Searching for the apothecary.

Dan had rested for quite a while. 30 minutes had passed and he was enjoying eating jerky meat. He stood up and wondered what to do next.

"I wonder should I go visit my child? I have not seen them at all ever." Dan contemplated and after a while he waved his hands. "Nah, I'll visit him or her some other time."

Dan stood up and walked to the portal and decided to examine it. During all these years he had not once decided to examine it.

The portal was pitch midnight black and it seemed to be made of darkness that swirled ever so gently. Dan could not help but be mesmerized by it and after he could not help but touch the edges of it with his hands.

It felt cold and refreshing like when a person left a very steamy room and went outside. It felt like the cold side of the pillow and everyone enjoyed such a feeling including Dan.

As much as he wanted to examine the portal more he decided to move on and entered it. It led him to the garbage dump which had been destroyed.

Dan activated his darkness and used it to fly into the sky. He flew for a while and finally descended when he got to where he wanted to go.

A glowing red portal stood in front of Dan. It was a B rank dungeon. During the time he was in the abyss Dan had a lot of time on his hand. He wondered about dungeons and their ability to take you somewhere else. Dan came up with the theory that dungeons were just portals that led somewhere else in the world. He still could not figure out why the flow of time was so different but he did not care.

Dan thought he actually came up with this theory but had he paid proper attention in school then he would know that that theory was proven already when a man walked into a dungeon and walked back home.

Dan extended his hand to touch the portal. The portal felt different compared to how his portal felt. It felt extremely hot to the touch that Dan could not withstand it and pulled his arm away.

He looked at his palm which was red from the searing pain.

"Hmm, I wonder if they have an alchemy store. I should get some potions before I leave this place." Dan said to himself. Dan did not like studying but he was really into alchemy. It was his favourite lesson and the one he excelled in the most. He would normally get a near perfect score every time but besides that he had not had a chance to practice it since he left the kingdom of Azair.

Dan flew back into the city with the darkness propelling him forward like it was fuel for a rocket. Dan managed to reach the human establishment easily. He could not see a single soul outside but he could hear them. He could hear their muffled cries from inside their homes.

Dan sat down on a curb and lit a cigarette. He waited for a while and by the time he finished smoking his preparations were done.

Mindless, headless zombies beyond count stood in front of Dan in a military like formation.

Dan lit another cigarette and waved his hand. The headless zombies marched forward and stood in groups of threes in front of doors. They kicked down the doors and after a few seconds screams and shouts came from the houses.

It took quite a while but after some time the headless zombies walked out dragging woman by the hair and men by their beards.

They threw them in front of Dan who was peacefully smoking. After every person was thrown in front of Dan he stood up and addressed them.

"I need to know where the apothecary is, if you know where it is step forward and the rest of you will be left alone." Dan said.

The people murmured and chattered and after a while pushed forward a woman. She was slightly above the average height and wore a tattered dress that was made of see through linen. Dan could see her little pink erect nipples. She had fair skin that was dirty all over. Her hair, face and arms were dirty as if she was a homeless person. Her hair was uncombed and all over the place but Dan found her attractive for some reason.

Her eyes were sunken and had no emotions in them. She was shivering slightly and Dan could not tell whether it was from the cold or fear.

"What's your name?" Dan asked.

"Her name is whore." a man shouted. The man's head exploded scaring everyone near him. Some tried running only to get punched to the floor by the zombies.

"Do not speak unless I speak to you!" Dan addressed the crowd.

Dan looked at the woman who seemed like she did not care in any way. Dan sighed and took a deep breath as he looked at her breasts once more. For some reason he could not take his eyes of it.

They were small and cute. Usually Dan was interested in giant breasted woman but for some reason he was attracted to her breasts.

"I asked you what is your name."

"Aravis." she replied. Her voice was bold but not to bold that it came of aggressively but not to soft that it came across as cute. The mixture of melancholy and apathy was just the right amount to set Dan of.

He turned his back on her and stretched his legs doing several lunges. "Do you know where the apothecary is?"

"Yes I do."

"Lead me to it then." the woman started walking forward and Dan followed behind her and stared at her ass. He would occasionally take his eyes of them but his brain told him to look back and he would stare at it with fascination.

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Thoughts!

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