[Day 19]
Using the Giant Blade, I hacked across the forest trying to find the wolf's hideout, to no avail. Hunted a group of Gorilla looking monsters as well. The Red cloth attached to the spear turns to a red blur as it flew past the tree aiming for its target. It succeeded, striking all it's targets. The King of the Gorilla tribe stepped out pounding his chest, roaring at me for intruding. One swing from the Giant Blade was enough to keep his mouth shut forever. With that I left the Gorilla tribe, leaving none but sparing only the children.
There were a lot of insects as well, continuously spitting something on me. When I first came, the poison or something hurts my system and body a lot. The one that continuously attacked me was the gigantic bees. But after encountering so many of them, I got used to the pain to the point it doesn't bother me anymore.
[Day 20]
The search for the wolf tribe ended. I found Wolf's den. However, the entire wolf tribe was massacred and eaten. How do I know? The head of Wolf's leader was at the entrance of the den. There were also punctured holes in the bodies of the bodies of the wolf's. Along the punctured holes, the bodies of the wolves also turned purple and there were scratches and claw marks as well as bite marks all over them.
Something took my prey. Whoever or whatever it is, it's next.
[Day 21]
Nothing found.
[Day 23]
There's a path of destruction leading through the Woods. Heading towards the Hobgoblin village I was from. The result was a massacre. Everyone that I spared died. There were mutilated parts of my body everywhere I went. There were no signs of the kids at all. Everything was dead.
I headed to the Goblin village east of the Hobgoblin village. The entire village was gone as well. There were scratch marks, punctured wounds, and what I can only assume as poisoned bodies everywhere. it's a dead town.
[Day 24]
I rushed to the lizardman's tribe located to the west of the woods. I travelled through a shortcut I found previously. There was no way whatever it is, could find the lizardman's tribe due to it hidden somewhere very enclosed. I had to follow a lizardman back to find it. As I traverse across the trees, the same scratch marks could be found on the trunk and branches of the tree. They were very big paw print marks on the soil of the ground as well.
Look's like all the major tribes in the woods are massacred. Now whatever is out there is killing everything in sight.
[Day 25]
I found a strange entrance to what I think is a dungeon for imprisonment deep within the dense forest. It looked like the entrance of a cave, there were Runic letters around the top and sides of the entrance but it burst open from the inside. Looking around for more details led me deeper into the hole. There I found it. A huge room with what I would think was used as a ritual room. There were symbols drawn everywhere on the wall as well the floor. But the biggest takeaway was the huge magic symbol drawn right in the middle of the ground. The place doesn't feel right. Across the room were 4 chains attached to the wall, and it all leads to the center of the magic symbol. The chain holders were old and rusty. A lot of strength was still needed to break those chain holders. Whatever got out of the room, was hungry and desperate. Not anymore, now it just kills for fun.
[Day 26]
The amount of dead animals found increases, as I traverse the forest looking for the creature. However, it seemed impossible due to the monster seemingly traveling at such a fast speed that he was able to get from the east side of the forest to the west side in just a matter of minutes. It was about 5 km. So there's no way it could reach that fast. However, the trail of blood did lead me to its lair, located underground in one of the mountains. Looks like it was already aware that something was following it, as there were pieces of meat and bones displayed outside. I hid, and proceed back to my base, as I prepped myself for the fight that is about to come.
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[Day 28]
I brought all equipment possible, with an armor I looted from the Hobgoblins. It was time. I traveled across the woods, and reach the top of the underground. With a heavy sigh, I jumped down the underground, landing on a seamlessly never-ending pile of bones. There the creature was, observing and anticipating my every movement.
The creature was mortifying. I wasn't sure what I was looking at.
It was huge. Slightly smaller than the Imoogi roughly around 3m. It sat on the rocks and grinned menacingly at me. The creature had a body of a lion. However, it had a face of a man, with a thick red mane on it. The tail of the lion was instead a tail of a scorpion stinger with spikes on it as well. It also had humongous dragon-like wings, that would explain how he was able to travel from one place to another so quickly. The creature's mouth was full of rows after rows of sharp teeth, which kinda looks like how sharks have.
It lowered its head, staring at me, and spoke in a deep cold voice.
