Chapter 8

Lucas helped as much as possible, collecting from the wreckage all the power that wasn't destroyed, clothes, books, everything he could, to leave after putting the last box in the car, he looks at the landscape admiring it one last time.

"I'm going to miss it here" Lucas says, letting out a quick sigh.

Hilda looks at Lucas noticing the look he is giving the landscape, while Johanna looks at her daughter noticing her anguish.

"Go talk to him, you can cheer him up" Johanna says trying to talk to her daughter.

"You're right, Mom," Hilda says with determination.

Hilda starts to walk towards him, arriving at his side, noticing how he looks at the landscape, she takes his hand, feeling his touch, and he looks at her, letting a smile appear, but it soon turns into a worrying look.

"What there was?" Hilda asks worried about his expression.

Lucas didn't respond, he was too distracted, feeling a vibration in the ground and a strong smell of smoke, when he turned to a forest that was on the right side of the cabin, being able to see a little of the creature, realizing this he thought quickly.

"GO TO THE CAR" Lucas says shouting.

Hilda, frightened by the volume of his voice, doesn't understand until she looks where he was looking and saw the creature with half of its body sticking out of the forest. "Lucas, what is that?" Hilda asks a little scared, noticing Twig also scared.

"Just get in the car" Lucas says this time calmer, but with all his teeth already transformed into fangs "Start the car and start going to Trolberg" Lucas said driving to Johanna who was also amazed by the being.

Hilda looked at Lucas very worried, never seeing him like that, but she ended up obeying as Johanna was reluctant to do so but after being able to take a good look at the being who had already completely left the forest and seemed to have a look of fury she obeyed.

"I finally found him" [Thought] The being thought happily with a sinister smile and steam coming out of his mouth.

Lucas was already transforming his hands and legs to be able to fight and his scorpion tail was already out, watching his opponent to capture his every movement, the two were facing each other without letting anything bother them.

Johanna was already in the car with Hilda still shaking and with her hand on the key she was already in the ignition but without turning it for fear of drawing the being's attention, but with a subtle increase in courage she turned the key causing a noise that caught the girl. attention of the being.

When the being turned his head to look in the direction of the car, Lucas started running towards him without thinking twice, this surprised the two in the car, the being quickly changed his vision to his opponent and started running towards him too. .

"Perfect, he's just aiming at me, I know that this time he won't let me so easily, I'll inject my poison into him" [Thoughts] Lucas was thinking about every way to fight.

When the two were close to each other, something the being started to catch fire, which surprised Lucas who began to feel the heat, feeling an alert of danger and he dodged an attack when the being tried to bite him, jumping to the side. making the two beings face you even more, feeling the greedy heat of the being.

"GET OUT OF HERE" Lucas shouted at the top of his lungs.

Without reluctance, Johanna finally managed to start the car and started driving away, with Hilda looking back, completely worried about Lucas.

"Please be safe" Hilda says quietly with sad eyes.

The being looked at Lucas with total hatred on his face, this only made the flames on his body become hotter, feeling the heat he had no other choice but to push him away even further, doing so the being quickly moved forward to try and bite him again, Having to be thrown to the ground to dodge this time, he still received some second-degree burns on one of his arms.

"Damn that hurt, I'm glad I can still move my arm" [Thoughts] Lucas thought looking at the blisters on his arms, which were slowly disappearing "It's good that the burns weren't more serious, it would take longer to heal".

Soon Lucas is placed in the room so he can better prepare for the fight, the being seeing this opens his mouth and lets out a roar.

Roaaaaaaar!

His loud roar was intimidated and heated by the flames that were drying him, knowing that he would not be able to get close to him. Lucas began to move away and run away, realizing this the being began to draw air into his lungs and then released an immense ball of fire heading towards Lucas.

Looking back he sees the fireball, thinking quickly he jumps and spins away from the direction of the project, then the being starts running towards him, Lucas quickly recovers and starts running again.

"I need to transform myself completely if I want to live" [Thought] Lucas thought about making his body transform as quickly as possible.

The being was suppressed by the change that was happening to its enemy, but it ended up not being important and it continued to run and also began to suck in air again.

Lucas, looking back, realized that he was about to launch the attack again "I have to think of a strategy quickly" [Thought].

Soon he changed direction to a mountain that began to get close, then the being launched another fireball, realizing this, Luca was placed behind a huge rock so he could avoid being attacked.

When the ball collided with the stone I heard an explosion creating a large cloud of dust everywhere, unable to see the being, it stopped moving, but then he felt a painful sting on his leg, but when he looked he saw nothing, just blood coming out of him. There was a hole in his leg, but it was small.

"He is trying again to paralyze me, his sting remained for a short time, it will take a while for it to take effect, and while I had the flames on my body he could not get very close" The being smiled and continued looking for him "The problem and that I can't do it for a long time, it uses up a lot of my calories."

Lucas, realizing that he couldn't find it, thought of a solution "That alone won't knock it down, the smoke is already disappearing, I have to think of something quickly".

Before the smoke disappears completely, Lucas tries to make another attack, this time on the neck, knowing that he will get serious burns and he has to use his syrup as it is protected by a carapace.

After taking another turn around the being, he prepares and attacks, getting very close and launching his attack, an unexpected thing happens when the attack was close, the being turns his head and the attack hits him right in the eye.

Roaaaaaaar!

The being let out an extremely loud roar of pain and with all the flames on his body going crazy, exploding in all directions, causing more serious burns on his face, legs and left arm, the being moved away very quickly. Lucas began to run with all his strength to Trolberg.

As Lucas begins to run, the flames of the being go out, he is completely exhausted and panting and his vision is completely blurred and now he is missing an eye.

"I'm going to kill you, you're going to pay for it, no matter how long you're going to die" [Thought] was his last thought before he passed out.

Meanwhile Johanna and Hilda were near the city waiting for Lucas to arrive, both of them were very worried about him, especially Hilda who never stopped moving.

"Calm down, daughter, he's fine, I'm sure" Johanna tried to calm her daughter.

"But maybe something happened to him" Hilda said with eyes full of tears.

Seeing her daughter's condition, Johanna bends down and hugs her tightly.

"Everything will be fine, I promise" Right after saying that he looks in the direction they came from and sees something.

Lucas was already out of breath and with a lot of pain in his body when he noticed the two of them he started to slow down and straighten out without caring about being naked, Hilda didn't care either and without much thought she went to him and hugged him tightly.

"I was very worried about you, you know, you and my first friend" Hilda says almost crying.

"I'm glad you're okay, but I think it's better if you get dressed" Johanna also says relieved.

Hilda, realizing this, releases him completely embarrassed, but when she releases him he falls face down on the floor, after all this he passes out from exhaustion.

Realizing this, Johanna puts him in the car and starts driving to the hospital. Once there, he undergoes some tests while they both wait for him, worried about the results, and then a doctor appears.

"How is he learned?" Johanna asks worriedly, with Hilda holding her hand tightly.

"Don't worry, he's fine, he's just exhausted, but he also has third to second degree burns on his body" The doctor explains this, leaving them both feeling relieved but also worried "But there's one thing that made me curious, it seems like his body is being healing from these burns alone."

That made the two people from Salta breathe a sigh of relief, remembering that he said it could be cured quickly, and after looking at Lucas who seemed to still be passed out, they went home to tidy up everything.

Lucas passed out in the hospital for three whole days, but soon he was in his new home.

"Man it was horrible there, the exams and the food, but at least it's over" [Thought] Then he looks at his hand and at Hilda who was by his side watching TV "I have to get stronger, I know he's going to want to be a janitor. I have to train more" [Thoughts]