Nina took a turn in pain and found nothing behind her. It was perplexing and terrorizing to see an empty field when she knew something had struck her out of nowhere on her back and the pain was still increasing with each passing second.Enduring the anguish, she stretched her arm to touch and feel what was there on her back, enhancing the pain and shedding even more blood. When she grabbed something pierced into her back, her eyes widened from shock.She swallowed and took a deep breath while clenching that thing with all her might. She applied force and plucked out that stick-like object with great force. She felt an alarming pain and let out a cry with a jolt.When her gaze fell on the object, all the pain and grief numbed with wit and she trembled into terror and fear. It was an arrow similar to the ones stacked in Sally's quiver. Nina frowned in shock, brooding when and how a dead girl aimed for her.Due to this strange phenomenon, she forgot to notice the dripping blood gradually
Tejasv and Daemon resumed their march towards Nina while the girl, on the other hand, somehow stood up again even when the pain was striking like swords into her body. Her eyes were filled with bloodlust and leaked pressurizing killing intent.Tejasv and Daemon also noticed her intent but didn't stop since her death was necessary and this may be the last time they have the upper hand in this battle. They returned their gaze to Nina, searching for any last retaliation she could muster.They were close to Nina and raised their weapons to swung them into smashing Nina. Meanwhile, as they expected, Nina retaliated with the help of her remaining knife in her grasp. She leaped over them and jabbed continuosly.However, her attempt failed by the number advantage of Tejasv and Daemon, since they planned the fight beforehand while sprinting towards her. They had a grasp of her situation and the means to attack and counter her.When Tejasv goes offensive, Daemon defends both of them while Tejas
====>[Congratulations!] -:Dungeon conquered:-"Check your rewards below"====This notification baffled Daemon since he had no idea why the system sent such a notification. Because they had been dealing with only humans up to now, keeping aside the regular wolves from the action, it was strange that the dungeon was conquered somehow while only humans were killed last night.The question remained, then, who killed the boss monster when none of the people fighting in the night encountered the boss? There was no justification Daemon could speculate for this sudden system notification.He pondered, "Does this temporary system also crash? If not, then why is it declaring the dungeon conquered when all the fighters and even strategists were here last night? Only three managed to live and excluding me and Tejasv, it was Nina who dashed away. Did she find and kill the boss somehow? But her condition also wasn't optimum for such a task. Then who?"He turned around to discuss his doubts with
Catherine began the narration of the journey from the point where Tejasv specifically gave commands to his team. He ordered Daemon to travel with him while nobody other than him and Catherine knew what directions he provided to Catherine and Salina.She stated that her order was to accompany Salina on a trip to the boss monster and search for its location in the dark while others charged at each other and completely forgot about the dungeon's main quest.As Catherine revealed Tejasv's command, Daemon's eyes widened and he turned towards Tejasv, as if asking for the cause behind such a dangerous command for Catherine and Salina since he couldn't figure out that through brooding any deeper.However, Tejasv only smiled and gestured toward Catherine for further curiosity. Following the signal, Daemon reverted to Catherine's narration once again, with his ears open and gaze focused.When Catherine noticed everyone’s concentration returning to her, she resumed the experience. For the reason
(Catherine explains her and Salina's journey to the boss monster from her perspective!)After a deep breath, we glanced at the dark forest. It was a chilling scene due to the eerie aura this forest shrouds itself in. The first night we spent together left us terrified already, which was one of the reasons we had a hard time convincing ourselves to do it again.Although we were already in the jungle, the presence of many people around us and Fred's camp reclaiming a fortress made us forget the threat of the forest. When both of us realized we had to march into the jungle all alone, maybe surrounded by the wolves, we laughed about having to piss in our pants.We stood paralyzed and pondered why Tejasv would assign us such a mission when he and Daemon could complete it much more easily than us. We rubbed our chins and contemplated, only to conclude nothing in the end.There was nothing to state as a reason for the sudden learning of the difficulty of our task. Until now, we fought togeth
(Catherine’s perspective resumed with Salina)The moment I dived over the wolves, they turned around with a twitch in their ears, as if they had noticed the slight sounds I let out while leaping over them. All four of the wolves grunted and swung their sharp claws at me at once.I thrust my katana swiftly and struck the first wolf nearest to me. That wolf still hadn’t balanced itself from the sudden rush they all faced from my appearance. Hence, I swung my Katana at its neck and decapitated it with a robust swing.The remaining three of the beasts stood firmly and roared at my attack, and groaned for the death of their kin. I swallowed and firmly stood in a stance since they encircled me all around with their swift movements.For a while, the situation remained impasse, and we all looked at each other. It was evident we were gauging the opponent's strengths and weaknesses. However, not all of the wolves were patient enough to glare only. Two of them leaped abruptly in agitation.Their
(Catherine’s perspective along with Salina's)I was stunned and moved towards Salina after culling all of the wolves on the sort of watch. When I gradually closed the distance between myself and Salina; the scene I witnessed left me pale and paralyzed. In my heavy breathing and exhaustion, I forgot to ponder how Salina may have felt while watching me fight for both of us and betting my life on the line.Salina was trembling in the bushes while curling herself and clenching the knife I gave her tightly. The shivers in her body were vigorous and dynamic as if the fear had seeped deep into her heart.I gazed at her for a while and even felt helpless since I had no idea how to comfort her. When I found no satisfying answer in my heart, I ghastly ran towards her and carried her up with a tight hug.I somehow comforted her and didn't let go until she calmed down and her shivers faded. For a while, I also noticed a few tears in her eyes, as if she felt guilty for not aiding me in fighting th
(Catherine’s perspective resumed with Salina)As we moved forward into the darkness, the dense and thick forest became even more eerie than earlier. The aloof fear shrouding the surroundings and gradually creeping over us intensified with each passing second.From that point, I took the front, and Salina directed me from behind. I hurried through the branches and bushes, while Salina followed me slowly and tried not to fall on the ground from the chill.The more silence we encountered, the more intimidated our senses became. It was challenging to even peer far ahead a few steps in that density of darkness and trees. After a few more steps, Salina pulled me back with a jerk.Before I could ask her out loud the reason for her action, she put a finger on her mouth and gestured to me not to speak a word aloud. Without even a slight sound, she pointed in a direction and told me to avoid that part.From her expressions, I realized that the region could be threatening to our lives, and now t