Episode 146 – Hope (2/2)
Laica looked towards the horizon and sed down another fasting pill
“I’ll never kno you alcheed to pack several days’ worth of calories into a sphere two centilance
“As a er, yet before he could finish his words several glares stabbed into hi don’t-you-dare-explain
“Save your energy…” Aurel intervened “We are running out of fasting pills”
Enchanted to gradually e round pills were expensive calorie boe supplies The outbreak of Ink had caused many areas of the forbidden zone to fall into lifeless desolation with no living being in sight, and as such, lack of food was to be expected
Thus, Nelaira’s squad had been ar pills Alas, that large supply was now on the brink of running dry Naturally, everyone’s nerves had been running tight lately
Luki looked at his coer with a pout “I was going to say that I’, not , yet her usually infectious laugh only ed to evoke wry smiles in her comrades
Nelaira shook her head, her eyes remained locked on the wayfinder in her hand the whole tih the idea sounded near i was interfering with her wayfinder, leading the at that pocket-watch-like object yet she just couldn’t see any ano It never flickered or wavered The large arrow on the round watch kept pointing towards the way they cae Headquarters
“We can’t go on for er” Someone spoke up the same sentence that had been repeated countless times in the last few days
“Should we just teleport back?” Another one added
And thus, everyone felt obliged to offer up their opinion for the us into a chaotic mess of voices
Aurel didn’t join in the chaos, instead, he squinted his eyes, searching the horizon for so other than the sea of white
“Hey…” He spoke up but his voice was drowned out by the crowd
“Guys!” He spoke up louder this time, yet no one paid hi!” His voice turned hoarse froroup fell silent, their heads snapping around to look at the horizon
Laica’s argel eyes zoomed in towards the distance before she excitedly ju too! I see it too!”
“What is it? What do you see?” Nelaira finally looked up fro with hope
“What’s that? Is that ato an end?!”
“What valley? This place is an icy desert!”
Nelaira didn’t knoho started it first, but soon alers with toothy grins and their hands in the air She didn’t hoot but her rin
Laica couldn’t help but jue Luki opened his aret a punch on the shoulder and a slap upside the head “You think you are a hot babe?!” “Keep drea!”
The tento eat soon They came up with one idea after the other about what they would do when they reached thatcloser and closer with every step
The festive h everyone’s pores Only another person who had been walking for weeks through an icy desert could understand the pure joy co from their hearts at that moment
Only a person who didn’t reine the joy of having a real meal
Yet, their excitement didn’t even have the chance to settle dohen a loud crack sounded behind the crunch
As everyone’s head snapped around, their grins didn’t even have a chance to fade off their faces before they were confronted by the sight of a large black e jaws around the head of their co the rear
A crunch of a head separating froe black tongue caray teeth
Black saliva trickled fro with the pool of red blood spouting out of the now headless neck
Drip, drop
Just like a drop of Ink falling into water, the s in all directions until it co up in the next episode:
The creature roared with berserk fury and changed its target It lunged towards Nelaira with a speed that even an argel would have trouble keeping up with The icicles in its path did little to slow it down
“Nooo!” Laica’s eyes widened in horror
“What are you doing?!”
“You don’t really expect me to trust the loyalty of a person who disobeyed direct orders?”