Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Eric left, and as he did, he heard the same thing as yesterday, but he heard the lady yelling much weaker compared to yesterday, and before he knew it, he heard a smacking sound and as he did, he thought "What loud-ass neighbor, sheesh" and kept going on his way as he ate some bread since he's just been eating meat recently and wanted something new to taste, and as he left, he saw a girl with a beaten-up face staring at him, he looked at her and thought "8?9? Probably the neighbors kid too" and as he did, he heard her stomach growling, and as it did and seeing how skinny she was, he went up to her, and as he walked up to her, she didn't move but stare at him, but mostly at his bread and as he crouched...well, he didn't really crouch, but bent his knees a little as he was kinda short for now, he faced the girl.

Eric looked at the girl and heard the man rapping his wife inside, and thought that's why she was out, so he smirked and said "What do you want?" and as he said that, she didn't respond, and so he ate some more of his bread, he then heard the girls stomach growl again and as he did, he asked "You want some bread?" and as he said that, the girl nodded, and so he said "Then what do you say if you want something" and as the girl heard that, she said weakly "P-please?" and Eric nodded as he was teaching her a valuable lesson, as probably someone would shoo her away or hit her, he then thought of not giving her any since he didn't care much and if the kid died, the mother would soon enough follow, but as he thought he was full, he went and gave it to the girl and said, "Well, I'll only give it to you this once, so don't bother me again alright" and he saw the girl staring at the piece of bread, he then saw her tearing half of it, and he thought she was gonna give him back half, but apparenlty not, she kept both and she just started at Eric as she ate one half, so he was curious and asked "Who's the other half for? You got a brother or a sister?" and she shook her head as she said "F-or mommy...mommies hungry...she gives me her food and doesn't eat..." and as Eric heard that, he gave her a pure smile as he rubbed her head, he then said, "You should just eat it all, after all, if you do, you'll have a higher chance of surviving in this world, screw your mother, you should place your life first and always first, you can give the scraps to her, unless you need them for later" and as he said that, he saw the girl not understanding at all, so he stood up and said, "Well, good luck kiddo" and as he said that, he walked away, but he heard the beat up girl say "Thank you" and as he heard that, he glanced back and waved back, but he saw she was storing the piece of bread under her clothes and as he did, he thought "Well, she's fucked, she storing it probably for her mother as the amount I gave wasn't much, so she would have been able to eat it all and still feel kinda hungry for a girl her size, and with her hunger as well, but not eating it means she's still gonna give it to her mother..., she won't survive with that mentality, rest in peace kid, hopefully you don't annoy me, I don't like hitting kids...or killing them either" and as Eric thought of this, he left and hunted, but before he did, he went and bought two large bags as he left the only one he had home to store the monsters, and as he got to the gate, he waved at the specific guard and saw him awkwardly waving at him, so he smiled as he left, and today, he was able to get twice his game as he had another bag, and he was able to get another tier 2 beast, but the sad part was, he only found one, so he started heading back, and as he did, the guard questioned him about his game while congratulating him, and well, Eric said "I just made traps and killed 1 or two myself, nothing much" and as the guard heard traps, he wondered where he learned how to do those from, but didn't get to question him as he saw Eric going in.

Eric went and sold all the meat, but not any of the crystals though, as he kept them, but he did sell the tier 2 monsters body, as he could barely eat a pound of meat from the 90 pound beast he has at home, and he would be able to hunt more soon anyway, and as he sold it, he found out it cost 7 utips and that was much more compared to the other, as it was 5 utips more, he then found out the crystal could be sold for 11 utips and after selling all the meat, even the tier 2 meat, he gained today was 33 utips as a bag could carry 7 minced monsters, and as he had 13 tier 1's and 1 tier 2, that equaled to 33 utips and with the utips he spent today on those bags equaling 4 utips, he had not 33+7=40 utips intotal, and this was not counting any of the monster cores he had, he was quite wealthy in this regard, he then went to the blacksmith and sold his ax, for 7 utips and lost 2 utips in the deal compared to how much he wasted, but he didn't mind that, he then went and bought and ax that was just a little bigger, but weighed 42 pounds, and as he felt how light it was, he just thought in general, it was much better and if he got one heavier, it would attract attention, so he paid the man 14 utips and left and the man looked weirdly as he saw the boy drag the ax away, but then he looked at his 14 utips and smiled.

