Limits Chapter 133

The dream finished after 20 cycles and I woke up in my new shelter. I ate my breakfast and then carried on with my training. The part of the forest I lived in currently, was very quiet. I always thought why people feared north so much. It seed to that the further north I went, the quieter it beca. 'This doesn't make sense. The guy who told about north was a coward but didn't lie to , I would be able to guess that much. He really feared the northern parts and even said that there are even more amazing or dangerous creatures and animals living there. Even stronger than the Flaming Silver Wolf or the Flaming Grey Bear' I thought.

But sothing didn't seem to add up. If my destination was so dangerous, why the hell was it so quiet here? Barely being able to find variants was sothing I never encountered outside of the scopes of villages. Sothing was fishy about this region. 'It's either the guy who told all of this was lying and was the best actor I could ever find or he told the truth and sothing is not right' I thought.

'I never noticed any presence of strong animal or even people. The only people I encountered were the group that chased up to here. They were already dead so why do I feel like sothing is not right here' I thought.

This was my current problem. Trying to figure out why this region was so peaceful? There were barely any strong animals, if calling the Black Bears or Black Wolves counts as strong. 'I lived in this place for so long and there is nothing here' I thought. Those thoughts started shortly after my senses awoke and improved. I was paranoid about it at first. I checked if anyone or anything was watching but I felt no presence, saw no shadow and slled no sll. Yet my mind never gave up about it. Always staying alert as if telling "Look out, there is sothing here!".

I dispersed those thoughts. 'Maybe I'm lacking human interactions and my mind is starting to play tricks on . When Shelly was here, I always had soone to talk to. Maybe I'm just tired' I thought. With that in mind, I took a day off instead of continuing my training. It might've been possible I was stressing myself too much and placed too much pressure on myself. I decided that so rest would probably fix that.

A week later, I still had those thoughts. I couldn't relax at all. I was able to sleep but doing nothing for a whole day was sothing I found quite difficult to do. When I trained, those thoughts were at least kept a bay. I had to focus on doing my exercises. I decided to get back to training. If resting didn't help then there was no point doing it.

I trained that day and tried to forget about everything. My skills improved with every day by a small margin but my strength stayed at a pretty much the sa level. One day, I was training my Natural Path skill when I noticed sothing odd.

'Hmm? and what is this supposed to be?' I thought as I looked at a strange object on the ground. It looked like an arrow but it was completely green and didn't seem like wood or tal. When I picked it up, I noticed it weighed almost nothing. 'Even a child would be able to pick this arrow up, it's as if it weighs nothing at all!' I thought.

'Where did this arrow co from? Who or what left it here? I ran these routes many tis, it would be impossible for to overlook this. With my senses, it was simply impossible. Soone or sothing must've left it here' I thought. Then I rembered the feeling I had all that ti, as if my instincts were telling that sothing is here.

I called out loud "Whoever is here, co out!" but there was no answer. I tried again using different approach "I found your arrow! I know you are here!". I waited for a while but still heard nothing. 'I'm sure this ti it's not my imagination. Soone or sothing is watching , this arrow is the proof' I thought as I started to head back to my camp.

When I arrived back at my camp, I heard so noises behind . I didn't react instantly. I wanted to know what it was that tried to observe . When I turned around, there was nothing. I called out again "Why are you playing this ga? Just co out and talk if you want to talk or leave if you have nothing to say". I sat down near a place I used to make campfire and retrieved so sticks from my bag. Then I lit fire and waited.

I was now 100% sure, there was sothing or soone observing . I had one problem with that "This thing or person is much more skilled at stealth than . I'm not able to spot any movents until they are deliberate. That bush movent was a deliberate action. That thing or person wants to either irritate or I have no clue what is the reason for such actions.

The fire started to burn well so I placed so raw at onto so sticks in order to cook it. When it was cooked, I enjoyed my al and relaxed a bit. I now knew that my senses were not lying and so I didn't have to be paranoid again. I was on guard but knowing and not knowing are two different states a mind can be in.

Not knowing is a much stressful state because we are scared of the unknown. Knowing on the other hand is not stressful as much, we know about sothing, therefore we can prepare for loads of possibilities. I was on guard at all tis, I knew that whoever was doing it, was much more skilled than in the Art of Stealth. This alone gave them advantage over , not being able to locate my enemy, it's almost the sa as being dead whenever they so wish, of course if they have the abilities to harm .

I took out the arrow I found earlier from my bag and started playing with it. Suddenly, I ca up with a great idea. 'It might not work but it is worth a try' I thought. I said out loud "Hey! do you want this arrow back? Show yourself or I will destroy it". I heard no response but sothing that sounded like a laugh?

After a while of silence, I heard "You can keep the arrow human, I have many more of them". I instantly turned around but found no one. 'This was a voice of a female. What does she want with ?' but before I could ask that question, I realised sothing 'Wait! She said "You can keep the arrow human". She specifically said a word "human" in her sentence. Just what is that thing, if it calls human?' I thought.

I looked at the place where the voice was coming from and said "What are you?". There was no response for a while but then I heard her speak "How do you know I'm not human?". I laughed at this and said "You said it yourself. Why would you say "You can keep the arrow human" if you were a human as well? What are you?".

Silence again, I was getting used to those long awaited replies. Although I was irritated, I was also intrigued. If that really was another species capable of human speech then that would be mind blowing. The answer ca as a question as well "Why do you want to know?". It was a good question. I was curious and it seems that thing was watching for a long ti now, it must know my skill set and strength.

I responded "I was curious. You must've watched for a very long ti. So you know what I'm capable of. Although I say that, I must bow to you when it cos to stealth. My Art of Stealth is nothing compared to yours. If you don't want to kill , then why are you here?".

I waited for her to respond for a while until finally she said "Yes, I watch what you were doing for a long ti. You would've never noticed if I didn't leave that arrow for you on purpose. By the way, I don't call that ability an "Art of Stealth" as you put it. It is a trait I was born with, so naturally, you will be inferior". I was a bit pissed but at the sa ti even more intrigued.

I thought 'What type of creature can learn human language and also be born with a trait that naturally allowed it to be stealthy'. I said "Why don't you show yourself? If you already decided to leave that arrow, why play those gas?" but this ti, I heard no response. Even after 30 minutes, there was no response. I stood up from my place and thought 'This thing probably left, I now know sothing is watching and that sothing is very intelligent. I have to be careful'. I went back to my training and my mind was more at peace. Known enemies are less scary than those we don't know about.