Chapter 4: Chapter 4 – Outside The Room

Looking at the determination of Noy, Akriel asked him to go collect Gammiagrass and a few fruits.

"Uhh.. What is Gammiagrass?" Noy questioned as he didn't know much about the outside world.

Akriel pointed a finger in the air. Then all of a sudden a hologram-like image appeared in front of it.

"This is what Gammiagrass looks like. It's an herb that you can find in mana-rich places but it is quite rare. There might be... a little trouble, so do be careful while retrieving it."

It looked like a little larger grass and grew a blue bud which almost made it resemble a flower. Its leaves were dark green with yellow edges and it had small thorns on its stem.

"I understand." Noy nodded his head, "What did you mean by - be careful?"

"You will find out when you get there," Akriel answered with a smile.

"Umm okayyy," Noy hesitantly replied.

"In case you get lost, this will help you to find your way back to me." Akriel rounded his finger and a strange light entered Noy.

He could now see a bunch of slightly transparent white lines leading to Akriel. It was so surreal to him that a feeling of accomplishing something arose within him. However, it was only for a while and he couldn't get really happy, as it wasn't his own power.

Noy questioned, "How do I get these off?"

"Think about something else and it will go away after a while. In contrast, if you concentrate and think about how to get to me, it will pop up and lead you to me."

Now that he knew what to find and a way to get back, he steeled his resolve and went off on his way outside the room.

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There was a whole new forest-like place as he stepped outside. He walked through it and came across a small pond. On the other side was an old tree. He looked around for Gammiagrass but there was no sign of it anywhere.

He continued looking around and finally found some of the plants growing here and there, but still, no sign of it could be found.

He felt a little bit down but he knew he had to keep going. After walking for a while he noticed something strange. A small plant was growing next to this dimly lit rock. It looked like a miniature version of Gammiagrass but its bud illuminated blue and red light in a timely pattern.

Then, a wolf came and sat near Gammiagrass. It was larger and darker than the normal wolf found in the empire. It seemed to be guarding the plant.

He hid behind a large rock and continued to observe the situation.

"Is this really Gammiagrass?" Noy wondered. But pondering back to the time Akriel described the features of Gammiagrass, it was really identical to it excluding the changing colors of its bud. He became sure that it was a variant of Gammiagrass and decided to wait for the opportunity to snatch it.

He would surely die if he fought the wolf.

He angrily thought to himself, "So, this was what Akriel meant by - be careful while retrieving it. DOES HE WANT ME TO DIE? WHY THE HELL DID HE NOT SAY THERE WOULD BE WOLVES?" his blood boiled.

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Noy calmed himself with a big breath and cleared his mind.

His observation for a few hours led to him concluding that the wolves continuously guarded the plant like a shift duty. There was an interval of around 10 seconds when one wolf would leave and another would come to guard it. This 10 seconds window was the only time where he could grab the plant and make a run for it.

A wolf had just come and sat next to the rock to guard the plant. So, Noy had to wait another 45 mins for it to go away in order to have that 10 seconds interval.

The 45 minutes were killing Noy. He was restless and his body ached from the tension.

Finally, the wolf left and the 10 seconds window presented itself.

He quickly jumped forward and grabbed the plant and ran as fast as he could.

10 seconds passed and another wolf came but it didn't see the plant. Panicked, it howled loudly and saw Noy running with a plant in his hand.

The wolf immediately started chasing him and soon, the rest of the pack joined in.

Noy sprinted as fast as he could but they were gaining on him.

He was close to being caught when he saw a bunch of spikes hidden in the ground. He surprisingly had a sharp eye. He used it to his advantage and jumped over the spikes and rolled to the floor.

The rolling helped him to gain some distance. But, the wolves kept coming closer.

"I am sorry but I don't want to die," Noy said to himself.

The pack of wolves followed him and then a bunch of spikes came out of the floor and killed a lot of them. Seeing their own die in front of their eyes made them stop and hesitate for a while. But even after all that, they jumped over the dead wolves' bodies and jumped over the spikes to chase after Noy.

This surprised Noy but there was no time to think anything. He again ran from the wolves.

He ran and ran until he couldn't run anymore. His body was burning with exhaustion. He leaned against the wall and reminisced about his fond memories.

The wolves were closing in on him and soon they jumped over to Noy's body. Then the wall rotated and put Noy over to the other side of the wall.

To say he was relieved is a major understatement. He thought he was done for but he was wrong. However, he didn't get out unscathed, a wolf had managed to injure the upper side of his left hand and a few drops of blood were dripping down from it.

He was very exhausted. So, he slowly walked to explore this new place that he landed in.

There was nothing to be seen there. It seemed like he would faint but then he stumbled upon a medium-sized plant that gave off a strange soothing aura. Just beneath it, was a small hole and was filled with crystal clear waters that shined gleamingly.

Finding some water renewed his hope for survival and he sipped the whole hole dry.

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