Chapter 29: A Moment Of Bravery And Fear (1/2)

As soon as it opened its jaws, it spat out a grey-colored liquid towards Silvi, who was standing closest to it.

Silvi dodged in panic while using her daggers to shield herself. However, it was not that effective in protecting herself from the Dreadling's spit completely.

”AAHH!!” Silvi cried out in horror and pain as some of that ominous-looking grey liquid fell on her right arm because she could not dodge in time.

A sizzling sound came from her skin where the grey liquid had fallen. And soon, her skin turned red and began to tear while a pale yellow liquid began to ooze out from the festered wound.

Tears began to drip from Silvi's eyes as she painfully cried while stumbling backward, ”AHHHH!! IT HURTS!! It's burning my skin!!!”

The dagger she was holding in her right hand fell because of the severe wound on her right arm, and it seemed as if the red mark on her skin was slowly spreading and turning worse.

”It's poisonous! Don't let its venom touch you!” Cayden shouted since he had heard about such Dreadlings.

Everyone there wanted to help out Silvi, but right now, they knew they couldn't afford to let down their guard for even one second unless they wanted to get attacked by this venomous Dreadling before them.

However, they came together and formed a protective cover in front of Silvi so that she would be safe for now.

Still, each of them was not faring any better as fear was making their hands and legs tremble, and they were desperately trying their best not to run away by gritting their teeth.

They were taught and trained by their parents to never leave behind their comrades and to fight as one if they ever wanted a chance to defeat a Dreadling.

They also told them that the moment they tuck their tails between their legs and run would be the moment they get targeted by the Dreadling and get killed.

The four of them and the Jawfiend were again having a stare off as it tried to look for any opening. Since it made a surprise attack before, it knew that next time they would be prepared for it.

However, just looking at eight of its eyes staring at them with killing intent filled the hearts of these inexperienced youngsters inflamed the fear and dread in their hearts.

Arion was trying his best to crawl away from the eerie-looking giant spider. He was even more terrified when he saw Silvi getting attacked by its venom.

The venom wasn't even injected into her body but simply fell on her skin, and that was enough to incapacitate her entire right arm. He couldn't imagine how much more injured she would have been if the entire venom fell on her.

He could still see Silvi crying in pain while moving backward, not knowing how to stop the pain or treat this terrible and poisonous injury.

Silvi whimpered as she sobbed, ”Somebody h-help...it hurts...ngghhh…”

”Silvi, come here! Let me help you!”