After finishing my two exams i feel violated in more than one way, still few more exams to go... :(

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Encounter

Walking closer to a smell, Thor on Dimitry shoulder started to make low growling sounds and after few seconds stopped, and stayed silent as if mentally fighting something. Dimitry cautiously walked staying as quite as possible.

After few more steps he saw bloody scene if front of him. Intestines covered majority of land, with body parts lying sparsely, blood was sprayed everywhere, and rotten metallic smell was hammering insides of his throat. Only few bodies seemed to be in decent shaped with one of them having great sword sticking up his belly pierced into land. Other body with a two arrow one in his shoulder and another one in his leg, he was seated by a small wagon with dead horse still connected to wagon. Taking a long moment looking at this scene, Dimitry not being used to seeing this took four small breaths and his face hardened.

He walked closer to a wagon, trying to see if there is something that can be useful to him. While walking he stepped on someone’s organs and they made a mushy sound, feeling as his stomach tensed he restrained vomit from going to his throat.

‘Should I now… get used to this’

Looking at grotesque scene in front of him, he stayed like that until he got used to the smell and what he saw, Dimitry always thought that he was good at adapting quickly.

Now without any feeling of nausea Dimitry walked up to a wagon, and noticed that Thor was as silent as ever not even moving for millimeter. Being meter from body impaled with two arrows Dimitry saw that man was still breathing. This man had a short red hair, amazing muscles; he wore what seemed to be a heavily destroyed warrior outfit, with breast plates and metal covering weakest body parts while being covered in blood.

‘First alive human that I meet in this world….should I help him…’

Feeling like he decided what to do, Dimitry went closer to a tree and found stick, while returning to an injured man on his way he saw broken bottle with red liquid inside only having little bit as rest was gone because of cracks on bottle, Dimitry went to injured man and started to poke him with stick.

‘Seems like not enough,’

With stick he started to slap injured man on his cheeks, after five times it seemed to have affect as injured man started to make a painful sound-

“Aaa-a..!” man painfully gasped. Opening his eyes he saw Dimitry looking at him with cold eyes-

“Ha-ha so you finally came… for my soul, just know…” injured man started to talk and look at sky at which point Dimitry slapped him again with stick,

“Hey! What that’s for – cough! – Aaa-a!...” injured man started to yell but ended up grimacing form pain.

“You just seemed to go somewhere far… stay focused… I’m not here for your soul…” Answered Dimitry

“I see… I’m not dead yet,” injured man said to himself, to which Dimitry just nodded his head once.

“Who are you and what you are doing in this place, we are right now in east side of Kangest forest, this place is avoided…” injured man inquired.

“I got lost, as you can see from my clothes; I’m not from these places” answered Dimitry,

“Indeed, I have never seen clothes like those…if you are lost here, then you came from east side of forest as its closes to border of this nation, but there is vast sea…”

“We got in ship shipwreck and I was only survivor,” Dimirty said flatly not even bothering to sound emotional. Injured man just stared at Dimitry and then noticed what was on Dimitry shoulder. With eyes that almost popped out of his eyes socket-

“That!...That is Tigono isn’t it!” yelled injured man forgetting about his injury and again letting painful groan.

Dimitry looked at Thor and then on injured man-

“Is this monster special?” asked Dimitry

“Of course Dude, every adventurer memorized its looks in hope of finding one, but you have better chance of becoming royal guard than finding one, Tigono are sought after scholars and magician, they fetch unimaginable price if you were to sell them!” injured man explained greedily.

‘I see rare monster, but why they want it, will have to ask little later right now need….’ Thought Dimitry.

“So, how is your condition,” asked Dimitry, looking at two arrows sticking out of man.

“Now when you reminded me about it, pain started to worsen…” exhaustively stated injured man.

“Can’t you heal yourself?”

“Ha- I wish, I’m not a healer as you can see...and if I remember correctly last heath potion bottle have broken during that fucking trap attack, at least I took all of them down with me!” with rage bellowed warrior.

