Currently I am holding my axe. My legs paddle fastly inside the water so I can swim toward the fish. Because I am in the water so I don't wear my breast plate to avoid any drown accident.
The fish swim freely without aware my presence. This is convenient to me as I try to hunt this fish. Seriously, why do I want to catch another giant creature?
Well, confronting the fish with 2.5 metres long and it weight probably in range of 150 kilograms, this is clear suicide for me which only go hunt fish at wet market.
But I determine to catch the fish as my hunger start badly influence my judgement to think properly. Either I die in starving or die trying. There is no in between.
I close my distance with the fish. I hold my axe above the water level, thinking this weapon can help me to deliver critical hit to fish. I need to act fast before the fish dive deeper inside river.
I hold the axe above my head level with both hands and I shift my strength toward my legs. Then, I jump after I push my body into the air, while my hands swing the axe with all my mighty to force powerful attack to the fish.
I attack with another several chop to his soft body after the first hit. The fish struggle helplessly in the water as it can't counter my attack and just waiting to die. The fish flounder violently for few seconds before it stop moving.
After confirming the death of fish, I bring it to the ground near the river bank, the place where I put my shield and breastplate. I lucky the fish is not strong as equal to Gryphon's level.
It's scary to think this river also has possible dangerous for timid me. I upset to think that I have finally found a place to relax but now I need to put up my guard. I don't think I need a second round of swimming. So, what should I do with this fish?
Grill? Boil? Fry? I know how to do these but current me don't know how to cook the fish in primitive way. First how to set up fire? Now I feel regret to not join boy scouts.
At least I will gather the twigs and dry leaves first. After I collect a considerable amount, I put it between two big rocks. Then I set the fish on these two rocks. Now I got a place to cook the food, right?
I squat near the twigs and leaves while holding two pebbles in my hands. I hit these two pebbles toward each other a few times. I read that the friction force from this collision can produce a spark of fire.
I can see some firework explode but it is too small. I try again and again but I failed to make the bonfire. Huh, I am really in need of a lighter.
Please, please, I need some fire. Please, make some spark. I really need to ignite the twigs. I want to cook the fish. If I failed, I have got no choice except to eat the fish raw. Oh man, I am not that guy who prefer to eat rare meat.
I keep struggling to hit these pebbles together. In my mind, I am only thinking about fire and fire. Yeah, I remember three laws of fire triangle but screw that, I use keep-hitting-pebbles-together law right now.
The sweat start flow from my forehead. I swear, please give me the power of fire. Please let me be the fire bender user. Then, like my prayer has been granted, there is fire burn brightly in my hands.
Yeah, literally there is fire in my hands. Oh man, oh man, oh man, my hand is burning. I quickly kneel down and slap my hands to the ground. I keep slap until the fire is extinguished. Uwaa, why the fire is not go away?
Even if I don't feel any slight pain, it is weird to have come out from your body. Wait a minute, is this fire a real one or an illusion? I have just conscious that this fire is indeed burn dazzling but I not hurt even for a little.
Am I hallucinating because desperation to need a fire? I laughed a little from just a thought I might suffer a craziness. I try to test a fire by touching my burning hands toward my unfinished bonfire.
Zapp, the twigs and leaves catch the fire from hands and now my bonfire is born and burn vividly. I appalled and be silent for a minute. Am I really become a fire bender?
My hands still burning from the fire. I close my eyes as I try to enter meditation state. I focus my mind to put out the fire in my hands. I imagine that the fire is right now vanish from hands.
I open my eyes and I become astounded, again. The fire is really disappear from my hands. In other side, my bonfire is still burn brighter. What, I am really can summon the fire?
First, I will try to calm my chaos mind. The issue about mystery fire, I will settle it later. Right now I need to eat so I can think properly. I rise my body from the ground. I start to search additional twigs and dry leaves so my bonfire can burn continuously.
After 30 minutes, I flip the fish to other side and after waiting fora another 30 minutes, now the whole fish is cook well. I pinch a small meat of fish and feed directly to my mouth. Oh, a warm yet soft, this is gonna be my feast.
I finish the whole fish because I don't eat since yesterday. I was already worn out from the fight with Gryphon and fish. Now what's left here is the bone of fish. It is a delicious fish, I surprise the fish is already good enough without need a seasoning.
My stomach is filled and my energy is soared high enough to run a marathon, now let's talk about fire. My fire hand. I point my right hand forward horizontally and I focus my mind to summon the dangerous element.
Surprisingly, my right hand is burning again and I clench my hand tightly, as I hold my only way to survive the lawless forest here.