Chapter 3:
Jacob's Point of View
Unknown Location
The two statues held firmly in place. "How did you enter this place?" One of the statues asked.
"Who can say." Was my nervous reply.
"No matter. You will be dealt wit-" The statues began in harmony with the sa voice.
However, they stopped when I brought my foot back and lifted one of them from the ground. Using my unknown strength, I launched the statue into the ceiling and it got stuck there. The other statue imdiately began glowing more vibrantly. With my right arm stuck in place, I twisted in its direction and slamd my fist into its face. The stone head blew back, and from the power of the blow, you think it would've been shattered.
Instead, it simply brought its head forward and glared at . "Wow. I'm learning a lot from this." I said simply as it let go.
Jumping back just in ti, the other statue removed itself from the ceiling, and fell right where I was standing. The two were now recovered and next to each other with little to no damage. Frowning at this, I twirled my sword in my right hand.
"I guess, it's ti to see how strong I am."
However, as the two statues stepped towards , they suddenly froze. Confused, I kept my guard up. From behind them, the tallest statue stepped off her perch and towards . A golden glow seed to emanate from her eyes. An uneasiness took hold of . rely stepping towards filled with dread. While I didn't care about dying all that much, there was a lot I didn't know, and I needed ti to figure so things out. Mostly about this new world I've been transferred to.
"Your intrusion in this most sacred place has been noted. As is your lack of magic. A creature such as yourself should not exist." The tall female statue said in a male voice. "And yet, sohow, I rember you." All my stone adversaries seed to pause. "Surely, a creature who isn't connected to would be easy to rember, but I cannot place where we've t before."
"Perhaps my dashing good looks are throwing you off. Or, perhaps those stone eyes of yours don't work correctly." I stated.
"An existence that should not be..." I saw what appeared to be magic forming in the tall statue's hands. "Most interesting. We'll et again. You can be sure of that, but you cannot stay here."
With my sword still pointed at them as we stood off in this small study, I replied. "I'd love to leave if you'd show the door. Got a few things I need to look into myself."
The magic gathered burst out suddenly and covered the room in a wave. "Then let show you the way out."
Glaring slightly, and still on guard, I replied. "By al-" A portal opened up from underneath , and I groaned. "You've gotta be-"
I didn't get to finish as I was expelled from the study. My body felt more sensitive in that mont than I had the entire ti I'd been in this world. However, I had other concerns. Falling through the air was one of them. Twisting my body, I saw the ground coming in fast. I tried to brace myself, but when you're transported in the air hundreds of feet, there is only so much you can do.
"SON OF A BITCH!!!" I shouted as I plumted into the ground.
Connecting with the ground, I was expecting to be heavily injured as clouds of dust were kicked up, and I appeared to be in a crater of sorts. Luckily, it appears I was quite sturdy indeed. No injuries could be felt, and I watched as small pebbles and debris fell back into the crater from above.
"Well... This has certainly been a day."
Standing and shuffling myself out of the crater, I looked around to find myself in so manner of forest. Frowning and annoyed, my next objective was to start figuring things out. Mostly with my body. Considering I should've been dead by now, I rembered the Star Creatures words about how powerful my body was now.
Energy seed to fill the air in part of my vision, which was odd. Especially considering my left field seed to see regularly. Closing my right eye, I saw things as one would normally. Trees, dirt, the sky, and more. They all looked normal and as you would expect. However, when I closed my left eye, energy seed to be in everything. Wafting into the air as if everything had their own separate energies. Birds flew in the distance above , and I noticed they had their own specific energies as well.
Opening my eyes at the sa ti was odd, but I would get used to it. "Eventually..." I said with a sigh and looked down at my hands. "I'm able to punch stone without feeling a single tinge of pain... Was it because of my new body or because I'm stronger?" I asked myself.
Moving across the clearing caused by my impact, I stopped in front of a few trees that were still standing. Taking a stance in front of it, I punched it softly at first to see if I could feel the pain. Nothing... Hitting it harder and harder periodically, I was still unfazed by the blows. So were strong enough where so of the bark would break.
"Alright," I said as I adjusted my glove. "Let's see what would happen if I try to hit it as hard as I can."
Winding up to deal a heavy blow, I paused as I brought my fist back. Closing my eyes for a mont at how foolish this was didn't help. It just made more nervous. Opening my eyes as I brought my fist forward, I stepped in and twisted my body. Figured I might as well do it correctly if I was going to break my arm.
To my surprise, the tree seed to explode as I hit it. The trunk I hit turned into splinters and twigs while the top part of the tree seed to float upwards before falling. Stepping back in shock as the tree fell next to , I slowly brought my hands up and stared at them in awe. This was no small tree. It was well over thirty feet tall and several feet thick.
"So... Very strong. Got it." I said to myself.
