บท 5: The Third Night - Part 1 - Strange Gluttony
Renir shouted, but not with rage or determination, it was from pure pain!
He felt his right fist broke its bones when he hit something hard, he knew it was the same slime but he couldn't deny his broken fist.
The pop of the slime he jabbed was not worth his broken fist.
Renir sobbed, every time his right hand was placed it an awkward position, he was jolted in immense pain.
The darkness was a great help to keep him from seeing the horror for himself. Desperately, he took the last chylefruit, wishing it would help.
However, a single bite was not enough to heal it.
Renir took a long wisp of air to relaxed himself, nothing changed as he still stood in the middle of those little bastards. He perspired endlessly.
He should keep aware of his surroundings and continue his evasion. As he desired, his reflexes were sharpened over time and he could dodge one strike after another by an inch.
The good news was that his fist still had its hope of recovery.
Once the moon comes out of the horizon once again, he will try to enter the woods and pluck chylefruits as many as he could.
Yet, there was something wrong, it already felt an hour since the moon descended, it shouldn't take long for another to come up.
Renir's eyes widened as he realized he had forgotten an important point.
'The mountain's shadow!', he exclaimed in his head.
He gritted his teeth in frustration, he punched and jabbed with his left arm, sometimes the slime was small and sometimes the slime was hard and big where he would retreat his force of the punch and just dodge, so not to get another broken fist.
After dozens and dozens of punches he threw, he completely ate the chylefruit he had and his fist was healed as a result.
Half a chylefruit for a broken bone. Renir etched that in his head and confirmed that the chylefruit is not as almighty as it looks.
But still, he needed it and there was no more of that rejuvenating fruit.
Renir panicked, how could he venture in the woods if he can't even see the woods!?
'This is not funny at all!', he thought as he was getting tired.
Only now did he noticed how greatly his stamina improved and he was not always in need to catch his breath.
Also, Renir unintentionally learned how to breathe correctly for more efficiency.
Before this, he didn't know there was a correct way of breathing.
'Breathing is undeniably the most common thing one could ever do, how could I get it wrong my whole life?'
No, Renir's thoughts were just an exaggeration. He was just breathing in a more beneficial way not to lose much stamina.
But his breathing was being disturbed every time he was pulling his punch.
Renir doesn't want to think about it much but, a new type of slime arrived!
The third night already began and brought a harder "challenge"
So the moon must be on its way to shine his way now. It must be already hours since he met the first stronger slime.
At that time, he thought he was weakening and failed to keep his mind relaxed. However, his nose didn't bleed out like before or his mind getting hazy.
Renir already had the idea about this bad news and it happened, but he decided not to use his brain much and let it rest.
But now, his mind was clear and could be of use again.
Now, what to do was the question.
Should he wait and trust in his stamina?
Although there are still the little slimes, the majority he was fighting were the bigger ones.
That gave him a terrible thought;
'If every night comes with new and stronger slime....', he didn't know how to end the question.
How many nights should there be?
Renir didn't think he could go for a week. Even the idea of five nights was too much for him.
But that's his problem later. He needed to look forward, not pass it.
He waited and soon, he was out of breath. Every part of his body had already taken a hit!
Renir was about to collapse again, this time, it was for real.
Without chylefruit, he doesn't have the strength or energy to do anything.
He needed to keep his ground, relax his body, focus on evading, minimize his movement, and breath deeply.
If only he could guess if the slime approaching was small or big, he knew what time he should punch.
'No, I shouldn't think of being offensive for now.', Renir decided.
Without giving attacks, his defense became tough and he could evade better.
But without attacking, the slimes number will only increase.
Renir kept his eyes open, waiting for the moon to shine the forest.
He even surprised himself that he survived that long. Before, he wouldn't think of fighting without sight, heck, he wouldn't even think of fighting fictional monsters in the first place!
"Suu~~~", Renir exhaled in his mouth and inhaled deeply through his nose. His breathing should be in rhythm with his movements as much as possible.
Even frowning was hurting his bruised face.
After a painful grit and perseverance, Renir finally saw the light of hope shining from far away.
Unexpectedly, it was brighter than before.
Renir's eyes shone and with hope, his body gained a small amount of strength.
"Argh!", because of approaching hope, Renir let his guard down. Even with his sharpening instincts and reflexes, his over-worn out body couldn't do much.
But now that he could see much better, he ran.
As he ran, his face twitched out of pain and misery. Not a single part of his body wasn't aching out of pain.
That was not an exaggeration.
But he still ran, the fire within his heart was yet to diminish.
Finally, he stepped into the moonlight. Tint of joy and excitement made the fire in his heart put ablaze.
That fire was warming up his whole body.
If he saw his face at that moment, he would probably scare himself.
'Come on...', Renir kept a keen eye on every branch of every tree he passes through.
After using too much of his head, the toll made him in pain again. But the suffering of his pulsating brain did not stop Renir.
After all, with just a bite of chylefruit, all his pain and suffering will vanish and his strength will again replenish.
Grrrrr!* his stomach grumbled like never before.
Renir had no power left to sprint so he ran slowly, but of course, the slimes were slower.
Like before, only a few came flying to him and he could even dodge it with his eyes closed.
But the feeling of gluttony was eating his mind. He needed the chylefruit so much that he started to hallucinate.
A blue glow was launched in front of his face. It was bigger than the chylefruit because obviously it was a slime but Renir did the unthinkable... he opened his mouth wide without thinking.
A great Chump!* was heard.
'This...', Renir's mind tried to processed it, and, 'is not chylefruit!', he ran faster as he spat out the slime he ate.
"Disgusting! It's like a raw egg!", he shouted.
"Eh?", Renir wiped his mouth and found out he gained a little strength.
When he looked at his hand that wiped his mouth, he found the blue thread. He must've eaten the core of the slime.
Instead of wanting to vomit, Renir was surprised!
'Both of them had the same tint of blue.', he tried to connect some dots...
"Energy!", Renir realized something.
He stopped and let some of the slimes jumped at him. He dodged the bigger ones and with quick hands, he took two smaller slimes.
Renir ran again.
He looked at the unmoving slimes on both of his hands and hated the fact that he had the idea to eat these weird creatures.
But, it was not as disgusting as he thought it would be.
With a strong bite, he popped the slime on his right hand.
Cough* Cough"
He spat out the liquid that had the texture of a bubbly raw egg and felt no energy entering his body.
Renir paused and processed his thoughts again.
He looked at the blue threads still inside the slime and pinch it with his teeth, and pulled it to eat.
That was when he felt the slight energy brimming within his core.
Then without much hesitation, he also took the thread-like core energy inside the slime on his left hand.
It's not much as the chylefruit but it was enough to extend Riner's stamina.
But Renir only consider eating another slime as a desperate measure, after all, he doesn't like it.
Although the chylefruit was a bit tasteless, it was better than the slime.
Then a spark of elation entered Renir's eyes when he caught the sight of chylefruit!
It was not at arms reach but he could get it with a jump.
He doesn't want to stop running so he ran past by it and took a full turn and then jumped!
Renir reached out his hand and a smile was brought to his face mid-air, only to...
Thud!* smack his forehead on the branch that the chylefruit hanged.
Renir jumped higher than he expected!
He couldn't stand any longer but he didn't need to stand again as the chylefruit fell when he hit his forehead and luckily fell on his mouth.
"Ish-mof", Renir said some inaudible word because of the chylefruit covering his mouth.
Without a second thought, he took a larger bite than before. Five of these bites could make one chylefruit alone!
Renir didn't know if he was improving or degrading by eating so much chylefruit.
The fire in his heart was fed with chylefruit again and it went rampage!
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