2 hours. I can use my fiery hand for about 2 hours long. After that, my mind got swayed as I lost focus and my body become pretty weak enough for me to tremble. I feel my stamina depleted at fast rate. I fell slowly on the ground and my eyes feel drowsy as soon as I lie comfortably. Then, I asleep without minding about dangerous element in this forest.
It is night when I wake up from my sudden sleep. Even there is dark surround me, the light from the moon help me to perceive the things in the forest. Well, I can use my magic fire to illuminate this place but I don't want to take risk for suddenly fell asleep here.
I lean my back on the big tree and observe my current vicinity. I'm sure there is no animal or monster here in this forest except for the huge fish in the river near waterfall. I can say this is the safest forest I had explored compare to other forest if I ruled out the Gryphon. The Gryphon is the big outlier factor here.
Do I need to move forward or stay here? There is no reason for keep staying here. Even if this place seem safe and I can catch fish from the near river, I don't to be trapped here forever. At least I need to reconnect to some human.
So, in this dark night with some moonlight, I take my chance to move right now. I don't need to feel scare if there is no active predator prowls around here. It is not like I afraid of dark.
I quickly equipped myself with breastplate and weapons equipment. The meal from the grill fish really stock me with high energy. If I avoid myself from releasing fire from my hand, I can keep my body from being sluggish.
I don't know the direction around here but I know the most famous line in the forest. If you got lost, always find the river and follow its streamline. Now, the river is in my front sight. Naturally, I will keep walking from the side of the river. It should at least have a human placement close to river.
Now I walk a few meter from the river side. I want to be careful if there is any strange creature in the river that could caught me unguarded. I keep walking pace at steady rate. I want to reserve my energy so I can keep walking for longer time.
My objectives is to locate any human settlement. I will only rest if I feel tired. There is already 3 hours I walk straight non stop. My experience in marathon was really help me to keep my endurance at higher level. I think I can keep walking for another hour.
I don't how much far I walk from the waterfall area. If I wear my pedometer, maybe I can get a reading up to 50 kilometers. What I aware, the dawn light is coming. The moon is slowly becoming transparent in the sky.
For another 1 hour, the sunrise will come. I can still walk but I decided to take a bit of rest. I want to enjoy the scenery of dawn, the appearance of sunlight behind the end horizon of earth. I sit down near the tree.
I realized that the tree around here is more thinner than before this. Ever the grass is more thicker and greener. The forest that I came after exiting the cave is more eery and dread.
I'm feeling my new rest area is more lively and deserved to be called forest scent. Am I back to my own Earth? I can only hope that I can escape from another world that full with uncertain things.
My throat become thirsty after walking straight without stopping. I walk near the river bank and stretch my both palms into water. I collect the water with my palms and bring it to my mouth. At least the water is potable and feel cool. It's shame that I don't have any container to store the water.
After the sun is completely rise and visible in the sky, I continue to walk forward. If people see my current condition, they must have thought that I'm crazy person who hold axe and shield at my side. Well, I need weapon to protect myself from any mythical creature.
One hour had passed.
In front of me, I can see a human settlement. I climb a small hill to get a better vision. I need to scout a little bit to get a brief understanding of this world.
Am I back to my earth or still trapped in foreign world?
Well, I'm not a pessimist person but I'm sure this is a different world that I recognize before this.
Reason?
There is huge wall that surround the big building. The guard that watch the big entrance inside the wall equipped themselves with sword and spear, not gun. People move inside out the wall with carriage and wagon, not car. There is some people walk in line toward the entrance with weapon, more dangerous than my small axe.
Am I just skydiving into another world?
Oh man, I'm just breaking the world record of how to travel to another world.
I need to think before take my first move here. What's in the front of me is not a human placement anymore but a fortress. Meaning there is military unit that guard that place. I'm pretty sure they will suspect me from being a spy just because I'm different from them.
And there is a language difference exist. I think people of this world here speak language that haven't exist or different from me. That surely will hinder me to communicate with them. What's worse, they will attack me. They must think it's weird that some people don't understand the common language among themselves.
From what it worth or worse, it is better for me to keep stay here, a far from that place. I judge this fortress must be a city for human. I need to collect enough information before going inside the city wall.
I'm already abandoning the thought to ask the help from them. I mean, how can you help people to return them back to their original world. I need to know if people came from another world is common or rare event around this world.
For now, I will find a suitable place to lay low to keep my reconnaissance to city wall. I know what I will do look suspicious but better safe than sorry. I slowly descend from hill to find my new place.
Zuushhhh!!
Then suddenly an arrow fly above my head and hit the tree behind me. What, what's happened, am I being ambushed? Am I already being exposed to the human from city wall?
I hurried hide near the tree. I grip my axe and shield as I ready to counter their sudden attack. I look a while from the direction of the arrow came. There is three people that waiting for me at the foot of hill. I'm lucky this small hill have enough tree for me to take cover
They don't like guard who watch the entrance of city wall. I can see one archer, one swordsman, and one bare hand man. This combo of group is enough to kill me. I can't to fight them alone. I must run to save myself.
"Hey, do you hear me?"
Oh my god, they're calling me now.
"If you love your life, walk down from this hill and give me your money. Then we will spare your life."
If I love my life, I will not once walk toward them. They are thief, I understand now why they attack me. You must not in any situation believe the words of thief. Lying and stealing are their blood.
At bright side, I can understand their speaking. Pretty sure they can understand me too. Now the language barrier is collapsed.
"Hey, are you deaf? I will not repeat again. We know you are there. You're better come down before we come to chop you."
The man with big curved sword scream toward my hide place. Yeah, they see where I'm hiding. They maybe can fight me but can they outrun me in race competition?
Swiftly I turn my body to back side and immediately run from this place. Lucky this hill slopes is low so I can run at my high speed. The three thief before this chase me after aware that I flee from them.
Hehehe, can you guys outrun me who walking three or four hours non stop? Sorry guys, my ability to fight maybe low but I can run as fast as horse in short path.