Year Alpha 4000 D.O (After omega)
Time almost noon
On the outskirts of the town Broncios
Our characters have started their new adventure, they are on the outskirts of town walking towards their new destination. Erpone walks at a firm and sure step with a good speed and a little further behind is our adventurer Björn deep in thought of him.
Will I really walk all this time with the person who almost killed me? She also bit off my arm ... There must be a reason why she Done all that. Björn thought.
"I-I need you to answer some questions ..." Björn says to Erpone a little doubtful and with a trembling voice.
"Okay I'll answer the questions you want, but don't think I really want to do it," Erpone answered.
"Exactly what kind of connection do you have with the sorcerer?"
"I ... I owe my life to him, and I will be his faithful follower until the day I die," Erpone answered. "Are you sure you want to accompany me to the capital on foot?" I do not know that we are on the road, things could be complicated.
"Hm, do you think I won't bear what we meet on the road?" I have survived many situations in my life, besides, I am a Viking. Odin will bless our path.
"If you insist," Erpone says as he shrugs his shoulders.
And so a long talk continued as our adventurers entered the forest, a forest heavily populated with trees of many kinds, rare trees which Björn had never seen in his life.
"How long will it take to get there?" - Björn asked.
"If everything goes well, it will take us 2 weeks," Erpone replied.
A few hours passed and our adventurers continued on their way, slowly but surely. Suddenly Björn noticed something on a tree, a strange thing that he was hanging from it. He took a long branch and tried to make it fall.
"This looks like a fruit," Björn commented.
"Be careful what you touch, not everything in this forest is what it seems." - Erpone answered - Besides, I don't think you like that fruit.
Björn didn't listen to Erpone and kept trying to lower the fruit. A few minutes passed and when he saw that he could not, he preferred to leave it there, but when he looked down he realized that there is the same fruit on the floor, he still decided to take it to look at the strange shape of the fruit a bit, since it has a royal blue color, purple spots and small spikes that protrude from its skin.
-Do not touch her! - Erpone shouted.
Hearing that, Björn became excited and quickly released the rare fruit.
-!What happens!? ¿! What happens!? - Björn said scared.
"It's not a bad thing, just that this is my favorite fruit and I want it for myself."
"And for that alone, you are going to Yell at me!" I thought something bad would happen to me.
—Those fruits are highly poisonous, but since I am a reptile it does not harm me in any way, instead it would cause you a high fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and excruciating pain throughout your body. The strangest thing is that the poison only lodges in the small spikes that it has at the bottom. Didn't your world teach you that brightly colored things are dangerous?
So this fruit is very fond of him. Maybe if I get some and give them to him I will stop being so cold and cutting with me, so the trip will be less uncomfortable. Björn thought.
Hours passed. The night began to fall and the stars are noticed in the sky, a soft cold begins to cross the place and a light fog is noticed in the environment.
Björn, noticing that night was falling, realized that future dangers could lurk around the place, so he decided to look for something to defend know. The first thing that occurred to him was to make a spear, took a branch, and rubbed one end against a rock until a sharp point formed, but Björn didn't think it was enough to defend himself so he decided to find a pointed stone to use as if it were the tip of the spear. A couple of minutes passed and at last, Björn saw the perfect stone, so perfect that it seemed that it was not really, its shape is very similar to that of the tip of a spear. Without thinking how much the young warrior approached the stone and took it.
"Isn't that stone strange to you?" - Asked Erpone.
"Yes, it's strange, but it's also perfect to use as a point for my makeshift spear." - Björn answered while he took a better look at the stone.
After a few seconds he noticed that it was not actually a stone, but a dry, dusty shell. Björn was shocked to see that it is the rind of the same fruit that they had found a few hours ago and when he realized that he remembered what Erpone told him. Only five seconds passed after taking the shell and a thunderous chill began to run through the body of the young Viking. Feeling that Björn turned very scared in Erpone's direction.
"N-nothing will happen to me, right?" The fruit is already dry. - Björn said with a voice full of fear.
- Are you starting to tremble with fear or do you already feel the symptoms? - Asked Erpone.
"I-I hope it's from fear," Björn said As it gets whiter than a cloud.
- Poor boy ... Don't worry, the effects only last 12 hours. - Erpone said as he put his right hand on his face.
Björn started to worry a lot as every second he felt worse. A severe headache, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, fever, and intense pain are the torture that Björn will feel for the next 12 hours.
—Odin don't let me die today… Make your ravens take care of me - Björn says as he falls to the floor and has hallucinations. - And is this your favorite fruit?
"Poor boy…" Erpone said as he looked at Björn with pity.
Björn gathers all of his strength and barely manages to lift himself using the spear as a cane to support himself while he walks. It was only 20 minutes of walking and Björn's symptoms had gotten much worse, so he made the decision to rest until he recovered. He took a couple of leaves, gathered them in one place, and dropped onto them in a fetal position. The pains and symptoms were getting worse, he only heard it coming out of his mouth, they were screams and complaints. All he does is shake and clench his jaw. He cannot sleep, as every time he falls asleep, he is awakened by intense pain. Björn feels that he is in hell itself and that this night would be the last for him. After a couple of hours, the young Viking finally managed to have a long and peaceful sleep.
The birds sing, he feels the gentle passing of the breeze and the rays of the sun hit Björn's face, the infernal night has finally dawned and ended. Björn woke up still in pain but the other symptoms have disappeared, since he lost a lot of time because of what happened, without hesitation, he stood up with the help of the cane and continued with the walk despite still weak.
"I see you wake up in spirits, I thought you were dead." - Erpone said with an angry tone.
"Yes, I feel better now, let's not waste any more time and get to the capital quickly," Björn answered through clenched teeth and in a weak voice.
"Are you sure you can get to the capital in that state?" Erpone asked. "If you faint again, I'll drag you away, I'm not wasting any more time."
That day they just walked without stopping, they did not speak or stop at any time. The night fell silent and hunger came with her, Björn, seeing that she felt better, decided to try to hunt a rabbit, but she was so weak that she did not hit it and the rabbit ran away, Erpone only sees how she fails again and again while laughing.
Days passed and Björn is devastated by hunger and is still a little affected by what happened with the fruit, in the course of these days he has only been fed with fruits and berries. He started to get a little skinny and Erpone started to worry about him since he does not look in good condition.
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