More Mysterious Fruits

As he was running with several injuries in his body searching for food, he found these newly explored parts of the forest were filled with different varieties of trees.

He went even deeper and felt he saw some glowing objects from far away.

He moved slowly and cautiously near the source of the glow and found them to be emitted by strange-looking fruits in triangular shapes where the bottom part was wide and the top part was narrow.

He moved around the fruit pushing his perception as much as he could to find any strong animal guarding the fruit.

Previously, he found that these glowing fruits were always guarded by some strong animals but here he could not find any animal guarding it.

He went near the fruits and felt the smell of the fruits was also different which he had never smelled before.

These fruits had a glow around them so he considered them like previous special fruits which increases strength.

He collected these fruits and moved out from that area fearing that the animal guarding the fruit may have gone somewhere for some business and may return back.

Holding these fruits, he realized he needed something like a bag to help him collect them.

He had seen several apes using animal skin to cover their body which they used like a pocket to store some fruits to eat.

But he wanted something like a bag that would allow him to carry many fruits.

As he ventured deeper into this forest, he found many animal carcasses. Among these carcasses, he found one had only skin left with few bones which appeared to have been chewed and could be used like a bag to carry fruits.

He tore the skin carefully, tried several ways to tie two ends, and eventually made a complex that was strong enough to hold the ends.

He placed the fruits he had with him on it and moved with the bag.

He felt some fruits fall as he moved.

He tried making some adjustments to the skin bag, hung the part with the knot on his shoulder through his waist like a side bag, and tried moving with the bag.

Now, the bag did not allow the fruits to fall as long as he was not moving with great speed.

Satisfied with the bag, he continued searching for fruit for food.

As he was moving along new and unknown areas, he found a small strange plant.

The strangeness was due to a leaf of the plant which had a subtle glow like that of the glowing fruits.

He felt that he had seen similar plants several times before but they were all normal-looking plants.

He spent some time observing the plant from different angles even feeling its smell which did not smell any special.

Eventually, he collected the plant and kept it in his skin bag.

As he continued his search he two more kinds of glowing fruit along with two other strange plants.

The difference between the two plants was that in one plant a small white flower was glowing whereas in another plant a small part of its stem was glowing.

The most unusual thing was that he could not find any normal fruit in this area.

The loss of blood and the various wounds in his body caused him to feel weak.

He initially wanted to slowly savour the special glowing fruits and the plant taking his time increasing his strength. So, he kept searching for normal fruits for food in the forest to replenish himself.

Driven by curiosity and a need for nourishment due to his injuries, he kept his plan aside and decided to eat these strange fruits and regain his stamina.

The previous incident with the unknown enemy attacking from far away where he could not do anything except hide and escape stimulated his thirst for more power and abilities.

He ate all the strange glowing fruits and plants he had with him one by one.

After eating all these glowing treasures, he felt various sensations in the different parts of his body.

These sensations kept increasing becoming weird and uncomfortable.

He felt various parts of his body weakened, and all the areas with the injuries became hot and painful as if ants were crawling on them.

He felt some reactions in his stomach along with weird sensations and rumbling sounds coming from it.

The various disorders he felt in his body were totally unknown and new to him.

Due to a weakened stomach and issues with digesting the mix of different unknown plants and fruits that he ate, he experienced diarrhea which he had never experienced in his life.

He had to relieve himself several times in the day which weakened him.

He got more and more vigilant against this part of the forest. So, he moved back from this place with distinctly different varieties of trees which he deemed dangerous, and stayed in the previous area with less danger which he was familiar with searching for normal nutritious food and water to replenish and heal himself.

His previous eating session with those several glowing fruits and plants had resulted in severe diarrhea and various other disorders, leaving him ill for several days. However, it also caused his injuries to heal faster but the after-effects continued for a few months.

The unpleasant experience he had these months due to those glowing treasures still did not deter the determination of the boy to explore and gather these strange edible objects.

During the next seven years, he tried various times to enter the areas which brought him nightmares. Having learned the previous lesson, he did not go there to fight those stronger and stranger animals that were beyond his capacity at the moment but to bring unusual fruits, plants, and vegetation with him.

For this, he tried pushing his observing capabilities to his limits due to which he unknowingly honed his sense of perception enabling him to see, hear, touch, taste, and smell better which were improving at a very tiny pace which allowed him to avoid dangerous animals.

His improved perception also allowed him to learn tricks from other animals on how to hide and camouflage himself.

But when he moved about the dangerous areas, he was also found out a few times causing him some injuries due to their attacks.

Most of the time, he could get his hands on plants with strange glowing parts and fruits which he would collect in the skin bag he prepared beforehand and return.

Despite the bad lessons he had with these strange parts from the dangerous land, he still decided to experiment with eating them as he also remembered the quick healing and increased strength he got because of it.

But now, he slowly ate them taking only a small bite each time and waiting to observe its effect before deciding to eat the whole thing. He tried many different strange parts and found some relatively safe ones which he remembered.

In these experiments, he also wasted several parts as he did not know about the storage and expiry principle, especially for such mysterious plants. Then, he changed his ways and cautiously took only a few parts each time which prevented any loss due to expired items.

One time he found a strange bright red-coloured fruit whose light started dimming just in about half an hour of plucking it, and he decided to eat it on the spot. This fruit made him feel so fiery hot and painful, that he had to go to a nearby water body and soak his body in cool water just to relieve some of the pain. After the pain subsided, he found his body having far greater strength than before.

In this way, he spent another six years of his life, becoming a 13-year-old muscular boy in this forest enjoying raw foods and fights slowly becoming stronger which was slowly shaping his wild nature.

He even fought several times with the vigorous ape he saw in the beginning but every time he would lose very quickly and had to run causing him a great deal of frustration.

The ape however did not kill him or deal him grievous wounds but would always chase him for some distance and harass him with punches and kicks all over his body making sure that every part of his body felt sore. While doing this, he made several sounds and gestures to taunt him.

The ape seemed to be enjoying beating the boy as he would always create all sorts of humiliating and unpleasant situations for the boy.

With the experience of fighting many different animals some of which had interesting ways to battle, the boy started learning various ways to make use of the surrounding trees and big stones, slippery grounds in battle.

Many times, he also fell into several traps set up by the different animals that were guarding the glowing fruits and had to use all his strength to escape.

His instinct against traps and sudden danger was also being honed.

He tried using these several tricks he learned on the old ape but the mysterious thing was the ape would never fall into any trap as if the ape could predict the various traps that he set up beforehand.

He would always get extra beatings whenever he tried any trick on the old ape.