- Oh my God..." Kai groaned, "What the hell just happened to me, am I still alive?!
Kai felt incredible pain all over his body, and his head was throbbing violently. It was even hard for him to think. He started to check the sensations in his body and suddenly felt a light, almost elusive aura. It was the same one he had felt from the dark sphere, except now it was coming from him! But in the next instant it began to fade and then disappeared completely....
- So it wasn't a dream?! - Kai exclaimed in shock.
"I don't know what was happening to me, but if I'm going to survive, I have to keep this a secret.... It's for sure, no one can know about it... It was like I was talking to the universe! If I tell anyone, they'll think I'm crazy." - Dumbfounded, Kai thought to himself.
"Anyway, I have to remember those laws forever... What I felt while touching the sphere cannot be described in words. It's definitely something that shouldn't exist in our world. Plus, I'm pretty sure I just felt the aura of that sphere enter my body..." - Thought Kai.
After thinking about all this for a bit, he decided to focus on the immediate problems. If he were to die now, he would hardly care about the mysteries and riddles of existence. First things first, he needed to survive...
Kai began to look around and tried to slowly stand up. Near him was a forest and a rocky shore. On the other side was a fast mountain stream.
- I need to throw away the top of my clothes soon, and find the Healing Grass. My blood might attract wild beasts... The fact that I didn't die after being wounded is just the beginning of survival. - Kai said heavily.
Healing Grass grew many places, it wasn't something rare. At the orphanage, when someone was injured, they would grind it in a mortar and smear it on the wounds. Although it was very stinky, it did a good job of stopping the blood and anesthetizing the wound. It also kept the wound from festering, especially if it was changed regularly.
Kai quickly took off his shirt and threw it in the river. Afterwards, wearing only his pants, he slowly waddled towards the forest. He was very careful as he moved forward. He had to constantly look around and look under his feet. He did not dare to go deep into the forest and walked only along the river. After a heavy half hour, he suddenly saw a clearing where the Healing Grass was growing.
- Heaven bless me today! - He walked as fast as he could towards his medicine.
The herb was thin and as long as two palms. Kai quickly started tearing it and gathering it into one pile. Only after a quarter of an hour, he had gathered enough, tying everything with a vine he found on a tree nearby. Also, he gathered a smaller bundle that he wanted to use right now.
Walking off towards the river, Kai sat down near a large boulder. Taking the smaller rock in his hand, he began rubbing the grass against the other rock in front of him. He needed to make a gruel out of the grass, which he would then dab liberally on his wounds.
- Yuck! It stinks, damn it!" he cursed. Even though Kai was a little boy, he had already picked up a few words at the market in the city....
- It's a good thing, though... This scent will block out any blood and the beasts won't smell me. - Kai said to himself.
- It's taking so long, we need to hurry up... - Saying this Kai put the herb in his mouth and started chewing it in parallel. He wanted to finish everything as quickly as possible.
Grinding the grass, he walked towards the river.... Wrinkling and cringing, he rinsed the wound once more and then began to lubricate the cut on his chest, not forgetting the area around it.
Just in case, he rubbed the stinking grass juice all over his body. He realized that by doing so, he was once again taking precautions against possible harassment by wild beasts. Still, he was in the forest now, and also completely unfamiliar to him.....
Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling, he finally relaxed a bit and wanted to take a break. Kai immediately went under the shade of a tree and sat down leaning on the trunk.
Kai closed his eyes and began to feel his wound go numb and his body slowly stop whining. He realized that the juice of the Healing Grass was beginning to penetrate his wounds and anesthetize them. Calmly sitting and breathing, he focused on the sounds and the feel of the wind blowing soothingly around him. Small rays of sunlight broke through the foliage and occasionally hit his body, bringing a slight sensation of warmth.
But suddenly!
Kai felt as if there was something around him. As if in the wind and the sun, something was wrong! As if there were some small particles present in them.... He hadn't noticed this strangeness before, as he was very puzzled by his survival. But now, as he sat down to rest, he realized that something strange was happening.....
"Energy! It's energy!"- Kai suddenly realized.
"This is the kind of energy that only Warriors are beginning to feel! What kind of miracles are these?!" - Shocked, Kai exclaimed in his mind.
Some thoughts immediately entered his head about what exactly caused such a drastic change... That realm and those experiences before waking up were definitely not something ordinary... If anything could have affected him, it was this!
Kai didn't know what to do with this energy or how Warriors used it. He had only heard of it in stories before.... It was said that their village head had begun to feel it, but no one knew if it was true. He began to slowly try to interact with her in some way. At this moment, Kai was incredibly excited!