Victor's words made James relax a little, but he still looked at Victor uneasily.
Victor took a step forward, slowly stretched out his hands to grab James' shoulders, and said in a deep voice.
"Jimmy, we are brothers! Do you understand?"
Having said this, Victor couldn't help but increase his strength in grabbing James' shoulders.
"Good brothers will protect each other!"
After just seeing six bone spurs growing out of James's hand that looked like wild beast claws, Victor wondered if there was some kind of connection between the two. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that both of them had claws like wild beasts?
Ordinary things exist.
But this was just his instinctive guess, and when he heard Thomas say that John Howlett was not James' biological father, and called James his son, Victor was completely confused.
James was actually born from an affair between his father Thomas and the manor's mistress Elizabeth. In other words, James was his half-brother!
This shocked Victor, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel happy.
He originally treated James as his biological brother, but now that he knew that James was really his biological brother, Victor was even more delighted. After seeing James running away stimulated by his mother Elizabeth's hateful eyes and sharp words, he
He chased after him without hesitation.
Compared to his fierce and violent father Thomas, James' status in Victor's mind is undoubtedly much higher. In his heart, James will always be the frail and sick little brother who needs his care. How can he feel relieved now that James is left alone?
Therefore, leaving his father Thomas lying in a pool of blood, Victor quickly chased after James after he ran out the door.
However, after the changes just now, James' physical fitness seems to have been greatly improved.
James, who was originally frail and lacked exercise, could not outrun the strong Victor. Under normal circumstances, he should be able to catch up with James very quickly.
But this time, the strength, speed, physical fitness and endurance shown by James were not much different from him. It took a lot of effort for him to finally catch up with him in the woods.
Holding James' thin shoulders tightly with both hands, Victor watched him dodge in a panic, with a look of deep uneasiness in his eyes, and said in a deep voice.
"You should be strong now! Then no one can bully us!"
Feeling Victor's care, James, who was originally surrounded by ice, finally felt a touch of warmth again, and his young heart became fragile again.
Looking up at Victor, remembering everything in the past, James couldn't help but say to him in a crying voice.
"I want to go home!"
After all, James was just a child. He had desperately tried to escape before, but how could he not long for returning to that familiar and warm home?
"We can't go back!"
There was a sense of determination in Victor's voice.
"No matter what, we must stick together!"
As he spoke, his eyes began to become fierce.
"Everyone who stands in our way must die!"
After saying this, Victor looked at James with encouraging eyes and asked in a deep voice.
"Can you do it? Little brother!"
Looking at Victor's firm yet encouraging eyes, James nodded slightly.
At this moment, a burst of noise suddenly came from behind.
"I'm going towards the river!"
"You guys go up the mountain, hurry up!"
The two people quickly looked back and saw several fires moving toward them more than a hundred meters away.
"They're coming!"
Victor knew that these people were here to catch them, and once they were caught, not to mention James killing Thomas, just the fact that his hands grew bone claws would be enough to kill him!
After all, in this era, these special humans will be burned to death as "monsters", let alone a "monster" who killed his own father with his own hands!
So they must escape!
"Can you still run?"
Victor turned back to look at James and asked eagerly.
James was also flustered by the pursuers behind him. Hearing this, he ignored the pain in his soles and nodded quickly.
Then Victor pulled him and ran quickly deep into the woods.
Although there is a thick layer of fallen leaves in the woods, there are still many branches and stones scattered on the ground. It is okay to wear shoes, but James is barefoot, and the soles of his feet have already been scratched many times.
The blood became dripping with blood while running, and every step was painful.
However, after experiencing various changes in the past, James has become much stronger. He endured the severe pain in his feet and ran forward after Victor without slowing down his speed at all.
"Keep running forward and don't look back!"
While running, Victor reminded James softly.
"Um!"
James hummed softly, gritted his teeth and ran with all his strength under Victor's pull.
The two ran forward with all their strength, but they still failed to get rid of the pursuers behind them. Although the traces left by the two were not particularly obvious, they were still easy to distinguish in the eyes of experienced hunters. If this continued
, it was only a matter of time before they were caught.
Victor and James couldn't help but feel anxious.
Seeing the pursuers behind them approaching step by step, getting closer and closer, just when the two of them were gradually despairing, a rumble of horse hooves that was obscured by trees suddenly came from the front.
Hearing the sound of the galloping horses, the two of them couldn't help but feel their hearts sink.
They actually sent people on horseback to intercept him. It seemed like they were doomed this time!
Just when the two of them were wondering whether to advance or retreat, or where to run, Victor suddenly frowned.
It turned out that as they ran forward, the sounds ahead became clearer. When Victor listened carefully, he found that the sound of horse hooves was actually mixed with the sound of rolling wheels.
Victor's eyes couldn't help but light up, and without hesitation, he directly pulled James and ran forward.
The two ran forward for a short distance and emerged from the woods.
Standing on the edge of the woods, looking forward under the dim moonlight, I saw a road just outside the woods, and at the source of the sound of horse hooves, there was a four-wheeled carriage with two dim yellow wind lanterns hung on the front.
The carriage was speeding toward them from a short distance away.
Seeing the carriage getting closer and closer, Victor's eyes flashed with joy, and he didn't even bother to hide. He rushed out of the woods and ran to the middle of the road, opening his arms to stop the carriage.
It's just that the carriage was very fast, and the distance was not far to begin with. By the time he ran to the middle of the road to stop the carriage, the carriage was already very, very close to him.