A reactionary creature like this was even more fearful when it sprang into action.

It’s going to get Tessa! I hastily picked up the branch I’d spotted earlier on the ground and jabbed its sharp side at the snake.

Thankfully, that single thrust pierced through the snake’s mid-section and successfully pinned it down.

Its head and tail, however, remained wriggling furiously.

Tessa was still recovering from her fright. Anger and shock coursed through her, forming a volatile mix of emotions.

She picked up the stone that Tabitha had flung away earlier, then brought it crashing firmly down on the snake’s head.

Its head thus maimed; the snake seemed to be caught in a daze. Without hesitation, Tessa vehemently crushed it with a few successive blows.

Blood splattered everywhere. Tessa only stopped, satisfied, when the snake had been utterly reduced to bits of mangled flesh.

The other girls looking on turned a sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly said, “Let’s go. It’s getting late, and we should get moving.”

As we slowly forged our way forward, we managed to pick quite a lot of mushrooms. The forested mountain was ancient and teeming with rich, bountiful wildlife.

eat and drink. No matter what else happened to us,

red fruit, resembling an

trekking had left her

the wild. It’s not very sweet, but it’s edible. We can pick them all and bring them along for

her own belongings.

short, however, climbing naturally posed a

few attempts but gave up after a while. Laurel was resigned

greedily ate any fruits she’d managed to pluck,

head. She’d sensibly warned,

Nora shrieked, terrified at the thought of having to face another snake. She wildly surveyed her surroundings, then took another huge bite of

then continued throwing fruits down. Laurel continued picking them up in her

at the side. Looking down, Nora observed, “What is that woman doing? She’s been fumbling with her things ever since we got here! Did killing

merely shrugged in

two of you talking about? Let’s be quick! Once we’re done picking the

are they wasting time discussing trivial matters? These girls can

more besides, we’d wiped out the entire tree. We even took the few

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