Desire to live. Part two.

Hanging over the fire under the scorching sun, waking up after an unknown amount of time, Lei could see several soldiers sleeping not far from him.

Feeling a burning sensation from the ropes that squeezed his entire body more than the fire and the sun itself, he raised his head and immediately felt the strongest pain that rolled along his entire backbone. Until the soldiers woke up, despite the pain, he reached out to his feet and, noticing the knot in the rope, tried to pull it off with his teeth. Moving and twitching so that the thick branch on which he was hanging finally broke, he was still able to free one hand. And now it was easier to untie the knot on his legs.

Looking down at the fire which flames barely touched his hair, he reached up again. With his hand on the rope, he now began to pull and chew the knot with his teeth.