Sylvia's POV:

Almost immediately, the sticky swamp mud engulfed my body, weighing and sucking me down into the pit. My instincts told me to struggle, but soon I realized that it only made me sink faster.

After panicking for a moment, I stopped and stabilized myself, refusing to move an inch.

I carefully turned to Peter, who was standing on the shore. "What happened?"

Peter smiled sheepishly and held up his hand. "Sorry. I stumbled a little bit and accidentally pulled the vine."

He then pulled on the vine again, causing me to sink deeper into the swamp. I felt that something was off, but I still pretended to be calm and asked him for help anyway. "That's fine. Can you just pull me out now?"

Just then, Peter tossed the vine away from him. The innocent look on his face was replaced with mockery. "Pull you out? In your dreams."

by that? Are

a wicked smile. "Yes! What

sent you? Who was it?" I asked

should have known that Peter was not just some student. Participating in a stunt like this was detrimental to

snorted as he walked closer to the edge of the swamp. Pretending to be guilty, he sighed. "Fine. Since you're about to die anyway, I'll tell you the truth. It was

knew it. He really will

definitely die today." Peter

to think of a way out of here. But my body slowly sunk deeper and deeper. The mud was almost up to

had a rescue device on my wrist that the military installed. Once I pressed the button, the army patrolling around the forbidden forest would come

go ahead and call for help with that device!" Peter

I hesitated. Richard's plan could not be foiled this simply. If he really wanted me to die, he wouldn't go through all this trouble just for me to be saved by this small device. I began to wonder. Was this device secretly broken or something? Was it not going

for? Won't the troops around the forest come and save you

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