Alator's eyes turned grim as her barely audible voice reached his ears. He quickly grabbed the rope he had found in the valley earlier and threw one end toward her. Just as the breath attack was about to hit, the rope coiled around her waist, and Alator pulled with all his might.
Her eyes snapped open the moment she felt something wrap around her. Before she could react, her upper body jerked backward, her legs lifting off the ground as she flew through the air in shock.
"Bang!"
The energy struck the spot where she had stood a second ago, carving a huge scorched crater into the ground and blasting a cloud of dust and smoke into the air.
The beast descended with its wings beating up dust as it looked around. Its single bloody eye twitched, searching the smoke-filled area. But there was no trace of the human anywhere. The beetle let out a low growl, its antennae twitching as it caught a scent of humans in the air. It didn't leave the area; instead, it began to circle the clearing, its heavy claws digging into the dirt as if waiting for her to show up.
The Stone-Wing Beetle continued to roam around the cave, letting out painful screeches as it moved. The staff was still stuck deep in the eye of the beast, shooting waves of sickening pain into its head. The beast was already on the verge of death, yet it seemed determined to drag the human down to its grave. However, the cave was quite dark—especially for someone looking from the outside. Hence, the beast couldn't see them.
Inside the cave, the situation had turned rather awkward. The girl hadn't expected to become a prisoner all of a sudden. Her back was pressed closely against Alator's chest, while his arm wrapped tightly around her, restraining her movements. His other hand covered her mouth, keeping her quiet so she wouldn't make a sound and draw the attention of the beast. He was leaning against the cold stone wall, holding her firmly in place.
But looking at the girl right now, her eyes were almost spewing fire in anger and embarrassment. She didn't even know who this person was. Though he had saved her, but the problem was that his hands were currently touching several places they shouldn't.
Alator's left hand was wrapped around her delicate waist, while his right hand, which was covering her mouth, was pressing against her breast. She was really feeling uncomfortable staying like that.
She began to struggle, trying to break free from Alator, but all her efforts were useless. She was weaker than Alator in terms of physical strength to begin with, and now she had completely exhausted herself from fighting the beast. Still, one thing bothered her. She didn't know if this person had any other hidden motive for saving her earlier.
Seeing the girl behaving like that, Alator furrowed his brows in annoyance. He didn't understand what the girl was trying to do. He was just trying to save her and she was being ungrateful, and not only that, she was even trying to get him into trouble as well.
"What are you doing?" Alator whispered in her ear. But she didn't stop. She began to make a muffling sound, and Alator noticed that she seemed to be saying something. He removed his hand that was covering her mouth to know what her problem was.
"You pervert, I'm going to kill you!"
"Huh... pervert?" Alator was taken aback. He wasn't expecting to hear that.
"What are you talking about? I'm trying to save you," Alator felt like saying it to her directly since she couldn't understand such a simple thing.
"Bastard, don't you know it's wrong holding a girl like that, just you wait, I'm going to make you regret this!"
As her voice grew loud, he quickly shut her mouth again.
"What do you mean?" Alator asked in confusion and looked at his hands; only then did he realize that he was indeed touching the forbidden areas. From his position, he was practically hugging her from behind. Honestly, he didn't do that intentionally, it was just in the heat of the moment that he acted quickly to stop her from reacting violently, thinking that he was trying to attack her.
Alator was really speechless right now. He knew he was wrong, but he didn't have a choice. If he let go of her right now, with this attitude of hers. He was sure that she was going to throw a tantrum and probably reveal their location to the beast lurking around.
"I'm sorry... Just bear with it for now," Alator whispered behind her.
"Mmmnnn... mmmnnm!"
The girl continued to struggle, not even paying attention to what he was saying. Honestly, Alator felt that she was just being unreasonable. But her action were doing more harm than good. She was wriggling her body against him, and her ass was grazing against his member down there.
Feeling his exckelebus rising, he took a deep breath, trying to control himself. Honestly, you can't blame Alator; he was a virgin after all, and the girl in his arms has a well matured, curvy, figure that ran deep along her waist. Her jugs were prominent and stood firm. From his angle, he can clearly see her beautiful cleavage. And to crown it all, she was damn beautiful. Like hell, who wouldn't feel tempted?
"Screeeeeeee!!!"
The beast continued to let out miserable cry as it stormed around the cave. Alator brought his face closer to her neck. She felt his breath on her ears, a shiver ran down her spine and she suddenly froze.
"If you don't stop right now, we may really do that thing you are thinking," Alator whispered in her ears. Her eyes went wide and a deep pinkish hue appeared on her cheeks, and she began to struggle. The embarrassment alone was almost killing her.
Alator chuckled, seeing her go crazy again. He was beginning to have fun, honestly. He has been in the wild for so long without anyone to talk to, and now it seemed like he had finally seen someone to take out his frustration on.
"Are you that eager to do it? I mean, I thought girls are usually shy. Fine, just exercise some patience, once we get out of here, I will consider granting you your wish," Alator said as his lips stretching into a crazy smile.
This time, the girl began to struggle fiercely with all her strength. But Alator didn't stop, he continued to whisper more nonsense into her ears. Her face was burning with shame, and tears were beginning to form in her eyes. She gathered her strength and suddenly exploded with her aura.
"Bang!"
A fierce gale kicked up in the cave, and Alator was instantly blown away. She collapsed on her knees, with blood seeping out from the corner of her lips. She turned toward Alator and pushed her hand forward. Before Alator could even react, a jet of compressed wind shot out from her palm, it grazed him on the cheek and struck the stone wall behind him, leaving a slight bloody mark on his cheek. She quickly got up and pointed her rapier at him.
"Rumble!"
The cave suddenly shook violently. Dirt and pieces of rocks began to fall inside the cave, it seemed like the commotion earlier had revealed their location to the beast. She looked around and gritted her teeth.
"Just you wait, I will find you," she said, then rushed out of the cave. Alator too didn't linger any further and followed behind.
Seeing the humans again, the beast screamed in hatred and charged after them.
The girl was taking the lead, and Alator was following behind. She turned her head and saw him still running after her.
"Why are you following me?" she asked between her breaths as she continued running through the rocky terrain.
"Have you forgotten what we discussed earlier? Of course I'm a man of my word, and trust me, I will surely satisfy you," Alator said as his eyes darted back and forth. He was being cautious, to know when to react if the beast fires a breath attack.
The girl felt her blood boil, she really wanted to kill Alator right now, even if it meant dying in the hands of the beast. Her eyes flashed with a strange light and she abruptly stopped in her tracks. She turned swiftly, and slashed her rapier at him, aiming straight at his neck.
Alator reacted quickly and slid down on the ground, the blade bypassing his face and cutting a few strands of his hair. This was the closest Alator had ever been to getting his head sliced off. He immediately broke out into a cold sweat.
"Are you crazy? If you have so much strength left, why don't you use it to kill the beast instead?" Alator shouted in annoyance. Just then, both of them heard the sound of something tearing through the air. They looked at each other with vigilant eyes. No one needed to be informed of what was coming. Just as they jumped in different directions, a breath attack struck between them, kicking dirt into the air.
"What a stubborn beast," Alator muttered as he quickly got up. The girl glared at him and rose to her feet as well. She threw her rapier up in the air, and it suddenly vanished. She suddenly began to walk toward the beast, her body was radiating a strong wind with each step she took.
Seeing her walking towards the beast like that, Alator's expression turned serious.
"What are you trying to do?" he couldn't help but ask. He knew she had already exhausted her man
a, and going to face a beast on the verge of death like that was surely asking for death.