Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Ruins
'Where am I'
'I Doesn't feel right'
Later does she noticed, she grit her teeth, her breathings area heavy.
She doesn't know anything but she felt despair, loss, hurting, and only one feeling she's familliar with, "BETRAYED".
'where am I'
'It hurts'
She tried to crawl but she couldn't feel her hand. She tried to move her body with her legs as she laid flat on the ground.
'Am I facing the ground?'
She tried her best to roll over with all the strenght she had.
A ceiling made with pointy rocks... A glossy shining light stuck on the wall... Everything looks different.
Beside her, a piece of broken shield. Her face was covered in blood, she could see the torn of her clothes from her neck.
'Tears?, is that meee? Who are you?..'
"Where am I?" -Natashia shouted
[Human... there's no.....time]
'what?'
[I...barely...made..reach...contact]
'what are you...'
[Elders... Emissary's....Choosen...beware]
[Gift...take them..Survive...Human]
'I don't understand'
The Distorted voice has ended as of it cracked.
[Retrieving Memory]
'What is this' -she groaned
A surge of pain struck her speechless for a moment. She can't think straight as random scenery has flashed in her eyes.
'Is this....this isn't me....who?'
The cave was filled in her groan, you cann feel her agony from her voice. A flashback of of her life. Natashia saw them all.
[RETRIEVAL FAILED]
'The memory wasn't clear enough, but I can feel her'
[The host's memory retrieval has failed due to current state]
[Skill analyze has activated]
'Whats this, I can feel everything... I'm bleeding..someone'
[Skill Recovery is already active]
[Recovery time, 332:47:38 Hours]
'That's not Helping'
'I wish i could heal my self and recover my body to its original state like magic'
[BORROWING AUTHORITY]
[HEALING SKILL OBTAINED]
'What? What is happening'
'ughh...can you do me a favor and just help me'
[.....]
[HOST AUTHORITY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED]
Natashia suddenly felt relieved in an instant, as if her body has fallen into a pool with cool water. It's dark and felt warm, the darkness is reaching towards her.
She felt an embrace that help her to think better than her recent awakening. She could see a glimpse of of her body through an image.
'that's not me....whatever is happening now... Im already dead'
[NOTICE]
[TRANSFERRING AUTHORITY]
The notification waked her up.
Natashia opened her eyes, she noticed she was still in the same spot she was before.
She felt more better and energize than the last time.
She check her body, from her hand and i to her legs. She crawled over towards the mirror as she noticed her face has changed and looked a lot younger, as fas as she remember.
Her clothes was still torn as it loosen up a lot. Her body felt smaller and lightened.
She immediately looked arround to find something useful, like mobile phone or something that doesn't exist in the current world she's in right now.
'I feel hungry' -her stomach growled
She doesn't noticed it but shes been sleeping for 1 and half day.
Natashia scavenge the entire room in the cave and took every stuff she could use.
She tore her clothes and shape into a sack by tying each corner. She placed all the items in there as she head outside.
Away From Her a room that leads to the exit.
Corpses of monsters lay wasted unto the cave's floor. As the last one of them has just fallen after it was cutdown by a sword.
I guess that's the last of them, alright slice them up and take the materials -the man said to his teammates
The 4 beastman has sliced the corpses as they take the materials both inside and outside the corpses.
Natashia was walking in a maze trying to fined where is the exit of the cave. She went to every alley and she finally convinced herself that she was lost.
'This annoying voice in my head was nowhere to be found in a time like this' -She think as she was annoyed.
After her idle walking almost giving up, she heard voices not far from her. She followed where the came from she tried to be sneaky as she could.
One of the beastman had a keen smell noticed there was someone behind them.
Natashia was hiding behind a wall in the cave as she followed them. Just as the beastman in shape like a wolf has appeared in front of her.
She quickly step backed swiftly as she create a burst of mana unconsciously and dashed away from the beastman.
The beastman gnarled at her as it's fellow beastman arrived.
