I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 119

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Chapter 119

Last night when I shoved the flare into the Anaconda magical beast’s mouth, the poison gas I inhaled must have caused problems.

‘I wondered why I kept smelling something strange from my body, but it was because I was poisoned.’

Once the headache completely subsided and my head cleared, I became worried about the companions I had left behind.

Right, there’s no way Enoch and Kaiden would do anything bad to me. It must have been a misunderstanding. I should have at least listened to their explanation.

But even if I had heard their side of the story, would I have taken their words at face value with my mental state at the time? Probably not.

I was the fool who ran away in a confused state of mind, unable to distinguish between delusions and reality.

“Damn it.”

I adjusted my cross bag and looked around. I had lost my way while frantically running away.

While Eun-ji could sense my location, finding other people was difficult for her, so I had to move myself.

‘Are they all looking for me?’

Whether the conversation I heard last night was true or not, they would be looking for me.

Most of all, when I ran away alone, the voices of the men who looked at me with panic and despair as if their world was collapsing echoed in my ears.

“Right. Let’s meet them in person and ask directly.”

Whether I leave alone depends on their answer.

I took out the map from my cross bag. However, no matter how long I stared at the map, I couldn’t see any rivers nearby and there were no notably distinctive terrain features, making it difficult to gauge my location.

‘If I shoot a flare, magical beasts will obviously come flocking.’

I had no choice but to move to find flat terrain with good sunlight. It was to check my bearings.

On the flat terrain, I stuck a long stick into the ground. Then I checked the direction using the shadow’s direction and spread out the map.

The cave where I encountered the giant Anaconda was further west. After determining my location, I moved properly again. I had to find the cave before the sun set.

Fortunately, I hadn’t run very far, so I found the cave before sunset. However, there were no traces of people in the cave except for the spot where the campfire had been lit.

I lightly touched the campfire that had no embers left. There was no warmth at all. It seemed like they had left quite some time ago.

‘This feels like déjà vu somehow.’

I had experienced something like this before. Back then, Enoch had returned while I was looking around the cave. Wouldn’t the same thing happen this time?

I sat at the cave entrance and waited for Enoch, Kaiden, and Archbishop Luzef. Endlessly.

The sun tilted, casting red shadows across the sky. The sky was quiet. I sat still at the cave entrance and looked up at the sky.

Even though I knew it was dangerous to stay here like this, I couldn’t move for a while, as if nailed to the spot. Just in case they might all come back.

Weren’t they feeling betrayed that I didn’t trust them? Even if they were, I had nothing to say in my defense.

So I waited.

Hiss-

Eun-ji flicked her tongue anxiously and moved back and forth. I sat there blankly, quietly watching Eun-ji.

Dusk was settling in.

And no one came back.

‘Should I wait just one more day?’

Actually, it might be better to go to the bunker alone. I took out the notebook I had found in Jenas’s cabin from my cross bag and opened it.

-I heard Jenas told you about the gate. I’ll be there soon. Wait for me there.

It was a memo written on the very last page. The handwriting was definitely different from the previous memos.

‘Gate?’

And below that sentence, there were letters written in such a scrawled manner that they were difficult to make out.

I took out the flashlight Jenas had given me and shone it closely on the diary. There were marks where the pen had been pressed down hard, and only after staring at it for a long time was I able to read the letters.

-I’ll tell you how to bring Margaret.

Wait, what is this? A way to bring Margaret…?

Rustle.

However, I didn’t have time to think more about the problematic content. I could hear something moving very close by.

I quickly turned off the flashlight and put it in my bag, then grabbed the flare I had set down and picked up Eun-ji from the floor, bringing her into the cave. Then I quietly covered the cave entrance with tree leaves.

Holding Eun-ji in my arms, I leaned against the cave wall and held my breath.

Rustle.

I could hear the sound of tree leaves being stepped on very close by.

Thud. Thud.

Then came the sound of heavy footsteps. They were too crude to be Enoch’s or Kaiden’s.

I held my breath and looked outside through the tree leaves covering the cave entrance. There was a fish moving slowly on two legs.

‘Disgusting.’

However, an even more disgusting scene unfolded next.

Flutter flutter.

A bird flew up from near the two-legged fish. The fish’s snout opened wide when it spotted the bird.

Soon, a long larva-like body densely packed with sharp teeth protruded from inside and swallowed the bird whole.

