That evening,Danachi went to the well again. It wasn't late when he went there, just a few minutes after the sun had set.He walked around the well for a while before he went near it. He peeked over it and found nothing unusual. He kept his eyes and ears open in case he sensed something odd. But everything was normal. He decided to wait for a while.
It was getting dark. Dan started to get tired waiting for so long. He was just about to leave after finding nothing when he heard the splashes of water. He became alarmed and started going near the well carefully. A rotting smell hit his nose again. He peeked over the well and saw those pair of glowing eyes. He retreated almost immediately. But it was not fast enough. The beast's tail sprang out of well and entangled itself around Dan's leg. He fell to the ground. The beast started pulling him into the well. Dan tried hard to free his leg out of the grip but it was too strong .It dragged him to the well. Dan quickly took out the dragger that he had brought with him and stabbed the beast's tail. The grip of the tail loosened and it went back to the well.
Dan quickly got up and was just about to leave the place when he heard the beast roar. He saw that the beast had climbed out of the well. It was just as they saw in Tirana,only its skin had become more ugly. There were several scars. Dan figured it was from when Kanibora had attacked it. Her magic was strong so the wound hadn't healed. The wounds had now grown pusses and it's skin was peeling off. It looked disgusting.
It was grinding its teeth from anger before it jumped on Dan. He was ready for this. But he could bear its weight and fell to the ground. The beast was trying to attack his head again. Dan did well dodging its attack each time. This time it wanted to bite Dan's neck. But Dan grabbed its head strongly. He tried to break its mouth. He grabbed its jaw and started pulling them apart. The beast was trying to get his mouth free of Dan's hand. It used his tail to hit him. It was hitting his back but Dan was taking it well. He was about to break its jaw when the beast let out a huge cry. It became nerve breaking. That scream was entering his ear along with pain. His ears felt like bleeding. He let go of the beast before he would lose his ears. But he knew he couldn't let his guard down.
When he let go of that beast, it came back immediately to attack him again. It jumped on him again.But Dan reacted fast. He grabbed the dragger stabbing the beast's lower part of the neck and cutting down to its abdomen. Blood sprang out from its body and soaked Dan's clothes. The creature fell on the ground. But it was not dead. It growled in pain and it didn't have the strength to attack Dan again. It looked at Dan grinding its teeth before it went beck down the well.
Danachi felt that his ear was bleeding. He felt dizzy. He somehow supported himself with a tree and sat down to stable himself.The scream of the beast was heard from far away. After some time, many villagers had come near the well to figure out what had happened. When they came, they saw Danachi in a disastrous phase.
A man hurried over to him and tried to find out if he was okay. He shaked him and asked," Danachi, can you hear me?"
Danachi could hear them hardly. But he still understood what they were saying. He nodded to him.
" What happened to you?" asked the villager.," We heard a strange scream here."
" There's a beast in the well. ", Danachi pointed there.
" That again, Danachi?" , Wogana had come out from the crowd." You're half dead from fighting and still want to make up lies?"
"Do I look like I am lying?", Danachi was getting mad. He barely survived the beast and the villagers just won't belive him.
The man who had come to support Danachi replied," We had fetched water from here just this afternoon. Nothing was there."
Another man came out of the crowd and said," Enough of this Danachi. I'll go to near it. I want to see where the beast is."
The man started getting closer.
Danachi screamed," HEY!! DON'T GO NEAR IT!!"
But it was too late. The man was already by its side. He stopped before peeking into the well . He frowned a bit and covered his nose with his hand. He peeked over the well and reacted as if he had seen a ghost. He let out a huge scream.
Almost immediately, the beast grabbed him with its tail and dragged him into the well. Danachi could hear the man's last scream and the splashes of water before everything went silent.
The villagers were terrified. One of them quickly came to support Danachi before they all ran away from that place and came infront of the village chief's house . They started calling for the chief. Hearing all the ruckus, the chief came out and asked what had happened. The villagers briefed him about the whole situation. After hearing all of it , the chief's face darkened.
He went to Danachi and asked him," For how long have you known it was living there?"
Danachi replied," It's been less than a day. I tried to inform the villagers about it but they wouldn't listen ."
The chief thought before he said something else.
" We must refrain from going there. For the time being, use water from the river.",The chief said.
The villagers nodded in support. They all stayed there for a while discussing the problem before Danachi went back to his house.
He closed the door, changed his clothes and laid on his bed.His back was hurting so bad. He tried to figure out what he could do but found no solution.He realized it was time he needed to call her back.