Endless Winter's
Chapter 3: You Can't Hide

"How's this... How's this... How is this...?!!!!" Yukki tries to calm herself down, not for her mind and mind.

"Just calm down little girl, stay behind us!"

"Not to worry! We're always protecting you!"

Hearing those words, the girl thought of one thing, which was a protective figure for her. His memory began to recover as time went on. He did not know who, but he believed that before he was not alone in this forest.

"If that's true, where is that figure now? Why would he leave us both here?" His mind raged with pain in his head.

Every time he remembered his past memories, his pain grew stronger.

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Silence and worry filled the space in their heads.

"They can attack at any time! Stay focused, guys!" The Old Man's sweat.

"Understand!"

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"PLEASE...! Help...! Help me!" A cry not far from their listeners.

"The sound is like..."

"Is that really him?"

"Surely he's alive!"

They all rushed closer to the source of the sound. On the other hand, Yukki still felt his head dizzy, slowly recalling the words of someone.

Shortly after, they found his partner who was previously taken by the undead was now lying covered in blood.

"You're alive?" Ask The Female Climber.

"Aargh.. yes, hurry! There's no more time! Hurry up help me! I can't take it anymore!"

As Yukki endured the pain in her head, the pain began to fade. I don't know what's on his mind right now.

He realized, seeing others coming closer and helping. Getting closer, made him hesitate to do so. He thought, "Do I have to do it?"

"of course! Do you want this to happen the same way in your mind picture?" The voice suddenly appeared.

"Huh...?!!" Yukki Flinched.

"Here it is. Drink the potion in-..."

*Doooooor.....!!!

The girl fired her first bullet.

"Huh...?" The female climber could not believe in front of her.

"Little girl! What are you doing?!!! Why did you kill him?" Pekik The old climber.

Suddenly, the male climber was upset to push Yukki to the point of bouncing, "Sadly, it's true that we left him alone in the forest!"

They were already indifferent to the little girl-more concerned with the dead corpse of her dead companion in the previous dire circumstances.

"Wait, how... how did this happen?"

"Hiii.. w-why... has he changed drastically? What happened to his body?"

Everyone was astonished to see--see his own partner.

"That's because your friend died eating the undead earlier. If I let it go, maybe something similar will happen again. For that, I apologize for not telling her! Sorry!" Clarification from Yukki approaching.

"How did you know? Who are you, huh?" The male climber begins to suspect Yukki.

"I-it doesn't matter! Looks like we're surrounded!" Sahut Yukki did not answer the question.

"What did you say this time? What do you mean by 'we're surrounded'? By who?" This time the Female Climber asked.

"Do you believe my words?" Ask Yukki.

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"Of course, you believe!" Said the Old Climber.

"Eeeh....!!!?"

"Why do you believe him?"

"Have you not seen him? Is this all unclear? Looks like this girl is the caretaker of this kramat forest! He knows everything that's going to happen, and I trust him!"

"I was just a lost man. I could be called the caretaker of this forest!" Inner Yukki.

"So little girl, what are we gonna do next?"

"They don't know that we're aware of his existence. Are you all capable of running?"

"We're all capable, except this Old Man." Reply to the Female Climber.

"Why should we run? We can fight it back." Say Old Climber.

"Can't, sir! Their numbers are quite large and troublesome. How about you get carried away?" Advice from Yukki.

"Ummm.. alright, whatever you say, caretaker!"

"I told you I'm not the locksmith to know!" Inner Yukki.

"Take me, strong boy!"

"You get out of here! We will both follow!"

"Okay, we're going! Watch yourself!"

"You sure you let them go? They could be chased by dead bodies!" Said the Female Climber.

"That's why it's our job to distract him."

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"Oh, you think your plan went perfectly? You guys can't hide! Or be free of us! Your fate has already been determined in this forest!" The forest-waiter raised his voice.

"Huh... Then, here if you dare! Face it head-on and don't hide from the shadows! If you're not a coward, you stupid corpse!" Ejek Yukki's.

"Hohoho. Do you two like surprises?"

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"Hahaha..you guys should like this!"

"Whatever we fight, don't be afraid!" Yukki.

10 Minutes later...

"Why didn't they attack us? Something seems wrong." Said the Female Climber.

"When we're easy targets, why don't they attack?" Yukki.

"Don't...!"

"..." - ".Yukki dropped his rifle. He took something near him.

"Who's scarf is it?" Ask a Female Climber.

Shortly after, without a word, Yukki ran towards the Old Climber. Followed by the Female Climber who brought his rifle.

"Hey... Waitaminute! Where are you going, little girl?!!" Shouted the Female Climber who was trying to catch up with Yukki.

"Gosh, he's so fast! It's very hard to catch up with him!" Think The Female Climber.

Coincidentally, the snowfall formed a sudden storm, which blinded the view of the Female Climber. He lost the girl, he looked back and forth, but there was only a terrifying snow scene.

Unyielding, he kept running around to look for the girl's whereabouts. Also, he felt something lurking from afar.

"Is that a monster?!!" Her thought.

Whatever it was, made him run away without looking ahead. Damn, he had instead hit something quite hard.His head was bleeding, he was holding back with his palm.

The thing he hit was neither a rock nor a banyan tree. It emitted a purple light and began to move. His blurry gaze, now began to be clearly seen-A armour moved by raising its axe as if his sleep was disturbed by the presence of the Female Climber.

*Braaaa.....!!!!

Very hard to the ground. Fortunately, the Climber swiftly dodged. This gave him time to run once more without a clear direction.

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Meanwhile...

"No. Not again! I beg! Don't let this happen again! I don't want their fate to be the same as my brother's!" Inner Yukki who ran while grasping the knitting scarf belonging to her brother that was full of blood.

After running for a long time, Yukki finds something she doesn't want.

"Huh...!! It can't be!" Yukki finds a hand piece that he believes belonged to a male climber.

Along the snow he passed, various items belonging to old climbers he found.

In the end...

"That's it..." Yukki finds a Female Climber peeking near a tree.

He approached her and wondered what she was seeing.

"I finally found-...." Not yet finished speaking, Yukki was gravely shocked to see the scene quite terrifying before her eyes.

Let alone Yukki, the Female Climber who had been sitting for a long time while peeking had run out of words and tears.

What they saw was terrible. It appears that the deer-headed Humanoid is eating the two poor climbers who were caught by him.

Unable to bear what he saw, the Female Climber stood up and took something inside his backpack.

"What are you doing?" Whisper Yukki.

With a full gloomy face, the Female Climber instantly slit her own throat right in front of Yukki.

"..." - ".Unable to say anything, could only hold his breath to scream.

If he screams, he will be caught. However, it was very difficult to contain his fear of seeing the series of incidents he experienced.

At the same time, he turned his head back towards the monster. Surprisingly, the monster was right in front of him. I wanted to run, but my footsteps were heavy. I wanted to scream, but my mouth felt like it was frozen. That's how the poor girl felt.

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