Chapter 33 Into The Predators’ Layers Part 10

The alpha wolf raised his head to the sky and howled. The response of the wolves echoed in the mountains. The trio and their two companions could hear the footsteps of other wolves running towards them.

U-ri asked, "What are we going to do now?"

Michio said, "Yul and Hajime are coming."

Abrafo said, "Even if they come, they are no match for the wolves." He looked at Michio and U-ri. "We will hold on as long as we can."

When Hajime and Yul approached the road, they slowed down, reconnaissance carefully, and understood the enemy, instead of rushing in hastily to help their friends. They saw their three friends facing a pack of wolves. They also saw some wolves in the distance running towards the open road.

Hajime asked in panic, "Then what should we do now?"

Yul asked, "What can you do?"

Hajime asked back, "What do you mean?"

Yul said, "Well, tell me what kind of power you have. As a mage, what kind of power do you have?"

Hajime said, "Well, I just became a mage, so I'm not as powerful as you think."

Yul asked shockingly, "You just became a mage? Aren't mages born with special abilities?"

Hajime said, " He is, but not me... In short, it doesn't matter now, let's talk about this topic another day. I can basically create anything I want, and as long as I touch them, I will have their abilities, but it only lasts for an hour. Although my ability may be the same as theirs, I will not be as strong as the original."

"Touch me...create a hundred of me," Yul said, grabbing Hajime's hand and placing it on his face. "I need you to create a hundred of me."

Hajime looks into Yul's eyes, and his heart starts to speed up. He knew that now was not the time to think about romance, but Yul's brown eyes, thick eyelashes and black eyebrows made it hard for Hajime to resist the sudden lustful temptation.

Yul said, "Hajime, pay attention...I need your attention."

Hajime closed his eyes for a few minutes, then he opened them and said, "I think I got it..." He grabbed the dagger from Yul's waist.

Yul asked quickly, "What are you doing with that dagger?"

Hajime said, "Create a hundred of you."

Hajime pulled out the dagger from the scabbard and returned the scabbard to Yul. He put the knife in his left hand and swiped it across.

Yul quickly grabbed the dagger. "What are you doing?" he asked worriedly.

"I couldn't create a hundred of you without using my blood," Hajime says, pushing Yul aside. "Step aside."

Hajime walked to the tree and put his bleeding hand on the tree. Suddenly, a hundred leaves on the tree turned red and broke off from the branches. The red leaves slowly fell from the trees, and as the red leaves fell, they slowly turned into Yul.

The alpha wolf sneered at the three people in front of him. "I admire your will to survive. I will make sure that every inch of your flesh serves a purpose. My children... attack..."

Walking slowly out of the dense forest, hundreds of Yul held swords and walked towards the wolves.

Abrafo, U-ri, and Michio are dumbfounded. "Yul," they said at once.

U-ri turned to look at Abrafo then at Michio. He said, "So many Yuls...which one is the real one."

Abrafo said, "Quiet...it must be Hajime..."

The Alpha wolf looked at the many Yuls standing before him, and he was trying to see which one is the real one, but he can't tell the difference between them. He frowned in exasperation. "There must be the original... Where is he?"

One of the Yuls said, "We are just the first batch, there are thousands more to come. Fight us and you will die…"

Yul couldn't see Hajime clearly, but he heard Hajime say, 'or run away and live another day'. He grabbed Hajime's left shoulder and said, "Hajime...I..." He fell to the ground.

Hajime screamed, "Yul!"

The hundreds of Yuls suddenly exclaimed, "Yul!" The powerful sound of joint force echoed in the forest, causing the birds perched on the branches to fly from their habitats to the sky.

Abrafo looks at Michio and U-ri, "Shit... Yul is in trouble."

Michio said, "There's nothing we can do to help Yul right now. We still have a problem before us."

Immediately, the one hundred Yuls drew their swords and went straight to the wolves, followed by the gray wolf and the black panther.

The alpha wolf knew that with the combined strength of a hundred soldiers and two mythical creatures, he and his pack would not be able to win or survive the attack. Howling, quickly fled the main road with his pack.

When the wolves were gone, the hundreds of Yuls suddenly turned back into red leaves and floated slowly to the ground.

