The Pirates Attack


    "Run into the forest!"


    Seraphina spoke slowly, but her feet were constantly moving.


    "Aren''t those savages there?"


    "They''re kinder than pirates!"


    True enough!


    The two ran without looking back, their steps determined and resolute. The cold windshed against their faces, biting and painful.


    They ran breathlessly and dared not stop for a second. The situation was far more perilous than it had been that night.


    They could hear the chaotic footsteps and wildughter of the pursuers behind them, along with the asional gunshot warning.


    It felt like a primitive, brutal hunting game.


    They were the targets of the hunt.


    Seraphina had never felt so grounded in her life. Every nerve in her body trembled with terror.


    Suddenly, her foot slipped, and she crashed to the ground. Her knee was mming down with a dull thud/ as if her bones had shattered.


    Kaveh turned around and saw her biting her lip in pain, her face was pale. He turned around to lift her onto his back.


    Seraphina pushed him away. She gritted her teeth as she used her hands to push herself up. She forced a faint, pained smile. "Save your strength. I can still run."


    Kaveh looked at her. He nodded, grabbed her arm, and pulled her along. They didn''t stop.


    The pain in her knee was excruciating, as if her entire leg was about to give out.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    She couldn''t stop. Seraphina kept running, her forehead covered with sweat, betraying the agony she was enduring.


    The gunshots behind them grew louder, and the footsteps drew closer.


    Seraphina''s heart pounded violently, as if a hand were squeezing her throat. Her body''s limits were warring with her mind.


    Without hesitation, she obeyed themands of her willpower.


    The cold wind carried the sharp cracks of gunfire. They didn''t dare to rx for even a second.


    The Pirates Attack


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    The pirates must have spotted the distressed sign Seraphina had left, leading them right to the savages.


    As they neared the smoke rising from the savage vige, their breathing eased. Kaveh led her to the side, circling around to arge tree behind the vige.


    This was where they stored dry branches, with the smell of fish oil still lingering on them.


    "Bang-"


    A gunshot rang out, startling the savages. They jumped up and gripped their wooden sticks in rm.


    Seraphina and Kaveh exchanged a nce. His expression was uncharacteristically serious. He raised a finger to his lips, signaling for silence.


    Immediately after, they heard a flurry of footsteps as the savages ran. Their feet were crunching over the branches. They shouted in their ownnguage, issuing what sounded like stern warnings. The pirates cursed as their gunfire echoed. The atmosphere was tense.


    The pirates were armed with guns. Naturally, they weren''t afraid of the savages.


    They faced an overwhelming number of opponents and had a limited supply of bullets. Therefore, their advantage wasn''t as overwhelming as they''d hoped.


    Their frustration grew as they realized they had followed their prey here, only to find nothing but savages.


    They had been tricked.


    "There are savages here? Damn it, it''s a waste of bullets to kill them!"


    "That explorer must be close by. Think he''ll be a good catch?"


    "Let''s catch him and find out. If not, we''ll gut him."


    There were only three pirates, and their conversation in a foreignnguage sent chills down Seraphina''s spine.


    Her heart pounded in her chest, nearly bursting from fear.


    The pirates began firing recklessly. Whether they hit someone or not, some of the savages panicked and scattered.


    The savages'' makeshift weapons were no match for the pirates'' guns.


    The pirates rampaged through the vige, overturning tents and firewood and brutally kicking the weaker savages aside.


    The savages'' screams and the pirates'' wildughter blended into one horrifying symphony.


    The noise grew louder, almost as if it wereing from just behind the tree where they hid.


    Seraphina held her breath. Her entire body was stiff with fear, not daring to make a sound.


    It felt as though eyes were watching them from above. A tingling sensation was creeping down her spine, slowly pushing them towards death The anxiety was unbearable sending chills down her back.


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