Chapter 13: Gamble

The vultures opened it's wings and with astonishing speed, flew towards Carter.

Carter broke into cold sweat, it was still quite the considerable distance for him to reach the building, his plan was to hide in the car but now that he was discovered, he could only curse under his breath.

What should I do?

Carter's mind raced, should he make a run towards to building or should he hide behind the car.

Shit!

[You have activated Rapid Recognition]

Carter's line of thought suddenly expanded as he took in information from his surroundings as his mind became more active than ever, aside from that, the world around him seemed to slow down, even the vultures.

His mind went through many possible scenarios that could happen between choosing to make a run towards the building, hiding behind the car, fighting against the beast and more.

He weighed in between the options of making a run towards the building, whether he would be able to reach it before the vultures reach him, calculating the speed he was capable of and the speed of the winged beasts and whether he would be able to outrun them and reach the building in time.

As many calculations went through his head that were the effect of his five of diamonds skill, he actually managed to get a grasp of how inllectual people thought.

According to his calculations, he would be able to outrun the winged beasts but just barely if he made a run towards the building, however that were under the case he was using the skill 'enchanced speed'.

With the speed the birds were capable off and the speed boost he would gain with the 'enchanced speed' skill and considering the terrain that were slightly rough — if it weren't, he wouldn't even need the Enchanced speed skill to cross the distance, just his physical abilities that were Enchanced by the club cards would be enough, — it would pose a little problem but he would be able to cross it with hairs breath.

Without any hesitation, Carter thought of activating the skill 'enchanced speed'. With this, he should be able to escape from the deadly clutches of the winged beasts and reach the building.

However, Carter suddenly felt...nothing!

It's not working?

Whyy!!

There were no notification that it activated as well.

What happened?

Carter who was still in effect of the skill 'Rapid Recognition', immediately opted for the second option.

With the 'Enchanced speed' skill unavailable, he would never be able to reach the building in time before he would be attacked by the three vultures.

He couldn't even dare to think of forcing the situation as if he did, it would only lead to the vultures catching him wherein he would be stuck on the path wide open with no way of defending himself against three vicious winged beasts.

That would just be horror!

Carter changed his direction and hid behind a car as the three vultures now surrounded him. Hiding behind the car now proved to be pointless, but it was better than running towards the building out in the open, it was much more dangerous.

The Rapid Recognition skill soon died down, Carter's way of thinking returned to normal.

He was cursing his luck.

He held the bat tight as a vulture tried to attack him with it's claws.

Don't think I'll let youu!

Carter swung the bat but not being able to land a hit, though it did it's job as the winged beast backed off.

He looked up as the three vultures circled around his perimeter.

Fuck this shit, come!

Two vultures like hungry beasts, swooped down to drain Carter of his blood and eat his organs.

Swooshh!

Carter swung his bat but there were two of them and they attacked on bothe sides causing for Carter to unintentionally cause an opening.

Ughh!

Carter felt a sharp pain on his back as one of the vultures managed to graze it's sharp claws at it.

Carter wouldn't be able to keep this up, if he didn't do anything it would only be a matter of time before he died.

When the other vulture also started moving, having three winged beasts attack him, Carter was forced to get inside the car he was hiding behind on. He stuck his hand inside the window and opened it from the inside.

In haste, he entered the car as the winged beasts screeched outside.

Carter upon inside, gasped in horor as he covered his mouth, there was a corpse on the driver seat.

He quickly got a hold of himself, his situation didn't allow him to be distracted even by such disgusting sights.

It wasn't the end of it just yet as the winged beasts tried to claw their way inside through the windows, Carter of course didn't let them get a hold of him as he backed off away from the window.

The beasts were very vicious as the car started shaking just from their attacks. It seemed they were forcing Carter to get out of the vehicle.

Carter was sweating buckets.

How could he get out of this situation he found himself into.

Worst of all, things didn't stop at mere attacks, the three winged vultures actually started to dig their claws into the car and flapped their wings.

What the fuck!

Carter was loosing his mind as he felt the car lift from the ground.

Shit! shit! shit!

Hey, hey what is this!

Weren't you guys just fighting against yourselves just seconds ago, why are you working together now?

That's unfair!

Carter screamed in his mind as his though spun, he thought of a way for him to get out of here and escape the beasts, though there weren't any guarantee it would work — but there were no other options.

Carter needed to gamble on this one, he was a gambler all his life, gambling now wouldn't change anything about his personality, in fact it would only say more.

Despite the world as it was now, Carter remembered the tines he faced off against beasts, it wasn't really that much different now.

He had to gamble his life and place it as a bet for his survival!