"Trapping in that accursed room for years, feeding on monster chow. There's finally going to be a decent meal after all." It stood up, unveiling its wings, raises its stinger in an attack position, and Roared.
Roaarrrr-!!!
I raised my shield in a defensive maneuver and equipped the Spear for a ranged attack. The creature launches its stinger at me, shooting out its spike simultaneously. I blocked it with my shield while gripping the spear tightly, I unleashed an explosive thrust forward.
The creature flapped its wings jumping across its lair. Not letting him a chance for a breather, I grab the giant blade and closed the gap between us, attempting to Cleave it apart. The creature deflected my blade and return by swinging its tail towards me. I guarded against the spike of the tails using the blade.
However, I left the right side of my body exposed, causing the creature to strike me with his claws. I started to bleed heavily, with blood dripping down from my head, mixing up with my sweat. The creature chuckled and slowly made itself towards me.
"Give up human. Just 3 strikes and you're dying."
Ignoring his provocation, I picked up the spear and dashed ahead, it starts to strike continuously with its stinger. I parried and deflected the attacks with my shield and spear. However, as I got close, it started biting and striking with its jaw and claws. There was a barrage of attacks coming from 2 directions and it was hard to manage. I jumped back. widening the gap between us, throwing the spear at the creature. It hits, landing on the left leg of the creature.
"RAAAOOOORGGHHH"
It roared in pain, flying towards me, attempting to maul me. I grabbed the blade and jumped up and ended up cleaving off its left wing. It slams down to the ground landing hard on the rocks. I proceed to walk slowly forward. Just before I could react in time, the creature used its stinger to stab me, however, it grazed me on my leg. The effect of the poison was instantaneous, as it immediately spread through my body causing me to lose all strength on my body and collapse. The Creature limped forward cursing at me.
"You bastard. You took out my wings and my leg. You deserve a fate worse than death. I'm going to eat your limbs slowly as you watch how it sounds when I crush your bones."
As it walks closer and closer, widening its mouth planning to deal the final blow. I took my knife and stabbed it in his neck.
"ARGHH!!"
I pull the knife across the beast and pulled it out.
Looks like the poison wasn't as effective as I thought. I felt fine even after getting cut by it.
"What...? How are you fine after getting cut by my poison? That shouldn't be possible.....Resistance?!"
"Shush, you talk too much." As I dashed forward confidently, not afraid of the poison of the stinger anymore, I slashed horizontally and vertically at the creature. It roared in pain and tried to widen its gap again but dropped to the ground forgetting that one of its wings was already cut off by me.
However, it didn't give up and started to circle around me to attack me. It lunches forward, just for me to [Roundhouse Kick] him in his neck. He fell to the side, reopening the knife wound that he got from me. The blood starts dripping down on his feet, and once again he jumped towards me. Grabbing the giant blade in my right hand and the spear in my left arm. Due to its injury, its movement was slower. Because of this I could step to the side and use my knee to strike him from the side.
[Muay Thai: Knee Strike]
The creature's body flew toward the woods
Boom-!!!
It landed on one of the sharp tree branches sticking out, and it pierced its right shoulder. The creature stood up and was ready for another round. However it was useless, as I pierced it's paws, pinning him to the ground.
"How do you have the stomach to kill all the children that were living there."
"Aren't you the same...? That was such hypocrisy coming from the one who slew the entire species of monsters. The entire lizardman tribe and Gorilla tribe were only left with the children. Do you think the children could fend for themselves when a Predator came? You practically made the children suffer a slower death."
I was stunned. I argued that "No, I was only trying to survive. The children were not a threat to me. I spared them."
The Creature scoffs and replied:
"You really don't know huh? After the massacre you did. All I did was eat the body parts. You did most of the job for me, it was easier to chew the body parts of monsters thanks to you."
"Shut it," I replied, gripping the blade as hard as I can, aiming at the beast.
"Face it. You're as much of a monster as I am. Really felt good when chopped them up real good huh."
"SHUT UP," I screamed lifting my blade and about to Cleave when he kicked me.
I got pushed backward. Dropping on the floor. The creature took this opportunity to escape through the Woods. I chased after it, running past all the trees and debris. As right in front of me was a blind blur of light. I stepped out of it to check where am I.
"Oh no."
It led me to the outskirt of a town, with the creature running towards it.