~~ccrreeeaak~~

Lyr slowly and cautiously opens the door which made terrible sound because of rust

seeing this Lyr immediately stops and took a peek outside the half open door to see if there are any dangers outside

maybe if somebody with bold minds and fearless personality saw how Lyr being overly cautious will surely make them laugh hard

but anyways let them laugh as Lyr believes that a person with cautious minds usually have the last laugh and survive at the end

so being cautious is not really a bad thing specially for this situation

Lyr seeing no particular problem, he proceed to move soundlessly out of the door

only then did he carefully observe what's outside, nothing unusual though still the towering trees but oddly enough its very quiet

he didn't immediately moved instead he observe the possible scape routes that he can take if something unusual happens

having done marking the escape routes he then proceed his search and as always being cautious about doing it

and for nearly 40 minutes he was done searching all the rooms in the apartment building, he found some expired noodles and some bottles of water in the last room opposite to the stairs in the second floor

he remembered that the tenants residing it is the fatty, he usually saw him goes outside his room for at least once a week only which makes him strange back then but seeing his room makes him understand,

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this fatty is a certified otaku, his walls are completely covered with anime girls in hot poses which makes Lyr mouth twitch for a while

anyways as for weapons he found a wooden bat in the first floor, because of the strong material in the wooden bat makes it still useable

it will probably be broken for a few swings but for now its enough

after stuffing all the things in the backpack and carrying the bat he slowly make his move towards the apartment gate

after getting out of the gate while making sure it was wide open, he slowly moves in the direction of the sea while holding the bat tight

as he walks his way he can't help but look up at this towering gigantic trees and seeing it closely makes him feels his smallness compared to it

'sigh, what in the world can breed this kind of trees' Lyr asked in his heart, trees also needed rich energy for it to grow up and an energy that can support this kind of trees is kinda incalculable for him and it clearly is not one but countless trees

'sigh' sighing again he then move on and fortunately enough some grass only grows for about a meter tall so he can still make his way towards the sea but with great vigilance

a grass this size is not common for some animals to hide while ambushing its prey, specially for snakes

he is really afraid that some will pounce on him, but he still make his resolve and continue even though he was full of sweat because of tension while griping the bat tightly

he doesn't have a choice but to move on as he knew that staying there without knowing the situation is same as death so why not take the risk

but oddly enough though he still didn't encounter any kind of animals, which not only makes his tension decrease but instead increase

there are only two explanation for this, that this place is part of a territory of a certain animals or a beast that makes even insects afraid of it

or that this place doesn't have a biological cycle at all

and any one of the two is very bad for Lyr

for almost 30 minutes he finally reach the edge of the forest without any accident, the distance is really not that far but because of the roots blocking the way makes the journey long

he was sweating all over not knowing if it is because of tension or the hot sun that never seem to change in the past hour

another fortunate thing is the apartment being close to the sea if not he clearly don't know how to survive in the depths of the forest, he was only a jobless person before this so it is normal to not have some survival skills as the only thing he relies on is his cautiousness

~~shuaa~~

pushing aside the large last leaf that covering his view of the sea he finally saw it and....

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