Grave is here again with another chapter of Ordinary Adventure!
As usual this chapter contain atrocious grammar, confusing dialogue, and hard to understand sentences so do take your time in reading it.
-and yes, i this was un PRed.
Well with out further ado, enjoy the chap!
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The first thing that Jade do when he’s awake is wondering why the world he’s seeing is upside down
The second thing he notices is that when he is busy in his journey to the la la land, the sunny days has decided to say ’Good riddance!’ to him and leave him all alone in the very scary and dark forest
The third, is that when Jade finally awake from his beauty sleeps he did so with a surprised look on his face. He certainly don't expect to wake up from whatever sleep he’s currently was considering that Jade is sleeping out in a forest filled with dangerous Monster and wild beasts with no protection whatsoever.
At the very least, Jade’s expect to wake up with a missing limb or two
But instead he wake up with all limbs attached and neck that are stiff as hell. Probably because of his awkward way of sleeping, which, while is better than the alternatives, still hurts like hell.
Damn it
But hell at least he’s still alive, so there’s that at least
With that meager thought in his mind, Jade decided that he’s might as well as get up and deal with the pain he’s know he’s going to get,
And so Jade did exactly that.
Sure enough, the pain Jade expected to happen come as Jade finally manage to stand up with his legs-
“SHHIIIIIII-“
- and what a glorious pain it was. It seems like everything in Jade’s body is screaming in protest because of Jade sudden movement.
Considering that just yesterday Jade used his body to its very limit though, not a surprising thing.
Even with all the pain , Jade is doing everything he can to not fall into the ground. If only standing up hurt this much, he did not dare to imagine how painful it is to fall with his already very painful back.
‘Ah right, didn’t I have a potion?’
Remembering that, Jade check his belt for his potion that he manage to salvage from his village and for once, luck seems to smile on him as he find that all three of his potion is undamaged
Now, Jade really has couples of questions here like ‘How the hell is he still alive’ , ‘Why the hell is the potion he came out unscratched while he himself wasn't’ and last but not least ‘How the hell did he survive that jump earlier’
It’s all a good questions that deserve an answer no doubt, but seeing that he won't get ones, Jade simply do what any normal man would do in this situation,
He turns blind eyes on those things and decided to quietly sip his sweet and delicious potion, not giving a care about the weird thing happening around him.
There will come to time for him to questions those things of that Jade have no doubt
But for now?
Jade would simply enjoy that numbing sensation he feel after drinking the potion.
And so Jade did exactly that. Enjoying this quiet moment while temporarily forgetting all the crap he’s currently in to take a deep breath and taking a moment to appreciate the fact that he was still alive after today event
“But seriously-“ Jade begin to grumble under his breath,
“ What kind of messed up story is it that had a freaking Ogre as their first encounter?”
This one apparently
Feeling kind of happy after some relaxing and complaining, Jade finally decides to face the reality in front of him.
With that , Jade scratch his head as he look at his surrounding
“ Now……where exactly am I ?” Musing that, Jade start to search his surrounding, hoping to find any sign of thing that might indicate him what part of the forest he’s currently in
‘Hmmm…..There’s a cliff here, the big tree over there is growing toward south’ Jade eyes begin to tales notices of every single thing around him, his observation leaving noting undetected
‘-and a bit further to north, isn’t that wolf’s howl?’
Then Jade begin to nod his head
“Got it!”
With a confident nod, Jade once again spoke,
“I am hopelessly fucking lost”
With that astounding observation, a loud scream soon echoes throughout the forest, signaling the awakening of the forest newest and weakest denizen
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“Guhahahahahahahaha!!! That’s some scream he got there! Keep it up boy!”
Somewhere deep in the forest where no man has ever reached, The Lord of Ogre let out a bellowing laugh, enjoying the show that Jade is now providing from his comfortable throne
The Ogres guarding his room could only look at each other as they heard their Lord’s laugh.
That laugh of his can never be a good thing, they can only hope that the target of their Lord’s amusement is not them
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“CRAP CRAP CRAAAPPPPPP!!!!!”
