Chapter 23 - 23. something hidden

"Chris! What's wrong? Chris, answer me!"

Unfortunately, Chris couldn't answer his communication calls because the Licker still came and attacked him. Even when his hand was grabbed by Licker again, he didn't hesitate to give his fist to Licker's head until it broke. Until finally, he was able to answer the call.

"Yeah. I'm fine. I just faced a blind lion."

"Wait, what? If you mean blind lions, that means licker. They probably react to shocks as long as they're hiding somewhere."

Chris was surprised when he heard the explanation.

"How did you.. are you sure about that? I didn't even notice when we sneaked in earlier"

Chris almost got angry after hearing that explanation.

"There's no mistaking that. But what's clear and what you should be aware of is that they respond to sound or whatever if something catches their attention. 50 meters to your current location."

Chris was silent for a moment. Until finally..

"Alright. I'll be careful."

"Good. Now quickly go to.."

Suddenly, Chris's vision faded. and the sound he heard slowly began to fade away.
Worse yet, Licker reappeared. not just 1, but there are 4 Lickers that appear.

"Chris! You're read me? Chris, answer me please?"

Somehow, something strange happened. Blurred vision may not be a problem for him, but this one is different. Something that makes it hard to hear. Until he was forced to remove the earplugs in his ears.
Not only that, the blood that comes out from hitting the Licker too much looks weird too. The blood started to give off an extremely pungent odor that was almost even on par with poison gas.
Chris wanted to find something to wash off the blood. Unfortunately, the smell of blood had already started to make him lose focus. Until finally making chris fainted.

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(Sorry. I have to follow the guy's orders. But don't worry. What you feel won't last long. But you have to hurry, or he will come for you. Right now.)

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10 minutes later..

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"Captain. Wake up!"

Chris opened his eyes when he felt someone wake him up.

"Hans..."

He saw that Hans had woken him up. Even though..

"Captain, are you all right?"

Too bad, because right now Chris can't hear anything. He could still feel the ringing in his ears to this day.

"Don't push yourself, captain. We just washed the blood off your hands."

Chris saw that Hans' hands were shaking.

"You said my hands.. philip, cassandra. You guys..."

Chris could still understand what Hans was saying. And he saw that his hand was not covered in blood anymore. even been bandaged at once.

"Chris, are you okay? Can you hear us?"

"Calm yourself Philips. I don't think he can hear us now. Especially with these BOW corpses all around us.."

Chris understood that Hans was trying to calm Philips even though his hands were still shaking. He even had to shake his head and smile as if to say that there was no need to worry about him.

"But Chris..."

They immediately fell silent when Cassandra suddenly approached Chris.

"Chris. I don't know. Well.. we don't know our current situation. If you understand what I'm saying, and are still able to speak, please explain to us. Right philips, hans?"

Just looking at them made Chris worry. But on the other hand, there is no time to complain. Suddenly, Chris finally explained the situation to them even though his current condition was not favorable.