In seconds, over thirty mercenaries were torn apart.
Limbs scattered.
Blood soaked the ground.
Liam seized the moment and fired two more tranquilizer darts.
Both missed.
No hesitation.
He turned and ran.
Straight into the densest part of the forest.
Thirty meters in, his body vanished into the thick vegetation.
But it didn’t matter.
The Indominus lifted its head.
Locked onto his direction.
A roar exploded through the trees.
Above, dozens of pterosaurs scattered in panic.
Then it moved.
Fast.
Tracking him.
Hunting him.
Liam kept to tight terrain.
Dense trees.
Narrow paths.
Behind him, the Indominus smashed through obstacles, losing just enough speed to keep the gap from closing instantly.
His heart hammered.
Adrenaline surged.
He had never experienced anything like this.
Being hunted by a fifty-ton apex predator.
It was pure intensity.
He had landed three tranquilizer hits earlier.
It meant nothing.
The creature’s metabolism was too fast.
Too advanced.
Under that pressure, three hits were already the limit.
Any more, and he would’ve drawn full aggro instantly.
That would have been the end.
The ground shook behind him.
Closer.
100 meters.
50 meters.
Too fast.
Then— A cliff.
No slowing down.
Liam jumped.
Behind him, the Indominus snapped down.
Missed.
Liam dropped toward a massive tree growing along the cliffside.
His arms locked around the trunk.
Impact.
Grip held.
Above, the Indominus roared.
The sound rattled through his bones.
He looked up.
Rows of massive teeth.
Blood dripping.
Too close.
Too dangerous.
No time to freeze.
He slid down the tree.
Fast.
The descent took nearly twenty minutes.
The height was massive.
When he reached the bottom— He saw it immediately.
A shattered gyrosphere.
Crushed beyond recognition.
But no bodies.
Good.
Tracks were visible in the mud.
He followed.
One kilometer.
Heat building.
Sweat pouring.
He stopped briefly.
Water.
Ration bar.
Quick recovery.
In a place like this, exhaustion meant death.
Then— Movement.
A faint rustle near the rocks.
Liam stepped back instantly, knife already in hand.
Leaves shifted.
A massive red centipede crawled out.
Nearly half a meter long.
Not alone.
More movement ahead.
Liam struck first.
One step forward.
Blade down.
Clean kill.
Green fluid spilled across the ground.
More surged forward.
Then stopped.
They turned… And began devouring their own.
Liam didn’t wait.
He moved.
Fast.
Fifteen minutes later— A voice.
“Help!
Please!” A kid.
Liam changed direction.
Two hundred meters in— He found them.
Two boys.
Clinging to a tree branch about four meters up.
Below them— A swarm.
Dozens.
No… hundreds.
Compys.
Small.
Fast.
Carnivorous.
Individually weak.
Together?
Lethal.
The boys saw him.
Hope exploded across their faces.
“Help us!” “Please!” The swarm noticed him too.
They shifted.
Surrounded him.
One lunged.
Liam stepped back, blade flashing.
Clean strike.
Another came.
Same result.
No gun.
Too loud.
No tranquilizers.
Too limited.
This had to be close combat.
“You Claire’s nephews?” he asked without turning.
“Yes!
What do we do?” “I count to three.
You drop and run behind me.
Don’t stop.” “Okay!
Okay!” Liam spun the knife in a tight arc, forcing space.
Not enough.
Too many.
Decision made.
Rifle off his back.
Chamber loaded.
“One… two… three!” Gunfire erupted.
Short burst.
Controlled.
Several compys dropped instantly.
The rest scattered back.
The boys jumped.
Ran.
And then— From deep within the forest— A roar.
Loud.
Close enough.
The Indominus had heard the gunfire.
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