4 First Battle In A New World

And as Luna said, it was a highly aggressive gigantic monster.

It was at that moment that by coincidences of fate I remembered a fragment of a very popular song in my childhood that combined very well with the situation.

I see it coming down, all over town, it´s chaos

There's no time for me to be afraid

Raise the excitement now and be the king of your mountain…

Shit! This is not the right time to remember the good times. I am about to fight to the death and I have to focus. Nick reminded himself.

Right after saying those words, the beast finally emerged completely from the river.

Watching the intimidating size of the beast, Nick, went blank for a moment. And his legs started to trembled uncontrollably as if he had Alzheimer's disease, his breathing along with his pulse accelerated uncontrollably and at that moment Nick felt like his heart was about to explode.

What's going on, Nick? Luna asked mockingly when she saw the desperate and terrified expression on Nick's face.

. . . Nick didn't answer Luna's question.

Oh boy, don't be intimidated by this little grade one beast since if you really want to travel to all the places you want in the universe. There will be many occasions when you will have to deal with creatures or people much more terrifying than this simple beast.

So you can consider this confrontation as a test of courage that will help you know, if you really are brave enough to face the difficulties that will arise in the future. Luna said patiently considering Nick's fragile state of mind.

"You're right." Nick replied while he regained some of his former composure.

"That's the attitude, Nick, I don't want to travel with a cowardly and useless person, so go and face your fears."

"Let's start the battle, then." Nick said bravely but with his legs still shaking.

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Taking up a position in front of the beast watching him menacingly. Nick take his sword and charged forward bravely while trying to forget his cowardice.

I have to apply all the knowledge that I have to obtain an opportunity in my favor. Nick thought quickly as he dodged the approaching claw from his right side.

While dodging, Nick kept thinking of a way to get an advantage over the beast, when he suddenly remembered that when he was still living on earth, he had once read a very famous military book with a very interesting quote that said: "If you know the enemy and you know yourself, do not fear the result of a hundred battles."

Only then, Nick thought about the phrase carefully, if you know the enemy ... I see I can use that to my advantage. Nick found the answer to his question as he dodged again.

What was the best known crocodile weakness on earth? Nick was still thinking without noticing that a new attack from the beast was coming and this time, Nick took too long to react to the attack, and his left arm was seriously injured.

Aaargghh! Nick stepped back while he roared in pain.

"Nick, focus." Luna warned sternly as she noticed Nick's distraction.

"I know." Nick barely answered.

Shit, I have to think about his damn weaknesses. Nick thought desperately in his mind.

I remember now! Nick exclaimed excitedly as he remembered one of his weaknesses.

"His eyes!" Nick exclaimed excitedly.

Knowing what the weakness of the beast was. Nick confidently decided to opt for the simpler plan, and head-attack his eyes when the opportunity presented itself.

Now that I have a plan, I have to create an opportunity. Nick thought as he hastily approached the beast's location.

Noticing Nick's approach, the beast became enraged and began attacking him even more violently with its claws and tail.

Nick unhesitatingly continued to dodge desperately while exchanging the occasional blow with the beast, but each attack by Nick was simply not strong enough to generate a single scratch on the beast's skin.

Only after a long time locked in a stalemate, the opportunity was finally generated while the beast continued its violent outburst. The beast tail got stuck in a pile of felled trees. Nick noticing the opening did not hesitate for a second to proceed with his plan.

"I have you." Nick said excitedly as he prepared to attack the beast.

"Wait!" Luna yelled hurriedly.

"What's wrong, Luna?" if I don't attack right now, the only chance I will have will disappear. Nick exclaimed excitedly as he continued the attack.

"Don't rush, carelessly!" Luna warned hastily noting that Nick ignored her warning.

And that would be precisely the first and most painful mistake that would remind Nick that he is no longer an earthling, and that he was now in a new world much more dangerous than his birthplace.

When Nick approached close to the beast´s left eye to perform his attack, his whole plan went to shit, because all of the beast's helplessness was just a lure to discover Nick's true goal and finish him off completely.

Just noticing Nick's confident and sloppy approach, the beast made its final move by swinging its tail off the pile of trees and directing it at sloppy Nick. And of course Nick didn't notice it until it was too late. Nick was hit squarely and sent flying for more than 300 meters in a straight line while he crashed into trees and rocks.

The moment Nick stopped flying in a straight line and landed on the ground, his body formed a small crater around him while he remained in a fetal position in the center.

At that time Nick was extremely sore, because almost all the bones in his body were broken and the flesh of his body was torn in many places.

Aaargrghghhhh! Nick cried out desperately while he passed out, but unfortunately for him his torture would not end there, because after passing out he woke up again from the pain, and that process was repeated successively in an endless loop, meanwhile, Nick prayed to the heavens for they allowed him to die and not continue to experience more torture, but to his disgrace his pleas were not heard.

Luna on the other hand, was totally worried when she witnessed the tragedy that Nick had just gone through, so when she saw his suffering. She decided to knock him out to temporarily release him from his loop of suffering. Luckily the direction in which Nick was sent to fly to be a few meters from his cave which would guarantee that the beast would not pursue him in his weak state.

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In that way, Nick remained unconscious while he continued to lie on the ground for a long time.