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  The beast shoved its razor-sharp claws through Ms. Singu’s chest, crushing through his ribcage and slashing his heart.

  “SINGU!!!” Jogen shouted at the top of his lungs.

  Jogen felt his heart plummet in the depths of his chest. He froze at the sight of the beast shredding Mr. Singu’s throat wide open, forcing streams of blood to spurt from Mr. Singu’s neck.

  Mr. Singu choked on his own blood as his body fought for air. Jolts of throbbing pain electrified his nerves as his skin was torn to pieces.

  The beast clawed opened Mr. Singu’s stomach and slurped his intestines through its teeth.

  With every fiber of his being, Mr. Singu struggled to raise his arm as his vision faded away while staring at Jogen. “J--…Jo…”

  The beast opened its bloodied mouth and chomped down on Mr. Singu’s entire skull. With a loud, wet crack, the beast tore Mr. Singu’s head from his spine and crunched deeply into his cranium.

  Every bite into his skull made Jogen cringe and flinch.

  “N-No…” Jogen said as his jaw trembled.

  In a second’s time, another beast lunged out towards Jogen.

  Jogen snapped his head around the moment he heard rustling.

  Jogen’s reflexes made him jump to the side, but the beast’s fangs caught Jogen’s entire right arm.

  “GAHHHH!!!” Jogen screamed as the beast crunched his shoulder out of its socket.

  The beast sucked traces of Jogen’s blood through his gashes, and finally ripped Jogen’s right arm off into its mouth.

  Every nerve in Jogen’s body rattled into a burning frenzy.

  Suddenly, the beast stopped after it swallowed Jogen’s arm. It stared directly at Jogen with its red eyes and lowered its head.

  Jogen looked at the beast’s rugged forehead, and noticed the small, clear mineral in its forehead started to vibrate.

  Shortly after, a ringing sound faintly grew in Jogen’s head.

  “What’s that sound,” he thought.

  The sound grew louder.

  Jogen suddenly felt a migraine pierce through his brain as the ringing grew loud.

  In an instant, Jogen’s body locked up.

  “Why can’t I move,” he thought in his head.

  From Jogen’s mind’s eye, time started to slow down.

  His body froze.

  Blood rushed from his wound.

  “Is this…is this it? Am I really gonna’ die?”

  Slowly, Jogen’s vision blurred as more blood ran from his shoulder. He saw silhouettes of the beasts as fleeting blurs, in and out of blackness, slowly approaching him.

  “I’m sorry…Li.”

  As Jogen’s body lost all strength, his vision went completely black.

  With his last bit of consciousness, he heard a heavy thump.