chapter 106
106.Final Exam…Is the End of Service (8)
“Ugh, I want to get off this island quickly…”
“I agree.”
I brushed the blood off the shovel and examined the signs of destruction. Fortunately or unfortunately, it didn’t take long for us to arrive at the scene of the incident. Since the island is so small, it is only natural.
Several strange creatures roasted to golden brown can be seen, but Lewis and his group are nowhere to be seen. Where did they run away? I looked for traces of people, blowing off the heads of the still writhing monsters one by one.
Traces of humans were discovered around the time when about 20 monster heads were turned into soccer balls.
“John! There are footprints here!”
“Are those footprints right?”
“The footsteps here are regular!”
Even strange creatures have footprints because they once had a ‘human’ body.
However, because it moves slowly, its footprints also move slowly. However, human footprints are usually neat, so they are clearly distinguishable. I went to the spot Sif mentioned and observed the footprints.
“I guess that’s right.”
Is it towards the sea?
It’s a wise choice. I don’t know how many more strange creatures there will be, but going blindly into the forest would be tantamount to suicide. If, like me, you had no means of escaping from the threat of strange creatures, the sea, with its open slopes and easy visibility, would have been better.
“Sif. “I will go to the southern sea.”
“Wow, I can easily swallow beef jerky after seeing a scene like that.”
“Even if you don’t want to eat, you have to eat to survive.”
This was the first lesson I learned on a desert island. In order to survive, calorie supplementation was essential in any situation.
Oh, except the mushrooms.
With the beef jerky in my mouth, I hurried my steps toward the south. The sea will appear in a little while. We arrived at the sandy beach, which was a mess, avoiding the increasingly rare creatures.
“Wow, there are a lot of corpses here too…”
“It’s over there.”
Footprints and long blood stains that have not yet been swept away by the waves. We searched the beach following the blood trail.
…How much longer did I walk?
We found the tentacles of a strange creature flying in the air. The tentacle that was cut by a sharp object fell into the sea with a splash, creating a dark red stain.
“Who are you…! “Are you…A knight?”
“It’s an ally. “Lower your weapons.”
At my words, Lewis gasped and lowered his sword. Is he really the main character? Aside from a few scratches, Lewis seemed fine. Shuri also looked fine with no injuries, and the unknown alchemist…
“John, that…”
“Don’t talk.”
I took a bandage out of my backpack and walked over to them. The owner of the blood stain was groaning while gritting his teeth and clutching the affected area, as if he had no time to pay attention to those around him. I passed by Louis and Shuri, who seemed fine on the outside, and unwrapped the torn clothing around the alchemist’s wound and checked its condition.
“This is…”
“Rain, Viola was trying to protect me… From that monster…”
Is it poison? Or is it like a virus? As if in a zombie movie, I handed the alchemist, whose skin showed blue threads, to Sif, and turned my attention to the protagonist and heroine who were looking at me. A strange expression mixed with doubt and joy. I glanced at the group of strange creatures approaching from afar and spoke to the two.
“It looks like you have a lot of questions, but bear with me for now. “Retreat comes first.”
Everyone nodded at what I said.
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“It hurts…”
After bandaging the wound, taking out another bandage and tying the upper arm tightly, I asked Shuri, who was fidgeting next to me, a question.
“How long has it been since you were injured?”
“Ha, about an hour…”
“What did you hurt?”
“Wow, a monster bit me…”
I was bitten by a monster. It’s really a shame that the priest burned to death.
I brought a potion just in case, but there was no point in dealing with this type of injury. This is a situation where it would be better to burn it with fire or take even more extreme medication. I turned my gaze to the bonfire that had been lit in the middle of the camp and then looked back at a female student named Viola.
“Hey, can you hear me?”
“I can hear it…”
“The situation is not that good. The veins on your arms are rising upward-“
“B-brown… ?”
“He died.”
Viola’s face became even paler when she heard the news of death that I told her. Is it because even the last hope was lost? I continued talking, ignoring the despair that was slowly beginning to appear on Viola’s face.
“Now that the priest is dead, there are only two ways. Either hold on and pray that this injury doesn’t spread throughout your body until you get back…
… Or cut off her arm.”
Just looking at it, you can see that something resembling a virus is infiltrating through the arm her her, so there is no other answer than cutting off the arm her with extreme medication. Viola closed her eyes tightly at my words. Tears flowed from her swollen eyes.
There is no choice.
I put the shovel that I had cleaned with a cloth into the campfire and started to heat it.
