"Ugh..."
I couldn't even cry out in pain. A heavy punch to the stomach sent excruciating cramps surging through me.
In an instant, even the hand gripping my knife
lost all its strength. The powerful blow made me feel as though my internal organs were about to be crushed.
"Clang~"
The Big Kukri fell from my hand. Then an immense force seized my neck and hurled me away. Before I could make out my surroundings,
I slammed into the wall behind me with a thud.
And as luck would have it... right behind me was the iron nail that the clothes had been hanging from.
"Argh!"
The nail immediately pierced my skin. A flash of cold was followed by an agonizing, tearing pain. The nail was about five feet off the ground,
and it sank nearly half a finger's length into my back, all the way to the base.
But that wasn't the end of it. With my body weight and nothing to brace myself against, my feet were at least a foot and a half off the ground.
Gravity dragged me down. The nail tore through my skin and caught on my ribs. Finally, it could no longer bear the force of my body. With a crash, it came away
with a chunk of the wall, and I fell heavily to the floor.
"Pfft... cough, cough, cough..."
Blood spilled involuntarily from my mouth. The wound burned fiercely, and pain flared from my right back and chest. When I breathed,
I couldn't help but cough up flecks of blood.
"Roar!"
The monster's furious bellow made me realize it was a pure brawler, the kind that charged straight in. But... what I hadn't expected was that
even a monster like this would ambush me.
"Mengmeng... Run! Go!"
Looking at the monster