Asher quickly leaped aside upon seeing the approaching strike and tumbled on the ground.
The tree fell just inches from his position and traveled several meters with its force before coming to a halt after hitting two other trees nearby. However, because of the power of the dark creature, both of those trees also toppled over.
'I would've definitely died if I didn't jump fast enough.'
Just as Asher heaved a sigh of relief, he saw the giant black beast uprooting another tree, and aiming towards him like a javelin.
'What the hell?!' He immediately ducked again and rolled aside before it could even throw it.
Instead of panicking or leaving his life to fate, Asher firmly believed in himself. 'I will not die here.'
His rapid breathing from the series of intense events began to slow down and his composed gaze calmly searched for everything that could help him survive in this endeavor.
His mind rapidly went through everything that happened from the moment the trial happened till now. He quickly analysed the weakness and behaviour of the black beast.
In just a matter of moments, he came up with a plan that could successfully help him survive.
'I hope everything I've analysed about this creature is true.'
Without hesitation, Asher took his spear from his back with his shirt still tied on and charged towards the beast.
The black beast also had enough fun playing with sticks and decided to satisfy its appetite with a never-before-seen before new type of snack.
With eagerness and excitement, it ran towards Asher at full speed. Due to its enormous physique, it covered more than twenty meters in a single movement.
Even though Asher was more than five hundred meters apart from the black beast, he felt the tremor on the ground.
He hurriedly ran towards the bunch of trees that were stacked upon each other while tying his shirt over the spear tightly, ensuring it wouldn't fall off.
Just as he reached near the group of fallen trees, a huge shadow covered the entirety of his vision, prompting the arrival of his reaper.
Taking a huge breath, Asher turned around and faced the huge behemoth, which was only a few ten meters away from him.
'I can do this!'
Encouraging himself, Asher raised his hand over his head with the spear aiming directly toward the sharp eyes of the black beast.
When the beast was only twenty meters away, where it would only take a single second to finish him, Asher stepped forward, expanded his shoulders to their fullest, and launched the spear with every ounce of his strength like a coiled spring.
The spear tore through the air like lightning and plunged deep into its eyes.
The behemoth didn't expect someone small as Asher would fight back against it and couldn't react in time because of its carelessness.
*KEECHGH*
Having never felt this kind of pain, it closed its eyes with both of its hands and jumped and rolled around in pain.
A mini earthquake formed around it and some of the withered trees near its reach were also crushed upon impact.
However, after a few moments, it composed itself and removed the spear from its eyes. Blood splattered like a waterfall, dying the ground red.
After coming back to its senses, it immediately searched for the traces of Asher, since he disappeared from his location.
The behemoth couldn't believe what was happening, its eyes widened in disbelief and howled desperately in anger.
Throwing away the spear, it ran forward like an enraged bull, while searching traces of Asher everywhere using both its vision and smell.
With its enormous physique and extraordinary speed, it searched around in all directions, destroying everything on its way.
But, no matter what, it couldn't find Asher. It was as if he entirely disappeared from this world.
Its outstanding sense of smell didn't help, and its newly acquired vision didn't help, but it didn't waste any further efforts, it could only run away unwillingly since the consequences of its action would arrive soon.
***
It was only after confirming that the beast moved away, that Asher revealed himself.
'It is really a gamble, but good thing, it paid off.'
Then, he raised his hand above with his palm. At the same time, the outer layer of his black iris shone in the hue of a silvery ring.
The spear was thrown away by the behemoth, who knows where suddenly appeared in his hand.
'This ability is really convenient.' He thought with a hint of a smile. But immediately his face became serious, 'Now, a real hell is going to break out here and I have to leave as soon as possible.'
Placing his spear on the belt, Asher took his shirt and ran away while changing his clothes. He didn't want to be labelled as a nudist or a pervert in case someone saw him.
As he ran forward, he focused a little and similar chaotic golden runes appeared before him and they formed a parchment-like display but displayed entirely different things.
[Trait: Dimensional Body
Awakening: 1
Ability: Teleportation]
[Teleportation: Allows living/non-living subject to travel through space upon activation.]
Only with the combination of veil of scent and teleportation, Asher was able to successfully deceive and escape from the behemoth.
Suddenly, Asher stopped running and stood there like a statue. His eyes widened and opened his mouth in disbelief.