Exiled Villainess: They Threw Me Out, Now Every Beastman Wants Me novel Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Unexpected Saviour

Tera lunged for the slope. Her fingers clawed into the wet dirt, and she started pulling herself up with everything she had.

And each time she reached a point, she ended up sliding back down. The water getting closer started to make her panic.

’System! Help me! Can’t you do anything?!’

[This system is unable to physically intervene in Host’s situation]

’Then what good are you?!’

[༎ຶ‿༎ຶ]

[Host is being mean]

’Since when did you have feelings? Now is not the freaking time!’

Tera wanted to strangle a floating screen and its utter lack of agency.

[There is a tunnel opening approximately twelve feet up the slope to Host’s right]

[If Host can reach it, it leads into the cave system]

Tera spotted where the system had described and was shocked she hadn’t seen it earlier. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

The water hit her.

It wasn’t the full force of the flood, but the first surge swept across the base of the hills and knocked Tera off her feet. She went under for a second before she surfaced and grabbed the nearest thing she could find.

There was a sturdy tree still hanging on, and it was growing at an angle that almost reached that opening.

Tera clung to it, and she felt the tree starting to lean.

Its roots were shallow in the soft soil, and the water was loosening them further. She then realised she could swing towards the opening.

She pulled herself higher on the trunk and threw her body to the right. The tree groaned and tipped, its roots pulling free from the mud on the left side. The trunk swung toward the slope like a falling bridge.

Tera let go at the right moment, launching herself at the hillside. Her fingers hit wet rock, her nails dug into mud, and she caught the edge of the tunnel opening with one hand.

Her grip was starting to slip, and the water below her was getting higher.

Tera was about to use her last burst of energy to hoist herself up when she was a flash of pink burst from somewhere to her left.

She barely registered it before she felt teeth clamp down on the back of her top and drag her upward.

Ermin, in his full panther form, was clinging to the slope beside her. His claws were dug deep into the rock, his muscles straining, his pink fur darkened and plastered flat by the rain.

He growled through the mouthful of her clothing and pulled.

Tera grabbed onto him, wrapping her arms around his neck as he hauled them both into the cave.

They tumbled inside, sliding down a short slope of wet rock before coming to a stop in a wider space. The sound of the storm became slightly muffled, replaced by the echo of dripping water and their own ragged breathing.

Ermin shifted back into his normal form.

He was on his hands and knees, panting, soaked through, and clutching his chest with a slight groan.

Tera lay on her back on the cool floor, her heart hammering so fast she could feel it in her teeth.

She slowly sat up to look at him.

He had saved her.

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