The next morning in the cave John looked at Elena's wound that seems to be getting worse, the bite from the werewolf's venom had spread throughout her shoulder, black veins seem to be visible and the blood was also a darker colour. Elena slowly opened her eyes to see John was next to her, she wanted to move but her movements are accompanied with pain, she looked at her shoulder and saw the bite wound. Elena inspected the bite wound where she touched it with her index finder, she saw that her blood has a darker shade "this must be a bite from a werewolf" she thought.
When John noticed that she had woken up he immediate went closer to her, Elena then asked "where are we, young master?"
"We managed to escape, I ran as fast as I could, I didn't know where, I just knew that we had to get far away from that man and I found this cave". Elena was then confused "how did that man not chase us down; I don't think at this stage that young master can outrun that man.". John then smiled at Elena "I'll have you know Elena that I am very smart and the dagger that I stabbed him with yesterday was coated by the silvereye spider's venom, I knew that I am gonna have a need for that, just didn't know it was this soon", when Elena heard his explanation, she couldn't help to give John a light smile.
"Why didn't young master head for the Crimson castle, I am sure you would have made it?"
John then gave her a wry smile "well I was in a panic state okay and I did not think rationally, also, I did not know how fast the venom is going to work and I thought he is going to give chase, but that venom probably worked when you kicked him through all that trees, further, that kick was fucken awesome".
John was excited when thinking about that scene, but Elena began to moan under the pain and he became serious "Elena, how are you feeling, your wound, it isn't closing, I tried giving you blood but it was no help, do you probably know what the problem is?" he asked her and she nods her head "Yes, that man that attacked us is a werewolf, he bit me in the shoulder, they taught us at the Crimsons castle many years ago on how a bite from a werewolf is fatal to our kind, I would have never thought that I would experience it first hand, it also explains on how physically powerful he was…it was my first time seeing a werewolf"
There was a worried expression on John's face "now what should we do about the venom, should I suck it out?". Elena then shook her head "No, the venom has already spread, I am probably going to die in a few days, master you must leave me and find a way to get to the castle"
"No, I would never leave you, there must be a way to save you, but how?" he asked, then Elena responded "there is an antidote to a werewolf's bite at the Crimson's castle but we will probably not make it as the guy that attacked us is out there, he is probably going to smiff us out", John then helped Elena up and positioned her against the wall in the cave "he is not going to smell us out, thank God because it rained heavily yesterday when we ran and my guess is that the rain washed our scent away"
"That's good, master I think we should wait until they send help, I'm sure master Thomas delivered the news of a mysterious guy that attacked us and they would most likely send men to look for us". What Elena said gave John hope but his hopes were shattered when he thought about how long Elena has to live, he travelled too deep into the forest and it would possibly take some time before they would reach them in time. "Elena, do you think you can last up to 3 days" john asked her while holding her hand
Elena looked at John "I am probably going to die tomorrow young master". John could feel his heart tightening, he already gave Elena the last of the bottle of blood that he had, however, it didn't matter as she would die regardless.
"I am going to save you Elena" John then got up and went to move out of the cave but then he heard "Young master, where are you going, it is not safe outside". John then turned his head "don't worry I'll be back" John then left the cave but he could hear Elena calling his name in a soft tone.
When John got out of the cave, he first head to find cover and checked if there was no one in the vicinity, he then went down the river and looked for a rock of a particular size. While John was looking for stones, he also saw some deer that were drinking water from the river, he thought about hunting it for food, but it would probably be too much time consuming. He looked for a few min and found a flat rock, he then looked for a bigger rock and began grinding the flat rock on the bigger one in order to create a flat and sharp edge. John would then grind the flat rock on the bigger rock until the middle of the rock was thin and broad and the front shape had a round point. This did not take John long to achieve this as a result of his increased strength, he then looked for a particular tree that was the correct size to attach his rock to. It did not take John long to find the particular tree he was looking for as the forest was full of trees, he cut the tree down with his fixed blade knife. Next, John then removed some of the cloth from his cloths to make a rope to attach the stick that he cut down from the tree with the rock in order to make a primitive shovel. When John was done making his primitive shovel, he went back to the cave but heard a scream, he rushed to check up on Elena, when he got to the cave, he couldn't believe at what he is seeing.
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Caden arrived at the place where John and his group was attacked, inspected the area and could see some of the damages as a result of the fights that occurred, further, he could also smell some of the blood that wasn't entirely swept away by the rain. He then walked to the end of the hill and saw a river, Caden narrowed and focused his eyes to scan the whole area and noticed something on the ground near the river.
He disappeared from where he was standing and arrived near the river, he walked to where he saw something, he crouched down and saw a dagger, he picked up the dagger and inspected it, he saw some yellow stuff on the dagger and immediately noticed what it is "hmmm silvereye spider poison, I wonder who this dagger belonged to, is it John or the attacker" … "it's probably John's, why would the attacker use a dagger coated with paralysis poison on a kid if he most likely came to kill him" Caden thought.
Caden then looked at direction where multiple trees were broken, he then arrived at a spot where he guessed somebody laid for a while, he then looked around "don't worry John, if you are alive then I will find you, hold on a little longer".