Chapter 341: Already Be Dead
The height of the snow drifts was getting higher and higher the longer they walked. Salvatore was getting antsy with every step they took. It felt like they were rats in the maze, complete with eyes watching them from above, but there wasn’t much they could do about it.
They were literally in a tunnel dug from hellfire that still allowed them to see the sky, but they were blind going forward. Even the tunnel itself was only wide enough for one person at a time, so if they were attacked, they were sitting ducks.
"Sure?" he asked, looking at Chang Xuefeng, not missing the stiffening of the muscles of the man walking in front of him.
"Of the 28 life forms ahead or of killing those life forms if they don’t submit?" answered the angel with a question of his own. His voice was flat as if he was above it all, and no matter what happened next, it wasn’t going to be a problem. He was, they all were, but that didn’t mean they were any less stressed about bringing Hattie into an unknown situation.
"Both," replied Salvatore, cracking his neck from side to side. He wasn’t feeling the cold, per se; however, he knew his reaction time was getting slower and slower with every step he took. They needed to get to someplace warm and fast.
Otherwise, if the freezing temperatures didn’t kill them, whoever those eyes belonged to just might.
Finally, Tank stopped and looked over a still sleeping Hattie to the rest of them.
"There’s a door," nodded Beau as he pushed a few of the other men aside. "Any way this will bring us back to the house and a hot tub?"
"The house brought us here for a reason," sighed Luca with a shake of his head. "And whatever it is, we aren’t going to be able to leave until we figure it out.