Food Problem (2)

'Was it the fifth or sixth time already?' She thought as soon as she open her eyes. The sun is already setting.

*Ting*

Congratulations!

[Skill: Tolerance has level up]

[Tolerance Lvl. 3]

She immediately wave her hand to close the system.

'Not happy at all'

She get up and pick up her spear. She walk inside the dark forest again.

'I haven't encountered single monster all day.' She look around as the sun sets. The Hunting Spear automatically activated it's skill. Her black eyes turn gold and her field of vision expanded.

'This skill is really nice. Too bad it's only temporary.'

'huh?'

'Wait.'

'What's that? Grilled meat? Did my sense of smell also heightened?' She look around and tries to pinpoint the source of the delicious smell.

She walk towards the appetizing smell and caught a glimpse of smoke rising a little far from her direction.

She then run cautiously and hungrily towards it. She stopped immediately and hid behind a tree when her peripheral vision caught a moving object. She peeked at its direction and caught two ogres dragging something huge. She concentrated her eyes to make something out of it.

'Is that a boar? but its definitely much larger than a regular boar.'

She carefully stalk the two ogres. She was surprise to see the destination is.

" There are more than twenty ogres gather-- wait this is. . a lair isn't?" With an enormous blazing fire in the middle, There are multiple messy sets of large clothing hanging everywhere that serve as canopy.

There are other two set of fires, smaller compared to one in the middle. Above this fire were hanging meats.

"They are cooking it." She focus on the meat long enough to make her drool. 'I want it.' She gulped her saliva.

Steathily she approach the side where the meat is. There are total of five ogres near the area. Other Ogres are busy sharpening their weapons or having strength contest. The five ogres near the meat are either asleep or just standing in.

She threw a rock at the opposite direction. The ogres turn to the rustling sound then go back at guarding.

"Aren't they supposed to be stupid?"

She snapped and went out of her hiding place. She walk out of the trees until the ogres saw her. Both ogres smile and walk at her direction confidently. She then run back the forest, The ogres chased after her.

Not long after her escape, she twist her body and ankle to face the running ogres behind her. Her yellow eyes glow bright as she extend her spear out.

*Ting*

[Requirements has been met]

The Moonlight has affected the ???'s Hunting Spear.

[Paralysis Poison will increase it now can affect up to Rank B monsters]

Additional Attributes will be added.

[ATK + 40, AGI + 40]

She sliced one of the ogre's throat and went to the other one and cut its achilles heel.

One of the ogre knelt down when it turn its head the spear tip landed on its eyeball. A big wooden bat swing behind her. She hid behind the ogre she stab and jump backwards to avoid the falling ogre's body.

"Not very nice, smashing your friend's head." She click her tongue as she watch the blood flow out of the ogre's crushed head. Before the remaining ogre take another step it fell flat the ground.

"Open System." She went to the inventory and pull out the Ogre's Axe which immediately fell and stick to the ground.

'Heavier than I expected.' She dragged the huge heavy axe.

"You tried to kill me. Call this quits." She said as she stagger to lift the axe and finally split the ogre's head into two.

*Ting* Ting* Ting

[You killed an Ogre]

[You killed an Ogre]

[You have level up!]

'The ogre's must be a low level monster. I level up slow.' She throw the axe back at the inventory and walk towards the ogre's camp again.

She sneakingly enter the unguarded area of ogre's lair and unhooked two rope of meat quietly.

She open the system and put the stolen meat in inventory.

[Stolen Meat]

Difficulty: n/a

Description:

¿unknown meat¿

*Cries*

She turn her head at the direction of the cries. It is coming from the one of the tent near the grilling area. She peeked inside and it made her eyes wide open.

She entered the spacious tent and look around the red dyed room.

'Its a butcher room'

The huge boar she saw earlier is hanging on hook upside down. Aside from the boar meat, there are other meats hanging on hooks, jugding from the skins and bones piled at the floor. It is possible not only boars are being slaughtered here. On the inner part of the tent a large wooden cage with confined crying small animal inside.

The shivering small black animal in the cage is curled into a ball at farthest corner of the cage.

"Psssst." She called. It didn't turn around.

"Hey!" She said in a slightly louder voice. It turn around and look at her.

It slowly turn its head, their eyes meet. It stopped crying and stare at her. Its has yellow eyes with black iris. They are shaking as it stare at her.

'Is it a dog or wolf?' The small animal rise and start walking towards her.

*Groooooowl*

Multiple ogre's loud growl resonate. Both the cub and the girl flinched. The cub shiver and retreat back at the corner again and held in its cries.

She peeked at a small hole and saw several ogre's punching each other.

'Looks like conflict. Let's use this chance.'

She look at what kind of lock does the cage has.

Thick looking ropes.

'What do I expect?' She is both amazed and appalled at her expectations.She equipped the ogre's axe and cut the ropes.

"Hey, Lets' go." She said but she keep watching the tent's entrance. The cub won't stop shivering from fear.

