Protectors of Pandora

Chapter 25 ~the Rhynio slayer~

Nash spent the next few days gathering the resources he needed, he created a suit of armor out of chitin, it wasn’t as finely crafted as his fathers, but it would have to do, He fashioned spear out of a mangrove stick, and then he made a bow and some sharpened wood arrows, finally, he bargained with a nearby lymantera (moth) he gave it some rare flowers in exchange for its toxic dust, he used the dust to create some grenades and when he was satisfied with his arsenal he set out into the air, the armor made it harder to fly but he managed, he flew towards the nearby lake and waited.

Eventually the Rhyniognatha flew to the lake, as it was his hunting ground, it was busy terrorizing some stegosaurus when Nash ambushed it. he through a toxic grenade at it and then fired a few arrows, the Rhynio was stunned for a moment (partly because of the toxic dust and partly because nothing had ever attacked it before) Nash took this as his time to strike he flew forward with his spear but the beasts hide was too thick the Rhynio flew backwards a bit and then shot it’s resin at Nash, he flew down behind a stegosaurus corpse and hid until the Rhynio was out of resin, when he knew it was safe he leapt out of cover and shot more arrows, but he couldn’t touch the Rhyniognatha it was too fast and when he did get a hit the wooden arrows couldn’t penetrate its exoskeleton, Nash was getting worried now, he attempted to retreat but the Rhynio flew at him, he could barely outrun it without the armor, it was impossible now. the Rhynio grabbed him in its pincers and put him in its jaws, Nash could feel his armor crunching under the creatures mandibles “aaaghh” he cried, then he had a flashback of him as a child, his father was talking to him saying, “remember son, always search for your opponent’s weakness, if it does not have one you have been fooled, everything has a weakness you just have to find it.” Nash reached for the other grenades and grabbed them, he held his breath and smashed them on the rhynio, this disoriented the creature and Nash was able to struggle free, he flew into the woods, pulled his bow out again and aimed at his foe, he let the arrow loose, the Rhynio was flying at him in a rage, but his arrow struck true, right into the creatures eye, the beast screeched and fell to the ground in pain, he let more arrows loose, hitting its wings, when it regained its nerve it flew back at him but the fast beating of its wings ripped the holes larger and it fell to the ground flightless. Nash flew down at the Rhynio and with his spear in hand he lunged at it striking right into its other eye instantly killing it, he breathed heavily, his heart still racing, then he heard a noise in the bushes, he turned with his spear in hand ready to fight whatever leapt out at him. “Steady small warrior, we mean you no harm.” A voice said. “Who are you, what do you want.” Nash replied, three mandrill like creatures stepped into the light. “We are the dinopithicus and you have our respect.”