DAJ part 13: Hope for Home

The hallway abruptly ended, opening to a large area like the ones Aesthre had seen before. Except now he could see that a long ways off was a gulch and another, larger building. He had a feeling that that is where he wanted to be, and that he would soon be done with this world. Memories of the Haven came into his mind, and he thought of how he’d be able to see Arolas again. He didn’t even know how long he’d been in this world, but he wouldn’t be here much longer now. Aesthre started to run, moving past all the trees, not even caring if anything followed him. All he could think about was getting out of here.
As he neared the building he could see that there was a bridge separating the ground he was on apart from the building. The bridge didn’t look very stable. His thoughts of hope turned to fear as he realized that there was one of those bull things right near the bridge. He slowed his pace to give him time to think. If he tried to cross with that thing nearby, it would just destroy one side of the bridge and he’d fall. There was only one way to get there. He had to take down that beast, but how?
Just as he arrived a plan came into his head. The boar spotted him and charged. Aesthre tumbled out of its way as it rambled past. It turned around and started to charge again, and Aesthre lined it up to hit the canyon wall. Just before it hit him he jumped off the wall and onto its back, narrowly avoiding impalation from one of the spines on its back. The beast crashed into the wall, and Aesthre used the spike in his left arm to get a solid grip. He started hacking a slashing at its back, spewing gore and sparks all over, and it roared in pain. Aesthre realized the wounds weren’t staying like he had hoped they would, and he had try something else. He looked at the parts that held the roller on, a thin bit of bone and metal, possibly a weak spot. He started to attack the bar on the right and with a few strikes it broke and the beast roared in agony. The beast spun fast Aesthre had to focus on holding on. The he realized why it turned. It was charging off the cliff.