Chapter 10 First Man Down (1/2)

Chapter 10 First Man Down

By the ti After hours and hours of traversing the rough mountain slope, his body was almost at its limit However, to everyone's surprise, shi+fty seeuish slave's eyes werearound His breath was ragged and shallow, as though sos He looked feverish and unwell

As soon as Hero found a suitable place for a caround The ry cursing that they had already gotten used to The slave lay silent andthat he was still alive Several reedily drank a few large gulps

"Conserve your water," Hero said, a hint of concern so its way into his usually stoic voice

Disregarding these words, shi+fty drank on completely

Scholar didn't look much better than him The arduous climb took a heavy toll on the older slave Despite the unbearable cold, he eaty, with bloodshot eyes and a gri the weakest of the three, Sunny had soed to endure the best

"Can't we just ave Scholar a complicated look

ReadNovelFullht come a time on't be able to make a fire, as to not attract unwanted attention"

No one co perfectly hose attention they had to avoid The 's horror was still fresh in their ed to find a natural alcove in the e The fire ell hidden by the rocks, allowing the noticed No one was in the mood to talk, so they just roasted slices of oxen meat above the flames and ate in silence

By the time the skies had turned completely black, shi+fty and Scholar were already asleep, lost in the thrall of their own nighte of the rock outcropping

"Try to rest, as well I'll take the first watch"

Sunny gave hi asleep inside a dream was a new experience for him, but, unexpectedly, it turned out to be quite round, his consciousness slipped into darkness

After what felt like only a second, soy and disoriented, Sunny blinked a few ti above him

"These two didn't look too well, so it's better to give theo out and wake us up once the sun starts to rise Or if… if the beast appears"

Sunny silently rose and changed places with Hero, who added a couple of logs into the fire and was soon fast asleep

For a few hours, he was on his own

The skies were black, with dim stars and a sharp crescent of the newborn h to pierce the darkness that enveloped the mountain Only Sunny's eyes see down the way they cah during the previous day, he could still see the distant ribbon of the road He could even trace it back to the stone platforht with the tyrant had taken place

The tiny dots littering the stones were the dead bodies of the slaves

As he atching theure slowly crawled on the platform from beneath the cliff It stayedits claws against the ground Every tirab and bring it to its ht thebones to Sunny's ears He flinched, accidentally pushi+ng a se It fell, hit the slope and then rolled down, causing a fewrocks sounded like thunder in the silent night

Far below, the tyrant suddenly turned its head, looking directly at Sunny

Sunny froze, petrified He was scared to ot to breathe The tyrant was staring directly at hi

A few torturous seconds passed, each feeling like an eternity Then the tyrant calh he had not seen Sunny at all

'It's blind,' Sunny suddenly understood

He inhaled, watching Mountain King idened eyes It was true The creature could not see

Looking back at everything that had happened earlier, he grew uess Those milky, expressionless eyes Co theon off the cliff, the tyrant only reacted after the wagon's had started to fall, scraping loudly against the rocks