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
Gloria asked Adrian a tough question. 'If we want to send Ridge out of Serpent's Haven, we're going to have to enter the enemy base directly. But right now, there are still tens of thousands of people missing. It's only a matter of time before our enemies find them…'At that thought, Adrian held Gloria's shoulder and turned on the screen on his communicator. "I did a rough calculation of the distance. The enemy base is on the plains to the northeast of the island. We should come across a lot of our stranded men on our way there. Along the way there, we'll take a look around the swamp area. I'm sure we'll find a lot of them there."Gloria squinted. "How do you know?""It's a deduction. If I were separated from my unit, I wouldn't go looking for them to reunite with them. Instead, the only thing I could do to get back in contact with them would be at the enemy base. If my guess is right, our comrades are thinking about the same thing. They're going to head to the enemy base and find
Lena played the signal on the communicator. “Scratch-scratch-scratch!”“Scratch-scratch-scratch!”A series of scratching sounds came out.Gloria anxiously said, "That's it. That's all there is to the signal. It might be like this because the signal's barely within range. Wildfire, try extending our signal's range.”"Wait." Adrian stopped her. Gloria became confused when she heard this. "Play that signal again,” he said.Gloria did as she was told. When Adrian heard the scratching sounds once more, he quickly said, "That's not caused by a lack of signal strength, it's Morse code! It's Morse code for S.O.S!""An S.O.S. in Morse code?" Gloria asked curiously.Meanwhile, Adrian instructed, "Wildfire, quick! See if you can find out where the source of the signal is. The rest of you, prepare to rescue whoever it is. They're probably nearby.""Yes, sir." Everyone prepared themselves.A while later, Wildfire said, "Sir, our technology isn't advanced enough to pinpoint the lo