To another place.
In the rocky place, Theo was preparing dried wood for him to create bonfire because it was already beginning to become night and he need to prepare his food. Also, the insect and animal distance themselves to the fire which is the one of the advices to him by his grandfather that they feared fire.
Going to this place Theo encountered many other species but almost of them was not very aggressive and didn’t attack of nowhere like for examples: snail, frog, and butterfly. He was pretty lucky that he teleported to this place so he walked leisurely.
“This world is really amazing and very terrifying that everything was possible, seeing different big species and teleporting by portal was something that cannot be explain by words” Theo mumbling.
“I never thought that I will experience this in my life. I never thought that life was pretty interesting and mysterious” Theo said while looking up to the sky.
“Do you also agree to what I said, Falcony?” Theo said to Falcony that on his hand while he was petting him.
“Kak, kak, kak” Falcony said. Theo found it funny when he saw the answer of Falcony like it was speaking to him.
“Let’s begin cooking our food today” Theo said to Falcony. Theo appreciated that he with Falcony to this small world or he will become insane living here alone for two years.
Theo took the meat he brought along with him and put it in the boiling pot while adding seasoning to make it taster.
After he done cooking, he took the bottle that full of worms for Falcony to eat. He put on Falcony own plate and give it to him.
“Eat slowly” Theo said. He petting it while Falcony was eating hurriedly.
Theo prepared his own food and eat it. The two was eating to their own food.
After Theo done eating, he prepared his own tent to this rocky place that looked cave. After he done building his tent, he polished his two-sword boomerang to make it sharpen. It was one of the advices by his grandfather that don’t let your sword rusty and make it sharpen so that when you in the situation of life and death you’re prepared because your weapon is the only hope for you to be alive.
“The dark night has come and this is the most dangerous time because the most dangerous species was very active in this time. I need to prepare or I will be dead” Theo mumbling while looking outside that was already quite dark.
He already heard the faint howling of the wolfs from afar and the roar of different animals that echoing to this dark night.
Falcony was shivering in the corner because of his animal instinct.
“It’s okay Falcony, I’m with you” Theo said gently. He also felt scared to the sound that echoing to the surrounding but he didn’t let his fear clouded his mind and let his courage overtaken it.
It only himself can relied of to this lawless small world.
He prepared closing the entrance with rock for them to not be notice and didn’t attract unwanted attention.
Theo was struggling pushing the rock as it was so big than his body. He pushed the best he can and after 10 minutes of pushing to his utmost, he appeared tired and exhausted that he felt that all of his energy was depleted.
“What a pretty heavy rock, it was only the size 1/3 of my finger and it was already unbelievable heavy” Theo mumbled. he didn’t expect before that a rock that to small in his eyes was very heavy than to his imagine when he became the size of it.
“Oh so this what it feel the difference between what you saw and what you experienced” Theo said.
‘Putting yourself to the shoes of others, you will realize and understand the other side point’ Theo thought. He remembered this quote.
“Hoo I never though I will learn a lesson just by pushing a rock, what a funny and interesting this is” Theo mumbled. he grinned while giggling to this funny and interesting situation.
After he done, he went back to his small tent. When he opened the entrance of the tent, he saw Falcony was laying down to the bed.
Theo smiled looking to this bird, he went to his bed and also lay down to his bed.
While laying down, Theo looked deeply and thought something about the talk between his grandfather and him.
The memories of Theo about the conversation between his grandfather and him.
“When you go inside to the small world, everything you brough and yourself will became small” Ulrich said.
“Becoming small?” Theo asked. He cannot comprehend what his grandfather saying.
“That world is called SMALL world because every outsider living being will become small as ant even things is also included” Ulrich said.
Theo was very shocked to the revelation of his grandfather about small world.
“How that’s work?! Is that possible?” Theo felt it was unbelievable that something like that happened. he already found the portal beyond to his belief and difficult to believe that a portal exists, now inside of that portal is a world that is not working to a common sense.
