Part 20 Punishment or Training 2

Now we were in a forest with Karen and we were hiding behind a tree

Karen… So Alex, we come to one of the most important parts of a savage and mercenary's life, where you have to hunt because sometimes food and shelter are not available to you and you have to hunt.

And I forgot to say that savages do not believe in plant food, only meat cooked on a fire

When we heard something coming and breathing

A red wild boar with red eyes that was very large

... So Alex, do you see this boar? It's a carnivore! And if you're not careful, you'll be the hunted instead of the hunter

And now it's your turn to hunt yourself

I didn't have a chance to react because Karen's blow to my back threw me to the ground and that was enough for the boar's attention to focus on me with the sound of me hitting the ground.

I saw how he looked at me with his eyes and started to breathe

He slowly moved forward and I retreated. I backed up so much that I hit a tree and I had no other way to escape

And that was enough for the wild boar to quickly move towards me to kill me with its horns, so I quickly dodged and jumped to the other side where it got stuck in the tree with its horns.

He was trying to get out and I don't know why, I was transformed by Karen's scream

... Now Alex it's time if you don't want to be killed finish him off with this sword

And she threw the sword at me

My gaze was changing between the sword and the wild boar

When Karen screamed again

... Alex hurry up he's coming out now

I quickly picked up the sword and quickly stuck it in the boar's back which stiffened a little and stopped and then

Suddenly he let out a loud scream, as if he had become wilder, he pulled himself out which made me jump back.

And the one who was wounded was looking at me and was about to attack again...

When this time Karen stopped him and finished by attacking the boar and cutting its neck

And I was amazed, in love with my helplessness, my own helplessness, that everyone must be looking for me, either my father or someone like Karen.

...

We were sitting in front of the fire and both wounds were burning badly

Karen was cooking food on her own account, of course what could she cook without skinning it

She was roasting the boar skin over the fire

... What are you thinking, Alex?

Hey nothing, just these wounds burn so much

... How impatient are you humans? You seem to want to die with a few simple wounds

Wait, I'll be right back

And he went inside the hut and came back a few minutes later with some herbs and shook my hand

... Come and bandage your wound with these herbs

I started to bandage the wounds with the herbs that had needle-like leaves

And after a few minutes my body started to itch

... What is it eating? Is it a side effect of the herb?

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... What, you have to learn that in a combat situation on a mission you have to be able to heal yourself with anything, even someone else's dead skin.

I mean, why did you hand me over to this crazy woman? Now it really makes sense to use someone else's dead skin to heal your wounds. Damn that party, damn that night, otherwise I wouldn't be here now

.. Come and eat.

And he gave me a big piece of meat.

He was eating with great appetite.

I looked at the meat. It was still raw and In a semi-raw state. In addition, there were dead worms and worms that had come to life on the meat.

This was what made me feel very sick.

... Eat your food. From now on your food will always be like this or you will die of hunger.

.. So how can I eat this, this disgusting thing?

... I don't care if you eat It or if you get very hungry. Now eat it as I said, your food will be like this until the end.

I looked at the food with a heavy heart and started eating with a strong feeling of nausea

And I swallowed It like poison

The taste of the food was not bad and maybe it would have been better with a few spices

But those worms and many other things had made it bad

I ate half of the food with difficulty and force and Karen ate the other half with a strange appetite.

Isn't it strange why they were so big and loved to hunt

When I was asleep, could I sleep at night?

On the one hand, the ground was very hard, on the one hand, my body itched terribly, and on the other hand, I felt those half-dead worms come to life and move in my body.

Oh my God, what kind of life is this? On the one hand, those damned exercises that were more like punishment than exercise and I suffered so much

Now that I can't even get a simple sleep

I was scared by the howling of wolves and other strange animals and somehow fell asleep.

...

I went outside in the morning and to my surprise, the wounds no longer hurt or burned, they only itched a little.

When I saw Karen, she was swimming.

... What a surprise, you woke up (gasping). I was waiting for you. This is my thousandth swim in a few minutes. You just woke up

What? A thousand swims! Is that possible!? And in a few minutes? Well, of course it was natural that she was wild

That she finally stopped

... I made a plan for you. According to this plan, you will have endurance training for the first two days of the week, like yesterday.

The next two days will be training in defense and attack with swords, shields and maces, which will take several hours.

The fifth day will be horse riding and exploring the forest to hunt and find resources.

The sixth day will be exploring and solving problems if there are any, and endurance training.

And the last day, going to the forest and doing some meditation and going to the forest river.

Except for the last one, I had almost no problems with the rest.

I was human, they were for wild people. For me, it was more like torture and punishment than training.

But there was no pilgrimage, no father, and I should have listened to Karen.

Where is that damn black halo? Come on, kill this damn Karen instead of those people.

Of course, if Karen dies, I will officially be miserable and in her absence I will have no one to take care of me, whichh is death.

But dying is better than these torture-like exercises.

I'm going crazy, wow

... Now hurry up, the training begins

And this was the beginning of my training, or rather, my tortures

End of episode 20