‘Health potion, that is interesting, …now I will not be able to heal him with my mana manipulation as I had hard time with only bruise, for now I don’t have enough mana to heal him and not to speak manipulate mana outside my body which is harder than on inside…’ thinking deeply Dimitry looked at injured man and said.

“I will help you, and in return I want…” said Dimitry living pause before continuing. Injured man looked at Dimitry and saw his cold eyes intensively staring at him, after minute of silent staring injured man said-

“I’m not into man,” at which Dimitry smacked him again,

“You are lucky I can’t move…if I could I would!” as injured man tried to frighten Dimitry he got again smacked with stick.

“I mean information,”

“…I see…I indeed don’t want to die, but what information do you want…so you know I will not share information on how to charm ladies” injured man kept spouting nonsense, at which Dimitry smacked him again.

“WhA- the Fuck! MAN!” yelled man again painfully exhaling after he moved slightly and his wounds seemed to cause immense pain.

“Stay focused,” coldly said Dimitry,

“Damn, I’m injured do you have no pity!” voiced painfully warrior,

“I lost it long ago, so what you say, information I want is everything conserving life here and don’t worry I don’t want any politic or warfare secrets,” answered Dimitry asking.

“Fine, I don’t want to die…but on condition that you don’t touch or open black wooden box back at cart as it is my mission to deliver it,” agreed injured warrior.

“That is deal then,” said Dimitry, remembering broken bottle with red liquid.

“Is health potion red in color and is stored in bottle?” asked Dimitry.

“yes,” answered injured man.

Straitening himself up, Dimitry walked to where he saw broken battle and asked-

“Come to think, why is there no monsters here, it’s just like open restaurant for them here?”

“It’s all because of mana stone that fends of monsters, if not that I would be long dead…”answered injured man.

“How does it work?” asked Dimitry.

“Dunno about all the details…” was an answer

“So I got myself meathead…” sighed Dimitry, now knowing that this man will not be able to answer all his question regarding most difficult questions.

“Hey, I’m warrior not mage or scholar, all I know is that its somehow influences monster’s instincts tricking them on not to come near stone,” answered injured man.

‘That is interesting…now to think about it…’ Dimitry looked at Thor on his shoulder ‘This little guy has been super quiet was it because its fighting his instincts’

Walking closer to a broken bottle, Dimitry picked it up trying to not spill anything of what was left, carefully walking back to an injured man, Dimitry showed him bottle.

“There is little to nothing left, it will have little affect…” dejectedly said man.

“Well better than nothing,” said Dimitry, carefully placing it on ground farther from them. Then he placed his hand on injured man armor trying to take it off-

“…what are you doing, as I said I’m not into-” before injured man could finish Dimitry grabbed arrow and broke it, to which injured man painfully grinded his teeth.

“I need to take them out first,” said Dimitry and with force ripped piece of already broken armor off, while injured man gave even more painful growl. Now being able to take whole arrow out, Dimity did so, while injured warrior grinded his teeth from the pain. Moving to a leg Dimitry with yank pulled whole arrow out, to which injured man passed out from the constant pain and exhaustion.

‘…now this is problematic…he will bleed to death if he doesn’t drink health potion now…’ Dimitry started to slap inured man on face but it seemed to hold no affect.

‘….I will have to wash my mouth with bleach later….’ painfully sighing, Dimitry took all health potion in his mouth and delivered in into injured man mouth. Standing up fast, Dimitry went to a river and washed his mouth for five minutes, while Thor started to move on his shoulder.

“Don’t like that stone?” asked Dimitry,

“quii-ii!” Thor gave affirmative peep.

“Well it will save us in this forest, so hold on,” said Dimitry to which Thor nodded his head.

“Would be useful if I had more skill, superior healing seems like good one…”said Dimitry, while Thor give questioning peep.

“But you know… I felt like if I chose other choice I would not be able to escape,” continued Dimitry, while Thor looked at him not knowing what he meant. Turning around Dimitry walked back to where smell originated.