Aftermath

A jarring message sent directly to his brain jumpstarted Adam's attention to the present. He found himself laying face down on the dirt, one eye closed and swollen, feeling pain all over his body.

[What is going on? Where am I?] he asked.

< Finally you are back. I was worried for a moment. You were not yourself for a while there> was prompted on his vision.

With that, the text disappeared from Adam's view, and all the other displays he had worked on with the system with it. He was left with only his regular vision and was somewhat impaired as he had an eye shut.

Adam tried to get up but winced when that little effort sent bolts of pain all over his upper body. It would seem it was not only his face that had suffered. Steeling himself up, he took a deep breath and pushed with his arms to get to a sitting position.

From this position, he was able to see the aftermath of the previous fight. The chicken monster was dead. Its head had been impaled with one of his spears and it seemed that its neck twisted at an awkward angle. He could also see that not all of the tengus on the defense team managed to survive the fight. One of the two who had been helping him was lying on a pool of his own green blood, with puncture marks on his torso.

He could also see further out that the Chief was also injured. It was cradling one of its arms with the other, the coveted sword on the floor by its feet.

Adam did his best to stand up, thinking he did not want to show any weakness from what the system had said before going away. He only accomplished to find himself woozy and fighting nausea. This did not forebode well for his injuries. They may be worse than what he could see now.

This is when the rest of the villagers arrived at the battle site, started to gather all parts of the beast and check on the defenders. He could see when they made sure the dead had passed away, as they started stripping them of weapons and armor. The tengus did not like to waste anything useful.

It was when they came near him that he saw Yorky coming by. He expected to be treated as always after a fight. Provided part of the meat and dismissed. So it was a surprise when Yorky came to him and asked:

- Happy time. Savior so strong this time! You killed awesome way. What want to do with it?