Chapter 1: The Sword
When he opened his eyes, the boy felt that he was in pain everywhere in his body, and his whole body was like being pressed by a huge weight, and his head was indescribably uncomfortable.
But he didn't have any panic in his heart, just very calm.
Because his consciousness is still awake.
Because he was not drowned directly by the river.
The body seems to be sinking under the water and has no tendency to continue falling.
Even though he couldn't bear the pain of opening his eyes in the water, he still forced himself to see and observe everything around him. When he saw the light above, he immediately reacted that his face was facing above the water.
"Whoa. 」
At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of rushing water again, and saw several strange fish with sharp teeth swimming towards him not far away.
He reacted immediately, something was wrong, his body seemed to be seriously injured at the moment, and he would definitely not be able to bear it if he was entangled by these strange fish. So he suddenly swung his legs hard, trying to get farther away from the place where those rocks fell, but he didn't expect that the wound on his back would collapse when he moved.
A strange fish had gnawed at his ankle, its tiny spike-like teeth poking into the flesh.
Under the pain, the breath he was holding was spit out instantly, and no matter what, he could only barely float up now.
"Smack!" His head hit the hard object, and there was another sharp pain, but seeing the mistake in front of him, he breathed a sigh of relief and gasped.
It is a stone in the middle of the river, washed down over the years, and the surface is covered with moss-like vegetation that acts as a grab.
He kicked his feet and threw off the strange fish that was gnawing on his feet.
After inhaling several mouthfuls of hard-won air in a row, his body regained some strength slightly, and his head became clearer.
It was still raining lightly in the air, and the fog covered the eye as far as the eye could see. But some of the shadows and silhouettes are better visible in the direction of the vegetation, compared to the other side of the stone, which is hazy and dark, with nothing to be seen.
The vegetation is also intertwined with branches and fallen leaves, and judging by the direction of the current, it is not far from the shore.
Just as I was trying to climb a few more steps up with the vegetation, the plant I was holding on to suddenly broke.
Before the boy could think about anything, the current pushed him towards the shadows.
His legs only scratched in the water a few times, and he didn't get rid of the current, and he was washed to the shore by the current.
Out of survival instinct, the boy's body writhed a few times on the mud floor, and most of his body was already out of the water.
The injuries were severe, but only flesh wounds and blood loss, not to death.
His eyes seemed to be very accustomed to the darkness, and between the bricks, he flickered again, thinking that he had found traces of human footsteps not far from the shore.
Enduring the burning heat in his body and the tearing pain all over his body, the boy slowly stood up and took a few steps up with difficulty.
He could see it a little more clearly.
The footprints are not deep or shallow, and are about the size of the palm of the hand. It's a girl's footprint.
He also saw that there were traces of collection of unopened mushrooms next to the roots of the trees, and the other party only took the mushrooms that had grown.
At this moment, he was very relieved, knowing that he was very close to the inhabited place, at least soon, he would be safe.
However, he didn't feel at ease for long, and he was attracted by some unusual movements and sounds.
He immediately saw that there were many pea-sized red lights staring at him in the bushes not far away, like sparks. The warmth that had finally disappeared from the boy's body suddenly disappeared, but he immediately calmed down, and saw clearly that the red light was just rat eyes.
The size of these rats in front of me is more than twice as large as that of ordinary mice, and the black hair on their bodies is very dense and slippery, which should be water rats that are very good at swimming and preying on fish and shrimp.
At this moment, these water rats squeaked from time to time, and slowly approached him.
"After the fish, there are rats, this place is really scary. 」
Looking at these rats who obviously wanted to prey on him as food, the boy couldn't help but shake his head.
At this moment, the wound on his body has not healed, and the pain is extremely severe, but his body has some strength. Even if he didn't know how much strength he had, he didn't think that these rats could help him.
Besides, now that he is hungry, it is best to use these fat rats in front of him to satisfy his hunger.
In just a few seconds, the rats with red eyes glowing red in the darkness gathered more and more, densely packed, at least dozens of them.
At this moment, the river behind him suddenly roared loudly, splashing tiles-sized splashes of water, and splashed half of his body, and just as he turned his head in surprise, two black shadows almost as tall as him swooped out of the water, and rushed into the mouse.
The originally menacing group of rats scattered in all directions.
"Click, click. 」…… The shadow was still rattling on the ground, devouring the rats that could not escape.
