3 Bad Luck (3)

Oddly, I was feeling better than when I met that boy earlier, physically speaking of course. Emotionally, I was devastated.

Before I met that boy, I was feeling tired, I felt like I was about to pass out. My mind was clouded, I no longer felt my limbs, nor move properly. There came a point that I was bumping into the trees, and propping myself against them, about to fall, even though I knew that most of the trees in this forest were full of ants.

When I met him, I felt energy running through my body, and I finally got enough strength to move; the hope that I could figure out how to get to the city so I could save myself.

When I saw that he was dead, I almost went into despair, but for some reason, my body was much better. I was able to think clearly, I can feel my limbs, even the leg that was bitten. I was also able to walk normally.

Looking at the leg that was bitten, I realized that the swelling was looking better.

What's happening?

I kept walking while thinking about these things. The shock of that young man's death was affecting me internally, but I kept moving. The frequency in which bad events happened increased, but I was managing to move on.

Negative thoughts continued to assault my mind, especially after seeing that young man die. Is it my destiny to end up like him? Dying lost in the middle of a forest.

Time passed while I had these thoughts, I kept moving forward without stopping.

I had a familiar feeling.

The next thing I realized, I was falling. Reflexively, I looked down, and when I saw the height when I was falling, my heart almost exploded in despair. In midair, I tried my best to calm myself down and found out that there was a tree on the mountainside, I was falling on top of it.

I tried to grab one of the branches from the tree when I fell, and with a lot of effort, I managed to hang me in the tree. I breathed a sigh of relief, but I knew I shouldn't be careless, my luck is horrible now, I don't trust in that tree branch I grabbed.

Releasing one hand, I migrated to another branch, taking care to choose those that seemed physically stable. Gradually, I dragged myself until I reached the tree trunk, where I finally managed to relax a little.

Taking a deep breath, I looked around. The fall would be about 200 meters, I won't survive this, and looking up, I felt that I wouldn't be able to climb. The cliff was very steep, and the rocks didn't look like the type to climb, they were earth, rocks, and clay.

My head started to race with ideas as I surveyed the place, feeling that at least for now the tree I was holding on to was safe. The trunk was thick, and looked very firm, attached solidly to the cliff.

I had already done climbing, so I knew this cliff won't do, but maybe I can find a way if I look better.

The cliff was full of various plants and trees, small and large. There were some vines too. I could see a way up, but it would be too risky. Currently, I don't trust my luck enough to try something like this.

On the other hand, I knew that I couldn't stand still for a long time since even if my bad luck doesn't work very well when I'm not doing anything, I would eventually get tired of holding on the tree.

Taking a deep breath, I reviewed my plan in my head, always thinking of what to do next if the path I thought didn't work.

Getting up on top of the trunk, I grabbed a vine by my side, and after doing some tests to see if it would resist my weight, I grabbed it.

"Please take it easy with me at least once."

I murmured in a low voice as I climbed the vine and reached a rock above. I thanked all the gods when the stone didn't slip. Reaching another vine with my right hand, I held it tightly and saw that it looked firm. Hanging on this vine, I looked at the tree branches on my side and knew it would be quite risky now.

The tree was about ten feet away, out of my reach by normal means. Halfway there were some rocks, but they looked fragile, so I thought the smart thing was to go up and try to jump, and that's what I did.

I managed to climb another two meters upwards using the vines, and a few more meters using two stones, again praying so the gods don't abandon me. Finally, I was more or less on top of the tree. I would have to be very careful here. If I fall, and I can't help myself, I'll definitely die.

Taking a deep breath, I jumped, already aiming for a specific branch. When I reached him, he managed to hold on for a moment before breaking. I started to fall, but lending the inertia of my fall, I got a boost forward.

My heart was beating extremely fast, I was sweating cold, my concentration has never been higher in my life. I can't make a mistake here.

I then grabbed a branch, and rocked forward, but heard a cracking sound. At that moment, I froze, thinking I was going to fall, but I was already on the move. When I successfully reached the tree trunk, I sighed in relief, thinking that maybe I was finally lucky.

It had everything to go wrong!

But that thought didn't stay in my mind for long. More sounds of breaking wood fell into my ears. Every time I heard it, it was like my heart was stuck. I looked around, trying to figure out where the noise was coming from, and a few seconds later, I finally realized when I felt a jolt.

