35 City of Ravens 21 (2/2)

I poked it with my finger and the jaw that was more or less still in shape moved. This thing was still alive! Using my Soul Sword, I dismembered it further not wanting to see it heal. I wanted to burn it, but there was nothing I could use it to put it on fire, so I had to settle with that.

Lesson to remember, don't touch the Fungus.

Checking on my wounds, I saw that they stopped bleeding and a scab, my heart calmed down, and the sweat dried off. I could sigh a breath of relief.

'Gheeughh!'

From far away a scream came, sounding identical to the one the monster I just killed made I was sure it was another one of its kind.

'Gheeughh!'

'Gheeughh!'

'Gheeughh!'

And it wasn't alone.

Three days. Or I think it was three days. I kept running and running, avoiding these monsters as much as possible, but it looked like I woke up a hive. Hundreds of them were patrolling the streets, and with food enough, for only a few more days I was in big trouble.

The only blessing was that I found water! Dripping from a stalactite that was far up, I dripped onto the roof of a building I was hiding currently. If not for that I would've died from dehydration in a day or two.

In the past three days, I tried to think what kind of monster I was… but even though I read dozens of encyclopedism about monsters, I could think of even one that was remotely similar to this one.

Made out of uniform material, which was not only light but also durable. Incredible speed and strength, with a body the size of a regular wolf. No reproductive organs, to be precise there is no organs, no ears; thus it can't hear, but I can react to big movements of air and tremors. It has a pair of what appears to be very basic eyes that can only discern if smoothing is moving or not.

But the moment it locks onto you, it is either you or him dying.

This situation was troublesome. Troublesome… I was stuck surrounded by bloodthirsty monsters with no idea where the exit is, running out of food, and only able to move a few buildings at the time in a city that starches for a few kilometers. Troublesome.