The next morning quickly came and they kept moving toward the mountain pass. Since the road had a lot of twists and turns, they had to travel slowly, but this also allowed Liam to keep the two ladies locked in their hell. He made them run beside the carriage.
"I can't!" Lilia cried, barely managing to keep up.
"Imagine a monster running after you. Keep running, you'll get eaten if you stop." Liam shouted in the back. Endurance is the most important asset to the people of this world, humans are naturally persistent hunters, and they run their prey down until exhaustion.
The human's ability to sweat and recover stamina quickly is quite powerful. It helps them in hunts, and as well in running away to save their lives. No monster can run away from a motivated human, and no monster can keep chasing a motivated human.
