They were moving smoothly until Creed's eyes landed on a random tree.The size of this tree was similar to any other tree, and there was absolutely nothing spectacular about it. Yet Creed immediately halted. Agenor and others were about to pass it, but he held Colt's shoulder to stop him as well. Agenor and Nakiya too gazed at him with suspicion, none of them said a word.Colt turned his head and saw Creed's lips kissing his index finger. His breath was erratic, and his eyes were wide open. This time, others looked at him with a deep frown as well. Creed's expressions were enough to suggest that he found something.He extended his arm and pointed towards a specific part of the tree trunk. He stepped forward and touched the surface. Soon his hand caressed the surface to confirm his own suspicion.

"Both of you get moving now!" Said Agenor lifelessly. "Alright!" Colt nodded and replied with no hesitation, "I go for the legs and you can go for the arm...the kid can aim for the eyes!" "No… I am not telling you to fight.... I'm saying you and the kid also need to escape!" Colt frowned as he locked eyes with Agenor. He had trouble understanding what Agenor said. Colt thought he heard it wrong, but his dreary tone suggested the opposite. "Cut the crap, Agenor! No way I'm going with this plan… " "All four of you need to get out of here… that is the best course of action right now!" "You can't be serious!" Colt revolted at his decision for the first time. "That's a triggered

A thread of light bounced from his iris, creating a rumination of the glistening flicker. Colt saw the reflection from his eyes that made him turn his head in the opposite direction. A shock wave surged through his bones when he saw three more elongated shadows standing at a distance of 100 meters.  All three of these tall shadows looked at them from a distance with a smile so creepy that it made them all want to run as far away as possible.  They were staring at them like those grinning clowns from the other side of the metallic bars, except for this time, there were neither clowns nor metallic bars. Colt felt his soul seeping out of his body. His blood froze when he looked at them. "R...RUN… split up!"

"I had already lost all hope by then… I never expected for help to arrive… the tree wasn't a hideout, but a grave that I prepared for myself. Trust me, I never wrote '20 Southwest'...." A silence enveloped the area except for their footsteps of the beast. Creed felt his brain ripped apart in a million pieces. Although Malaka was still chasing after him, the mental shock from her words made him stumble on the ground. His throat dried up, and his eyes turned bloodshot.  He mumbled, "Then who did?" Creed felt someone had ripped his brain apart just from the speaking few words. Artemis' description rattled the deepest corner of his mind. His nightmares seemed to be merging with reality.  All of a sudden, the chasing Malaka became the least of his concern right

The Malaka halted, flabbergasted. He could not find them anywhere. Just when the beast was about to turn around, he felt a domineering impact of blunt force at the back of his head. The beast didn't even get the time to react to the warm numbness until his head exploded into a million pieces and hit the tree trunk. Creed, with Artemis on his back, landed on his feet, clutching his Mayhem saber, drenched with blood and gore. A smug grin appeared on his fact, he mumbled, "Stupid fucker thought only he could get under people's bind spots..." Artemis' consciousness dissolved into insanity when she gazed at 6 dead Malakas. Every pore on her skin widened from the shock and confusion precipitation on her forehead. The speed and efficiency with which Creed killed them was almost supersonic.