The tent's entrance flipped opened and an ogre carrying a big butcher's knife entered.

When the ogre entered, it notice that the cage's door was opened. It walk towards it. A girl hiding behind the hanging meats pierce the ogre's chin but it's not enough to pierce through the skin she then push the spear using her knee skewering the ogre's head up to it's tongue.

*Ting

[You killed an Ogre]

[Dropped Items Acquired]

1x Ogre's Butcher's Knife

1x Sturdy rope

The cub watches from inside the cage. It's head is slightly down but its eye's continues to follow her.

"Its a wolf. A young wolf . . . Well, what are you waiting for? let's go." The wolf seems to understand and limps towards her.

She sighed and pick up the limping wolf. The young wolf is only less than an arm length and doesn't weight much. Good thing that cub didn't struggle and comfortably hang in her arms.

The girl peeked again outside the tent and one ogre with red streaks in its body ruthlessly throwing continuous punches on the ogre below him. Some ogre's are already laying unconciously on the ground.

'That one looks dangerous.'

She left the tent quietly and saw the remaining grilled meat unguarded. She unhooked every last piece of the meat and disappeared into the dark forest.

She is resting her back at one of tree by the lake. catching her breath. Her fatigue didn't accumulate as fast as yesterday. The cub is still in her arms and looking up to her.

She let down the cub and shoo him away. "Go." She said coldly as she open her inventory and pull out the meat she stole.

' I wonder what kind of meat is this.'

The cub rub its head on her legs. She push away the cub but it keeps returning and rub its body on her.

'Don't tell me. . . ' She look at the meat then the cub alternately. "Its not. . . your family or relative right?" The cub settled down beside her thigh.

The delicious looking and most decent food she had seen in days in her hands are one bite away but put the meat away and sigh.

[Stolen Meat]

Difficulty: n/a

Description:

¿unknown meat¿

'Arghhh.' She mumble some curses and pull out the old cloth and hide herself underneath it. The wolf cub also enter and snuggle to her body.

"Tsk!! If I don't find any food tomorrow whether its your relative or not I will eat this meat, you understand?" She declared. The wolf just continue to snuggle its body.

****

The sun is up and the forest is still dark except the lake area where the sunlight is brightly shinning.

By the lake she knelt down and scoops handful of water and splash it in her face and body. The young wolf looks at the girl washing herself went to the edge of the lake and look at his reflection.

"If you fall, I will not save you." She said coldly and continue to wash herself. The young wolf lower its head to the lake and accidentally slip. The young wolf struggle to stay afloat in the water while the girl watches it swim for its life.

" I told you I won't save you even if you look at me like that." The drowning wolf is looking desperately at her. The girl stood up and turn her back.

She sighed and squat "If I save you, are you going to listen me? . . . . *Sigh* . . . Can you even understand me? " She extended the end of the spear to the almost exhausted drowning animal.

The wolf cub bite the end of the spear and the girl pull him up to the ground. The drenched young wolf cough water and weakly lay on the ground.

" I save you twice now, now get lost." She start walking away when the young wolf tagged behind her shivering and limping.

She saw in her peripheral vision the stumbling wet wolf following behind her. She sighed and start running away the wolf tried to follow her but it eventually roll off the mud and left behind.

'Why do I have to take care of another being, I can't even feed myself.' She look behind her and when she notice the wolf is gone. She stopped running.

****

Sitting on the ground with the stolen grilled meat on one side and a bunch of unknown fruits, berries and mushroom on the other side.

*Growl*

Her stomach is reaching the limit. She is thinking hard and long. She then pick the meat.

'Its not a big deal. Whether its wolf or boar meat I can eat it. yes. . .' trying to convince herself. She look at the grilled meat and saw the limping young wolf image.

'It doesn't matter.' The images of snuggling young wolf nagging her conscience.

"Screw it!" She toss the meat and pick the various fruits she gathered.

She return to the lake side she keep looked around.

'It didn't return here.' She sit at her usual spot and open the system.

[Various fruits]

Difficulty: n/a

Description:

¿Unknown¿

"Okay, Let's start." She frown at the unknown food. She picked up palm size white pear shape fruit and bite into it.

*Ting* Ting

[You have been poisoned.]

[Activating Skill Tolerance]

She did not even flinched at the sight of the familiar warning. Her vision started to dim but before she lose her eyesight the system's window pop out.

*Ting *

[Visual Impairment Tolerance: 6%]

She sighed as she just close her eyes and try to concentrate on what she can hear. Who knows where and when will a monsters appear eventhough she has not encountered any monster during the morning and only ogre's at night.

She keep hearing the continuous notification bell of the system. When she open her eyes, her visions returned. It took 28 minutes last time before her vision returned normal now it took her 25 minutes.

[Visual Impairment Tolerance: 8%]

[Visual Impairment has been completely neutralize]

[Player have consume same type of poison. . . building immunity for this poison.]

'Immunity. . .?' She take a look at the bitten white fruit from earlier. She picked it up and bite into it again.