‘What the hell is that thing.’

I was so startled that I gritted my teeth while swallowing the scream that was about to burst out.

The fish that had swallowed the bird looked around. I held my breath while watching its movements. Then, the creature’s gaze, which had been quickly scanning the surroundings, fixed in my direction.

Gasp. I raised my hand to cover my mouth. Then I quietly backed away and pressed my body tightly against the cave wall.

Thud.

Thud.

I was too scared to check outside, so I just squeezed my eyes shut. The sound of footsteps grew closer, as if it was approaching the cave entrance.

Rustle.

At the sound of the tree leaves covering the cave entrance being disturbed, I slowly opened my eyes. And I made eye contact with the fish that had poked its head into the cave.

My heart nearly stopped.

At that moment, Eun-ji, who had been nestled in my arms, suddenly stuck out her head and,

Kyaaak!

Bared her sharp fangs threateningly.

Though she was a small anaconda, her spirit and intimidating presence were truly impressive. The fish hesitated and then withdrew its head from the cave.

As if she had been waiting for this, Eun-ji breathed fire at the fish.

Kweeeek!

The fish’s head caught fire. It screamed and backed away, and I picked up Eun-ji and ran straight out of the cave toward the forest.

Fortunately, I didn’t hear any footsteps following behind me.

Was Jenas watching? He said he wasn’t always watching through the Eyes of Magical Beasts. I really hope that’s true.

While frantically pushing through the bushes and running, my foot caught on a tree branch and I rolled mercilessly across the dirt ground.

“Ahhh!”

I screamed and curled up my body. A thin, sharp tree branch had pierced my left forearm.

“Damn it.”

It hurt so much I could cry.

Damn it, where the hell did everyone go. The pain brought another wave of sorrow.

I wiped away my flowing tears and looked down at my forearm, taking slow deep breaths. I had to pull out the tree branch stuck in my forearm.

Whew. After repeating deep breaths several times, I reached out with my trembling hand. And as soon as I gripped the tree branch, I pulled it straight out.

“Ahhhhh, hic. Gasp.”

I endured the pain and tried to calm myself by taking the longest deep breaths possible. Even while breathing deeply, tears continued to flow.

With hands shaking like someone with tremors, I fumbled around and pulled bandages from my cross bag. It was the same bandage I had used to wipe off the anaconda’s poison during the day.

‘If germs get in, hemostasis won’t be of any use…’

But if I tore my t-shirt, it would practically become a bikini. My pants were made of material too awkward to tear and use as bandages.

I had no choice but to fold the bandage in two layers and wrap my forearm, placing the part with the least poison over the wound.

Only after I finished wrapping the wound did the tension release, and I slumped down to the floor. Tears were flowing endlessly down my cheeks. It hurt, it was hard, and I felt miserable.

“Damn it, and I’m hungry on top of all this.”

While wiping away tears with the back of my hand and muttering, I raised my head.

Before I knew it, the sun had completely set and the sky had turned purple. If it got any darker here, my movements would become sluggish and I wouldn’t be able to respond quickly to magical beast attacks.

I had no choice but to look for a place to hide for the night.

Just then, Eun-ji, who had been crawling along the floor following me, tapped my leg with her head and then crawled somewhere. Then she looked back at me and crawled away, then looked back at me again.

Usually when asking someone to follow, they show that kind of behavior. I quietly followed Eun-ji while gripping the flare tightly in my hand.

After pushing through the bushes and continuing deeper, Eun-ji stopped at a certain point and spun around in circles.

“Why here? There’s nothing.”

It was just an ordinary forest. Only tall trees were densely packed with no place to hide.

Eun-ji kept spinning around in the same spot. I rested my chin on my hand and quietly watched what she was doing.

Then I noticed that the ground beneath her feet was shaking as if it were loose. It was clearly dirt ground, but it was shaking suspiciously.

When I knelt down on one knee in front of it, Eun-ji finally moved aside. When I slowly swept the dirt ground with my hand, a wooden board was revealed.

“What is this…?”

There was a door handle attached to it.

Eun-ji also seemed unsure of what exactly this wooden board was, as she hovered around the wooden board with a curious expression. I slowly lifted the door handle of the wooden board on the floor.

Then stairs leading underground were revealed.

I was momentarily speechless and stared down at the stairs. What the hell is this doing here?

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