Reborn In Altaes - Chapter 5 Eat Run
After I get swallow whole by the mantis beast, I revert back to my sludge form. Devouring the beast from the inside out. I hear the muffle sound of the beast screeching in agony, probably regreting ever founding me.
Now, I know this sounds disgusting but, I kinda wanna try to burst out of this beast’s chest like the creature from the movie A**ens.
After almost of it’s stomach disappear, I reenact one of the most memorable scene in movie history.
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I once again emulate the mantis just like I did with the brown rabbit. I lift up my front appendages and look upon the huge scythe. It has a bit of a curve and has a metallic gleam on it.
After a while of checking my body and comprehend everything about this creature, I feel that my size is getting smaller really slowly. Like on a cellular level.
I guess every living creature needs to eat, and currently I’m breaking my own body down to compensate for that.
Also, I just realize that if I revert back to my sludge form, I don’t need to consume anything to maintain it’s size and volume. Thus, following this creature’s instinct, I begin to hunt for prey.
After a few minutes of prowling, I find some tracks with my compound eyes. Footprints that looks like those of the brown rabbit. Following its trail, I camouflage and disappears into the forest.
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I hunt down almost a dozen of those brown rabbits. At first, it is really taxing for me. Every encounter becomes a game of cat and mouse. Chasing it everywhere. Then, I get better at it, not making a sound and properly use the camouflage ability.
My body grows in size until finally, I am almost twice as big as before. Maintaining this form leads me to hunt more prey afterwards. Found a badger like creature, a flying gecko and finally another mantis beast. Also, with every new creature I devour, I get all the information about it and can transform into them.
I’m probably the biggest mantis beast this forest has ever seen. ‘Hahaha. I’m king of the forest now!’ What I thought initially, until I see that huge dark green bear, the size of a hill tracking down below the valley.
Now, I know I won’t get kill and properly devour if I confront that thing but, the inner instinct within me tells me otherwise. This looks like me chicken out but, I just have this gut feeling if I confront that bear now, nothing good is going to happen of me. Also, my instincts till now seems quite accurate.
That’s why I continue my hunting while try avoid that bear as much as I can…For now.
Once more I find trails of another mantis beast. It leads to huge forest of gigantic redwood trees, or to be more accurate greywood trees? Yes, they look exactly like those redwoods but, the tree barks are grey in color. Also, they kinda grow quite close to one another. Making the forest floor really dark and ominous looking.
Minutes into following the trail, suddenly the tracks moves up one of the trees. Crawling up the side of the tree with my camouflage on, I suddenly realize something at the edge of my sight comes falling down pass me. Immediately after that I see the prey I have been searching come falling afterwards. Is it also catching a prey? Hahaha, I’ll catch you first my delicious mantis beast.
Without waiting anymore, I jump across to intercept it. My timing is impeccable. I cross my scythe and chop its head off. Also, before it could even drop to the ground, I catch the headless body within my jaws. I land a safely on the ground and swiftly begin devouring it.
I think I need more of these to grow bigger so I can finally fight that huge bear. Thus, not wasting my time I will finish my meal here. Suddenly, I hear someone speaking. I slowly turn my head while chewing the carcass and see a young woman with fine long brown hair.
A person? An actual person! How come I didn’t see her before? Is it her that just comes down before the mantis beast? I thought it has been a one of those badgers it tries to catch. I can’t believe I’m finally seeing some of the natives of this world. She’s beautiful with her fair white skin. Totally in my strike zone. I look to her side and one again I realize there’s another person behind her. He has the same fine brown hair but, shorter. He is obviously a boy and has almost the same face as the young woman. Twins, eh?
WOOONG
What’s that sound?I finally realize she has a pair of swords at her side on the ready. It’s glowing a ghostly red. My instincts is telling me that those swords could hurt me, somehow. She looks like she’s ready to lunge forward and attack me. Why? Wait, I’m a monster right now. Okay, she’s gonna attack me………Run!
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