“…… No matter how many times I see it, this place is really quite amazing. Wherever I look, it was covered by plants and trees… really, all around me was covered by primeval forests.”

After taking a glance at the large trees that were around him, Rain pinched a bit of the soil off from the ground.

The dark brown soil felt slightly damp. It’s the moist soil unique to the forests.

“No cement and no gravel, only soil.” Rain silently admired.

—Abundant and calming, the greenery provided people with a place to rest their minds and bodies.

Looking around him with gusto, Rain suddenly flashed a strange smile with the corner of his lip, and then turned around to look behind him. “At any rate, where am I?”

That’s right… Rain was currently lost.

“I just run away without thinking, forgetting that I’m currently inside a huge forest… I wonder, am I still inside Leyla’s territory?”

Even though he was walking aimlessly, Rain’s footsteps were light. Since he have no idea what this place was nor what kind of monsters inhabited this part of the place, if he won’t be careful and proceed with caution, he might meet a very terrifying monster that would make his as* flowering.

Being extra careful, Rain had more room to check his surroundings.

“Still, what kind of tree is this?”

As Rain looked at his surroundings again, he noticed that the forest was strange. He had only just now realized that he had never seen any of the types of the trees in this forest.

He then turned his eyes down to his footing, and he couldn’t remember seeing any grass growing there.

“What a strange forest…”

But still, I really need to go back quickly or else sister spider would get anxious if I wouldn’t return immediately. Ha~ I shouldn’t have acted tough saying I could now hunt alone, oh well what’s done is done.

With his head tilted, Rain continued walking forward. He couldn’t find anything that he had seen before. He felt like he was seeing a CG forest in a movie. However, his surroundings felt far more realistic than a movie.

What a strange realistic game as usual~

“I wished I wouldn’t meet a strong monster…” Though I hope I didn’t jinx it.

While Rain was thinking about that, he could hear something above him.

Kruaaaaaa!!!

A large bird flew past Rain while crying. It must have been at least 40 centimeters large.

“W-What is that!?”

The moment he saw the bird, Rain glance was fixed on it and his jaw dropped open. At first glance it seemed like a bird, but upon closer inspection, it was a reptile with the appearance of a bird.

“It looks like a small dragon… or maybe a dinosaur. Hm, I think it was called pterodactyl or something right?” That was an apt description of this flying reptile.

The reptile completely ignored Rain and continued flying. By spreading its large wings, it grabbed the air like a bird and flew far away in a short moment.

“Some weird place…really…” At this moment, Rain was struck by a thought. I think I’m already outside Leyla’s territory… am I?

Although he was still scared of Leyla, however, he was certain that she won’t hurt him and will protect him. Of course his confidence came from the contract between them; after all she will die if Rain died.

And now that he was outside her territory…

“As I thought, I have a bad premonition again.”

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

At that moment, Rain heard a woman scream from afar.

“…What’s that?”

Rain turned his head in the direction of the scream, and he could then hear other sounds, but not as well as the scream. And since the sound was getting absorbed by the forest, he couldn’t even tell what kind of noise it was.

“Aaaaaa….”

Another scream. The voice seemed more desperate than before. Despite that, it wasn’t as loud as before.

“Sounds like trouble. Should I go?”

In anime and manga this kind of scenario would certainly make the protagonist fight something abnormal, right? Although they would win with an amazing knock-out at the end but the fact is, this is not a fiction. What if I met a really strong monster that I couldn’t defeat?

But even so, I’m getting used to this, so a little danger shouldn’t hurt me. Besides, running away is very unmanly!

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After confirming the location of the sun above him, Rain began to make his way northwards into the primeval forest.

His destination was the place where the screams came from. Whether or not he can help, only fate knows but as long as he was a man, he had no choice but to go.

People who have never been to a jungle or forest would never know the danger within it.

There were many deadly dangers in the jungle. The most common dangers were poisonous snakes, mosquitoes with malaria parasites, fleas which caused typhoid and rash, poisonous spiders, fierce wild animals, dangerous insects and so forth. Besides the animals, there were also toxic plants, as well as the deathtrap of the bottomless swamp.

…More so, if this was just a natural and normal forest. However, the place Rain was currently located wasn’t.

Monsters, wild beasts that was even stronger than nuclear weapons, and strange plants, this world is truly absurd…

The more Rain entered deep into the jungle, the more he encountered strange looking insects, plants, and other animals.

Some were harmless, and some were intolerable. So then, almost every few steps he took were cautious as it could be.

Roooooaaaarrr!!

“Wha-!? What was that just now? Just like a TV monster… impossible, maybe by chance… maybe I entered an amazing monster’s territory again?”

Should I turn back? Ugh, what should I do?

“Damn this virtual game, why did they make it so realistic!” Rain’s little temper began to act up again and he started to complain about the organizers of the game.

Well, whatever, who cares if it’s a nest of dragons or cave of tigers, I will just give it a shot. Whatever should come, will come sooner or later.

And so, Rain decided to move forward but there was still lingering fear in his heart.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of a fierce battle in the forest ahead so he followed the noise and walked towards the scene.

Not too far away Rain saw a clearing in the forest. There were 2 to 3 humans who are fighting some kind of a … … tree.

That’s right! It was without a doubt a tree.

What the heck is this?!

Looking at it carefully, Rain immediately guessed that it was a [ Makopa ] Tree. The reason was, because the fruit of the tree was quite peculiar in shape. A bell shaped fruit.

Seeing how the tree trashed its enemies, Rain suddenly felt scared. Without any doubt, the tree was stronger than him. Seemed like the things happened in manga and anime could be trusted sometimes.

Should I go back? No, for now let’s see the situation.

With a cautious jump, Rain leapt 7-8 meters up. He somersaulted in the air and his legs slowly passed through the dense leaves before landing on the branch of one of the large trees. Breathing deeply, he began tree-walking his way towards the scene of the battle.

Upon arriving, Rain surveyed the battle from his position on the tree.

There were two men who was already lying in a pool of blood lifelessly and not so far away from him, one male and female, blood spattered and pale-faced, standing protectively in front of a young woman in her late teens.

She was beautiful. Although not really that beautiful compared to models and such but if you look closely, you would know that she was not a Filipino but a foreigner based on her skin and blonde hair color.

So they were players, Rain guessed.

The beautiful girl was wearing a bronze armor while holding a long steel sword. Good equipment for a noob.

—This equipment was not something you can just found anywhere, so they should have already found a city and went there.

However, she seemed to be in a very miserable situation. Her face was also pale, and filled with a miserable expression.

Rain took a look around, other than himself; there were no other people who could confront the tree monster anymore.

Hm, a pity but even if I fought that monster I would just get owned~

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