Chapter 106 - Solidarity
"Meow, meow!" I shouted, screaming, my heart bleeding.
The Gryphon girl threw herself at the bottom of the python, and by then the python had already straightened up, its huge head drooping, its thin, scarlet eyes staring fixedly at the tiny creature that dared to approach her.
At that moment, I saw the giant python's mouth suddenly open wide, its long and curved fangs shooting out. I knew that the giant python was about to shoot out its venom!
Among all the female orcs, the cat girl was faster because cats were the same type as leopards, and the cat girl's body was very light and agile, her jumping speed as fast as the wind!
Just as the giant python was about to open its mouth and spit out its venom, the cat girl suddenly jumped lightly and directly towards the bottom of the giant python's head. Just when the giant python was about to open its mouth and spit out its venom, the cat girl suddenly jumped lightly and jumped directly towards the bottom of the giant python's head.
I saw a black mass of venom slant towards my left, black liquid radiating in the air and spraying onto the suspension bridge's suspension rope!
This liquid seemed to be very corrosive. After it was hit by the black liquid, the rope of the suspension bridge was actually broken!
Damn, this is strong acid!
Pata! Pata! I glanced sideways and saw that the rope on the suspension bridge was breaking. Due to the loss of the rope, the suspension bridge was tilting to one side!
The female Boss pulled me fiercely to the head of the suspension bridge. I turned around and stared blankly at the cat girl who was still struggling with the giant python on the suspension bridge.
"Miaomiao, come back quickly!" I shouted, my fists clenched, my heart burning.
At this moment, the cat girl had her eyes closed, her two slender arms hugging the serpent's head tightly. The giant python was twisting around on the suspension bridge, trying to throw the cat girl down, but the cat girl was holding onto it tightly. Below the snake's head was the blind spot of the python's attack, although the python had a set of fangs and a mouth full of venom, it was temporarily unable to attack.
In the end, the cat girl and the python became like this: the cat girl rolled left and right on the ground, while the python also shook its head on the ground, shaking its body in an attempt to get rid of the cat girl. The python's strength was incredible. With the head of the python turning, the cat girl was pulled everywhere like a toy. It was clear that the cat girl's body was about to be thrown out of the suspension bridge!
Seeing how the cat girl and the giant python were fighting in pain, I couldn't hold it in any longer. I took two steps forward, but just when I took one step forward, the suspension bridge suddenly sank down, immediately tilting towards the left.
My whole body almost fell down because of the tilt of the suspension bridge. Luckily, the female Boss behind me pulled me back in time, so I didn't slip down the slope.
Just as I took a step back, the cat girl was already thrown out of the suspension bridge by the python. The cat girl was already hanging in the air with her feet in the air, but the cat girl was still tightly holding onto the python's head. The python's body was also pulled out of the suspension bridge due to the cat girl's weight, causing it to droop like a chandelier!
I was really scared by this thrilling scene. I saw that the cat girl was already hanging in the air and was about to fall down the canyon, but we had no choice, because the suspension bridge was also tilting down. If we go up, I'm afraid that the suspension bridge will tilt even more. If the suspension bridge was completely vertical, then perhaps both the python and the cat girl would fall down at the same time!
"Miaomiao, hold on!" I was stamping my feet, but I couldn't help.
The giant python seemed to want to risk its life to throw the cat girl off, but the cat girl didn't let it go. In the end, the entire suspension bridge shook violently, and because of that, the originally weak thousand-year suspension bridge started to loosen.
This suspension bridge has thousands of years of history, the suspension ropes and planks on it have already decayed. Just now, to be able to make so many of us female Beastmen and even let it not break and collapse was already very difficult. Now, after being tossed around by a giant python, many of the planks on it are about to fall apart.
The giant python's strength is really quite amazing. I reckon that its strength is comparable to a strong cow. Its head was swung around a few times and it almost threw the cat girl off.
The cat girl was swung by it and let out a meow. It was obvious that she was very afraid of being thrown into the canyon. After all, her body was already hanging in the air. If she let go, she would fall into the bottomless abyss.
The battle between the giant python and cat girl lasted for a few seconds. However, as the suspension bridge began to tilt more and more, and the number of broken suspension ropes increased, the giant python's body finally began to slide down.
I really felt like I was useless. At that time, I really wanted to grow wings and fly up, but the reality is, I didn't eat at all. After all, I'm just a mortal, I can't save the cat girl.
