Chapter 58: Giant plant
Shaan’s heartbeat pounded in his chest, followed by cold sweat streaming down nonstop as he watched the giant plant slowly move and begin scanning its surroundings.
"Oh, crap. W-What should we do?" The courier’s face turned pale like a corpse. "We have to run away from here."
"No. We must stay completely silent, or we’ll give ourselves away," Shaan replied. "Now, listen to me, Mr. Courier. Walk backward slowly, just like I told you, and move away from this terrifying creature until you reach that spot over there," he whispered while pointing toward a large rock not far from where they stood. "The most important thing is to keep it from noticing us."
"O-okay." The courier nodded quickly. "I-I understand."
Slowly, the two of them stepped backward. One... two... three steps. So far, everything seemed fine. The creature hadn’t noticed them yet, and everything still looked under control. Good. It seemed to go smoothly, just as planned. They kept moving backward until they finally reached the large rock.
"S-so, what should we do now?" the courier asked, tugging his hair with a frustrated expression. "I don’t want to die! I don’t want to—"
Shaan quickly covered the courier’s mouth with his hand. "Be quiet and don’t let that giant plant figure out where we’re hiding."
"A-a-alright," the courier said, pausing for a moment. "Now... what are we going to do?"
"We need to find a way out of here," Shaan replied, slowly turning his head to peek out from behind their hiding spot. "Wait, I’ll try to see our way out."
Shaan quickly looked toward the exit inside the cave, but unfortunately, the vines on the cave walls were moving swiftly to block their only way out. Damn. It looked like these giant plants weren’t going to let anyone leave this place easily.
’If this is the case, the only way out of here is to defeat these giant plants.’ Shaan bit his lower lip. ’This is bad. I never expected it to be this difficult.’
"Hey, what’s wrong? Why do you look so tense?"