Chapter 139 - 139:Conditions [1]
Chapter 139 - 139:Conditions [1]
Watching Kevin and Liam
Slowly descending downwards, I landed atop the tree, alternating gazing at the map and the tree below me to confirm it.
"i-it is different."
Jumping from the top of the tree and onto the ground, I stared at the tree's trunk before manifesting a corrupted dagger.
Raising the night-black dagger, I slashed the tree, slightly leaving a mark on its otherwise unblemished brown trunk.
Then, I simply left.
Flapping my wings, I once again appeared ten meters above the forest, took out my map, and continued searching the area.
Finding nothing else different, I then moved on to the next area.
Then, the next.
Then, the next.
As the night descended, plunging the whole world into darkness, my figure became invisible in the sky as my insane speed, combined with my stealth stat, allowed my figure to disappear.
Seeing the half-crescent moon in the sky above me, I descended to the ground and dismissed my wing.
As soon as my two feet touched the cold, hard ground, my entire body collapsed out of exhaustion.
"one... abnormality in twelve hours. Well... it's better than zero."
While, unlike yesterday, my work wasn't mentally taxing, my physical body was still suffering from the sheer amount of corruption and energy I was using.
You can't go from using some corruption daily to using a lake of corruption in a single-day...yet I had.
And I had no one to blame but myself.
During my search, I spotted countless main cast members in the vicinity and completely ignored them, continuing my solo search.
How much time had been wasted since my crows or I had searched the same areas?
That was something I didn't want to think about.
Stubbornness was a flaw that, instead of discarding, I embraced and used.
"i-it's not like it matters; I'm joining them tomorrow.... unless."
There was a faint hope shining in my heart that just a single dagger mark would remain on a tree in a forest.
Barely keeping my eyes open, I stared upwards at the countless stars shining in the night sky.
Unfortunately, there were no shooting stars this time.
Closing my eyes, I swapped eyesight with my first crow one last time, seeing the waterfall village, before allowing myself to sleep.
As the sun rose, shining its rays right in my face and forcing me to wake up, I reluctantly stood up from the ground.
Today was going to be a hard day.
Either I would find the end condition and have to solve whatever puzzle or fight whatever monster myself... or I would become a part of what I used to hate the most.
And I do mean "used to."
What did I hate the most now?
Gazing at the floor below me as I made my way to the marked tree, I cleared my face while manifesting my pair of corrupted daggers.
Tilting my head upward as I approached the trees, I picked an apple before handing it to my cat, who had just woken up.
*MEOW*
"yeah, yeah, I know this is second time, this week."
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