There was no time to make sense of the situation.  
I had already used up all my energy trying to escape from the creatures in human form.

‘What *are* those things?!’

They looked familiar, like something I’d seen somewhere before. They resembled the monsters that appeared in Gyeoul’s drawings.

Creatures known as zombies.  
The monsters in human skins chased relentlessly after me, their relentless presence like a shadow.

Being a beastkin gave me enough speed to avoid getting caught, but Gyeoul’s previous body wasn’t originally so fast. If she hadn’t changed, the zombies would have easily …