28 Morning After

Eyes inched slowly awake and with a raised hand wiped his eyes, As they opened he saw a misty morning which covered the forest canopy, Observing with eyes shutting wanting to close he saw the morning due slowly burn off colour returned to the forest and the vibrant glimmered in the two suns light ,As he groggily raised up his body flinging his legs off the sidebirds could be seen fluttering in the sky and Caleb groggily got up rubbing his sore head and as he did he realised his whole body was sore.

"System why do i hurt so bad "

[Certain skills have a price , Burst is that you are exhausted after use ]

Aching all over it felt strained, he knew full well if he didn't have pain resistance he would be screaming to high heavens probably.

Quickly spinning with his head to click it in place, it felt like it lagged behind with his vision slowly adjusting

"So ...How many skills are like this because its gonna be annoying if it is all of them"

[Certain skills have a price for use, For example, haste which is a separate skill but acts similar to cowards sprintonly increases actual speed but not any other factor while burst increases all aspects of the body]

Now the strain pulsated gonging in his head like a rapturous choir and eyes turned high in discomfort he looked into the distance and sighed, The forest before him was immense, it still stretched far and wide beyond his sight.

Exhaling a long breath he jumped upwards and stood tall with a quick movement

"Fuck ,fuck ,fuck my fucking back owwwwwww"

Now standing at an angle he quickly snapped himself back to place where it belonged.

Shaking his head and rolling his eyes back in exasperation he looked again over the distance

"System, I think ive had enough of this forest shoul.."

[Goal Established: Leave the forest ]

"Seems you have had enough too, Can you show me those objectives"

Like the previous profile sheet an azure light sputtered in front but with an almost clipboard like set up where objectives where X'ed off

Leave The Forest:

Main:

X Find a route to exit

OExit the forest

Side:

X Repair System <Increases success chance>

X Gain Skills <Increases success chance>

"System if you don't mind asking your goal "

[To facilitate you to become something I'm not embarrassed to be associated with]

Caleb now with a dissatisfied look and a sarcastic smile not exactly knowing how to react just stared into the distance twitching his head looking around for an answer to his woes, With a heavy ladened sigh.

"Sometimes i think i should just keep my mouth shut"

Caleb approached the massive tree and with a crack of bark hestabbed the horn inside the and slid down the tree with his weight and as he did the bark rained down and hit his head as he left the hand holding the horn above ,As he slowly descended the wood plinked of his skull and mockingly the system for each hit

+1

+2

+3

+4

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These tinks carried on and Calebs face quickly turned into a dissatisfied one with eyes staring daggers and as he jumped off the noise of fireworks ringed in his head looking back at the tree with confusion a assure message as the objectives appeared.

!!MEGA COMBO 120!!

After getting over being belittled by the voice in his head and pride took a hit he breathed in a sigh.

Caleb gaged and coughed up quickly, he forgot what he left rotting down here. With a lurching inhalation he held it in and walked past the bodies which he left, After going towards the River he saw the marking made by the Direwolves, Once they noticed there friend was fallen they barrelled forth and upturned the ground, the upturned ground was churning wet and muddy.

Following this to exit into the clearing near the river he saw the rabbits carcass, it was shredded

Looking at the torn apart remenants a distinctive growl rung out form his tummy.

"Looks like this is going to be a trek, Hope my lunch appears on the way there "

"Compass please convince unit"

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.The system begrudgingly complied with an azure compass appearing at the bottom left

The compass pointed north and the stream flowed towards the direction

Caleb stared off into the unknown extending forest which lay before him and with a sigh and a begrudging step he started to march forward.