A few minutes earlier, after Ororo had dropped Dilos off nearby, he had said goodbye to her, jumped out of the plane, and landed on top of a building.
The Lizard Monster holding Dr. Connors was so conspicuous that Dilos recognized him at a glance. Dilos began controlling his eye muscles and adjusting his focus. In an instant, the view in his eyes shifted from far away to up close, allowing him to see every detail of the Lizard Monster clearly.
This Lizard Monster was quite different from the two Dilos had killed before. Take the scales on his body, for example: the two he had killed were white, while this one was green. He also looked taller and stronger. His muscles bulged to the point of seeming ready to burst, and just one look was enough to convey the terrifying strength they held.
On top of that, this monster was much faster and more agile than the two Dilos had encountered before.
"This is a bit tricky."
Dilos muttered to himself, but he had no intention of backing down.
He glanced around and, once he had settled on a route, reached one hand toward a distant building.
With a zip, the Web-Shooters, whose trigger he had activated using electrostatic control, shot a long strand of webbing in the direction Dilos pointed. It stuck firmly to the building's wall.
Then he grabbed the web and jumped down.
Though it was his first time swinging through the air on a web, Dilos wasn't nervous at all. Instead, like a seasoned veteran, he swung back and forth with ease, bracing against the cold wind rushing toward him as he sped toward the Lizard Monster.
As he did, he adjusted his senses and narrowed his range of hearing. People all around him were