Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 2095

Rachel Wood scrambled to hide inside the cave. She knelt in front of its entrance to see her pursuers running in the opposite direction. They hadn't realized she had gone uphill.

She released a long sigh as she sat in front of the cave's entrance to catch her breath.

The others were still running.

The road split into two at the bottom of the hill, with one leading to the forest while the other led to the farmland.

The villagers split into two groups to head in different directions.

Rachel knew that they wouldn't replace her there in a short time.

She decided to wait until nightfall and figure out a way to get out of there when nobody was around.

She was too exhausted now and severely dehydrated. She couldn't run any longer.

There would be nothing but doom if she fought against them now with brute force.

It was pitch black and freezing in the cave, but she wasn't afraid.

She had already experienced the worst thing in the world back in the house, so nothing could make her feel more afraid again.

As the silence stretched on, she could hear the sound of water in the cave.

She followed the sound in the dark.

Once she had made her way inside, she saw another exit in the cave where light was shining through.

It illuminated the cave's interior so that she could now see a pool of water by the exit.

The pool seemed deep in a jade green color.

Rachel felt instantly overjoyed with relief.

'Wonderful! God has shown mercy!'

'There's water!'

'Water is the source of life!'

She hurried over to the pool, leaning

over to.

coldank from it. The water was

tasted sweet to her

parched throat, almost like bottled mineral water in the city.

At that moment, she drank from the pool as if

fee had spent weeks i

the desert. It was the first time she felt so happy to be drinking water.

After a while, her thirst finally quenched, her lips no longer felt so dry, and her body felt more relaxed.

Rachel leaned back comfortably against the wall and waited for time to pass.

Peering around, she noticed a fruit tree by the exit, but it was bare.

Her eyes moved downward, spotting grass below the tree.

She gave a helpless sigh when she couldn't see anything else she could consume apart from grass.

However, she was content enough she had grass and not more straw.

Under such terrible circumstances, she already had access to water and shouldn't be hoping for more.

It remained quiet outside the cave.

Rachel stayed in the cave until

eating grass to satisfy her

hunger and drinking from the pool

she was thirsty.

She was feeling much stronger now that she had regained some stamina.

With the sky turning dark, the cave became pitch black again, impeding her sight.

However, she knew it wasn't time to leave yet. She had to wait until late at night when nobody else was out and about.

She couldn't be sure that the villagers weren't working on the farmland at this hour.

Rachel was chilly, curling into a ball and leaning against the wall as her teeth clattered. However, she held on, knowing she'd soon be able to replace hope again.

It wouldn't be long now.