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

Silvi's eyes brightened up a bit when she saw Ina waving at her from afar. Since Ina was using a bow and arrow, she was already standing more than a dozen meters away from the Dreadling to get a good shot.

But after seeing Silvi getting injured, she got worried and shouted at her to offer her help while putting back her arrow into her quiver.

Silvi rushed towards Ina with whatever energy she could muster despite the excruciating pain she was suffering.

Ina quickly tore out a piece of cloth from her skirt in order to bandage Silvi's injury for the time being.

But when Silvi got to her, and she saw the festered wound, Ina was shocked to see that the venom was eroding her skin away, till even her muscles and bones were starting to become visible slowly.

No matter how gruesome Silvi's right arm looked, Ina tried to focus her best and somehow tied the cloth around her arm while Silvi screamed in pain as Ina tied the cloth around her arm.

”Ina, take her home! We will buy you time!” Cayden shouted from afar while not letting his sight away from the terrifying Dreadling before him.

The four youngsters did not dare to attack first out of fear since they had no idea how it was going to retaliate. All they could pray for was that Silvi and Ina reach home fast enough to call an expert for help.

*Kreee*

The Dreadling clenched its jaws together as some venom dripped from its mouth while slowly stepping closer to them.

”Ahhh, I can't fight it!!” Bari shouted as he ran away, having his courage shattered after completely feeling terrified just from the Dreadling's gaze. He even threw away his axe to run away faster.

He felt as if he was going to die for sure if he kept standing before this monster. His clothes were already drenched from excessive sweating because of how scared he was. The only reason he was able to stand for a while before the Dreadling was because he wanted to protect his friends.

But in the end, his fear for his life won out his courage and thus made him run away like a scared deer.

*Kreee*

The Dreadling screeched upon noticing Bari running away, and because of that, it got an opening to rush at the human running away.

”Don't run, you fool!” Cayden shouted as he tried to block the path of the Dreadling with his sword so that it wouldn't rush towards Bari.

But alas, the Dreadling was too nimble that it sidestepped with its scrawny but powerful limbs and proceeded to run straight, chasing Bari like a predator chasing its scared prey.

Ina was running away while carrying Silvi by putting her arms around her neck. Her pace was slow since she had to carry along the injured Silvi.

However, she heard the shouts from behind, and when she turned around, her eyes widened, seeing that Bari was rushing towards her direction with the Dreadling catching up to him at a fast pace.