3 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Turning around he saw an ostrich. It was taller than him standing at about 2.5 meters (about 8 foot and 2 inches). It was looking straight at him. Eyes bloody red. It feathers charcoal black and its skin strawberry pink.

Its eyes showed an interest in the human in front of it. Slowly walking towards him with its long legs, Sebastian put up his guard.

'An ostrich? You usually don't see them in fantasy stories.'

Seeing that the human got into a fighting stance, the ostrich thought that it was threatening it. Realising this it started to pick up its pace. Before it was just slowly walking, but now it was already running at full sprint towards him.

Sebastian knowing he can't face such a fast monster, he quickly activated his Time magic. Time stopped immediately, the ostrich was stopped just a few feet in front of him.

'Better make this quick!'

Taking out the sword from his pocket dimension, he slashed at the ostrich. He was aiming to slice off its neck from its body. Right as it connected, the sword broke.

'WHAT?!'

This made Sebastian frightened, as this sword was able to cut Harmful monsters, but he hasn't tried it on a Dangerous monster. He knew he wasn't a match with a Dangerous monster.

Seeing that his Time magic was about to end, he quickly used Space magic and teleported away.

As time slowly resumed, the ostrich looked around confused. The human was just in front of it, how could he just disappear. Noticing that the human left his food here, the ostrich ate it and left satisfied.

Somewhere near a river, a portal appeared and out of it jumped out Sebastian. Sweat was running down his face, his clothes were drenched. He was panting while he lay his hands on his knees.

”What the fuck was that thing made of?! Even a sword breaks on its neck?!”

Right now, he believed that if he didn't escape he would have died.

'No point fighting a losing battle.'

Finally catching his breath, he looked towards the river in front of him. Then he looked at his clothes.

'I guess I should take a bath,' he sighed.

Taking off his clothes, he went into the river. After properly cleaning himself, he had to think about what to do next.

'Well, I don't have a sword anymore. Maybe I should learn different magic?'

While thinking this, he looked at the river. Then he suddenly had an idea.

'Wait, if I can learn water magic, then does that mean that I can control blood? Since blood is mostly water, then can I also control other living things. Can I completely stop someone's blood flow? But how long would it take for them to die if I did that? They won't die in just a few seconds right?'

His brain went into overdrive. If he could control blood to stop flowing, then this could be very dangerous. Even if this world was in the medieval ages, there still should be someone who knows how to manipulate blood.

'Still, this is a good time to learn water magic. If it's flowing so fast in the river, then it should make it more difficult to manipulate.'

Sebastian sat cross-legged next to the river with his eyes closed. He first started with trying to use the magic particles around the water to make the river flow in a different direction.