Chapter 83
In an instant, the Monster that had been blocking us fell to the ground, and Enoch and I stood facing each other.
“Enoch.”
And as I called him once more, another giant Tarantula appeared behind him.
Enoch immediately turned his back and moved away from me. Damn it.
Sss.
Eunji, who was on my shoulder, came down and wrapped around my forearm. I looked at the creature flicking its tongue at me, and suddenly, a passage from the novel came to mind.
-The Monsters on the island are all incompatible with each other.
Wolf Monsters do not inhabit areas where Tarantula Monsters live, and Anaconda Monsters do not dwell where Tarantula Monsters reside.
Among them, Anaconda Monsters are the top predators in the island's food chain. Therefore, both Wolf Monsters and Tarantula Monsters fear and avoid even the offspring of Anaconda Monsters.-
There was definitely such content. It was such a fleeting description that I only remembered it now.
If I could just divert the attention of the swarming Monsters, I might be able to forcibly extract Enoch.
I looked down at Eunji, who was looking at me with a bright face and sticking out her tongue.
Is Eunji really a baby Anaconda? But even so, there's no way such a small child could take down that giant Tarantula.
'Eunji is still a baby.'
After much deliberation, I decided against sending Eunji to distract the Tarantula Monsters.
Then, Eunji looked up at me and tilted her head, puffing out air with a slightly angry face. As if telling me not to underestimate her.
So, I looked at her and asked.
"Can you do it?"
For some reason, it felt like I could communicate with Eunji as she was now.
Eunji nodded vigorously at my question. Then, she crawled down my body to the ground.
In the meantime, spiders continued to gather endlessly, and Kaiden, Asdal, and Diego, who were standing guard as if protecting me, became increasingly busy.
I grabbed a Flares and hurriedly ran after Eunji, who was crawling quickly.
Just then, five Monsters gathered towards Enoch, and Eunji smoothly crawled between them, standing in front of Enoch and scanning her surroundings.
Then, the Monsters, which had been aggressively extending their legs, hesitated.
I plunged into the gap and grabbed Enoch's arm as he tried to attack the Monsters.
As he looked at me with a puzzled face, I aimed the Flares at the Monsters and pulled the trigger.
Bang! Boom!
With the sound of the explosion, the Monster's corpse disintegrated in mid-air. I picked up Eunji, who was quietly on the ground.
"Good job. Thank you."
I sighed and stroked her scales a few times.
"I won't make you do such dangerous things next time."
It seems I've grown fond of her. She seemed happy that I was stroking her, wagging her tail and climbing up my arm to hang on my shoulder.
I left Eunji like that and pulled Enoch's arm. But he didn't budge.
"Margaret!"
Kaiden's desperate shout came from right next to me. It seems more Monsters had gathered.
"Get the Crown Prince out of here quickly!"
Asdal shouted at me.
I watched the three men struggling to deal with the swarming Monsters and looked up at Enoch again. With his eyes half out of focus, he was blankly looking down at me.
I grabbed his cheeks with both hands and looked straight into his eyes.
I slowly pulled Enoch's face towards me. My nose was almost touching his.
"Enoch. Snap out of it."
I said to him, putting strength into each word. Enoch's Golden Eyes slowly wavered.
It was a good sign. At least he wasn't pushing me away. But he still didn't seem to have come to his senses.
I spoke again, clearly and forcefully.
"Stop now."
Around us, the three men were almost flying around, dealing with the Monsters, but I calmly tried to calm Enoch's Berserk state.
"You can stop now, so stop. Don't do it."
I looked straight into Enoch's Golden Eyes and controlled him very firmly and strictly.
Enoch's Golden Eyes shook violently. His pupils slowly began to focus. So, I added one more word as if driving a wedge.
"Stop. Enoch."
Enoch's Berserk state has a high risk, but in cases like this with many Monsters, it's actually helpful. But not for him. Because he goes into a Berserk state without caring for himself at all.
I'm the only one who can control him, and the control process is cumbersome and difficult, but I didn't dislike it.
Having someone who needs me was a new experience. It felt like my existence was being acknowledged. It was a feeling I had never felt in my Korean life.
'Still, I hope his trauma gets healed.'
Feeling that my existence is acknowledged is just a fleeting emotion anyway. And I wasn't cruel enough to enjoy someone else's pain for my own satisfaction.
"...Margaret."
I heard Enoch's voice calling me in my ear. I looked at his face. The focus had returned to Enoch's Golden Eyes.
"Are you awake?"
