I recovered and then grabbed the creature's crossbow and its pouch full of arrows. It was all covered with blood and guts, but I managed to clean it up using my precious water magic.
I could have washed everything in the river, but this was more fun.
After I cleaned it up, I put an arrow in the crossbow to try it out. And as soon as I cocked it and tried to shoot the arrow toward one of the trees, the crossbow didn't fire. "Huh? Is there something wrong with it?" I tried, but I couldn't solve the problem.
"Damn it!" Then I lost patience and threw it into the river. Next, I sat down at the river's edge and looked at the water. The moonlight hit the water and went directly into my face.
It was a beautiful sight, but what caught my attention was the fish swimming there.
"That's it. I need to catch fish and then roast them somehow. Okay, how do I do that? Maybe I can create a harpoon?" I created an ice spear and then created a rope made of earth.
It certainly wasn't sturdy, but I tried.
Of course, when the rope fell into the water, it quickly fell apart, and the ice spear was carried away by the current.
"It's easier this way." So I created one long ice spear. My hands were freezing, but it was more functional. For some reason, my reflexes improved a lot so that I could catch three fish quickly.
Once I caught them, I searched for some twigs and used fire magic to make a fire.
"I've never done that before, but I guess it goes like this... And so..." With difficulty, since I didn't have a blade, I used an ice spear ( Yes, I can only think of ice spears ) to go about cutting the fish.
After removing the scales and entrails, I stuck the fish on a stick and set them to roast.
I created an excellent structure for roasting them. So after a few long minutes, it was done. There was no salt or pepper, so the taste was not very good, but still, I almost cried with happiness.
A decent meal after so long.
Then, after enjoying myself, I finally tried to sleep. Of course, I couldn't.
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The sun was already rising.
I got up and walked along the river even though I was sleepy. Fortunately, I had not encountered any new enemies in the hours I walked, and I had an endless food supply.
Fish.
I would get seasick at some point, but I'm sure I won't be travelling for that long. And as I imagined, as night was coming on, I finally found a sign of civilization.
On the river, a water wheel spun and spun. Someone had to have built that. So, using earth magic, I created pillars in the water and jumped over them until I reached the other side.
I almost fell in, but I got there safely.
"If that's here, then there must be a city nearby, right?" Even though I was still in the middle of a forest, I was still confident that a city was nearby.
So I started walking through the woods.
It was getting darker and darker, and the monkeys were getting more active and shouting more and more. I was afraid that one of them was going to attack me.
Fortunately, it didn't attack me, and I managed to get to a town safely.
I don't know if I could call it a town. I had found one wooden wall that was 5 meters high. If it is a fantasy world, a city should not have its wall made of wood; it is not that sturdy.
"I'm going to walk around it to look for an entrance." And so I did.
I walked a long way until I reached one end of the wall. Then I walked again to another end and after turning and walking for a while longer... I had reached an entrance.
"That is much bigger than I imagined. Still, it's too small to be a town. Maybe a village?" I approached the large three-meter high gate and knocked a few times. No one answered.
So I knocked again and again until finally, the gate slowly opened.
After the gate was opened, I could see a... monster? It was looking directly at me. A two-meter tall monster with a pig snout. His skin was completely pink, and he was wearing clothes like a human.
As soon as he saw me, the giant pig shouted. "INTRUDER!!!"
"BUT I DIDN'T EVEN ENTER YOUR VILLAGE!!!" I shouted as I ran away.
"AH!" As I was running away, a spear fell beside me. If that thing hit me, I was dead. Then I looked back and saw the giant pig chasing me.
I have to do something, or I will become pig food.
I turned around and activated my most reliable magic ( for now )
"ICE SPINES!" A burst of ice spines flew towards the pig, piercing its body in several places. Without making a sound, it fell to the ground, lifeless.
But I had no time to rest. Just behind, many of those giant pigs began to appear, holding weapons.
I started to run and stumbled into a hole. As I fell, my thigh slammed into the ground, digging the arrow on my leg even deeper.
"This is not the time for this!" I grabbed the arrow and pulled it from my leg, not caring about the bleeding. I felt a sharp pain but didn't have time to think about it.
"I HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO ENCOUNTER AN ENTIRE CITY OF GIANT KILLER PIGS!" I shouted as I activated several spells and slaughtered all those pigs as if they were just ants.
I didn't realize how strong I was until I had created a mountain of bodies and the pig city was on fire.
"There was no salt or pepper"
Years ago, I was on a project that required us to monitor all night long. So my friend and I got the second shift. First shift guy woke me and I went to friends motel room to get him. He opened the door and it was an awful smell. He had caught a fish the day before during some free time. So he had cooked it in the microwave on the glass plate... no salt or pepper just nasty damn fish. Yuk.
I knew you all wanted to know that.
EWWWWWW
Fun Fact: I hate fish
@IgorRSAW Same here mostly... there is some few fishes (not the fishy ones) that are edible but most of the rest... ick.
@Kaetii I don’t really hate fish it’s just too much effort for barely anything most the time
Yesss.. YESSSS. Bern the bacon! Heretics should learn their place!
Thanks for the chapter~
Bruh
Bruh
"I HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO ENCOUNTER AN ENTIRE CITY OF GIANT KILLER PIGS!" I shouted as I activated several spells and slaughtered all those pigs as if they were just ants.
R.I.P Piggies. They got what they deserved.
You should edit the chapter and mention the arrow in the leg
I will do this when I post the next chapter. I'll also post a warning :)
Did she just leave the bolt/arrow in her leg?
She took it off later. When she arrived in town her wound was already healed. I just forgot to mention that
@IgorRSAW Old comment know she ripped it out after falling