19 Why Did This Happen?!

The rooster attacked again, and the boy got up after much effort.

The intense pain and the exhaustion of his stamina made him unable to run anymore.

The girl was so frightened that she did not know what to do. She grabbed his arm in a panic and tried to pull him up. "Hang in there. You said that we have to survive first."

She was so scared that she kept crying, her lips trembling.

Seeing the rooster flying towards her, the girl's eyes trembled violently.

She let go of the boy's arm as her grip loosened.

But before she could do anything else, the guardian beast disappeared.

The ten minutes of escape finally ended…

The two of them collapsed on the ground. Either their wounds were too painful or they were too tired, but they did not even have the strength to breathe hard.

Above their heads was a floating black cloth, rolling like waves.

Without access to the sun, this place felt like a cage.

It had only been five hours, but why did it feel like five years had passed?

In fact, when they thought back to the past, they actually had a distant feeling.

There were sobbing sounds in the silent space.

"…Why did this happen? We could have subdued it. Why did this happen?"

The short-haired girl covered her face and cried.

The courage and confidence she had accumulated were completely destroyed.

This result was too absurd… Why did this happen of all things?

The boy tried to speak, but his back hurt badly.

No, he was hurting all over. The old wounds and the new ones were making his nerves tremble.

Comparatively, the girl he had protected along the way had much lighter injuries. At the very least, she could still vent.

Unable to calm down, the girl said agitatedly, "Why? It was just a rooster, and we found its weakness. Why did it end up like this?"

The boy struggled to speak, "You were too anxious and underestimated your enemy."

"Waaah!" The girl cried even harder.

The boy had a headache from her crying. He frowned and his patience was almost exhausted.

However, in this desperate situation where there were only the two of them, they had to go on together no matter what.

He smiled bleakly. No matter how hard it had been in the past, he had never given up on life.

But now, he was at a loss and uncertain.

Could he really get out alive?

Suddenly, someone pounced on him and pressed on the wound on his back, causing it to hurt even more.

The girl lay on top of him and cried, "I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I should have listened to you and not been too anxious."

The boy's face was as white as a sheet of paper. He said with difficulty, "Get up first… you're pressing on my wound."

The girl quickly got up and apologized again.

The boy struggled to sit up before saying: "We're not going anywhere for the next hour, we'll just stay here and conserve our strength."

"Okay."

The girl nodded with tears in her eyes. Since there were no clues, they could only walk blindly.

After resting for a while longer, the boy looked at her and said weakly, "You can't be rash in the future. You have to listen to my arrangements."

"Okay, okay."

She nodded quickly, "I'll do anything you say from now on."

The pain in his back pulsed in waves. The boy raised his hand to touch it. As soon as he touched the wound, he winced in pain.

The girl said, "Let me see."

The flesh on his back was mangled, it was a ghastly sight.

"God…"

The girl was so frightened that her face turned pale. She raised her hands, not knowing what to do.

The boy gritted his teeth as he took off his jacket and handed it to her. "Please use this to bandage my wound and stop the bleeding."

The girl took the coat, folded it, and wrapped it around him, tying a knot.

The boy let out a sigh of relief and supported himself against the floor as he gasped for breath. He then asked, "How are your injuries?"

"I only have minor injuries. My wounds have already stopped bleeding."