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

fruit, resembling an apple, growing

panted. The near-constant rate of trekking had left her face flushed

It’s not very sweet,

however, sat a little way off fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a lot of mushrooms along the way and was no longer as concerned

rather plump and short, however, climbing

up after a while. Laurel was resigned to waiting on

leisurely on the branches. She greedily ate any fruits she’d managed to pluck, blissfully indulging in the fruits of her

head. She’d sensibly

took another huge bite of the apple in her hand. “That

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

been fumbling with her things ever since we

merely shrugged

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

wasting time discussing trivial matters? These girls can be so flippant about things sometimes!

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

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