Chapter 10: VOLUME 2 : CHAPTER – 1 : WILL I DIE AGAIN IN CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER 1

WILL I DIE AGAIN IN CHAPTER ONE

 

I am totally exhausted and at my limits now. I could tell that my lungs were about to burst at any moment, even though I have my doubts that whether I have them or not in the first place. There is no way I can run anymore.

Even though I have been running on my new found natural instincts and maybe I was even on my adrenaline pump ‘flight’ response mode, but its effect was too wearing off slowly.

I knew only one thing that I had to survive no matter what. I will figure something out. So I need to run, I need to keep running, till I can shake off this intimidating predator from my trail.

The dim light makes me sick. It’s so unreal. I kept on taking turns many times in my way, but the scenery didn’t change.

The lizard monster is still chasing me, but in no way it looks exhausted except for more frustrated and angry. Its loud horrific outcries could be heard echoing in this closed and unassumingly huge endless cave. Now I doubt whether it is even a cave or not.

Hufff….Puffff.

DRIP…. DRIP…..

“Is that the sound of water?”

I sped up my movement, with the thought that I could dive inside the water source and only hope that the lizard didn’t knew how to swim or was stupid enough to jump and drown itself. And if it ends up dead the better will be my situation. I could care no less. What do you expect from me, having sympathy for a being who tries to eat newly born kids? I know I am much older mentally but I want to treat it as a new life.

You get it, right.

I was soon able to see a small circular lake in the corner surrounded by two walls and then there was a hole in one of the walls through which water poured in at a comparably higher thrust than the sound made it look like.

“Well, it looks pretty deep.”

 I was about twenty meter away and was about to take a sharp turn near the next turn and make a spectacular jump into the lake.

When one of my odd shaped and somewhat segmented legs just…just …just had to slip and trip over a moist rock and made me roll over head-butt.

How shameful…..utterly disgraceful.

THUMP.

THUMP.

At least the ground is a bit soft and clayey so I didn’t end up with any bruises or cut.

I looked back and to my horror, the lizard which had shown no signs of intelligence up till now saw through my misfortune and took the advantage of this opening.

It rolled back its tongue and after making a crude face, was it a smile; it opened its huge mouth. I could see its large sharp canines and the foul smell it gave was unbearable even at this distance.

‘Is he about to eat me in one gulp? I cannot move. My legs are frozen and I am too exhausted to move or think. It’s just like the last time, being attacked by that Heavenly Beast Wolf and the guilt of unable to do anything in front of a powerhouse being …. It’s unbearable.’

Will I really be lucky like the last time and someone will come around and save me.

Is this the end?

I had closed my eyes and started counting backwards, waiting for the inevitable. Being chewed under its molars, plummeted by its tediously long tongue, shoved down its throat, then digested and finally………………… never mind.

That’s when I think my life changed, seeing death up close for the third time.

I realized there are no convenient miracles. Whether you are in a fantasy world or the real world, your carefree nature will always come back and bite you and every time it will be much more painful than the last time.

I opened my eyes and someone had switched off the lights. But I could still see myself fine. That’s when a person appeared before me. She had white hairs and blue eyes. She was beautiful and attractive, just by looking at her I could tell unlike me she had a strong willed personality. It was like Déjà-woo.

She looked so familiar that I realized that she was the one from my odd dreams I have been having recently. And now when I am dying I am hallucinating again, or maybe I am already dead.

I still could not move, but the best part was that I was back in my human body. The unseemingly familiar yet foreign lady walked towards me and gently held my chin in her hands.

Let me make it crystal clear, I have no idea what is happening.

“Would you prefer that I say that you could have done nothing to change the outcome or say that if you had not given up then you could have changed the ending….. tell me what your heart desires?”

I was dumbstruck!

Why, why now of all times.

Of course I want to live. Of course I want to spend more time with people I love and care about. I wanted to make them proud, to show them my best side. To tell them that they could count on my help whenever they are in trouble. But every time, I am so vulnerable, and alone. Always made to feel inferior and weak around those who are talented and strong.

For once I thought things would change in this new world, yet again I think I ended up being the same scapegoat I was before, trapped in the same loop, ready to be cut again and again, to the point that nothing would be left of me.

But if you ask me….

Both the choices are pointless. I would never give up; I will never stop trying because that is who I am. There will be things at which I will be slow at but I will keep on trying and trying. Work Hard. And even if there was nothing left to try and someone said that I would have not been able to change the results either way.

I won’t accept it.

Because I knew that there is someone who will always believe in me. Someone who will always stay by my side and smile at me amidst all the odds and my failures.

The hand which up till now gently held my chin was slowly caressing my cheeks, then this tall woman bent down a little and making a cutely bashful smile kissed my face and in a motherly loving tone said to me,

“It’s not over yet. If you don’t end things then nothing can start. And if you dislike the situation, then use your strength to change it. I love you and I will always be watching over you.”

THUD.

THUD.

BOOM.

My ears went numb by these noises. I opened my eyes after it had reflexively closed down due to the loud boom sound. The mysterious lady was gone, and the lizard who was up till now going to swallow me in a second was writhing in pain under the huge pile of debris which fell over it as a huge scorpion made a break through the wall.

