Chapter 83 - Defeating The Vine Monster 2

The moment the Javelin pierced the flower's body there was a shriek as if metal scratching and the vines holding the MCV tightened up with a horrifying strength. In an instant the whole MCV was making cracking sound, Arther observed as all the modules had taken huge damage, all the tires were dead for sure, the shaft and axle joining the wheels were bent in different angles, the main defense of the MCV has dropped to red, and there were obvious cracks in the body frame inside.

Seeing this Arther was dreaded, if this went on in a few more minutes all of them will be crushed into a paste by this thing. Before he could think anything the MCV was swung in the air by the vines, they flew for a few meters after landing in the forest with a huge thud.

While Arther was confused about what had happened they saw the vines dancing in the air falling to the ground as if they have lost their strength, as all the vines fell to the ground Arther hurriedly looked at the flower and saw that the petals were losing their texture at a rapid pace, in a few seconds the flower lost its vitality confirming its death.

"Hahaha, we won! we won!", Arther jumped up in the cabin with a happy face. This time the situation was even out of his control but luckily they were saved.

After calming down he checked on others, John was already unconscious in the driver's seat may be due to fear. While Rose was a bit better, though she seemed to have received a great shock and was shaking with fear she will be fine after some time.

Checking that both of them didn't receive any injury he hurried inside the MCV to check on others, when he opened the cabin door what met his eyes was a complete mess.. All the lights in the MCV were broken, the wires were protruding out of the walls, and there was complete darkness inside with a small amount of light passing through the broken walls.

The situation inside made him a bit worried, so he hurried into the living room but there was no one, the sofa and chairs were broken into pieces. While he was carefully checking in the living room there was a door banging sound from inside. He hurriedly ran to the room while avoiding the obstacles, when he arrived at the room the door frame was completely deformed making it impossible to open the door. He had no other choice but to try using the fluid metal property to make a hole in the door,

With a thought, there was a small hole in the door, but Arther found that it had become difficult to use this property due to the damage. And hence only a small hole half his height was formed.

He didn't his though as it was enough for him to enter.

This was the bunk bedroom, inside the room all the other members were present relieving Arther. Though they had received small injuries it was not very dangerous for the time being. Only his father's leg wound seemed to have opened up and there was a little bleeding when he observed others he didn't find any other problem except that they were very scared and were shivering the only one able to stand through a bit wobbling was Jessy. Nanny, Mey, and his mother have had lost the strength in their legs due to fear.

Fortunately, they chose this room since while building it Arther made the entire body of the beds with metal pipes and they were directly welded tightly with the walls it didn't fall apart. Though there were slightly deformed it was fine.

He left them in the room since after calming down the fear for some time they will be able to come out themselves. Currently, he had a very important thing to do, he had to confirm that the fu*king vine thing was dead, this thing was not something present at this level of the time, how deeply it hid the main body and its camouflage showed that it had developed a little bit of intelligence.

What would it be evolved into in the future send shivers down his spines, experiencing this condition he also felt a little insecure about this forest. Even in his past life humans weren't able to explore the forests, only a few important areas were explored. No one knew what the forests behold, looks like he might have to change the previous route. Now he didn't think he was strong enough to travel through the forest.

He went to the driver's cabin and gestured at Rose who has already calmed a bit to follow him, she looked at him in surprise but he didn't wait for her.

When they went outside they were truly able to see how damaged the MCV was, all the windows were shattered, all the tires were missing and the axles and shafts were completely deformed, all over the body were deformation and dents, the ballista didn't look like one from any angle, the bunkers at the roof were compressed and might have been inserted inside.

Seeing the broken MCV, Arther didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If not for the materials they will get from the warehouse they were done for. He shook his head with a deep sigh and asked the shocked Rose to follow him, he led her to the border of the swamp.

Rose looked at him with confused eyes, seeing her expression Arther had a grin as he handed over a pistol to her, it was the one he had looted from the gangster in the graveyard.

Seeing the gun she was first confused but then accepted it. In this type of environment, it was always good to have a little sense of security.

After handing over the pistol he picked up a long broken branch from the ground and poked at the ground in front of him. After poking it a few times he confirmed the ground was solid and then started walking forward.

First Rose observed him confusedly but when she understood what he was up to she had wide eyes and a disbelieving expression. "ARE YOU MAD?!"

"You can quit if you are afraid to follow me. But remember I don't like useless people to be with me.", Arther didn't look at her and spoke in a straightforward way. Seeing him giving her an open threat Rose wanted to refute him but remained silent.

Arther turned towards her and when he saw her hesitating look he was quite satisfied as he knew he has been semi-successful in his plan.

"Follow me and you will be safe. There might even be an unknown surprise for us."

Hearing this Rose took a breath and made a hard decision. She knew now she had no way back. The moment she led him here she was tied to his boat.

Seeing Rose picking up another branch and copying his actions while following him Arther nodded with a satisfied smile. 'Looks like she wasn't able to reject my charms, hehehe.'