Without any thought, I felt the body begin to tire and with his leg wounds still healing, I commanded the body to advance to the nearest tall plant that was in the area, directly in front of the body's field of vision. With no delay, the body advanced to a bush that stood near the tall trees at the forest line and did not advance any further once the body entered its dense and small branches.
I could hear the echoes from the rustling of the branches before everything went quiet once everything calmed down as quickly as the gentle beast collapsed to the ground. The body's head turned towards the berry field.
"What are you doing? Get further away than just hiding in the bush" the human said.
[Do you want us to go further into the forest? with sore feet?]
He thought for a few moments before he responded:
"Good point" he said in defeat as he looked ahead to what was going on outside beyond the thick branches and began to sit down, calmly.
They stayed like that, the body did not move and all we could hear was how the gentle wind of the forest rustled the leaves around us, but without a trace of the loud noise. The rustling was interrupted by the movement of two figures who came out of the thicket of trees towards the creature lying in the field. One of them was holding a big smooth branch that I didn't recognize and the other didn't seem to have anything on it.
"I can't see who they are... Are these the giant otters?" The human said, can't see them compared to me. But compared to the previous time, these were not otters advancing on the creature. They look much different than they are. They seem to have more limbs each than otters. They also look smoother and shinier but have a different appearance than the creatures we've met so far.
The voices of the forest were replaced by their speech at those moments:
'This is a successful hunt!' The one without the big branch moved forward lifted the collapsed creature's head and grabbed it by the neck.
'But I missed the alpha'
'I wouldn't say this! Meat is meat, even if it's not shiny' With his hands he begins to pick up the body of the creature that seems to be the same size as them, giving me a glimpse of how big they are before he continued to speak:
'What's more important right now is food, and also trying 'Tonantis'. And I have to say - this weapon is amazing!'
The one holding the large branch moved it to the sides, showing that it was as big as it was, but moving it like nothing showed me how strong they were. The human's movements began to move to the sides before he hovered and suddenly without any warning from him began to touch Advanced Info the cone wall, which began to once again flood the field of vision with lines, began to gently hurt my head, but not too much compared to the last time he did this.
[Why did you do this?!]
"What's important to us right now is who we're dealing with right now. You don't know what will happen if they start aiming the weapon they've been talking about?" He says that suddenly the lines began to behave strangely and formed lines that connect themselves, showing on the invisible barrier a shape that surrounds the figures and began to enlarge them, so that suddenly, they appear within the shape as if they were big next to us, but equally far away.
I could see within the shape, that their shiny skin was covered with scales that were on top of each other, and had a strange head that resembled a large predatory fish, but with a face reminiscent of otters, yet very different from them. I could see four of his arms holding the creature tightly and not letting go while the other held the weapon in his hand.
Lines began to move next to them and began to fill in with the inscription:
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Aridasilu
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A sentient has six limbs of which four arms. Their appearance is reminiscent of a terrestrial catfish walking upright. Creatures that are intelligent enough to create their civilizations, but because of the small population despite their fast reproduction rate, they were not able to persist on an independent residency that is long enough and has a good recovery.
The Empire regards them as permanent residents and friends and they have a long history with the humanoid otters.
Physical data:
High defense, compressed strength, slow, colorless vision, superior fluctuating sense.
Power relations: extremely low.
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"I thought I'd already seen everything, but I think I'm no longer surprised by being surprised - a fish walks on land. All that remains is to see pigs fly," the human said while another caption popped up from the large branch one of them was holding:
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Tonantis
Experimental weapon. Uses magic systems that compress air and launch towards the target.
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'We don't have much time to waste. I'll go join the rest and bring the game to the hogscart. I hope Medias managed to catch something else tasty. As for the wines, I think the berries would be great as a bonus. We will eat well tonight!'
He said his words and began to lift the dead creature in his arms and began to move back into the forest, only the one with the weapon remained. He gently placed it on the fields and began to pick the berries. The human began to speak:
"It's a good time to get out of here."
I agreed with him and without any tweet from me, the body led by me began to gently leave the bush and move away from the place. But even with the slowest movement, the head of the being left to gather stopped and turned its head in our direction, noticing our presence. The human began to scream weakly:
"STOP!"
The body stopped in its words following my intention. The Aridasilu stopped and one of the large follicles that came out from around its mouth began to move around, but after a few moments of tension, it turned back around and continued to collect. I took the opportunity to keep moving get out of the bush and advance away from the place.
The body moved further and further away from him, but still, voices echoed loudly through the woods I could hear them:
'We're moving on, let me help you'
I could hear no more of them after we moved away and advanced between the edges of the forest until we reached tangled vegetation. The body entered through them and we passed to the other side and with it, we could overlook a large water hole that stands between the forest and a collection of vegetation. I could see birds flying to sip and bathe in its water, indicating to me that the water was safe. Thirst was felt in me until, without another thought, the body advanced to the water and with its large beak began to sip from its clear waters.
The texture of the water and the feeling of satiety were felt well and in place. The body made several head movements that each time, sipped more of the water.
I could feel how thirsty we were most of the time that even the juicy berries didn't satiate us enough, but with every sip the body made you could feel how thirsty we were.
And as soon as Goff stopped sipping from the reed, he looked ahead into the forest. But the invisible barrier began to fill with red lines and the water began to churn and birds began to fly away from the place. We looked and before I could give the command to run away as well, a creature jumped out of the water in our direction. As if in the last moments, it seems that the red lines began to engrave something:
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Warning! Enemy found! Emergency located!
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"Emergency?! It wasn't like this before!" The human screamed in surprise, understanding the situation while the creature rose and its shadow hid the sun. The body jumped backward and managed to avoid the mysterious creature's fast movements. Its shape was not clear, but from my understanding, while the human floated quickly to the wall of the cone, I saw how the visual field began to focus on the strange and fast movements of the creature. I seem to have a few moments to decide what to do before it clashes with us and perhaps harms us.
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Name: ----
Title: Heir of Vyu'argani
Species: Druidism Raphus cucullatus (Druid dodo bird)
Age: (29 days) - Young | (70% growth)
HP: 35% | Stamina: 38% | Karma: -5
Abilities: Tweet | Climb | Run | Universal Translation | A. Info | Animism |Survive
Growth option path: The one with the forest, More Unknows possible paths
General information:
It is a moderately flightless bird. They are mostly herbivores that eat fruits, seeds, and roots but are also able to eat and crack mollusks, crustaceans, and fish when the opportunity arises.
Their large and powerful beaks are capable of causing quite a bit of damage and are adapted to the food they eat, but they will more often than not choose to flee rather than fight, even though they have no natural fear.
This is a bird that does not exist in this world and should not exist. There is nothing like her in this world.
Some say that they can understand their surroundings better than anything else, but this is not proven or disproved, it can be seen that sometimes their feathers change according to their mood and the state of the environment in which they live.
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