Chapter 280
Chapter 280
Nothing about the river looked safe.
The water moved quickly, a branch having been the test object, currents underneath sweeping it the moment it hit the water.
Max could sense creatures underneath the surface, some that had turned toward him as he approached the bank near the trees.
The river twisted and turned through the jungle, and he couldn’t see more than a quarter mile before it vanished around a bend. Even then the river was only about three hundred yards wide.
At least I don’t have to swim, but I really want to know what’s underneath.
Not being able to purify the water was his biggest problem, and as much as he trusted his poison immunity and his regeneration, it took a lot of effort not to have taken a drink yet.
Ten yards away, a creature waited in the mud, hidden by the brownish tinted liquid, yet Max could sense it. It had to be twenty feet long and felt like a crocodile from his world, only much bigger.
Pulling out the bone he had taken from the ape, Max held it in his right hand.