One was not enough, that a second makes a surprise entrance. I don’t know how this new creature got here or what’s its deal. But surely it is dangerous to stay here any longer.

This scorpion was about the same size as the lizard monster but had a segmented body covered with large strong scales. As for the species I was able to identify it because of its huge towering tail waving around with its pointed black tip.

I need to use this situation to my advantage if I wanted to live. RUN, run far away. That was the one and only thing on my mind. By now I think my paralyzed body had regained its bit of strength and I slowly dragged my body to the other side of the wall till I could use a huge rock as a covering.

“BWWWWAAAAArrrrrrrgggggghhh”

The lizard monster was bleeding all over and the scorpion looked unharmed, preparing to attack and deal the final blow. The waving of its pointed stinger weapon had stopped as it took a silent and rigid stance. It went back and forth and after gaining a bit momentum pierced through the abdomen of the lizard.

“WWAAAAAAHHH”

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The lizard monster was in a lot of pain, who would not be after a pointed spike is shoved inside your stomach. And if the stinger is poisonous then it’s over for Mr. Lizard.

Either way I am still at a disadvantage if even one of them survives. I need to jump in the pool and wait till things settle down. There’s no way these monsters look friendly or talkative.

I took a last look at the corpse and waited till the scorpion could make its next move. I thought it was time to say REST IN PEACE. Thanks for playing catch-catch with me. Even if the price of being caught was my life, no one played with me in my previous life. So, THANK YOU….

THUMP.

The huge rock-type boulder attached at the end of the lizard’s tail slammed upon the scorpion’s head. Splash, blood spluttered out everywhere and the formation of a red fountain of this savagery red fluid made me puke. It was a one-shot kill.

“The hunter became hunted.” I always wanted to say that, but this gore had not ended yet.

 The corpse of the Scorpion lay still, my saviour-cum-predator was dead.

The stillness after this chaotic turn of events was suffocating and I tried my best not to lose my cool or, maybe I already had lost it and was just barely standing on my unknown number of feet. I had realized by now, we all had got only one shot at life. A single mistake and its game over. If I am not careful, I could be the next departing soul.

SHRIEK.

SHRRR.

The debris had started to move and the lizard still bleeding with several cuts and deep wounds with a huge hole in its abdomen started walking towards me.

“Don’t you realize, just rest. It’s so painful. Doesn’t it hurt by walking in such a dreadful condition? Even if you ate me don’t you get it I will just jump out of the huge hole in your stomach. So… Please stop.”

“JUST GIVE UP!”

I kept on shouting as loudly as I could, I was so desperate that I forgot that he didn’t understood my language, but surely he understood the pain of being hurt.

The lizard kept on walking and covered the twenty meter distance before I knew it and opened its large mouth, in a second attempt to eat me.

“So, this is how thing will be. You won’t lose; you won’t waver and even in the face of death keep on walking the path that ensures your survival.”

I was horrified and my face was pale. My expressions had frozen. But it was not fear, but admiration. The tenacity of the monster had turned the tide on the scorpion and finally it was up again for its next kill. Someone did mention that you just can’t beat a person who won’t give up. Seeing it in its truest form only conveyed me one message that I can die any time, but living takes true courage.

So this time with all my strength, I stopped shaking and came out of my hiding. I was face to face with the lizard. I lifted up my two limbs in order to stop it from biting me. Even if I break a leg or two, I won’t back down.

“ROAAaaaaaRRRRGHH.”

The voice had died down, but it had the same killing intent blooming and as lively as ever. But I still stood firm. In front of me was my enemy and I was his.

Maybe ten seconds had passed, but for me it was a life-time. The yellow shine in the lizard’s eye slowly disappeared and it fell down back to ground.

It was finally all over. I took a deep breath and sat down on my butt, I see, it’s somewhat a bit oval in shape. Just what exactly am I.

Where am I? Are there others beside me? How long have I been asleep? Am I even in the right world?

What if I am not even me, but someone else? Wait that seems unlikely, if I am not me then how will I be able to differentiate!

 

Well, no point in wasting time on what-if’s!

I need to figure out everything with what I have present in real time and grasped up till now.

For starters a huge cave like infrastructure with monsters lurking around. Keeping the constants and characteristics of a fantasy world in mind I should probably be in a dungeon or a labyrinth.

Monsters are strong enough to break the walls and are ready to kill anything in order to survive.

For now I need to find a way outside and search for Lady Athena. That is my present goal from now on. Well I need to go up in dungeons floor-wise if I want to exit through the entrance. Completing the dungeon maybe impossible in my current state and I don’t know how long will it take.

Having a map or a rough sketch of this place will really help out. Speaking of which I remember World God telling about ‘Status Window’ feature available to all. Not to forget about using magic.

So how does it goes? Maybe I should shout at my full voice.

“Status Window.”

A blue screen popped in front of me with several parameters and readings. Or, maybe it was just being projected over my retina.

WHAT!!!!

Interesting. Wait…. Isn’t it too normal?

As expected I am level 1 and nameless at that. I have one skill and one unique skill which I have no idea how they work. Well I don’t know how much 100 HP is even supposed to value.

But what’s up with the MP and SP stats!

 

 

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