“HAHAHA, if you already found the portal to the small world was hard to believe and cannot comprehend then what if I said there also many other independent worlds space that existed” Theo said to Theo.
Theo appeared startled and felt shocked that there is more independent world that existed to this world.
“I also don’t know how that work but I read that every independent world had laws which make the world stable and balance. Included also the outsider of that independent world will experience bizarre that unfavorable to the outsider and favorable to the living of that independent world. For example: the outsider living being or physical things will become SMALL to the small world” Theo said.
Theo felt like his mind was floating to a sea and cannot take this unbelievable information that revealed to him but he still listened because this was a valuable information to him.
“Does that mean that all of independent world has a unique disadvantage to outsider when they went inside?” Theo asked. Ulrich nodded to what Theo said.
“Did you already go inside to the other independent world, grandpa?” Theo asked curiosity.
“No, in my entire lifetime the small world is the only i just went in” Ulrich said. he found it also regrettable that he didn’t experience the other independent world.
“What? Why?!” Theo asked. He appeared shocked and surprised because he didn’t expect that his grandfather only experienced small world to his entire lifetime.
“Hey! do you think that you can easily discover portal to others independent world?! Its not what you think the same as small world. The portal of the other independent world is like finding a needle to this whole world and one independent world only one portal can be existed unlike small world that had many portals that also randomly appearing to this world” Ulrich said.
Theo was flabbergasted because he realized that the small world was very different to the majority of independent world.
“Also, the portal of others independent world was fixed to place it will appear and it will never disappear and also don’t have restriction of age but it was more hidden than the portal of the small world. To make it simple, you can say small world can be access by public and other independent world is very hidden and private to eye of the people” Ulrich said.
Theo was very amaze to this new information he learned that his knowledge to this world was broadening.
“Then why the small world was very different to the majority of independent world?” Theo asked.
“It’s hurt my pride as a knowledgeable person but I also don’t know the reason behind why the small was unique to other independent world” Ulrich said. he felt embarrassed when he said it.
Theo found it pity that his question didn’t answer.
“Any case, do you remember what I said that you need to do in the small world?” Ulrich asked.
“Yes, grandpa I remember. I need to go in the middle of small world where I can see a big tree which there is a lot of fruit on it. I need to eat only one fruit for me to open my aura root” Theo said.
“That’s right, you need to eat ‘the fruit of ambition’ so that your aura root to be opened and you become aura warrior” Ulrich said agreeing. He felt relieve that his grandson knew what to do.
“But why only one ‘fruit of ambition’ I just need to eat, grandpa?” Theo asked. He found that it was very strange that there also a limit to how much you can eat a fruit.
“Because your aura root will be exploded because of excessive pure energy” Ulrich said.
“I will tell you my experience when I was the same age as you. I come along to the small world with many children to challenge and get the fruit of ambition. The interesting part is that one-third of the people that come along with me died because of the hand of the living being of the small world, one-third of that children died because of excessive eating of the fruit of ambition” Ulrich said.
“Their mind was clouded by the power they receive and they thought that only once in a lifetime they will experience and eat ‘the fruit of ambition. So, they let their desire takeover their mind even though they warned many times before they go to small world and they forgotten the warning when they experience the immense benefit of the fruit. it’s like a drug that so unbearable to let go that they wanted to eat it and risk themselves. They died because they let their greed, play the fool of them” Ulrich said.
Ulrich turn behind so that his face cannot be seen and he speak.
“Put in deeply to your mind my warning because I don’t want to see my grandson die to that world” Ulrich said.
“Also be cautious who you meet because the living being in that small world is not the only your enemy” Ulrich only said in vague and didn’t say anymore as he left. While Theo looked puzzle and curious what Ulrich was implying.
Theo memories faded. He looked to Falcony that already sleeping soundly to his side.
He petted Falcony while it was sleeping but Falcony was woken up abruptly and its eyes looked shocked and terrified while shivering in fear.
“KAK, KAK” Falcony make a howling sound. It appeared very terrified to something.
