BornAndTorn 81 A "Good" Idea 1

And I was not falling to my certain doom, which was a big plus in my eyes. I deserved that much. after all of that time battling or living underground far away from every source of light.

Despite not seeing any monster I still could not relax and had to prepare for the worst. I never know when the players return and try to ruin my day.

My best bet was to scout my surroundings and search for any potential hideouts. Since time was not exactly working in my favour, I could not enjoy the beautiful scenery as much as I wanted to.

The first problem, came after I just had taken my first step. My body was strangely suppressed and any kind of movement felt tedious. Even breathing had become a ha.s.sle and felt like a ch.o.r.e. At this point in time, any form of intelligent life would have reconsidered his position and acted accordingly.

Though this does not apply to an abnormality like me. Which intelligent form of life can claim to have a nearly endless supply of energy at their disposal? But as time pa.s.sed, the expenditure of the necessary nutrients began to c.u.mulate aswell.

During the exploration of my surroundings, I noticed several monsters, that were roaming around. I saw the wolves, I had become familiar with fighting against a gigantic bear. Fights like this took place all over the place and many ferocious roars could be heard all over the vicinity. I saw wolves, bears, deers, foxes, snakes and much more carnivores fighting viciously.

These battles were not limited to the ground as even in the sky many creatures were killing each other ruthlessly. I took notice of this detail, as 2 birds had entangled each other and crashed into the ground right in front of me.

This was neither the time or place to fight these monsters. Jumping over them was the best option, as long as those birds were preoccupied. Sadly, destiny had another thing planned out for me and one bird had ripped out the throat of his victim.

After its victory, it noticed me running straight at towards it. Without even threatening me it started to launch itself targeting my neck. With next to no room to dodge, I managed to weave my head sideways but the creature still managed to leave a long gash at my neck. This wound bought me an opportunity. By grabbing its beak with my right hand, I could hold it in place just long enough until I sank my teeth into its exposed neck.

Having dealt a serious injury, the creature started to roar in pain, but still tried to wound me with its claws. A prolonged fight was something I wanted to avoid at all cost, so I pulled it downwards by the beak until it hit the ground with a loud bang.

The outcome was several bones being broken and a scream of full agony. The next step was to hold it down and launch my nails into the exposed flesh and tear through it upwards. It did not take long before the bird was deadly injured and incapable of controlling its movement. Whether it would suffer or if it had enough luck to enjoy a quick death was of no concern to me.

This exchange might have only taken 3 or 4 seconds but the smell of blood, that was now lingering in the air was attracting these predators. This mutated eagle is now the least of my worries given the current circ.u.mstances.

With an open wound, I will never be able to get rid of these monsters. Seems I have to bite the bullet and expand even more energy in order to close up the wound forcefully

Swallowing the flesh I had ripped out from the Eagle, I began to resume my scouting session. I did not have to turn around, as I heard the sound of flesh being ripped apart. I just covered 5 meters before the corpses of these 2 birds had disappeared from this world.

Running away from this place, I just hoped, that these creatures would be busy long enough until I could escape safely. I managed to cover enough distance behind me and entered a forest, full of dead trees.

This area did not offer much more protection, than the previous but I had the faint hope, that this area did not have as many deadly creatures as the previous one. There were mainly small bugs covering the dead trees slowly devouring the trees until there was not even a trace of them left.

Having learned from my previous oversight, I looked at the sky to see if there was any bird circling through it. After not spotting any danger lurking in the sky, I began to lower my speed to search my surroundings.

My goal to seek shelter somewhere was far more likely to succeed when I am not chased by monsters. But if there is one thing I have learned, nothing in this world is truly safe. There will always be someone or something trying to kill you.

This place might seem safe at first sight, but why are the Trees dead in the first place? Why have I not seen anyone other creature running through these grounds, as if they were avoiding it for whatever reason? What exactly are those bugs devouring the tree until there is nothing left of it?

With so many questions left unanswered a certain level of caution was definitely needed. At that point in time, I had asked my friendly tenant about what I had to be careful about, but he just straight up ignored my question and told me not to disturb it since it was busy doing who knows what.

I did not bother trying to ask any more questions. My legs were proof enough, that searching for an answer was a pest, that drained the very life out of oneself. This is still an understatement, as this devious b.a.s.t.a.r.d is trying to rip me off whenever the situation arises. At least I was still considerate enough to explain my methodology to it, hoping for good cooperation in the near future. Yet, all my goodwill was trampled on.

Sorry for rambling about this moronic fellow, I always get so agitated talking about him. So where was I? Yes, I have talked about the strange bugs in the dead forest. As it turns out these bugs are fire resistant.

