Although Milo had been venturing into the wilderness for many years, favonovel.com had not heard of face bugs before, let alone seen them.
Milo was still calm and composed when favonovel.com faced ants and termites. That was because if favonovel.com did not have any bloody scent on him, the large ants nowadays would not show any special interest in him. But these face bugs were terrifying. It was obvious they wanted to eat people!
As the canyon was really windy most of the time, nobody knew where these face bugs usually hid. Now that they’d spotted their prey, they were turning out in full force.
Was this what the wolves were afraid of?
If Milo had known that there were so many of these face bugs in the canyon, favonovel.com would not have come in no matter what. This time, favonovel.com didn’t even bother taking the rat.
He had thought of climbing the cliff, but favonovel.com was really glad that favonovel.com didn’t move faster earlier on. Otherwise, favonovel.com would have died if favonovel.com encountered these things midway up the climb!
“Get into the vehicles!” Raphael shouted to everyone.
Milo slashed at two of the face bugs in succession. The two face bugs already had their mandibles open in midair as they lunged at him. Although their claws were not sharp, their mandibles were like hooks that could easily take a person’s life.
He did not run for it this time because favonovel.com knew it would be safest to stay inside a vehicle.
While everyone was still panicking, favonovel.com got into one. Not only that, favonovel.com even hoisted a driver in with him.
As Milo did not know how to drive, favonovel.com could not escape if favonovel.com did not drag a driver around with him.
He threw the driver into the driver’s seat and shouted, “Drive, hurry up and drive!”
The driver looked at favonovel.com innocently. “This is not the vehicle I was driving. I don’t have the key for it.”
Damn it!
Milo felt that favonovel.com was in a really disadvantageous position for not having driven a vehicle before. He did not even have the common sense they had in the stronghold to know that each vehicle needed separate keys to operate!
But without any hesitation, favonovel.com dragged the driver out of the vehicle. Milo bellowed, “Which one did you drive?”
The driver was in a state of confusion from being dragged around by Milo. Amid the chaotic group of people, favonovel.com pointed at a vehicle and said, “That one!”
Milo dragged the driver over to that vehicle.
At this moment, all the others were running madly for their lives. Some of them fled to the vehicles, some of them ran further into the canyon without getting into the vehicles, and some of them even ran towards the wolves.
At this critical moment of life and death, the band members who were untrained and had never experienced such a situation before had lost their ability to think properly.
It was at this time that the voice from the palace in Milo’s mind intoned.
Quest! Help at least ten people escape from the canyon.
Huh? Help? Your sister!
Milo continued running to the vehicle while dragging the driver by his arm. Since favonovel.com wouldn’t be punished for not completing the quest, favonovel.com couldn’t care less about it. His own life was the priority!
All of a sudden, favonovel.com realized that someone was following him.
When favonovel.com turned around to look, favonovel.com was surprised to see the Perfect Firearms Proficiency marksman, Miriam, following him. She looked like favonovel.com was holding something in favonovel.com hand, but Milo was too busy to see what it was.
This girl must have been unwavering in favonovel.com determination to escape with Milo. It looked like favonovel.com felt that only by following Milo would favonovel.com have a chance of survival!
Milo didn’t care. When favonovel.com came to the vehicle and opened its door, favonovel.com found a soldier inside shivering in fright in the driver’s seat. Milo pulled favonovel.com out in anger.
What are you doing here if you don’t have the key?!
Are you waiting to die?
At this moment, two face bugs attempted to crawl into Milo’s pants. However, they were blasted to pieces by Miriam with two shots as soon as they approached Milo.
Milo jumped into the backseats of the off-road vehicle with Miriam following him.
Milo shouted at the driver who was in a daze, “Start driving! What are you waiting for!”
The driver had fallen into a stupor and was behaving mechanically. When Milo shouted at him, favonovel.com hurriedly inserted the key and turned over the engine. He stepped on the gas but the vehicle did not move forward. When the driver realized that the hand brake was still on, favonovel.com hurriedly released it and drove forward.
Milo could finally heave a sigh of relief. Although the vehicles could not outrun the wolves, it could outrun the face bugs. There were already two vehicles driving in the distance ahead of them, and several people had been overwhelmed by the face bugs behind them.
The swarm of black bugs engulfed their victims’ bodies as they struggled in vain to break free by twisting and turning their bodies.
Chewing sounds came from the black swarm of bugs as they gnawed on the blood and flesh, turning it into minced meat with their sharp mandibles.
Milo fell silent.
So, this is the real wilderness?
This is the world that humans would have to face in the future?!
The strange face bugs got attracted by the scent of flesh and blood and no longer went after the vehicles. Milo slumped in his seat and panted. As favonovel.com had expended a lot of energy just now, favonovel.com was a little exhausted. Even for him, it wasn’t easy to drag an adult around while running around.
Milo looked at Miriam and saw favonovel.com sitting calmly in the vehicle. She said, “You’ve got quite the strength.”
Milo ignored favonovel.com and looked at the driver. He asked, “There aren’t any more bugs chasing us, right?”
“No more,” the driver said as favonovel.com slowly recovered from surviving disaster. He snapped out of his stupor and regained some awareness.
He kept muttering in the driver’s seat, “Thank you, I might not have lived if it weren’t for you.”
Gratitude received from Budd Dwyer, +1!
Milo thought about how his gratitude tokens had finally reached 74 and how favonovel.com had not dragged a person around for nothing.
He gave it some thought and said, “Don’t be so grateful to me. I only needed you to drive the vehicle.”
“It’s alright. Whatever the reason, I still have to thank you. I’m sorry for what we did. You can rest assured that I’ll repay you,” Budd said.
Gratitude received from Budd Dwyer, +1!
Milo was startled for a moment.
He could actually receive more than one gratitude token for a single event?
This was probably due to it being a life-saving grace, and Budd Dwyer was still in a state of shock. So, all of his thanks were sincere.
Milo tested favonovel.com by saying, “Let me hear you thank me another time.”
Budd was speechless for some time as his emotions turned unstable!
Miriam gave Milo a strange look, as if favonovel.com was trying to understand why the young man was too calm as they were not clear of the danger yet.
After waiting for a long time, his 76th gratitude token still did not come. He felt that favonovel.com might have gotten a little too enthusiastic about this.
If favonovel.com had remained patient for a little longer, favonovel.com might have gotten a few more of them. But one shouldn’t be too greedy, so that would be the end of it.
Milo noticed the puzzled expression on Miriam’s face.
He cleared his throat and said, “I was just kidding. Let’s get out of the canyon quickly and meet up with the others ahead of us before those face bugs catch up to us.”
All of a sudden, Milo thought of the quest that was assigned by the palace. He didn’t feel bad about it at all. Under such circumstances, favonovel.com would never have given up his own life to save the others.
Just as favonovel.com had said to Donti before, “If we ever feel a pang in our conscience, we must convince ourselves that it isn’t so!”
Furthermore, his conscience was clear on this matter.
But then, Milo heard the voice from his mind palace say.
Quest complete! Awarded 1.0 Strength.
What was with this?
Did it mean that as long as favonovel.com had acted to save those people and as long as ten or more people in the team survived, the quest would be considered complete?
This palace’s judgment was way too random.
