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When I open my eyes the first thing I see are several roots hanging from the ceiling, it's been a while since I cut them, I'll have to do it again very soon.

I got up somewhat disoriented while throwing some cans and bottles of beer on the floor, I went to a bucket full of water that I had outside my room and washed my face. I looked at myself in the mirror that was in front of the bucket.

Ahhh I had a horrible face, anyone who saw me would think that life has hit me more than twice, I urgently needed a haircut, I thought to myself, I laughed a little at my own sarcasm, as if it still existed some beauty salon.

After that I took a shirt and put it on my shoulder, I walked towards the window, carefully opened a small space and looked out of the window between its curtains to look at the street.

I saw the same thing as always, abandoned cars wrapped in a lot of weeds, the streets were quite cracked and there were almost no traces of the asphalt, only green plants were visible everywhere. Not seeing anything strange, I opened the door carefully without making much noise, and went up to the terrace or rather to a poorly made mini house.

After going up to the terrace I very carefully covered the entrance.

I think one day I will have to fix this place, although I don't have the materials to do it, the last bags of cement and planks were only enough for what I had now.

I had made an improvised construction on the terrace that covered everything, it was a kind of house, I only left two holes, one in the roof big enough to see the sky but not to get out, and another in the wall that gave a small view onto the street.

This way it is more profitable to keep watch without exposing myself to danger, although in reality the hole in the ceiling was bigger because I liked to look at the sky rather than keep watch.

While I was lost in thought, I grabbed a bottle of beer that I had left the night before near the rocking chair, sat in it, and then lay back and looked at the clear sky.

It's beautiful, very beautiful.

That's what I wanted to think, but inside I know that it's not like that anymore, nor will it be, it stopped being like that a long time ago... It's been 10 years since the sky stopped being like before...

After being lost in my thoughts for a long time, the alarm clock rang, it was time to leave.

I got up from my chair, went up to a small bench that was nearby and covered the hole in the ceiling, then I looked out the window to confirm that there was nothing suspicious and then I covered it as well, I went down to my apartment and began to prepare everything to leave.

Since I wasn't going to be back for a while, I started making sure everything was locked and hidden, in case someone broke in for x or y reason, I prepared the necessary things in my backpack, supplies like bandages, some flashbang grenades. . . , an explosive, food, a knife, a metal stick that I found a long time ago, and a gun that didn't have many bullets.

I really didn't have much but it would be worse if I had nothing. I looked for the most comfortable clothes I had and prepared a replacement, although over the years little by little all my clothes have been worn out. I tried to loot some houses before in the past. but I got distracted looking for food at that time.

And going out isn't very safe these days... After making sure I had what I needed and everything was okay, I went out and closed the door, put some herbs on the door that surrounded this building, it's not a big building of many floors. It was simply an apartment on the fifth floor.

I wanted it to look abandoned, I think it fulfills that image well, as I was going down the stairs I realized that nature had started to come up the stairs, it had been locked up for a while, about 6 months I would say, so it is natural that this has happened.

I reached the first floor, climbed onto a table and jumped over the fence that was full of climbing plants. Unfortunately I didn't have the keys to the fence to get out more comfortably. I wish this house had been mine originally. After jumping the fence I was headed for, I crossed the street and hid between some trees, I looked at my watch. It was 7:43 am, I hope to get at least halfway there before the sun sets.

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After that, I advanced the rest of the day through the city covered with trees and weeds everywhere, this city looks as if it had been abandoned 50 years ago, I wish it were like that, the truth is sadder than that actually, during my trip I was able to see beasts that from time to time were alone, I was lucky since they could not sense me with their smell, since it sprayed me with a grass type smell, so they cannot detect me although that does not mean that they cannot see me or hear me, so I needed to be very careful.

I continued moving forward until I reached a kind of large store on a street, I looked at my watch, it was already 5:57 pm, the sun was going to begin to abandon me, leaving me to my fate. I entered the building carefully and checked everything carefully, then I closed the door carefully and went up to the second floor that had the store. I checked it thoroughly to not find any hidden animals. After seeing nothing strange, I barricaded myself there.

I took a break, while I checked my map, I had more or less achieved my goal, I had a few kilometers left to reach the refuge point, however I had to go around the center of the city due to the different beast nests. who live there, it's too dangerous, it may take me longer than I thought.

While I was thinking that, I heard a strange noise on the street, I looked carefully at what it was.

There was an animal shaped like a giant lion or dog, its reddish skin seemed rotten, its red eyes looked like those of a demon. Generally there were not as many beasts in the city as in the center, and it is normal to see many when night falls. These beasts go out to hunt at night, either alone if they are very strong or in packs to look for food, after hunting during the night, they sleep during the day, in the mornings they normally do not come out, it is rare that they do so but it is possible to see them, I suppose they send one of their own to explore or something like that in the mornings, in this case it was clear that he came to hunt.

I hope it doesn't enter this building, while I was thinking of different ways to deal with that thing in case it did enter, the beast ran at high speed and attacked a poor moose that I had not seen from my angle, apparently the poor thing had not heard, he was dismembered in a few minutes.

After eating half of the animal and scattering its remains all over the street, he took the other half of the body and headed to the building across the street.

I was not liking this situation very much, my departure for tomorrow was complicated by that beast, a bad movement and it could detect me, those animals had a good sense of smell and hearing but before leaving I used a kind of lotion with the smell of weeds and leaves, for which will not be able to detect me so easily due to the environment we are in, however if I make a lot of noise he could hear me.

Without making much noise I went to a corner of a room that apparently was the bathroom, I closed the door carefully and with my gun very close to me I prepared to sleep, I was not going to stay all night watching the beast while it slept, but I couldn't be reckless either, the best I can do is sleep in the deepest place in this tent without making noise, I closed the door with some things blocking it, I dragged them as quietly as I could and without making much noise. After having everything ready I got ready to sleep.

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When I opened my eyes I could see the first rays of sun passing through some gaps in the roof, the wall and also in the window, I could see the building more clearly, it was in very poor condition, apparently nature had begun to destroy it, In a few years it could collapse.

I opened the door carefully after removing all the locks, there was nothing, I looked out the window with caution and sadly that thing was still sleeping in front, although with the naked eye I couldn't see it so easily I realized, that thing was hidden. while he was sleeping, since it was already daytime, I don't think he wants to go out hunting, especially with his dinner from last night, which apparently he still has a part of.

I needed to start moving, but I can't do it that easily even though it was already daylight. While I was thinking what to do, I heard another noise, I looked out the window carefully.

I couldn't believe it, because they are here, they were those damn wizards.

Seeing them, my blood and body felt a little hatred, and anger began to boil inside me, I wanted to kill them right now, for a moment I wanted to go out and kill them, they had killed many innocent people back then.

To my bad luck, they stopped in the air, and went down to the center of the street, they were talking among themselves, apparently they were here in search of something, since they were hooded I couldn't see who they were exactly, but I could make out their suits. Apparently they were scouts, how strange, normally they would send just one scout.

One of them flew away again and I lost sight of him, the other two separated while checking the nearby buildings, however they were in sight between the two, so they could see if something happened to their partner.

Let's see, I have to prioritize my plan, I can't fight here, I still have a way to go,

I needed to get out of here without anyone seeing me.

After thinking for a while I came up with a somewhat decent plan, I think.

I grabbed a stone I had in one hand and prepared my weapon in the other.