The tree trunk was falling off the cliff.

With a quick thought, I tried to climb the tree so that I could reach the cliff, but when I reached the top, the tree started to fall. I managed to stand on top of the tree in time to feel the trunk under my feet start to fall. With a quick movement, I again grabbed the tree trunk and held it as if my life depended on it. The tree started to fall, with me clinging to the trunk.

I tried to look down to know where I would fall, but the leaves were getting in the way, I could only pray that I would be lucky at least once in my life and manage to survive somehow.

The wait was painful, my heart was heavy, many negative thoughts running through my head. When I heard a thump, I felt my body slamming hard against the tree trunk, and I saw stars.

With my mind shaking and feeling waves of dizziness, I clung tightly to the tree trunk, without even trying to look down. After the shock, the trunk no longer fell, although I felt it was sliding a little.

After a few moments, I looked down and saw that the tree had fallen on top of another tree clinging to the cliff, the branches intertwining and managing to hold it for now, but unfortunately, not for long.

The tree was slowly sliding down, it was going to fall at any moment. With a quick thought, I climbed on top of the trunk and jumped into the tree below. I felt pain in my leg, but I paid no attention to it, and I clung tightly to the trunk as I watched the other tree slowly fall.

"Please, just fall already, don't bring that tree along ..."

The seconds passed, and the tree had not yet fallen. When I heard the familiar sound of wood breaking, however, my heart exploded with anxiety.

"No... Just why..."

Looking down slowly, I saw that at the base of the tree attached to the cliff, the wood began to break. Tears started to fall from my eyes when I saw this. This is so unfair. How many times do I almost have to die before my bad luck disappears?

Knowing that this tree was going to fall too, I tried to calm myself down, but the tears kept falling from my eyes. I felt so wronged... But I didn't even know who to complain to.

God? Is he the one who gave me that bad luck? Do I have to blame him?

I don't know what to think anymore. Wiping the tears from my eyes, I tried to concentrate, and looked down. Down there, about a hundred meters away, I saw a small and narrow river.

I looked at the cliff, I had no place to hold myself. Then down, where the tree would fall: straight to the ground. Down there, about ten meters ahead, there was a small and narrow river, the tree wasn't going to fall there, it was going to fall on the ground next to it, I can't continue on top of it.

Thinking quickly, I got up on top of the tree, ran forward on the trunk until I reached the top, and taking a deep breath, I jumped, aiming for the small river.

I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to fall into the river when I jumped, and when I was in the air, that uncertainty became greater. Even if I fell into the river, I felt it was going to be close.

In midair, I tried to move to go a little further, I needed to reach the river, and my effort was worth it, I managed to fall in the middle of the river.

While I was falling, I was afraid, since the river was very narrow, I was worried that it was very shallow, and when I fell, I hit my legs on the bottom, making them hurt a lot.

I couldn't even react much to the pain, though, as I instantly realized that the current in this river was very strong. I started to be dragged without being able to do anything.

I felt my back, legs and right arm hit rocks a few times before I could finally reach the surface, where I managed to pull air into my lungs again.

"FUCK!!!"

I screamed angrily after getting enough air, but the current continued to pull me hard. I tried to look around for something to hold on to, but I saw nothing. The water continued to pull me hard, my body sliding in the water at high speed.

After a few seconds, the water pulled me down and I felt my leg hitting another rock, it hurt a lot. Right after, I felt a great pain in my head, and I passed out.

When I woke up, I was lying on the banks of a river, my whole body aching in several places. One of my eyes was seeing red. I raised my arm to touch my eye with my finger, but I felt it completely sore. Using the other arm that could move better, I realized it was blood in my eye. Where does this blood come from?

Looking around, I saw that I was still in some forest, the river beside me. The water seemed less violent, though. I must have gone down the river a lot.

I couldn't think straight, and I didn't know what to do next. At that moment, I felt great tightness in my chest.

Tears started to fall from my eyes over and over, a feeling of great pain.

It wasn't the pain in my body.

It was this anger, this hatred, this resentment.

Everything that has happened to me... I want to blame someone for this, but who do I blame?

Putting my hand on my chest, I squeezed hard and started to cry as I shouted out loud in anger.

"AAAHHHHH!!!"

What's happening to me? I died and this is hell? Is this my punishment for killing someone?