The situation escalates rather quickly. The water monster move over to Layla and she didn't think that it would move that fast. She climbs up the tree to get more height so that the water monster can't jump up and eat her.
"YOU GUYS COME TO ME!"
She shouts with all her voice. It was so loud that it could be heard clearly through the rain. The three figures felt relief and immediately jump over the tree. They are separated by around 5 to ten big trees. If the people are smart enough they could arrive at Layla's position in about 5 minutes.
The trio that is in trouble latches on to another tree while the Lizard is still reluctant about the jump. It knows that there's a chance that a water monster could be right below, waiting for the lizard to jump over and hunt it mid-air.
Its nose moves and smells the air. The rain is not an obstacle for this monster as its nose could differentiate the smell of many things. Upon smelling the surrounding the alma lizard realizes that the water monster is gone. It could vaguely smell the water monster before but, it was nowhere to be seen now.
Realizing this, the lizard quickly jumps over. following behind its prey. The trio's heart drops the moment that the lizard jumps over. They quicken their pace and dash onto another branch of the mangrove trees.
"Get over quick!"
"My leg still hurts!"
"Just shut it! we don't have much time!"
One of them is still recovering from the battle with a lizard. even if he's got the Boniha tribe's body, the injury is still quite severe. He gathers all this strength and jumps onto another tree branch. Following his friend.
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Layla could hear the trio as they got closer. From the voice, she could deduce that the other party consisted of one girl and two guys. They seem to be quite a strong judging from the speed at which they maneuver through the trees.
Layla could feel like she heard some of these people before but she didn't know exactly who. The rain covered up almost all their shouting so it was hard to figure out. Layla looks around and sees that the water monster is moving to the trio position.
When it swam over to the splash and discovers nothing, the monster loses interest in Layla. Because She has to hold it in this position, she dangles from a lower branch of the tree and slides down to the water's surface.
Bang!
Her hammer makes a splashing sound when in contact with water. Then she quickly ascends the tree to hide from the water monster. She couldn't risk being eaten by it. However, the monster didn't care about the splash at all and continued to swim in the trio's direction.
Layal checks how far the trio is and grits her teeth. From their position, they wouldn't be able to get away from either the alma lizard or the water monster. If they go too low the water monster would eat them but, if they go too high the alma lizard would also eat them.
By staying in the middle ground, the trio could escape this scenario. However, they wouldn't be able to go far before the alma lizard of the water monster caught them again. By baiting the Alma lizard to go lower and fight with the water monster, they could eliminate both threats at once.
She has to admit that this plan does have a better chance of working than her plan. She drops down again and smashes the water but this time she smashes it multiple times.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The monster stops and changes its direction. This time it was faster than before. Look like it wasn't using its full speed earlier. Layla gives a shocked expression and quickly climbs up. She is not the only one that is baiting. The fish also bait her to come down!
A chill ran down her spine. The water monster that has some intelligence is the worst to deal with. Since it won't easily take the bait. This one she's facing is one such monster. Layla has to be more cautious when dealing with this guy.
The plan is proceeding smoothly as the trio almost arrives where Layla is. The banging sound helps them navigate through the rainy weather. They get closer and closer to safety however, The Lizard is right behind them. One wrong move and it would catch up with them.
"Sh*T"
The man that hurt his leg cried out. He was the one that made the wrong move in this situation. His leg which is hurting slipped past the branch. His body slides forward. Reacting quickly he tries to grab onto a branch nearby. However, his luck is not that good. His hand grab onto some moss that grew on the tree and slipped. His body fell down the tree.
"AGGGRRNK"
"Guuha!" the female try to grab onto his hand but, Guuha fell too fast. She can't make it in time.
"Leave him, Lana!" Another man grabs her hand and jumps into another branch. Lana got pulled by him and she has no choice but to follow. Guuha's life flashes before his eyes as he descends into the murky water.
Splash!
"NO!!"
Lana screams out. She closes her eyes and jumps onto another branch. If it wasn't for the fact that an Alma lizard is chasing her she would have jumped down to save her friend. But now she has to at least outrun the lizard to help Guuha.
Their only hope was the rescue that called out to them earlier. If they have a team of hunters it'd be easy to help her friend out of this situation.
"Jump!" In front, a female voice sounds from behind the tree line.
"Where!?" Lana and the other person are equally confused. they had already been jumping on another branch. Their option is limited since there are only two branches that are low enough to jump to.
"Water!"
"What!?"
"Just jump!" The other party sounds really confident and the lizard is closing in. The two people make a quick decision to jump into the water. They would likely die either way if the rescuer didn't have more than 2 hunters. Guessing from the voice they conclude that the other party has only one person.
Splash!
Another water splashes out as two bodies drop in. The Alma lizard follows behind them. It opens its wide mouth ready to swallow them with the water. However, that didn't happen. Instead, another splash sounded from the side as a figure dashed out of the water.
A long needle-like head with only one eye and a long slender body of a fish. A Houeye! It appears at a perfect time and hunts the alma lizard. Its head pierced through the alma lizard skin like a hot knife through butter.
This shocks both people that are in the water. For another monster to appear at a perfect time like this, it must have been an elaborate ploy by the rescuer. They both heaved a sigh of relief. The Houeye will be occupied with eating the lizard so both of them are safe now. However, Lana suddenly thought of something.
"Please help our friend! His legs got hurt and he's fallen in the water about 3 trees from here."
"What!?" Layla knit her eyes brows.
"Please help him! we would pay you a lot if we survive!"
"....Ok, you guys go down south. there'll be two people waiting for you on a boat." Since The threat has been averted Layla could do a little more work to save someone. They both thank Layla and be on their way.