I opened my eyes where was I? I looked around and noticed I was near shore. More importantly, who am I? I kept asking myself these questions I was confused, what is my purpose?
I immediately stood up and started to stretch my legs and arms I could tell that I was is that lying position for a long time. My back was numb and my neck was aching but worse of all I was hungry, so much so that it was physically hurting me. If I walked my stomach would hurt that's how long I went without food. This is dangerous I need to eat as soon as possible.
Thankfully it was not dark so I took this as an opportunity to scout out the area to see if there was anything I could scavenge for food. I noticed a large tree near the shore I woke up on, I might be able to use it as a shelter if there are no other options. I climbed a small hill and noticed that there was a small forest in the distance and what looks like a small town.
Maybe if I get lucky I will find something edible inside that town I said to myself in desperation. I spent around 10 minutes walking over to the closest building in the town it represented that of a small takeaway shop however you could tell that it was not perfect because the writing was slightly off and you could see scratches on it. The strange thing was I could not understand the writing that was on the building it must have been in some foreign language. Well, whatever language this was I now know that I'm not alone and there are other things out there that are intelligent enough to read and write.
I walked inside the small building and there was nothing noticeable inside of it just a small spear that looked like it was carved out of one of the trees in the forest nearby. As I went to pick it up I noticed a window inside the building and through the window, I could see what looked like a berry bush with around a dozen fruits growing from it. When I noticed this I grabbed the spear and instinctively went towards the bush. As I went to grab one of the fruits growing from the bush I heard a loud moan.
“Arghhhhh”
Something was here, I felt the feeling that I was being watched I looked behind me without a second thought and there it was. An intimidating creature with dark green skin that resembled that of the berry bush however in its eyes you could tell it was a creature that was hunting its prey. It wanted me dead. It darted towards me in an instant I could not out run that thing so my only choice was to fight. My hands were shaking uncontrollably was this it, I said to myself as I tightly clenched the spear that I had found. With all my strength I swung the spear, the swing was strong however it missed. The creature groaned again almost to be mocking me, it took this as an opportunity to attack me once again but this time I pushed the spear towards it in a stabbing motion and unlike the last time I felt it connect. I looked down to see that I had stabbed this creature in the chest.
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It looked at me and its eyes changed from being that of a predator to being the prey, it just sat there and looked at me as the life slowly faded from its eyes. Its corpse dropped the ground and while doing so it produced a loud thud. My hands were still uncontrollably shaking, I did it , I killed it, I survived I said to myself while a small grin appeared upon my face.
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I jumped out of my skin I heard another sound, however, this time it was not a monster rather a small popup window that read:
You have gained 10 EXP for killing the Lvl 2 RUSTCREEP
EXP? Experience? After briefly reading the message I ran towards the large tree I noticed when I was scouting the area I doubt I would run into anything else here for a while I said to myself as I led my head against the bottom of the tree trying to regain the lost energy from the battle I had with that monster.
I'm glad I managed to get around 5 of those fruits before I left the town hopefully this will satisfy my hunger for the time being. I wish there was a way I could tell if this fruit was safe to eat.
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Skill successfully created Inspect Lvl 1 [0/5]
Another popup window appeared I still jumped this time but it was not as bad as the one before. Did I create a skill called inspect? Without a second to waste I chanted the word inspect to myself while looking directly at the fruit I had picked up.
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Another popup window appeared this time showing a list of information about the fruit.
Item name : Peyata
Summary : This fruit is found growing on the Lerva bush that is normally found in rural areas. This fruit is edible however the seeds inside the fruit contain a deadly poison but they do not affect the rest of the fruit.
Upon hearing this I immediately bit into the first fruit making sure not to accidentally eat the seeds that it contained inside. The taste was amazing the juices poured into my mouth as I took a bite , although the fruit was quite small it was still very filling. I am sure that once I eat all the remaining fruits that my hunger would have vanished for the night. I led my head on the floor on top of some grass nearby and slowly shut my eyes while still holding my trusty spear.