Limits.

I fell asleep very quickly . I was already tired from all the training and building I did those past couple of days . My consciousness faded quickly towards the lands of dreams . I opened my eyes and saw the same scene I usually saw during those couple of weeks . The dark hooded figure was there, standing and talking away as usual . I no longer tried to do anything because it didn"t matter what I did, the dream would always end with a punch .

I waited for the dark figure to stop talking and throw its punch to finish this weird dream . After a while, the dark figure stopped talking and ran at me . I thought "Good, finally this weird dream will end" . The dark figure punched me in my stomach and the next thing I expected was to wake up but it didn"t happen . I was shocked when I saw the dark figure moving backwards couple of metres and then started to talk again .

I looked down and saw a gaping hole in my stomach with dark flames surrounding it . Black blood was gushing out and although I felt pain, it was not comparable to the wound I received . With that kind of wound, it would be very hard to move or even stand on my feet . Yet the pain I felt was much lower compared to the injury . I checked my surroundings and tried to find anything that could at least stop the bleeding but there was nothing . There was nothing on me either . If this wound was not taken care of in couple of minutes I would die .

The dream was different this time and I didn"t know if that change in the dream would affect me in reality or not . I would usual wake up when the punch arrived but now I was still in this dream . I decided to attack . If the dream was different maybe I could perform different actions as well . I moved towards the dark figure step by step . When I got more momentum I started to run, the pain was more intense the more I moved but I gritted my teeths and ran with my full strength at the dark figure .

When I was about 3 metres away from the dark figure, it simply stopped talking and threw another punch this time straight at my head . The dark figure was simply too fast, I couldn"t even see it move when my vision got dark and I died . Or so I thought . I tried opening my eyes and I saw the same scene again .

The dark figure was talking away like usual and I was there standing with no pain or wounds on my body . I was confused and scared "What the h.e.l.l is going on? Why do I dream it again? And will this stop?" I thought to myself . I tried calling out to the dark figure "Hey, what do you want from me!" but I heard no response as the dark figure simply talked away as usual .

I thought about it some more "I will try to remember all the words the dark figure speaks . Although I don"t understand what is being said . I can still memorize that and maybe if I repeat those words, I will be able to leave this d.a.m.ned dream" .

I tried to memorize the words spoken by the dark figure but it was not as easy as it seemed . Not only it was a dream and everything was hazy, it was also very hard to say these words . The dark figure again stopped talking after a while and ran towards me to punch me . But I was wrong again, this time the dark figure kicked me . I could feel a great force pushing me away as I flew through the air and landed on the ground . I either died or fell unconscious again .

I tried to memorize the words spoken by the dark figure but it was not as easy as it seemed . Not only it was a dream and everything was hazy, it was also very hard to say these words . The dark figure again stopped talking after a while and ran towards me to punch me . But I was wrong again, this time the dark figure kicked me . I could feel a great force pushing me away as I flew through the air and landed on the ground . I either died or fell unconscious again .

After a while, I managed to open my eyes again and well I don"t think I have to say what I saw . I again tried to memorize the words of the dark figure before I got punched or kicked till fainted or dead . This repeated for 10 times and I noticed that some of the words that the dark figure spoke were repeated many times . This would mean they were probably p.r.o.nouns and conjunctions . Stuff like "I, You, Me, And or But" which would mean that the most repeated words could represent similar things as in human language .

With that thought in my mind I started to separate the most used words by the dark figure to the ones used less often . After fainting couple of more times, I could distinguish about 10 of the words that were used the most amount of times in the whole speech . They were Fer, Lak, Ak, Ji, Ki, Rei, Lan, Peris, Fal and Kroh . I didn"t know the meaning of these words but I knew they were the most used in the speech, this would probably mean that they were the equivalent of words such as "I, You, But, Or, And" . Now the problem was to find out what these words mean . If I could manage to learn the meaning, I could try and further decrypt the meaning of other words that the dark figure spoke .

After the 20th repeat of the same dream, I finally woke up in the shelter . I was very tired, as if my whole body has been through h.e.l.l and back . My mind was tired as well . It was as if I stayed up for couple of days without any rest while focusing on something very hard .

