
" mmmmm ! ohuek ! "
nico who was walking next to me started to cover his mouth and nose because of nausea.
" bro. I'm just here, I really can't get any closer to those rotten monster corpses "
" humm. okay "
in the cold and worn room it began to look the corpses of monsters that were scattered.
" huh !? "
my eyes were once again shocked
with the horror that lies before me.
I just realized that the creature that attacked me earlier was a long-handed monster and in this place I also saw some undead lying on the floor
intense anxiety began to creep through my bloodstream, and one question began to pop into my mind
" are I going to be an undead ? "
I quickly checked the bite wound I felt before..
" my shoulder... my left arm.. ?? "
after several times checking the bite wound. somehow everything looks dry.
dissatisfied with just looking at the bite wound, I began to raise my left hand to a close parallel to my face to make sure of the time.
at 23:00pm
it's been almost nine hours from the moment after I got a bite..
clara.adit turned into an undead after thirty minutes to an hour after being bitten..
I should have turned into a zombie by now..
could luck be on my side.?
that's right. Could it be just the undead biting me instead of that long-handed monster ?
phew..
while covering my nose and mouth, I continued to observe the corpses even more deeply.
their shattered bodies were torn to shreds erratically. This was clearly the attack of a beast..
but somehow right now what I have in mind is imagining a huge snake destroying them..
really muddy.
no. There's no way it happened. A big snake I saw in the forest is the only one !
I fell silent again.even in my heart, stunned without moving a bit.My eyes saw more focus again towards the near one of the pillars of the room in front of me..
" that's it ?! "
a snake scale was seen close to the support pole. suddenly the incident made me unable to dismiss any more doubts in me.
hesitantly I began to walk closer to the unusual-looking snake scales..
" really an unusually large scale "
these scales were not only large but also extremely hard..
" glups ! "
I don't know how many times I've seen things that don't make sense in this forest, and I don't know how many times I've swallowed my throat saliva with this nervous feeling.
my logic denied all the events I had experienced, but this body still clearly felt the trembling of the horrors I was facing..
never imagined that even something like this could happen in my life.this is all beyond human reason !
I want to wake up from this dream...
forget off.
if I let my guard down, I'd really die.
the pain of facing death is still clearly embedded in my memory.The scratches of wounds that are still clearly visible on my body indicate that I am facing reality.
then how ?
it's impossible to escape from this grueling island..
" bro are you back ? did you find anything.. like a clue or anything ?? " ask nico who is waiting for me near the support pole in the middle of the big room..
" that monster. did you see it ?? " just ask nico with a little look in his direction
" umm. "
" then are you not afraid that I might turn into an undead and attack you ?? " my words turned around and began to exchange views with nico
" haa. if that happens, then yes already." replied nico with a sigh.
" humms ?? "
" yeah you know bro.we are aware of our limits and abilities.It is a fortune to meet you who will bring and help us. If not for you.. maybe having a lot of lives will not be enough to survive in this place. "
hearing the words that came out of nico's mouth, I couldn't say anything more..
" when you think you can just leave us, but you even bother carrying the burden with you "
it is true.I also hate with myself who has a sense of empathy so high this. if remembered - remember, I really want to leave them..
" just enough to get there first.it's not an important question that I really want to tell you "
" heeh ? I almost cried because I was moved.. "
" don't do it. I hate to see men crying in front of me. "
" oh. right. I forgot you're that kind of person bro "
" then what do you want to ask me ?? "
" this is about this" I said showing the jade necklace in my hand in front of the nico.
" that.. you want to ask about the necklace ?? "
" yes. where did you get nico !? "
" bro. Why are you putting on such an emotional face. are you going to beat me up ?? "
" depending on your answer, I might kill you if I get upset with your answer "
" uh !? "
I suspect this necklace is the thing that nico hid while in the ancient cemetery at that time.
why is he such a frightened person when I see him put this thing in his pants pocket?
" that's that thing I got from my birthday.it's a gift from my grandfather "
" don't lie to me, nico ! I hate it. Right now I can see clearly that you're lying to me !? "
" uh ?. umm. i. that's right "
" eyes that do not stop moving. a smile made-up. sweating behind the neck.fidget movements "
" uh ?? "
" that's how I know your lies.. "
" i told you not to lie, didn't I !??? "
damn I get so mad at seeing people who lie like this. did I just kill it ??
" b.bro don't do that. hiihh ! don't ! "
nico shouted loudly when he saw me start pulling the sword with a cold look in front of him..
" sister. don't do that !! " clara who heard nico's scream ran quickly blocked me with her body
" humms ?? "
" get aside clara ! "
" no ! "
" get out of the way I said !! "
" sister. what really happened to you. Why do you want to kill nico !? "
" kill ?? who wants to kill him ?? "
" then why did you take out a sword and put on such a cold gaze "
even though I wanted to kill him, it was impossible for me to do. I just threatened him.
" i don't want to kill him, yes but maybe I will kill him, which for sure at this time I will hit him first "
" hihh ! tid.. no. I'll be honest. I'll be honest bro ! "
" cih. now I ask you one more time..Where did you get this thing ?? "
" that I found in the ancient cemetery when we took the yellow bamboo of that time bro "
" humms ?? then why did you hide it when I saw..
no. It was definitely his reflex to hide something that did not belong to him..
I just think too much of it as a traitor..
" me.. hide it how is bro ?? "
" i mean, why did you lie when I asked where you got this thing from ?? "
" that's. I just don't want to admit that the purifying thing I got from that old grave "
" cih. don't you think that maybe this thing caused us to be targeted by monsters ?? "
" ahh ?? really.. ? I really don't know.I just love collecting antiques like that.. "
" sister.., not necessarily the jade necklace that made the monsters target us ?? " clara assured me
hearing that from clara, I just fell silent and started to think calmly again..
" ah. right, maybe I'm just too tired.I'm sorry.." I turned around to leave nico and clara.
I shouldn't be like this. What's wrong with me ? my emotions are getting out of control..
in the middle of the room I walked over while watching the blood-red jade necklace in my hand..
" this thing.. Should I just throw it away ?? "
" sssshhh "
" huh ?? "