Tate looked around and felt a little ruthless. The place they explored was a thick forest with a humid climate. From time to time, you can hear the sound of small insects and animals.
There is no way to go deeper, because ahead of them was a swamp with small handholds to move forward. Not to mention exploring the mountains, the forests around the mountains are a headache.
"Did you know what place this is?"
"I've heard from others that there's a swamp in the woods, but they don't explore it because it's too dangerous."
An awkward-faced little girl rubbed her head and answered. Tate turned back to the girl and later looked quizzically at Ryths, who was acting like none of my business.
"I know it's none of my business, but is she at least 15?
"What do you know, she's a month older than me."
Ryths immediately denied that he still couldn't stand being beaten by this guy in front of his family members.
Quite annoyed by the allegations, he took out a cigarette and lit it.
Tate can't believe what he heard, he was initially quite upset when he saw her in the group. No matter how you looked at it, she was underage.
"Team leader, I'm older than Ryths. Don't judge the book by its cover. Hump..."
Seemingly offended by Tate's words, she pouted and looked away.
"I do not want to say..."
Before he could explain the misunderstanding, his body was swept away in a collision.
Tate helplessly pressed his face into the mud before realizing his left shoulder was crushed by a mighty force.
"Bwahhh..." he cried in sudden agony, mud and saliva pouring out of his mouth with his cries. He tries to push the body away, pinning him to the mud, but to his dismay, a stronger force strikes his shoulder.
His body was pulled away from his shoulder again, his strength drained by the pain.
"grunt!!!"
Ryths looked at the semi-crouching giant lizard. Although the hind legs were not too long, they stably support the balance of the body. There was a bloody claw mark on the left front of the head. His scales gleamed dark blue, his forelegs shaped like human hands, but too thin and short at the moment.
He is really surprised that a single scratch inflicts a deep wound on him. At first glance, these beautiful scales weren't meant for show.
The damage does not even reach the left eye.
"Bang Bang..."
"Hey bald, check on the boss," he called, firing his shotgun nonstop. The giant lizard's body exploded with gunfire from behind.
Sakura, awakened by gunshots, rushed behind Ryths.
"Ryths, help me carry the boss, we'll cover for you." said the bald.
" How is he?"
"It's serious, he's already passed out and lost too much blood. "
"If you can, get him back to the jeep quickly."
Ryths ask for no more and lift Tate's body onto his shoulder. And he laid Tate's body back in the mud.
"This shit is pretty heavy."
It's not that he can't carry it, but if he wants to get back to base as fast as possible, he can't run too fast with this kind of weight on the mud. He has to change shape.
"Sakura, don't lag behind." After being transformed, he picks up Tate's body and escapes to the base.
Shots were heard from behind the shots. "Good luck" Even if they don't get along, at least he can pray for them so much.
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"This shit is pretty strong, isn't it?" As he fired the gun, he asked his partner.
While the firepower of the shotguns is strong enough to knock it back, it doesn't feel like lethal damage.
"Baldy from the swamp, from the swamp."
The bald man looked at the swamp, dozens of black bodies are swimming towards them at high speed. When he saw the creatures approaching, all the hair on his body stood up, even the last hair on his head.
"Run...!"
He and his partner fire the last of their ammunition at the attacking lizard, do a U-turn and run with all their might. Oh, mom.
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Around 8 pm
In the Bram City Hospital, Kai almost ran to the hospital ward. Resource recovery went wrong and Ray informed him that the problem was quite serious.
1/4 of the emergency services were seriously injured or lost in action.
Among them was also their leader in the comma, 2 Buzwa were dead tonight (Buzwa = rank below Squad Captain).
They arrived in town shortly before 8 p.m. As he runs forward, Kai can see Ray leaning in front of the operating room. " How was it?"
"Pretty fatal, one of the broken bones punctured his left lung, he was very lucky it wasn't the heart. 6 ribs were shattered like crushed stones.
The only good news is that before he entered the operating room, his vital signs were quite good.
" And the others?"
"He's the only one with life-threatening injuries, the others had bruises, a broken bone or two."
With such a monster, 9.8 out of 10 died when attacked. The other injuries were indirect or self-destructive."
As he spoke, Ray handed him a tablet. Inside the tablet were photos of mixed limbs and heads that clashed together like a meatball. "This abomination's body was quite large and he won't arrive until 1 or 2 in the morning."
"Are the scout teams back?"
"I don't know, isn't it under Smith?" Ray looked at Kai like he was an idiot.
Kai ruffles his hair as he thinks.
"Ah, Tate… Tate, one of Smith's boys, don't you have his SW numbers?"
"You're a bit annoying, can't you call yourself?"
"I don't have his numbers," he replies with a smile. Ray attacks Kai as he contacts Tate's SW.
" Oh shit,..... "
" What happened?"
"His vital signs were worse than Smith's"
"They were on their way to town, why the hell didn't they contact or communicate with us?"
"Hey..." Ray grumbled, running over to a nurse and grabbing her hand.
" What are you doing?" Ray slapped his face questioningly.
" Plug... wait..., stop... I'm sorry, it's just an emergency and I lost my temper.
Can you stop slapping me?" Ray let go of the nurse's hand and dodged the incoming blows easily, but the nurse's now free hand followed suit.