Theo noticed the weird behavior of Falcony when he heard a loud roar outside echoing to this dark night and the ground was shaking uncontrollably because of heavy footstep.
‘IT WAS NOT FAR TO US!!’ Theo thought and he appeared nervous. He felt that it was not far to where they staying.
“Calm down, calm down Falcony” Theo whisper to Falcony while calming down him. Falcony calm down but it was still shivering in fear.
When Theo calmed down Falcony he went to the entrance and looked outside through small hole. He saw a lion from afar that it was carrying a dead baby deer on his mouth.
‘My god’ Theo thought. He appeared shocked and shivering in fear when he saw the appearance of lion outside.
The lion was so enormous big that even though it was far from to their position, it was like a giant lion that you will feel overwhelmed by looking of it.
Theo didn’t stay for too long looking to the lion and went back to his tent because he knew that he cannot do anything to that lion. He doesn’t want to annoy that lion through watching him eating the deer. If the lion was very annoyed and set its eyes on Theo, he will be dead for sure without a chance being escape to its grasp.
Theo stayed to his tent with Falcony, he waited to the lion to finish his eating and leave to this place because he cannot sleep properly while hearing the chewing of meat and the sound of bones cracking when the lion was eating the baby deer.
“I hope the lion leave as much as possible after it done eating” Theo mumbled.
But his wish didn’t go to his wanted, the lion stayed when it was done eating the deer and slept to the place not far from them.
Theo eyes looked sorrowful that the lion slept near to their place and didn’t leave. Now, he felt that he cannot sleep when a giant lion near to him. His mind was chaotic and his body is shivering instinctively, his body was very alerted that he cannot sleep peacefully because he felt worried and fear that he might die while not knowing.
He appeared gloomy and daze while looking to the entrance. He was petting Falcony for it to sleep and feel safe for it to relax.
‘Maybe i will stay awake tonight because of this uncomfortable situation’ Theo thought.
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To another place where Cien is.
Cien was already at the foot of the mountain, he was running to his utmost best to go to the mountain while stealthily not catching his attention. he was running for almost 4 hours just for him to arrive to the mountain as fast as possible.
‘FINALLY, I ARRIVED!!’ Cien thought. He felt overwhelming emotion that he arrived to his destination. He just only worried to Divina and dreg situation and hoping nothing happen to them while he was away to their side.
He walked to this grassy rocky mountain. When he was going up to the mountain, he saw a foot print that was still recently and it was two persons foot print. Cien felt relieve that he was in the right direction and he followed the footstep where it was going.
“Wait for me Divina and Dreg, I will come to meet you guys” Cien mumbled to himself.
Cien walked and followed this trail. He walked for almost 2 hours following the trail and arrive to this valley. He saw from afar that there is a light and it looked like a bonfire.
When he saw the bonfire, he felt relieve that nothing happened to them and they’re alive. He felt deep emotion that he will saw them again even though it was only almost 9 hours they separated each other, for Cien it was unbelievable and nightmare to him. knowing someone on his side to this small world, he felt comfort and relief that they with him to this world but he also appeared distressed how they will live to this place safely for two years.
‘I should think about it tomorrow’ Cien thought. He already mentally and physically exhausted for these 9 hours of running and hiding. Now, he just wanted to rest and think of it tomorrow.
He went to where the bonfire is while walking slowly because he was very exhausted and only his will that keep him going to where the bonfire is.
‘Why this trail looked been dragged?’ Cien thought. When he looked down, he saw the trail that looked dragged and he found it weird. He saw two trails of being dragged.
He intuition tell him something was wrong and he appeared worried that something happened to them. he hopes that his intuition was wrong. Cien didn’t went straight to where bonfire at.
He cautiously went to nearest place where the bonfire is and search a good hiding place. He saw high ground with a lot of rock that good for him to hide and a good view for him to saw what is the situation to the bonfire.
‘Please, please, let my intuition betray me’ Cien thought. He was very nervous and very distressed.
When Cien was already on the high ground, he saw the situation that happening in the place where the bonfire at.
