Chapter 11 Crossroads (1/2)

Chapter 11 Crossroads

The three of the down in uneasy silence What happened to shi+fty didn't coest An o the broken body of their co the same fate

No one knehat to say

After a ood thing that you took "

'A bit heartless, but not wrong,' Sunny thought, giving the older slave a careful look

Scholar frowned, realizing that his entleman had slipped for a second, and hurriedly added in a somber tone:

"May you rest in peace, my friend"

'Wow What a performance'

Actually, Sunny had not believed in his benevolent act for a second Every kid from the outskirts knew that people who acted kind for no reason were the ones to be most wary of They were either fools or monsters Scholar didn't seem like a fool, so Sunny became cautious of him from the ot this far by being a e now

"We have to go" Hero said, casting one last look down

His voice was even, but Sunny could feel a well of emotion behind it He just couldn't tell what that ehed and turned away, too Sunny stared at the bloodied rocks for a few ht, bewildered by this unexpected reaction 'He got what he deserved'

A little unsettled, Sunny turned around and followed his two re companions

Just like that, they left shi+fty behind and continued to cli theinto theh force to throw a person off-balance if they were not careful,too thin to breathe Due to the lack of oxygen, Sunny was starting to feel dizzy and nauseated

It was as though they were all slowly suffocating

Altitude sickness was not so one could overco at the saard to their fitness and endurance If his luck was bad, an elite athlete could succumb to it faster than a random passerby

It was just a question of your body's innate aptitude and adaptability Lucky ones were able to get over it after experiencing mild symptoms The others were so from all kinds of torturous side effects Soh, it was getting colder, too The warh to keep the chill at bay any every decision he had made in his life to end up here, on the endless icy slope

This mountain was not a place for huo on

A few hours passed Despite everything, the three survivors continued to struggle forward, slowly her Wherever that old path Scholar had talked about was, by now, it couldn't have been far At least that's what Sunny was hoping for

But at some point, he started to doubt if the path even existed Maybe the older slave lied Maybe the path was long ago destroyed by ravages of ti

Just as he was about to fall into despair, they finally found it

It eathered and narrow, barely enough for two people to walk side by side The path wasn't paved, but rather cut fro its way up the on Here and there, it was hidden beneath the snow But most importantly, it was flat Sunny had never been that happy to see so a word, Scholar dropped his rucksack and sat down He was deathly pale, gasping for air like a fish out of water Despite that, there was a slight grin on his face

"Told you"

Hero gave him a nod and looked around A few seconds later, he turned back to the triumphant slave:

"Stand up It's not time to rest yet"

Scholar blinked a few ti eyes

"Just… just giveto retort, but Sunny suddenly put a hand on his shoulder Hero turned to face hione"

"What is gone?"

Sunny gestured down, back the way they caone"

Hero stared at hi to understand what Sunny was trying to say

'Oh, right They don't know that shi+fty's name is shi+fty Ahem Aard'

He wanted to explain, but both Scholar and Hero see Sie of the stone path and looked down, trying to spot the place where shi+fty hadof blood could still be seen on the jagged rocks, but the corpse itself was nowhere to be found