It certainly was not such a good idea to set the tree on fire with my hair and watch from a safe distance. As it turns out these dead trees burned really well, almost too well, because the fire did not stop at one tree and sooner or later the entire forest was lit ablaze. Having learned my lesson from the field of flowers I had been gone the moment the spark flew over.

And this decision proved to be a really wise one, as angry roar filled the entirety of the woods. I did not have to see it, to know that it out for blood. Though that was not my problem anymore, as I already left the forest by the and ran into a lake and decided to wait in it till things had cooled down.

As it turns out, this was also not such a good idea, because inside of the water many monsters were currently eyeing me. These monsters were not used to seeing a prey disregarding them that much, any other creature only approached this lake with great reluctance. Yet this strange creature decided to jump in the lake and did seem unperturbed.

This lake, while it was quaint from the outside, its innermost was a place of carnage. Only the strongest creatures could survive in it. The sea would have been empty if the monsters would not resp.a.w.n from time to time.

In this place full of violence, I was happily swimming without any worry in the world. In hindsight, my life was probably saved by my sheer ignorance, of the potential trouble under me. Any other behaviour would have let to a much different outcome.

This state could only last so long before some creatures decided to test the waters. It was a very small fish who dared to approach me. This fish was not known for its battle strength, but what made it is special was its proficiency in stealthy approaching their prey. They survived by extracting the blood of their victims, without them noticing their arrival.

I had not noticed a single thing as it swam towards my legs and embedded its proboscis inside one of my legs. It was unfortunate, that it chose my legs and not any other body part. Because inside of those legs was the secret, that prevented any hair from growing. These legs contained a lot of poisonous substances, that could be secreted from the pores.

The first time I listened to the reasoning of that selfish moron, I wanted to cuss at it, but the more I thought about the more I could see the advantages it offered.

But in this instance, I could be glad about this neat little feature is hidden inside of my legs. Mere seconds after sucking out some of my blood, the fish suddenly stopped and died on the spot. This caused a chain reaction, as dead bodies did not last very long in this h.e.l.lish s.p.a.ce.

I came to this conclusion after seeing the big corpse of a shark floating at the surface. This carca.s.s was very enticing as much more monsters were attracted. Presumably, I do not have to tell you, what exactly happened afterwards right? Even after the corpse had disappeared and the shark resp.a.w.ned, the damage was done and a huge epidemic was razing through this small lake.

After securing myself a "safe" source of water, an idea started to fester in my mind. As you might know, I did not ask for a secluded place without any reason. This source of water, was a big first step, in order to accomplish my plan. The fact, that this lake was contaminated by poison was something I could take care of later on.

Though this place was not very suitable in general to realize my plan. Looking behind me I saw the forest still burning and angry roars were coming out of it without any pause. The idea of returning to that area did not seem very feasible for the time being.

Everywhere else I looked I just saw the calm lake as far as I could see. Since waiting here was out of the question, I proceeded with a lot of caution. Ending up as fish fodder was something I wanted ti to pa.s.s up on if possible.

Entering the water, I avoided actions that caused unnecessary ripples at the surface and held my head underwater in hopes of spotting these monsters. As a precaution, I had dipped my nails in my poison.

Sadly, this precaution while good in theory was also not such a great idea in the end. I noticed too late, that some small creatures I had fended off with my nails attracted even bigger fish. The further I came the higher the monsters were on the food chain. As even the sharks arrived devouring the fresh corpses of 2 swordfishes, I was left baffled as a bad feeling overcame me.

Not even 1 minute later I learned that these sharks were not on top of the food chain as an even bigger shark ate those pitiful sharks whole. It had an eerie resemblance to the Great White Shark I saw in front of my TV. They were attracted by the commotion I had caused. And I could only sigh as the trouble had just begun.

My poison while very effective has a very big drawback k, the larger the body of the infected victim the longer it would take before the monster would succ.u.mb to it.

You do not have to be very wise, to understand the problem, that arises out of that fact. As these monsters saw me, they began to swim towards me with bloodl.u.s.t filling their eyes. Escape was impossible, as I could no swim as fast as a shark.

Leaving me with no other choice than to fight and hope for the best. I did not have to cause a life-threatening wound but only needed to inject my nails laced with poison into their bloodstream. Looking at the gigantic bodies of those sharks, this feat was easier said than done.

A hard-fought battle ensued, which I only survived by a hairs breath as the poison finally finished off these ferocious sharks. In the end, even they were no match for my unrivalled poison.

