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.

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

saw the Nocturna Heron hurtling toward them like an eagle

eagle but was slightly larger

Clang!

flew in all directions, accompanied by a loud noise like clashing

to the stalagmite-like Blind Viper; his slash did not injure

fell to the ground. It was chipped where the

was broken, and his

Nocturna Heron seemed to be unscathed. It paused for a mere moment

his machete with two hands and gathered all his strength to slash the bird

This time, the Nocturna Heron was cut. It jerked its head away and screeched shrilly before collapsing outside the cave with a thud. It rolled on the ground several times, then got up to stare crookedly at Wayne in the

sapped from Wayne’s hands, and the machete had snapped into two

slash had exhausted his strength. Most importantly, his hand was shaken

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

still knew what that pain felt

breath. Both of them had swung their machetes with all their strength, but even though the Nocturna Heron was scared, it didn’t die or even

the Nocturna Heron. They had to begrudgingly admire the might of the

to rush in again this time, Wayne and Simon would not be

the Nocturna Heron had been given a scare by Wayne’s strike. Its eyes shone with a

right then, there were three other Nocturna Herons on the tree. They rushed straight to the entrance of

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, so they could only use their bodies

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 speed at which they rushed toward

the Eye Sculpture and raised it to the

three Nocturna Herons swooping over suddenly stopped. Their eyes met the

hand.

three Nocturna Herons seemed to lose their strength in mid-air. With a thump,