I Am Trying To Divorce My Villain Husband, But We Have A Child - Chapter 29

Chapter 29

“This way!” The knights ran straight in the direction of the scream before Elisha could give her command.

She also followed them. A cliff appeared as they walked toward the source of the scream.

A boy, who was trembling as he looked around, became relieved as he saw Elisha and knights were coming. “Y-your Grace…?”

“It’s okay now, Jonathan. Let’s go back together. Your younger sister is waiting for you.”

The boy, who seemed relieved for a while, was in contemplation again before Elisha’s words were over. His frightened eyes kept glancing at a tree behind Elisha.

When Elisha looked back out of curiosity, her eyes met with the eyes of a giant wolf who was lying in ambush, aiming for the right time to attack. She felt goosebumps all over her body.

“Krrrrrrrrrrr!” At the same time, the wolf jumped and overtook Elisha. It happened in a blink of an eye.

“Madam!” The knights who noticed the situation a step late approached immediately, but it was too late to prevent the wolf’s attack on Elisha.

The giant wolf leaned over and opened his mouth wide, as if he were going to swallow Elisha. She struggled desperately, trying to push the wolf away. But she couldn’t overcome the weight and strength of the wolf, which was bigger than an adult man. She closed her eyes in fear of death. ‘No…!’

When the wolf’s sharp teeth were about to sink into Elisha’s neck, her hand, which had been flailing around, touched the wolf’s heart. A faint energy was emitted from her hand, permeating its heart. At the same time, the wolf stopped moving instantly.

Not noticing the emitted energy from Elisha’s hand, the knights and Argyll were surprised to see the sudden change in the wolf’s behavior.

“Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…!” The wolf fell away from Elisha, as if it was burnt in a fire. Then it stumbled and started making weird sounds. “Krrrrrrrrrrrrr!”

“Now! Everyone, attack!” The knights took the opportunity to stab the wolf with swords.

Soon, the wolf began to struggle in pain.

Argyll quickly checked Elisha’s condition, “Madam, are you okay?”

“I’m fine, but that wolf….”

“It’s a dire wolf. I do not think their habitat is here though.”

A dire wolf is a monster that has a similar appearance to an ordinary wolf. Although it is a completely different species from wolves, its habits are similar to those of a wolf. And one of its major habits is…hunting in groups.

Elisha raised her head when she recalled what she had read in a book. She had an ominous premonition. And it was right. Not long after that, she could see a dozen dire wolves start gathering around them. On the thick snow, the wolves slowly approached them.

“Madam, please stay back.” The knights protected Elisha by shielding her behind their backs.

In front of her were a pack of dire wolves while behind her was a cliff. She was pushed to the edge of the cliff as they were surrounded.

“Krrrrrrrrrrrrr…” The dire wolves circled around the knights for a while, observing their movements, and soon attacked.

“Protect Madam and the boy!” The Rubelin knights, who were already prepared for the attack, also charged toward the wolves. They wielded their swords toward the wolves, which were physically bigger than them.

However, no matter how hard the knights fought, it was difficult for them to overcome the difference in strength and physique. To make matters worse, the snowfall had picked up in intensity and had turned into a snowstorm.

“Kkuk…” With their vision becoming blurry, the knights were gradually pushed back by the wolves. Thus, Elisha was also pushed closer toward the edge of the cliff.

At that moment, the movement of the stormy wind suddenly changed. Elisha, who previously closed her eyes due to strong wind, opened her eyes as she detected the change and saw a familiar man flying toward them. “…Richard?”

Richard stepped forward and ordered the knights. “Everyone, back off.”

The knights stepped back at his command. Richard stood in front of them and the knights formed a second line of defense to protect Elisha and the boy from the wolves.

The dire wolves, who had been wary of Richard for a while, soon howled and rushed over. In an instant, strong winds surrounded Richard, who wasn’t even fazed at the wolves’ attacks, as if to protect him.

As the winds grew bigger, the surrounding objects began to sway. The frozen cliff and ground slowly began to crack due to the impact. Nonetheless, no one noticed the cracks forming below due to the urgent situation in front of them.

The violent wind became a storm and swallowed the surrounding dire wolves. After a brief pause at the sight, the dire wolves in the rear rushed to the knights behind Richard. At that moment, lightning from the storm created by Richard hit the attacking dire wolves.

“Krrrrrr!” The dire wolves were burned terribly by the lightning. Some of the other remaining wolves also died due to the thunderstorm. The remaining dire wolves, which had been holding out for a while, also collapsed. The ground vibrated with a thud due to the shock.

