Volume: 1 | 4 | The Surface│ Dreams: 3 (Chapter 4)
In the quiet of the night most people were sleeping peacefully. The moonlight was very strong this one night in particular, as people were sleeping a certain smell started to overtake peoples homes.
As Luthier was sleeping in peace a loud yell was heard.
"FIRE!! There is fire!" A man outside the wooden cabin was yelling.
'!'
"Huff, puff" Luthier woke up drenched in sweat from head to toe, everysingle pore in his body was protruding sweat.
"Huff..a dream, just another dream" Luthier said as he slowly turned his head towards the still on going campfire.
He slowly sat up and started unclothing himself, once everything was off he put them aside at a certain distance so that they would dry from the fire, but not catch a flame.
Luthier looked around the dimly lit cave room, roughly one third of the ground was covered in moss and the walls of the cave were roughly the same.
He then tilted his head upwards, the small crack in the ceiling which allowed the moonlight to pass through was now completely black.
Hinting at the fact that it had been several hours since Luthier fell asleep. Once he fixed his posture and was in a more comfortable position he brought his status window up.
[Status] [Talents] [Mantras] [Summary]
Name: Luthier Light
Power: 4
Race: Primal Vesperian
Age: 8
Strength: 25
Fortitude: 25
Agility: 20
Intelligence: 0
Willpower: 2
Charisma: 0
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Light Weapon: 0
Medium Weapon: 0
Heavy Weapon: 0
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Flamecharm: 0
Frostdraw: 0
Thundercall: 0
Galebreathe: 0
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Vitality: 2
Erudition: 0
Proficiency: 0
Songchant: 0
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{Boons}
-Maverick
-Survivalist
{Flaws}
-Obvious
-Manic
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"Seems like I have gotten a bit stronger after killing that Sharko" Luthier mused to himself in the dark, yet weirdly comforting night.
He took a look at all of his talents and mantras, once he was done looking through them he decided to think up a plan.
'I can't stay here forever, it's cold most of the time, wet, and I am always in danger' He thought to himself.
He glanced at the fire, memories of his tragic past flashing past his eyes in a flash '..I just'.
"Huff, okay tomorrow morning I will try to find a town" He said as he threw in some more firewood and headed off to sleep.
The night outside was still quiet, it was a peaceful night the monsters were all in their own habitats and asleep, whilst people were sleeping peacefully in their own homes.
During this night somewhere else, a place far far away, in a different dimension all together, a place which seemed to be at the bottom of the ocean.
Yet in a strange and mystical way people weren't drowning to death, it seemed as if this strange dimension was located in a place which everything was surrounded by water, yet at the same time it did not affect one.
In this strange, dark and sanity depraving place a little girl with a mysterious and magical mask with a pair of horns could be seen, shivering and crying inside of a small stone building with the lights on.
She was currently curled up like a ball, staring at the small fire inside the firepit.
"Sniffle, sniffle..brother..where are you?..I'm scared" The little girl said, rocking side to side slowly trying to ease her own mind.
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Time passed and it was now dawn, Luthier was already up and awake on his journey to find a new and safe place to live.
He was casually traversing the giant forest with no particular direction in mind, the sounds of twigs cracking under his feet, the sun was at full blast, blaring down its strong flare towards all of the forest inhabitants.
Luthier was walking underneath the shade of the trees, trying to avoid the sunlight head on as much as possible.
Step, Step
He kept walking for what seemed like hours, eventually he had to take a break.
"I'm starving, I need to find something to eat" He mused to himself, he looked around his surroundings for a good 20 minutes before spotting something.
It was a little dark green rabbit, lizard creature, it had the overall shape of a rabbit but with the sturdier scales of a lizard, along with its tail, fangs and regenerative capabilities. It had a small white patch on its nose.
"A Rabbard, it has been a while since I ate one of those" Luthier said as drool slowly started to pile up in his mouth without him even noticing.
'Alright it's decided, you will be my lunch!'.
He slowly and steadily crept forward towards the Rabbard, inch by inch he was closing the distance between the two.
Then when he was merely 4 meters away from it, hidden inside a bush he slowly raised himself and brought up his wooden spear, and without a moments hesitation he threw the spear.
Swoosh-!!
"!" The Rabbard quickly turned its head around to look at what was charging towards it, but before it even realised what happened.
"Pii!!"
Sploosshh-!
Drip, drip
Blood was splattered all over the ground, the wooden spear went instantly through the little Rabbards head due to Luthier using [Strong Left] along with his [Strength] which instantly pierced through the Rabbards skull.
The Rabbard fell down to its side, its body still twitching from the sudden death it went through.
Luthier slowly walked up to collect his prize "Sorry little one, the stronger one always survives".
He picked up the Rabbard and hung its corpse to dry off at a nearby tree, in the meantime he started another fire from scratch.
Once he was done eating and the fire was put out he continued his journey southwards.
Although the amount of ground he covered was unknown, it was without a doubt a lot of ground that he covered, but the day had fallen to night, and it was now time for Luthier to rest.
"I think I'll have to skip dinner today and just go to sleep, I'm too tired to hunt anything".
"Now where can I sleep?" He asked himself, he looked around trying to survey his surroundings, when an idea came to him.
"Well, I guess I can just sleep on one of the trees tonight, like I used to" and so he climbed up one of the taller trees, made himself as comfortable as he could and fell asleep, ready to continue his journey southwards the next day.