‘BASTARD!’ Cien thought. Cien was shaking badly and grinding his teeth angrily as he saw Divina and Dreg situation.
Divina and Dreg was kneeling on the ground and their hand was tighten by the rope. They looked been beaten up badly and Dreg was the most critical as his head was bleeding badly, his body was injured, and he almost lost of his teeth. While Divina whole body was beaten up and her face also.
Divina was mumbling something but it was very faint while she was also crying.
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“Hehe, I never thought that going to this small world was very boring but I guess I was wrong” a man said but its appearance was very different than human. The face of it looked the same as hyena. It was very hairy and it was walking between its own feet like a human.
“As you said, I also thought it was a pretty boring challenge to us but we unexpectedly encountered two human which we only heard in the legend and I heard they’re pretty tasty too as they’re fine meat. This will be good feast for us” the one man that looked hyena also.
“Hehehehe” Six looking hyenas laughed. They delight that they will eat humans today. Divina and Dreg was shivering uncontrollably because of the laugh of these four looking hyenas but they cannot understand the native language they’re saying.
“Boss who do you want between these two humans that you wanted to eat?” the looking hyena said. he talked the one hyena that sitting on the rock while polishing its sword. It looked that he was bigger than the five looking hyenas and he was the leader of this group.
“The woman there is looked more tastier” The boss hyena said. he was licking his lips and he appeared drooling while looking to Divina.
Divina saw the eyes of that leader hyenas looking at him that looked he wanted to eat him. She was shaking uncontrollably because of fear and terror. She was really terrified.
“Please let’s us go, please, please...” Divina begged to them. But the more she begs to them, the more they laughing and smiling to this pleasure being superior.
“What this human woman saying? But I found it pleasurable hehe” the one looking hyena said.
“Maybe she was begging impatiently that she wanted to be eaten by us as fast possible hehe…” the other hyena said.
“Should we eat now? letting our food to be cold was waste and didn’t taste good” the other hyena said. it looked he was drooling uncontrollably.
Divina saw the reaction of these six looking hyenas infront of them, she realized that it was opposite to her expectation. They found it pleasurable that she was suffering and begging to them.
“Prepare our tools, we will butcher these humans to five pieces” The leader of this group said. it was grinning when he said that.
While Divina was shaking uncontrollably, Dreg was also shaking but he looked resolute and determined.
To where Cien is.
“I will kill you all” Cien mumbled coldly. Cien was gritting his hand and grinding his teeth angrily and he realize that the six beastman was going to eat them if he delaying for too long. For some reason he was given a lot of energy when he saw the situation of Divina and Dreg. Like he forgotten he was very exhausted. His thought quickly processes and thought a plan to rescue both of them to the hands of the five beastman.
Cien knew what race that looking hyena was because he read them before. They’re part of beastman race living in the Dieren continent. They known for unhanded attack and they attack the weakest prey they saw.
Cien looked to his hand and saw that only knife he had. After that he looked to this a lot of rocks and looked behind of him, he saw a cave not far from him that big enough.
He looked again to the six beastman and to Divina and Dreg. He stood up and spoke.
“HEY YOU UGLY BEASTMAN! DO YOU THINK IT WAS TASTIER WITH THREE HUMANS!!” Cien shouted out of his lungs so that he can heard clearly and he was noticed by the six beastman.
Divina and Dreg also heard his voice as they looked to his direction.
The six beastman was flabbergasted as they heard the shout of Cien. They looked to where the voice come from. They saw a human man shouted at them in the high ground with a lot of rocks but they cannot understand what he was saying.
“A human?” the one beastman said. he began drooling more as they saw another human.
“Brother…” Divina mumbled strugglingly and his voice was very faint. Divina and Dreg was very exhausted and beaten up so badly that they struggling looking to the place where Cien is. Even though they wanted to take this chance to run, their body betray them as it was cannot move at all.
‘ANOTHER human hehe…’ the six beastman thought the same and greedily thought how they eating Cien in their own mind.
