Let me meditate in peace!

Last night was a blast for Charlie and Dan. After not having seen any woman for months Dan seemed to have actually gone on the offense. He danced with several beauties, ate tasty food that was cooked properly and drank actual cool water that was not contaminated.

On the other hand Charlie had his first taste of alchol. It was like going black as Charlie seemed to be addicted to it. The alchol was bitter at first but by his second cup it tasted better and he enjoyed it.

2 half mugs was his limit after all. Charlie woke up early so that he could go hunting with the others. He thought he woke up early even after he drank alchol for the first time. It did not shock him at all to find that Dan had woken up before him but he was surprised to see him sitting cross legged bare chested on a rock.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"...."

"Can you hear me?"

"...."

"Are you ok?"

"FOR FUCKS SAKE CAN YOU NOT SEE I'M TRYING TO MEDITATE?"Dan bursted out loud. Several hours worth of concentration ruined just like that.

"Oh... I thought your injury had caused you become unconscious but that does not seem to be the case."

"Why are you awake so early?"

"Habit."

Dan let out a grunt of understanding.

"So what are you going to do now?"

"Well I was learning about hunting traps from the guys so I was about to join them."

Dan nodded before speaking.

"Are you using the lessons I taught you?"

"No,"

"Why not?"

"Well I learnt that chasing an animal to exhaustion is not a good option when there are plenty more options."

"Alright, go do your stuff then I will be busy meditating here for quite a while."

"Ok."

Dan went back to meditating. He was slowing down his heartbeat and making it beat more powerfully so that it could overwhelm the other blood in his system.

He took in a deep breath and then let it out. In and then out.

Dan did not really hate this feeling, this feeling of peace, serenity and tranquility. It gave him time to think and collect his thoughts. As if on cue he heard a voice disrupting his serenity.

He sighed and opened his eyes to see who it was. It was the girl from yesterday Yuna.

"Hi,"

"Hello Yuna. Your up early aren't you?"

"Yes, I usually wake up early to make food for everyone."

"Quite the hard worker, how long have you been here?"

"Do you mean in the abyss?"

"Yes."

"I was born in the abyss, I, like nearly everyone else spent my entire life inside this place."

"Do you want to leave this place?"

"No, not really, I'm not adventurous. What are you doing?"

"Well, I'm meditating."

"Bare chested in the cold? If I didn't know any better I would think that you were trying to catch someone's attention." She giggled as she said and slowly closed the distance between Dan and her.

"Would you look at that? You caught me," Dan moved his head forward. His head was close to hers and they both inched closer to each other until they felt each other's breath.

Just as Dan was about to kiss her lips, she blushed and pulled away. Her face was red as she ran of like cow.

Even though he did not get the kiss Dan was satisfied with watching her ass jiggle as she ran away. It was then that Dan Junior decided to wake up.

Dan returned to meditating. It was after what felt like 2 minutes he heard another voice speaking to him. Dan opened his eyes once again. He was shocked to see that it was not dawn anymore and the sun was completely out. How long had he been asleep.

There stood a tall muscular man wearing leather armour. His shoes were leather, his belt leather, everything he wore leather. His skin was also probably leather.

A toothless grin rested upon on his face. He had a goatee and a bald shiny head.

"May I help you?" Dan asked.

"Hi my name is Buckley, I don't think we met! I'm not going to take much of your time but you know everyone has a role to fulfill in this small village. If you don't know what to do, you can join us and we shall teach you how to hunt."

"I see, so it's basically give and take. Well you see I would love to join you but I am recuperating from my injuries, once I am fit and capable of doing things on my own then I shall leave."

The guy grinned once again showing his toothless mouth. He was missing one of his front buck teeth which was really weird.

The man left leaving Dan to return to meditating. Dan waited 20 minutes before starting to meditate again and once he did he heard the giggling and chattering of girls.

Dan spent quite some time speaking with girls. They asked more questions than he did. They asked him things like, where he was from, how the world outside was, why he was in the abyss and whether he or not he had a girlfriend.

"No, I do not, but you can be-"

"What are you guys doing?" a voice that came out of nowhere asked. Dan along with the girls turned around to see who it was. As soon as they saw Hum walking over with three other men the girls fled.

There was a moment of silence as they stood in front of him and stared. Dan stared back with one eyebrow raised.

"...."

"...."

"...."

"What?" Dan said. He was already getting annoyed as his meditation had been interrupted several times.

"Dan, where are you from?" Hum asked.

"Where am I from? Is that important?"

"Not really, no but it is always best to.know where someone comes from."

"What if I don't want to tell you where I am from?"

Hum raised two hands into the air in surrender.

"We're not go to force you to tell us, we are all about peace. But the next questions are important and if you do not answer them then you are not welcome here."

Hum waited for a few seconds to let it sink in. That was a great decision on her behalf as Dan was feeling a bit woozy.

"Yeah... sure... What are your questions?"

"The abyss is a place where people who are truly hated by the leaders of several nations dump their prisoners and criminals. To be in here means that you have done something absolutely horrendous at such a young age, Dan what are you in here for?"

"Murder!" Dan answered nonchalantly. He said it so casually and easily that everyone was surprised. They were expecting him to lie or refuse to answer but he just seemed like he did not care.

"Who did you kill?" one of the men asked. He was holding a spear and was wearing nothing but a man skirt.

"The elven kings daughter."

"THE PRINCESS!" They all asked in surprise.

"Sadly not, she was an illegitimate child of the king, had no political connections, no one there for her, no one to protect her, no one who cared or loved her, it was not as fun as killing normal elfs but still it was fun!"

Hum gulped before asking another question. She had to make sure this man was not a danger to them in any way otherwise- otherwise they would have to resort to some... methods that people did not like.

" What do you think of this place?"

"It's a nice place, really peaceful, great for training."

"Do you wish to disturb the peace of this place?"

Hum held her breath once she asked this question. What would his answer be? He already admitted to murder and he seemed to like murder. They need to be ready for anything.

"No!"

Hum looked at the other man who was with her. He was wearing a man skirt, bangles and he was covered in a cloak.

The man nodded his head quickly. He could detect lies just like Charlie, except his was more powerful. Charlie could detect lie's by listening to their heartbeat and the pheromones released. This man however could sense the increase and decrease in brain activity. Coming up with lies increased brain activity due to thinking.

In simple terms it was really concrete. Hum breathed a sigh of relief inwardly before speaking again.

"Very well then, I shall show you the fields where you will work."

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Somewhere else in the abyss.

A humanoid figure stood in front of a lake looking at its reflection. There were mountains of corpses from monsters lying around. It looked at its reflection touching its face.

CRAAAAACKKK!

The sound of glass breaking rung through the air. A crack had appeared on the creatures face. Pieces of its face started to fall of like a chick breaking through the egg shell.

Beneath the cocoon that had just broken was an eye. A brown eye and dark skin.

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