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Chapter 8 - []Mŏre

I... I can turn invisible!!

Okay that is quite weird and disturbing.

I kneeled and grabbed the peerl again, again I turned invisible, I then put the peerl in my bag.

Noticing the book in my bag, I was curious to see if anything changed.

As the book was in my hand I went through the pages flipping them like cards, I noticed a page that wasn't blank.

On the page was a description of the octopus that I just killed.

the title reads: [Lake's resident]

Wait!! that was just one resident?

How many are there?! and... is.. the real danger actually being the lake?

I tried to search if there is a page about the lake but found nothing.

The description of the Lake's resident is as you might expect.

The last line was:

"A lonely child that's always rebirthed,

Kill it once and you'll be cursed

More to come, grudge unfixed

Many sought, his eyes they fetched"

From what I understand there'll be more of this creature, that's a problem.

More over it seems there is entities that seek his eye.

I returned the book to my bag and went back to the hut.

It was as rusty and old as I remember it, I laid on the hard floor with my hand laid under my head I closed my eyes trying to sleep...

At midnight, a bang woke me up.

Startled I looked at the only window in this old hut.

I... I saw two shining eyes, it was obvious that they reflecting the moon light, standing still behind the foggy old window glass.

Staying still, staying silent... after about fifty long seconds the eyes disappeared!

The eyes didn't move it just disappeared...

After a heavy exhale and good a inhale I sat up.

Is it... another resident?

No, no way. This one had two eyes and from the hight of the window I suspect that the thing is as tall as me if not taller.

I grabbed my bag and held my knife.

After calming down I started hearing sound from outside the hut like footsteps, water splashing and some weird sounds.

As much as I wanted to stay here, running away from this lake seemed more reasonable, I just had to inspect whatever is happening outside before I leave.

With my bag and my knife I stood in front of the door

Inhale...exhale...

Okay, I opened the door with some wood friction sounds.

It's always annoying, I looked through the thin opening to see through.

What!!! Black humanoid silhouettes running faster than a bike...

Their only apparent struggle is the trouble of turning and changing course and directions.

Wait! Are those horns? no, those are.. ears? Those look like rabbit ears.

After another glance their legs looked more like animal legs with three segments.

But their silhouettes are one of a human-ish creature.

They were attacking an invisible enemy!

I guess I know who.

But from their speed, why are they loosing!? Is there more than one octopus?

One of the silhouettes is on the side who seems injured, there are 4 of them.

*sigh* I can run away.

Remembering the peerl in my bag, I grabbed it to turn invisible, I then opened the door slowly enough to let me through.

None seemed to notice me, immediately I started running towards the woods.

*huff, huff, huff, huff*

After running for a while I really started gaining some distance.

While running through the woods a really annoying and terrified sound was following me.

It was the footsteps of a really fast creature.

Wait... after listening closely, it was just one.

These damn rabbits have a really good hearing ability. 'Shit'

It kept following me precisely, I tried to change course but nothing worked.

Following me like his life depends on it, it won't take the fast creature long to reach me.

As I was running, the sound of the footsteps got closer and closer then the footsteps are now coming from my side only few meters apart.

I gave the silhouette one glance just to see something good.

That was the injured one...