To six beastman it was the best day to them because they going to eat these fine three human meat which rare to their continent.
“How about we bet, who caught that human will be only his own to eat” the leader of this group beastman said. He wanted to eat this human by his own because to his eyes that human was little bit bigger to the two human they caught. He thought that this human man has a lot of meat than bones.
“Why not? i bet” the one beastman said unhesitant. He said it while looking to Cien greedily. He wanted to devour him whole by only his own.
“I bet” the two other beastman agreed. While the one beastman was hesitating because he felt it was unfair to compete to this four as he was the weakest of all them.
But they heard Cien shout. “UGLY BASTARD WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!” Cien said.
The four beastman hurriedly asked his answer because they felt impatient while looking to their prey dancing infront of them just to be eaten.
“Okay, I’m in” The one beastman said.
Divina and Dreg appeared anxious and worried when they saw the six beastman was preparing their weapon to go in the place where Cien was and wanted to catch him.
“Hehe… that human was idiot for not running” the one beastman said.
“WAIT!” the leader of this beastman said.
The five beastman halted and appeared confuse as to why they stopped.
“There should one person going to guard these two humans for them not to escape!” the leader beastman said.
The five beastman realized and understood that they need to guard their food while they hunting.
“Then who will guard these two humans?” one of the six beastman asked. The five was silence and didn’t volunteer as they don’t want to miss this situation.
“No one?!” the leader asked. The five just looked somewhere and looked not interested.
“Since no one volunteer to guard these two humans, I will choose who will guard them” the leader said. the five only quieted by looked agreed to the decision of their leader made.
“You in the middle! You’re the one going to guard this place” the leader of this beastman said resolutely.
“WHAT! Why me?” the beastman in the middle said angrily.
“One Hand of human? Are good that?” the leader asked. Negotiating to this beastman.
“No, I will not! I want a whole human!” the beastman in the middle said greedily.
“How about two hands of human, one foot, and one head of these three humans? That’s my limit” The leader asked in solemn face. The four beastman on the side was shocked to the generous by their leader.
“Okay, I will volunteer to guard them. for the good cause of our tribe, I will pull out myself to this hunt” the beastman in the middle changed in 180 degrees.
The four beastman looked to this beastman snickering and jealousy.
“Then guard this place very well!!” he said in solemn face.
“Yes, I understood!” the beastman said and went to the two humans to guard them.
“Let’s begin our hunt!” the leader of this group beastman said.
They run at the same time and they grinning while looking to Cien upward slope.
Cien saw everything that happening below and Cien saw that the five beastman make a move and going to his place to what he was intended.
“COME ON MAKE IT FASTER! YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY SLOW” Cien said. he was provoking them. even though they cannot understand his speaking, Cien saw their face and they appeared irritated that their prey still not running to them but only keep yapping. They so irritated to his voice that they wanted to eat hm as much as possible.
Cien saw that they run faster than before. He smiled that they are mindless beastman going to their desire.
Cien run to the place where the cave that he saw. The five beastman saw that Cien ran and they felt delight and entertain that this is not a boring prey they expected.
“I will go first” the leader of beastman said. he was faster runner than the four. The four looked not pleased that their leader went first. They didn’t let their leader do what he wanted and they ran also very fast along with him, even though this action makes them exhausted but to their own thought they don’t want to slip this chance that rarely happen so they push harder than what they can do.
The leader of beastman saw this and felt annoyed that these four didn’t give up and run the same pace as him. Even though he was the leader of this group, it was only by the strength that he became the leader but these four still not loyal to him and it was in their tradition that hunting should be fairly and everyone can participate. So, he had no right ordering them to stop in this hunt.
But they didn’t expect a rock fell off and going to their way.
They looked very shocked and appeared fright when they saw a rock going to them. He dodged it and went to other side.
The four also dodged the rock that going to them and went to other direction.
“What is that?!” one of the beastman said. they also thought the same and didn’t expect a rock fell off and going to them in fast pace. If they didn’t dodge on time that rock, their whole body will be unrecognizable.