Hajime released his hand from the tree and grabbed Yul's shoulders. "Yul…" he said. "Wakeup…Yul…"

Hajime knew that Yul must have passed out from bleeding from the wound. He bent down, picked up Yul, carried Yul in his arms, walked out of the dense woods, and walked into the open road.

Abrafo saw that Hajime carried Yul out of the wood princess style, he was a little embarrassed looking at the two because this kind of carrying is only done between men and women. He cleared his throat and said, "Hajime is carrying Yul this way."

Hajime said, "U-ri…Yul said you can help him."

U-ri worriedly, "Quickly…put him down quickly …" He grabbed his bag. "What happened to him?"

Hajime said, "He was injured when he was fighting with Chun the snake lady… there is a twig stuck on the left side. He passed out due to blood loss or pain..."

Hajime put Yul down and started to take off Yul's clothes. U-ri looked at Yul's wound and said, "Michio, I need fire, quick..."

Michio hurriedly picked up the dry leaves and branches and dropped a talisman down at the small bonfire. Abrafo removed the two blades from the straps on his thighs and handed them to Michio. Michio began to heat the blades.

Hajime asked, "What are you doing?"

U-ri said, "I don't have a sewing kit on me, and if he continues to bleed, he will die. I'm going to seal his wound with fire."

Hajime said, "This place is not clean. What if his wound gets infected?"

U-ri said, "That's something we'll have to deal with later."

Hajime said, "Without anesthetics, how could he endure the pain?"

U-ri said, "I don't know what that is, but at the moment, he just has to endure the pain."

Hajime said, "He won't be able to bear the pain without anesthetic."

U-ri said, "Hajime, stop asking questions and assumptions. Your job is to hold him tight in place." After U-ri aimed the red-hot blade at Yul's wound, Yul started to move. "Hold him tight."

Hajime jumped on Yul's lap, sat on Yul's lap and hugged Yul tightly. "Yul, hold still... U-ri is trying to stitch your wound." He struggled to hold Yul down. "Abrafo, hold his hand for me. Michio... help."

U-ri missed the wound and hit the hot blade on the upper part of Yul's ribcage. "Yul, don't move!"

According to Hajime's previous research, when the mind is distracted, the brain will send wrong signals to the body and nerves, so sometimes people only realize that they are injured when they see the wound with their eyes. So how is Hajime going to distract and fool Yul's brain into thinking he's not actually in pain.

Hajime releases Yul from his embrace, grabs Yul's face, looks into Yul's light brown eyes, and kisses Yul's lips. His actions shocked Yul for some reason, Yul's light brown eyes stared at Hajime's, and Yul suddenly stopped moving.

U-ri said, "Keep doing what you're doing, Hajime." He pulled out another fiery red blade, pinched Yul's wound together, and placed the red-hot blade on the wound.

Yul felt Hajime's soft tongue slide over his lips. Hajime's movements made his lips numb. Hajime's soft tongue slipped through his teeth and into his mouth, and he felt his own tongue start to tangle with Hajime's, which shocked him the most. He didn't know whether he should kiss Hajime back or continue to be shocked by Hajime's sudden attack. It wasn't until Hajime put his arms around Yul's neck that Yul finally decided to kiss Hajime. He wasn't sure what made him kiss Hajime back suddenly, maybe it was because of the blood loss that made him kiss Hajime, or maybe Hajime kissed him suddenly.

Some time passes and Hajime finally stops kissing Yul as Yul loses consciousness. He asked, "U-ri, are you almost done?"

U-ri said, "Yes, let me apply burn medicine to the wound and dress the wound." U-ri looked up at Hajime and smiled awkwardly. "I didn't expect a sudden kiss to make the little captain unable to move."

Hajime looked up and found that Abrafo and Michio were also giggling and chucking at him. "Keep smiling and laughing, next time the two of you do the kissing," he said, quickly looked down at Yul's wound, his face finally heated up. He suddenly realizes that he is still sitting on Yul. "U-ri…U-ri… can I lay him down now."

U-ri said, "Not yet, let me help him get dressed first." He turned to Abrafo. "You're next, but you have to take off your clothes."

Abrafo's face turned pale. "I'm just hurt a little, I don't need to take off my clothes." He looked at Hajime who was smiling at him.

Hajime teased Abrafo, stared at Abrafo, then looked down at Abrafo's crotch and smiled flirtatiously at Abrafo. "Take it off...what are you waiting for." He lowered his lips and smiled, raising his eyebrows.