I checked my whole body and couldn"t find any wounds or scars but I could see that my body became a bit thinner and I could feel intense hunger rising inside of me . When I turned my head towards Sh.e.l.ly"s bed I could see that Sh.e.l.ly was still sleeping . I called out "Sh.e.l.ly, how long was I asleep?" . Sh.e.l.ly woke up after a while and looked at me confused . It showed me that I slept only one night, the same as it did . I then said to Sh.e.l.ly "Bring me some food, I"m starving!" . Fortunately we did have some cooked food stored just in case and Sh.e.l.ly brought me some of that . I gobbled the food that Sh.e.l.ly brought and only said one word when it was gone "More" .

I checked my whole body and couldn"t find any wounds or scars but I could see that my body became a bit thinner and I could feel intense hunger rising inside of me . When I turned my head towards Sh.e.l.ly"s bed I could see that Sh.e.l.ly was still sleeping . I called out "Sh.e.l.ly, how long was I asleep?" . Sh.e.l.ly woke up after a while and looked at me confused . It showed me that I slept only one night, the same as it did . I then said to Sh.e.l.ly "Bring me some food, I"m starving!" . Fortunately we did have some cooked food stored just in case and Sh.e.l.ly brought me some of that . I gobbled the food that Sh.e.l.ly brought and only said one word when it was gone "More" .

I ate all the food we had stored and only felt a bit better . I then got up and opened the door in order to go and hunt more food . I knew Sh.e.l.ly was able to do it but I couldn"t wait . It was the same feeling that I had in the past, it was as if something ate away my strength . This time I didn"t have to wonder what caused this for a long time . It was this stupid dream I had every night . I was now afraid to go to sleep as I might not be able to wake up again .

I ran through the forest with my dagger and killed anything that moved . In such frenzy, I killed about 10 bears as well as 20 wolves that were in the pack of about 30 . I didn"t think straight at the time and only hunted . I was running on basic instincts while Sh.e.l.ly was always following and guarding me to make sure I wasn"t killed . Sh.e.l.ly by itself killed about a dozen of the animals present on the ground .

When I finally calmed down, I saw carnage behind me . I was astonished myself and thought "I did that?" . When I looked at Sh.e.l.ly, it had a worried expression on its face but also exhaustion which would be normal after such a battle . I said "Don"t worry Sh.e.l.ly, I"m alright now" . I said that but I was starving at this point . I made the fire as quickly as I could and cooked the meat from wolves as well as bears .

I devoured the food in heaps and couldn"t satisfy my hunger at all . 1 bear, 2 bears, 2 bears and 1 wolf . I stopped only when I ate 2 bears and 3 wolves . If I were to have that much meat, it would usually last mes about a week of time, yet I was able to eat that much in one sitting .

Sh.e.l.ly also ate a lot because it saw me eating so much . When I was finally full, I looked at my body which had changed a bit . It was a bit less skinny but nothing other than that . It was as if the food just disappeared inside my stomach . I then thought about the whole situation with this dream . I knew when it started and there were only couple of things that could be linked to it . "I only got those dreams after we left the cave of those furry deer and got our reward" I thought .
I devoured the food in heaps and couldn"t satisfy my hunger at all . 1 bear, 2 bears, 2 bears and 1 wolf . I stopped only when I ate 2 bears and 3 wolves . If I were to have that much meat, it would usually last mes about a week of time, yet I was able to eat that much in one sitting .

Sh.e.l.ly also ate a lot because it saw me eating so much . When I was finally full, I looked at my body which had changed a bit . It was a bit less skinny but nothing other than that . It was as if the food just disappeared inside my stomach . I then thought about the whole situation with this dream . I knew when it started and there were only couple of things that could be linked to it . "I only got those dreams after we left the cave of those furry deer and got our reward" I thought .

The first possibility was the hidden room . There could"ve been some kind of poison in there that would produce these kinds of dreams . In that case, I would have to put up with it until it is gone by itself or until I find a cure . Of course the worst case scenario would be my death from those dreams .

