Black Alice in the Murder Land
Chapters 21. Out of the Mud of Life

“Drowning or dying from being bitten by a zombie was never on the wish list in my life during reincarnation. I had to do it!”

“From dead here!”

Tenn looked at Code Name: Tarzan and said, “You, listen to me. Whatever happens, close your eyes and don't open them.”

“If you dare to peek, I will drown you in the mud of this life. Understood?!”

Code Name: Tarzan did not want to ask much and nodded his head. He closed his eyes without suspecting what Tenn wanted to do.

Tenn could only do this to save his life.

“Last chance, let me use this time. There is no second chance if I die here.”

“Wyshajac ciemna energie (dark energy drain)”

All this was said in his heart. The black and dark aura came out and finally managed to stop all the movements of the zombies.

They're stopping. No one lives. The sound of the bodies of the zombies falling makes Code Name: Tarzan curious and asked Tenn.

“Alice-kun, what sound is that? Can I open my eyes?”

“But.”

“You sure we're okay? His zombie voice was not heard anymore, what happened?”

“They...” Tenn thought a good reason, “I have to tell him what not to suspect?”

Then he quibbled, “They just suddenly stopped moving. But that doesn't mean you can open your eyes.”

“...” Code Name: Tarzan is silent.

As Tenn made sure all the places were safe from the zombies, he sighed with a regretful expression.

“For now, the strongest magic I have is no more. Can't use tracking magic and can only fight with my physical strength and fast motion.”

“That tsundere system also can't help me because he turned off all his help.”

“First I should be able to get out of here.”

Tenn looked towards Code Name: Tarzan and his body, “It's been that deep huh..”.

Observing the surroundings, the silent Tenn tried to move his legs slightly. He did not feel the mud pull him back, but still made him unable to move freely.

“Tarzan, open your eyes. We're looking for a way to get out of here.”

Code Name: Tarzan opens his eyes and looks back.

“What happened?! They...they die?! No more moving, why?!”

“I don't know. They stopped suddenly. But, ignore that. We gotta get out of here. Look at your body.”

Code Name: Tarzan saw his body almost sink to the size of his waist. He panicked, but realized that it would only make him drown faster. All thanks to Tenn's earlier words.

“Are we going to die here, Alice-kun?”

“Who wants to die? I told you I don't want to die here. Just think about what can be used to pull us up.”

“Yang can be used..” Code Name: Tarzan look around. There is almost nothing easy to reach there. In addition, the bush makes them have to feel itchy and uncomfortable.

Because the extent of the sucking mud, making the distance of the trees and roots propagate is not within the reach of the hand.

“I don't see anything we can use.” he said with a pale face.

“Means the only way is to escape from here by your own strength.”

“Ask your system, is there a way to escape from here?”

Code Name: Tarzan asked the system, “System, is there a way to get away from here?”

[Checking things up]

[Covering is done]

[To get out of here, Code Name: Alice and Code Name: Tarzan must be calm]

[Then, with both hands still able to move freely, lay down your body and hand movements like swimming]

[Code Name: Alice body weight and Code Name: Tarzan will make the living mud push you out because it is harder to swallow]

[After that, turn your body to the face down position and try to pull your legs slowly while still swimming]

[Warning. Do not do it in a panic or hurry. Do it like swimming for real]

Code Name: Tarzan tells Tenn the whole instruction and it seems that it sounds easier than imagined.

Tenn who has more body position is free to try that way. He laid his body down like he did backstroke on a swim and moved both his hands firmly to push it.

At first, this method does not look like it will work. However, Tenn felt himself indeed approaching the ground even a little.

“Can move!” he said with a smile.

Code Name: Tarzan smiles happily and gives it a try. Due to the heat earlier, his body was pretty much drowned. However, he tried to calm down and imitate the things done by his teammates.

Tenn managed to touch the ground and turn his body to the face down position to grab the ground and crawl slowly.

He pulled his foot and tried hard to get away. The little problem here is that the last part is not that easy.

It was quite difficult to lift his legs so he had to crawl very hard to pull his feet out of the mud alive.

“Haa..haa..” Tenn took his breath as soon as he got to the ground with dirty clothes.

Ignore dirty clothes, you can survive already lucky. At least this one demon lord still had a bit of luck.

Code Name: Tarzan still can not touch the ground, but his body weight that has been difficult to suck by living mud makes him pushed up and managed to move a little part of his feet.

He's approaching the ground. Tenn could only see it without helping him.

“Continue, don't stop! I can't pull you or you'll sink back later. Don't panic, just a little more.” he said.

Tenn was wrong. If someone tries to pull the body of another person trapped in the mud of life, instead of helping him, it makes him drown even if too forced will make the body of the victim can be split in two.

Tenn stood up and looked for something to help Code Name: Tarzan crawl faster.

“This, root creep..seems quite strong. We wear this.” he said slowly.

By taking some roots and tying them together to form a rope, Tenn gave them to Code Name: Tarzan by throwing them near his body.

“Alice-kun?”

“Tarzan, grab that and try to get to the ground! I'll make sure all this won't break up, so don't give up ya.”

Code Name: Tarzan took it and turned his body to pull his body from the mud by holding on to the will.

It took a lot of effort for him, but it didn't end badly. He succeeded despite almost a drama. At least as a result, they could still live for now.

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