After resting up a little and let myself heal. I started walking in random directions. Soon enough, i found a pond with clean water. I drank some water from the pond. It was the best water i drink in my whole life.
I calmed myself down a little before taking another sip of cold water. It was then that i noticed my reflection in the water. I was shocked to see my face. It was me but i looked much younger. It is the same face i had when i was around 16 years old.
I used my hands to touch my skin to check whether it really is me.
“just what is going on here.”
I was confused about this whole situation but i put that thought away for now. My first priority is to get out of this forest to somewhere safe. I was afraid that there may be other monsters roaming around like the one before.
I stood up and started walking in a random direction in hope to find some human life in this forest.
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I always used to watch those survival shows in which they tell how to survive in a jungle. They alway warn you about how can not having sense of direction may easily lead you to circling over the same spot. I always thought that if i get into a situation like this i can get myself out without much difficulty.
I now know that i was naive and idiot to think like that. It has been 7 days since i started walking in random directions however i did not find anything resembling human. However, i did find wolfs,goblins, more bears and some other random monsters but unlike before i did not engage in any kind of battle with them. I just changed my direction when i saw them from far away.
“ here again….”
It is now 13th time that i came back to the same pond i started walking from.
“ ahhh.. I am really hungry..”
I also did not ate anything for last 7 days since there was nothing edible in this forest. I feel like if i have to walk for one more minute i would even eat dirt. I wonder why i did not lose much fat even though i am constantly walking around.
“well lets give it another try.”
If it is not for my strong will to live i would have killed myself by now. Anyway, after walking around for few more hours, i finally got out of the forest and could see a village at some distance away.
I started running towards village. I saw two guard at the entrance of the village. They started walking towards me as soon as they noticed me.
“HALT..”
One of the guards shouted at me. I stopped my feets at that place. The guards came near me so i said to them.
“ummm.. hello sir i just want go inside the village.”
“Are you an adventurer?”
*what..what is an adventurer.* I thought.
“no i am not.”
“Then, why did you come out from the forest? It is not a safe place for a civilian.”
I have no idea what i am supposed to say to that. As guards saw that i am not giving any response to their question, they became wary of me. One of the guards then said.
“Do you have a status plate or anything that can be used as your identification.”
*status plate?*
You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.
“no i don’t”
“hmmmm.. Then we can’t allow you enter the village?”
“But...wait..”
They did not listen to anything i said and started moving towards their guard posts at the gate of the village.
*what am i supposed to do now?*
As there was nothing to do, i just sat there on the ground. It has already been an hour. I am still sitting at the ground outside the village. I was hoping that guards would pity on me and let me inside the village but they didn’t bother to do anything. They didn’t mind me sitting there as i was not interfering with their work.
At that moment i saw some hope as four people came out from the village through the entrance.
It looked like they are going towards forest. They are three males and one female. Mans are dressed quite well and they also held some weapons like swords and knives. The female however has no equipments on her and her clothes also tattered. She was also bounded by chains on her legs.
The guards did not say anything to them and let them go out easily.
*Are they the adventurers?*
I thought as they are going towards the forest.
They passed by me, ignoring me as if i was nothing but a stone on the ground. The girl stopped her feets when she saw me and stared at me as if asking me what i was doing here.
“Hey you stupid slave why did you stop all of a sudden?”
“ah..i-i am sorry”
The girl started walking again when one of the man shouted at her. It looks like she is a slave girl.
“Gran, I told you not to waste money on this useless slave girl.
“Don’t worry. We can use her as meat shield if things become dangerous and also she will be useful at night.”
“hahaha...right..”
I can see slave girl shivering in fear from their comments. Soon enough they entered the forest. I followed them because i have nothing better to do. I kept a distance between us so they would not notice me following them. I don’t want to invite meaningless trouble.
“hah...i hope we can find those wolves soon. I don’t want to stay at this place much longer.”
“We should not have taken this wolf subjugation request. It is too hard for us.”
“Come on. Don’t be a coward. We can do it.”
I am listening to their conversation as i follow them.
*Wolves..*
I saw wolves before when i was walking around the forest. They looked really dangerous to me so i stayed away from them.
The slave girl was quite all this time. She was just walking with an expressionless face.
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It has already been several hours since they are trying to find wolves in this forest. The sun has already sat and night has enveloped the forest with the darkness,
*do they not have map or some kind of tracking device with them?*
I thought as i sighed. I was tired from walking another day.Soon, they stopped at one place and set tents around a campfire. Maybe they are going to stay the night in the forest.
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