2 The trials begin

Sebastian looks around him, currently, he was in a lush forest filled with greenery. Trees that would easily tower over earth's trees stood close to each other blocking most of the sun. The trunks of the trees filled with moss and bushes over 150-centimeters tall grew along the ground, with grass at least 10 centimeters tall.

But, what was unusual that what would once be a colorful sight is completely gray there were even a few leaves standing still in the air and even a drop of water from the leaves. Once again the golden book appeared, "Welcome inheritor! This is the Sleath Forest! It's a low-graded forest with weak monsters! Of course, weak monsters are still monsters hehe. Anyways I doubled your strength so you don't die instantly! The first test is to survive in this forest for a week! Hehe, Goodluck!"

Suddenly the forest's color returned and time seemed to begin again "Oh fuck my life..." Sebastian almost yells out loud. But he wasn't a fool and was aware of his surroundings. "Shit, what do I do in this situation?? I have to survive! What I need to do first is... find water... food... shelter..."

Sebastian looks around. "What did they do in those survival videos? Cover their smell firstly to hide from predators? No reason not to try."

Sebastian looks at the ground thankfully it seemed to have rained so he started rolling in the mud like a pig trying not to get any in his mouth. Getting up he looks around and at himself. "I don't need my shoes. It will get filled with water and be heavy." He takes of his shoes and socks.

"What else was there? A weapon! But how would I make one? If I could find some wines a stick and a sharp rock I could probably make a spear or a bow and arrows?" Sebastian walks around for a bit.

"This tree is thin and long if I can cut it I can probably sharpen it into a wooden spear. I need some kind of rock with a sharp edge." Sebastian starts looking on the ground looking for any rocks.

After a few minutes, he found 5 rocks of adequate size "They aren't sharp and if I were to try to sharpen one that would cause noise and it might attract something." *sigh* "I'll try rather than regret it later." Sebastian decided.

*Clunk* *Clunk* *Clank* *Crack*

After three failures Sebastian successfully sharpened one rock without breaking it. "Alright let's try to chop this tree thankfully nothing came." Sebastian slightly panicked started to chop at the tree.

*Thunk* *Crack* *Crack*

Stabbing the rock into the tree then moving it up and down to get as much of the tree broken off, after over a half an hour he successfully chopped the tree down. "Let's get rid of all the branches and sharpen the edge."

After an hour of work, Sebastian made himself a wooden spear. "Alright now if I could just find a pond or a river then I would have water and I could hunt fish with my spear. And probably make a shelter nearby."

Sebastian started slowly moving around being careful not to make much sound, he was constantly looking left and right in case anything showed up or anything moved unnaturally. He also tried to listen for any sounds of water.

After 30 minutes of walking around, he heard a rustle in the bushes almost making him yell out in fear he quickly points his spear at the bush that didn't even move again. *sigh* "Must have been the wind." Sebastian lowers his guard and continues to walk.

But that was a mistake he would regret as an oversized cat jumps at him trying to scratch at his neck while hissing. Taken by surprise Sebastian stumbles away from the cat, which luckily made the cat miss his neck and instead leave a deep wound on his shoulder.

"Urgh." Sebastian holds in a scream and raises his spear towards the cat clutching it as hard as he could. The Cat had amber eyes and full black fur, it was like a panter just smaller it didn't seem to have reached adulthood yet.

Sebastian glares at the cat "Little bastard, today you'll die." Sebastian thrusts with his spear but the cat dodged by sidestepping and the spear hit the ground. The Cat seeing the opening pounced at Sebastian, which he quickly responded to by blocking the pounce with his spear.

The black cat grabbed on to it and hung from it making it hard for him to hold on, the cat tried to get a firmer grip by digging its claws in the wood but before the cat could do so it got kicked in its hanging nutsack.

*NYAHHHH!*

The cat furiously slashes around in pain and falls on its back, Sebastian seeing the opportunity quickly stabbed at it with his spear impaling it in the stomach.

The cat started to struggle even harder it tried to yell out again but it was stomped on the face by a barefoot. In its rage, the cat scratched at leaving another shallower wound on the leg. "Damn bastard!"

Sebastian grabs the rock that he brought with him and smashed it at the cat's face as hard as he could.

*Crack*

The cat died with its brain crushed and stomach impaled. "Bastard." Out of breath, Sebastian curses out. "What do I do the blood will probably bring over other predators, so I can't exactly bring it with me."

"And it doesn't seem to be fully grown what if its parents come? I got to leave quickly. As for my wounds, I don't know any medicine... I'll just lightly cover it with mud to mask the smell." Sebastian does as he says and leaves quickly slightly staggering.

After another half an hour he hears the flow of river water. "Haa, finally" Hurrying towards the river Sebastian nearly falls but he caught himself.

Moving a bush Sebastian sees a wide river moving at a slow speed, it was surrounded by shrubbery and luckily there weren't any animals. Moving close to the river Sebastian crouches down and looks at the river.

After 10 minutes of looking he saw a few shadows of fish "There doesn't seem to be anything dangerous and the fishes arent small or big just perfect." Sebastian looks up the river.

"Haha, how lucky!" a dozen meters up the river there is a hill with a cave inside from where the water came out, there was even enough space on the sides to walk at.

"Food, Water, and shelter all in one!" Sebastian climbs up and enters the cave walking in a bit deeper and finding a slightly wider space "Alright here will do, I should probably wash my wounds and catch a fish. But how do I make a campfire"

Sebastian racks his brain to try and remember how to make one while cleaning himself "No use I can't remember guess raw it is" Sebastian picks up his spear and pulls up his pants then walks into the water and begins spearfishing.

After 30 minutes he successfully caught his first fish "Not as hard as I thought it was going to be and there is quite a lot of fish" Sebastian uses the sharp rock to skin the fish(remove the scales).

After another 30 minutes of work, he accomplished his task and the day ended outside with him chewing on raw fish and falling asleep next to his spear.