"Meow--!" With a soul-stirring cry, I saw that the tail the python had left on the suspension bridge had finally fallen off due to the sloping of the suspension bridge's wooden planks!
Because of the angle, I didn't immediately see the cat girl fall down. I only saw the python's tail, which was as thick as a bucket, slide off the suspension bridge …
"Meow, meow!"
"Awoo!"
The moment the giant python fell down, everyone cried out in alarm and I let out a heart-wrenching howl. In that instant, I felt as though my heart had been wrenched out of my chest.
[The cat girl, who doesn't know how to fight, actually died!]
She died to save us?
I saw the giant python fall with my own eyes, the cat girl is hanging on the head of the giant python, the giant python fell, the cat girl must have also fallen with me …
I froze, my mind blank, unable to breathe in the indescribable pain.
"Meow meow."
I felt the world go blank, and for a moment I remembered the first time I'd seen the cat girl, her big green eyes, the way she'd curled up when she was tied up on the ground, the way she'd been so cute when we'd stolen the forbidden fruit, the nights when she'd sat by my side, by the fire, looking at the pure, starry sky.
For a split-second, memories of my relationship with the cat girl flashed through my mind, and I couldn't help but shed a tear from the corner of my eye.
"Miaomiao, if I leave one day, will you guys continue living as usual?"
"Meow ~?"
"Miaomiao, if I leave, will you miss me?"
"Meow, meow ~?"
"I'll say it!" If I leave! Do you all miss me?! "
"Meow ~?"
At that time, I would foolishly ask the cat girl such boring questions. I laughed at her for not understanding my words and being able to answer my questions. It wasn't until today, when I personally saw her fall down the cliff, that I understood the answer …
I was really crying, and my nose was sore, and even though I was a man crying and making a racket, there were tears in the corners of my eyes.
"Meow, meow —!"
With tears in my eyes, I roared at the sky and clenched my fists.
The mountains were vast, thousands of valleys were roaring, and my painful roar echoed between the mountain ranges and the endless sky.
The female beastmen behind me also let out a sorrowful cry.
"Awoo —!"
"Woof!"
"Ahhh!"
For a time, the wails of men and beasts filled the entire world, echoing through the valleys and extending into the distance.
The roar of pain and despair lasted for more than ten seconds before it gradually stopped. In the end, I also hung my head down weakly, gasping for air as I wiped away the tears at the corners of my eyes.
"Meow?" Just as I lowered my head, the cat girl's cry suddenly came into my ears!
It was the cat girl's voice! But how was this possible?
I started, then instinctively lifted my head and looked in the direction of the voice. However, due to the overhanging wooden ceiling of the suspension bridge blocking my view, I wasn't able to see it clearly. I had to carefully take two steps forward and grab onto the suspension bridge's suspension rope before I finally saw the scene before me.
When I saw it, I was shocked.
Because I saw that one of the cat girl's tails was wrapped around a Long Rope of the collapsed suspension bridge. She used her tail to wrap around the rope and actually did not fall!
"Meow!"
The cat girl's tail was about one meter long. It had a lot of strength and a lot of flexibility. The tail was tightly wrapped around the suspension bridge's dangling rope, causing the cat girl to hang upside down in midair. Unexpectedly, she did not fall down with the python!
I finally understood that at the last moment, it was the cat girl who used the power of the python's head swing to throw me in front of the rope, and then used her tail to save me at the most dangerous moment!
"Meow meow!" Hold on tight! " Seeing that the cat girl didn't fall down, I really went from sadness to joy. I almost clapped my hands and laughed out loud. Although the cat girl didn't fall down, she wouldn't be able to hold on much longer by leaning on a tail.
"All of you help pull the ropes, quickly!" With one hand, I grabbed the rope behind me and took a step forward. Then, my body lay on the suspension bridge, my left hand grabbing onto the right side of the rope, while my other hand started pulling the Long Rope s that were hanging down in a semicircle. The s that were drooping was precisely the cat girl.
I struggled to hold onto one end of the Long Rope, then slowly pulled the cat girl up! The ones closest to me is the female Boss. She tightly grabbed onto my arm so that I wouldn't accidentally fall down while pulling the cat girl!
The female Boss, the Beastwomen and all the Clerics were standing at the top of the bridge right now. They then worked together to grab the broken vertical ropes and planks of the bridge, holding each other's hands and forming a long line, desperately supporting the structure of the suspension bridge so that it wouldn't collapse any further.
At this moment, regardless of whether they were women or people of the white race, regardless of race or race, they had all united to protect me and save the cat girl!