I Spy With My Secret Eyes

Chapter 92

Everyone couldn’t help but look up at the sky. Those small black spots were very high up and far away, but it seemed that with every few seconds, they would become bigger.

Oliver stared up at the black spots, and after a few seconds, he identified them.

[The Nocturna Herron, a nocturnal creature that moves at night and hides during the day. Their main source of food is the Nubia Python. The Nocturna Heron has a wingspan of nine feet ten inches, a body length of around eight feet two inches, and a weight of around 121 pounds. Their wings are as hard as iron, and its beak can penetrate metal. The Nubia Python isn’t a match for their claws and pecks and is the mortal enemy of the Nocturna Heron. The Nocturna Heron’s weakness is fire.]

Oliver was stunned. No wonder he didn’t see the legendary beast that was “not on good terms” with the Nubia Python. The Nocturna Heron would only appear at night.

“What now?” he thought.

Everyone else looked up at these black spots in the sky. They didn’t expect that they would be in danger.

Oliver then looked around and saw a hole in the small rocky slope from his right. The height of the hole was the size of an average man, so he pointed in that direction and said, “Everyone, go to the cave. Wayne, Sim, and Louis, go get some dry firewood and take them to the entrance of the cave. Sienna and Hailey, go hide in that hole with Mr. Fox!”

Hailey was surprised and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Oliver pointed to the black spot above his head and said, “That’s the Nocturna Heron. They only move at night, and they’re already out when the sky turns dark. Quick! Hide in the cave!”

Gabriel was also surprised. “That’s… the Nocturna Heron?”

Before he could ask Oliver why he knew that it was the Nocturna Heron, Oliver urged loudly, “Go into the cave and hide. The Nocturna Heron even eats the Nubia Python, and it’s afraid of fire. Let’s hide in the cave and make some fire there. Quick!”

Hearing that the Nocturna Heron ate even Nubia Python, others were startled and ran toward the cave. Louis, Simon, Wayne, and Yoseph hurriedly picked up some dried firewood.

Oliver ran while picking up some dead branches. From time to time, he looked over his head and found that those black spots had become thicker and bigger.

Hailey was more than 66 feet away from the entrance of the cave. She was supporting her father there, and they just arrived at the entrance of the cave. When she looked up, those black spots that were originally very small and almost invisible had turned into eagle-sized creatures, and their fierce deposition could be seen clearly.

Gabriel took out the flashlight, switched it on, and shone the light inside the cave before he ran inside, leading the way. Hailey then helped her father in a hurry. Sienna was at the entrance of the cave to help build up the firewood.

The others held a large handful of dried firewood as well. Oliver hurriedly cut down two thick trees and dragged them into

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There were a lot of dry wood and dead branches now, but all those could not stay lit for long. Only moist wood could remain lit for a long time.

Louis and Wayne hurriedly took out a lighter to start the fire. The dried branches were stuffed with some dead leaves and hay at the bottom, so they lit up at one point.

Simon and Yoseph each took a machete to cut the wet wood into three feet of short firewood before putting it on the dry firewood for better burning.

At this time, the black spots in the sky had turned into two giant birds which were nine feet ten inches in size. They were only a dozen feet away from the entrance of the cave. The huge body and fierce look of the Nocturna Heron could be clearly seen now.

Before the fire could burn the woods thoroughly, a giant bird with wings almost nine feet ten inches wide flew straight to the entrance of the cave.

Wayne drew his machete and slashed it at the Nocturna Heron.

The Nocturna Heron didn’t even avoid the attack as its half-foot-long sharp beak pecked at the entrance of the cave.

Bang!

Even the sparks from the fire burst into the cave. Wayne had amazing arm strength, but his arms even started hurting when they came in contact with the Nocturna Heron. Even the machete on his hand almost fell off.

The Nocturna Heron didn’t expect Wayne’s arm to be so strong as well since that one slash threw the Nocturna Heron a few feet away before landing on the ground. It was almost rolling on the ground before it crawled up, glaring at Wayne with a fierce look.

After that, there was a heavy fluttering sound, and around 200 Nocturna Herons flew from the sky. They were like huge oversized eagles and were patrolling back and forth in the open space in front of

the cave entrance with their eyes fixed on the entrance of the cave.

Those two strong legs of the Nocturna Herons stood upright, and their height was almost as tall as an adult’s as they glared at the cave with a fierce gaze.

They were like assassins in black armor as they stood at the entrance, quacking loudly.

Wayne was so provoked by their stares that he lifted his machete and wanted to kick the firewood so that he could get out of there to fight them.

Oliver was right next to him. He stretched out his hand and stopped Wayne. “Don’t be impulsive. Those things are hard as iron, and it’s impossible to slash them.”

Simon then took out his handgun and shot a few rounds at one of the Nocturna Herons.

Clang! Clang!

With two sounds, sparks could be seen flashing from the Nocturna Heron, but it didn’t take a step back. Instead, it took a few more steps forward to the cave entrance, closing in.

At this time, the fire at the entrance of the cave became bigger and raged, blocking the entrance of the cave.

Gabriel walked more than 33 feet inside the cave with a flashlight, only to find that it was getting wider and wider.

The entrance of the cave was only one person tall, but as he walked in deeper, the height of the cave was almost 13 to 16 feet high. The capacity in the cave was getting bigger and larger, and the cave felt dark and empty.

The point was that the cave seemed to be endless, as no one could see the end of the cave even after light was shone. It was only pitch black ahead as if the cave was a huge beast that could swallow them whole.

Louis also glanced at where Gabriel was and felt fortunate that there was no dead end to the cave. If there was a dead end and based on the fire burning at the entrance, they would have suffocated to death if not dying of the heat.

The fire at the entrance of the cave was already very big, just like a ring of fire protecting the cave.

The Nocturna Herons just stared at the entrance of the cave without moving.

Yoseph, who glanced at the fire, shouted with joy, “They are afraid of fire! They are afraid of fire!”

Oliver had already mentioned that. Fortunately, he asked everyone to pick up a bunch of dried firewood in advance. Otherwise, even if they fled into the cave, those Nocturna Herons would still hunt them down.

Gabriel looked at Oliver, who was commanding, secretly in the corner of the cave, and wondered, “How does he know that the Nocturna Herons are afraid of fire? And how does he know that those are the Nocturna Herons? They were just multiple black spots in the sky at first, but they were so far away, so how did he know that?”

A group of Nocturna Herons stood at the entrance of the cave, staring at the people standing in the cave.

Simon suddenly shouted, “They’re waiting for our fire to go out!”

Everyone was shocked. Yes, when the firewood was burnt out or when the fire weakened, the Nocturna Herons could pounce into the cave.

Oliver knew that the Nocturna Heron was much fiercer than the mutant Great Wolf. As long as they found a chance to fly into the cave, the people in there would instantly become food to them.

Not only that, but the firewood was not enough to burn for a whole night. Two pieces of wet firewood together with dry branches could burn for around two or three hours at most. It was only over seven o’clock now, so the fire would only burn till ten.

“What if the firewood burned out?” everyone thought.

Wayne was about to hide deeper in the cave, but suddenly, he heard a scream coming from the inner parts.