Chapter 114: Potential of a Fiend
I laid down on the ground, taking deep breaths and sweating heavily.
One look at the numerous wounds in my body and one would think that I had gone through some gruesome war, and they would be correct.
The fight I had just taken part in was not short of a war from my point of view.
And I had won the war.
Coincidental as it might have been, I had won against more than 300 mutant beasts.
A feat I had not thought was possible before today.
That was the one reason why I spent most of the first half of the battle running away and finding a way to escape instead of making a stand.
That tactic worked. And had not since I had not suffered extensive wounds at the start of battle.
But then Netra had told me that either I fought the mutant horde, or I perish. I didn't have any other choice.
At that moment, I hated her.
I hated her for giving me this impossible task. And I hated the fact that I will lose my lose life because of stupid whim of some stupid girl.
But as I fought the mutant horde, even as I became highly exhausted, I realized that no matter how weak I felt, or how exhausted I became, I always had some strength and stamina left within myself that only needed to brought out and I would be able to fight a bit longer against the horde.
In a sense, this one fight truly made me understand my hidden potential like nothing else.
If I had not fought against the horde, I would have never known that I had such a large pool of stamina and the capability to fight for such long hours.
'It seems like Netra knew me better I knew myself.' I thought with a chuckle as I laid atop the corpses of numerous 2nd and 3rd tier mutant beasts.
At that moment I felt disturbance from the right side as something or someone climbed the corpses to reach me but I felt no need to stand.
Because even under the heavy stench of blood and gore, I was still able to smell her.
She had a distinct smell about her that was different from anything else I've ever smelled.
'Was this because she was a Fiend like me? Probably.'
Her smell was heavy. Like the damp smell of a wood that had been submerged in still water for days and left to rot.
Her smell was not nice.
But for some reason, I liked it.
No, who am I kidding, I loved that smell.
In fact, I felt that I could not get enough of that smell. Especially right now. After such a long and tiring battle.
I felt addicted to her smell.
I shook my head at my thoughts.
Alluring as she might have been, she was far more powerful than me and had not only saved my life and nursed me back to health, but also helped me learn more about my own body and given me the chance to unlock my potential.
If she doesn't want me in that way and I still force myself on her then that would make the biggest ungrateful bastard of the whole world.
So no. I won't make the first move.
I'm too heavily indebted to her to do something that might hurt her feelings.
'I won't make the first move.' I thought bitterly as her addicting and alluring presence came closer and closer.
And at last, she stood in front of me, in her full glory (by which I meant a small skirt and a tattered white t-shirt) and I had to fight hard to not let my view fall on her assets which was rather hard considering above me.
I wondered if she saw me the same way as I did her.
After all, she herself told me that there are not many of our kinds in the world.
"Get up you lazy guy." She said as she kicked me on the side which hurt like hell because of the broken rib that I got when fighting against the horde leader.
"More and more mutant beasts and abnormals are being drawn here because of the heavy stench emanated by these corpses. I've already taken out the cores from all the scattered mutant beasts. Now all that remains is this pile of corpses. After that, you can take your share of meat and then we can leave this place before it turns into a war zone."
"Don't wanna." I complained "Too tired."
"Ohhhh…" she drawled her words "Do you want me to give you a piggy ride back to our camp. I can assure that the journey would be veeeery comfortable." And by that she meant that I will break a few more ribs before reaching home.
I knew she was up to something. The damn vixen.
"You know what." I said between heavy breaths. "I think I'll be able to move after all."
I had fought for far longer than a normal person, even one as strong as me could fight. But the exhaustion that hit me after that had been just as bad.
But if I had to choose between fighting the exhaustion and go back to the base on my own or getting a piggy ride from her, I would go back on my own rather than suffer the humiliation even if I had to do it by crawling on my bare hands.
'A man's got to have some pride after all.' I thought and felt good about myself.
'Yeah suuure. You just want get inside her skirt. Don't you.' Lily drawled and there goes my good feelings for myself.
'Screw you.' I shouted in my mind and got on my feet with even though my whole body seemed to have gained a ton of weight over the fight.
"You sure you don't want a piggy back ride." Netra said from behind me and I realized that she had already taken all the meat and cores from the pile of corpses.
"Yeah. I'm sure." I said and thus started the longest and most gruesome marathon of my life.
'I really should have taken her up on her offer.'
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