Act02 Compass

Chapter 746: Act.02 [Compass]

Foreword:

Before he lost consciousness, hunger made him brave.

--William Shakespeare

[Part ①: Courage Born from Madness]

Wind and rain, along with the boatmen brothers, rushed into the first floor of the cabin. The sun was completely obscured by dark clouds – the eyes of Goddess Io were unseen, and the helpless incarnation could not be seen.

Now, the malformed monstrosities created by the Primordial Seed held sway. For Billy Horn, the two writhing monsters on the deck outside the cabin were a natural disaster he had never faced in his life, the primary "cause of death" for the vast majority of Guangling Zhixi battle-hardened soldiers – the root of the Vita Imprint's calamity.

"Where are they?" Fuyanni spread his arms, one hand linked with the boatmen brothers' arms, the other grasping Big Brother Billy's clothes.

He wanted to drag Billy back into the cabin, unable to control his wildly beating heart. This situation was dire; his adrenaline had prematurely activated self-preservation functions, and for the next twenty minutes, Fuyanni would be utterly exhausted.

The weather was too cold, transitioning from the scorching heat of midsummer to icy, cold rain in mere minutes.

The boatmen brothers' palms were wet and slippery. Fuyanni almost lost his grip on the arm several times, unable to control the innocent civilian's mind.

This poor ordinary person was so terrified he had lost his senses, constantly tugging at Fuyanni's arm, trying to drag his benefactor to a dead end, deeper into the cabin.

"Run! Run! Hurry and run! Run! Benefactor! Run!"

"Yaa!~~ Yaa!!! Ah!!!----"

"Hoo hoo. Run!--"

"Aiya!!!----"

Piercing screams mixed with heavy breaths, and amidst the dark sky and earth, on the ship heaving in the storm, a "Blood Hawk" slowly approached from the side of the deck – it