They all continued their journey, then they arrived at a swamp. Lawhey dipped a stick inside to know how deep it was.
Then they all entered, they continued going, then something grabbed Ryan's leg. He was about to remove it when it dragged him under. Shoto immediately dived to his rescue, the others watched, waiting for them to pop out.
After a while, Kemi got out of the water and Lawhey followed. Pencil was about to go in, when then surfaced. Shoto was panting but Ryan was calm. They all quickly got out of the water.
"There is something in the water"
Shoto said still panties.
"We figured Atta said"
Kemi turned into a wolf and walked on the branches that grew across the swamp.
Pencil followed the Atta.
"I'm taking the lead"
Helton said, then flew across the swamp standing on the ring.
Suddenly a vine grew out of the swamp and dragged him into the swamp.
They were all startled, immediately Lawhey drew his sword. The branch Kemi and the others started moving. Kemi jumped back unto dry land but Atta and Pencil fell into the water. Pencil pulled out a gun and handed Atta her knife, the walked out minding their surroundings.
Suddenly vines came at them from every where. Left, right Lawhey cut them as they came. Ryan and Shoto punched them, destroyed them as they came but it didn't stop it. Pencil was still in the water, shooting at the vines, one grabbed it's leg and Atta cut it.
They got out of the water, suddenly they spotted moving.
Shoto was wondering what became of Helton, when his floating ring went into the water.
It came out with, Helton holding on.
"We need to find another way across"
Helton said panting.
They turned around about to leave when, the vines around them rose.
"I don't think it wants us to leave"
Lawhey said and hooked his sword.
The blade around Helton's ring started rotating.
They all charged towards the vines, Kemi kept bitting them apart. Pencil covered everyone from behind and Shoto and Ryan punched their way through the vines. Helton ring cutting the vines but they were getting closer.
"everyone get down"
Lawhey screamed and threw his sword. It kept going cutting through the vines, then it moved to the left. They looked at Lawhey, so seemed to be controlling the sword. It cut everything in sight, then the sword came flying back.
They quickly got up and ran.
"What was that?", Shoto asked
Lawhey showed him a thin thread almost invisible. Shoto took a stick and tossed it at the thread. It split the stick into two, effortless.
"It's really the thread of a morbid spider. How were you able to hold on?"
"Practice"
Lawhey opened his hand and showed Shoto the scars. Shoto ran his finger across his palm, it was hard. He unscaled his hand and tried again, the skin of his palms was as thick as the bark of a sequoia.
"Guys"
Pencil said and Shoto and Lawhey raised their head. They saw skeleton of different species upright with the help of the vines. There was also some fresh corpse.