They'd only been walking for about ten minutes when the ground began to shake.
Tatehan froze, his senses sharpening.
"Get ready," he muttered.
And then the creature appeared.
It burst from behind a cluster of boulders, charging straight at them with terrifying speed.
The rhinoceros monster was even bigger than the hologram had suggested, easily four meters tall at the shoulder, with a body covered in thick, stone-like armor plating. Its six eyes glowed with a sickly yellow light, and its massive horn jutted from its snout, spiraling upward and glowing faintly with energy.
It roared, a deep, guttural sound that echoed through the canyon.
And then it charged.
Tatehan reacted instantly.
He raised his hand and activated his gravity manipulation, increasing the gravitational pull around the creature. The rhino slowed, its legs struggling against the sudden weight pressing down on it.
But it didn't stop.
