The tall boy carrying a tree branch (or 'wooden stick') noticed the other wolf that stayed at the back rushing toward a distant bush on their left side and was surprised to see a child suddenly jump out in front of it, the boy's clothes were somewhat unfamiliar and carried a sword.

The tall boy then remembered the scabbard he had seen near where he had found his wooden stick. At the time, he suspected it had been left there unintentionally for a very long time, as it looked old with marks of tearing.

Looking back and analyzing the little boy, Lairay can be seen as slightly shaking, this child is trying to do his best.

Lairay and the tall boy saw the other wolf that was stabbed previously which followed the wolf when it made a sound and followed the wolf as fast as it could heading for Lairay.

Lairay couldn't hide his fear. With his body size, he will only be thrown back and pounded by the two wolves rushing toward him. 

Aether was also overwhelmed by the situation, he could help Lairay handle with one wolf, but two? Especially Lairay's size? 

The tall boy who had a wooden stick seeing that there was no time to think ran as fast as he could before the wolf, followed by the former, could reach the child, he never thought of himself, as he intended to save the child out of impulse.

The other wolf in front keeps the two in check and keeps scratching the barrier with its claws, barking and viciously growling, showing menacing gestures to provoke the boy to attack him with the spear and bite the stick on the side pulling him toward itself but let's go every time the boy tried to pull harder.

The tall boy holding the spear was heavily focused on the wolf in front of him preventing the wolf from heavily damaging the barrier.

The tall boy suffered from 'tunnel vision' due to this stressful situation.

His attention on the wolf prevented him from noticing the other tall boy who rushed out of the barrier and the other two wolves now rushing for Lairay.

Meanwhile, the girl did notice the little boy after the tall boy carrying the wooden stick suddenly jumped out of the barrier and the wolves' sudden change of behavior.

"Haan! Where are you going? Get back inside," the girl said anxiously. The boy holding a spear still didn't notice or was unable to hear what the girl said.

The little boy behind the girl was crying heavily, he was frightened and was now crying when the two wolves attacked the barrier which shocked him, and cried more while holding both the girl's legs from behind, hiding behind her.

The boy who rushed for Lairay was able to arrive before the wolves did.

Lairay was frozen in place momentarily as the two wolves rushed for the boy in front of him.

Aether did induce his adrenaline, this was the effect, Lairay was preparing for close quarters.

Before the wolves arrive he notices the tall guy rushing in front of him and from the wolves.

"Stay behind me," the boy said.

Lairay couldn't reply as he didn't understand what the boy just said.

"Don't worry, just hide behind my back," the boy said, he was determined.

The tall boy didn't look back at Lairay, he was determined to face the wolves in front of him.

Just as the two wolves get near him, he steps forward and prepares to deal a blow from the top with his right hand holding the wooden stick and hitting the head of the nearest wolf.

As the wolf enters his range, he then swiftly swings his hand from the top and successfully hits the wolf's head and is stunned.

The next wolf rushed from behind the first wolf and aimed for this guy's right hand where it was holding the wooden stick.

As the wolf quickly charged, the tall boy was not able to prepare his next blow and the wolf bit his right hand accidentally dropping the wooden stick.

"Aaaagghhhh" the tall boy shouted.

His scream made everyone turn their heads to him, even the wolf that was harassing the group behind the shield, turned its head toward the sound.

The tall boy holding a spear did turn his head, but instantly returned it toward the wolf in front who was distracted by the sound.

He knew his friend was in danger and wanted to come to the rescue but first, he needed to take out the wolf in front of him.

As the wolf was distracted, the tall boy prepared himself to deal a heavy blow to the wolf and was successful. This in turn made his spear get stuck in the wolf's body. Stealing his time to rescue his friend.

As the boy shouted, this promptly made Lairay think about how to react.

Aether then directed Lairay to attack the wolf with his sword, which helped Lairay focus and rushed forward to the wolf's right side and aimed for its upper body, he successfully swung his sword to the top of the wolf's body and dealt a serious injury, which killed the wolf.

