7 Reentering the other world (1/2)

Joonbum wiped the sweat off with a dry towel and took out another cold water bottle from the cooler. The water quickly disappeared as he gulped it down. After he drank about half the contents in the bottle, he let out a big breath and lit up a cigarette.

”This is great.”

All the smoke inside his mouth increased his focus. As he inhaled more, he felt a strange sensation. The cigarette just felt more thick with a deep taste.

”Whoa, why is it so thick?”

He blinked repeatedly in disbelief and looked up into the sky. When he managed to see the sky through the small gaps between trees, he realized it was extremely blue. Even by looking through such small space, it was so blue that he was at a loss for words.

”My, my…”

He mumbled in amazement, awe-struck by the sight.

”Folks! You have to see this! You just have to see this! Have you ever seen a sky this blue?”

Joonbum snatched the camera and started to record it. The blue sky which contrasted the white clouds was a great thing to capture.

”Even on the clearest day it is never this blue! Nothing like this!”

He kept speaking excitedly while recording. He was doing his natural, usual thing.

”Hah, this is so great, folks. I really want to share this hands-on experience with you guys, but it's a shame. Sorry folks.”

He was slightly making fun of the future viewers while he turned the camera on himself. Vividly, he could picture the reactions.

'This would create an uproar.'

He turned the camera again and focused on different things when he found something special.

”Hey! Do you see that? Look at those eyes! Do you see them?”

It was a bird. Just a bird with gloomy, greyish feathers. What made it special was that it had three eyes instead of the usual two.

”Whoa, a three-eyed bird! Are you watching this?”

The bird had three red eyes. When it spread its wings to fly, he realized that the bird's wingspan was about 90 inches.

”Do you see how big that is? That's about big as a bald eagle! Oh my god!”

Startled by all the shouting, the bird took off, quickly flying away as Joonbum continued.

”Remember folks, this is real! Do you not believe it? Do you think it's a computer graphic? Heh.”

Joonbum smirked while recording multiple places. He managed to capture many unusual sights of the forest. After a while, he grew tired and returned to his usual pattern.

”Folks, I will now do an eating broadcast out in the wild, out in the other world. You still need to eat in the other world, you know. The very first eating broadcast on a tree a hundred feet off the ground! Please subscribe if you haven't, and any donation is more than welcome!”

Joonbum took out a portable burner and started cooking.

The food wasn't anything special. He took out the can of Spam he mentioned earlier and sliced it up before he put in the pan and sliced some onions to cook with it.

”This is the egg!”

When the Spam and onions were cooked, he then started frying an egg. It was the fried egg he mentioned earlier.

”Do you see this?”

He showed off the instant white rice he brought from home to the camera and smiled brightly.

'Only if this was a live broadcast! The chat room would've gone crazy over this! All those donations… oh well. Can't be too greedy.'

He did not stop after completing his preparations and started eating like usual. With tempting chewing sounds coming out from his mouth, he gobbled all the delicious food and quickly finished it. With a loud burp, he then reached out for the half-finished water and downed the rest.

”Hah, satisfying. Remember what I said? Spam, fried egg, and white rice? It's that good.”

He gurgled water inside his mouth and poured some water on the empty dishes, rinsing it off naturally and then drinking all of it. He picked his teeth with his finger and looked around.

'I still don't see them yet.'

He was not waiting for just some bug or weird bird. He needed something really special for his video.

'I need them.'

He needed the wolves. They were magnificent. There was nothing remotely similar in his world. It was something that only existed in fantasy or the prehistoric era. He was ready for it.

'Only if I can get them on camera…'

Joonbum shook with excitement. He couldn't imagine all the buzz the video would have.

'It will instantly go viral!'

His fear of the monster had faded. The wolves were monstrous in size, but his world had animals that were the size a long time ago. It just was not possible to come across a walking animal of the same size in this time period where humans had gained control of the entire world, and even more so with the development of technology.

Joonbum then heard a sudden sound from a distance. Shaking trees and flying birds could only mean one thing. There was something moving on the ground level.

”Folks, something's coming.”

Joonbum spoke quietly to the camera while looking down to the source of the sound. He silently waited for something to jump out, but to his disappointment, nothing came out. Just as he was done waiting, the trees shook again.

”Wh-”

Joonbum moaned at what came out through bushes.

'A club? Is it a human?'

The first thing that appeared through the bush was a large club, crudely made by chopping off different wood parts. It was about five feet long and was as thick as the thigh of a male adult. Even the handle was as thick as a human's arm.

'How can you even hold that…? Wait-'

Joonbum's eyes widened in bewilderment. It was not as huge as those wolves. In fact, it was much smaller. But just the presence of its greyish skin and clean-shaven head made him gape in awe.

'Orc.'

Of course, he wasn't sure if it was an orc, but it definitely looked something like the orcs that he saw in the movies. The orc looked big and tough - rough and wrinkled skin covered the hairless body.

'Everything is big.'

When it fully revealed itself from the bushes, Joonbum carefully examined it. It looked bizarre but really strong and powerful. The first impression it gave him was that it was big. Not only was it tall, but it was just thicker and taller in size compared to a human overall.

'It's probably over 8 feet. Is that a tusk?'

He eyed the four teeth sticking out of its pale blue lip. Two big eyes scanned the area and a nose as big as a human's fist was breathing heavily.