Hey, finally my brother got a good idea, and of course food related; We left good part of the body behind, but carried the hind limbs like a chicken leg to eat later in ours mouth.I got worried that we would leave a trail of blood, but it was impossible to go on about without leaving any trace behind, so might as well have a snack for later to keep my strength.
The woods were full of sounds and life. All around there were creatures going about their days, some as inoffensive as the fox that eat a chuck of meat that fell on the ground, others… well, made me rethink my brother"s strategy.
Drool was acc.u.mulating in my mouth as a sound perked my attention, but it was already too late. A creature jumped out of nowhere on us, aiming for our faces, our snouts occupied with the meat and unable to react.
s.h.i.+t.
I did the only thing I could. I throw the meat at his face as he eat in one go, already coming for us as my brother did the same. With no time to whine about the lost we took a deep breath and aimed fire b.a.l.l.s at it.
It did nothing but irritate it. But that"s not possible, the creature was made of fur! It should burn nicely. Going backwards as it advanced, I use appraisal on it.
-Appraisal completed-
Name: H6%3F
Gender: H$5#Y%
Race: Rock Lion
It was made of rock? No wonder it didn"t catch on fire. But it didn"t have the appearance of a rock… So I couldn"t count in what I see them…
The brown lion growled and for a few seconds me and my brother were paralyzed. s.h.i.+t, what is that? I watch in terror as it jumped on my brother, its big size overshadowing him.
Nonononono No!
Panic made me struggle as if my life depended on it. It was for mere seconds, only what it took for the lion to jump, but I watched as if in slow motion, many things pa.s.sing through my mind, and none of them good.
But one thing grows more than the others. Far beyond the thoughts of losing my last family member, my little brother, was the anger of been unable to protect them, anger against the destiny that made our young lives so miserable so soon, anger at those filthy humans for putting us in this situation to begin with.
Anger for been so weak.
Ding – Requirements for Unique ability from t.i.tle Angry One met – Berserker mode Activated
After that everything went red. I don"t remember clearly, my mind was fuzzy as my body only reacted. I could only see the lion closing its jaws in my brother shoulder, and a mix of growl and scream came to my lips as I quickly bit his ear off and hold my jaws close on the back of his neck.
It screamed, but I could only smell the blood dripping from my brother"s shoulder as bloodl.u.s.t took over my senses and I scratched, clawed, bit until the thing stopped twitching and only a unrecognizable pile of meat stood below me, until meat and blood dropped of my chin as if coming from inside me. Somewhere in the distance a ding sound reverbed.
Ding – Level Up.
Ding – Level Up
Heavily breathing, I stood covered in blood on top of the body, suddenly felling extremely tired and numb, as if I was. .h.i.t by a truck.
Hit by…A what…? Never mind… I"m so… sleepy…
No, brother, I need to help him.
With my eyes half close, I turn my face, my vision cover in mist showing of only an immobile shadow on the ground.
Oh no.
– Berserker mode off – Side effects inbound – Unable to move for 2 hours – Counting start…
And then I pa.s.s out.
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My body is stiff. My mouth is dry and with a weird taste to it. My eyes were heavy, so heavy…
Voices, voices nearby.
Brother.
I open my eyes only to close them again at the blinding light of the rising sun. s.h.i.+t, morning already? We lost our advantage. With trembling limbs I stand up, scaring the life out of the little scavengers and birds.
Shh, shut up.
I try to take a step but fall miserable and roll down the dirty ground. Taking a deep breath to calm down, I try again as the voices came closer, urging me to go quicker.
"Brother. Brother wake up"
My voice came low and dry. Never thought I could sound so beat and desperate. If… if anything happened to him, I could, I couldn"t… It would be better to deliver myself to the humans than have to live that fate.
With trembling limbs I approach my brother only to see his muddled shoulder with an open wound covered in a b.l.o.o.d.y mess. I shallow breath coming from him gave me some relief, but the state of his wounds didn"t.
I have to stop the bleeding somehow… Fire, I can cauterize the wound. It won"t end pretty, probably will scar, will hurt like s.h.i.+t, but he should survive.
I start a fire inside my belly, felling the warm go up my throat. Acc.u.mulating enough heat, I slowly start spiting fire on the base of my paw.
Ding – Magic learned – Fire Breath 1
When my skin turned red I looked at my brother again. Coming closer I wrap a paw on his back, holding him in place, as I put my mouth over the wound to hold the skin close, starting to pa.s.s my blazing paw over the wound.
Let just say it wasn"t pretty or easy, as I needed more than one go to work. At the end he was still unconscious and breathing heavily, a frown of pain formed on his face, but at least the wound was close and cleaned with my saliva.
The lively ambience of the forests was a little annoying as the bird chirped and the squirrels climbed the trunks.
The voices were getting closer, and I needed to act, now. But what to do… I couldn"t outrun them, not while carrying my brother, no…fight them? No, they were organized and prepared.
I needed to distract them.
And I knew exactly what to do.