Chapter 781 Raijū Dead

Chapter 781 Raijū Dead

Kary couldn't believe what she had just heard from Violette's mouth. There was no way in her mind that Alex could have died.

"Where is he?" she asked again, her voice cracking up.

"I don't know..." Violette said between two sobs.

"Last time I saw him, he was at my feet. He was gravely injured, losing a lot of blood... I saw him close his eyes and couldn't hear him breathe anymore. Then the Raijū found me, and I lost consciousness before they reached me. I woke up here."

Kary looked at the ground and saw a trail of disturbed dust which went up the hill next to them. She understood something had thrown Violette away.

If they were lucky, it was Alex after one of his sudden power surges, like he had done more than once before. She refused to believe he was dead.

David's voice came from behind her, trying to sound as empathetic as he could and failing miserably.

"Are you only going to believe it when you see his corpse? What if the Raijū decided to make him their lunch? Will you dig through them to find him in pieces? Kary, you need to accept reality."

She got up, looking at the ground, and walked toward him.

David was about to back away, but a hand landed on his shoulder and clamped down on him. He turned his head to see Jack's impassive face.

"What th—"

*Whack!*

David fell to his ass, the force of the punch shaking his brain inside his skull, making him dizzy for a few seconds.

Kary was dancing on her feet, holding her seared hand with the other, grunting in pain. Usually, this punch would have been nothing to her, but David's jaw was hard as stone, and her hand was already wounded.

"Motherfuck—that hurt."

David took a second to get his ideas back in place, then looked at Jack and Kary with bewildered eyes.

"What the ACTUAL fuck?! Are you guys out of your minds? Why did you fucking hit me?! And you, why did you hold me?" David shouted out, disgruntled.

"You idiot; you can barely walk. You should have stayed in the valley while we searched for them," David scolded her.

He might not like her much, but she was still an ally, maybe even a friend, if he stopped thinking about it.

"Fuck you. I'm not leaving him alone on this mountain..." Kary mumbled back.

"Tch! Stubborn woman. I see why you two go so well together. But don't fall asleep. I'm not carrying you down this mountain."

Kary chuckled weakly.

She hated his guts for all the shit he had told her. But David still had a heart, even if it hid behind all his snarky comments and insensitive remarks.

It improved from when they confronted the thugs in the service tunnels. Or when he said to abandon them to their fate when he saw the rat queen.

Thunder kept rumbling in the sky above them as they approached the storm's center. They could tell the clouds had shrunk since they arrived, but weren't sure if it was good or bad news.

Another shriek shook them to their core, making them grab onto their chests again, that same soul-rending feeling washing over them. Whatever was making this sound was also much closer than before.

"Let's hope this is not a new kind of enemy. We are in no shape to run, let alone fight..." David grumbled.

As they crept forward, they found more blood, this time still very fresh. Whatever had bled like this did so only a few minutes ago.

And the blood was too dark to be human.

"We are getting closer. The storm also seems to be dying out," Jack said, looking up.

"That means that the Raijū are dead," David said, a smile growing on his face.

"The first good news all day. Let's hope whatever killed them isn't a foe," Jack replied, unsure how to feel.

They kept walking forward until they saw it in the distance.

Two large, furry bodies laying on the ground, inert. And something else crouched over them...