They looked up at the same to where the rock fell off and they saw a human that was standing.
“tsk” Cien annoyed said. Cien didn’t left but only acted that he run for them to hurriedly go to where he is and let their guard down but he underestimated these four beastman as they had very good instinct that helping them when they’re in the danger situation.
“That human is still didn’t run?!” one of the beastman said angrily.
“THAT HUMAN DECIEVED AND PLAYED US!!” one of the beastman said. it looked that he felt irritated that this human had a gut to play them.
“Hehehehe… do you think it was good that this hunt become more exciting and harder? And not boring” the leader beast said. he appeared thrill when he saw the action of Cien and he thought that this will be more exciting than he expected. His mindset was very different than four beastman. He run crazily to this upward slope and he was heading to the place where Cien is.
The four beastman looked dumbfounded when they heard their leader said to them but they woke up when their leader run and left them behind.
Beastman race was very competitive race as they saw that they’re has been left behind by their leader, they run hurriedly and went to where their prey was. They crazily run even though they just only experience life and death situation minutes ago.
“Idiot and mindless animals” Cien said coldly. He saw that they’re still going to where he was and was faster than before.
He pushed the other rocks and he was hoping that someone will hit by this rock gruesomely.
But his hope betrayed him as they’re dodging leisurely and they looked that the rocks he pushed was no threat at all.
“Hehe… human is this the only you can do, I expect too much to you that you will give us exciting death” the leader of this beastman said. he found it boring that the tactic of this human was the same as before. He was already near to Cien.
Cien cannot understand what he was saying but he saw his boring face and understand that he found his tactics is not exciting at all.
Cien didn’t say anything but only grinned and he gave them a cold-eyed stare. he pushed the last rock to them.
They dodged it easily. After a few minutes of running and going upward to this slope. They arrived to the high ground and they didn’t saw Cien.
“THERE HE WAS!!” one of the five beastman said and pointed. They looked to where direction the beastman was pointing at. They saw Cien was running and going in to the entrance of the cave.
‘Hahaha… that human was pretty interesting fellow. He was sacrificing himself while he was not willing to die but he was more incline to fight back and struggle for him to be keep alive’ the leader beastman thought. he giggled and found it pleasurable that an interesting prey he was hunting.
The five beastman was running and heading to the cave where Cien went in.
When they arrive to the entrance of this cave, they stopped their track and they saw the entrance of this cave. It was looked gloomy and very eerie as they cannot see anything at all and only pure darkness inside of this cave.
The four beastman looked hesitant to go in because their instinct told them that it was pretty dangerous. But if they going to back off in this hunt, it was very humiliating and disgraceful to them as a part of beastman race.
“Hmph! scared cat” the leader of this beastman said. He went in to this cave unhesitatingly and didn’t back off because he knew that this four will not withdraw because of their ego and pride.
The four appeared shocked and embarrassed but also angered to the comment of their leader that they felt humiliated and their ego was hurted.
“Humph, who said i’m scared!” one of the four beastman went in and didn’t back off.
The three had no choice but to come along to the flow of this group or they will be a disgrace to their tribe.
In this dark cave, they’re walking at the same and finding Cien whereabout.
“Oh, human! You underestimated us. Darkness cannot protect you with our eyes!” the leader said. he found it amusing that this human didn’t know the ability of different beastman.
“Darkness is like a daylight to our eyes HAHAHA!” one of the four beastman said while laughing.
“Well, this was interesting game which we find the prey to this large cave and the prey hide to the best he can hehehehe” one of the beastman said.
Everyone heard it and looked to each other. They understood each other when they made eye contact, they laughing menacing and grinning amused.
“Let’s separate” They separate each other and went to other direction to find Cien. While they’re walking to their own direction, they still grinning and their wicked laugh was echoing to this cave.
After a few minutes of walking, this looking beastman smelled something that piqued his interest.
“Smell human hehehehe” one of the beastman mumbled. he remembered the human smell because he had deep impression and the human smell was different to the prey he hunted.
