More than half a day had passed since they fell from the sky and inexplicably appeared in the tropical rainforest below.
Apart from endless greenery and a few beetles, they had yet to see any proper creatures, strictly speaking. So when a low beastly growl came from nearby, everyone went on alert.
Ever since they left the rainforest, Nick had been studying the terrain along the way, preparing for an attack at any moment. Right now, he was the calmest among them.
"Find cover by the trees..."
Before he could finish, however, Machete roared, and both Uzis in his hands opened fire.
A monster with bony spikes growing from its neck and back suddenly sprang out of the grass cut down by the gunfire. Its size was about the same, and it nimbly dodged most of the bullets. In the blink of an eye, it was less than twenty meters from the group.
With two strange bangs, the two shotgun blasts from Nick's AA-12 merely knocked the monster off balance where it stood. It promptly got up and tried to charge again, only for the Russian Nikolai's Gatling to riddle it with holes.
But the death of this monster was only the beginning. Ominous rustling arose from the grass surrounding the woodland, and more monsters sprang out.
Not only were these monsters hideous, they were also incredibly fast. Their agile movements were completely at odds with their somewhat bloated bodies, and their hundred-meter sprinting speed was practically on par with a cheetah's.
In mere seconds, the closest of them were almost face-to-face with the group.
Stan, the man in prison clothes, raised his little pistol and fired two panicked shots. Whether he hit anything was anyone's guess. Then the noise of the others' gunfire shook him so badly that he