Running around in circle may not be the healthiest kind of action, or even the brightest thing to do, but seeing Jade state right now, you may have to forgive this ten-year-old boy
‘What do I do what do I do?!!!’ Such is what currently running in Jade’s mind right now. Somehow Jade’s get a feeling that he had recently done this before, but he quickly shook his head, such thing don’t matter right now.
What matter now is this: Jade without a doubt is in a bad situation here.
First, he’s stranded in who knows part of the forest with no way of getting out unless he wants to run around like a headless chicken and risk meeting an Ogre again,
Second, he’s basically lost without a weapon to defend himself, already losing his trusty walking stick thanks to that damn Ogre. Jade still have the small knife he’s keep in his belt sure, but he very much doubt it can kill anything with its blunt edge.
Pissed off the creature he’s trying to stab and maybe hurt him a tiny bit? Yes
But kill it? Not bloody likely
And last but not least, Jade knows very well that almost everything in the forest is capable to kill him. This sudden realization making Jade’s face pale even as he running in circle
Tired of running in circle like some kind of idiot, Jade finally came to stop as well as gasping her breath. It seems that his ‘running around in circle’ tactic work because he now have a new goal in his mind
‘What matter now is how to survive’ with that new goal in his mind, Jade begins to formulate a plan in his mind, wondering what he should do first to survive in the forest
‘But first, fire’ deciding that, Jade quickly looks for dry wood and gather it in one place, intending to start a fire which hopefully will be useful in keeping wild beasts and monster away
……..or it could attract them like moth to fire of course but for once, Jade want to think positively after all the crap he’s experience today
After successfully making a fire, Jade sit down near it, absorbing its heat in this all too cold forest
“Right at least I won’t freeze to death now “ Jade muttered this,
“The next is…..food right?” Right, the next logical thing to do if he wants to survive in this forest is looking for food. As the saying goes ’You can't fight war with empty stomach’
Well, in his case it’s more like ‘You can't run from war with an empty stomach’ but hey the principle is kinda the same so what the heck
“Let’s go then” After confirming that his legs is working properly enough to run like hell in case anything bad happen,
And so Jade begin to explore the darkness of the Eins, minding his step to not make loud noise and generally being all silent and sneaky, away from any watchful eyes that might notice him
‘The monster…..will probably asleep by now’ While thinking about that, Jade slash another tree to his right, marking it so that he knew the way back and not get lost like some kind of idiot that get stranded in a forest just because he’s busy running around from an Ogre.
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“Now, where do I find food around here?” Mumbling that, Jade glanced at the tree around him, hoping to find some fruits he can safely eat without being poisoned or worse
Like death for example, that certainly worse than being poisoned.
Wait, he’s getting off track here
“None eh?” Sighing at this, Jade then glance at the suspicious looking mushroom near the tree debating whether to risk eating it or not
“-No, let’s not go there yet” Jade eventually decided,
He’s not desperate enough to eat some shady mushroom he finds in the ground, at least not yet.
Jade then continue his trek throughout the silence of the Forest of Eins, still looking for relatively safe things he can eat without worry
Eventually Jade decided to find some river of sort, thinking that not only it will give him source of water, it probably filled with all kind of fish that he can eat.
Probably
Don’t know for sure though
But at least it’s better than wandering alone in the forest and possibly meeting or accidentally wake up some monster that will surely kill Jade.
……man it seems that recently his life consist only of ‘At least it’s better than’ phrase.
‘Damn it this is why I should get stronger quickly’
Just as soon as he thinks of that, footsteps sound reaches his ears. Judging from its light step though, Jude thinks that it’s unlikely that it belong to a heavy class monster like Ogre or something similar
But even then-
‘Shit’
Remembering his previous encounter with the Ogre, Jade eventually decide to hide in the shadow of the trees, making sure to not being caught while he observe the monster that about to close on him
And he did not have to wait long, because as soon as Jade finish hiding, a figure come out from the darkness of the tree
‘-a goblin’
Just as Jade said, standing in there is a single goblin. Its green head are turning around left and right searching for the prey that it smell earlier
There’s nothing unusual about the goblin itself as far as Jade see. The usual green skin, no taller than 150 cm, and in its right hand a slab of wood that it probably use as a club is still stained with some blood.
