Chapter 14
The size of its open mouth seemed to be twice the size of my head.
The viscous mucus dripping from the mouth of the wolf, a Wolf-type Monster, pooled on the floor.
A long tongue stretched out like a snake between the Monster's sharp teeth. The tentacle-like tongue soared into the sky, then plunged down towards where I was sitting.
I hurriedly leaped to the side. The Monster's tongue was stuck in the spot where I had been standing just moments before.
My mind went blank.
'I have to live. I can do it. Don't be a burden to Enoch.'
I barely supported myself with my trembling arms and stood up. Then, I quickly picked up the flat shoes that had fallen nearby and put them on.
Thud!
I heard a heavy sound that shook the floor.
In the distance, Enoch had impaled and killed a Monster with a wooden stick.
He ran straight to me. Then, he pulled me up and pushed me behind him.
As soon as I saw his solid back, a deep sense of relief spread through me. I grabbed the jacket of Enoch's uniform as if it were a lifeline and quickly assessed the situation.
The two remaining Monsters wagged their tails and turned towards us. Their snake-like yellow eyes gleamed.
I picked up a branch lying on the floor. It was a pathetic weapon, but I clutched it tightly as if it were a talisman.
"Don't come out from behind me."
Enoch said in a tense voice.
However, Wolf-type Monsters were intelligent Monsters. They split apart to attack us, as if herding prey.
Being behind Enoch was useless.
I rolled on the floor again to avoid the charging Monster. I was so glad that Margaret had a more agile body than I thought.
I thought I had barely moved out of the way, but the lace of my dress was caught on its sharp teeth.
"Damn it!"
Enoch looked back at me at my scream-like shout. He kicked the Monster charging at him and desperately reached out to me.
But the Monster's movements were faster. The Monster bit down on the dress and pulled hard.
Thanks to that, I fell to the floor as if I had been thrown down. Soon after, the Monster's bumpy tongue came through the dress and wrapped around my ankle.
"Ah! Why is this happening to me...!"
"Young lady!"
I was dragged roughly somewhere.
'Damn Monster!'
It was chaos. I was being dragged around so frantically that it was difficult to figure out what was going on.
The strong force constricting my ankle tightened and then suddenly loosened. Then, my body was thrown into the air by the recoil.
I crashed straight into the dirt floor.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The ground vibrated. And a heavy object fell to the floor. It seemed to be the Monster that had been dragging me.
When I came to my senses, I was suddenly being carried on someone's shoulders. It was Enoch, as expected.
Yes, Enoch was the only one who could save me like this.
He put me down in front of a thick tree trunk and went back the way he had come.
As he swung the wooden stick he was holding, I saw black blood, presumably from the Monster, gushing into my vision.
Keaeng! Kak!
The trajectory of the wooden stick thrown at the Monster, whose body was transforming into a strange shape, was dazzling.
The Monster's movements had already stopped. It seemed certain that the Monster was dead, but Enoch's movements did not stop.
I looked at the dirt floor, which was soaked with the Monster's black blood, and then raised my head.
Enoch had a wound on his left arm. Dark red blood was flowing through the torn shirt.
'...I remembered. What Enoch's war trauma was like.'
He goes berserk when he sees human blood. And that rampage only stops when he exhausts his body and passes out.
'I have to stop him.'
Otherwise, I might be the target of his attack later.
I found a sturdy branch. And I ran straight to Enoch and hit him on the head. Fortunately, I hit him properly, and Enoch staggered and passed out.
The Monsters seemed to have been dead for a long time.
I took care of Enoch's heavy body with my still trembling hands.
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I don't know how I got back to the cave while supporting him.
Besides, the wound on Enoch's arm was in bad condition. It seemed that the Monster's sharp claws had some kind of poison.
I laid him down on the flat cave floor. This was because it was good to keep the arm at heart level if it was infected with poison.
There was still water left in the coconut bowl from the night before. I immediately tore off the hem of my dress, soaked it in the water in the coconut bowl. Then, I used the wet hem of the dress as a towel to wipe the wound.
