"What kind of shit are you supposed to be?" Ben asked.
"Jie jie jie." A strange laugh echoed from the abomination. "Every so often, ignorant fools like you appear."
"Do you think you're brave?" the monster asked, one of its tentacles creeping toward Ben's face.
Ben stared at the monster without showing a hint of panic or fear. Before the tentacle could touch him, he sliced it off with a single swing.
Ben didn't want to talk to the monster anymore, so in a blur of speed, he charged at it with his axe raised above his head.
"So immature." The monster's tentacles grabbed one of Ben's legs, and without giving him time to break free, it slammed him against the wall.
The force was so great that Ben crashed through it and hit the opposite wall in the hallway. Ben cut the tentacles with his axe, but several more followed, trying to pierce him.
Ben managed to duck in time and create some distance.
The monster easily broke through the wall and pursued him.
