Even though I am not dead, I am afraid to open my eyes. I thought my miserable life had finally ended. The ground is rough. I am not lying in a hospital bed, am I in hell? Always thought there was no heaven no hell no gods on earth. Maybe I was wrong. As I open one eye, I see that this does not look like hell. It is a wide plain with trees. It is night and the night sky is wonderful. When was the last time I saw some stars? I stare at the sky for a few more minutes.
My body feels strange. I looked at my hair and almost screamed, why do I have white hair? I watch down my body. I think I am a bit taller and I see muscles. When was the last time that I saw muscles on my body? Let me think for a second, never. I am a bit worried since there is no city in view. What should I eat, maybe hunt? However, I have never hunted before, and I have never slept outside without a tent. Wait it is night but I can see perfectly. I got fright for a moment, what on earth is happening here? I groan short, maybe I should search a town, but in which direction should I head? Let's think for a moment, is there a river nearby? Yes, there is a river. If I follow the river, I might find some humans at some point, but I must hope that I am not lost in the middle of the wilderness. I followed the river for a few hours. I am not feeling any more tired than at the beginning of my journey. An athletic body sure has its benefits. Oh, the sun seems to be rising.
What kind of creatures are there? They are green and small like a child. Hey there, the two creatures look in my direction as I say do you know where the next city is? The green creatures run to a bush and equip some spears. I say wait we do not need to fight. The green creatures whisper. Something to one another. Fortunately, my hearing is much better in this body. Should we eat him? He looks tasty. The other one whispers .He has no weapon, perfect victim. I am a bit uncertain if I can talk that out. I hate violence. My mother, before she died, always said „Gewalt ist die letzte Zuflucht der Unfähigen“ (It means something like violence is the last resort of the incapable, a german phrase). I gather all my courage and say when you need something to eat i can teach you how to spear fish. In my previous life, I hated eating fish, but when I catch it myself, it's different.
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The green creatures do not seem to understand what I say. Why didn't I bring a sword? The green creatures seem hostile. They charge and two arrows fly out of the bushes. I look at the direction the arrows come from and I see a young man with bow and arrow. He wears a green cloak, leather armor and a short sword on his belt. Next to him is a woman with burnig hair. She has charcoal black skin and two pointy ears. The woman straightens her right arm with an open hand in my direction. I am such an idiot why haven´t I thought of it . Of course I don´t know if the people and creatures of this land could understand me. Wait what language was I speaking? It was clearly not English. Wait a minute what languages do I know? I concentrate for a moment and 4 languages come to my mind: Auran,Draconic,Taldane, Giant. Wait, none of them are English. What are these languages? Auran Taldane both could be human languages. Taldane sounds more like a country, so I will go with that.
Hey you don´t need to shoot me with your hands, I say. The woman answers me and puts her hand down. So you are human then we don´t need to kill you. I thought you were some kind of Demon with this weird white hair. Do you know where the next city is? I walked hours in the wilderness and could not find one. The young man smiles at me and says come with us. I am an experienced guide in the wild and I can guide you to the next city. But first we need to destroy this goblin camp that are these creatures in front of you. Sure, I follow them. The guide seems to be tracking their steps and the woman with the burning hair looks around. I try to watch out for goblins too. They destroy the Goblin camp with ease. They have some cages with people inside. The guide looks at me and says, hey help with unlocking the cages. They seem to be closed with metal bolt locks. I opened one and broke the metal in half. I open the cage and throw the destroy look in too the bushes as nothing happens. To my luck they seem to be focused on saving the trapped ones and didn´t pay attention to me. What the hell was that? I think for a moment.
They go back to the city and take me with them. They seem to be professional adventurers. Truly an interesting job. The guards at the city gate don´t mind the many people coming in. Maybe because of these adventures that are with us. But I got a few confused looks from inside the city and the city guards.