'Ah..so it's actually a pocket dimension…that makes sense.' But then looking at the pile of butchered Salamander meat…one cubic meter of space is not enough….thankfully there is this upgrade option. He then clicks on the upgrade button.
[Would you like to upgrade your Inventory by 50 cubic meters for 50 Naruka gems? ]
[Yes/No]
"Yes"…Soon his Inventory space expanded by five times leaving him with the remaining 400 out of 500 Naruka gems…Then he upgraded it once more for 50 Naruka gems to expand his inventory up to 110 cubic meters…
Feeling satisfied with this much space, he opened his inventory and started throwing all the meat into the inventory window which automatically expanded in size to make it easier for him to put all the meat into it. As soon as the meat came in contact with the Inventory window, it directly disappeared.
As soon as he finished storing all the meat in the inventory the inventory displayed a meat symbol with its total weight of 450 KG right below the symbol. Thanks to the large space, the 450 kg of meat only managed to occupy 5% of the space.
After storing all the meat he started looking for a safe place to rest and eat. Due to battle just now and the smell of blood reeking from the Salamander's leftover corpse, more nightmare creatures were sure to be attracted to it. Thus he quickly started walking away, looking for a better place.
'This forest is too vast like a neverending white sea, no matter how many times I look from any treetop, all I see is the neverending expanse of white trees….'
'So the chances of finding a cave are non-existent…'
'Digging is also not a viable option, due to the dense proximity of trees…so logically the ground should be filled with roots…'
'This only leaves me with one single option…The Trees…'
'I have to either sleep on the top of trees or dig a hole in its massive trunk…'
'Alright then let's find a big tree to sleep in tonight….'
After wandering for a while just when the sun was about to set, he selected a giant white tree that appeared a bit taller than the rest. Climbing the tree with ease, he climbed up to the highest branch for safety and sat with his back resting against the tree truck.
At this moment Aron was feeling very relaxed and calm, the colors from the setting sun had painted the purple sky with a hue of red, making it look like a beautiful dusken painting. The cool winds blew past his lonely figure leaning against the tree, gently caressing his face and lifting his hair in the air.
While enjoying his peaceful time, he suddenly noticed that as the sky continued to grow darker, all the trees in the surroundings were slowly starting to glow in a soft milky white light, more specifically it was the paper-like leaves that were glowing in a soft white light creating a extremely beautiful sight in the dark nightmare forest.
The sky at this moment had turned completely pitch black with no moons or stars…but surprisingly he found himself able to see everything around just completely fine, 'Nightvision? This body surely is full of surprises….'
Then suddenly he noticed a few leaves of the tree starting to shake and move as if alive, all of a sudden the leaves started seamlessly turning into glowing white butterflies.
The white butterflies then started scattering in all directions, leaving a faint trail of white mist. As more and more butterflies started to scatter around, the mist also further started spreading across the forest.
What the heck is going on? I thought the trees were the only normal things here….Not knowing what to do, "Growl!!" he then feels his suppressed hunger start to rebel against him…I should eat first…
Aron then gathered some dried twigs and some leaves. Then, he tried to start a fire.
It definitely wasn't as easy as it appeared on TV, but Aron somehow managed to get a fire going after a few tries due to his enhanced strength and agility after leveling up.
When he saw the twigs catch fire, Aron felt an incredible sense of achievement.
After that, Aron took out a large flat stone from the inventory that he had come across earlier while looking for a good tree to rest on, and several large juicy pieces of meat and hung them close to the fire on some sticks.
While the meat was being cooked, Aron once again started observing the strange tree leaves and the white mist as it continued to spread.
Aron checked on the meat and rotated it. 'That should still take about an hour.' For a while, Alex only sat beside the fire, listening to its relaxing crackling.
But then suddenly from the corner of his eye, he spots a bizarre Nightmare creature slowly approaching a nearby tree, while moving in a very strange manner. Due to his night vision, he was able to clearly make out the appearance of the creature.
It was a large Frog-like creature with a beautiful blue flower blooming on its back. The Frog-like creature was about one meter tall and two meters wide. It had smooth blue skin which appeared to be coated in a thick layer of slimy transparent liquid that was being secreted from the large flower on its back. It had two pairs of blood-red eyes with a black horizontal pupil that appeared a bit cloudy and in a dazed state.
Apart from the flower that was growing over its back, and its large size, it just appeared like a strange blue frog. But the strange thing was that the frog was moving in a very clumsy manner, not like a typical frog would move.
It would sometimes hop just to land on its face, and sometimes it would try to crawl with its four limbs. Strangely It looked like it was drunk…
After carefully observing it for a while Aron noticed that the blue flower on its back had a lot of white paper-like butterflies sitting over it, and it was entirely covered in white mist…
Just like that the clumsy drunk-looking frog continued to move toward the white tree, but as soon as the frog got near the tree, something terrifying happened…
Aron saw a few large dark-white roots of the tree which were completely drenched in thick purple liquid, coming out of the ground like terrifying tentacles and slowly coiling around the blue frog…Meanwhile not respond in any way, it just stayed still, letting the eerie roots slowly drag it underground without making a sound.
Looking at the bizarrely eerie scene made Arons feel cold chills running down his spine…After dragging the large blue frog, the tree appeared completely normal, as if all that happened earlier was just an illusion…
After observing the tree, he suddenly looked down from the branch he was sitting on, towards the ground, more specifically the roots of the tree he was currently sitting on….
After observing the scene of the hypnotized blue frog being slowly dragged underground, he became fully alert…ready to jump at any sudden movement from the tree. Now even the static branches started looking like terrifying tentacles…Not to mention the entire forest, that was packed full of these terrifying white trees….
'F#CK! I hope their roots are the only movable part….not the branches…sigh…and I hope the tree I'm sitting on totally ignores my presence…'
Although he was afraid that the tree he was currently sitting on would suddenly try attacking him, the only reason he did not leave immediately was the meat! He was F#cking hungry! At this moment all he could think of was food!
So he just continued to sit there cautiously observing his surroundings at the same time cooking the meat…As soon as the meat was ready he started wolfing it down…It was missing a lot of seasoning, and it wasn't cooked well, but eating it like this awakened a special, primal feeling in Aron. Surprisingly, the meat tasted rather good! Like a juicy chicken…
Although It was quite tough he did not taste any gaminess from it.
After wolfing down nearly 10-15 kilos of meat his stomach was finally satisfied…feeling rather energetic. He stood up with a wide satisfied grin…
But while he was focused on wolfing down the meat, he failed to notice that the several dark-white roots drenched in viscous purple liquid, were slowly moving upwards in his direction…The moment he stood up, the roots suddenly moved towards him at a terrifying speed, creating a loud whip-like sound.
Meanwhile, Aron's instincts started screaming at him, without thinking, he just jumped from his original location appearing several meters away from the tree in midair. From there he saw 5-6 giant tentacle-like roots coiling around the location he was a few seconds ago…