"

Lee asked for An's advice, and got a reply. D from his inside, kept pushing to fight the beast.

'View.'

Lee focused on the beast's figure in the Map and uttered inside. The panel opened up and showed the information regarding Perrafin.

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Name: Perrafin.

Age: 15 years.

State: Hungry.

Description: Passively territorial. Lone hunter. Intelligent. Flee at sight.

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Health: 483

Strength: 267

Vitality: 262

Agility: 386

Defense: 243

Endurance: 360

Sense: 488

Intelligence: 399

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Lee did not finish reading the information when another panel came up.

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Quest generated!

'Tame the Perrafin.'

Reward: 2000 Essence, 2 attribute points, 1 Weapon Upgrade Token.

Failure: Death.

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'Why death?'

[Because, if you did not tame it successfully, then naturally, you will die by it.]

*gulp*

'Got it.'

Lee found himself in a win-win situation. If he tamed the beast successfully, then he will get a free means of transportation. Thus, Lee resolved his mind to tame the beast.

"If we keep hiding, it will track us all. I must fight it!"

Lee said this and glanced at the faces of the trio with confidence. He advised them to stay here, until he comes back.

'D, shall we?'

[After you!]

Lee walked out of the shadow. Perrafin saw him emerging out, and was delighted as the prey had walked out himself. It would save it's time searching for the human.

Lee held the blade in front of him and reflected the burning stars' light onto the Perrafin's face. The beast got enraged and growled in anger. Fero, who was with Ruella, had an urge to stand out and defend Lee, but was silenced by Lee himself. He advised Fero not to come out, and conveyed that the opponent was much larger, smarter and stronger than Fero!

'Let us test the beast!'

Lee leaned forward and slid his left leg forward, and then, his right leg stepped ahead of it.

The Perrafin and Lee stood about 56 metres apart, but Lee slowly closed in the distance, with his steady pace. The creature jumped up onto its leg and attained a stable and aggressive stance.

*growling*

The blade continued to reflect daylight straight into its eyes, and the beast growled in anger. It's tail vigorously moved around, signifying it's active ill intent. But these displays did not threaten Lee.

[If you are going to tease it too much, then you will fail the quest!]

D sounded his opinion from inside. Lee promptly nodded and his blade went inside the Inventory. Then, he extended his hands forth, and cracked the knuckles.

Lee closed in on the beast and reached about 27 metres away from it. The trees became loosely packed and gave enough space to move around. Perrafin patiently waited for its prey to walk out of the trees.

[What are you planning to do?]

'Beat it to submission!'

Lee sprinted forward as he finished his sentence. His speed was lesser than the creature, but it was in shock to see its prey moving at flashing speed. Before the Perrafin could take a step back or evade, Lee had reached in front of it.

Witnessing the instantaneous acceleration, Perrafin locked onto Lee and tried to bite him, but missed by a few inches. Lee did not stand idle as he hopped up with the momentum. His figure can be seen floating over the beast's head. The time became slow and slower!