Chapter 228 (1/2)
Chapter 228
Yulysion ducked as low as possible to reduce the ih the forest She clenched her jaw, suppressing her teeth to chatter fro pain she felt on her limp shoulder It crossed her mind that it would be better if she lost her consciousness However, she couldn’t let herself succuht never wake up again
“Here!”
Garroas running ahead of thes, waved at them and yelled As they approached him, Max couldtowards a se, round for Max and Yulysion gently placed her on it as if he were handling precious, fragile glass However, noin pain It felt like she was being lowered into fire
Max bit into the fabric she was pressing on her nose to stop the bleeding and sweated profusely Seeing her in excruciating pain with even the slightest ht
“Garrohat should we do? I think we need to realign her shoulder…”
“Neither of us kno to do that If we don’t do it right, we could break her bones or make the pain worse Let’s just put a splinter on her shoulder so it stays in place”
Garrow knelt beside her and tore his cloak lengthwise “Please bare it for a ht hurt a lot”
Max looked at the boy in terror as he reached for her ar as it is was already more than painful, what more if someone touched it? Max was terrified but there was no other way
Garrow carefully lifted her ar it with the cloth, tying it in place to keep it froht that it bled The pain was so iony, Yuysion hurriedly pulled the bags they brought with the in there, there must be some recovery herbs in here”
He searched frantically through the bags and pulled out a packet ofat the handful of herbs, Max’s eyes softened and she reainst her nose to stop the bleeding
After roughly wiping the blood from her face, Max opened her mouth and Yurixion crumbled the dried plants into her mouth Max chewed the bitter herbs and forced herself to s the sensation in her chest
Unable to suppress the nausea caused by the pain, Max hunched over and vomited the nasty herbs next to her
“M’lady!”
The pain in her ribs, which was already painful, throbbed even ulfed her Yulysion wept helplessly seeing her in such a disastrous state
“I’m s-sorry m’lady, I was useless…”
“This won’t do We’ll risk being found by theteet worse”
“I-I’ll make the fire!”
“No, you must keep watch You are more perceptive than I am”
Max wiped the vomit from her mouth as she dazedly listened to the boys’ conversation Garrorapped her body with the cloak that he had placed on the floor to keep her warm and went to collect firewood
Yulysion also quickly removed his own cloak and leaned down to wrap it around her Then, his body suddenly stiffened Garrow stared, frozen in fear at the possibility that so
“What is it?”
“Blood…”
Max wondered if her nose was bleeding again and struggled to open her eyes The bluish forest which darkness is slowly descending upon were dizzyingly out of focus in her eyes It was just like being subed in dark waters
“Please excuse my actions for a moment”
Garroalked over to her side and knelt Yulysion was still frozen in shock as he unwrapped the cloak around her body Max twitched weakly, only her eyelids asped and quickly wrapped her up again Then, he mounted her on his back and exclaiht now She’s bleeding out too much!”
“I-I’ll take her!”
“I’m faster on mountain roads Draw your sword and watchdown the uneven slope at terrifying speed Every tiround and they jerked, Max’s chest throbbed painfully as if she had just been kicked by a horse, but she no longer had the strength to even express her pain
Max drooped against the youngall her attention on her heavy breathing Everything around her felt as if it was going further and further away froer tell if her eyes were open or closed
“shi+t! A troll has seen us!”
Max heard Yulysion’s urgent screaround, and her eyelids trerowl resounded in the dark, chasing after them fiercely Soon, it was followed by the heavy sound of steel weapons clanging
“Keep running!”
Yulysion yelled fiercely His screa of theShe broke in cold sweats as she felt the pounding of heavy steps on the ground Garrow jue thethem At the pressure of their situation, Max lost her consciousness ulfed in her unconsciousness that she barely ed to open her eyes when she felt sos are now co even an inch ahead She then heard Yulysion’s breathless voice
“Please hold on to your senses If you lose your consciousness, your body’s temperature will drop even ent voice as he wrapped a cloak around her body His arhtly around her side hurt like she was about to die but she didn’t utter a complain and e behind a rock to catch his breath, holding her in his ar to warm her with the heat of his body When he realized that her consciousness had soain
Max was in and out of consciousness the entire way It felt like an eternity had passed by her as the boys continued weaving through the pitch-black forest The rhyth breaths, and the chill in her bones was all that she could sense
They didn’t go far away from Ethylene but the journey back felt endless As she pondered on that thought, she sensed a light coh of relief from his chest
“The cavalry has returned! They e and came back in a hurry!”
Yulysion leaped out of the trees and yelled to the top of his longs
“A troll is chasing us! Please protect us”
“Are you deserters?”
The voice that questioned them was so calm and coht it sounded familiar, but she couldn’t recall whose it was With Max still on his back, Yulysion ran in front of the troops and knelt on one knee
“We are the apprentices of the Rehts Lady Calypse sustained serious injuries while traversing the mountains Please, help us!”
Max heard Garrow’s desperate pleas and forced herself to open her eyes, just barely The blurred i torches on one hand caht descended fro with each step