C8 (1/2)

As soon as I said that, I felt like I had slipped into my words. Looking at their dark expressions, I immediately changed the topic, ”Why do you want to light a fire? Where did you get the firewood from? ” It wasn't cold here, far from being heated by a fire. Furthermore, being heated in this place with a relatively high degree of isolation, I had a feeling that I would be suffocated to death the next second.

Ike shrugged, ”These are not firewood, but intact, cut into round pieces. Because you can't see it because you dug into the bark, you didn't finish it, so you could use a small army knife to cut it. This is what we found on the way here, not far from here. This kind of wood is completely piled up, and we don't know why.”

”Oh,” I said.

”As for the reason for the fire,” Ike paused, then pointed at the top of his head. ”Look.”

I looked up and nearly collapsed onto the ground.

Ike looked at me and laughed.

His laughter made me unable to raise my head. I raised my head to look and only then did I realize that the ”snake” on it was not a snake but some wood rope that was close to rotting. If it was really built when it was built, it should have long been corroded to the point where there wouldn't be any residue left. ”

”I don't know.” Ike said bluntly, ”Yes, these are ropes. I bet you saw a snake for the first time. ” He was right, and I was embarrassed.

”That's not the point.” Ike looked down at his watch. ”It's coming.”

Coming?

I didn't see anything, so I pricked up my ears and listened. The rustling sounds were not regular, and were magnified several times due to the echo.

F * ck!

Goosebumps had already erupted from the friction between the ground and the newcomer. I will never forget this sound.

Snakes!

Tiny, long lines that covered the sky and covered the earth came surging in like a tidal wave. Black lines twisted and swayed in the distance amidst the dim light. They were all densely packed together.

There was a tiny buzzing sound, and my scalp felt like it was going to explode.

”Interesting.” Ike was still smiling at me.

I felt a rustling above my head. Carla's stiff concave neck.

Right above my head, a pair of yellow-green eyes locked onto me, not even ten centimeters away.

F * ck!

”Don't be afraid.” The owner of those eyes and I were about to look at each other, Ike lazily said, ”This is the reason why we lit the fire. Every day at this time, the snakes will come, and for the first time, we are at a disadvantage. However, we also discovered that they are afraid of fire, so they can only move four meters away from the fire in a straight line. ”

I looked down at him and winced.

Ike was looking at me with a righteous expression, not concealing the fact that he had succeeded in his prank.

I spat in my heart and thought to myself that this foreigner was indeed not a good person.

”In five minutes at most, the beasts will be gone,” said Ector firmly.

I slightly relaxed my mind, just in time to let out a breath of air, hair is a layer, the cold smooth touch appeared, my brain instantly shut down!

A sharp voice in my head stabs me, stabbing me in the scalp, and I feel my scalp go cold.

My eyes widened as my right hand reached for it.

That slippery feeling twisted and coiled around my hand, and my middle finger was immediately bitten so hard it almost went through.

The ice-cold sensation in my head made my movements slow. However, without any hesitation, I focused my attention on it. I subconsciously waved my hand forward, but I was unable to shake it off.

His vision became hazy.

I cursed under my breath and clenched my hands into fists. I tightly gripped the tail in my hands and tightly strangled the snake tattoo with my nails. With a strong pull, the nails dug into the snake meat!

I heard a scream, and again a heart-wrenching pain in my wrist. I grit my teeth and stick my hand directly into the crackling flames.

The smell of roasted meat permeated the air. The snake climbed up my arm as if it was crazy, its tail struggling desperately. The strength behind it was so strong that I almost couldn't hold it back, completely relying on my nails that were stuck inside the snake's body.

The animal had stopped struggling. I reached out with my left hand and pulled hard, ripping the burnt body and my arm apart. The pain was so deep that the skin seemed to be about to fall off with it.

The long pain was better than the short pain. I threw the thing into the fire with all my might, and I only had time to stretch my left and right hands out of the fire. The pain in my hands was worse than my head, and the instant I left the flames, the cold pain stunned me.

In the chaos, my feet weren't touching the ground, and my body didn't have any point of strength, but it seemed to float upwards. It was very comfortable as it slowly moved up and down with the wind.

”Hmm …” Hm? Dither?

When I became aware of it, my body slowly grew heavy, my legs hooked up to something, and my face was lying on something, warm.

My eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and my ears were very quiet. There was only the regular sound of a peep, and my body was shaking up and down in the rhythm.

I tried my best to raise my eyelids, but the scenery in front of me actually started to light up. First it was white light, then it became hazy. Everything started to become clear.

I was on Achilles' back, and Ike was carrying his bag.

Hm? I'm still alive?

As soon as I had digested this fact, I fell into a state of ecstasy.

I'm alive! I'm still alive!

His head was still dizzy and his hands were aching, but compared to the fact that he was still alive, it didn't matter.

Ike was the first to wake me up. I was on the ground.

Ike's face enlarged again.

”Wake up,” I heard him shout.

I was filled with water and sat on the ground in exhaustion.

I heard my throat growl like a bellows. ”I'm still alive?”

”Yeah,” Ike didn't look surprised, but he was happier than I was. ”There's no poison, and it's not that deep. We'll just have to disinfect it a little bit.”

”Thank you.”

”It's fine,” Ike said, breaking away from his excitement. ”The important thing is your right hand. We've already washed it with a lot of disinfectant water, but the burns are too severe, so you'll probably have to wear leather gloves in the future. They're full of burn scabs, and the blisters have already dried up your skin, mainly because there's no medicine, ”he added.” But your left arm is fine, so I just want to recover for two days. ”

”Thank you.” That's all I can say.

”No,” said Al apologetically, ”I was careless.”

I thought back to that scene.

”But why aren't they afraid?” Ike rubbed his chin. ”That doesn't make sense.”

”What do you have on you?” a voice said.

Achilles was staring at me.