SHORTLY AFTER ZEREN'S ESCAPE
(At the end of the mine that Zeren escaped, a huge square building could be seen. Inside the building, a meeting between two people was taking place.)
"Klarg, where is Zallen? It has been more than two days since he last was seen, did something happen to him." (An intimidating demon asked.)
"I have no idea where he might be, Mayor, he was last seen going very deep into the shhackkal with some slaves, I'll inform a scout team to go search for him immediately." (A buff demon answered.)
"Very well, let me know if y'all find him, I have to give him a special task."
"Will do, Mayor."
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(Back with Zeren.)
'Huff, now it's all a matter of getting out of the slave owner's property and going somewhere, now that I think about it, what will I do after I escape? There's really nothing going on for me right now, I guess I'll just explore this place, just hope that I won't find any demons.' (Zeren thought whilst he walked away from the mine.)
When Zeren was about to get out of the mine, he felt a cold hand gripping around his neck.
'Ahh shit! I forgot about this creepy hand thing, at least it doesn't feel like I'll die any second now. So, what do I do? Do I take my chances? If I die it's all part of destiny, better dying here than staying in this mine.' (Zeren thought while closing his eyes and taking multiple steps further.)
"Huff, that was scary, at least I survived, time to get out of here."
Zeren walked a considerable distance away from the mine before he heard a growl to his left. Zeren, which was alerted, looked to his left and took multiple steps back. A horrible humanoid six legged demon with no hands and a dead face was looking at him. Looking at the demon, he started to take slow steps backwards with the intent of not angering the demon but the demon didn't care and started sprinting at him like a madman.
"Ohh shit." (Zeren yelled.)
The demon quickly reached Zeren and started kicking him with all his strength. Zeren just stood there and took all the hits, he looked like he was getting abused. Some time passed and the demon stopped hitting Zeren, he looked exhausted.
"Was that all? I felt like I was being tickled by a five year old baby, what the hell?"
Zeren punched the demon and immediately obliterated him, the six legged demon's organs busted out of his body making a bloody mess around Zeren.
Huh? Wait a second, am I invincible? That's great! Nah, thinking this more rationally he may just have been really weak, maybe demons that are not like animals and can think are naturally way stronger. Yeah that must be it, it's impossible that I'm invincible from just eating a demon's hearth. I wonder what might happen if I eat another one? Will I gain more strength? Those are useless thoughts for now, it's time to get further away from the mines. (Zeren said whilst he walked away.)
5 hours after defeating the six legged demon, Zeren finally arrived somewhere new where there wasn't just rocks everywhere. It was the outside of a humongous orange forest with huge trees.
'Finally, a change of paste, what is that wooden thing over there? It looks like a sign, yeah it definitely is a sign, Jakherl forest? I guess that's where I'm now, hmm, there's no harm in exploring the place, I'm gonna head inside.'
Zeren then proceeded to enter the forest and just look around. After finding nothing but trees and bushes for a long time, he started to get really hungry.
'Now I really regret not eating that demon from earlier, it's not like I'll find normal food here so it really doesn't matter what I eat.' (Zeren thought before hearing something in some bushes.)
'Umm, what was that? If it's something harmless it'll be my food for the day, even though the sky never changes color.'
What he saw after that was a six meter black hound that was looking at him hungrily. Zeren didn't wait more than a second before he started sprinting away.
'Fuck this, I'll not get into direct combat with that thing, he's nearly five times my height!'
The hound started to give chase and got close to Zeren very quickly, let's say that he's not the best runner. The hound pounced on Zeren and got him to the ground. Afterwards the hound started to attempt biting him.
"Ahh, Get out of my face!" (Zeren screamed before punching the hound with all his strength.)
"BUM!"
The hound was blasted ten meters away from Zeren, he now had a huge and deep punch mark on the top of his face, the skull was definitely bent after that punch.
"Damn, I'm really strong, why the hell am I even scared when I have this much power, he'll definitely become my meal after this fight." (Zeren said before running towards the hound.)
The huge hound got up slowly, stared at Zeren with hate and… started limping away?.
"Hey, what're you doing?! Stay there and become my meal!" (Zeren shouted before following the hound.)
Zeren quickly arrived where the hound was and jumped up high before falling towards the hound and slamming his fist on the hound's face.
"BAM!"
The bound's face exploded and his body fell swiftly to the side whilst Zeren fell and hit his head against a rock.
"I almost passed out from fear with that jump and damn, am I made of steel?! Why the hell do I jump so high? Probably because of this weird shaped legs that I have. We'll, that doesn't matter anymore, time to eat, I'm hungry."
Zeren approached the hound and stopped, he put his hand on his chin and started thinking.
"Now… what do I do? I don't know how to make fire so I'll have to eat it raw. How do I even access the meat inside the hound, I'll definitely won't just access it through his head. I guess there's no harm in trying this (Zeren said before standing besides the hound's stomach.)
Zeren gripped the hound's stomach with his two hands and tore his stomach in half, he pondered something for a second before starting to eat the hound's internal organs.
"Crunch! Munch!" (Zeren ate almost everything in delight within a very short time.)
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BACK IN THE MINES
"Mayor, we have found the dead body of Zallen inside the mines, a tracker demon used his arts and found out that a human killed him. We're searching for the killer right now, it will be a matter of time before we find him." (Klarg informed.)
"I see… Bring me his body back, he will not get away with this disrespect. Don't inform the boss about this until you have succeeded in your task." (The mayor said with a frown.)
"Don't worry Major, our best tracker will find him soon. That's all of what I had to inform you for now, I'll take my leave." (Klarg said before leaving the room.)
'You won't get away with this, human.' (The Mayor said before closing his eyes.)