The knights approached Richard with a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness. It’s really fortunate that Master came just in time-”

Crack. A cracking sound was heard while everyone expressed their relief. At the same time, the ground under the cracked cliff collapsed.

“Huh…?” Elisha, who was standing on it, fell along with the collapsing edge.

As soon as Richard heard the cracking sound, he immediately looked toward Elisha and saw her falling with the cliff. His indifferent eyes, which had always been calm, shook violently as he saw the scene. “Elisha!”

Without much thought, Richard jumped off the cliff. Fortunately, he was able to catch Elisha’s body quickly. But there was another problem.

‘Damn it, I can’t use the wind here…!’ Due to the rapid change of altitude, Richard couldn’t use his ability to manipulate the wind that required a high concentration and stable wind movement. Even a blizzard could affect his ability since his sight would be blocked.

Richard tried his best to manipulate the wind. Unfortunately, he knew that it wasn’t possible anymore since the river wasn’t far from them. He hugged Elisha tightly and closed his eyes.

Splash! Soon, the icy river swallowed the couple.

*****

In the northern land, the river’s currents would increase at the beginning of the spring because the accumulated snow had now melted and flowed to the river.

Holding Elisha tightly in his arms, Richard swam against the strong river current. However, swimming with one hand in a river with a high current was harder than fighting alone against dozens of people in a war.

‘If we don’t get out of here quickly…….’ Richard managed to manipulate the wind right before they fell. Thus, some of the shock from the fall was reduced. Nonetheless, Elisha still lost her consciousness due to the shock.

As Elisha wasn’t awake, she unintentionally swallowed some of the water and put herself in danger. Richard took a breath and kissed Elisha. He continuously blew in some air into Elisha’s mouth. In the meantime, he also swam with one of his hands.

Gradually, he ran out of oxygen and felt dizzy. Nonetheless, he couldn’t give up on the warmth in his arms because he was willing to die for her. He used all his might to escape the river with Elisha.

At that moment, the river current suddenly changed its course and pushed both Richard and Elisha toward the riverbank.

‘Why did the current suddenly change…?’ Richard wondered, but he did not miss the opportunity and escaped the river with Elisha in his arms. He immediately checked Elisha’s condition. However, Elisha’s breathing had stopped. Richard’s heart sank. “…Elisha.” His eyes shook aimlessly. “Damn it! No! Elisha! No way!”

Richard attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a hurry. He repeatedly exhaled some air into her mouth several times.

“Breathe, please…….” Richard kept trying until he lost the track of time. Perhaps due to his desperation, Elisha’s chest started moving up and down. She turned her head to the side and coughed out some water. “Cough-cough.”

“…….” After confirming that Eisha was really breathing, he hugged Elisha in relief. He immediately checked her condition. Due to the wet clothes and cold wind, her body temperature had dropped rapidly and her face became extremely pale, like a dead person. ‘It’ll be dangerous for us to stay like this.’

But the snowstorm was getting stronger and snow was piling up on the ground. Richard’s line of sight was unclear due to the snowstorm, so he couldn’t use his ability to fly away. Even if managed to use it, they probably would end up wandering in the snow because he couldn’t see clearly.

Meanwhile, Elisha’s body would be even more exposed to the cold wind and low temperatures in the air, causing her body temperature to drop faster. In addition, in such a strong blizzard, the knights would not be able to search for them. Thus, they wouldn’t be found anytime soon.

First of all, Richard decided to find a place to avoid the blizzard. ‘Since it’s near the river, there might be a house nearby.’ After wrapping his robe around Elisha, he stood up with Elisha in his arms. Wrapping her in a wet robe wouldn’t warm her up, but at least, it could protect her from the cold wind.

He walked along the river for a while and saw a shabby cottage between the large rocks. He couldn’t see any light or smoke from the house. Although there was no sign of a human living in that cottage, he decided to just knock on the door.

Silence. As expected, Richard didn’t hear any voice and didn’t get any response. He pushed the door open slowly. The door was opened easily, though its movement wasn’t smooth.

The cabin was relatively clean as if it had been inhabited until recently, but there were no utensils or other tools. Fortunately, there were some old and broken pieces of furniture that could be used to light up a fire.

‘The snowstorm is still ongoing outside, but this cottage isn’t affected much since the large rocks are blocking the strong winds. This place is good enough to avoid the blizzard.’

Richard laid Elisha down at the center of the cottage and covered her with blankets. However, it wasn’t enough to warm up her freezing body. The cause of her body temperature drop had to be eliminated. Richard sighed as he saw the wet dress covering Elisha’s body.