Chapter 91: Camping (7)
Lily continued her account: “About ten minutes after Dan, Hans, and Christina left, they came back once with the axe, hunting rifle, bow and arrows, and shields. Dan said the hunting rifle in the manager’s office was just a decoration—it had no bullets. But they found a map of the area, which could be used to locate nearby houses to borrow bullets or even a car directly.”
“We tried to convince them to stay put, but by then it had already been more than an hour since you left. They waited a while, but didn’t see you return. Plus, we didn’t have a satellite phone, so there was no way to get any information. Dan thought we had been abandoned, so he decided to take matters into his own hands and seek help from nearby households. Dan and Hans are real-life shooting game enthusiasts; they’re good with guns in the game, and figured that if they could get bullets or firearms, even the killer wouldn’t stand a chance. Christina went with them. The three of them only left this for us,” Lily said, pointing to the wooden shield Molly was holding.
So that’s where it had come from—Dan and the others had left it behind.
Everly cast her gaze toward the path they had taken and asked, “How long ago did they leave?”
“Almost twenty minutes.”
Everly nodded.
If these three weren’t dead, they should be back in about ten more minutes.
So, should they wait here for them?
Everly’s answer was no.