Chapter 2: Dirty water

Waking up early at dawn Raven woke up from his stupor, feeling relaxed and stressed all at the same time.

'Okay let's think of a game plan, I'm left with 7 copper coins, it's not enough for any Armour or weapon'

Raven had seen weapons and armor for sale yesterday while looking for an inn, the cheapest weapon of good quality was 5 silver coins and the Armour was 13 silver coins.

'I need more money before I'm homeless and starve to death, the man from yesterday said this is a world of survival so there must be means for me to survive this.'

'Wait alchemists can craft if I gather some herbs and mix them I should be able to create something, anything even if it's poison I can sell.'

'Okay good! I have a plan I'll go into the forest and gather some herbs and plants hopefully I'll be able to sell something otherwise I won't even be able to afford this shitty inn.'

Rave leaped out of bed straightened his clothes, and proceeded to head downstairs.

"Up so early young man," said the decrepit old man.

"Mmmmh" Raven was in no mood to talk with the old man as he had a lot on his mind, he headed straight for the door and exited the inn.

' I heard he was an alchemist, I doubt he'll last a week as all alchemists are either dead or treated like slaves' thought the old man then laid his head back on the desk and continued to sleep.

Raven walked for about 45 minutes before exiting the town and entering the first, he's heartbeat ringing in his ear as thoughts flooded his mind.

'I was so excited that I had a plan but I realize now if this is a world of survival, what are we surviving exactly, if there are monsters in a forest this close to town then I'm sure the town would have been attacked.'

'The forest should be safe right?' Raven carried on mumbling trying to convince himself that it was safe. '

'Yeah I'm overthinking things they would have gotten rid of any monster living so close to them'

Raven had spent an hour just gathering herbs and putting them into a poorly made leather bag he had bought for 1 copper before leaving town.

'Agh my legs are killing me these leather boots are uncomfortable and have no padding it feels as if I'm walking barefoot'

He sat under a large tree with his back against the trunk so that nothing could attack him from behind.

Opening the leather bag he sighed ' I don't even know what any of the plants are or called I just hope they work if I try enough times and I'm lucky

In the bag were about 30 to 40 strange-looking plants, and there were all sorts of different colors, shapes, and sizes.

have shimmering silver leaves that glisten even in the faintest light. The edges of the leaves are frosted, giving them a chilled touch, bright orange.

Another thistle-like flowers that seem to emit a faint warmth. The stems are thin but tough, with sparse, needle-like leaves.

All different types of herbs were in the bag, while he had no clue where to even begin or what the outcome would be Raven was excited about what could be.

After a short 30-minute break he got back up and started searching for more herbs. "Ah if only I could identify the useless herbs from the useful herbs," he said aloud.

3 hours in and Raven had ventured deep Into the forest unknowingly, his leather bag full to the brim he looked satisfied.

' guess this should be enough for now let's head back and start testing in case I waste all materials hopefully I have enough time to come gather more before the day ends.'

'How the hell am I gonna make a potion do I have to prepare the materials separately before mixing or do I just throw them all in together'

Raven was lost in thought when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from his right side and turned his head. "What the hell is that!" He stumbled back almost tripping himself.

He managed to stabilize himself the the short green creature was already in front of him with a thick branch sharpened into a spear.

The creature was short, with green skin warts all over its face and body wearing a piece of cloth on its private area, he had long ears and sharp teeth.

The spear was already by his throat by the time he realized the situation, Raven moved his neck to the side, and the spear grazed the side of his neck drawing blood. this made the little green creature excited.

 2 more creatures that looked similar sprang from the behind bushes one holding a poorly made club and another a dull short short with chips on it. They both rushed towards Raven, and the one with the short sword launched an attack aiming for Raven's abdomen.

'Hell no I can't die yet' moving the leather bag in the way of the short sword and then jumping to the side to avoid the club that was swung for his head, this action caused the bag to rip open and all the herbs he had collected fell to the ground.

Without any time to care about the bag, he started running, turning left and right throughout the forest he quickly lost his way but didn't care as long as he was able to survive, after a few minutes of running he came to a pond, with dirty water that looked polluted.

'I might just get poisoned but in all honesty, it's better than dying' Raven thought as he leaped into the polluted pond, looking up from the greenish water he could see figures rush past the pond.

'I need air' Raven thought as he came up for oxygen after a few seconds but this led to one of the creatures seeing something in the distance and rushing towards the pond.

'come on I don't want to go back in 'Raven thought as he dived back into the water, this time deeper than before, he swam until the bottom he could only see a blur now, afraid to resurface he held on to a rock at the bottom of the pond.

'shit I can't hold on anymore, I need air' he vision became blurry as he passed out in the pond.