Chapter 4 Mountain King (1/2)
Chapter 4 Mountain King
Turning in the direction of the thundering noise, many slaves rose their heads — only to see rocks and heavy shards of ice raining on the away in a cacophony of screaled by the thick chain, those slaves fell to the ground and pulled others with theht,like this to happen Calht sky, his Attribute-enhanced eyes piercing the darkness, and took one measured step back In the next second, a piece of ice the size of a ht in front of hi around with sharp shards
Others weren't that quick As ice and stones continued to rain,wails filled the air
"On your feet, fools! Get to the wall!"
The veteran soldier — the one who had whipped Sunny a few hours before — was shouting angrily, trying to get the slaves to move towards the relative safety of the mountain slope However, before anyone could heed his co a treht between the caravan and theinto silence for a few seconds
At first, it looked like a luhly round in shape and as tall as aliht ht, a bit stunned
The creature had two stus, an e,with a set of horrifying bone claws, and another two, these ones shorter, ending with allance looked like dirty snow turned out to be its fur, yellowish-grey and ragged, thick enough to stop arrows and swords
On its head, five arded the slaves with insect-like indifference Beneath the with razor-sharp teeth was half-open, as though in anticipation Viscous drool was running down the creature's chin and dripping into the snow
ReadNovelFullh, were the strange shapes endlessly , worm-like, under the creature's skin He could see them clearly because, unfortunately, he was one of those unlucky souls closest to thefirst-ro
'Well, that is just… too ht, stupefied
As soon as Sunny finished that thought, all hell broke loose The creature eneral direction But Sunny was one step ahead: without wasting a single moment, he jumped sideways — as far as the chain allowed — conveniently placing the broad-shouldered slave between himself and the monster
His quick reaction saved his life, as those sharp claws, each as long as a sword, sliced through the broad-shouldered man a fraction of a second later and sent streah the air Drenched in the hot liquid, Sunny hit the ground, and his fellow slave — now simply a corpse — fell on him from above
'damn! Why are you so heavy!'
Te howl and felt an enor chorus of screa it any attention, he tried to roll the corpse to the side, but was stopped by a forceful lurch of the chain that twisted his wrists and filled hisdragged a few steps, but then the chain suddenly slackened, and he was able to control his hands again
'See, things could have been worse…'
Putting his palth he had The heavy corpse stubbornly resisted all his atte Sunny free However, he didn't get to celebrate this newly found freedom, as his blood suddenly turned to ice
Because at that ainst the broad-shouldered slave's bleeding body, he clearly felt so under the dead s could get worse, right, you idiot?' he thought, and then flinched back
Pushi+ng the corpse with his legs, Sunny crawled as far away from it as he could — which was about a meter and a half, thanks to the ever-present chain He quickly glanced around, noticing ashadows and the silhouette of theslaves on the opposite end of the stone platfor to convulse with growing violence
On the opposite side of the corpse, the shi+fty slave was looking at it with slackened jaw and a horrified expression on his face Sunny waved to get his attention
"What are you staring at?! Move away from it!"
The shi+fty slave tried, but immediately fell down The chain isted between the three of theht
Sunny clenched his teeth
Right under his eyes, the corpse was going through a nightrowths pierced its skin, extending like spikes The e shape The fingernails were turning into sharp claws; the face cracked and split, bearing open a twisted s
'This is not right'
Sunny twitched, feeling a strong urge to empty his stomach