Chapter 111 Deep Trouble Part 1 (1/2)

'I will be 24 soon' I thought. It's been couple of years since I started my journey. With ups and downs, I somehow made it to this point but did I want to reach it? Did I find what I was looking for? Did I enjoy myself?

Answer to those questions was 'No'. 'What I achieved means nothing in reality. What I experienced is not even the tip of the blade. I've lost more than I gained, for what?' I thought.

You may be confused my dear reader because I never wrote the reason behind those questions. It will all become apparent soon as I explain what happened after those 3 months of training and getting by, day by day.

We were doing the usual stuff. Training, hunting and resting. Nothing out of ordinary was happening. One day we attacked a group of beasts. It was a group of boars that included 14 Yellow Boars and one White Boar. We didn't have many problems, we already fought this type of enemy therefore the fight was going well. Then it started to go downhill.

When only the White Boar was left, it released a strange cry and suddenly, I could feel the earth tremor. I had a bad feeling about this so I called out to Shelly ”Let's run. I don't like those tremors”. Shelly nodded its head and we ran in the direction of our shelter. The White Boar didn't chase us but the tremors were getting stronger and stronger.

As we ran at our full speed, I knew we stepped into deep shit this time. The tremors coming from behind us, didn't stop. I shouted to Shelly ”Run to the shelter and I will see what it is. Under no circumstances leave the shelter!” and ran in opposite direction, directly towards the tremors. Shelly also stopped and tried to run after me but I shouted at it ”I SAID GO TO THE SHELTER!” and Shelly stopped while making some noises.

I saw later that Shelly finally turned around and ran towards the shelter. Now I was alone and on my way to face something unknown. At first, I thought it would be the Flaming Grey Bear but I figured that the tremors were too strong for that to be it.

I ran a bit more forward and hid myself in the trees. I was waiting to see what exactly was coming this way. I thought 'Maybe it's just a coincidence that the tremors started when the White Boar cried”. it was a possibility but deep down, I knew something was not right.

The tremors got louder and stronger, so much so that the tree I was one started to sway. I stayed on the tree and kept my high point. Soon I saw a silhouette. There it was, the cause of the tremors. it was a huge and I mean huge creature with long black fur and 4 horns. It resembled a boar a bit but the sheer size and the long fur made it look like a monster for the deepest horrors. It's red eyes stared in my direct. When I saw that creature, only those words could escape my mouth ”Oh my god”.

I rushed down the tree and ran. I ran like crazy. I knew this was not something I or even 100s of me could go against. I knew that death was approaching, this was not something a human could kill. I rushed towards the shelter while the tremors behind me continued. When I arrived at the shelter, I shouted ”Shelly! SHELLY!” but there was no answer. I thought 'Fuck! where did that damn turtle go this time!”.

I went inside the shelter just to check but Shelly wasn't there. I then ran back into the forest, shouting frantically ”SHELLY! WHERE ARE YOU!”. After running for couple of breaths, I finally spotted Shelly, shivering in the middle of the forest. I ran straight to it and grabbed it. There was no time to explain anything. I simply ran for the cliff but because I already wasted a lot of time, the black massive board creature closed in on us.