Dazaray slumped to the ground at once and looked blankly at me.
After she calmed down, she picked up a very large stone from the ground and smashed it at the snake.
Once was not enough, so she smashed it again. Only when the snake was smashed to pieces did she finally stop.
Blood splattered everywhere. Shannon glanced at the poisonous snake before quickly shifting her gaze away. With a gulp, she said, "It's getting late. Let's continue with our journey."
We did not encounter any more dangers for the rest of the journey, but we found a lot of wild fruits that we could eat. The only good thing about being deep in the forest was the gift of nature. We could easily find food that could temporarily sustain us.
I noticed a lot of red fruits on top of a tree which resembled apples.
"Are these apples?” I asked.
Shannon looked up and shook her head. "I don’t know, but they look similar.”
Her face was flushed from the journey, making her look even better now.
Thaddea climbed up a tree and picked one to examine it carefully. She then said, "It's not an apple. Generally, edible wild fruits grow in large quantities on surrounding trees with other edible fruits, so these fruits should be edible."
She continued after a pause, "I'll pick them. The rest of you should gather more from the bottom so we can eat at night when we’re hungry."
I nodded. "Thanks a lot."
Perhaps it was because we had been eating a lot of things on our journey, Dazarey did not bother picking these wild fruits after filling her tummy and sat on a rock to pray again.
Shannon loved eating and ate while she picked, looking extremely delighted.
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