Empty, hollow, hopeless
It was so dark, not a single light was seen
This is so nostalgic, heh
Reminded me of my gloomy times back then on the dark village street, they treated me like a wild animal tried to disguise. It was unpleasant, no one wanted to step up for me. I still remembered the sensation of my broken limb bone, when I tried to defend myself until they decided to pick up a twig and pierced my ligament. It's hurt, I told myself it was okay. Normal kind of 'okay'
Because the wounds are always miraculously healed after a day. No matter how severe, unless it threatened my life. Weird huh? But it didn't dissipate the pain I endure for years
Then he appeared
He told me to fight back. To always be calm and smiled. He tore a nearby plant that I don't know, then he munched it, and spit out a juicy lump at my wound
"Bandaid plant, its quick relief and ease of use," he said, it has the properties to draw any impurities from dirty wounds
It didn't do anything significant but I feel at ease. We were together since then. I was surprised he knew so many strange things such as the 'time of solstice' but doesn't know what a car and television do. Homeless, but fortune catches up to us later until we can live kinda lavishly on our own house. I was lucky to get a scholarship but being in school bored the shit out of me. And the rest is the judgment day
Till now, when something terrible happened. I always face it off with a smile ...
"GUAH!?"
I felt pressed on the stomach area. it was two times heavier than a grown-up bulldog but at the same time it was soft, spongy, and thick
Forced my eyelid awake. I saw an insensible mass of annoyance that used my body as a chair while devouring a purple oval fruit, the way she crunched it, sets me off
"Did you have a good sleep, dear? I tried to wake your lazy ass off by poking your face with a twig but to no avail" Rested her head with her palm
"Oh yeah? Then lent me that twig so I can shove it through your arse!"
I pushed her off my body. She quickly took the initiative to keep a distance, grinned
Then she sat on the ground "I just want to know who the hell put a dead slime blob on my forehead"
"That person is genius, they must have seen an ignorant fool who smashed their head to a boulder"
"Yeah, that person must felt winning in their sleep"
"Who knows? I bet they just want to kick someone ass"
"..."
"..."
The purplish trees of the forest were shone by the saturated yellow of the afternoon sky, it was supposed to be dark here inside of the tall and shady green plantation, but instead; it was illuminated by the glows of many small extraterrestrial plants surrounded by a various flickered insect, as if they were communicating with each other. a brief of bliss
Besides me, there is one of the purple oval fruit my lookalike eat
"Eat it, it was hard to get that ya know?" She persuaded
I took a bite
The texture of the fruit surface is surprisingly soft, but It tasted bitter and dreadful. There is no smell, only vile taste
I immediately threw the fruit "Did you get brain damage!? Seriously, I hope that your taste bud is okay"
"Trust me, in the span of two hours searching for food. I consumed something more horrendous than that" She burped "I wonder when will I get my poison tolerant?"
I noticed her hand bruised. Her palm swelled a little in red. Barefooted, it was the same state on her feet
Hunger beat her to it. In fact of right now, I felt my stomach started to summon a satan from all of the grumble. I have no choice but to consume this vile fruit I picked up again, as I resist every chance to barfed the bite that I took — I might eat a damn soil at this point
Nonchalantly sorted the past event, I noticed some swell and scar on my feet. The jog session with the golem wore off this body. how many muscles do I get from it? If only we have something to turned into footwear here ...
Nevertheless, I glad the wound on her forehead stopped to bleed and began to close up. Because I can't bury her body with this shaky limb. The regeneration is almost like our old body huh? A tad too fast actually
Now, is the time to check the system
[Name: Unregistered
Mana: 0/100
Race: Sarkhas
Class: Xyo
Soul Essence: 1.000
VIP Lv: 0
Art learned: - ]|
It popped up when I think about the keyword. I got the soul essence from the last trainwreck. Still, I haven't checked the Shop section yet
[ Soul Essence: 1.000 - VIP Lv:0
Search: _
Category: (Art Scroll) (Weaponry) (Armory) (Pill) (Puppet) (Flying Sword) (Eous Scroll) (Mana Crystal) (Ginseng) (Celestial Animal) (Rune Workshop) (Elemental Essence) (Misc) (Chest) ]|
A digital keyboard materialized with the shop menu
She interrupted my casual discovery "I already check it, don't use the category. All of them have a price beyond heaven"
"You've checked it but I've not"
I touched the (Weaponry) category
[ Weaponry _
- (XV9 Mana Cannon) SE 98.000.000
- (Omega Chain Blade) SE 198.000.000
- (Soul Shattered Gauntlet) SE 168.777.888
- (Jagged Hyudon Knife) SE 100.777.777
- (Terra Axe) SE 200.000.000
- (Doom Blade) SE 170.999.999
- (Sky Piercing Spear) SE 125.000.000
- (Crystallized Hook) SE 156.000.000
- (AK47 + 20 Magazine) SE 35.000.000
(Next Page) ]|
"That was hella expensive"
"Don't even try to seek more. The lowest price there was around ten million" She said
I touched the (Terra Axe)
[ You don't have enough Soul Essence to buy this Item _ ]|
I guessed we won't buy anything there in the near future ...
I wanted to see more categories and what kind of items they have — but my hunger needed to be sated, so I will do this fast and search for anything consumable. Sure, the Shop menu disappeared anytime I want it but I haven't seen the Quest section. I decided to give it a quick look
[ Quest in progress: None
Sub Quest: None
Difficulty: Xyo
Possible Quest Nearby: (The Dweller Of the Night) (Mana Pond) ]|
With no more vicious fruit in her hand, she began to rub her chin "I wonder what is this Xyo"
"It appeared on our status too"
"Hmm, by the way. Wanna try the possible quest?"
"I don't want to feel a near-death experience for a while"
Afraid to trigger one of them. I closed the Quest screen. My stomach needed more food intake as it's begging me to eat anything in my sight. I don't want to die because of hunger
The annoying brat saw me huddled my stomach pains and decided to gave useless information "I saw some colorful mushroom over there if you want it" Pointed her finger into one of the shaded bark below a tangled branch
"Have you tried it?"
"Nope" she shrugged
"Urgh, my stomach feels riddled with holes goddammit"
"I have a bandaid plant if you want?"
"I will use that to shut your mouth"
... Well, my objective is clear
I need some goddamn food!!