Chapter 4

Shalmak takes the water pouch and exits the cave .

Shalmak(This is a fantasy world I should relax maybe enjoy the surrounding and make a plan.)

Lies down on the ground under a starry sky.

Shalmak takes a deep breath and then slowly exhales.

Shalmak(This place is so different something I could have never experienced in a city not because I lived in a city but because I never wanted to I never leave my home . Maybe I wanted to a little but my desire was not strong enough I indulged in pleasures which would grant pleasure only in short term but justified them with "its pleasure anyway whats long term or short term live in present". It was very hypocritical since I always dreamed about future tried many things but did not do see through them to the end not because I had weak will power but I thought about them after doing them for sometime and felt the reason I started doing them did not matter enough anyway. I was disconnected with reality .I would play games connecting my self with protagonist thinking I am stronger then you in game that would bring me pleasure. At that time I also thought it was useless but then everything else is equally useless anyway. I would feel superior thinking about people chasing useless things ,so dumb so naive. I viewed and still view people I know as people rest are just npcs. For some reason I thought would not feel bad after sacrificing my arm for some i know nothing about but I will never sacrifice my life for thousands of npcs. I can live without a arm but I can't live without my life why sacrifice it nothing matters anyway if you are dead. How would be people doing now that I am dead probably sad.I was not able to repay my parents.How will they live)

Shalmak starts crying

5 minutes later // in sponge box style

(If I was alive I would think this was something someone would think before ending it all.but I am already reincarnated soo )

Shalmak chuckles

(Reincarnation defies all logic and my atheist beliefs. In this type of story protagonist would probably try to get back to earth . I have self reflected many times before not that I was able to change anything lets see how this goes.)

Shalmak "wake up . wake up If I sleep here I am dead at least I should sleep in the cave"

Shalmak sees Raine sleeping //He does not know her name I the author know her name so I am //gonna call her by her name instead of magician

Shalmak (She looks do defenseless.I can do something to her she won't be able to resist with that wound not that I am gonna do anything I am a man with morals. )

Shalmak looks towards her while walking toward the end of cave. She slowly opens her eyes.

Shalmak (Maybe not so helpless she probably has a spell for protection.I wonder if she is angry at me for burning her wound well who cares she would have died. At least she has a chance to survive now but death by infection is quite likely....

I am feeling guilty a littile.... Nah not much. )

Shalmak walks towards the end of cave towards the lake.

Shalmak (I am thinking about the situation wrong this is a new world I don't have any responsibilities I could do what I want there is no one to stop me.I always low key wished to be sent to a fantasy world anyway I should enjoy this.The lake is so beautiful under the moon light the cave is missing a large part of its celing. The water is clean fishes are jumping out.If this were a novel I would say this does not make sense at all how can fish get food here and this lake should be covered by moss. )

Breathes

Shalmak(Now I think about it I drank this water without boiling How can I be so careless )

Shalmak I imagines and forms a small sphere of water sends it into lake the sphere grows larger. Shalmak while keeping sphere in air imagines heat and fire after a minute the sphere starts boiling.

Shalmak (This is getting really tiring and hard )

Shalmak Imagines ice a very small ice crystal forms he painstakingly sends it in water ball.

Shalmak "huh huuh coughs this getting hard.Should have not imagined ice "

Shalmak is able to hold water ball in air for 4 minutes with sheer willpower. He then gulps it down

in one go. Shalmak feels his eyes closing. Shalmak falls on ground and falls asleep.