Insects were incredibly resilient.
Even blood flukes couldn't survive in the stomach, so you could imagine just how strong the stomach acid was.
But things were looking bad. I couldn't touch this thing, and I couldn't risk shooting it. What was I supposed to do?
I gritted my teeth and dodged backward, avoiding the monster's swipe. Then I leaped back—straight toward a large tree behind me. Without a second thought, I scrambled up it in a few quick moves. The "Stench" didn't care about the two people behind it at all. It charged straight at me and started climbing the tree, using both hands and feet.
"Holy shit!"
The tree was only seven or eight meters tall. I'd made it up in a few quick moves, and the monster followed right after. A wave of stench hit me, and my hands went weak.
I nearly fell.
This wouldn't do. If things kept going like this, I'd be suffocated to death.
What should I do?
What!?
Wait...
I was up in a tree, and this thing was climbing it too.
Then... why not break the tree?
Right. That's what I'd do!
I gritted my teeth and kept climbing. The monster, "Stench," clambered up after me. In just a few moments, I reached the top, but the monster kept right on climbing, not even caring when branches snapped beneath it.
It seemed my body still had a powerful enough allure for monsters. I just didn't know how far it reached. Maybe this "Stench" had been drawn over by me?
But there was no time to think about that now. "Stench" was less than a meter away, its stink washing over me. I held my breath and suddenly leaped down. Before the monster could react, I landed on the ground, sprang to my