I took the cigarette butt from my lips. No matter what kind of creature it was, they all feared fire, so... the moment it turned its head back, I jammed the cigarette butt straight into its eye!
"Gah!"
"ROAR!!!"
The moment the zombie was burned, both its hands clamped down hard on my shoulders. Its fingernails were incredibly sharp; they pierced through my clothes in the blink of an eye and dug straight into my flesh. I even thought they'd gone right through my shoulder joints!
"Gahhh!! You son of a bitch!!!"
I didn't have time to care about anything else. Even with the agonizing pain in my right arm, even with the feeling that the tendon in my left shoulder had been severed the moment I tried to lift my hand, I still raised both hands and grabbed its right wrist. Then I suddenly rolled over and bit down on its wrist.
There was no choice... It was pinning me down, and it was far stronger than I was. It struck decisively, leaving me completely unable to fight back. This... was just a desperate counterattack as I faced death!
My mind was a blank, and the pain made it impossible to think. I bit down hard on its wrist, and a mouthful of blood suddenly gushed in with a "pfft"!
"ROAR!!!"
As I bit its arm, it sank its teeth into my arm too, tearing at it frantically. It probably felt pain as well, but... now it was a question of who could stand to be more ruthless.
"Mmmph!!"
I tore at its wrist with my teeth, but in the next instant, it suddenly bit down on my finger joint!
"Crack!"
"Gah!!!"
I was lying on my side beneath it, biting its left wrist, which was braced against the