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" I am sorry to interrupt your fantastic narration, but would you please refrain embellis.h.i.+ng your story. As much as I admire your imagination, I do not want to listen to this fabrication?" said the Observer without any hint of anger in its cold metallic voice.

" What gave me away?" came the reply without a single shred of regret.

" You are currently sitting on a rather big island in the middle of this lake surrounded by calves. These calves should normally be next to the lake or the forest. Furthermore, you are covered in wounds that stem from many other creatures but not maritime ones. Might I add the horde of monsters furiously trying to cross the water to reach you as an indication, that you did something more than just swimming across a lake once?"

" I get it my elaborate scheme did not work on something as intelligent as you"

" Or the gigantic horn fully covered in blood you are currently holding in your hands. Or the flesh you are chewing on from time to time. Munching on an eyeball is a bit suspicious if you seriously try to convince me. Besides, I am aware it had never been your aim to led me astray in the first place. Your goal is far simpler, you just wanted to know how much I knew about your actions as to know what you can or what you can't do." continued the Observer, ignoring my previous statement in its usual voice.

" Someone as simpleminded as me, would not dare to scheme against you. I only take on bets I am sure of winning." The tone of this sentence was calm and collected but the implication should not have been missed by the Observer.

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The story differs after I killed that s.h.i.+tty eagle. Instead of running straight towards the lake I was caught by a wolf and fought tooth and nail with it. That son of a b.i.t.c.h truly refused to die, I had to decapitate to finish it off. The 2 claw marks at my abdomen were its final parting gift. Of course, that son of a b.i.t.c.h was not alone and brought some friends with it.

These 3 wolves were a lot more troublesome, than their friend as they did not have the courtesy to run at me and put their lives on the line. But that made the look on their eyes, that much more worthwhile as I had ripped their throats out.

The smell of blood permeating the air attracted more and more predators. Wolves, bears, foxes, a mult.i.tude of monsters arrived. Just like oil and water, this crowd did not mix very well and the fighting started once again. This scene was intoxicating as the dance of death was showing its beautiful countenance.

All the wounds on my body were meaningless, and thoughts deemed unnecessary. There was no need for fancy movements or strategies. No magic or supernatural power was needed. Just raw and pure violence in its simplest form.

My animalistic side was enjoying this carnage to its heart's content. Strangely I did not lose myself in this b.l.o.o.d.y dream. Clear-minded, I was still capable of actively witnessing the slaughter. This sensation was truly marvellous as all my previous worries were seeming put aside.

My consciousness recorded every blow and every wound, savouring this strange feeling. The taste of iron as blood dripped down my throat. The sweet taste of endorphins, that filled me after inflicting pain on others.

This state of mind was truly full of wonders, but I knew that sustaining it would be my demise in the long run.

The way to return was quite easy, all I had to do was lose my consciousness. Since that was out of the question since I still was surrounded by a horde of monsters. I decided on the next best option and was to talk to the perpetrator of this wonderful sensation.

After negotiating with my little tenant and spilling the beans about the inner workings of democracy I was finally allowed to return to my previous state.

That was what you were after right? You would not care about how the monsters appeared on this island as you know about all the details that happen to the creatures or players of this world, only my state of mind cannot be answered. That is why you agreed so easily to my request.

But since the story would not be complete without a fitting ending describing how exactly I ended up here I will still give you a quick conclusion

. After waking up with my body barely functioning after this eccentric bloodbath, I decided to grab 3 corpses and ran for my life as long as those monsters were still fighting.

I arrived at the lake and decided to burn the dry forest to prevent the monsters from following me. To get rid of the thick smell of blood I had to take a bath as soon as possible. I threw the corpses into the lake and was just about to jump into it before I noticed the corpses disappearing in a matter of seconds.

I only managed to save a single one, but sadly even this corpse had to be sacrificed for the greater good. I laced it with poison to get rid of the monsters aiming for any living thing that dared to set a foot into the lake.

I managed to clean myself at the cost of my supply. Nevertheless, some monsters still arrived at this place and ran at me to duke it out. I was able to kill them, but more and more creatures came and left more and more wounds on my already gravely injured body.

Not wanting to repeat this cycle till the end of time, I had to take some risks and threw all of these corpses into the lake after lacing them with poison. My next goal was to just swim through the lake into the distance to avoid this catastrophe looming over my head.

The calves you see served me well, as I could take a seat at their backs and could pa.s.s the lake without risking my wellbeing. But the poison was a lot more effective as I imagined and I could arrive at this place without any problem and these calves are still going strong.

Now I can wait and recover my injuries while the endless slaughter resumes. Though I still have no clue how I should leave this island...