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GAME OF EXITS CHAPTER 19: DESPERATION
Ten random beasts dart straight toward the newcomers like a flurry of gigantic arrows, and the ominous sight immediately drives Jennifer into a frenzy of apprehension. She feels as though all her blood came rushing into her brain as gruesome thoughts cloak her mind and seize her nerves. She just can’t bear watching other persons ending up like John Paul. Meanwhile, Joshua’s heart thumps aggressively as he gapes at the relentless attackers. From a distance, Vincent is certain that another three names will soon appear on his watch. He knows he doesn’t have the time to prepare himself for another gory sight, but he just can’t look away from the scene. Knowing that his power is useless to save them, he just stands still and hopes for a miracle.
“THE BLUE CIRCLE!” Jennifer yells, forcing air through her dry throat as she frantically points at one in the distance. “GET INSIDE THAT BLUE CIRCLE NOW!”
Aeron, Joriz and Johnrey are too shaken to notice Jennifer. The sight of the squealing beasts instantly overwhelms them.
“What on earth…?” Aeron mumbles while eyeing the horrifying cloud of flying creatures.
“I told you, this is not the way,” Johnrey says.
“We’re dead,” Joriz mutters. He feels as though the thin string of survival he’d been holding on snapped right before him.
“THEY’RE COMING! MY GOD!” Jennifer yells, almost teary-eyed. Desperate, she shoots the enemies and fortunately freezes five of them. At the same time, Johnrey produces a vehement gust of wind directed upward, blowing away four attackers, along with those frozen by Jennifer. The wind is so strong that it temporarily creates a large hole on the cloud of swarming beasts covering the green sky. One manages to swerve, dodge Johnrey’s attack, and then land on the ground. It glares at the three, lets out an earsplitting squeal, flutters for several seconds, and then whizzes until it’s a meter away from clawing Aeron. But Aeron reacts just in time to detonate a fireball at the oncoming creature, blasting it to pieces, showering the three of them with hot green blood, burnt flesh, and fragments of internal organs. A meter from them, the severed tail still wriggles like an agitated earthworm.
“These two are monsters,” Joriz realizes. He suddenly remembers how Aeron almost blew his head off in the forest. Good thing, he was just in time to remove the sharp thing planted on Aeron’s nape and free him from his madness. He managed to do the same for Johnrey, though he had a hard time succeeding with the help of his slime. The laughing forest almost drove them crazy, but Johnrey, out of exasperation, decimated with his violent wind whatever invisible creatures there were.
What they have just beheld stuns Jennifer and Joshua, and fills Vincent with awe. Vincent suddenly remembers that one of them can actually shoot exploding fireballs. And the gust of wind he has just witnessed fills him with dread and envy. Meanwhile, about 35 meters west of Jennifer and Joshua, Mabel discerns that something strange is happening with the other players, but her mind is too preoccupied with Cristina’s agony and with the fact that the red circle...
“THE BLUE CIRCLE!” Jennifer yells, forcing air through her dry throat as she frantically points at one in the distance. “GET INSIDE THAT BLUE CIRCLE NOW!”
Aeron, Joriz and Johnrey are too shaken to notice Jennifer. The sight of the squealing beasts instantly overwhelms them.
“What on earth…?” Aeron mumbles while eyeing the horrifying cloud of flying creatures.
“I told you, this is not the way,” Johnrey says.
“We’re dead,” Joriz mutters. He feels as though the thin string of survival he’d been holding on snapped right before him.
“THEY’RE COMING! MY GOD!” Jennifer yells, almost teary-eyed. Desperate, she shoots the enemies and fortunately freezes five of them. At the same time, Johnrey produces a vehement gust of wind directed upward, blowing away four attackers, along with those frozen by Jennifer. The wind is so strong that it temporarily creates a large hole on the cloud of swarming beasts covering the green sky. One manages to swerve, dodge Johnrey’s attack, and then land on the ground. It glares at the three, lets out an earsplitting squeal, flutters for several seconds, and then whizzes until it’s a meter away from clawing Aeron. But Aeron reacts just in time to detonate a fireball at the oncoming creature, blasting it to pieces, showering the three of them with hot green blood, burnt flesh, and fragments of internal organs. A meter from them, the severed tail still wriggles like an agitated earthworm.
“These two are monsters,” Joriz realizes. He suddenly remembers how Aeron almost blew his head off in the forest. Good thing, he was just in time to remove the sharp thing planted on Aeron’s nape and free him from his madness. He managed to do the same for Johnrey, though he had a hard time succeeding with the help of his slime. The laughing forest almost drove them crazy, but Johnrey, out of exasperation, decimated with his violent wind whatever invisible creatures there were.
What they have just beheld stuns Jennifer and Joshua, and fills Vincent with awe. Vincent suddenly remembers that one of them can actually shoot exploding fireballs. And the gust of wind he has just witnessed fills him with dread and envy. Meanwhile, about 35 meters west of Jennifer and Joshua, Mabel discerns that something strange is happening with the other players, but her mind is too preoccupied with Cristina’s agony and with the fact that the red circle...
