Survival of the fittest - 1

"W... What's going on here? What happened to them..." After trying to calm myself while wondering how or why all of them die in this place before i realized they trying to run inside that cave but blocked from inside whatever it's after effects from explosions or something else. Since right now i can't even denied existence of whatever energy or forces out there, no pun intended.

But whatever they are running from, they are dedicated to make sure none of them will survive. Since from the skeletons and their clothing and even armours that looks like came from Starship Troopers and some even look like they came from Halo.

Some of them have holes on their clothes and armour, some on their foreheads, while the others have clean cut that separates their bodies

But what i really can't comprehend is, even the kids and babies have holes on their body and head, one even baby even split in half which i hope it's because of how long this remnant has been here, but that same clean cut make me doubt it.

I walk as fast as i can to get out from this places, only to see ruins and bodies scattered around. Slowly i sat down vacantly, and can only say

"Fucking hell...."

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It's been few hours since i have been roaming around in this place, gathering all kind of things.

From what looks like a tablet, guns, spears, swords, short swords, a small plates with buttons, some clothing that tear apart to make some kind of ropes to tie something when needed and other things that i even guess what it is

This place seems futuristic but not to the level of what i see from some movies and games, thought it's seems it's unusable now. I don't know if it's because at the time the technology isn't advance enough or that even in distance future it still isn't possible to contain energies contained indefinitely. ¹

But at least there's something that can be used to at least hunt something for food, since i only have protein bars. Even if i don't have any experience in hunting at least it's better than dying from hunger.

So i make sure to empty my bag pack except my water bottle, put my pocket knife inside my well... Pocket, and a short one sided sword i think called saber for a makeshift machete.

I make sure my handkerchief and masks wet even to i didn't feeling anymore burning pain on my chest or having hard time to breath, but i want to make sure i didn't inhale something bad and also to dampening my breathing and any stupid sounds that i extreme sure that i will make

So with determination and preparing myself for the hunt i pick up a spear and start walking toward the forest.

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*Inhale*

I don't know how long i have been walking in the forest, i have been searching for any body of water to try hunting some fish, since i think fish is the safest bet

*Exhale*

But since i didn't find any so far, here i'm right now between bushes looking at something that i recognize and yet at the same time no.

*Inhale*

It's a deer, a young one if i see it according the size, with a blueish colour with white spots on its body.

The first time i see it, i was thinking

'Is that a fucking Kelbi!?' cause honestly, i love Monster Hunter, doesn't mean i want to transmigrated into that universe, especially a futuristic Monster Hunter.

But right now, i'm trying to make myself as calm as possible, i can feel my sweat trickling down from my brow and nape.

*Exhale*

Slowly i standing up as low as i can, while positioning my whole body ready to throw my spear.

I can feel my heart beating like crazy

'this is it, it's me or that thing...' i clench my teeth as hard as i can, and tensing my arm

'Please whatever out there, you help me to survive so far... Help me-' i don't know where i got the strength, but i throw the spear as hard as i can.

'One more time!' the moment the spear released from my hand, it fly so fast that i can't believe it was me who throw it since i know very well i'm not that strong nor i have the experience of throwing spear.

I watch with fascination as the spear fly straight to that Kelbi, i watch as that Kelbi raised it's head hearing the sound, the moment it trying to run the spear hit it's body so hard it float for a moment as the spear pierce through it's body and hit the ground as it's struggle weakly.

"I.. i did it!" I scream happily before i run to it's body.

"I did it!" I can't contain the happiness in my body, finally i got food and on my first try too.

"I-" but the moment i got to it's body and look at it as it's struggle weakly, and i look at it's eye. The moment i look at it's glassy eye, i feel the recoil of what i have just done.

I just take a life, even if it's just an animal it's the first time i take any kind of life, and it's a young one too.

Seeing how this Kelbi slowly stopped struggling and hearing it's heavy breathing , i know it's suffering, and i know how to stop it.

With my shaking hand i slowly touch it's head gently while pulling out my knife with my shaking hand. I feel like something guiding me where to and what to do to stop it's suffering.

While saying some prayer i push the knife into the Kelbi and end it's suffering as i watch it's close it's eyes.

"Thank you for this wonderful day, and thank you for this wonderful gift... May this Kelbi give me strength to survive another day, and may its memory nourish my soul..."

I watch it for a few second to make sure it's truly dead, before i slowly stand up while taking deep breath to calm myself and i tied it's leg with my makeshift rope and walk back.

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¹ I don't know if Gas Chamber and Power Cell in Star Wars can contain it's energy indefinitely or not, so i just think it's like a battery where it will depleted overtime. So to play safe, i put it that maybe in that particular planet it's not that advance or its really old