'what's the matter, monster?' -the beast man asked
The 4 of them was ready for combat just then they saw Natashia seems to be prepared as well.
'its.... it's an elf...child' -the woman beast said
The tension between then soften as they explained amd introduce themselves. Glim the wolfman, Draha, Draza, Dralin the triplets whos also a wolfman.
They asked Natashia of her name but she hasn't responded to them. She was also confused how she could umderstand this creature.
She saw monsters on her way and she had more than many question in her mind now.
The party was happy as they saw the exit, got out of the place they call Ruins.
They saw another 3 figure that just went in to the ruins. They still make their pace as they know the ruins is mostly visit by Adventurer.
The party that just came in were in cloak and looks more smaller than the beastmen.
The two party walk past each other just when they smell a familliar scent, Humans.
One of the humans looked at the bestmen party and saw Natashia.
The wolfman was pushed back by the shockwave. The moment they opened their eyes Natashia was already held in their hands.
You...are you Arlette Jibrhiem? -the man said
'This is bad, I was trying to be careful now im at this situation' -Tashia thought for herself.
"Let the child go Nicholas, can't you see that's clearly a mutt" -The man said
[Shifters Skill has been Used]
The man with bulky physique stood still as he asked one of his party to release Natashia.
Captain what are you saying....this is clear an elf in my ha.... -the man stopped suddenly
Natashia's hood has been blown by the air and the man saw her that she exactly looked like a mutt.
The man Nicholas still couldn't believe himself what happened but he was realy sure that he grabbed an elf.
We dont have any info about you changing your appearance, but this dress is surely from that bitch - the man said furiously
"Stop, haven't you heared me soldier?" -Drey shouted
Duke, Drey's son has acted on behlaf of his father as well and walk towards Nicholas and grabbed his arm off Natashia. Nicholas gazed on Duke as he removed his hand from his rudely.
Natashia gasped for air as Nicholas released her neck from his grip.
The wolfman was still confused but Dralin acted on her own and took natashia claiming she was her sister.
The humans seems to calm down as Dralin tried to explain that they they recently scavenge a corpse somewhere and thats where they took her dress.
Nicholas quickly caught her lying and quickly unsheathed his sword. A wave of energy burst out in the middle of the forest quickly drawing attention to nearby adventurers.
Drey their captain quickly aided the situation and immediately stopped Nicholas. As of the wolfman drawed their sword gnarling at the other party.
I am deep sorry for my men's rude behaviour -Drey said
Captain, dont apologize to this lowly beasts -Nicholas said furiously.
The captain didn't say any other word and told Nicholas to hurry and finish their mission.
Nicholas left his golden gaze in them as they continue to walk towards the deep of the ruins.
Dralim sighed in relief knowing the situation was already calm.
Just who are you, kid -Glim said to natashia
Natashia's appearance slowly switched back into her elf appearance.
[Mana has been depleted]
[Skill Mana Hunger has leveled up]
[Divine Mana has been stored, 95/750]
'you're appearing again when im near death situation'
[.....]
'Do you actually hear me?'
"Key kid, what are you?"
They noticed Natashia has grown a little bit and tried to snap her out of it.
Natashia also looked confused and they sighed not askng any more question.
Lets just head to Peril, lets go -Glim said with dissapointment in his voice.
Natashia looked back at the cave before they leave towards peril.
Somewhere deep in the Ruin.
'she can't be a pile of bones in a weak lying dead in here' -Nicholas shouted furiously as he kicked her corpse
"I've told you captain, they were lying"
Drey told Nicholas to head towards Peril and not cause any commotion. Follow the Beast and find the girl.
Nicholas's gaze has turn molten iron as he excitedly accepted Drey's order.
Yes Captain
Next chapter: Awakening
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Name:.... (???)
Class: N/A Level: 1
Fatigue: 35/100
HP: 100
MP: 50
STR: 1 VIT: 1
AGI: 1 INT: 1
SENSE: 1
SP: 0