“Did you say Shuri…?”
“Yes, yes!”
“Hold on to your body. It will be a pain that is hard to bear-“
Hold the heated hemp above your head. The target is the shoulder. There is no need to worry about missing out. Because the tool I am good at is the shovel. Viola opened her eyes and looked up at me, then closed her eyes again. It would be too harsh to see her cut off her own arm.
My shovel fell mercilessly on Viola’s shoulder her like her her guillotine her her her. The blood rushed to my face with an unpleasant taste.
“It hurts!”
Screams full of pain, hot blood. But there is no time to hesitate.
I scorched the cut area with a hot shovel and quickly covered it with a bandage. Fortunately, Viola succeeded in enduring it despite the terrible pain.
“Shuri. There is water in the canteen, so feed it to Viola. “I have work to do, so if you need anything, just tell that cat over there.”
“Huh, what happened?”
Sif asked me as she was applying ointment to the wounds on Lewis’ body her her. I answered without looking at her.
“I’m going to get water.”
As the number of people increased, it was necessary to secure a source of moisture, even if it was difficult to provide food.
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“I’m glad there’s someone else in the rift besides us…”
These were the words Laperrine, who was sitting with a more relaxed expression, suddenly said. At those words, Louis and Shuri nodded without realizing it.
Because it was true.
If it weren’t for him, he would have been prey to strange creatures by now, or maybe…
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Viola’s arm her her, which was writhing like a mollusk even though it was cut off. What on earth is it? Sif rummaged through her backpack and took out a bundle of beef jerky.
We brought enough food to fill a third of our large backpack, so we still had plenty of food. The thief cat, who suddenly looked like he had to take care of four sick people, sighed inwardly, tore open a piece of beef jerky as wide as a notebook, and handed it to Lewis and the others.
“Are you hungry? Eat this at least.”
“Thank you…”
“Thank you.”
“I will definitely repay this favor later.”
Lewis and his group held beef jerky in their mouths and muttered. Since they had not eaten all day, the group ate the salty beef jerky like crabs hiding their eyes. Sif grinned and tore open the beef jerky and handed it to the group, as well as the canteen for them to drink.
“It’s amazing to see a building in a place like this.”
“I was surprised too. The crack is such an amazing place…”
After having a quick bite to eat and having some free time, the group looked relatedly around the camp and expressed their thoughts. The group looked at the camp like cavemen who discovered fire, each exclaiming with admiration. Sif looked at the scene and said with a mischievous smile.
“Did you make this?”
“Yes?”
“I made this yesterday.”
“What is that…”
La Perrine looked at Sif with her puzzled eyes, unable to tell whether she was teasing or being serious. Either way, she proudly repeated her words once again.
“It’s because John has great expertise in this kind of thing. “I made it right after it fell from the crack yesterday.”
“Was he a wizard? I barely felt any magic power…”
“No?”
In response to La Perrine’s question, Sif shook her head.
“Yes? Then how…”
“I know it’s a skill, but I don’t know because Yohan never told me about it.”
“That’s a great skill. “Building a building this size in one day…”
“This is possible with skill? Shuri, is it possible to build a house like this with your skills?”
In response to Lewis’s distrustful voice, Shuri, an understanding bookworm, answered hesitantly.
“This is my first time hearing it too…”
It is a building that looks like it was made by putting clay into a mold and hardening it, but it is absurd to think that even such a building could be built in one day. Her companions just looked at her with half-confident expressions despite Sif’s explanation.
‘The expressions on people’s faces when they see what John did are always like that.’
A small smile spread across her lips at the unexpectedly cheerful sight of the gloomy situation.
It was while they were talking a little bit. Everyone looked towards the stairs at the sudden sound of footsteps. There, a familiar man was walking down the stairs and entering the camp.
“Sif. Bring all your canteens. “Now that we have secured drinking water, let’s move it all in.”
“I will help too.”
Lewis, who was resting against the wall, got up and picked up the canteen lying on the floor. When he got up, Shuri hesitated for a moment and then spoke.
“Well, I’ll help too!”
“No, Shuri. “You take care of Viola.”
“Oh, okay…Be careful!”
“Don’t worry.”
Shuri and Louis exchanged affectionate glances. Looking at that, John clicked his tongue.
‘Look at the honey dripping from my eyes.’
“Then we will leave…”
“I will help too.”
Lastly, the daughter of the Nereid family participated in the drinking water replenishment operation.