When dozens of men, women, teenagers, and children in rugged clothes rushed out of the building, holding spears, bats, and sticks as weapons, Catherine got quite nervous.“Run, lizard! Run!” Catherine shouted.The lizard was about to jump back to the hanging vines.“Get down from the lizard,” Sheryl quickly said and jumped.“No, no,” Catherine was saying, but Denver grabbed her waist and jumped from the beast.The lizard landed on the vines and dashed away without looking back.The people whom Catherine thought were attacking them stopped in their tracks and looked disappointed.“Damn it! It left!”“Why didn’t you guys catch it?”They yelled at Sheryl, Denver, and Catherine. Their gazes were far from friendly.“I-I thought they were going to attack us,” Catherine nervously uttered. “Why did they stop?”“They weren’t after us but the lizard,” Sheryl replied. “No edible vegetable or fruit is grown in this nameless zone. The primary way of survival is to eat meat… back in the days.”Cath

There was only one bed inside the stone hut, and Catherine spread a blanket on it first before sitting down. “We don’t know how many people she slept with in this house, so I think we should find another house.”Denver sat next to her. “But it’s surprisingly cold here. We can get some good sleep.” He saw a bunch of dried grapes on the table, so he tossed some in his mouth and gave the other to her.Catherine glanced at him. “You said you grew up in this place. Are you really a virgin?”Denver nearly spit out the half-chewed food in his mouth. “Uh, definitely, I’m mentally a three-year-old virgin.”“Mentally, huh…” Catherine tossed the grapes away on the floor.“Hey, don’t waste food like that.”“We shouldn’t eat what’s here. Maybe there’s poison in it,” Catherine said.Denver raised an eyebrow. “We both know that the reason you threw them away wasn’t because you was afraid of poison.”Catherine frowned. “I’m just afraid of all the things that I might learn and end up regretting. Maybe

Sheryl asked an old man who was sitting by the side of the road and seemed too weak to move around.“Hello, sir, since when have these rodents been showing up where people live?” she asked him.“Feed me first,” he said and slowly lifted his head. Once he saw Sheryl and Denver, he remembered them. “Y-You two… I remember you two. All those years ago. You are the ones who fought the cerberus and killed it. Am I dreaming? Are you guys here to save us again?”“You are not dreaming, sir,” Shery responded. “We’re the ones who killed the cerberus that guarded the blood-thinner treasure. This man is Denver Nighthawk, the one who obtained that treasure.”“S-So, this isn’t a dream,” the old man’s eyes turned teary. “Please help us. You opened up the road to the beach last time and helped everyone here. But now, that path was sealed up, and monsters are finding their way inside. Everything changed since those two started living in the nameless zone. We have no proof, but they are definitely behin

Denver, Catherine, and Sheryl arrived at a building which was without doubt the most spectacular in terms of its intricate designs.It was a massive cathedral-like building, spanning in a whooping 600 acre zone. It was too big for a man’s eyes to take in at once from the front gates. Its height also reached hundreds of meters, piercing the low-hanging clouds.“This is the Lost Garden?” Catherine’s heart started to race a little bit. “This is like one of those abandoned castles where scary people live, but this is so much more intimidating.”“What we’re seeing is only like a wall,” Sheryl replied. “Once we get past this wall, we won’t be inside a house but a garden full of strange plants and trees.”Soon, they arrived at the front gate.There was only one guard sleeping outside. He lifted up his hat and looked at the three people. “New faces. Are you planning on entering the garden? Did you bring the money? If you don’t have gold, we’ll take your blood, too.”“Blood?” Sheryl was a bit

Trees stood tall and plants bloomed in vibrant hues inside the Lost Garden, constantly covered in a thick fog.Their vibrant allure was just a trap for the unwary.Beasts roamed among the verdant foliage, their forms twisted by the toxic flora they consumed, becoming monstrous guardians of this eerie paradise.The air past the entrance gate was heavy with the sickly sweetness of poison-laden flowers, and beneath the twisting trunks of trees, the ground crawled with vines that seemed alive.One of the giant fruits had fallen from the tree, which was what made the noise.Catherine walked up to the fruit, and a worm burst out of it. Denver caught the worm before it attacked her. He squeezed it with both hands and burst it into two pieces.Catherine was still frozen by what happened. That worm was thicker than a snake. If it had bitten her, she might have lost a chunk of meat at least.Before her heart could even slow down, they heard another screeching noise.“W-What is it now?” tremblin