I woke up from my anxiety attack after some time . Damn it ,Damn it, Damn it.
huff , huff I need to gather my thoughts quickly . Calm down , take a breath . Slowly inhale , hold and exhale. after some time trying to stabilize my jumping heart I was once again able to come to a calm state where i can now think more logically.
well fuck me this sudden change of scenario cliche is really hard to get used to as well.
I string my thoughts on the cool surface of rock that was wet with the water form the lake i dived in .... or maybe emerged from would be more accurate . thankfully taking a sniff it doesn't seem to smell .
though there is some metalic scent in the air i've been breathing. its disturbing slightly as i have a guess what it might be.
noticing the scenery has a profound effect on me.This is a really wonderfull experience if it was in any other circumstances .
observing the surrounding it really was tranquil location after some observation it seems this place is pretty high up.
The cloudy fog seems to start gathering here now as the night approaches.
There's something that's been bugging me for a while now . Standing up and few stretches latter it become more comfortable , but I can intuitively sense my body structure seems to have changed somehow .
It's a vague feeling like I feel younger .
I got near the lake to observe my thoughts and yup it seems I got younger and hmmm maybe a bit handsome too, still something seems strange. A rustling of trees threw me off guard .
' now isn't the time for this first survive .then I can figure it all out. using knowledge of survival in wilderness. I just hope it will be enough for surviving here.'
Moving over the edges of the land near the Lake a strange seen unfolded , there were mountain edges near . So deciding to carefully descending via the edge was my option clutching the old knife I had with me I descended.
finding a place to shelter oneself. This is my objective for now . It takes a while to come down from the slope near it's end it stretches into plain forest land that has ample amount of vegetation with chirping insects .
Keeping the knife in my dominant hand I traversed the land other than few patchy areas with crowded tree this seems like a nice forest on earth only if the red hue from above doesn't give this scenery a creepy vibe in itself.
There were many sounds that had me on edge for a while my focus to find a natural shelter was squashed as a large amount of moment was observed behind me I knowing full well the extend of my courage , immediately drop down and crouch , moving behind a tree , a large mose like stilloute was moving in the dark seeing its deadly and glistening horns on his head let a shiver in my spine .
Absolutely holding my breathe there and calming my herat was happening the second time now . sure I know how to hunt animal but that moose was twice the size i know of.
After travelling in the night sometime i ran into few other herbivourus animals but honestly the native animal heare are seriously upgraded version of the one i saw on earth.
The thing that gives me more anxiety is , if large prey exist its common sense a Large predators is mandatory in this enviornment too.
After searching some more places and bush diving I came across A large dented cave in a area on slightly elevated hill . it looked like animal was staying here a long time ago , but i need to take the risk cause of night .
I felt that most animals were getting restless somehow and going out in night in another world on my first day No thank you .
Still hunger was take over as only after large amount of work was I able to cut and bring enough dead leaf to act as a make shift bed for me The branches I cut were sharpened and places in a arc over the open area and some twigs were spread over to give some possible time . This much work actually took less time than I imagined maybe cause of my younger body .
After resting for a while I couldn't quite feel sleep . huh I really need to finding food sources. Moving out of the area I made and surveyed I came quietly with a spear that i tied with a some dug out roots with a sharp rock that i found. this was honestly a bad idea as doing this in night burised my hands .
but in this environment im not familiar with the only reason i didnt breakdown was i was keeping my self busy .
some bushes and pits latter i was crossing an high ground when i heard some growling noises that were mixed with roar of some animal . As i was going to check it out I thought ok this is too cliche dangerous situation . After the noises got over i moved to higher ground while crouching and took a look but all i was able to see was some wolf like creatures gwaning at some downed animal . even this much visibility was being hammpured . realisation of living in different world.
My search for some food in wandering the forest at night really is becoming too dangerous now maybe i can just hold it out right I mean not eating one day is not enough to die of starving .
as i was going back one the route i took some faint mellow in scent lingering in the air at first it was not noticable but after some lightheadedness i was sure , the body of mine was getting exhausted as well form the march . I dont understand what is happening anymore .
the flashes happening I saw a tree , an immensely large tree that has its root as wide as a human , the next i saw was some more hollow winds noises mixed with some one talking . A fruit was in my view for few glances the splitting headache was now at its peak .I ate it .
Along with headache it brought , sevear stomachache , after some time coughing started as well ths is bad ican feel my blood leaving my body little by little, bleeding out of me .
I was dying wasn't I , the crippling fear of dying , It actually feels like being in an ice celler and mind numming pain huh... unknowingly Another part of me was able to sense a different feeling .
A powerfull feeling of experiencing power coursing through soul. Sadly my consciousness was gone till then .
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scene change
pov change
Aaron was returns to his camp after successfull training of the strong men that have experienced a battle now , the difference seems immediate now their vigilant action along with keeping their arms near their weapons . moving with the formation from before being in the middle with mavis who was drinking some mead from skin bag on his waist ,the smell of it mixed with the groan of the inured Soldier .
After crossing the last tree lines thier camp becomes more visible the patrolling soldiers greeted him and mavis as they heads towards the camp .
"Dismissed , next routine training will be started after a week . share your knowledge down your own corps members now ." after addressing the dispersing crowd . he headed towards his tent.
The army camp was located between the mountain on one sides and and valley in back it occupied a vast amount of space . The outer structure was mostly for infantry and patroling knights . The inner structure was subdivided into 2 parts mainly commanders and leaders of their corps.
Along with the area for other sides.
Amid the ensuing chatter and clutter of Armor I headed to my private tent . 2 soldiers from an guard duty.
upon getting closer they saluted and moved further to give privacy .
Getting in and removing most of my Armor, hanging the cloak and keeping the sword in it's resting stand . I moved towards the table to compile my weekly reports .When I notice the letter on the paperweight that has the royal insignia .
getting the letter from prince was not on my agenda . This must be emergency then.
After reading the content it is bad news afterall.
how did they steal a high ranking treasure when there were multiple barriers protecting it . Either there was an trancedentant level theif toying with the estrid empire or and concealing artifact .
Whatever the case this is going to cause lots of trouble though.
Hopefully I don't end up being buried under more work .