Alan quickly placed Ridge on the ground, using his lap as a cushion. Lena checked up on Alan's wound and temperature. "Adrian his fever has receded a little and his wound hasn't deteriorated."Adrian was relieved to hear this.At that moment, Ridge opened his eyes. He had woken up but was wheezing due to his weakened state. Adrian kneeled before him and held his shoulder. Weakly, Ridge asked, "L-Legate? Am I dreaming? Wh-What are you doing here?"Adrian smiled and replied, "Welcome back, Ridge. You're back with the team."'I'm back?' Those words caused Ridge to tremble. He turned around and saw Alan, Firestorm, and other familiar faces."Ridge, you're all right." Berserk walked over. His right arm had been blown off and was covered with bandages. Thankfully, the medics were able to treat his wound in time, so it was not infected. "Berserk, your arm… It's…"Berserk smiled. "It's just an arm, it’s fine. I'm just glad you're okay."Ridge took a deep breath, his eyes becoming sl
After Crystal spoke, Adrian received a message on his communicator with a marker of where the helicopter was going to land. He took a look at it and memorized the location, while the others studied it a little more. Gloria walked over. "Judging by the marker, it seems to be on the island plains. There's a swamp nearby which isn't too far away from us. I'm sure we'll be able to get there in a day." She expressed her intention of wanting to save Ridge.Every life had value, and Ridge was a member of Wyvern Peak who had made substantial contributions. Now, Adrian and his men were the only ones in Serpent's Haven who could save him."Looking at his current situation, he should be able to last until the day after tomorrow. If we can get him out of here and get him to the hospital for amputation, he will survive this," Lena suggested as she walked over. Everyone else expressed the same thought, wanting to wrestle control of the helicopter two days from then. They were all waiting for A
Due to the darkness, the group turned on their flashlights. Adrian looked at the surroundings and said, "Let's rest here for the night, and start a fire while we’re at it.“Gloria, inform Ivy and the others to find a place to rest but ensure they're not too far away from us."Alan, prepare to fire a signal. We're going to let the others know our location.”"Yes, sir." The others began to open their bags, setting up a simple camp for the night. Adrian jumped up a large tree and used his binoculars to look into the distance, seeing whether there was a smoke signal or anything else of the sort. The night arrived, and the sky turned dark. The smoke from the bonfire slowly rose into the air.Alan took out a flare gun from his backpack. Everyone needed to learn everything there was to know about a signal from Wyvern Peak. Different signals could be sent from their flare guns to convey different messages.After taking a deep breath, he fired three shots into the sky. The three sign
Cuirass immediately got to work, and a signal fire rose from where they stood, sending out some sort of message. Lucas tensed up when he saw the smoke, hoping that Adrian and the others would be able to get to him first.***Adrian was still standing in the large tree, scanning his surroundings through his binoculars. The rainforest was not especially dark thanks to the moonlight, so he could spot any sort of smoke immediately.Finally, he saw smoke rising into the air approximately six miles away. "Gloria!" Adrian shouted. Gloria climbed up the large tree and took the binoculars from Adrian to have a look. After checking the location on her communicator, she had a much clearer idea of the situation and said, "That place is behind us, somewhere close to point 1408. Ivy's nearby."Adrian jumped off the tree and spoke through his communicator. "Ivy, I need you to head to point 1408 and check the situation.""Yes, sir."Adrian quickly made sure he had his dagger on him and was
Lucas drew the dagger by his waist, took a deep breath, and said, "We must hold out until the legate arrives. Eliminate those b*stards from Bloody Rose at all costs!" "Yes, sir!" Cuirass waved, and all of the other men hid in the surrounding bushes. One minute…Two minutes…Finally, after ten minutes, around two thousand people showed up through the darkness, their footsteps messy and could be heard from afar. They were wearing Bloody Rose’s battle suits, signifying them as killers from the organization. They scouted the area with weapons in hand.Lucas clenched his fists, while the others held their breaths, preparing themselves for the incoming battle. Finally, their enemies got close enough.The leader of the enemies was a masked man. At his signal, his unit split up to carefully scout their surroundings.Lucas frowned at that point. 'We may have had a chance at winning if we could’ve surrounded them after they fell for our ambush. But they've split up, crushing whate
Yet, they were unable to locate the snipers' locations no matter how hard they tried. Suddenly, some of those from Bloody Rose became hot-headed and tried to attack in all directions, but their bullets swept through the rainforest and hit nothing. After five minutes of silence, they exchanged looks. "Did we get them?""Are they still there?""It's gotten quiet!"The moment the last person said this, someone else yelled, "Look out! Above you!" "What?!"The group was stunned, but before they could comprehend what was happening, an explosion erupted beneath them, sending everyone within a small radius flying before falling onto the ground lifelessly. Bloody Rose began to yell furiously after being bullied again and again.They ran around like headless chickens after losing their leader.***Meanwhile, somewhere around the bushes, Cuirass smiled when he saw everything that happened. "Sir, those snipers are really good. I can tell there are only six of them, yet they're making
Ivy smiled widely. "Who would've thought you'd need me to save you someday? You better remember this!" Lucas smiled back. "As you wish!" "All right, enough chit-chat,” Ivy said, "We shouldn't stay here any longer. Get everyone out of here to meet up with the rest. The legate is already here, so let's leave the rest to him. Let's go!"Lucas wasted no more time and had Cuirass carry him before waving toward the others. His entire unit silently retreated from the scene, while the sound of gunshots from afar continued.Bloody Rose's killers were in complete shambles. ***Lucas and the others got out of danger after more than two hours, ending the escape for their lives over the past few days upon reuniting with Adrian's group. Gloria and the others got up when she saw Lucas, Ivy, and the others entering their camp. "Lucas!"Lucas smiled when he saw Gloria and replied, "I'm so happy to see you, Gloria. I thought I would never see you again after what happened at Isle 416."Glor
Lucas lowered his head when he heard this. 'All those from Wyvern Peak surely wish they could go home right now… This is going to be a gamble, and our survival is at stake!'"It's getting late. You should get some sleep." Gloria patted Lucas' shoulder before heading to the outer parts of the camp to stand watch. It was late at night in the rainforest, and vision was extremely limited. Gloria came back after a quick patrol around the area to find most already asleep, while the rest of them were ensuring that the coast was clear. She was not feeling drowsy yet, perhaps because she had been asleep for five long years. Even after standing watch for a large half of the night, with the others switching shifts several times, Gloria was still wide awake. She looked toward the darkness in the distance, thinking about the futures of everyone present that day, and the dangers that were still waiting for them up ahead. Nobody could guarantee that they would leave this island alive."Why