"Run, run, run!" Rico shouted for the whole squad to run away as fast as possible towards the toll road entrance on the flyover, where their vehicles were parked.
"Why did that giant snake suddenly appear and get angry!?" Steven ran at the very front. He looked back and paled when he saw the giant snake chasing them.
"Aaaaargh! That monster isn't a giant snake, but a boa dragon!" Rick ran as fast as he could and caught up at the very front. He was so scared that he didn't realize that he could run nearly thirty feet per second.
"Shaa!" The giant snake hissed and spat out a poisonous, corrosive green liquid, but it didn't get far enough to hit the humans running off.
"!!!" Zayn kept running while holding Angie's hand. He had to get everyone out of here. A question arose about why the gigantic monster appeared suddenly because his blue liquid couldn't have covered such a large area to invite the enormous monster.
He previously wanted to meet an ultra-dangerous monster. Still, he and everyone else currently needed to be in an advantageous position to face a beast of that class! They required a lot of preparation before that.
Grisella also tried her best to run away with everyone. However, she was still a twelve-year-old girl with tiny feet and limited running speed. She tripped over a rock and fell with a thud.
Grisella almost cried when she saw the soldiers keep running as if they didn't realize that she had been left behind. She looked back and saw that the giant snake dragon was steadily approaching and would devour her like a little snack!
"Hiii!" Grisella paled and cried out in despair. She tried to stand up to run again, but her knee hurt and sprained her ankle.
The fear paralyzed her. She could feel nothing but blind terror. If her papa was still there, he would save her and defeat that scary giant snake dragon. However, her papa was missing, and she could see her demise already in front of her eyes.
"!?" Zayn noticed that the little girl he had just said he would save wasn't around. He almost forgot to keep an eye on that little girl's well-being in a panic, but he immediately stopped running and looked back.
He was so shocked to see that little girl fell down, lay on the road, and couldn't stand anymore because of fear.
It doesn't take consideration for Zayn to make a decision. He let go of Angie's hand and dashed as fast as he could to save that little girl before it was too late.
"No! papa, please save me!" Grisella closed her eyes and screamed hysterically.
"Shaa!" The giant snake dragon opened its mouth wide, showing dozens of sharp venomous fangs.
Yet, a mysterious energy surge suddenly exploded from the one supposedly a little snack. A command was sent to the giant snake dragon's head to inform that the little girl was not a food or foe but a friend.
The giant snake dragon immediately closed its mouth and turned to the side, avoiding that little girl.
"Hmm!" Zayn dashed and carried that little girl ran away. He had no idea what was going on about that monster's abrupt movement, but Grisella survived. He just ran away with Grisella in his arms.
However, he didn't leave without leaving a gift, as he needed to give everyone time to escape. He threw two vials of orange liquid and a poison smoke bomb.
*Shatter* *Splash* *Poof*
The two large vials shattered and spilled the orange liquid onto the snake dragon's head. The smoke bomb exploded, scattering poisonous greenish-white smoke that covered a thirty feet radius.
"U-uh?" Grisella opened her eyes slowly. She felt no pain, and it seemed she was still alive. She wasn't swallowed up by the monster but was in someone's arms.
The squad leader who saved her was the fearsome soldier capable of making many monsters and zombies helplessly dance on his palm. He wasn't her papa, but he had promised to save her and bring her to a safe place. So, he kept his promise to her.
"Are you okay?" Zayn asked gently while continuing to run. However, he noticed Angie was still there, standing in the same place, waiting for him.
"En, thank you." Grisella felt that this squad leader was not so scary anymore. She previously helped him take some materials according to his request and tidied up everything for him because she wanted to be helpful. Despite her fear of strangers, she did it so as not to be abandoned.
"Angie, let's go. Let's get out of here!" Zayn grasped Angie's hand again and ran as fast as he could. He was no longer carrying Grisella like a princess but like carrying a sack of potatoes.
"Shaa!" The giant snake dragon hissed in anguish. Its eyes were sore, and its steel-hard reptile skin felt burning and super itchy.