His Golden Eyes, looking at me, widened as if surprised. It seems he finally came to his senses.
A wave of relief washed over me, and I almost lost strength in my legs.
If Enoch hadn't firmly grabbed my arm, I would have collapsed pathetically on the floor.
"Margaret."
He called my name in a low voice and then pressed his lips tightly. His voice was somehow full of moisture.
Soon, he bit his lower lip and glared at my face. His eyes seemed to be red and bloodshot. He pulled me in and hugged me tightly.
"Why did you come so late?"
Hot breath touched my shoulder.
"Didn't I say I can't live without you? Where did you go, huh? Leaving me behind."
His low-pitched voice trembled slightly. He rubbed his face against my shoulder as if complaining.
His voice, hoarse and cracked as if choked, was filled with deep anguish. He buried his face in my shoulder and took a deep breath.
"It wasn't intentional. And I almost died too. So, please don't scold me too much."
I pouted my lower lip and replied with dissatisfaction. Then, Enoch raised his head and looked at me for a moment. Soon, a deep sense of guilt clouded his face.
"I only thought of myself. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."
"I came back alive on my own. It's okay. And please, before you worry about my body, can you please cherish your own?"
At my words, Enoch bit his lip with a self-deprecating face and avoided my gaze. He probably remembered that he had been in a Berserk state earlier and came to his senses thanks to me.
"Margaret!"
Kaiden's urgent voice was heard, so I turned my head.
Kaiden, Asdal, and Diego were still surrounding us like guards, dealing with the Monsters.
"Enoch, it's best to get out of here first. It would be nice to wipe out the Monsters this time, but it seems impossible today."
At my words, he finally looked around and made a bewildered face.
"Where is the Bishop?"
At my question, Enoch narrowed his brows and looked in the direction where the small spider swarms were gathered.
"...Damn it. He kept getting in my way, so I hid him inside a rock."
At his words, I was surprised and looked at the place where his gaze was directed.
"Don't tell me... is it the place where those spiders are gathered...?"
He nodded once and picked up the sword he had dropped on the floor. Then, he lightly shook the sword. The thick green blood smeared on the blade fell to the floor in drops.
"It's my fault. I'll bring him."
"I will go with you. Please allow me, Your Highness."
Diego, who was far away, quickly approached and bowed to Enoch.
"Margaret is..."
As Enoch hesitated while holding my hand, Kaiden grabbed both my shoulders from behind and smiled at Enoch.
"I'll protect Margaret, so don't worry."
"I'm here too."
Asdal raised his hand and approached Enoch with a relaxed gait that didn't suit the situation.
"Margaret, wait for me. I'll be back."
I nodded at Enoch's worried request.
"I know rescuing the Bishop is the priority, right? I'll be here, so don't worry."
Enoch left Kaiden and Asdal with the words to take care of me and entered the spider swarms with Diego.
"What do you mean, take care of her? He acts like Margaret is his person."
Kaiden grumbled as if dissatisfied and stepped on a small spider crawling on the floor.
"I'm saying the same thing."
Asdal, who cut down a spider coming from the opposite side with his sword, agreed with those words.
At that time, a huge roar was heard one after another. Surprised, I turned my head and saw Diego and Enoch moving so fast that they were barely visible to the naked eye, and wherever their swords touched, the Monsters were fragmented and disintegrated in mid-air.
Enoch was such a monstrous guy that he wasn't relatively noticeable, but Diego was also the youngest commander of the Knights. And that was the Imperial Guard Knights Commander. He was also skilled enough to easily deal with several Monsters alone.
It seemed like the slaughter continued for a long time, and then the forest became quiet. The clearing, which had been devastated as if a typhoon had swept through, was full of Monster corpses.
The Tarantula Monsters were annihilated, making it pale to say that it was impossible to wipe out the Monsters today.
Through the green rain scattering in the wind, the rock where Luzef was hiding was revealed. The shimmering blue hair wriggling under the rock was visible.
Soon, as the battle ended and the surroundings became quiet, Luzef, with a pale face, crawled out from under the rock. Holding something in his arms.
"Bishop!"
I immediately ran towards him. Luzef, who had been rescued from under the rock by Enoch, made a horrified expression when he saw me.
"Lady Flone!"
Soon, he hugged me with a face that looked like he was about to burst into tears.
Luzef was hugging me so tightly that I couldn't escape. After a while, only after Luzef's arms loosened a little did I get out of his embrace and check his complexion.
"I'm glad you're safe."
Tears dripped from Luzef's clear eyes as he looked at me.
