Enkidu shifted his massive body, focusing his attention on the creature before him.
What kind of creature was this?
Enkidu found Shamhat somewhat familiar, but... not entirely.
Shamhat was too weak; the feel of magic power around her was about the same as that of an ordinary beast. Still, there was a faint trace of divinity about her.
So she was a goddess?
She didn't seem like one, though.
While Enkidu was puzzled, Shamhat was already trembling so violently she was nearly suffocating.
What was this? Was it truly a god?
Though this antlered beast showed no hostility or desire to attack, its mere presence was enough to terrify Shamhat to the point of fainting.
Shamhat had never seen such a strange beast. Never.
It was neither a deer nor a brown bear, nor was it any kind of beast recorded on clay tablets—this was an animal no one knew of.
And now, she was about to die at the hands of this beast.
Fine beads of sweat covered Shamhat's face, and her eyes were beginning to roll back.
Enkidu noticed that this creature, which somewhat resembled a human yet carried the aura of a god, was acting strangely.
He could sense many negative emotions coming from it.
Was it nervous? Or afraid?
Enkidu lowered his antlered head and moved closer to Shamhat.
"Eek—"
Seeing the monster approach, Shamhat instinctively wanted to scream.
But in this "desperate situation," she suddenly remembered what King Gilgamesh had told her before she left—
There seemed to be two such monsters!
If her scream drew the other one over too...
She covered her mouth, doing everything she could to keep from making a sound.
But the monster was getting closer and closer.
What do I do, what do I do, what do I do?