Chapter 16

And he was starting to feel really sorry for the hateful words he said to Wolfie.

~"Hey... I like you."~ Wolfie's confession crossed his mind. Tom felt even more confused now.

He quickly lit the fire near the young man and went to find some fruit for them to eat.

As Tom wandered around in search of fruit, she felt that something was following her. The creaking and crumbling of leaves and tree branches could be heard along with the sound that came.

Tom realized that the voice sounded very strange, she quickly turned around.

The forest was very quiet. Tom narrowed her eyes as she tried to see what was beyond the dense trees.

"W-Wolfie?" he asked hesitantly.

A rush of panic suddenly appeared the moment he realized that… it wasn't Wolfie!

The aura in front of him began to change, then dark smoke appeared and enlarged, the smoke formed an enormous indistinct shadow that resembled a giant beast.

Tom stuttered, stepping back as the shadow began to form into enormous sharp fangs and hooves, their entire form surrounded by a sinister purple aura.

It is the beast of death - the Yeti.

The Yeti let out a loud, ear-piercing howl, breaking the calm of the forest. Tom was so shocked, she couldn't even run away from the fright.

Suddenly without any warning, the Yeti launched an attack at Tom, swinging its pointed claws—

Just before the claw hit Tom, suddenly a white shadow blocked the attack.

BAM!!

The claws that gave off a foul odor slashed through Wolfie's body deeply.

Wolfie's body was thrown back from the impact; he kept rolling until his body hit one of the locust trees.

When Wolfie tried to stand up, blood could be seen pouring out of his muzzle.

Wolfie glared at the Yeti as if to warn him that he was the opponent he was supposed to face.

Of course, the Yeti's attention became distracted. The Yeti roared at the white dog, his voice echoing throughout the forest.

This is a fight they cannot avoid.

Yeti's attack hit Wolfie causing severe injuries to his internal organs. He could barely dodge the attack that came from the Yeti next, using his body agility to reach the Yeti's back to deliver a surprise attack.

Wolfie scolded himself for being so useless even though there weren't many creatures in this world that could live after receiving an attack like that and still survive… let alone continue fighting the Yeti.

In this dire situation, Wolfie realized that Tom was still stuck in the same place...

"Come on Uncle... Run!! I can't hold it in any longer..." He shouted anxiously at Tom.

Seeing his opponent distracting him, the Yeti immediately threw his attack at Wolfie, Yeti's claw tore into Wolfie's left shoulder, the torn part which was very close to his neck, was infected by Yeti's poison and started to turn black.

"UGHHH!!!" Wolfie whimpered in pain.

"WOLFIE!!!" Tom shouted. Seeing Wolfie sitting up in pain, Tom panicked.

The Yeti is called the beast of death because he is surrounded by a purple aura that devours all forms of life. Wolfie had been injured by it and the infection had seeped into his bones. Quickly, Wolfie will die because his body will rot from the Yeti poison.

The Yeti stopped attacking and chose to pay attention to the last breath of its prey.

Wolfie could see from the side of his eye that Tom was planning to approach him, in pain Wolfie gritted his teeth and shouted, "Uncle...don't come near me!"

If Tom touched his rotting wound, Tom would become infected as well.

But already.

Tom touched Wolfie carefully, hugging him even though Wolfie was the animal he was most afraid of.

Wolfie was taken aback by Tom's actions. Unexpectedly, the moment Tom touched him, he felt the pain and fatigue disappear very quickly. All his senses began to calm down. Even more surprising, he noticed that the wound healed quickly. The wound that was infected and emitted a foul smell was now covered with a faint white light, engulfing the black aura, changing Wolfie's negative feelings with positive ones.

On the other hand, Tom's face was clearly pale, her whole body was limp. Even though his body was shaking non-stop, he still managed to keep himself awake.

'Is this... the limit...' Tom thought until she finally fell limply unable to hold it in anymore.

There was a real reason why Tom was doing this. Once, when Tom was a child, she picked up a dying stray cat, and by some miracle she saved the cat. It was then that he began to realize that he was different from the others. He has the ability to feel the feelings of animals; especially negative feelings and hopelessness.

He has the ability to heal any wound or disease from any animal he touches.

But in exchange, all the wounds he absorbed were turned into energy that Tom had to bear on her own.

That was the reason why he could always heal any animal quickly. When he managed to heal the animals, he would hide with his body shaking with fear. The fear and despair that Tom received would be converted into negative energy that was ten times more powerful.

"Uncle?!" Wolfie realized that the man who was holding him had now collapsed beside him, unconscious.

Sensing that his pTom had regained his strength, the Yeti growled in dismay and then he leapt up to inflict another attack on Wolfie.

Wolfie who saw that gently laid Tom on the ground then he turned to face his enemy.

His copper brown eyes turned blood red!

This time, Woflie will fight for Tom!!

As the guard of the Labyrinth Palace, Wolfie had always wondered about the meaning behind his existence all this time.

But he forgot the great power he had all this time.

Why am I alive? What should I fight? What am I waiting for?

To be continued