Chapter 202: Help Part 1

The five never reach me.

They plummet straight to the forest floor, but I didn't shoot them. Maybe they miscalculated their jump? Still gripping my Traxpire, I search for the next set of Vermix but before I'm able to focus on them long enough to aim, they fall just like the first five.

What?

There is something else is in the trees with me. The surrounding Vermix feel it too, all searching for it - the silent movement that ripples through the Yulus. And one by one, snarls of pain and surprise rip through them, Dofinikes falling from the trees as if pushed or unbalanced. They start moving, fighting back, but it's useless. All around me, stiff Vermix fall to the ground, others racing past to take their places.