Rael lunged, bearing the axe with both hands and sliding below the swinging claws of Arzuk. He bashed the axe against the creature's bone-spiked waist, crushing through its boney carapace and digging into its rotten flesh, though the weapon became stuck between its thick, rigid muscles.
Arzuk shrieked as it ignored its roaring instincts and glared down at Rael. It gulped in a large vacuum of air as greenish veins began to glow from its torso up to its chest, converging at its throat. Then, with a gurgle, it spat out a massive amount of greenish acidic bile toward Rael's position.
But Rael had already abandoned the axe and slid beneath the creature, clasping his hands around its scorpion-like tail. The acid sizzled through the earth, casting green fumes that were immediately pierced by a white sword. The sword thrust right into the creature's chest, causing it to snap its mouth shut and turn its gaze toward Iyvre.
