The man whose burnt body part had been lightly bandaged took aim with his rifle. However, since Manu''s distance was too far, he ended up running forward.


    And soon enough, Eric appeared to join in the pursuit.


    Emma stumbled again, this time to the ground. Seeing Manu, who was getting closer to her, the woman hurriedly got up. However, she was now limping.


    Emma''s breathing became increasingly ragged, and her running slowed. At the same time, Manu showed no sign of running out of stamina at all.


    And finally, Manu was only a few meters away from the poor woman. Emma looked back a third time, then screamed hysterically.


    The woman forced herself to keep running, but Manu had already raised his ax.


    The ax swung and stabbed deeply into the woman''s shoulder, forcing her to fall down again and scream in pain.


    Gunshots came from a distance. Manu looked back and saw a man with a burnt body pointing a rifle with a smoking tip. In addition to the long-distance, the man''s hand also trembled, so the fired bullet missed.


    "Please, don''t kill me!!!" Emma kept screaming in pain and crying. As Manu pressed the woman''s back with his feet and pulled the ax on her shoulder, her screams grew louder.


    And then Manu just left the woman, running in a zigzag to the rifleman.


    Eric, who was running after Emma, gasped at that. I ordered him to take a detour so as not to run into Manu.


    The rifleman kept firing his weapon but couldn''t hit Manu. Finally, he chose to turn and run away.


    And, of course, Manu could catch up with him in no time. He couldn''t do anything when my male colonist hit him in the back with the ax, forcing him to fall down.


    Manu pulled the ax from the man''s body and plunged it again. Blood sttered on the white snow. Manu''s screams were heard again. My colonist continued to hit the rifleman''s defenseless body.


    "Emma!!!" Eric called out and knelt down next to the woman, who was now crawling.


    "Get away from me!" Emma''s voice was barely audible because her voice was muffled by her own sobs.


    Eric slightly lifted Emma''s body to lean on his hand, ring at the terrible wound on the woman''s right shoulder. The blood wouldn''t stop pouring out of it.


    "Kill me.... Kill me now, Eric...." Emma continued to cry and beat the man''s chest weakly. "This is what you wanted? Making us all die...."


    Eric shook his head with tears in his eyes. "I don''t want this at all, Emma.... I just..."


    Before Eric could finish his sentence, Emma''s hand drooped. The girl''s tearful gaze was fixed on Eric, looking as if cursing my male colonist.


    Eric''s chin started to drop. His tears flowed harder. He then hugged the lifeless body and screamed.


    And I can only freeze in silence.


    ***


    I whispered to Seb. "Seb, run to that house."


    Seb stood up and removed the hood of his parka, scratched his hair, and looked confused, but followed my orders anyway.


    I made sure that he took a detour to avoid running into the corpses in the forest area.


    Seb had covered his nose, turning his head several times towards the distant source of the rancid smell. The smell of blood. And I always make sure he doesn''t run out there to find out.


    Once outside the tree area, Seb gasped when he saw Kat pulling Leva''s bloody body.


    "She''s still breathing, help me!" Kat called out to the blond man.


    Seb quickly descended down the hill and helped Kat pull up the still unconscious Leva.


    The man nced around. "Where''s the others? Where''s your dog?"


    Kat wiped her tears. "I''ll tell youter."


    "Is that the sound of a baby crying?" Seb gulped as they got close enough to the Congraylham colonists'' house.


    Once at the back door of the house, Kat and Seb picked up Leva and entered. What greeted them was not a pleasant sight at all.


    A cloth-wrapped baby with only his face visible was lying on the floor, inches from the small space below, measuring 30x30 cm with the lid open. Previously, the baby was hidden in that space.


    The loud cry of the baby filled the room. I assumed he was less than a month old. It can be seen from his still petite body.


    On the other side of the room, Eric was trying to join Emma''s nearly split shoulders. "Emma, ??don''t leave me.... I admit that I was wrong...." Seb''s son kept moaning and crying.


    And then, a woman whose head had been banged against the wall by Manu crept in through the front door.


    Seb winced and fell to the ground. The woman''s face was covered in blood, one eye waspletely closed, her nose was bent the wrong way, and most of her teeth had fallen out.


    "My baby.... My baby...." The woman''s voice was barely audible. She continued to crawl, trying to reach her baby. However, when she was only a few meters away from the baby, her head fell on the floor.


    She didn''t move anymore.


    But, the nightmare wasn''t over yet. This time it was Manu''s turn to enter. With his face and shirt sttered with blood, he red at Seb, whose body was starting to tremble.


    Gradually, Manu''s breathing became more and more uncontroble, and he finally fell to the floor.


    "Hot!!! It hurts!!! Heelllppp!!!" That man was screaming, gripping his chest, and have a wild seizure.


    I looked at all of them one by one. Leva, whose wound was being pressed with a cloth by Kat, Eric who buried his head against Emma''s chest, the baby who was still crying, the corpse that was trying to reach the baby, then Manu who looked so tortured on the floor.


    What the fuck I''ve done?


    I stumbled backward, not knowing what else to do. I''ve justmitted an unspeakable crime, and this horrific sight is the result.


    Seb shook his head with a pale face.. Then, he screamed in terror. "Argghhhh!!!"