Eric thought "So now I'm back with what I gained from the hunt huh? 33 utips, well that's...cool if you think about it" and then he thought of the 4 tier 1 monster crystals he ate today, and as he did, he smiled as he thought about how weaker there becoming to him and how much he's been getting stronger, especially since he tried to do the power thingy on his ax today, and he killed the beast while slashing the air from afar, and he thought at the time "50/50 it works and if it does, I am so gonna play more with this" and as he tried and saw a weird black aura slash attack appear flying to the thing, he then smiled in a creepy way as he saw it, but he looked awkward as it kept going for a bit even after killing the monster, and it kept slashing through other trees, he then thought "...less force?...Or is it supposed to be less of this power thingy...hmm" as he watched the wind blade looking thing, doing its thing and after it hit a few more trees, it stopped and faded away as it cut through half of its last tree.

Eric, as he remembered this, thought, "I gotta practice with this a little bit more... but not now" and as he got to his home, he glanced at his neighbors and heard nothing, so he went and ate the cooked tier two meat he had from yesterday, and he had it with some bread and nuts that he bought from yesterday as well, as it tasted better this way and soon enough he heard his neighbors, but it seemed the women didn't really try this time to stop him and he was just thankful for the peace and quiet, but as he heard the man's footsteps leaving, he soon heard a pair of footsteps walking to his place soon after and he just ignored it as he thought whoever it was, was just passing by, so he stored his pouch full of utips and monster crystals under the hay and before you know it, someone knocked on his door.

Erice looked at the door and went to open it and as he did, he saw the beat up girl, with another bruise and the supposed mother, who looked even worse, and as he saw them he thought "Hmm?" and as he thought that, he saw the women bowing and made her daughter bow as well, she then thanked him for his generosity earlier and as he saw this, he thought "So she did share...there was a chance of her storing it to evaluate the hunger for later, but she gave it to her mother…, pathetic, I wouldn't have done that, but what would I know about love, never had parents or cared about anyone, and I had an easy life with that mentality as I did whatever the hell I wanted" and soon enough, he said "Ok" and as the women looked at him, and saw not much of a reaction and as she saw he was a child, she then asked if she could greet his parents and as Eric heard that, he said "Don't have any, I'm a graduate of the orphanage warrior academy" and as she heard that, the lady apparently turned more respectful as she called him a warrior and apologized if she said anything wrong, and Eric replied in a chill tone "Don't sweat it and don't call me sir warrior, I'm a hunter" and as the lady heard that, she didn't understand as they were still warriors, she then thought he must be older than he looks, she then thanked him again, but as she looked inside his place, she saw meat, bread, and other food in there, and her stomach growled, she even heard her daughters stomach growl as well.

Eric, as he heard this thought "I'm not running a charity...should I scare them so they don't bother me anymore, with my rank in society and how there women, no one will care and the husband can't do shit if I beat them for bothering me…" he then paused as he looked at the lady "She's probably a 6 or a 6.5 out of 10 if the bruises go away, but nice tits and if she wasn't starved, probably have a body to go with it...and she's hungry with an abusive husband….and looking at how she's staring at the food...hehe…, having an affair sounds fun, rather than buying a slave" and he then said to her "Your hungry?" and as the lady heard that, and heard her and her daughter stomach, she appeared embarrassed as she apologized to him about their display, Eric ignored that as he smirked inwardly and said "I don't mind feeding you if you sleep with me in return" and as the lady heard that she told him she was married and could not, he then said as he gave her a sympathetic smile "It's your choice really, but hey, at least I offered…, is there anything else you need?" and the women looked at Eric then at the food, she then bowed as she said she was fine and thanked him for his earlier hospitality again and left.

To Be Continued.