episode_0026

The situation that humans were in was so dire that it could not even be described in words.

The monsters they were dealing with were merciless monsters that used the venom stored in their fangs to gradually destroy their prey’s bodies, and since they came in groups, it was difficult to guarantee the humans’ victory.

I was watching the situation closely and waiting for an opportunity to escape. In this situation, not running away and facing the monsters was worse than throwing my life on the ground, so I was preparing to escape when the opportunity arose.

As the humans and monsters began to fight in earnest, I got up from my seat to leave this place.

My leg felt numb every time I moved, perhaps because my wounds had not fully healed, but I had no trouble running away, and just as I was about to run away while the monster was fighting the human.

“Keeek!!”

As I was about to leave, a heartbreaking cry, as if the sky was being torn apart, reached my ears.

It wasn’t the cry of a monster, but the sound that came from somewhere was so desperate that I looked in the direction where the sound came from and froze in place.

In the direction where the sound came from, there were countless iron bars scattered about, and there, a tiny creature that had just started to walk was crying as it looked at the iron bars piled up like a mountain.

Looking closely, I saw that the thing that was presumed to be the thing’s mother was trapped in the iron bars that had formed when she fell.

The little boy was trying to save his mother by trying hard to move the iron bars with his limited strength.

However, the creature that appeared to be just learning to walk could not handle the dozens of iron bars on its own.

Eventually, the cub could only cry as it watched its mother, whose breathing became increasingly labored.

“………”

I just watched that guy.

I was alone since I was born. I always wandered alone, without a family or a group of people to belong to.

So I was always lonely.

The warmth of family and the strength of a group. I was lonely and desolate every day because I had neither.

As I watched the guy trying to save his mother, I eventually walked towards where the mother was lying.

The cub began to tremble in fear when he saw me, who was several times his size.

The world we live in is one where the strong prey on the weak. It is common sense that the strong take everything and the weak avoid those predators to continue the lineage.

Therefore, their mission was to leave the injured ones behind and let even one survive to spread their offspring.

“Kkii…!!”

The puppy stood on end in warning as it looked at me, who was several times bigger than it.

He was wary of me, who was no match for him, in order to protect the mother who gave birth to him.

I snorted at the guy’s antics as if I found them ridiculous and started throwing the iron bars that held his mother down one by one to different places.

“…….?”

The cub looked at me with wide eyes, as if startled by my sudden action, and I began to remove the iron bars covering the mother one by one, while keeping the cub’s gaze on me.

Although my body was still not fully healed and I felt a tingling sensation every time I moved, I endured the pain and moved the iron bars.

Eventually, we succeeded in removing all the iron bars that were holding the mother of the bastard up.

“Kkii…!Kkii….!!!”

The cub burst into tears and ran towards his mother as she appeared.

“Kkii…..”

The mother, who saw her baby, had a worried look on her face, but smiled after confirming that there were no wounds on the baby’s body.

“……..”

I just watched them like that.

Even in life-threatening situations, they always had a pitiful look in their eyes, as if they were thinking of each other.

As I looked at them, I thought about what it would be like if I had a family too.

If I had a family, would I have been able to do something like that?

With that thought in mind, I looked at them.

“Keee!!!”

As I was looking at them like that, I turned my head at the creepy crying sound and couldn’t help but be shocked.

The monsters began to slowly overwhelm the humans with their natural physical strength and brute force, and the humans who had been fighting the monsters began to retreat little by little.

‘If we stay here too long, these guys will die too.. We have to leave quickly!’

As I saw the monsters’ attacks growing stronger, I quickly tried to leave with them, but they also seemed to realize that the situation was becoming increasingly serious and tried to get up to run away.

“Kkiheng!”

Perhaps because her legs were broken while being crushed by the iron bars, the mother had difficulty walking like a newborn baby.

To make matters worse, a monster that had heard the mother’s voice began to stride towards us.

‘Oh no, we’ve been caught here…’

I trembled as I watched the monster slowly approaching us and tried to leave to save myself.

“Kkiing…kkiing….”

The sight of the baby desperately caring for its mother made me stop in my tracks once again.

Why? Normally, I would have run away from a situation like this without a second thought. They weren’t the type of guys that could fight, and more than anything, my physical condition wasn’t good, so I had no chance of winning, but for some reason, I couldn’t move a muscle behind them.

I looked at them for a while and then made up my mind and said to them.

“I’ll buy you as much time as possible.. Hurry up and run away with your baby. There’s not much time left.”

I decided to buy time until they could evacuate, and the mother and baby looked at me with blank expressions at my words.

Perhaps because they had received such unexpected kindness, they looked at me in confusion, and I cried out to them.

“Come on, hurry up!!”

I shouted, hoping they would run away as quickly as possible.

As if they understood what I said, they forced their still feet to move and started walking into the forest.

To be honest, I didn’t know why I made that choice. The weak get eaten and the strong survive. That was all I knew and it was the truth, but for some reason I was helping the weak.

I started a fight I couldn’t win just to get them to run away a little bit.

I thought about it countless times while fighting. Why did I make that choice? Why am I doing this?

But that thought was only temporary and no answer came out, so I eventually decided to focus on the monster in front of me.

Fortunately, he was on the weaker side of the group, and although his physical strength was weak, he was unable to easily win the fight because he had sustained significant damage to his body.

I was attacked by a monster that joined me in the middle of a prolonged fight, and eventually I felt the poison spreading throughout my body, and my body began to take a toll.

The poison they use only causes mild headaches and dizziness when small amounts are administered, but when the group joined in, I was bitten countless times and the poison was spreading throughout my body in real time to the point where it was difficult to see ahead.

Perhaps because I was pushing myself too hard while my body was still recovering, my body started to feel heavier and my vision started to darken.

‘Is it over…’

I thought as I bled under the onslaught of monsters that attacked me countless times.

Perhaps because the poison of those bastards had been injected into my body beyond a certain level, my body could no longer move as it should, and I could only stagger as the monsters continued their relentless attacks.

‘I wonder if they got away well.. Their legs must be injured so they can’t move well..’

But still, I was more worried about them than about dying.

Why do I think of them at the last moment..

The family love they showed me.

Maybe that’s what I need most.

Honestly, now that I think about it… I guess I was jealous of those guys. They had someone they could rely on.

The fact that you can stand up to someone who knows they will die for you…

If…if there is a next life, I thought it would be nice for me to have a family.

When you are surrounded by monsters like that, your gaze gradually becomes locked.

“Die!!”

The humans, who had thought they were retreating, began to attack the monsters and deal with the monsters that had let their guard down.

Humans fought monsters by using strange magic.

As a result, after a long battle, the humans achieved victory by subduing the monsters.

As I watched the humans cheering through my gradually darkening vision, I slowly closed my eyes.

The poison injected by the monsters had already spread through my body, and my body was starting to become paralyzed. Also, fighting while my body had not fully recovered was enough to bring about risks that were difficult for my already overworked body to handle.

So this time, I thought I was dead and closed my eyes.

Soon, I was left alone in the darkness with no one around, and I gradually lost consciousness without feeling or hearing anything.