Looking to my right at another tree, a smirk made its way to my face. Darting over to the tree in question, my leg whipped around and slamd into the trunk. Splitting the tree in two was child's play. Moving from one trunk to another, I began to let loose as trees toppled one after another. A mad smirk ca to my lips as the clearing only got larger as I began to take the fallen trees and see how far I could throw them. Throwing large oak trees through the forest and hundreds of feet in the air was more fun than I could ever explain.
While I was able to test a few things, mostly my strength, my high soon ended when I heard a low growl from across the clearing. Turning my attention to the other side of the crater, I saw sothing that only existed in myth.
"Is that a fucking manticore?" I asked no one.
Sure enough, a manticore erged from the bushes, which imdiately put on guard. However, I didn't draw my sword as I was more amazed that a mythical monster now stood before .
"Holy shit..." I whispered.
It's growling, while looking at directly in the eyes, unnerved slightly. Things got even more interesting when several more manticores appeared from the underbrush, all of them looking directly at . Now, I readied my sword and took a defensive stance. Eyeing the animals, they each had a scorpions' tail, lions' body, and bat like wings. Each one seed to be drooling abundantly. However, I noticed sothing even more interesting. Each manticore had a collar around its neck.
"Now, this is certainly a surprise!" A voice called out from behind the bushes.
Soon, a group of humans, and a few elves, appeared behind the animals. Holding leashes to the beasts, they stepped forward, but each one of them felt wrong. They felt dark, sinister, and evil. Narrowing my eyes at them revealed that their energy signatures were all the sa. Well, at least, they looked the sa. Each one was red, which stuck out against our surroundings. Even the manticores energies differed slightly between blues and greens. All five were ard.
"What is a lone human doing out here in the wilds all by himself?" An elf inquired.
"Taking a walk. Thought I'd stretch my legs. You know how it is." Was my even reply.
A few chuckles ca from the group as their pets snarled. "I'd say we do. Why we're out stretching our legs too! Even took our pets out for a walk!" The 'Leader' of the group, whom I designated as the elf who was speaking, continued. "You see, we heard a lot of commotion coming from this area. Made us a little nervous since no one is supposed to be out this far." He then gestured to his group. "It's the main reason we're out here. Remote location and all that."
There were five in total. What appeared to be three humans and two elves, but sothing told these creatures weren't what they seed. The manticores seed a little on edge themselves as I tensed. Each one wore a similar uniform, which told they were so sort of military or organization. It was red and black. Either way, I needed to be careful. Seed mostly to be made of so sort of leather and other lighter materials.
"I can imagine. Must be worriso." I said back. "Believe it or not, but I'm sowhat lost. Would any of you gentlen be willing to show out of this place? Being lost in the forest is dangerous, after all."
The smirks were gone now as the two elves seed to summon an aura to their hands like the statues from earlier. Both had greenish hair, which was odd, but I figured it was normal in this new world. Their vibrant green eyes seed to study . The three humans had a varying look among them. One was a redhead, another had brown hair, and the last was a blonde. Their eyes were all different as well. This told that perhaps this was so sort of scouting group.
"See, here's the thing..." The lead elf began as he stepped forward. "Normally, we'd consider letting you go."
"We would?" Another asked him in clear confusion.
"Maybe. Possibly!" The lead elf shouted, irritated. "However, seeing as how we watched trees being launched and heard them being destroyed from a ways away, I think we can assu you're not a normal human." He gestured to with a small knowing smirk and then pointed at my eye. "That eye is especially interesting."
"You think?"
He nodded. "I do. See, I've heard of a description that's very similar to it. In fact, it's almost a perfect match."
Now that was interesting to hear. "Is that so?" My tone took on a more dangerous edge. "What're the odds you'd be willing to tell more?"
"Oh, I'll tell you all about it once you co with us." Raising his hand as if waiting to give the order, the others held up the leashes and drew their weapons.
My eyes focused on the weapons for a mont before I saw another red energy signature in the tree line. Soone else was watching from a safe distance. I didn't care who it was, but I was glad to know that soone else was present before continuing. Five manticores and just as many unknown combatants. Unknown powers and an untrained body left at a disadvantage.
However, the unknown might've been my biggest blessing if my hurtling of large trees was anything to go by. This group was trained, and so were their pets. They were all unknowns and seed to possess so form of magic from what I could tell. Not to ntion the mythical monsters that stood before in a tad manner.
"Sohow, I get the distinct feeling I shouldn't be going anywhere with you, but if you want to test my strength..." I trailed off and pointed my sword at the elf. "You're welco to do so."
I was surprised at the amount of detail I had been able to make out on these people. Impressive really, if you consider how far away they were. The crater wasn't small by any ans, but I was still able to see the twitching on the leader's face in aggravation.
His fingers shot forward, and each mber let go of the manticore's leash that they were responsible for. The mutated lions imdiately headed towards . So dipped into the crater below, while so went around it, and one even jumped in the air to fly towards . None of them seed particularly fast. Even the magic missile shot at from the elves was easy to knock away with my sword.
Within seconds, the first manticore was on . "Here, kitty kitty kitty." I whispered as I brought my sword forward.
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