The familiar sense of holding a weapon took over his heart. His feet swiftly began moving as his eyes locked on the monsters.
"Youh Humanh!"
One among the many dead eaters called out to Jegan.
It was quite peculiar, unlike the other dead eaters. It possessed a larger frame of the body but it was skinny a similar trait to others. The surprising matter is that it possessed a dagger. Lastly, there was a large scar on its face. It expelled a sense of fighting a veteran warrior to Jegan.
"Karr! You areth theh reasonh for mah kinsuh deathuh!"
It yelled giving a deadly stare that could pierce through his soul.
Until now he had never noticed this particular one and that sole reason made him feel wary of this particular one. The more concerning thing is the number of monsters surrounding the area.
Did he miscalculate his opponents? Or did he just take a leap with overconfidence? It was neither he was wary of those monsters and the survival manual's sole purpose is it lead him to a surviving path.
"Time to test blood poison."
He muttered and made a cut in his palm and painted his blood on the dagger. He might have lost his memories but, that doesn't mean he didn't have natural wit in fighting. He innately knew the means to fight as a warrior. Moreover, He's gifted with two deadly traits.
He rushed towards the dead eaters and brandished his dagger. His footwork was sloppy and he didn't inflict deadly blows he just managed to make a cut on the skin of the dead eaters. As a guy who just barely retained his body after regenerating for several months, it was an appreciable battle from his side.
He quickly turned to the other directions where he saw a gap to escape. Abruptly three dead eaters jumped on him and bit his neck. He quickened his hand and slit their throats with his dagger. Suddenly the dagger-wielding dead rater approached him. It seemed as though it saw through his plan.
"Whoreh Sonh! Youh deceptive humanuh!"
It cried out.
It was certainly a deceptive play from the dead eater's side but, for Jegan it was a means for survival. He just looked at the dead eater's snake eyes and drifted his attention back to the other dead eaters that ran away from him.
Only a few chose to fight him while many chose to run away. He obviously chose the ones running away. He was quite fascinated when he noticed the ones that approached to attack him covering and protecting their kin.
This arose a question within him. "Are these really evil creatures?"
There was no time to show mercy though he did not intend to kill them, they had evil intentions and followed him. This was enough of a reason for him slaughtering these unsightly monsters.
"uhh! uhh! uhh!" Few began crying out anguished by Jegan's action.
The enraged monsters threw stones at him. Unlike Jegan's expectation, the monsters were very intelligent and compassionate. They were witty enough to use stones at him to keep him at bay by using a long-range for fighting him since he had the upper hand in close combat assisted with his blood poison.
"These damned monsters!"
Jegan frowned trying to deflect the rocks with his dagger. He has not reached the point where he could dodge the rocks flying at him so he obviously received blows.
"Ahhh!"
He groaned in agony and quickly threw one of the dead eaters near him to the crowded location and slit another one's throat.
The terrain was rough with highs and lows. Jegan jumped into a pit of bones which seemed to be a place similar to where he woke up. So, as a means of defense, he rushed in and when a few followed him he continued to make slashes.
He noticed the monsters' faces that were filled with remorse.
"Fascinating.'
Jegan thought and quickly grasped one of dead eaters and used it as a shield to block the rocks.
"Killuh! Killuh!"
The monsters yelled in uniform yet they controlled themselves from throwing the stones. Since they didn't want to hurt their kin.
"Hah! Hah!" Jegan panted for a while standing in the center surrounded by the dead eaters. There was absolute silence for a while.
"I need to recover...'
Jegan thought as he received several fatal wounds.
He slowly sat holding his dagger placed on the monster's throat which he used as a shield. He sat there for a few minutes yet, none moved from their place. They waited and waited until a pair of hours spanned.
Suddenly a few began screaming and falling to the ground. This hinted that poison worked.
'Four hours for the poison to work on these monsters?' Jegan thought as his lips arched up into a smile.
Jegan stared at them for a while as the count continued to reduce. After an hour there were about twenty dead eaters and all fell on their knees as slowly tears flowed down their cheeks.
'Hmm, Mourning the dead.'
He phrased looking at the monsters.
The Pitiful monsters stared at him with an empty expression as he didn't move from the place except for only one which looked at him with its eyes of malice. Jegan has only one choice now and that is to destroy every dead eater out there, particularly the one with a scar.
"Cowardlyh Humanuh!" It yelled at him.
"Cowardly, huh? You are the only one able to have a conversation?"
"Leave my kinuh! Aloneuh youh Cowarduh " It yelled.
"I bore no ill intentions yet, you trailed me... I still do not bear any ill will. I will leave this place at peace without troubling you all. That is if you do not hinder my journey." Jegan said wearing a gruff look on his face.
"Killuh! Killuh!"
The other dead eaters yelled and stopped as the one with scarred face raised its hand.
"Weh doh noth believeuh youh! Weh sacrificed many livesh believinh youh deceptiveh creaturesh!."
"As I said I bear no ill will but if you are not willing to pave the way. I swear I will wait here and slowly reduce your numbers slaying every one of your kin!"
Jegan proclaimed, staring at the dead eaters with his fearless eyes.
"Youh! Humanh! Weh willh killh youh!"
Jegan just blankly looked at the monster and quickly slit the throat of the monster he had as a hostage. It caught them off the guard, they couldn't predict just a few seconds ago he was trying to make a truce and within a span of a second he killed the leverage he had.
Without stopping he rushed towards the crowd and swung his blade though he seemed sloppy in fighting his footwork was quite similar to that of a seasoned veteran. This continued for hours until Jegan lost his energy and the sky darkened intimating it is night.
"karrrh! Karrk!"
The dead eaters stopped at their places and a few fell to the ground again. This time the remaining few stopped attacking him and stayed at their places.
"Hah! Hah!"
Jegan panted heavily and stood at his place.