The name of stone dragon was not for nothing. This monster that James and Ralf looked a lot like the dragons Jack had seen in documentaries or movies on earth. The only difference was that this dragon had no wings and instead of having scales his skin seemed to be made entirely.
"Well, at least the name of this monster matches"
The two men were a few feet away from Jack, and because he was hiding behind a tree, he thought he would have no problems.
"These two guys must be too preoccupied with the dragon to notice me, the same thing is said for the dragon. If I stay hidden and control my breathing they should go by without noticing me"
Because he was a murderer all his life, Jack achieved some skills during that time. One of them is the ability to control his breathing and movements to the point of making his presence almost non-existent, this even affected his body temperature, causing it to decrease. Jack used this technique several times, often to pretend to be dead. Closing his eyes, Jack began to control his breathing and restrict his movements as much as possible. Opening his eyes again, he stood like a statue without moving. Watching the men escape calmly, Jack stayed calmly in the place he was until they disappeared.
After confirming that both men and dragon were gone. Jack stopped using the technique and sat on a rock while breathing heavily, tiredness from using this technique had arrived. Jack knew that this body was not in good shape, probably the former owner was not exercising properly, because of that the wear was quite heavy, much more than he imagined. Lowering his head, Jack spat some blood before sighing and getting up.
'Damn, the impact was heavier than I thought. I better not use this technique a lot to hide or improve my speed "
Another benefit he had with this technique was that he could increase his movement and reaction speed up to twice the normal. Since he was in complete control of his heart rate, it helped him. Only now he knows that he will not be able to use this technique at the moment, if he increases his speed, the damage to his body will be enormous.
'Unless it is very necessary, as this time, I will not use the breathing technique ...'
Sighing slightly, Jack gets up and prepares to continue walking. A good thing about this surprise encounter was that he now knew that there were people in that forest, perhaps a small village or town.
"Now I just need to find"
After thinking a little, Jack makes up his mind and heads towards where the men have been running. He knew it was risky, but he needed information or he would be lost in this forest his whole life. A few minutes had passed since the men were gone, so Jack decided to walk quickly. Luckily, perhaps the men killed the dragon or may have died for it. No matter what happened, Jack would be careful, he didn't know if those men were simple citizens or outlaws.
"Well, if they are bandits, I just have to kill one and interrogate the other, if they attack me"
That's how Jack started running towards where the two men had gone. While following the trail left not only by them but also by the earth dragon, Jack can analyze the damage that the dragon had done up close. Broken trees, destroyed grasses and plants and even some animals that appeared in front of the dragon were destroyed. Seeing this scene, Jack smiled before murmuring to himself:
"Well, at least it will be easy to find this monster. I'm just curious as to how the two men will be able to fight or let alone run away from this monster ..."
While he was running, Jack heard an extremely loud scream coming from in front of him, he was soon sure that scream was from the dragon. The forest shook and some birds fled in despair because of that scream. Even Jack had to cover his ears because of the noise.
"What the fuck happened? Don't tell me that they managed to kill this monster?"
Jack started to run quickly, not bothering to hide anymore. After running for a few minutes, he arrived in a part of the forest where there was a huge crater with a small river. Looking down, he can see the dragon's body below, probably he would have died in the fall. Only next to the dragon's body, he also saw the body of the two dead men.
"They were probably quite desperate to flee that they didn't notice this crater and fell, the same thing could have happened to the dragon"
Disappointed, Jack turned to go. He even thought about trying to get down to see if he could find anything useful in their bodies, but since it was a crater, there was no way to get off any equipment, and the height was too great for him to jump into the river.
"We went back to 0, I am still lost in the middle of this forest without knowing where I should go ... And the worst thing, soon it will start to get dark."
Sighing slightly, Jack decides to stop looking for today and continue tomorrow. He decided that he would now find food and a safe place to spend the night. Luckily, he didn't have a hard time doing both. He killed a small animal he found and climbed a large tree to rest after eating. At least on top of the tree he would be able to avoid most of the stonemasons, but he would still be careful.