It was only after he had rubbed mud on his face and washed it a couple more times that the stink finally dissipated.
"That hateful bastard!"
Yi Chen cursed, remembering the taunting eyes of the horse after it had sneezed on his face.
It clearly was aware that he was deliberately acting like a statue and did that.
However, a part of him was still glad.
'…at least I survived.'
Remembering the beast's enormous figure, he was forced to swallow his grievances. Getting drenched in its snot was much better than getting stomped under its feet.
At the same time, his misgivings about the system's remarks were more or less resolved. If not for its instruction at that time, he would have definitely tried to run away as fast as possible.
Now that he had already witnessed just how quickly the beast disappeared into the woods, he knew that escaping from it had always been a pipe dream.
