We ran. As fast as our legs could go, and with each move my breath knocked out of my lungs. Lucan was pulling me along. My head was a pool of dizziness as I could barely keep up with his pace, but I tried. Those parasites were relentlessly beelining their way to us. I thought they were slow, dumb things from the onset, but this just proved me wrong. Their low growls, bloodied fangs, and jaws ready to grind. Bile pulled with a sharp reflux to my throat. Just then, the arena terrain way out of the woods came into view. It was a separate land from where the woods stood, and there was a slight demarcation that demanded we jump. “Lucan?” I called, sudden apprehension overwhelming me. He sensed it. He knew. “Just jump,” he replied. “I don’t think I can…” “Follow my lead.” Kim, who was way ahead, jumped without hesitation, her frame leaping into the air. It amazed me. But then a liquid splashed into the air along with her, and in her attempt to dodge it, she twisted in
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