Chapter 10 Almost alone in the forest 4 (1/2)
as the sun rose the next day Mars looked up at the gray sky while he stretched
”looks like rain... it might be time to find permanent shelter”
having learned from the day before Mars still up in his tree looked down at the clearing to check for things that might want to eat his face off
”...seems like the coast is clear”
jumping down from the tree Mars walked to the shore of the lake and washed his face and drank some water as he looked over at the hill of wolf meat that had been left in the open for 2 days
”i might not be able to eat this anymore... but **** it
having decided to put his faith in his body Mars stuffed his face with wolf meat for one last time before he packed up the best parts of his harvested pelts and burned the rest of the meat to ashes with his flame
”now where to go?”
Mars agilely climbed the highest tree in the vicinity of the lake to look around for a general direction to follow in one direction he sported a mountain range some 20 kilometers away
”...a cave might be good”
deciding to go for the caveman lifestyle Mars jumped down and picked up his knife and the pelts and started to move towards the mountain range though the forest while being somewhat on alert for wildlife, after waking for a few hours it started to rain
”this sucks”
Mars quickly noticed that while his body had excellent fire and heat residence it was not as good with the cold and since he was only wearing some makeshift shorts his body temperature started to drop
”...i was fine when i was in space in subzero temperatures... is this maybe because my constitution status dropped?”
after fighting the cold for a few more hours Mars decided to stop and take shelter under a giant fallen tree trunk while warming up with his flame he decided to make a simple rain jacked by cutting out a square of pelt and making a hole in the middle to stick his head though
”this should do for now... are you coming out yet?”
while he was working Mars felt like he was being watched by something but the only answer he got was the loud sound of the rain still pouring down, staying on guard he sat down on the muddy ground and closed his eyes while making his flame disappear grasping his knife tightly while he waited for 'it' to make a move
”...come on now”
straining his ears Mars could hear some light footsteps moving in the trees over his head, it was moving from tree to tree gradually moving behind him until it stopped a few meters behind him
”...any second now”
tensing up Mars tightly grasped his knife with his right hand and put his left hand down on the ground while he waited for it to attack him
”...NOW!”
hearing it set off in a jump Mars jumped to the side spun around and was confused as he saw noting was there until 'something' clearly landed where he had just been sitting, casting his doubts away Mars threw his knife at it, and after hurling though the rain for a moment the knife hit something
”KIIISSSAAAA!!!”
green blood spew out where his knife landed along with a load scream Mars looked in wonder while 'it' gradually faded into existence, as Mars saw what it was he let out a very comically feminine scream while he instinctively summoned and hurled his flame at it, a giant blue spider nearly 2 meters high
”KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!”
as commanded by his panic his dragon flame resounded like a dutiful solider spreading out to a fire net covering the entire spider almost instantly reducing it to ash, after pulling himself together for a few second Mars walked over to pick up his knife when he discovered a blue bead among the ashes
”...so it is not only the wolfs that have theses beads?”
picking up his now compleatly black knife along with the bead Mars hesitated for a second before he ate the bead, after absorbing the energy for a few seconds he opened his status
”status”
Name: Mars
Age: 0 (vessel 5220)
Race: Half-dragon human
Titles: [Living god of energy] [Conquer of Salen] [Tyrant King] [5000 year prisoner] [Man that fell form the sky]