“Oh human… hiding to us was useless because you cannot leave to our vision and smell hehehehe” the beastman said.
“Our tribe elder said that this place was good opportunity to us but I never expected that this place was very good place than the elder said. a world where you felt unrestrained and lawless that you can do what you fantasize and eat different delicate hehehehe” the beastman said while looking to his surrounding to find where Cien hiding.
“How amusing this game is, I was predator and you are the prey that I should find hehehehe” the beastman said.
The beastman smelled something to his right direction, he saw a big rock that fit to the size of that human and he thought that the human might be hiding behind that big rock.
He slowly went to that big rock and said “does hiding to that rock protect you to my fang?” he laughed and his heart thumped faster because of excitement.
He stood infront of the rock and said “Oh human hehehehe, hid there as long as you want because my sharp fang will arrive” he went behind of this big rock fiercely and quick but to his surprise and shock, he only saw a tattered clothes and dirty pant that laying to the ground.
“WHA-” he realized that he was deceived by Cien and he only smelled was the tattered clothes and dirty pant which very strong smell.
For a moment when he was speaking, a knife went through to his throat that stopped him speaking. His eyes widening, he looked in horror at the moment a knife went to his throat.
A green blood flow out to the wound of his throat and he coughed a lot of green blood. His eyes looked fright and terror to this unexpected situation. He looked to his behind slowly to see the person who put a knife to his throat and he saw only a cold-eyed and emotionless face.
The knife to his throat was pulled out quickly, that the green blood to his throat was spurted everywhere and the face of that emotionless face he saw was covered by his green blood.
“Huma-“ the beastman said in low voice. He died after he said his last word and his lifeless body fell on the rocky ground.
A young human was standing infront of this lifeless body and he looked to this lifeless body coldly.
“You died because you talk too much” Cien said coldly. He felt irritated and annoyed to the babbling of this beastman even though he cannot understand what he was saying, but it was also good opportunity for him to knew the location of this beastman through the voice because he can hardly see anything to this dark cave.
“Now it was peaceful” Cien said. he breathed the air peacefully. After he calmed down his mind, he went to the lifeless body of that beastman to search anything useful.
He took the short sword and he wore the clothes, pant, and the armor that he took to the body of this dead beastman. He went back to the behind of this big rock and retrieved his clothe and pant.
After he done what he needed to do, he began preparing to leave but he stopped his track and looked to the lifeless body of this beastman and thought something that he might include this lifeless body to his plan.
To other location where a beastman searching for Cien.
He was searching for almost one hour finding Cien whereabout but he didn’t find anything or trace that he left behind.
“Maybe that human went to other direction, who found that human was really a lucky bastard” the beastman said. he appeared annoyed that the human was not here.
He saw the end of this direction and saw nothing. He thought that he should go back and search to other direction maybe he might get chance to find that human.
He run and returning back to where the place he walked but for a moment of running for a few minutes something piqued to his smell. He looked joyful and drooling out of nowhere because it was the smell of a human and it was infront of him where the place he was going.
“How lucky I was that the human was going to me just to be eaten hehehehe” the beastman said. he laughed menacingly.
He also smelled the stench of blood that so unpleasant to nose but he was very blinded by the greed of eating the human that he didn’t alert himself and he only thought that the human was injured or was bleeding, it didn’t come to his mind that the blood he smell was his kin.
“Wait for me human because I will come for you hehehehe” the beastman said. he was drooling and greedily fantasize how he will the human.
He run quickly to the best he can to go to the place where the human he smelled.
When he arrived to the place, he saw something that shocked and terrified him. a dead beastman lay to a big rock while in the cross form and a lot of green blood was flowing down to this big rock. He saw a knife was in the throat of that beastman and the dead beastman wore a tattered clothe and pant that he saw the human wore it before.
“What is going on?!” he mumbled. He steps back terrified and he fearfully looking to the dead kin of him because it was his first time he saw dead kin for these four years of living in his life.
