Hope had around 3 seconds before the beast was upon her. Keeping track of its steps, she concluded that the beast would most likely be on its right leg right before it began to swing at her with its cleaver.
It wouldn't make sense for a beast that intelligent to swing both of its lethal limbs and tumble its balance.
'It's gonna swing with its left.' Hope went into a half-squat waiting for the perfect timing to leap to its blind spot.
"GrrrAhh."
The monster bellowed as its rampart charge came close. Fully expecting to swiftly end the futile creature, it swung in a basic manner and prepared itself for a snack.
However, something was off, the pitiful being was staring at it with such a fierce gaze. Not one full of hatred or resolve, but of pure, cold calm.
As the vile beast came into range the ground beneath Hope began to crack under the strain and tremble violently. However, she had expected this, using the nearest solid crack in the ground as a foothold she managed to dash forward in an almost falling motion.
If someone else had been there to watch her, they might have commented on how graceful her form was.
The scythe-like limb flew above her sending a powerful draft of wind, almost throwing her off balance as she landed.
'Great! Great! I managed to avoid getting dismembered!'
Frantically, she looked around the beasts body for any possible weak points she could exploit and laid her eyes on a specific spot. The material for the abomination's arm was off different material than the rest of its body. While the main body was a mix of armor like plates meshed with its skin the scythe was of pure metal which had been stained red in several spots. However, the joining parts between these two parts of it was open flesh that revealed nothing but bare skin.
While she mentally celebrated her discovery, the beast soon realized that it needed distance to fully utilize its massive limbs. It launched itself back with its powerful hind legs and looked around for its prey.
'Why is it so fast!?' Hope grumbled.
At the last moment before it flew back, Hope had managed to jam her sword into the section that meshed steel and flesh, hopefully buying her some time to think while the creature looked for her. Unfortunately, only a few moments were given as the creature spun around viciously, hoping to kill her.
She had managed to escape its bind, however, with only a damaged ego and a light bruises from a rough fall.
Hope knew she had no time to think and decided to take a risky move, hoping to change the obvious outcome of their battle.
She lunged between its legs before it had time to make a next move and aggressively slashed at its only opening of flesh. She managed to get a clean slice and dashed straight to the side, narrowly avoiding a rock a would have tripped her.
'Well at least I'm entirely cursed with horrid luck'
Promptly after the creature roared and stomped the earth in a berserk manner causing Hope to topple over and trip.
"Oh cmon!!"
The creature instantly turned to her and let out an unnatural growl mixed with a human voice.
"GrAuhhh! Hurts! It's hurts!"
This momentarily shocked Hope, giving the beast the perfect moment to make a move, which it had.