Chapter 185 Strange Blue Stone (1/2)

I sat near the pond for a while but didn't notice any other movements. 'Is that something inside, aware that I'm here?' I thought. I decided to test that and moved away, from the pond. I moved only a bit, I still needed to see whatever that thing inside was. I waited for some time again, staring at the pond.

Suddenly, a movement. I didn't rush to the pond and stayed in my place. 'The creature might be testing, if I really left. Let's see what it does next?' I thought and stared at the pond. Some time later, the movement repeated. I again stayed in my place and didn't move.

This thing repeated for a few more times, before a creature resurfaced and looked around. When it noticed me, it seemed surprised and quickly hid inside the pond again. 'This was not a fish. I could only see its head but it looked like lizard? Are lizards able to live underwater?' I thought. The creature's head was blue and although it resembles a lizard, it also differed from usual lizards.

I decided to investigate. I took off my clothes and jumped into the pond ”Splash!”. I could still see stuff around me, as I was near the surface, but the further down I looked, the less I could see. The creature which I was looking for was there, nearer the bottom, or at least the bottom of what I could see. When it saw me, it dived deeper, until I wasn't able to see it whatsoever.

I resurfaced and thought 'This thing is weird. It's head is like that of a lizard, its body is long like that of a snake, and it also has 4 legs, or 2 legs and 2 arms. If what I saw is correct, it should be about 1 metre long. The size of its body though, is not that great, the creature is just long'. I wondered what could that creature be. I went out of the pond and dressed myself. I took out the Beast Scriptures and recorded that creature inside.

Besides the shape of the creature and the colour, I knew nothing else really. I added whatever I could and named it Water Lizard. 'I will have to enquire Avians about that creature. It seems to be a bit shy or perhaps scared' I thought. While I was adding stuff to my book and gathering my thoughts, I heard a splash behind me.

When I looked back, it was the same creature that resurfaced. It looked at me with panic in its eyes and ran towards me. What appeared next from the pond, stunned me as well. It was another creature with many tentacles. The size of that creature, was at least 5 times that of a human being. I moved back as well, while the Water Lizard moved towards me with panic. I said ”Stop following me. I don't want to deal with that thing”. The lizard made some noises but still followed.

The creature resurfaced completely and gave chase. It used its long tentacles like legs, its speed extraordinary. 'Why am I always being chased!?' I thought and took out my bow. I turned around and started shooting at the creature running towards us. ”Swoosh!” ”Swoosh!” ”Swoosh!” ”Swoosh!” but the arrows simply bounced back. The tentacle creature chasing us, was like a rubber.

'There is no other way then!' I took out a small portion of the Yellow Dust that I still had on me and set it up. With the torch lit, I shouted ”Come at me!”. This seemed to enrage the tentacle creature and it went straight for me. I lit the torch and started running. When the creature got close to the Yellow Dust, I threw the torch.

”BOOOM!” ”SCREEECH!!”. The ear piercing screech of a creature that was blasted away, sounded through the air. I stopped running and turned around. The tentacle creature was all mangled and burned. It didn't move anymore. The Water Lizard stared at the creature in shock. I came over to the lizard and said ”What type of disaster, did you want to bring on me, huh?”. The creature snapped out of its shock and looked at me. It panicked again and started to run.

”Oh no you don't!” I exclaimed and chased after it, at my full speed. The lizard was fast, but not as fast as I was. I caught up to it and caught it. I said ”Where do you think you are going?”. The lizard almost started crying and making loads of noises. It seemed to be apologising, begging not to kill it.