But at the same time, the first wolf that attacked them was able to recover from the blow as it was disoriented when the wooden stick struck his head hard.

The wolf that was attacked by Lairay accidentally released his bite on the boy's hand, but the wolf on his left side, the first wolf that attacked them rushed to the boy and bit his left abdomen causing him to agonize with pain.

When the wolf that attacked the group's barrier died, the boy hurriedly went toward their friend to help.

The girl and the little boy followed the boy with the spear, at the same time the girl made a gesture with her right hand and stretched his right arm forward, on her left hand was the little boy's hand still crying.

As the girls gestured, the barrier made of leaves followed them, not breaking their position and trying to center the three inside the barrier.

Seeing that the wolf went for the boy, Lairay hurriedly took back his sword with a bit of struggle, he headed for the wolf and this time Aether directed him to stab the wolf's body, so he headed for the right side of the wolf, and charged there.

The attack force that Lairay dealt was effective and the tip of the sword could be seen on the other side of the wolf's body.

The wolf released his bite and fell on the spot.

Lairay felt a bit of accomplishment for saving his savior's life.

He then headed for the tall boy who was lying on the ground struggling to cope with the pain and intended to stop the bleeding.

Lairay went beside the boy but didn't know what to do when he saw the wound bleeding heavily.

He tried to stop the bleeding by applying pressure to the wound but he was struggling as it didn't slow the bleeding but kept on applying pressure with both of his hands on the side.

Seeing that Lairay was struggling, Aether advised him to intervene with the boy's body and induce him to heal faster, of course by using his 'blue tear'.

Aether warned Lairay that this would make the boy different from the rest of his friends as he would be able to heal from most injuries faster.

"Aether, are there any disadvantages to it?" Lairay asked inside his head.

"The boy will have to consume a lot of nutrients and proteins after or when the body is healing from a wound, other than that there is none.

This in turn will weaken your body as you didn't have a proper meal," Aether replied.

"Do it, this guy saved my life, it's only fair to return it," Lairay said.

Hearing Lairay's confirmation Aether then started to modify a part of Lairay's gene and make it so the boy's body would have the ability to heal quickly.

After a short time.

"It's ready," Aether said after he successfully modified Lairay's DNA and confirmed the result.

Lairay then tried to feel his CLG on his hands and SGM organ, trying to visualize the virus flowing to his hands. This was Aether's advice to Lairay since it was his first doing this.

(Author's note: Readers can find out more about CLG, a.k.a., "Cyanolacrima Gland" in the Auxiliary Chapter - The Hive World Compendium)

Lairay's hands began to produce blue liquid, the 'blue tear' gradually covered the boy's entire bite wounds.

After Lairay successfully covered the wounds with 'blue tear' he stopped producing them and observed the boy's condition.

Lairay also noticed that the 'Blue Tear' stopped the bleeding from the bite marks, and isolated the contacted blood into tiny balls separated from each other by a tiny gap.

Seeing this he tried applying 'blue tear' on the boy's hand without the virus, and it gradually stopped the bleeding.

"It will take a short time until the virus is able to deliver the mRNA to the boy's cells and for it to take action," Aether told Lairay.

The tall boy holding a spear finally reaches the two, concerned for what happened here.

He saw his friend lying on the ground struggling with the pain, he noticed an unknown blue liquid on his bite wounds, assuming that the child must have stopped the bleeding with his medicine.

As the three arrived, the girl tended to the boy but was surprised by what she saw, blue liquid covered the bite wounds of her friend, and she was unsure what it was.

"What is this?" the girl said and looked at Lairay.

Lairay didn't understand, even Aether didn't, he remained silent while looking at the girl.

The girl repeated what she said.

But Lairay still couldn't understand what the girl said and was pressured by the repeated question.

The tall boy holding a spear also looked at Lairay. The little boy was still crying beside the girl.

Lairay got a gist of what they were asking as the girl pointed out the blue tear and told them what he did, but the tall boy and the girl were only confused and the tall boy frowned.

They didn't understand what Lairay said. It seemed that they spoke different languages.

As the blue tear slowly becomes effective, the wounds start to slowly heal. Lairay who was beside the boy suddenly felt something and was dazed.

