For now, he couldn't lock onto me, but presumably... the moment he let go of the trigger, a giant claw would be waiting for him the very next second,
right!?
"Ughhhhhhh!!"
The madness of facing death sent Xiaodao's adrenaline surging, plunging him completely into a state of utterly focused frenzy.
For that moment, the heavy machine
gun he controlled was so accurate that almost every shot hit the Griffin's eyelid. But... it was no use. The Griffin had found a way to deal with him.
Although its eyes were vulnerable,
its eyelids were incredibly tough. The bullets couldn't pierce that thin layer of skin, giving it the chance it needed.
So the Griffin shut its eyes and stomped hard at the spot where it remembered the human had been!
"BOOM!!!"
The instant its giant claw hit the ground, it crushed the earth beneath it. If Xiaodao had been under that claw,
he would probably have been turned to
mincemeat in an instant.
Fortunately, Xiaodao hadn't stayed put. He'd kept retreating, which let him escape that fate. But the Griffin didn't stop. It
raised its foot again and stomped toward the direction the gunfire had come from!
"BOOM!!"
This time, it landed barely two meters from Xiaodao. The ground shook violently, making him stumble and stagger backward.
Unfortunately... he happened to
step on a rock!
"Fuck!!"
With a furious curse, Xiaodao fell backward. The gun barrel, which had been trained on the Griffin's head, swung up toward the sky.
Freed from the machine gun's interference, the Griffin
opened its eyes... and looked at the human lying on the ground.
Lying there, Xiaodao saw the Griffin's eyes, too.
Eye to eye. But the Griffin clearly didn't like what it saw. It raised its claw high and stomped down at Xiaodao!
"Ugh!!"
Xiaodao