"What if it's really infected with poison...?"
I know how to do first aid, but I'm not a doctor.
"But let's do our best."
I can't just leave him alone.
I ended up tearing off more of the hem of my dress and tying it around Enoch's arm. This was to tie and compress the upper part of the wound to prevent the poison from spreading further.
The blisters on my feet also burst. I had no choice but to wipe the wound with a wet cloth and tear off more of the hem of my dress to tie my feet as well.
All I can do is pray that it doesn't get infected.
Fatigue washed over me, but I persevered and continued to nurse him.
I could have nursed him smoothly if Enoch hadn't woken up in the middle.
He still had mild seizure symptoms, and he wanted to swing anything and cause a commotion.
I calmly took the cloth I was holding and tied his wrist tightly.
"Keuheuk. What is this...!"
He glared at me with beast-like eyes. I could see his sweat-soaked bangs and flushed cheeks. He looked very tired.
But I mercilessly pushed his shoulder and laid him down.
"Let's sleep quietly."
Of course, he didn't listen to me.
"Untie me. Now."
Enoch growled at me like a beast, warning me.
As he struggled and tried to untie his bound hands, I desperately raised my finger and put it in front of his nose.
I don't know why I used the tone I used when training a puppy at that moment.
"Tsk! Stop it. Stay still."
"What are you doing...!"
"Stop it."
I said firmly again.
"It's okay. It's okay, so stop it."
I didn't think this would work. So I expected him to struggle again soon, but surprisingly, it worked.
Enoch's eyes, which had been as fierce as a wild beast, gradually calmed down. I looked at the calmed Enoch with wonder.
'Does this really calm him down? This is a reaction I've never seen in the original story?'
Of course, there was a scene in the novel where Enoch went berserk after seeing blood. But at that time, Yuanna was directly involved...
I only thought that far and quickly stopped thinking.
Anyway, I remember that the high-level event between Yuanna and Enoch occurred because of this seizure. This incident deepened the relationship between the two...
What was clear was that the situation, which was a dense romance for Yuanna, was a survival for me.
'It's always hardcore for me. Damn it, it's hard.'
Of course, there was no time to think deeply. Enoch had a fever all night because of the wound.
"Please, let the fever go down..."
Fortunately, there were no additional shock symptoms, and the condition of the wound gradually improved. It seems like all I need to do now is bring down the fever.
As I prayed and wiped his sweat-soaked face with a cold cloth, I became sleepy from exhaustion.
As I sat next to him, dozing off and nursing him, morning dawned.
Fortunately, Enoch's fever had gone down. I was surprised to see him open his eyes and asked.
"Are you okay?"
He nodded with a weary face.
His condition had improved, but he needed medicine to properly treat the wound. If I left him like this, Enoch's condition might worsen.
I nervously bit my nails and got up from my seat.
"I'll go get some herbs. Wait here, I'll be right back."
I don't know if Enoch heard me properly. He just stared at me blankly with a dazed face.
I checked his condition one more time and left the cave.
I didn't know how to find herbs to treat the wound in this vast forest, but I couldn't just sit back and watch his condition worsen.
'I have to go back before it gets dark.'
As I was walking around the forest looking for herbs, I heard a rustling sound right in front of me.
I took a moment to catch my breath and became tense.
Could it be a Monster? No, the sunlight was too strong for a Monster to appear.
Then is it a person? If it's a person, that's also a big deal. There were only five male leads, Yuanna, and me on this island.
Whatever it was, I didn't want to run into it, so I slowly took a step back. My hands were sweating from the tension.
I roughly wiped the sweat-stained palms on my dress and was walking backwards when it happened.
Rustle.
I heard the sound of leaves being stepped on not in front of me, but behind me.
Startled, I turned around, and the silver hair of a brilliant light caught my eye first. And then I saw blood-red eyes.
He was definitely in front of me, but when did he come behind me?
Besides, silver hair and red eyes. I knew who he was.
The man's eyes, who had found me, slowly widened.
"Oh? What, there was someone here?"
