3 Strange changes

After vomiting again, Genric finally managed to calm his emotions. As he looked again to the goblin's corpse, this time he was less uncomfortable about it and managed to somewhat control his emotions.

"I... killed it huh?" Genric said out loud as his face reflected a troubled and disgusted expression. This was his first time killing something. Even though it was technically not a person but a monster, and one that tried to kill him at that, but it was still making him uneasy because in his whole life, even if he didn't have friends, he was never bullied so he has never been in a fight before, much less kill someone.

Though there's still something that's been bugging his mind after he killed the goblin, and that was the real reason why it made him feel uneasy.

'What happened to me? Even though I managed to control my anger at that time like I always did in the past whenever I get angry and almost lost control of myself. And this time is the same but there's also something different. This time it was a... scary kind of calm. Furthermore, when I attacked, its like my body moved on its own. Like it was pure instinct and I didn't have any mercy and hesitation when I killed the goblin just now. I was so ruthless that I thought I was another person for a second there and was instead controlled by someone else. But strangely at that time, I also felt a sense of being complete, like I was finally free. Sigh* I'm turning strange aren't I. Fuck!' Genric cursed as he was utterly confused on how he should feel about his strange experience and he felt frustrated about the whole situation.

Whoosh

While Genric was lost in his frustration, a gust of wind passed through him and carrying a strong stench of blood. It pulled him out of his thoughts as he tried to control the disgust rising from his stomach again when he smelled the blood again.

Just as Genric was able to adapt to the smell of blood, his expression suddenly changed into that of caution and fear as he thought of something. 'Shit! The stench of blood is so strong. It might attract another one of its kind or even worse something stronger. I need to escape from here ASAP.'

Without a second more of delay, he picked up the club of the goblin so he can use it as a weapon and immediately ran away in a random direction while temporarily forgetting about the strange things that happened to him as he focused on running as fast as he can.

After a few minutes of running, the burst of power that came from his adrenaline rush earlier finally ran out as he finally felt the pain coursing through his body as he stumbled but managed to hold onto a tree in time to keep himself from falling.

Genric gritted his teeth as he tried to not scream from the pain he was feeling. Though instead of screaming, tears started falling from his cheeks.

When he felt the pain from his body, he was reminded of the state of his left arm. He let go of the club and took out his blazer and used it to wipe the blood of his arm so no one will follow him through the smell of his own blood and then threw it away. He then ripped off the sleeves of his shirt with his right arm and teeth as he used it as bandages for his arm to stop the bleeding from his split skin and he tied the leftovers together to make a makeshift support for his broken left arm. He did all of this while trying to endure the pain and walking slowly at the same time.

'I need to find a shelter for the time being, I can't go for long anymore. I'm getting tired and I feel like I'm gonna faint any second now. Please, if there's a god out there. Help me out this once and guide my way to a shelter for me.' Genric pleaded to no one as he continued walking in a seemingly random direction.

After a few minutes has passed and just as his vision started to blur, he finally saw a cave in the distance and that immediately brightened up his mood as he regained a bit of hope and he immediately thanked the god that guided him to this cave while crying tears of joy.

***

In a faraway place, in a massive and gorgeous palace that was floating and surrounded by clouds.

In one of the rooms there, a figure with closed eyes can be seen covered entirely in pinkish white light radiating holy radiance that made it blurry making it hard to know what its appearance is. It was sitting in a chair by the window when it opened it's eyes and looked outside the window. It then smiled in a gentle way that can still be seen even through the light covering it as if something good happened that made it happy.

***

Genric controlled his excitement and tried to slowly make his way to the cave while trying to be silent in case something was inside the cave. Once he was near, he hid beside the opening and stuck his head inside to peek and saw there was nothing there.

Sighing in relief, he walked inside and saw that the cave was small, only a little bit taller than him and as wide as his outstretched arms side by side. It was only a dozen meters deep but nevertheless he was happy as he can finally relax and rest.

But before doing that, he left the cave to look out for big leaves first so he can use it to cover up the cave's entrance and to also use as a bed. After finding some, he made his way back and put some leaves on the entrance while laying the rest on the ground.

After doing all of that, he happily lay down on his 'bed' as the tiredness and sleepiness eventually caught up to him. Before falling asleep, his one last thought was, 'I'll think about my problems when I woke up. For now, I'm gonna sleep and rest. Good night me.'.

With a relieved smile on his face, the young man finally sleeps as he rest his weary body to prepare for his upcoming adventures.