A few pieces of gravel were shoveled out by her, sliding down along the edge of the cave entrance.
After several seconds, a faint echo came back.
It turned out she had been thrown into a natural cave located midway up a steep cliff.
Outside was the bottom of the cliff, hundreds of meters deep, with no way to reach the sky or the ground.
Except for flying creatures, there was absolutely no path to get out.
No wonder that pterosaur left so nonchalantly.
It was fearless, not at all worried that this wingless biped could escape its clutches.
This was a natural prison.
"Gaga..."
Just as Alice was gazing at the cliff, feeling anxious, a familiar Strange cry suddenly rang out from the deep cave behind her.
Alice shuddered and whipped her head around.
She saw several pairs of greedy eyes lighting up in the shadows deep within the cave.
Three young pterosaurs, about half a meter tall and not yet fully grown, were waddling out.
They were covered in grey down, and their wings hadn't hardened yet, so they couldn't fly.
But their mouths were already well-formed, with sharp beaks and vicious gazes.
Perhaps smelling the sweet scent of blood from the wounds on Alice's body, the three young pterosaurs squawked excitedly, raising their slender necks and scrambling to pounce on her.
They treated her as the afternoon tea their mother had brought back.
"Damn little Beasts!"
Although these three young pterosaurs were only the size of medium-sized dogs, their sharp-toothed equipment was nothing to sneeze at.
With Alice's current physique, if she were bitten, a chunk of flesh would definitely be torn off.
Facing this desperate situation, and realizing she lacked sharp claws or strong bones, Alice could only call upon her only lifeline.
"System, Kato Megumi, activate!"
[Beep! Character card Kato Megumi is being activated.]
A familiar cooling sensation instantly swept through her entire body; the character card activation was successful.
Alice heaved a sigh of relief, preparing to watch these three little monsters ignore her like other Beasts, and then she would slowly figure out a way out.
However.
This time, the plot did not follow the script.
The three young pterosaurs just paused for a brief moment, a flash of confusion in their eyes.
But immediately after, they seemed to be driven by a more primal instinct—perhaps because Alice was the only living thing in this enclosed space, or perhaps because they were too hungry.
They shook their heads, their eyes refocusing on Alice, thick saliva dripping from their long beaks, and they screeched as they lunged at her again!
"What's going on? Did the character card fail?"
Alice was horrified.
She couldn't immediately figure out why the usually foolproof 'Background Character Aura' didn't work this time.
Could it be because the distance was too close?
Or was it because the sensory systems of hatchlings were different?
There was no time to think; she hurriedly retreated.
Unexpectedly, after taking only two steps back, her heel tripped over something round on the ground.
"Ah!"
She cried out and fell backward onto the ground, landing hard.
Perhaps because the fall was so sudden, or because the posture she fell in was so disheveled and Strange, it actually startled the three young pterosaurs. They stopped and observed cautiously.
But it was only a one-second pause.
Seeing Alice lying on the ground with no defensive moves, the three young pterosaurs grew bolder, regrouped, spread their hooked wings, and launched their final charge.
Seeing the sharp beaks about to peck her face, Alice, in despair, grabbed blindly at the ground.
Her hand touched a hard, stick-like object.
Regardless of what it was, as long as she could use it.
She grabbed the stick and swung it hard.
"Whack!"
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