(These chapters are mainly intended to introduce Sophia and another important character, and then the third volume concludes.) Entering the era of the fourth gene, the power system of this book will be introduced step by step. ）

The long-term confinement and torture have made Sophia's body weak. Not long ago, the wounds from the beating were still aching, especially the boots that were temporarily peeled off the feet of the "Red Skull", although she stuffed a lot of stuffing and tightened the laces, they still did not fit very well, and soon blistered.

But Sophia gritted her teeth and persevered, because she fled in such a hurry that she didn't have time to find drinking water, she just fished out half a piece of leftover bread from the old diesel barrel by the fire in front of the earthen house.

It is bread baked over a wood fire in a unique way, a bit like naan bread from a curry house, and the flavoring is a rock salt crystal from a nearby hillside. For Sophia, this is already extremely delicious, unlike those cloudy drinks made with a layer of fat floating on top of the stewed goat soup, which the kidnappers love so much that they call it goat's milkshake.

After struggling to nibble on a few mouthfuls of bread to fill her stomach, Sophia carefully tucked the rest away in her arms, unsure how long it would take her to reach safety, or better yet, to the port docks.

Along the way, there are still occasional traces of locals, all looking at Sophia with strange eyes. An embarrassed foreign woman like her, dressed in clothes that didn't fit at all and had mottled blood stains, was almost like traveling with a sign painted in large letters:

"I escaped!"

I don't know when the thugs might catch up. She could only grit her teeth and continue to insist. Fortunately. She didn't encounter any beasts along the way. Especially the Somali lion, otherwise she wasn't sure if she would be able to use the submachine gun she was carrying well and whether she would be able to resist the attack.

Forward, forward, forward......

Sophia had fallen into a state of complete numbness, and only knew that a hatred and a will to survive drove her forward, in the direction of the port, hoping to get out of this hell where her hatred had been lost.

As a matter of fact. More than half an hour after walking out of the kidnapper's gathering place, she had completely lost her sense of direction. The deserts, hillsides and shrubs that seem to be familiar to the eye are all familiar to you, and it is easy to get lost when you walk out of the dozens of minutes without change.

Therefore, Sophia is completely unaware that she has deviated greatly from the established course.

Not far in her direction was the rolling mountains of Acel, one of the most mysterious and complex mountains near Bossaso, where pirates were hiding because of their proximity to the port area.

But luckily. It was precisely because of Sophia's completely mindless direction that the kidnappers "Red Skull" and the gang did not judge her escape route accurately. There were many detours, otherwise she would have been caught up with the slow pace at which she walked on both feet.

But even so, Sophia soon realized that she seemed to be lost, because after climbing a hillside, she could no longer see the semi-desert plains from which she came, and all she could see was the increasingly rugged mountain walls and cliffs. Even if she wasn't familiar with the area, she could guess that she was probably on the wrong track, and the mountains in front of her didn't look like a road to the harbor anyway.

Sophia's heart was a little disappointed, and she turned to adjust her direction, but her face quickly turned pale. Because about a few hundred meters away on the horizon, billowing smoke and dust can already be faintly seen, which is obviously a sign of a vehicle driving on the desert. In this direction leading to the mountains, it was hard for her to imagine anyone else other than the Red Skulls.

The retreat has been cut off, after hesitating for a while, Sophia resolutely made up her mind and continued to march towards the mountains, the road here is very steep, there is no road at all, those kidnappers' cars will definitely not be able to drive in, her chances of escaping are better anyway, as for what to do after escaping into the mountains, now I can't think about it.

And the kidnappers' convoy was also rapidly approaching, and already the bandits with binoculars spotted Sophia's figure standing on the hillside and began to shout loudly. The convoy that spotted the target was like a pack of wolves that had seen its prey, and it was faster than that, reaching the foot of the mountain after dozens of seconds, and did not stop until there was no road left.

Hassan Sheikh Ahmed stepped out of the jeep with a gloomy face, picked up the binoculars, and the mean woman had disappeared behind the hillside.

"Get out of the car and walk." He gave the order.

There was a commotion from the subordinates, but they did not immediately move forward.

"Leader, there's Mount Arcel ahead. It was the legendary land of the devil, the abode of Eplis, and it was often the mountain people who entered it and disappeared, never to be seen again. ”

A confidant reminded him tremblingly, hoping that he would change his mind. Ipulis is the devil in Islamic legend, who is the enemy of the Lord and man. Even outlaws like them are reluctant to try the devil's danger.

"I said, get out of the car and walk!"

Hassan's cold gaze swept over his face, squeezing out a few words from between his teeth, the tragic death of his younger brother Gabiyu was still shaking in front of his eyes, he wanted to catch that slut back immediately, skin and bone, and eat it alive, how could he let it go so easily.

However, after seeing the frightened expressions of the other subordinates, he still changed some of his words and said comfortingly: "What iplis, it's nothing more than those guys on the sea hiding here, as long as you don't clash with them." The woman couldn't go far, and we picked up speed so we could catch up with her and get out before sunset. ”

The authority of the leader was forged by violence and blood, and although they were still afraid, these subordinates had to muster up the courage to get out of their cars and quickly march towards the mountains.

Sophia had already increased her speed to the top of her head, despite the pain caused by the harness of the submachine gun, and in those rough and difficult places, she was almost moving hand and foot on the ground, and her joints and palms had already been ground by the hard prism to blood, but she was unaware of it, gritted her teeth and continued to move on.

But she was only a woman after all, and she had been walking on her legs for most of the day, and the advantage of physical strength was entirely on Hassan's side, and as the two pursuers gradually moved deeper into the Assel Mountains, they soon found Sophia's traces again.

All sorts of strange screams began to come out of the mouths of the kidnappers, trying to disturb the woman's mind, and some of the kidnappers began to raise their guns to try to aim, but they were quickly stopped by Hassan.

"She can't run far, catch her alive! I'm going to make this regret being born in this world. (To be continued......)