The second possibility was the cave we got out rewards from . The herbs I got in that cave could not produce such effects and even if they could, they would have to be mixed together in order to produce such effect but I never mixed them together . I reached into my bag and saw that the herbs were still there . On the other hand there might"ve been some kind of poison spread there .

The last possibility was the book . It was weird that it could last like that on the table but when I touched the book, it turned into dust . What"s more, this dust blew straight into my face which I also inhaled . It may be that the book contained poison of some sorts or perhaps it was haunted or something .

I discarded the 1st possibility because Sh.e.l.ly was there with me in the bas.e.m.e.nt and didn"t have such weird dreams . I also had to discard the 2nd possibility because Sh.e.l.ly always followed me, so we were together in both cases . The only place that Sh.e.l.ly didn"t follow me to was the table with the book . Sh.e.l.ly also didn"t inhale the dust from that book . "Deducing it like this, it had to be the book in that case!" I thoughtI fell asleep very quickly . I was already tired from all the training and building I did those past couple of days . My consciousness faded quickly towards the lands of dreams . I opened my eyes and saw the same scene I usually saw during those couple of weeks . The dark hooded figure was there, standing and talking away as usual . I no longer tried to do anything because it didnt matter what I did, the dream would always end with a punch . I waited for the dark figure to stop talking and throw its punch to finish this weird dream . After a while, the dark figure stopped talking and ran at me . I thought Good, finally this weird dream will end . The dark figure punched me in my stomach and the next thing I expected was to wake up but it didnt happen . I was shocked when I saw the dark figure moving backwards couple of metres and then started to talk again . I looked down and saw a gaping hole in my stomach with dark flames surrounding it . Black blood was gushing out and although I felt pain, it was not comparable to the wound I received . With that kind of wound, it would be very hard to move or even stand on my feet . Yet the pain I felt was much lower compared to the injury . I checked my surroundings and tried to find anything that could at least stop the bleeding but there was nothing . There was nothing on me either . If this wound was not taken care of in couple of minutes I would die . The dream was different this time and I didnt know if that change in the dream would affect me in reality or not . I would usual wake up when the punch arrived but now I was still in this dream . I decided to attack . If the dream was different maybe I could perform different actions as well . I moved towards the dark figure step by step . When I got more momentum I started to run, the pain was more intense the more I moved but I gritted my teeths and ran with my full strength at the dark figure . When I was about 3 metres away from the dark figure, it simply stopped talking and threw another punch this time straight at my head . The dark figure was simply too fast, I couldnt even see it move when my vision got dark and I died . Or so I thought . I tried opening my eyes and I saw the same scene again . The dark figure was talking away like usual and I was there standing with no pain or wounds on my body . I was confused and scared What the h.e.l.l is going on? Why do I dream it again? And will this stop? I thought to myself . I tried calling out to the dark figure Hey, what do you want from me! but I heard no response as the dark figure simply talked away as usual . I thought about it some more I will try to remember all the words the dark figure speaks . Although I dont understand what is being said . I can still memorize that and maybe if I repeat those words, I will be able to leave this d.a.m.ned dream . I tried to memorize the words spoken by the dark figure but it was not as easy as it seemed . Not only it was a dream and everything was hazy, it was also very hard to say these words . The dark figure again stopped talking after a while and ran towards me to punch me . But I was wrong again, this time the dark figure kicked me . I could feel a great force pushing me away as I flew through the air and landed on the ground . I either died or fell unconscious again . After a while, I managed to open my eyes again and well I dont think I have to say what I saw . I again tried to memorize the words of the dark figure before I got punched or kicked till fainted or dead . This repeated for 10 times and I noticed that some of the words that the dark figure spoke were repeated many times . This would mean they were probably p.r.o.nouns and conjunctions . Stuff like I, You, Me, And or But which would mean that the most repeated words could represent similar things as in human language . With that thought in my mind I started to separate the most used words by the dark figure to