The discomfort and irritation exploded, but it couldn't ignore the pain.
*Bam!*
The giant snake dragon rubbed its itchy head against the asphalt and walls. Still, its enormous body reduced the shop building to rubble.
That little human girl caused confusion for a split second. That adult male human was the one who inflicted this intolerable suffering.
The giant snake ignored everything and used its sensors to detect the surroundings before chasing those humans. None could escape from here alive.
"Hurry up, start the engine and quickly escape from here. We have become that giant monster's target." Zayn opened his car door and let Grisella in. He rushed to the driver's seat but found Angie standing next to the car, staring at the approaching giant snake dragon.
"Angie, come on up quickly!" Zayn opened the door for Angie and gave an emergency hand gesture. They were in a precarious situation where time was precious because everyone's lives were at stake here.
"???" Angie just nodded and sat in the co-pilot seat. She felt a bit guilty because she was the main factor why that giant snake dragon chased after them.
She didn't expect that giant monster would chase her like no tomorrow, but that monster would pay a heavy price if it failed to realize its place.
"Everyone, leave this place immediately. Aim your weapon at the giant snake monster chasing us from behind!" Steven called out from the top of the amphibious car and aimed the advanced anti-tank rifle toward the rear.
*Vroom!* *Vroom!* *Vroom!*
All the vehicles rushed away from the vicinity. Still, the giant snake dragon had already climbed onto the flyover and immediately gave chase.
"Fire!" Steven shouted his command and started shooting at the giant monster's head.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bam*
Hundreds of bullets were fired, but only a few managed to cause injuries, even though they were not that significant. Even so, the soldiers continued shooting to slow down the giant monsters and buy them time to escape.
"Shaa!" The giant snake dragon felt angry. It spat out another mouthful of the poisonous, corrosive liquid with long-range aim.
*Splat*
The poisonous, corrosive liquid splashed onto the armored car in the back row, pulverizing the metal like mush.
"Taki this you monster!" Tom took out a rocket launcher and released a propelled grenade toward the snake dragon's massive mouth.
*Boom!*
An explosion occurred, but it missed and missed the monster.
"You fool. Your aim is so damn shit!" Steven cursed angrily.
The other soldiers then used their rocket launchers and bombarded the giant snake dragon in explosions.
However, the giant snake dragon easily dodged the explosions as it was easy to read the bomb trajectories with its sensors.
"Angie, please hold the steering wheel." Zayn asked Angie for help and took the rocket launcher in the back seat.
"???" Grisella immediately helped the squad leader to retrieve that big weapon, but it was pretty heavy.
"Thanks." Zayn opened the window and took half of his body out. He hung a bag of powder onto his rocket-propelled grenade and immediately opened fire, targeting the monster's head.
*Boom!*
The explosion occurred and failed to hit the target, but the white powder spread widely and covered that giant snake's entire body.
"!!!" The giant snake dragon suddenly felt dry and suffocated. The current suffering was on another level of torture.
The white powder that covered its body was hazardous. The giant snake dragon immediately decided to drop into the damp ground under the flyover and look for a wet place to remove the powder from its body.
"Wow, boss. What kind of explosive did you use? It's super effective at driving that giant snake away!" Rick expressed his admiration via walkie-talkie.
"Yeah, it's a gift I've prepared for a reptile monster like that big snake. It's a normal RPG, but with a bonus bag of potent poison desiccant." Zayn got back into the driver's seat and drove his car.
"Phew, we are now safe from that big snake's pursuit. I prepared it for that basilisk, but that scaly boa showed our gift to be very effective." Zayn breathed a sigh of relief and gave Angie a head pat. He then looked back. "I will treat your wound immediately, Grisella. For now, please be patient."
"!~" Angie felt proud of her human. He could drive that giant snake dragon away with a simple attack.
"Un." Grisella just nodded in understanding.
Zayn and the fifteenth squad then left New York. They went to a safe place southwest of the city.