Chapter 36

*QRRRUAAAAAAK*

A loud, sky-shaking shriek reverberated throughout the lands and swept through the forest, making every creature within it shake involuntarily.

Even I, as I ran for my life away from the creature and through the heavily tree-packed woods, could not help but shudder at the loud shriek that overcame my senses for the split second that I heard it.

Even the echoes that bounced off from tree to tree created a sense of gloom and fear.

The dread that I had been feeling for the last 7 to 9 minutes only grew to ache with even more intensity, shaking me to my core and making me exert more strength, agility, and perseverance.

If someone were to look at me in the eyes, they would have seen a flame within my pupils, that no matter how powerful the storm, burned with determination and stubbornness.

'Survive...'

Those were the words crystal-mouthed to me right before vanishing into the spectral light.

The only words that mattered...

"No" I muttered.

Something, a feeling, an emotion that I could not understand...

It took over me.

Without a second thought, I had already halted my movement and had turned to my right before sprinting in that direction with all the energy that I had left.

I could not understand it.

One second I was completely exhausted, and in the next, I was filled to the brim with vigor?

'I won't die'

Droplets of tears formed in my eyes, falling out and being left behind as I accelerated more and more by the second.

I felt like I was Usain Bolt, running at a speed that no other human being could have rivaled.