He was in the state of stunned and confusion. In the moment when his mind was distracted and cannot think properly, out of nowhere a short sword went through to his belly that surprised and terrified him. he looked down instinctively to see what happened to his belly and he saw the pointed tip of the short sword that went through to his belly.
He woke up to his state of shock and began preparing to attack the person behind him that stabbed him to the belly.
“You bastard!!” he shouted angrily and wanted to attack, but the short sword was pulled out on time which an unbearable pain went to the whole of his body and he began feeling dizzy and tired. The short sword was going to him again and it was aiming to his head but he distanced himself on time and he put his hand to his wound that bleeding furiously.
He was grinding his teeth and endure the unimaginable pain he was feeling for him to fight back to this bastard that sneaked behind and stabbed him.
When he was already distanced to that one attacked him, he looked up to saw the face of that person. He saw a young human standing with a short sword with a lot of green blood on it. he expected that the human did this but he was still surprised and shocked when he saw him. he looked to the face of that young human and it was covered by green blood.
That young human was looking at him deeply and coldly staring at him through his eyes. its like it was looking to his soul that shivered him out of nowhere.
“You, you, you human!” the beastman said and pointed him tiredly while he was uncontrollably shivering in fear. he felt disbelief that he lost to this human in fight and he felt terror looking at him that he wanted to run and didn’t think to fight back at all.
He coughed out of blood and he looked to his belly that was bleeding furiously.
“If I were you, I would run already” Cien said. he was still staring him deeply without flinching.
The beastman heard it and it was like he understood a bit what Cien said. he was shivering in fear while looking to this young human with short sword on its hand and covered by green blood. His thought was very chaos that he was dazed for a moment to what he should do.
Cien still didn’t make a move and he was still standing there watching this beastman dying slowly to its own death.
“You… you... are not… human…” the beastman said tiredly and in low voice. He had no energy to run because he was already wasted enough time by being daze for too long and he was only kneeling on the ground while looking to Cien in terror and fearful.
Cien doesn’t care what the beastman saying because he doesn’t even understand what he was saying.
‘I guess the body of young beastman was very resilient and they very tough to fight’ Cien thought. he was analyzing how long a young beastman can last long to a deep stab and what the difference between human body and beastman body.
‘Now I think about it, if this young beastman was already dangerous then what if it was adult beastman’ Cien thought. He felt lucky that there is age restriction to this small world and without the interference of the adult.
He focused his attention to the dying beastman infront of him. the beastman was kneeling soulless and the deep wound on his belly was overflowing by green blood. He was already out of energy to talk and make a movement. Its eyes appeared fearful and terror still looking to Cien. It was already dead.
The beastman died in a slowly and painful death while it was looking to its killer fearfully and terror.
But Cien wanted to make sure that the beastman was died as he sliced a deep wound to the neck of this dead beastman but it didn’t react to the wound it inflicted to his neck. Now Cien felt relieved and began preparing to leave and go to the place where his next target was.
“I need to clean this up or the other beastman might noticed” Cien mumbled.
Cien first did, he took the armor and short sword of this dead beastman and after he done. He lifted strugglingly the body of this two beastman and placing the body to other location.
Cien needed to make a plan that will kill the three as fast as possible because he doesn’t have enough time to kill them one by one and the three will come back to the place where they separated and they will realize that the two beastman that they come along was dead to the hand of human. Which make things difficult for him when they become alerted.
Cien put the two body on the ground. Currently he was in the place where the five beastman separated each other and went to other direction.
Cien was looking to the two body of this beastman while he began thinking what plan he should do to kill the three beastman and have a chance to kill them and for him to come back alive, but he cannot think a good plan to this situation.
For a moment he thought a good plan that he has a bit of chance to won but he felt it was very risky than what he did to the two beastman he killed.
“Maybe I really need to gamble my life and take a risk to this battle” Cien said. he resolute himself to take a risk.
“My life depends to this battle” Cien mumbled. he stared coldly to the two dead bodies of beastman. his eyes were very cold along with the darkness in this cave that complement each other.
he began implementing his plan.