"Daniel, you must be too tired that's why you started digressing. Come on, we have to hurry to my house. I will take care of you." The old man named Mr. Parkin was tried to pull Daniel. In the shuffling of his old trembling body, Mr. Parkin was now able to make Daniel stand up.
In the middle of the forest, alone, with a gang that has been saved, maybe it would be a miracle if only what Daniel encountered were not another monster.
The real old Mr. Parkin was dead. At least that's what Daniel knew when his eyes found a strange face on the face of Mr. Parkin who was currently in front of him. Daniel could see what others could not see, smell what others could not, and touch what others could not.
A wrinkled face shaped like shards of rock was always etched on Mr. Parkin's face. And the aroma, which once seemed like an ordinary old man, had now become like a very strong smell of sulfur. Not to mention Mr. Parkin's skin which was textured like a cobblestone road.
When Daniel first realized this, he thought he was just hallucinating. However, when he found out that Mr. Parkin's wife had gone crazy and finally disappeared without a trace in the hospital, Daniel knew that the illusionist monster who resembled Mr. Parkin had done too far.
All the monsters could do was eat humans', and all the meat they could find. Their untouched civilization seemed to provide a freeway for them to move. Daniel was still trying to figure out the purpose behind all of this, and where all the monsters came from.
The old civilization was still hidden from the science he knew, as well as how powerful the monsters were that they were able to disrupt the signals from the latest technology on earth so that they could hide their existence from the public.
Daniel's body, which was dragged several meters towards Mr. Parkin's house, which was not far from the forest, was now staggering. Feeling almost overwhelmed by the wound on his chest, the core of the universe that had not yet awakened in his heart was now starting to weaken. Daniel yanked Mr. Parkin away, irritated.
"Get off! Get away from me!" moaned Daniel, his body swaying on the ground and clutching his chest. Tree branches suddenly fell from various directions, like heavy rain.
Mr. Parkin suddenly shivered at all of that, seeing the sign of the clan that was higher than him. However, when his old eyes found Daniel's chest he suddenly showed a cruel face. Saliva had already spilled out of Mr. Parkin's mouth, and his teeth, which were always toothless, suddenly sprouted fangs from below.
His eyes were swollen to one side, and his body towered over, giving rise to a gnarled stone texture that now filled his body. It only happened for a few seconds, until finally, the monster of Mr. Parkin returned to like the previous Mr. Parkin.
With hungry eyes, Mr. Parkin approached Daniel. "Dan, are you in pain? Can't you carry it anymore? I can take it for you, Dan, then you will be free from all this pain." Being a monster that had inhaled the core energy of the universe couldn't stop Mr. Parkin from wasting his chance.
Claws grew suddenly from Mr. Parkin's fingertips. Even so, his body was still shaped like an ordinary old man, even though Daniel still saw the holographic shadow mingling around him.
The claws moved, like the antennae of an insect searching for nectar. When the claw found the tip of Daniel's chest, the tip stuck in and almost slipped inside. The fake Mr. Parkin grinned, as soon as he almost got what he had been wanting.
But the jolt of Daniel's body pushed him away. "Don't touch me!" panted Daniel, roaring with his chest that was already tearing him apart. Daniel hurriedly took off his shirt and found that the cuts in his flesh were growing open. He bent down to endure the pain.
On the other hand, it was Mr. Parkin who rolled over. In his final move, he had had several transformations to his body that change very rapidly. One eye was enlarged, with a greenish-yellow color like a zombie. The nose formed a long snout.
Now Mr. Parkin made movements like a werewolf, who bent down and walked on his hands and feet. He ran to speed up to Daniel.
Daniel failed to dodge, feeling the grip of Mr. Parkin's claws that were currently tying his neck. "Just a moment, and you will be free," hissed the fake Mr. Parkin with his mouth filled with sulfuric fumes.
The tips of his paws brought themselves back to Daniel's chest, as his eyes were ruthless and grinning too. The wind that swirled around hit the skin and dragged away anything including dry and damp leaves.
At that time, Daniel was about to faint when he found that the claw pierced his body and seemed to suck his life. Daniel's eyes were closed and he was barely conscious until finally, Daniel heard an explosion not far from where he was now drooping. Not long after that, he was completely unconscious, but before his eyes were completely closed, a boy's face with transparent eyes hit his vision.
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Daniel found himself lying on the bed of the school clinic when he woke up, in what ways and assistance he never knew. All Daniel remembered was that he passed out in the middle of the forest just before the fake Mr. Parkin almost ate him. Then Daniel also remembered the boy with transparent eyes.
Daniel groaned as he sat himself up. Nurse Mary came and examined the boy. "Oh, are you awake? You were found unconscious by Prof. Ian in the forest. And he immediately takes you to school to be treated. Your face was very pale when you came, but thank goodness you look better now, "said Nurse Mery, who was slim and rather petite. She was also a talkative woman, who loves to say unnecessary things as if they are important things.
Hearing the babble of Nurse Mery was able to make Daniel dizzy. Right now he didn't want to hear a lot of babbling, especially from Nurse Mery's shrill voice that always hurt his ears. However, when he heard the name Prof. Ian is called, for the first time Daniel gives full attention to Nurse Mery.
"Prof. Ian is back? He should be back next week or even next month, right?" Daniel was still holding his chest, sometimes he still felt a thin pain inside his body.
Nurse Mery dropped her gaze to the place where Daniel's hand was resting. For a moment she wanted to ask something, but she stopped his intention. "Yeah, I know. But the proof is he's back now. It was heard that he postponed his trip to visit his family in the village. So yeah… just like that. Why is your chest anyway? Let me check. "
Nurse Mery, who was 30 years old, reached out to check the condition of Daniel's chest. She intended to squeeze Daniel's chest a little to assess whether there was a lump there, as well as perform some other physical examinations. But when Daniel shuffled away Nurse Mery raised her hand.
"Ok, I won't touch you. I know you are very popular and make girls curious about you. But my advice is you do not to be closed. If only Prof. Ian did not find you in the forest, I'm sure you are dying now. "
Somehow Daniel heard the expletive tone from Nurse Mery's voice even though the nurse didn't say it out loud. Daniel indeed often got complaints about how closed he was and about being anti-social himself. But this was how he survived in an environment that didn't match his thinking.
Nurse Mery almost left but she turned around and asked Daniel, "Are you sure you don't want to check? There could be a lump in there. " Nurse Mery looked curious and very upset.
However, when Daniel shook his head firmly. The nurse turned around indifferently. Not long after, a voice appeared from the front. "I'll look into it, Mery. Maybe Daniel is just embarrassed if he gets an examination from a nurse as beautiful as you. " That was Prof. Ian!
Daniel hurriedly looked up to see the teacher he liked the most at the school.
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