8 - hairsbreadth

Eric’s mind is blank, but the muscle action is still active. Thus, despite being scared out of his wits, he kept scrambling up the rope.

He spread his legs in the air, trying to avoid the dragon even as he scrambled up.

The dragon horn passed right under his crotch, by a hair’s breadth distance.

The rope slid sideways on the dragon. The horn headed straight for the cliff wall.

Eric hoped the dragon would get stunned by it’s ramming the stone wall of the cliff, but the wall in front of the dragon was blasted into pieces like a mud wall. It seems there’s a cave in the cliff face. The dragon went sliding inside the cave, slowing down its momentum, leaving it without injuries.

Eric, who watched the entire scene while hanging from a rope for his dear life, cursed the dragon.

His reaction speed is still fast despite the curses.

he twisted his foot on the rope, creating himself a rope foothold. He aimed the bow and became ready to shoot a piercing arrow.

It seems the dragon was not i
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