A Human Flying in the Sky

Among the rising clouds of dust, the towering figure of the stone monster began to rise again, making everyone's heart sink.

It was bad. The worst outcome any of them could have expected.

The shot hadn't killed it or even knocked it down for long. 

Now it was the monster's turn to attack.

A crack was visible across its massive, red gemlike eye, but that didn't stop it from opening its mouth.

Turning its enormous mouth, filled with seemingly endless rows of stone teeth, toward them, it began sucking everything in again, this time directly targeting their group.

The dust still floating in the air was rapidly drawn into its mouth, along with the dirt and rocks scattered across the ground.

Terror spread across everyone's faces as their clothes began fluttering violently and their feet started sliding across the dirt.

"Form a defensive line! Begin retreating!" Renna refused to let the situation shake her as she shouted her orders.