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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2. The Hell Beetles

"Birds chirping"

Noah slowly wakes up and wakes everyone else.

Everyone is slowly getting hungry and thirsty.

Karoschi suggests looking for a lake and, with some luck, finding edible berries somewhere.

"Karoschi," he says, "let's go follow me."

Noah takes one last look into the distance at the destroyed village and then continues walking.

"Some time later"

,,Johann" When are we finally going to find something to eat? I'm already starving."

"Heinrich" We'll have food once we actually find some. Just wait a bit."

Johann says, "Blah blah blah, but I'm hungry now."

"Karoschi" Both of you, shut up. Now is not the time to argue."

The group suddenly finds a stream. Johann and Heinrich immediately run over to drink something.

Noah feels like he's being watched, but he doesn't know from where. He turns around and sees the same figure in the distance behind a tree, which suddenly disappears behind it.

After everyone has had a drink, they all start looking for something edible.

Johann spots a mushroom and wants to eat it.

"Karoschi" Stop! Don't eat that—that's a fly agaric, and it's poisonous. Unless you want to get high, I wouldn't eat it."

Disappointed, Johann puts the fly agaric down and goes off to search for something else.

"Anna" I think I found something!"

Everyone runs to Anna and sees a cave filled with berries.

They all go inside and collect the berries, but when they look into the next passage, they see even more berries.

Noah senses that something is wrong. Something feels off—it looks as if some stones have been gnawed on by something. But the others have already gone deeper, and they can barely see anymore.

When Heinrich tries to pick one of the berries, he grabs something else instead. When he looks more closely, he sees that he's holding a beetle. Suddenly, it screeches.

Dozens of other hell beetles begin moving toward the group.

Karoschi shouts, "Everyone out of here!!!"

The group runs, but suddenly Johann is bitten by seven hell beetles.

Noah runs to Johann and uses a stone to knock the hell beetles off him.

Once everyone is out of the cave, Karoschi draws his sword and starts killing the beetles that are still chasing them.

Karoschi suggests looking for a place near the stream where they can build a small shelter.

At sunset, they find a spot and build small tents out of sticks and leaves, and eat the berries before going to sleep.

"Noah" Good night, everyone."

"All the others" Good night."

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