I Want a Divorce by Abigail Quinn

Chapter 98

“Sienna, give that to me!”

Oliver stretched out his hand when he thought of it. He had already been hit by Blood Malediction anyway. Like Sienna, it didn’t matter whether he touched it or not.

Sienna gave him the Eye Sculpture without thinking. Oliver looked it over again after receiving it.

It was true that it hadn’t been swapped.

In fact, besides Oliver who knew the importance of the Eye Sculpture, the others didn’t recognize it at all and could not see its value.

Simon and Wayne were ready to push aside the burning firewood at the cave entrance to free the opening. Their plan was to carry a machete each and rush out to get the difficult part over with as fast as possible. They would cut as many trees as possible, then drag them into the cave.

As long as they could hold on until dawn, they would live for one more day. Otherwise, everyone would cease to exist at midnight that night.

“Wait a minute!” Oliver raised his head and quickly stopped them. “Don’t be rash. Let me think about it.”

Wayne and Simon stopped to wait for Oliver. There was no present danger anyway, and the firewood could last for an hour

or two.

Oliver mulled over it with the Eye Sculpture in his hand. A few minutes later, he waved to Wayne and Simon and said, “You two guard both sides. While we make an opening, the others will stay back. When we’re done, find a place to take cover. Mr. Hayes and Yoseph will protect the others.”

Everyone immediately stood at Oliver’s command. Wayne and Simon armed themselves with machetes and took their positions to guard the entrance.

Oliver was about to take a cane to push the firewood away, but Wayne and Simon simultaneously stood in front of him. When they got to work, the fire at the cave mouth was quickly brushed aside to reveal an opening that was roughly two feet and two inches wide.

also exposed a weak spot to a sharp-eyed Nocturna Heron/ outside. As soon as it saw its

toward them like an eagle and slashed it

like an eagle but was slightly larger and

Clang!

accompanied by a loud noise like

Nocturna Heron was not akin to the stalagmite-like Blind Viper; his slash did not injure it. Instead, he was the one who was shaken by the Nocturna Heron’s power. His machete-wielding hand trembled, his

the ground. It was chipped where the blade had met

retreated. His machete was broken, and his hand was

Heron seemed to be unscathed. It paused for a mere moment before attempting to lunge toward

few seconds, Wayne gripped his machete with two hands and gathered all his strength to slash the

cut. It jerked its head away and screeched shrilly before collapsing outside the cave with a thud. It rolled on

and the machete had snapped into two pieces. He didn’t have the energy

had exhausted his strength. Most importantly, his hand was shaken so badly it was drained

at Wayne at the cave entrance. It did not dare jump in again for fear of

what that pain felt

Both of them had swung their machetes with all their strength, but

Heron. They had to

gathered the courage to rush in again this time, Wayne and Simon would

scare by Wayne’s strike. Its eyes shone with

then, there were three other Nocturna Herons on the tree. They rushed

moment was Oliver. They automatically rushed to both sides of him. Their hands were still numb from the enormous force they had exerted on the Nocturna Heron. They had no strength to land another blow with their blades,

the Nocturna Heron, or the power they put into their strikes, they realized that they couldn’t extend their hands. Moreover, their reflexes had dulled, and the

Sculpture and raised it to the cave mouth, swinging it

Herons swooping over suddenly

hand.

in mid-air. With a thump, the