BXBX NOVEL Chapter 209
Because autumn was already here and winter was on its way, the last crops of the year we’re currently being harvested, due to which the agricultural area was quite busy; especially in the mornings.
And today was no different, men and women walked through the fields gathering the harvest, while a child occasionally peeked out playing in the field near his parents.
Just hours after sunrise, some people noticed a military vehicle heading towards them, but no one gave them any additional thoughts as they thought it was just additional security due to recent events.
What the peasants failed to notice was that at the same time that the military vehicle was approaching from the city, some dangerous shadows were slowly creeping towards them from the forest that bordered the agricultural area.
Not only the humans were accumulating food for the winter, but the mutant beasts had also gone out to hunt, and seeing so many juicy and defenseless humans the beasts could not resist the temptation and they approached ignoring the danger of getting so close to a human settlement.
And as if it had been coordinated by destiny, the military vehicle arrived at the place almost at the same time that the beasts had decided to attack.
It was then that the beasts left the shelter of the shadows and revealed their appearance as they ran at full speed to devour all humans who stood in their way.
Of course, an entire herd of what looked like super-developed panthers would not go unnoticed once they emerged from their hiding place in the forest, so before they covered half the distance needed to reach the first human when someone noticed them and he started screaming for help.
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It was a shame that whatever help that person could hope to get was too far from him and before anyone could react that person was already being ripped apart by panthers.
It was after seeing such a brutal image that all the people in the field began to run in the direction of the military vehicle that had just arrived in search of protection, without being aware that its action had completely blocked the firing range of Desmond’s squad.
Desmond’s squad had to do everything they could to try to calm the civilians out of harm’s way as they tried to advance for a chance to use their weapons or esper abilities to fight the panther herd.
These people could only consider themselves lucky that there was a person in that place who didn’t need any shooting ranges to start with, not when he was eager to try his new gauntlets.
With no time to lose or patience to waste, Desmond went straight into Full-Drive enhancing his already ridiculous physical abilities, using his superhuman speed and agility Desmond passed by all the people running in his direction and sped towards the panthers anxiously to fight.
But as capricious as fate used to be, Desmond had to restrain himself when he saw that in his path was a girl of about four who had been left behind by people who had run in a hurry.
“Mommy, mommy, where are you?” With tears in her beautiful and innocent eyes, the girl would not stop crying and screaming for her mother looking around trying to find the only person who gave her a sense of security without being fully aware of the immediate danger she faced.
Even with her small body, the girl was considered a delicious and cuddly snack by the group of panthers that pounced on her as soon as they finished swallowing the bloody pieces of their first victim.
Too far to get there in time with her current speed, Desmond had to resort to her least favorite skill... her overload.
His heart began to pump harder, the blood traveling faster through his circulatory system accelerating all the processes within his body, the muscle fibers went into a state of constant tension and his lungs seemed to operate in a hurry to maintain the flow of oxygen. necessary to maintain this state.
Resisting the pain that her body was transmitting from the overexertion, Desmond increased his speed once more, arriving just in time at the place where the girl was to prevent her from being turned into mincemeat.
The only problem was that Desmond was only a man and in front of him there was a whole herd of eight panthers, with no other option Desmond had to take the girl with his left arm and do everything possible to protect her adequately; Desmond tackled with all of his momentum built up from him to the first panther in front of him.
At the moment of impact, Desmond felt intense pain throughout the area that he had used to tackle the panther, but he still managed to cover the girl in his arms and use his body to cushion the impact.
Getting up from the ground, Desmond checked the girl’s condition with concern and felt comforted when he saw that in addition to a couple of scratches and tears, the girl was fine; Now he only had one problem ... going through the eight panthers and putting the girl to safety.
Which did not seem like an easy task because the panther who was beaten by him did not take the aggression very kindly and it did not take long for the beast to call his companions to surround Desmond.
It was a shame that these beasts ignored a simple truth, there is nothing more dangerous than a cornered beast ... And Desmond was about to show them what a cornered beast could do when he tried to protect a puppy of his kind.