At first, the boy thought it was some kind of water sewr, but after seeing it clearly, he found that it was two huge water snakes with red and black bodies.
This water snake, which has been living on the shore since birth, does not have long legs like the Minase tree, but its body is very powerful, and it can crawl and even jump quickly on land.
He loves to eat meat, and the mice on the shore, the fish and shrimp in the water, and even some small chickens and ducks can be dragged into the water to eat.
At this moment, the water snake should have been attracted by these large numbers of rats and came ashore to prey. If it is dragged into the water, the teenager will not be able to survive in his current state of hunger and cold.
He endured the pain in his ankle and slowly moved towards the woods.
However, what he didn't expect was that when he moved his body, he also attracted the attention of one of the water snakes, and with a snap, the water snake jumped over a distance of more than four meters and hit him directly.
The boy suddenly became unsteady on his feet and fell to the ground.
The water snake did not give up, and bit down on the young man's face in one bite, trying to swallow his whole head in his mouth.
He didn't have time to think, so he raised his right hand and stabbed it into the throat of the serpent.
While he quickly grabbed the throat of the water snake, he also felt a sharp pain and numbness coming from his forearm, and then realized that his right forearm had been bitten by the water snake, and he couldn't directly pull out the water snake's tongue as he imagined.
But with a bang, just as his voice and shadow were slightly stiff, a mouthful of blood spurted out of the mouth of the water snake, and the whole body suddenly shrank back.
The young man immediately reacted, there was a mistake, and by chance, he also hit one of the opponent's weaknesses.
Before he could recover in his heart, he realized that another water snake had tightly wrapped around his left leg, biting his left leg, and wanted to drag himself into the water.
There was a group of rats with scarlet eyes behind him, and the boy seemed to be dying here.
But he calmly raised his hand and broke off a branch from the tree next to him.
"Do you think I got close to the woods to escape?"
The head is still aching, the body is hurting everywhere, and the wounds on the body have not healed before they have been healed. For a moment, I couldn't even remember who I was.
But the boy can still remember that his name is Kenya.
Sword.
A swordsman's sword.
He was a swordsman.
Even though his body was fragile at this time, and he didn't even have a long sword at hand, he still remembered that he was a swordsman.
Even if he can only play one percent, then he is still one percent swordsman.
The branches in his hands seemed to have sharpened spirit. That is his sword, and within the envelope of his sword, is his kingdom.
If it was a martial arts expert with a slight level who was facing Jian Ya at the moment, he would not do it easily immediately.
It's a pity that the people who can see Kenya show his sword skills at this moment are only two stupid beasts.
Slah.
Hearing only a soft sound, Kenya coughed up a mouthful of blood and knelt on the ground, the branch in his hand had been broken, but before it broke, the tip of the branch had gracefully swept over the vital point of the water snake.
Bloodsplatter.
Although it was only a weak branch, in his hand, it was like a sharp sword, accompanied by a white light, which easily separated the throat of the water snake.
The other water snake that originally attacked Jian Ya finally realized that Jian Ya was not his meal, and he didn't dare to hunt the rats behind Jian Ya anymore, so he turned around and jumped back into the water.
If it wasn't injured, Kenya estimated that he could easily shed it, but at this time, every time he moved, he had to pay a lot of price, and when he saw the water snake escape, Kenya just watched it fall into the water like that.
One of the water snakes escaped, but one remained.
Tear off a piece of snake meat from the snake's abdomen with your bare hands, put it in your mouth, and chew it carefully.
The drizzle and the loss of physical strength made him no longer care about the problem of cooking on the fire. As for whether the snake meat is poisonous, judging from the fact that he was bitten by a water snake before but did not immediately die of poison, even if there is snake venom, it is very rare.
This is not a problem that he can have time to consider now, and it is imperative that he immediately go to a habited place and settle down before he loses his strength.
The rats in the distance saw Jian Ya standing in front of the corpse of the water snake, and they flinched for a moment and did not dare to move.
Kenya moved, and he began to walk towards the forest.
Because the wound on his right hand was a little swollen, his current movement seemed very stiff and a little funny.
But all the rats who were watching still made a noise, and they all turned around and ran.
The seriously injured Kenya himself was not terrible in their eyes, but those water snakes were indeed very terrifying in their eyes, and the water snake appeared, but Kenya was fine, and even ate the water snake.
Then in their little heads, the sword suddenly became extremely terrifying.