Chapter 15: One Trouble After Another

Ken looked troubled. He had just tried; the barbs on the harpoon were intricately designed, making it impossible to pull out from the body. Watching the blood gush out, he felt dizzy. Were they truly dead? Can the dead still get injured? Ken steadied himself. This was not the time for such questions; he needed to cut the rope immediately. All the harpoons were slowly retracting—how could he use another harpoon to sever the rope?  The only certainty was that if the ropes fully retracted into...