Dozens of people were screaming. I grumbled.
Are you a shepherd boy? Stop crying.
The wolves were bigger than the hyenas. Its fangs were long, and its howl is so loud. Also, its eyes were red and bitter, so it looked fearsome.
“I think I’ve gotten rabies, so I turned around.”
Rabies infected the people who were bitten. The desire to run away was so great, but I did not back down. I’ll need to develop the strength to survive and prepare for life after ten days; to do so, I need to obtain beads.
“Woah!”
He shouted to keep me going. And I kept thinking.
“There must be something better. The beads must have made me strong. Even if it doesn’t seem like it right now, the ability will surface at a critical moment.
“Kang.”
The wolf came. I tightened my stomach and lifted the ax over my head, then the wolf jumped and was going to bite my neck.
Right!
I knocked down the ax as hard as I could, like splitting firewood.
The ax stuck in the wolf’s neck. The wolf couldn’t even make a single howl and was short of breath. Killing the wolf was easier than I thought.
Thanks to this, my courage soared, and I ran to the wolves. But I think my first try was just luck. After that, I didn’t do well.
The ax passed through the wolf’s ear. My ears were torn, and blood splattered, but that’s it. The wolf jumped and bit my cuff.
“Ugh.”
I was so sick that I dropped the ax I was holding. It seemed to aim at my arm that’s holding the ax deliberately. I turned my arm to get rid of the wolf, but the wolf stuck its teeth deep and held on. My flesh was severely torn.
I took the dagger from my belt and cut the wolf’s neck.
Only then did the wolf fall off my cuff. The blood flowed from my wrist, and the wolf had flowing blood from its neck.
“Come on. Wolf, come here. ”
I provoked the wolf. The wolf struck after I taunted it. I bowed my torso and held out a dagger in case the wolf would jump. The wolf pretended to run and bowed its head, biting my leg.
“Oh, damn it.”
The wolf has tricks. It was much smarter than the hyena.
I rode the wolf’s back. I thought it was okay this time, but it was a mistake—the wolf aimed at my neck.
Oh, I asked for it. I did not die when my arms and legs got bitten, but I’ll die because of my bitten neck. I laid on my back, avoiding the wolf’s teeth. The wolf passed over me. I rolled up on the street and stood up.
The battle resumed. My head was dizzy because I shed a lot of blood. I stumbled to lure the wolf. Immediately the wolf rushed. I quickly stood up, threw the dagger, and threw the ax on the floor without checking the results. The speed of the wolf’s footsteps made it look like the dagger was missing.
As soon as I picked up the ax, I swung it to the side. A wolf hammered by an ax flopped on the ground. The ax was in the neck of the wolf, struggling to stand up. Then I gave more power and struck the ax to the wolf again. Blood spilled, and the wolf slumped.
“I can cheat too.”
I stared at the eyes of the dying wolf. Its eyes looked so ominous.
Rabies shouldn’t spread.
I took off my t-shirt, tied my legs and my wrist. The dagger was on the wolf’s shoulder. I was aiming for its eyes, but I missed and hit the shoulder.
I pulled the dagger and opened up its stomach. When I looked at the intestines, yellow beads with black stripes appeared similar to what I ate before.
I put it inside
my tongue. If one does not work, what is the chance that eating two will work?
I was tempted to throw it away and put it in my pocket. It doesn’t work for me, but it might work for others.
I can exchange it for another bead.
There must be someone greedy for this kind of bead. I tried to stand up, but my knees turned like jelly. I have no more power to fight.
I sat down and looked around. Like when the hyenas appeared, Kim Byeong-woo diligently moved and slaughtered the wolves around him. Thanks to him, the wolf did not attack me. He did that for the beads, but I thanked him anyway.
The wolf that he killed at first was pulled aside, and the stomach was plowed. Unfortunately, no beads came out. With a long sigh, I watched Kim Byung-woo fight. His skills were outstanding. It was a military system.
I noticed that the beads did affect me because I was more energetic and quicker than when I killed the hyenas.
I see his knife cut the wolf’s head at once, so I hurried up. I can get beads by catching a wolf, but sadly, my body couldn’t do what I want.
“It’s rich and poor, rich and poor.”
I tried to raise myself to fight again and gave up. If I chase the wolf in a state like this, I might get bitten again.
I was satisfied with the fact that I was still alive and gave up hunting. There were quite a few people who gave up fighting like me. If you did, you had to abandon your chance to get beads, but I didn’t want to. That made me angry.
“I was the one who caught this.”
I saw someone with short hair and realized that it was a high school student. The student watched Kim Byung-woo fight, and he grabbed the wolf’s feet and caught it. At that moment, Kim Byung-woo turned around. Their eyes met, and the student was terrified.
The moment the student lied, Kim Byung-woo threw the knife. The knife flew round and round, hit the student’s neck, and the student’s head fell and rolled the floor.
Those who were sneaking at the wolf that Kim Byung-woo caught stared at the sight. Among them was the mafia boss. He didn’t tremble like everyone else, but I was surprised when I see that his face turned white.
The gangster boss shouted into the air.
“It’s murder!”
Then he pointed at Kim Byung-woo.
“That man killed a
child.”
I insulted the gangster boss in my head. Then I was nervous and looked to the sky. It was a bit bad to cut someone’s throat just because he stole something. No, that was very bad. According to criminal law, it is a crime to be punished, but the angel didn’t appear. The angel’s code is different from Korean criminal law.
I was glad.
The gang boss shouted again.
“That bastard killed a child!”
Voice fell from the air like a judge’s sentence.
“It’s self-defense.”
We didn’t see the angel. The gangster boss protested.
“What is self-defense?”
“I think the angel has a wide range of self-defense.”
I mumbled quietly so as not to be heard by the gang boss. Then I suddenly wondered. Modern people’s legal sentiment clearly states that Kim’s behavior was a crime. A mafia boss who is always thinking of breaking the law called it a crime.
However, Kim Byung-woo swiftly killed a minor. Without any hesitation.
Others are afraid of the angels punishing them. But Kim Byung-woo wasn’t.
He knew that the angel would not punish him.
How did he know?
I kept thinking while observing Kim Byung-woo. Meanwhile, the wolf’s attack ended, and the people who caught wolves split the stomach and found beads.