[Gient Fire Boar]
The presence and size of the creature were… huge.
A 4.5-meter tall black bore, standing tall with its two long red fangs stretched outside.
The steam coming out of its nose was ferocious.
With completely white eyes filled with blank anger, it looked around the area.
My heart was calm but fear filled my mind.
This was a [Green] ranked energy beast and there was no way in hell I could get even near that thing.
Just looking at it from the narrow crack was enough to terrify the hell out of me.
It started moving and I calmed down.
With calm and slow breathing, I silently looked at its moments.
If there was any other beast and it goes back a bit from where it was standing, it could clearly see me hiding in this crack.
I was fortunate it was this boar.
Their sense of smell was the most developed thing in their giant bodies.
Hopefully, I was completely safe and my odor could be masked by the tree and shadows.
The boar looked around and found the two bodies of the wolf lying on the other hand.
It narrowed its eyes and spotted the arrows in the body of one wolf.
There was a different smell about those things.
Nothing like the two wolfs had.
I didn’t know what it was doing from up here but he had definitely seen the arrows.
-Mooooooo!
I heard the enraged sound of the creature and grabbed my legs in fear.
This was not something I could do by myself right now.
If it so much so spots me, I might just consider my life over.
I grabbed the sides of the tree tightly.
My heart told me something was definitely about to happen to this tree.
And, the next thing I felt was something that I didn’t want.
The enraged boar had tackled the tree and sent it flying away.
I held onto the small gaps in the tree to stay in my position.
It was the bore’s instinctive response.
I was still shaking in the flying tree trunk.
I wasn’t caught and this time would end.
I will live and escape this hell.
My… my family.
I have to go back to them.
They are waiting for me.
I will go back and see them all.
My mind was chaotic but I was still calm.
‘Damn! I know it’s crazy but I want to feel fear in this type of situation.
Not this fear in my mind but in my heart!’
I was learning new things even in this life-threatening situation.
This [Dynamic Heart] is not something that just calms my mind. 𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐
‘I am calm but I can feel all the other emotions.
They are just overwhelmed by the warmth and calmness of my heart.
Back when the boar was about to come there, I had felt the overwhelming difference in sheer strength.
My back was drenched in sweat.
I was horrified.
And still managed to remain calm and think of the best possible situation.
This skill is scary but, thanks to it I will be able to survive more situations like this,’ I closed my eyes when I felt the impact of the fall.
The tree fell a few kilometers away from where it previously stood.
From the footsteps I could feel, it seemed like the boar was circling around the tree.
I took a deep breath and tried to remain calm.
After not finding anything, it walked away with the corpses of two wolfs.
I knew I clearly heard it pick up the bodies and drop them on its huge back and felt somewhat angry.
But life was always worth more than such small things.
After the area quieted down, I didn’t go out or did much moment.
It was almost nighttime and… nights are always scary!
I definitely would stay in some small hole and then be eaten alive by those horrible things out there.
I was hungry but there was nothing to eat for today.
We can eat the meat from some energy beasts but ants weren’t one of them.
I was even more enraged now.
‘That pig bastard had stolen what might have been my food!’
I had decided that when I was strong enough to kill that bastard, I will come and kill it.
Definitely…
And for that, I had to break through to (tier-2) as soon as I find a safe place to live.
This little hole was enough only for tonight.
I didn’t have any choice anyway.
I had to be at least (tier-4) to stand a chance with some great planning and cheap tricks to defeat the boar.
‘Oh well, survival is most important at the end…’
This night was long, very very long.
And… terrifying.
If not for my heart being calm… it might definitely have stopped working from those spoooooooooky and horrible noises.
They weren’t just dark but also terrifyingly clear.
Like beasts howling, fighting, and killing each other.
Some owl-like voices rang from time to time.
Sound of something splashing out and cracking in distance.
Weird noises like ghosts.
Screams of different creatures and sometimes… human-like, too.
I even forgot to close my eyes or breath when I felt something around where I was.
I was almost dead in my body, only my mind was working properly right now.
This… was horrible.
It felt like days had passed in that time and that narrow, secluded, and dark place.
I wanted to cry but held back all the noises and silent tears flowed out of my eyes.
Ground filled with those tears and the blood from my bitten lips.
This was a torture… a silent form of torture.
Slow and physically painless.
*
With a ray of sunlight leaking from a small hole, morning arrived.
Sitting motionless in dead silence, I glanced out from the small hole.
My eyes were red and swollen from all the crying and, there were huge dark circles like a panda under my eyes.
My lips had stopped bleeding but the scars were still there.
My pupils were not working properly because god knows how long I had been in this dark place without any form of light.
After feeling that everything was safe out there, I splashed some water on my face.
Cutting the small area with a (Mana Arrow), I came out of that dame hell hole.
Light entered my eyes and blinded me for a moment.
Adjusting to the light as time passed, I looked around myself.
It was a closed area surrounded by a thick group of trees.
‘That freaking pig was much stronger than I thought.’
Thanks to my special clothes and (Shield), I was able to survive that crash.
The tree that was big previously was now shattered in pieces.
Some parts were cracked and the upper portion was obliterated.
‘Close one…’
A long, fear-filled sigh escaped my red, torn lips.
The place I had come out was just below a cracked part.
If even a strong wind was blown… I might be dead.
I was at least glad.
Lady luck didn’t want me to die just yet.
And, I was glad about that even more.
I knew I won’t be able to forget about this night ever in my life.
But, I was happy about one thing.
I was alive.
I was alive to see this day and… that was enough.
Stretching out my body for a bit, I jumped on a nearby tree branch.
I jumped from branch to branch and went straight ahead towards the direction the sunlight came from.
Without a proper direction, I knew I would just walk in circles.
I didn’t have much time anyway.
I had to find someplace before sunset or I might not be able to endure another torcher session.