Su Heli and I soon arrived at a mountain hollow. Sure enough, an injured ferocious beast was lying there, licking its wounds. This had to be the Hornslayer Beast Su Heli had mentioned. It was quite enormous, at least three or four times larger than the Immortal Armored Beast. The single horn on its head was no small thing, either. It seemed to be a ferocious beast specialized in fierce charges and collisions.
Most of the wounds the giant beast had licked had been inflicted by the Immortal Armored Beast, and they had already healed more or less completely. Tough skin and thick flesh could be considered a defining trait of the Savage World. There were strange aspects to it as well—for instance, this Hornslayer Beast had six massive, thick-armored legs resembling an elephant's. It was probably the brute-force type of ferocious beast.
I deliberately looked for Su Heli's weapon and found that the spear-gun was still stuck in the Hornslayer Beast's backside, the bloodstains long since dried. Of course, judging from the blood scattered all around, the depth to which the weapon had pierced, and the beast's size, it was clear that the giant beast could not reach the weapon. Unable to pull it out, it had tried to scrape against hard objects all along the way. That had only driven the spear-gun deeper into its flesh, which was why it had nearly sunk in completely, right up to the base.
At that moment, the Hornslayer Beast lay there, letting out low groans of pain. The spear-gun had pierced far too deeply; clearly, what had begun as an external wound had become a fatal injury. This really was somewhat dramatic.
Just then, the Immortal Armored Beast suddenly appeared, causing the giant beast to struggle to its feet. Because its