328 Great Forest 2 (2/2)

”Dammit.”

However, before he could even move to run again, another two Goards appeared.

'Two of them.'

Two of them had appeared and they were looking warily at Gorun's handgun.

'They would have attacked if it wasn't for the gun. Are these babies?'

Gorun thought as he cleaned the blood from his eyes. Luckily, these two Goards weren't fully grown and were wary of guns. A fully-grown Goard would not have feared handguns. When Gorun aimed his gun, the baby Goard quickly hid behind a tree. The other one did as well. Gorun then began to run, and the Goards began to chase after him again.

Gorun suddenly turned and fired his gun at one of the Goards. Blood splattered as the Goard rolled on the ground from the pain on its chest. The other Goard was shocked and hid.

Gorun then ran away and disappeared.

He kept on running. After a long while, when he finally did not hear any more sounds of pursuit, he stopped.

'I have to tend to my wound first.'

Gorun thought as he determined that it was safe. He had to clean his wound so that it wouldn't get infected as earlier he covered it with dirt to stop the bleeding. Gorun took a towel from his sack and started cleaning his wound. There was sharp pain from the wound, but he didn't stop. Blood started flowing again, but Gorun continued cleaning.

”Dammit!”

He finished cleaning it, then took out a small bottle from the sack and poured it over the wound. The potion quickly healed his wound.

”Hah… hah…”

Gorun panted and glanced around, then he began to walk. After walking for a while, Gorun found and climbed up a large tree.

'I have to go up.'

He felt like he would collapse as he was exhausted, but he knew he couldn't stop yet.

'Huh?!'

Gorun flinched when some bushes around the area moved. It was a Waringo. It was searching for something as it sniffed around while moving slowly.

'It's looking for me.'

It was definitely looking for the origin of the blood on the ground. His wound had healed but there were bloodstains all over Gorun's clothes and body which was attracting monsters. Lucky, Gorun was already high up on a tree. It was time to erase the smell. However, that didn't last long as the Waringo screamed.

”Kieeeek!”

Goards appeared and grabbed the Waringo as they began biting, eating it alive. More Goards appeared and seemed to be searching. One of the Goards slowly turned upward and locked eyes with Gorun.

End of Chapte