Shu swore and kicked off the lifting ground while the roots under it split apart, the whole patch of earth sinking in a rush. Something huge rolled under the roots, shifting hard enough to turn the gap into a slanted collapse.
'What the hell is under there?'
He wasted no time, jamming his bat across two roots, catching himself before he went in with the dirt, then swung onto the edge while loose soil kept sliding past his boots. Pain shot through his side, his grip nearly slipping, and when he looked back the tyrant was already on top of the broken lane.
'Shit, can I even dodge that?' he thought, watching the tyrant hit the lane at full force.
He did not try to outrun it. The moment the front leg hit the split ground, he dropped lower, hooked the bat around a thick root, and swung his whole body off the edge.
'That was close, I really do need to wrap this up before things get worse,' he thought, looking at the sinking ground, 'maybe I can lure it in somehow?'
