Chapter 40: Get Rid of It
"Help me! Fern!" Jasmina waved her hands in the water, her voice was high and low, apparently the water had already covered her head, and after she kicked her legs a few times, her head resurfaced before she barely shouted.
"Hold on!" By the moonlight, Fern could see clearly where the water 'flower' was fluttering, and in front of the water 'flower', the horses of the ** division were moving unhurriedly towards the shore, while Jarena had been struggling in place. Fern leapt off the back of the clouds and ran a few steps to jump into the water, just a few yards in front of Morena. "Hold me, do you hear me, hold me!"
But Morena couldn't hear him at all, and her hands were still scratching Fern's neck and cheeks in the air, and the long nails that looked beautiful on a daily basis became the most headache for the mercenaries. Fern reached into the water with his left hand, 'touched' about the height of Jasmine's waist, and lifted her up with all his might. This trust made Morena grasp the life-saving straw, and the fear of death made her lose her mind, and her hands were clutching wildly on Fern's body, and the whole person was almost tightly hugged Fern.
This was fatal to the rescuer, after being held by the person who fell into the water, Fern was completely unable to swim with his hands and feet, and was very likely to be pulled into the water by Morena, but no matter how Fern shouted, Morena hugged him tightly and refused to let go. At the same time, Morena desperately climbed up Fern's body with her survival instincts, her hands propped on the mercenary's head, and her feet kept stomping on his underwater body. Fern felt himself sinking, but he couldn't swim up, and the water was already in his mouth and about to flood his nose.
Fern was ruthless, and pulled Morena down with both hands, and the frightened face of the ** teacher appeared in front of him. Suddenly, Fern slammed his head into Morena's forehead, and this collision directly knocked Morena into a daze, and her hands and feet stopped moving. Fern took the opportunity to turn Morena over in the water, making her turn away from him, then wrapped his left hand around her neck, paddled in front of her right hand, and slowly swam towards the shore with both 'legs' in the water.
Although it was only a few tens of seconds, Fern felt that it was longer than a whole night, and the waterweed in the puddle obscured his vision, so Fern had to look for the shadow of the horse in front of him while pushing away the waterweed. The experience of running away made him physically and mentally exhausted, he had not slept for almost two nights, his whole body was exhausted, and coupled with the blow to the head just now, he felt his mind full of echoes at this time, and the things in front of him became blurred. There was only the sound of water and the roar in his head, and the friction of the flesh beasts chasing them behind him had been suppressed by these two voices, and Fern didn't know how far the flesh beasts were from them, whether they had caught up with them and eaten the dark clouds. Fern didn't think much about it, he knew that the only thing he could do now was to get Jarena ashore as quickly as possible.
Finally, Fern's right hand 'touched' the wet mud, he grabbed the aquatic plants on the shore hard, stepped on the mud with his right foot, and crawled out of the puddle with his whole body. He then grabbed Morena by both arms and dragged her out of the water. **Shi was lying flat on the ground, his 'chest' kept rising and falling, and his mouth kept bubbling outward, and there was no way to continue his journey for a while. Fern looked up at the way he came, and the grinding sound began to sound again, and the flesh beast was only a few minutes away from them.
"No, Jasmine, get up!" Fern pulled the ** master up from the ground and helped her to the horse.
But Jalena didn't react at all, just like a puppet and let Fern pull it, let alone ride her own mount. Fern looked anxiously behind him, the moonlight was obscured by dark clouds again, and the silhouettes of the trees swayed in the dark woods, as if a monster would jump out of them at any moment.
Hell, Fern cursed and helped Morena onto his mount, lying face down on the back of the clouds, face and feet hanging down to her sides. Then Fern himself climbed up and sat in the back seat, holding the reins with his left hand while protecting Morena from falling off her horse in the bumps, and with his right hand he took the mount of the ** division, clamped his feet, and began to run forward again.
Fern controlled two horses by himself, and protected the half-unconscious Jalena, riding as hard as he could in the black swamp. Extreme fatigue almost crushed him, but he still persevered with perseverance, and every second, Fern thought that he would fall from the back of the dark clouds in the next second, but as the minutes passed, he was still on his horse. Fern's consciousness even went into a brief trance, he could no longer realize the flickering light of the moon and stars above his head, nor could he hear the sound of frogs in his ears and the grinding behind him, nor could he even smell the damp and rotten smell of the 'tide' in the swamp. He didn't know how he managed to avoid puddles and walk through the swamp in this situation.
The night was still dark, a dark blue color appeared on the horizon, and the birds in the woods began to chirp one after another. The 'dew' that had been accumulated overnight dripped from the leaves and hit Fern's face as he passed underneath, wetting his eyes. Fern seemed to be back in time a few months ago, also in the Black Swamp, when he lured the wolf away for Ness and Ray, and just as the sky was about to lighten, he and the limits of his mount arrived at the same time.
Suddenly, Fern felt that the whole world had fallen into silence, there was no light, no sound, no smell, and he was in a dark world, slowly sinking, sinking.
The night color faded, the morning glow reflected the red sky, the morning air was exceptionally fresh, and the birds were flying among the trees. The cold weather didn't invade the warm 'tidal' swampland, which was still teeming with life. A heron bird dressed in yellow-green 'color' and bright 'feathers' stopped on a man's face, and after staying for a while, flapped its wings a few times and flew away. The dew on the feathers hit the man's face, and the man struggled a few times before opening his eyes, and there was a bright sky and lush branches in front of him.
Fern sat up with his head on his feet, recalling the situation of last night, his head was still aching, his whole body was sore, and the clothes on his body were still wet and uncomfortable. Yesterday, we were trying to get rid of mages and flesh beasts...... Fern remembered everything, he looked around nervously, and saw two mounts leisurely grazing on the side, and beside him, there was a ** master who was still asleep. Jasmine's breathing was heavy and regular, her body rising and falling steadily, and Fern exhaled a sigh of relief and began to survey her surroundings.
The sky was already bright, and the puddles and trees that seemed dangerous in the dark now seemed so peaceful, with the breeze blowing, and the branches and aquatic plants floating slightly. There was no longer the unique friction sound of the flesh beast around, and Fern didn't know how long he had been in a coma, but it was certain that they must have gotten rid of the mage and the flesh beast, otherwise they would have been gnawed to the ground during the time they were in a coma.
Fern stood up with difficulty, staggered over to the dark clouds, took out the water bladder, held it high above his head, opened his mouth, and the clear cool water poured over his tired face, washing away the stains on his face, some of which were swallowed by Fern in his stomach, and more of which flowed down his body to his feet. He wanted to sleep, but feared that the flesh beast hadn't been thrown too far, and that Morena was still asleep, and that he had to stay awake so that he could save his companion and himself in case of danger.
Fern took out a smoked sausage from his pannier and sat down next to Morena, chewing slowly, waiting for the moment when the ** master woke up.