Lumian's mind was fully focused.
When the thing was really about to happen, he was not as scared as before. Although his body was still shaking a little, at least he didn't feel like he was about to collapse.
"I should have died five years ago. It's thanks to Auror that I'm still alive today. I've made a lot of money in the past five years. What else do I have to be afraid of?" Lumian gritted his teeth and encouraged himself in his heart.
The next second, he saw that the already dim light on the loose soil on the surface of the first trap became even dimmer.
A figure came next to it, blocking the little light that penetrated the thick fog in the sky.
The figure was a half-human, half-beast monster carrying a hunting rifle. Its blood-red eyes swept across the ground and its forward-bent "knees" bent.
Just a breath later, it took off its shotgun, wearing a dark jacket and muddy trousers, and jumped up. While controlling its height, it leaped directly over the trap and landed on the solid but cracked ground.
Almost at the same time, it turned its head covered with greasy black hair and looked towards the place where the slight noise came from.
Then it saw Lumian, who stood up hastily with a panicked look on his face and tried to hide behind the wall.
With a low roar, the monster jumped high again and pounced on the target.
The position it locked onto was a little outside of where Lumian was originally, to prevent the other party from turning around and delivering a fatal blow while Lumian was still unstable.
Lumian disappeared by the wall by leaping and crawling.
As soon as the monster landed on the ground, the soil beneath its feet fell down as if it could not bear its weight.
It had no leverage and fell along with the mud and rope net to the bottom of a suddenly appeared deep pit.
thump!
The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground echoed, mixed with a sound like a mouse screaming.
Lumian hid behind the wall and saw this scene, and he couldn't help but feel a strong sense of joy in his heart.
The first step was successful!
This instantly made his remaining fear disappear for the most part, and he picked up the steel fork next to him and ran towards the trap.
The tenacious vitality of the skinless monster before left a strong impression on him. In addition, the current target was the shotgun, so he did not let his body appear above the deep pit, but stopped at a distance and stabbed it with the steel fork.
Suddenly, the steel fork felt heavy and stopped there.
Then, a powerful force was transmitted to Lumian through the steel fork, pulling him into the trap.
Lumian was caught off guard and was pulled forward a step.
He didn't bother to observe the situation at the bottom of the pit. He just threw away the steel fork, turned around, and rushed to the side of the wall that had not collapsed.
boom!
He felt a heavy sensation on his back, as if he had been hit hard by a huge hammer.
Lumian felt a sweetness in his throat, and a distinct taste of rust rising up.
With a thud, he fell to the ground and lost his balance. He rolled several times before he regained control of his body and climbed up.
Almost at the same time, he saw a half-human, half-beast monster jumping out of the pit.
It was holding the single-barreled shotgun in its hand, and its jacket was torn on its chest and abdomen, revealing several hideous wounds that penetrated its body. Dark red blood mixed with light yellow liquid was constantly flowing out, and its various internal organs were vaguely visible.
It was obvious that the monster was indeed seriously injured by Lumian's trap, but not to the point of completely losing its ability to fight.
In the process of falling to the bottom of the deep pit, it should have adjusted its body posture in time to avoid vital parts such as the head and chest, and did not cause serious injuries to its legs and arms. Otherwise, it might not be able to jump out of the trap now.
As soon as Lumian saw the other person's appearance, he immediately ran into the ruins of the house beside him without hesitation.
This was not a spur-of-the-moment idea on his part, but was planned in advance.
After all, he was not sure whether the trap could trap the monster, and if it could, whether it could make it lose its combat capability directly.
If that doesn't work and the opponent is only seriously injured, Lumian will then prepare to play a game of "hide and seek" with it.
In other words, use the environment to deal with the target and delay time as much as possible, until it can no longer suppress its injuries and both its strength and reaction are significantly reduced.
Then the opportunity will come.
boom!
Another gunshot rang out, and lead bullets appeared where Lumian was standing, and a little dirt splashed up.
Lumian hid behind a half-collapsed wall and did not stop. He used his hands and feet to crawl to the other side through the gap in the ruins.
Before he could stand up, he heard the sound of wind blowing in the air.
The monster jumped over.
Lumian immediately turned around and crawled back along the gap to the half-collapsed wall.
In this way, he took advantage of the special conditions of many collapsed buildings here, hiding and detouring from time to time, not confronting the monster directly, but simply avoiding the corresponding attacks.
“Hide and seek” is Lumian’s strong point.
Many times before, after playing pranks, he relied on this skill to escape being beaten on the spot.
Time passed quickly as they chased, fled, attacked and hid. Lumian himself became gradually out of breath, and the monster's running speed, jumping height, strength and reaction were obviously weakened.
“Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, I still can’t defeat it now…” Lumian hid back in his previous position, with his back against the half-collapsed wall, forcibly suppressing the urge to counterattack immediately.
Bang! His back hurt again, and he flew forward.