the ones used less often . After fainting couple of more times, I could distinguish about 10 of the words that were used the most amount of times in the whole speech . They were Fer, Lak, Ak, Ji, Ki, Rei, Lan, Peris, Fal and Kroh . I didnt know the meaning of these words but I knew they were the most used in the speech, this would probably mean that they were the equivalent of words such as I, You, But, Or, And . Now the problem was to find out what these words mean . If I could manage to learn the meaning, I could try and further decrypt the meaning of other words that the dark figure spoke . After the 20th repeat of the same dream, I finally woke up in the shelter . I was very tired, as if my whole body has been through h.e.l.l and back . My mind was tired as well . It was as if I stayed up for couple of days without any rest while focusing on something very hard . I checked my whole body and couldnt find any wounds or scars but I could see that my body became a bit thinner and I could feel intense hunger rising inside of me . When I turned my head towards Sh.e.l.lys bed I could see that Sh.e.l.ly was still sleeping . I called out Sh.e.l.ly, how long was I asleep? . Sh.e.l.ly woke up after a while and looked at me confused . It showed me that I slept only one night, the same as it did . I then said to Sh.e.l.ly Bring me some food, Im starving! . Fortunately we did have some cooked food stored just in case and Sh.e.l.ly brought me some of that . I gobbled the food that Sh.e.l.ly brought and only said one word when it was gone More . I ate all the food we had stored and only felt a bit better . I then got up and opened the door in order to go and hunt more food . I knew Sh.e.l.ly was able to do it but I couldnt wait . It was the same feeling that I had in the past, it was as if something ate away my strength . This time I didnt have to wonder what caused this for a long time . It was this stupid dream I had every night . I was now afraid to go to sleep as I might not be able to wake up again . I ran through the forest with my dagger and killed anything that moved . In such frenzy, I killed about 10 bears as well as 20 wolves that were in the pack of about 30 . I didnt think straight at the time and only hunted . I was running on basic instincts while Sh.e.l.ly was always following and guarding me to make sure I wasnt killed . Sh.e.l.ly by itself killed about a dozen of the animals present on the ground . When I finally calmed down, I saw carnage behind me . I was astonished myself and thought I did that? . When I looked at Sh.e.l.ly, it had a worried expression on its face but also exhaustion which would be normal after such a battle . I said Dont worry Sh.e.l.ly, Im alright now . I said that but I was starving at this point . I made the fire as quickly as I could and cooked the meat from wolves as well as bears . I devoured the food in heaps and couldnt satisfy my hunger at all . 1 bear, 2 bears, 2 bears and 1 wolf . I stopped only when I ate 2 bears and 3 wolves . If I were to have that much meat, it would usually last mes about a week of time, yet I was able to eat that much in one sitting . Sh.e.l.ly also ate a lot because it saw me eating so much . When I was finally full, I looked at my body which had changed a bit . It was a bit less skinny but nothing other than that . It was as if the food just disappeared inside my stomach . I then thought about the whole situation with this dream . I knew when it started and there were only couple of things that could be linked to it . I only got those dreams after we left the cave of those furry deer and got our reward I thought . The first possibility was the hidden room . There couldve been some kind of poison in there that would produce these kinds of dreams . In that case, I would have to put up with it until it is gone by itself or until I find a cure . Of course the worst case scenario would be my death from those dreams . The second possibility was the cave we got out rewards from . The herbs I got in that cave could not produce such effects and even if they could, they would have to be mixed together in order to produce such effect but I never mixed them together . I reached into my bag and saw that the herbs were still there . On the other hand there mightve been some kind of poison spread there . The last possibility was the book . It was weird that it could last like that on the table but when I touched the book, it turned into dust . Whats more, this dust blew straight into my face which I also inhaled . It may be that the book contained poison of some sorts or perhaps it was haunted or something . I discarded the 1st possibility because Sh.e.l.ly was there with me in the bas.e.m.e.nt and didnt have such weird dreams . I also had to discard the 2nd possibility because Sh.e.l.ly always followed me, so we were together in both cases . The only place that Sh.e.l.ly didnt follow me to was the table with the book . Sh.e.l.ly also didnt inhale the dust from that book . Deducing it like this, it had to be the book in that case! I thought