Chapter 138
Rustle-
Crunch-
The sound of leaves crunching underfoot tickled Dojae’s ears.
Dojae set down his spoon and looked toward the direction the sound came from.
‘Something is approaching.’
Though the dense forest hid it from view, the sound grew steadily closer.
Judging by the rhythm, it was the sound of walking on two legs.
And judging by the sound itself, it wasn’t hard soles but soft feet stepping on the ground.
‘A monster?’
Dojae picked up his spoon again.
It was probably a monster drawn by the smell of kimchi stew and rice cooking.
Moreover, since the sound came before the presence, it was clearly a monster of little consequence.
Do-jae continued eating while staring in the direction the sound had come from.
And a moment later.
‘Huh?’
A figure gradually becoming visible between the trees.
A human child with bronze-colored skin was cautiously approaching Dojae from far away.
‘So there were human survivors after all…?’
The child looked around, sniffed the air, and gradually drew nearer to Dojae.
Its hair was disheveled, its clothes resembled animal hides worn as-is, and its feet were bare.
It looked about the same age as Do-young.
‘But… it’s big?’
The distance between them was about 30 meters.
Somehow, the child’s frame seemed large.
It wasn’t that he was stocky.
It was just that his height and body itself seemed large.
“Tak Tak Kot Cook Hat Joo!”
Dojae and the child’s eyes met.