It’s wearing some short of a animal skin that cover its lower half while a pouch of sort is hanging from his wait
The Goblin still hasn't notice him yet so should he make a run for it?
-and just as Jade as soon as Jade think of that his face immediately turn sour
Run? From a goblin? A monster that’s barely qualifies to be called a monster?
Sure The Goblin can kill him but Jade too has the same chance of killing him
That’s right, isn't his dream is to become strong? Strong enough so that he can live however the hell he want without anybody to restrain him?
So why do he sneak in the shadow like this then?
So why do he try to avoid every fight then?
If it were strength he want then wouldn't he need to train like a mad man everyday in his life?
If he want to become more powerful, isn’t a real life combat the best way to do it?
He should know already that a normal training he do every day in his life simply doesn’t cut it, his defeat in the hands of
the Demon and The Ogre should be enough proof of that
So why then he even thinking of running away from a goblin when he have a clear advantage over it?
Question upon question come to Jade’s mind and for every questions that appear Jade’s resolve and determination grow stronger than ever before
That’s right, this is what he wanted to do this is what he SHOULD DO,
If he doesn't have enough experience in fighting Jade simply need to gain one,
If he doesn't have enough strength to defeat a goblin then he simply NEED TO GET IT!
With that last shout in his mind Jade begin to move forward, a determined look in his face, a small dull knife in his right hand, the eyes that see nothing but his target-
- And the shining hope of a boy who wishes for a change
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“Huh…huh….huh”
While Jade is gasping for breath as he lay sprawled on the ground , chuckles slowly escape from his mouth
“Haha…haha….shit, I really…am weak”
As Jade said that, he takes glances at the unmoving corpse beside him. The knife he previously hold is stuck firmly on the corpse right eye while its neck are practically crushed
Then, ever so slowly his chuckle into grow stronger and eventually turn into a full blown laugh
“-ahahahaAHAHAHAHAHA!! I WIN! I WIN!”
It is without a doubt an unremarkable achievement if you could even called it that.
But even so, for him who was previously keep on running, for him who keep on experiencing defeat
This win feels like the greatest achievement he'll ever receive
“ I WIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
And so Jade’s continue his shout of victory toward the heaven with no sign of stoppi-
*GROWL*
“………”
His stomach apparently reminds Jade the reason why he wandering alone in the middle of the night in the first place
“…….right, food”
Slowly getting up from the ground, Jade dust off the dirt and soil that stain his clothes
*GROWWWLL*
“ I know shut up for second”
*GROOOOWWWWLLLLLL*
“ I said I know! I’m looking for food now!”
*GROWL*
“Damn stomach
While grumbling about his ungrateful stomach, Jade’s gazes once again lies on the shady mushroom he’s previously found
“……Damn it do I have no other choice?”
His energy all but spend from his fight with the Goblin, Jade couldn’t possibly go looking for a river like his earlier plan.
Sighing once again, Jade pull out his knife from the Goblin’s corpse
“….Ah”
Then, a revelation suddenly hit him
“I wonder how Goblin’s meat tastes like?”
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After an uneventful event in the Forest of Eins save for one Goblin and one Human, the dawn finally arrive, bringing with it the sun that seems to debate whether it worth the effort or not to rise high in the sky
The monster and wild beast alike have started to woke up, ready to do whatever it is that they usually do
It’s supposed to be a usual day like usual, the same cycle of kill or be killed and this is day is no different
The only different perhaps, that a new player has join this cycle
Making sure that the pouch and the potion is wraps safely in his waist Jade finish his last check on all of his equipment, confirming that there’s nothing he forgot
“Right, all set”
Letting out a smile, Jade set his sight on his new training ground
This is it, this is his time
He’s going to get so strong that even a [Hero] wouldn't be able to scratch him!
“Let’s do this!”
-And so begin the first chapter of Jade’s adventure
Oh, and if anyone wondering, The Goblin’s meat didn't taste THAT bad
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Well's that the end of the third chap then.
Next chap probably going to be a timeskip with Jade growing old and where the real adventure begin
Oh, and if you probably haven't notice. I'm a slow writer, the most i can do is once in a week update and i can't even guarantee that
With that said, hope you enjoy the chapter!