Chapter 385: Whirlpool (9)
– Zzzrrr! Zzzrrrzzrrr!
The same sharp cry rang out again, echoing across the lake, muffled beneath the surface as clouds of silt swirled up from the lakebed.
It sounded panicked, like the creature was trapped under Geumdo’s foot and flailing to escape but couldn’t—so it resorted to screaming.
Judging by the sound, it was definitely the same one from before.
It was the same ultrasonic cry that had burst out when it had first seen Cho and freaked out.
So it didn’t vanish—it just hid in the sand, huh?
The creature had charged toward us, then darted beneath our feet and disappeared. I’d thought it was some ghostly trick, but it must’ve either burrowed into the sand or camouflaged itself by lying flat against it.
“Geumdo, watch your foot, alright?”
I gave Geumdo a firm warning.
There were two reasons for that. First, I didn’t want the creature under his foot getting injured. Second—and just as important—I didn’t want Geumdo getting hurt, either.
As soon as I realized something was pinned under his foot, I started to get an idea of what kind of creature we were dealing with. And if I was right, it probably had a venomous stinger.
“It might have a stinger, so be careful not to hurt it—and don’t let it hurt you either.”