I looked up and met the eyes of the greedy man and the hooded figure. For some strange reason the appearance of the hooded figure made me appear goose bumps all over my body, it was as if I wanted to examine myself from head to toe without leaving even an inch unnoticed.
'Pervert!'
"This item, sir, what do you think of it? It was really hard to catch, but I can give it to you for 10 silver coins, a real bargain!" he said, rubbing his big, dirty hands togheter.
'ARG!..System! Get me out of this cage!....*tsk*....what nonsense is he spouting!! How could I run if I was unconscious on the ground!.If I really had the opportunity to run it would have been easy for me to leave...once I get out of this cage, don't let me catch you or else!!!....' ( `皿´＃)
Like before, the mystery man pulled a bag out of his cloak and throwed it at the man's feet, unfortunately this time the bag didn't break. Soon after, at the snap of his fingers four figures, also unrecognizable, entered the wagon, two lifted the cage of Elentari and the other two lifted mine, the mysterious man first got out of the wagon, following me and Elentari, carried by those four men.
Outside the wagon was completely dark, except for the moon that lit the trees around us. Elentari also looked around seemed lost on where we were.
Sistem, are you online?
*ding*
[ WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH? ]
'How far are we from where I was before I was kidnapped?'
*ding*
[212 KILOMETERS AND 21 METRES FROM THE DESIGNATED POINT]
'EHHH!!! So much!? how long have I been unconscious!?'
*ding*
[THE HOST UNCONSCIOUSNESS LASTED: 92h 32m 12s]
UH?... 3 days!!!!??? , Damn it!, so much wasted time!! '
***
The men continued to carry us until the mysterious man arrived in an open space in the woods, he motioned them to stop, they laid down the cages on the ground, then lit a fire and camped for the night. I looked at the cage next to mine, Elentari was curled up in a corner of the cage, I couldn't see her face, because of the darkness.
*Gurgleeeeee*... A loud sound disturbed the quiet that had been created, making the five figures camped near the fire turn towards me - it came from my stomach.
'I'm so hungry!. yet there will be something edible in this forest?', I looked around but nothing, then I had an idea, tried to use the ability 'nutrient absorption from the earth', put both hands on the ground touching it with the palm, but nothing happened, i tried again, but this time I concentrated even more intensely than before.
*fizzz*
'ouch!'
Suddenly, the bars that imprisoned me glowed a menacing red color, releasing an electric charge on the palms of my hands, burning the skin of the palm of both of them.
*ding*
[SHOCK DAMAGE ]
[REMAINING HP: 49 / 50]
[ !!! IMPOSSIBLE THE USE OF THE SKILLS!!! ]
It must be the material of these bars. *GURGLEEEE*...I'm so hungry...*sniff*, *sobs*...I haven't eaten in three days...
I was laying down on the ground, i knew that if I moved another muscle again, I would be even more hungry than I already was.
I waited for the rumbling of my stomach to go away by itself but my stomach didn't want to be silent, so I grabbed the first thing I had near...the grass and the dirt...
I was unsure whether to eat them, but I had to.....I was too hungry, I started from the grass, I put only a small piece of it on my tongue and than I started chewing, I don't know if it was the fact that I was a plant originally or not but I felt that It was slowly filling my stomach, it had even a sweet note once chewed...I liked it, then It was the turn of the dirt, now this was a big step for my psychological barrier, I put only a small speck on the tip of my tongue and than i swallowed it whole... it tasted like dirt but at the same time it had a salty taste on it, thanks to the minerals contained in the soil, which made it somehow edible.
From the tastings at little pieces I soon began to take whole handfuls and putting them in my mouth... after several days of fasting I finally had a full belly.
After the umpteenth handful, no longer hearing the usual crackle of the fire and the occasional murmuring, but above all i had a strange feeling on my back that I could not quite identify, I turned my head slightly behind me, discovering that I had six eyes pointed at me, Elentari seemed confused.... and oddly sympathetic towards me?.... It was then that i heard a *Gurglee* , this time it was not from my stomach but that of Elentari, the latter was blushing. I understood what those looks meant, so I stretched a dirty hand containing some dirt mixed with grass towards her, she looked at my hand then I poured all the contents in hers, no need to thank me, this and more for a friend!
Elentary took her hands towards her mouth, then she tasted some, she didn't even have time to chew what she already had in her mouth that she spit it all on the ground. Elentari immediately began to clean her mouth continuously, then looked me in the eyes, and turned to the other side, completely ignoring me.
Well..... more food for me then. (º﹃º )
*** a few minutes later****
It was the middle of the night, the full moon illuminated a large part of the sky, the stars kept it company and the crickets accompanied the rustling of the leaves in the wind, the five men had already turned off the bonfire a long time ago and they were sleeping on the ground, Elentari was still curled up in the cage and from the intermittent and deep breaths i was hearing coming from her, I deduced that she too was asleep.
In the meantime I was full, it was time to go to sleep, i closed my eyes and let myself be lulled by the sounds that the forest produced, sinking into a long and deep sleep.
Unaware of the eyes shining in the darkness of the night, that were watching them from afar.