Chapter Thirty-Eight: Running in the Jungle
"Run, run, run......"
There was only one thought in Zero's mind, and he kept running under his feet, shuttling through the dark jungle, the cold moonlight sprinkled on this dense forest, and the roar of demonic beasts from time to time added a sense of terror to the forest. Behind Zero, there was a constant tiger roar, and the scene of the feather-toothed tiger devouring Vitok was vivid, and each tiger roar stimulated Zero's heart to twitch, and he gasped for breath, physically and mentally exhausted but did not dare to stagnate in the slightest.
"I can't die, I can't die......" The strong desire to survive continues to expand in the bottom of Zero's heart.
In the dark night of the forest, he could not see his fingers, the cold moonlight was also blocked by the dense foliage, the visibility in the depths of the jungle was extremely low, Zero ran wildly in the dark jungle like a blind man, he fell and got up from the ground countless times, his hands and feet were scarred from falling to the ground many times, and his running speed became slow, but he still spared no effort to run. He couldn't tell the difference between east and west, he only knew that he couldn't stop, and stopping meant death. Who knew what bloodthirsty and terrifying beasts were still hiding in this gloomy forest, and he didn't dare to stop just because the two toothed tigers were several times larger than any tiger he had seen in his previous life.
Because of the long running, his mouth became dry, his mouth was filled with a smell of blood, and his body was also covered with bloodstains, which was the blood of the big man who had just been stained in the iron cage. Zero had already taken off his coat, which was almost entirely stained red with blood, and the reason why he had taken off his clothes was to prevent other demonic beasts from following the smell of blood on his clothes to hunt him, although he didn't know if it would work......
Zero suddenly stepped on the air, and his running body fell forward violently, and he threw his hands forward, trying to use his hands to land first to cushion. The moment his hands touched the earth, Zero fell headlong into the soft earth, rolled over with his face on the ground, and rolled down the slope with his head in his hands, rolling over one bush after another.
After rolling down for a few seconds, Zero finally stopped, and he stood up in a state of embarrassment, spitting the mud from his mouth as he patted the dirt on his body.
"Whew~"
Zero stopped abruptly, his hairs standing on end, and goosebumps as he heard an animal roar.
Zero's body, which had been hot from running violently, suddenly cooled down, and a chill ran down his spine, and a cold sweat poured out of his pores. He raised his eyes in a daze, and his heart beat wildly.
He saw several beast shadows facing him under the moonlight, a pair of dark green beast eyes emitting a terrifying cold light in the cold moonlight, all staring at him intently.
It was a pack of wolf-like monsters, and Zero rolled down the slope and landed right in their habitat. Zero really couldn't imagine that he would have so many disasters tonight, just out of the tiger's mouth and into the wolf's den, a person's luck can be as bad as him, I'm afraid it's a miracle.
Zero heard the sound of claws grinding the ground, and several of them were already approaching him.
"Run!"
As soon as this thought moved, Zero ripped off his steps and ran wildly, and he ran towards the place where there were relatively few demonic beasts on the other end.
"Whew-"
The wolf-like beasts saw the prey that had broken into their territory suddenly flee, and after a roar, they chased after the prey.
Zero One ducked down to dodge the attack of a wolf monster, and happened to see a thick tree trunk that fell to the ground, Zero took advantage of the moonlight to lie on the ground and burrowed through the gap under the trunk, and several wolf monsters crashed into the trunk and let out a painful roar. As soon as Zero crawled under the tree trunk, he felt claws grabbing the soles of his feet, and he had goosebumps all over his body, and he hurriedly climbed forward a few steps to stand up and run forward.
He glanced back, and several wolves had already jumped up the trunk of the tree and pounced on him, with an astonishing speed!
He immediately sped up and burrowed into the dense forest in front of him, the place just now was relatively empty, and he might still have a chance of life in the dark and lush dense forest.
Zero ran frantically, he ran forward around the trunk of the tree and dodged the bite of several wolves and beasts, but his physical strength was about to run out, and he was physically and mentally exhausted, he had no strength to continue running, and now he was being hunted by a pack of wolves, and he was in a desperate situation.
Zero swerved and ran around the trunk of the tree to the side to avoid the bite of a wolf monster, but he still reacted a little slower, the wolf's claws tore against his waist, scratching his side waist, Zero fell in front of a tree in front of him, he gasped for breath and touched the scratched side waist with a painful face, did not dare to stop at the slightest moment, and then ran forward.
