Chapter 215

Richard barked orders at the other aboriginals, instructing them to bring the corpse to the stream. Ryan felt waves of nausea and thought, "Where did Richard and Dickson come from? They were nothing less than barbarians without any sign of civilization on them." As the night grew deeper, Ryan slept in a grass hut with Dickson and Richard while the aboriginals slept outside. After a few failed attempts at escape, the aboriginals gave up. Even if they heard snores coming from the grass hut, they didn't dare to run. They huddled together and shed silent tears. Ryan listened to their quiet sobs in distress. He pretended to sleep for two hours until Dickson and Richard started snoring heavily. Seeing this as an opportunity, Ryan quietly got up. These two brutes were worse than beasts, and he truly wanted to use his knife to silence them forever. However, he would be guilty of murder if he eventually returned to the mainland. Ryan refrained from killing them and silently left