The half-collapsed wall he was leaning against behind him collapsed completely with rocks flying everywhere.
This time, the monster did not choose to go around and chase, but simply turned its body sideways and heavily slammed into the obstacle blocking it.
When it exerted its full strength, the already shaky half-collapsed wall naturally could not withstand it.
However, the monster also bled more, and the ground turned dark red.
Although Lumian did not expect to be "knocked" away like this, his injuries were not serious. He reacted quickly enough, rolled over, and hid behind a pile of stone ruins of a house.
boom!
The shotgun bullet that followed was a step slower.
—After the monster knocked down the wall, it took much longer to adjust its posture than before.
It touched the cloth bag hanging around its waist and saw that it had no bullets left. It simply threw away its shotgun and pounced towards where Lumian was.
Lumian had moved to another location and continued playing hide-and-seek.
Of course, he didn't dare to keep playing like this until the other party's injuries flared up and he fell down. One reason was that he was worried that the monster would run away directly after its condition became serious enough. Another reason was that he was afraid that if the time dragged on too long, other monsters would come following the sound.
After circling a few more times, Lumian keenly noticed that the monster seemed to have some difficulty in moving.
"Chance!"
He had an idea and pretended to escape to the side of a collapsed building.
Then he stood there, pulled out another axe from behind, and adjusted his breathing.
In the blink of an eye, the monster turned around and appeared in front of Lumian.
Lumian acted decisively, and without hesitation, he rushed forward with his axe in hand while the other party had not yet seen the situation clearly.
He took a step forward, turned his body sideways, lowered his shoulders, and planned to use the "lean" method his sister taught him to knock the monster back, and then chop at its neck with an axe.
boom!
Lumian slipped between the monster's arms and leaned heavily against its chest.
But this reaction was beyond Lumian's expectations. The opponent was like a thick wall and he couldn't hit it no matter what!
“This…” Lumian’s heart tightened and he bounced back, ready to pounce to the ground, forcibly escaping the opponent’s attack range.
At this moment, the monster stretched out a hand as fast as lightning and grabbed his neck directly.
The state it exhibits doesn't look like it has difficulty moving!
"Oops, I've been tricked!" Lumian felt a pain in his neck and was lifted up by the monster and hung in the air.
A creaking sound followed, and his head quickly became dizzy.
The axe swung out in a hurry not only failed to hit the target, but was knocked aside.
Lumian finally realized that he had been tricked by the monster.
The monster was indeed dying, but it still had some strength left, so it pretended to be weak to lure me into attacking and no longer hiding. However, I underestimated its fighting wisdom and did not expect this at all, which led to its current situation of struggling to death.
The monster was really close to its limit and was unable to break Lumian's neck directly, but this did not affect the overall situation, it just took a little more time.
With his neck almost broken and his breathing unable to resume, Lumian's mind began to feel numb and almost blank.
blank.
As he was on the verge of death, Lumian suddenly remembered the words of the lady:
She allowed herself to take advantage of her special place in this dream.
The special thing... With his mind almost blank and free of distractions, Lumian quickly began to meditate.
The red sun instantly appeared in his mind.
Unlike before when he used meditation to calm his emotions and made the sun disappear as soon as it was fully formed, he tried his best to keep this sun existing.
Soon, the sound that seemed to come from an infinite height yet seemed to be ringing right next to his ears pierced into Lumian's head.
Intense pain followed, along with the terrifying feeling that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. This made Lumian forget that his neck was still being pinched by the monster and his bones were about to break. He also forgot that he could no longer breathe and his brain began to lack oxygen.
With a thud, he fell to the ground.
The meditation was interrupted and the indescribable strange sound disappeared.
But Lumian was still in so much pain that he couldn't check the condition of his body or confirm the situation around him.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally recovered from the feeling of near death.
Lumian didn't bother to check his neck. He supported himself with his hands, raised his head and looked forward.
The half-human, half-beast monster was squatting not far away, with his arms propped up in front of him and his head lowered.
At this time, several penetrating wounds in its chest and abdomen were still dripping blood mixed with light yellow liquid, and its body was shaking violently uncontrollably.
What happened to it? Was it frightened by the "specialness" I showed? Lumian picked up the axe that had fallen beside him and stepped closer while trying to regain his consciousness.
He didn't give the monster a chance to recover. He held the axe with both hands and chopped it hard on the back of its neck.
With a "plop" sound, the axe sank deep into the muscles and was blocked by the bones.
Lumian pulled out his axe with all his might and continued to chop.
Once, twice, three times, the monster's head fell to the ground with splashing liquid and rolled to the side.
Its body held on for another second before collapsing with a loud bang.
During the whole process, it did not resist at all and just kept trembling there.
The next second, Lumian leaned forward, his hands hanging naturally, letting the blood on the axe continue to slide down.
Huh, huh, huh, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.