He had little energy left, he was so tired that he felt it was hard to even breathe, and even if he could run forward now, his speed was already very slow. A strong desire to survive kept him running, but he felt that his hope of escape was gone.
Several wolf beasts behind him let out a roar, and Zero limped forward with his side waist covered, and he noticed that there were already several wolf beasts running not far from his left and right sides, and he was surrounded.
The wolves knew that he couldn't escape at this moment, and they surrounded him but didn't rush forward, probably because they wanted to wait for the prey to run out of strength, and then they rushed up and killed the prey when he was most desperate.
Zero was really desperate, he was scarred and exhausted mentally and physically, and he still ran forward with all his might, even though he knew that his running didn't make much sense. That's not running, it's limping. He could even hear the beast's muffled breathing and teeth clenching behind him, and a deep fear spread in his heart, and he sped up to shake the beast behind him away.
"Help, help, help......"
Zero opened his mouth and shouted, but he couldn't make too much noise, and he didn't even have the strength to shout loudly. He ran and shouted, fear and despair surrounded him, he felt that he was really going to die, but there was still a lot of things he wanted to do that he didn't do, he was very unwilling, God had given him another chance, and now he was going to lose this opportunity again.
He finally ran out of strength and fell to the ground, his face against the ground and panting weakly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the group of wolf beasts running towards him, there was a shadow blocking the already faint moonlight, it was the shadow of the beast jumping up and rushing towards him.
"I don't want to die ......"
Suddenly, a fierce bright light illuminated this dark and secluded jungle, and Zero's faint eyes were blinded by the light that illuminated the heavens and the earth, and only the painful wails of wild beasts were heard in his ears.
The light dimmed after a while, and Zero lay on the ground, holding his head and looking forward, his spirit was already very weak, but he still wanted to know what was going on.
In a trance, he saw a figure approaching him, and he looked at the figure in a daze and let out a faint cry for help.
"Save ...... Save me...... I...... Don't want to die ......"
Wayne stood next to the huge corpse of the Feathered Toothed Tiger, who remained silent, waiting for the results of the search and rescue of the newly arrived rescue team. He came here as fast as he could after eliminating the enemy militants, and as soon as he came over, he saw the two feather-toothed tigers lying on the ground feasting on a pile of corpses, and there was no one alive at the scene, so he killed the two feather-toothed tigers on the spot, and the reinforcements of the guards arrived late.
Half an hour had passed since the search and rescue order was issued, and Wayne had been standing there waiting for a casualty report from his subordinates. In fact, he didn't have much hope, when he first arrived here, he already realized that there was no one alive here, but he wanted to see people alive and corpses when he died, and he didn't want to go back so inexplicably.
"General. A soldier stepped forward and gave a respectful military salute to a gloomy Wayne.
Wayne looked at him, only to see that the other party handed him the small severed arm in his hand, Wayne looked at the bloodstained severed arm, and the shocking bite at the fracture made him chuckle in his heart.
"No living people were found at the scene, and Sergeant Durek and all the Imperial Guards were confirmed dead, as did the militants in black robes. The soldier reported to Wayne one by one, "about the kidnappers...... We found this ...... not far from the iron cage where the suspected hostages were being held."
The soldier hesitated at the end, and he slowly handed the severed arm to Wayne.
It was a little boy's arm, the complexion looked pale but bloody, the black-red blood coagulated at the fracture, and the broken wound made it unbearable to look at.
The young arm carries a special ring on its finger, engraved with a flame-like pattern, and its special style is precisely the flame-like crest of the Cretan family.
"This ...... This ......," Wayne muttered as he looked at the severed arm with a trembling voice.
His eyes were fixed on the ring on the severed finger, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. His eyes were red, and his raised hand trembled slightly as he picked up the severed arm, and the soldier bowed deeply to him and retreated respectfully and solemnly.
"I ...... It's mine...... The kid ......" Wayne stood in place, holding the severed arm in pain, his head down, and his eyes scanning it intricately.
"It's ...... Do you punish me?...... Kid" A tear fell from the corner of Wayne's eye, his lips trembling, "God...... Is this your punishment for me?!"
The surrounding guards stopped what they were doing and silently looked at Wayne, who was bent over and half-kneeling on the ground with a painful face.
"Ah!!h
Wayne raised his head and roared wildly into the sky, a violent wave of qi spreading out around him, causing the soldiers to shake their heels and sway. The demonic beasts in the dense forest not far away were all startled by this long roar and ran in all directions, and the woods shook for a while.
"I'll take you home, Jeno ......"