"Lairay, the blue tear is effective," Aether said.

Lairay was confused, he was feeling dizzy and slowly feeling unknown stimulation, Aether didn't mention anything about this.

The tall boy and the girl were confused as Lairay suddenly made expressions on his face as if he was feeling pain and confusion.

The tall boy who was injured suddenly stopped moving, as previously he was trying to cope with the pain.

The tall boy holding a spear and the girl was shocked when their friend suddenly stopped his struggle. They thought that something happened and were nervous by the sudden passive behavior of their friend.

The injured boy gave no response as the girl shook the boy's shoulder.

The tall boy holding a spear suspected the blue liquid must have done something, so he went beside Lairay and pointed his spear to his neck, threatening Lairay to satisfy the boy's request.

"What did you do!! Speak!" the tall boy holding a spear angrily said.

Lairay was still dazed and couldn't respond, his face and eyes was fixed to the blue tear on the injured boy's abdomen.

The tall boy was triggered by Lairay's silence but noticed that Lairay was looking at the blue liquid on top of the injured boy's wounds.

The tall boy holding a spear noticed Lairay's hands and saw that they were also covered by a blue liquid. He grabbed Lairay's hands and inspected them closely.

He didn't see any wounds on the little boy's hands and was confused as he assumed that Lairay put them on his injured friend to heal him with his medicine.

The boy searched the boy's whole body where he contained his medicine but there was no container or anything in particular.

He then searched the surroundings for any containers but there were none.

As he was panicking, he suddenly remembered cases in his tribe where individuals who were bitten by some wild animals like a wolf didn't survive.

Looking back at the blue liquid it was the first time he saw such a thing and no one in their tribe had described anything like it, except for the saliva, a clear fluid, unlike this one.

He assumed that it was the blue liquid causing Lairay's behavior he got from touching his friends' wounds and the sudden condition of Haan, the tall boy thought 'It is not medicine'.

Aayan is panicked by his assumptions and is anxious about Haan's life, because of this he isn't able to think straight.

Aayan forgot that Lairay never had a wound and is safe and should only be traumatized by what happened. He was driven by his impulsiveness.

He dropped his spear on the ground and decided to remove the blue liquid with his bare hands, his face looked anxious, and as he removed the blue liquid, he wiped it off with his front garment to ensure nothing remained.

The boy then turned his head toward the girl.

"Priestess, don't touch that blue liquid!!" the tall guy shouted anxiously.

The boy then headed toward Haan hastily after wiping the blue liquid on Lairay's hands and repeated the same process wiping the liquid off with his back garment. 

The girl was confused as to what caused the tall boy's actions.

"Aayan, what is it?" the girl asked.

"I'm not sure Priestess, but do you know anything about what happened to the people who were bitten by animals? I think it might be related to those and these wolves have them" Aayan said to the girl while removing the liquid.

"You don't mean... no! But it was happening too soon, unlike theirs this was fast and didn't behave as those people did, removing it is useless as they must have entered their body," the Priestess said anxiously.

The tribe had also people who died after being bitten by animals, especially the wild ones.

The tribe didn't have much scientific knowledge and relied heavily on traditional medicine and wished for them to work.

There was a tiny fraction of people who survived, but even if they did, they would become crazy and helpless.

Their tribe had never known exactly what caused their death, but one thing was for sure, if you were bitten, you would rather amputate the limb that was bitten immediately than expect a miracle to happen, at least you have a huge chance to survive.

On Earth, it was only a matter of time before the disease infected your vital organs and received an injection to fight the disease.

As Aayan successfully removed the blue liquid from Haan it was time for him to remove it from his hands as well, but it was too late for him.

Aayan was able to remove the blue liquid from his hands he was relieved, but shortly after, he suddenly felt something from within him, he suddenly felt dizzy and was fazed, he couldn't move his body and his vision suddenly darkened.

He was fully aware of the whole process, he could hear the Priestess calling his name as he suddenly collapsed to the ground and the little boy cried louder as he suddenly saw Aayan collapse and was more scared.

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