Chapter 23

Besides that, even though one would think that the encounter with the hundred beasts would have been all that happened that day, they would be severely mistaken.

Currently, I was jumping from tree root to root, making sure that I didn't fall off one of the roots since that would automatically mean death for me.

The expression on my face was one of a man who was scared beyond comprehension, yet the slight glint of determination within my eyes never extinguished... Not for a single second

After jumping a few more times, I finally glanced back at the lone dragonfly as I saw that I had gotten close to the area I wanted to get to.. finally allowing me to execute the plan I had been hatching for the last 5 hours that would allow me to obtain food.

When I finally saw where I was, I dropped down to the floor and began running in a straight line between two large trees with a narrow gap that would barely allow a single human into it, yet it was more than enough space for the dragonfly to fly right through it without any obstruction.

Since the dragonfly was moving in one direction now, it was much faster than it was before, making this a race of who can reach the narrow pathway before the other.

I did not dare look back for even a single second as the buzzing of its wings got louder and louder. Eventually, however, I was finally able to run through the narrow pathway between the two trees before turning around and finally looking at the dragonfly head-on.

Even though it was quite determined to kill me, the moment I had turned around and made direct eye contact with it was the same moment when it was forced to halt its movement forwards, yet since the momentum was already carrying it toward me, the halting of its velocity failed and it shot towards me without control of its movements at all.

Without thinking twice, I immediately took a step forward and lunged toward the dragonfly while taking something out of the belt of my trousers and thrusting forwards with all my might, yet in the same moment, I could not help but close my eyes and wait for the outcome.

*Spluch*

Opening my eyes slowly, I found that my arm was still intact as well as the rest of my body seemed virtually unharmed. On the contrary, the dragonfly that had been trailing me for so long had been impaled by a long yet slightly blunt wooden stake.