[quote=@Webmaster]
<Snipped quote by Nemeses>

*A hulking creature with a spiked green head and spiderlike body with two hands almost as large as itself materializes in front of me, absorbing the attack in a barrier much stronger than my own*
[/quote]

If you fled, I would not pursue you. You know you can only defend for so long.
*Rears back for another attack*