Ancient Eden

vering, raised her head, she saw that the giant bird’s chest had been impaled by a long spear-like weapon, that was pierced through its chest, looking like a big turkey planted on the grill.

The huge bird went limp and fell down toward the roots of the tree with a bang, right on top of Mu Qing’s body.

Mu Qing only felt a sharp pain, the view in front of her turned black, she could not see anything anymore, there was only the heavy stench of the giant bird’s feathers in her nose.

(3.1)

Mu Qing suspected that her ribs had been broken by the weight on her, just when she thought she was going to suffocate, her body was freed of that weight, that giant bird had been pushed over to the side, on the ground, while she was practically ripped out of the tree roots’ hollow by the neck.

It was that man.
But now he looked at her with eyes full of rage, like …… the rage one would feel after having been betrayed?

He kept yelling at her.
His voice resonated into the nearby forest, disturbing the resting birds in the shade, creating a commotion as they flew away.

Of course, Mu Qing did not understand what he was saying.
But she suddenly understood some of the things that had happened, and the reason why this man had untied her hand this morning and gave her wild fruits.

He probably thought that he could trust her, yet she had betrayed his trust, so this was why he was so angry at this moment?

But he still had not forgotten to tie her feet up with a rope, although the rope could be untied with a hand.

Subconsciously, he was thinking of her as his prey or his captive or something like that, and now that the captive had ran away, of course he was furious.

Mu Qing cursed him silently in her mind.
But she did not dare to let it appear on her face.
She just kept sitting on the ground with her head bowed, letting him roar, while she wrapped her hands around her ribs to slowly probe.

She was afraid that her ribs had really been broken, in that case, it would really not be a joke.

She touched all around, but it wasn’t as painful as just before.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Probably because he had noticed her movements, the man stopped yelling and squatted down in front of her.