290 7.18 Camping Out In The Wilderness

We didn't find any settlement but according to me, we have made somewhat a straight beeline from the Elder's thatched house right to the spot where I slowed down. "Something seems off. We better find a water source right now before it's dark."

I suggested to Matilda as I made a slight left towards the intended destination on hopes to find wisps of smoke or scent of burning wood to imply there's a settlement nearby. Even if we do not find any settlement, we hope to find a body of water and all around us right now are plains and some mountainous region on the right.

I was on Cruising Along all the time and it had been last 2 hours since we made the last stop after warming and drying our clothes. This can't be good. I've got no weapons and all I have is a crumpled out of shape sword and my iron axe and pick. fortunately, I am still able to deploy the 'Rise of the Suno if I need to.

I had to rely on my Third Eye while on Cruising Along and hope to find a place for shelter during the night. The earth was damp and it was a good time to forage for mushrooms. But I know nuts about mushroom except for those easily found in the supermarket. If we were to consume the wrong ones, it would spell disaster for both of us...!

Using my Third Eye on Cruising Along technique with Matilda piggyback on me, it was utilizing quite an amount of my Internal Chi Energy and I used the Third Eye sporadically to search for a settlement of a stream and suddenly I spotted some wild animals nearby. I slowed down and came to a complete stop.

"Why did you stop? Is there a village up ahead?" She tried peering but there's nothing in front that interests her. "Don't talk now...I spotted 3 wolves of some kind up ahead." I said while I tried to hushed her.

"Where...!? I don't see any wolves...in fact, I don't see anything of interest in front."

The moment she asked 'where' the pack of wolves in front pricked their ears and ran forward to where we are standing. I squatted and lowered her off my back and asked her to lie low on her stomach as I picked up a stick and imbued Kamehameha energy into it.

Unfortunately, we were in an upwind position and our scent gave our positions away as the pack of wolves were now racing towards is at high speeds with their tongues wagging out and literally foaming at their mouths. When they were within sight, Matilda gave a frightful shriek because the wolves were slightly smaller than the BOSS we had defeated earlier.

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"Stay low! Leave this to me...trust me...!" I howled at Matilda as I kicked my heels and raced forward a few steps, leaving after images as I went for the leader of the pack. "Bring the leader down and everyone will run away...!"

Everything was in bullet time when I was nearing the first wolf and I delivered a sliding uppercut kick onto the head of the wolf and nearly injuring myself by it. The wolf's head was snapped back and I twirled around and used the imbued Kamehameha stick and whacked the jugular of the wolf. it definitely won't kill it but it sure shocked it.

After I had whacked the jugular, the wolf shook it's head/mane and charged at me and I knew to hit a 1% part of the body precisely would stop it in its tracks definitely. I kicked on my heels and was propelled forward and just as the wolf was about to bite kn me with its open jaws, I delivered a two-handed horizontal swipe with the stick from my left directly at it's about and it yelped out in pain.

The second wolf had emerged on my left and was leaping and trying to swipe me using it's right paw when I managed to kick the ground and twisted my body and deliver a left punch directly at the ribs of the wolf and I can feel the bones crushed under my fist. With that motion, I delivered a slamming left kick on its spine and I can hear the bones cracked and splintered underneath the force.

It howled in pain and terror and I used the stick and hit the snout with such force that the snout was split into two and blood were spilling on the ground as it used its paws to cover its face/snout.

I kicked my heel and propel myself to the first wolf and smashed the stick right in the middle of the snout and it too yelped on pain as the force broke the snout into two...! Using the momentum, I pulled back on the head if the wolf and I heard the cerebral crack under the immense pressure and angle. I let it go and the head just plopped to its side.

The third wolf had stopped in its track but I gave no space for error and no space for it to survive. I bounded thrice before I kicked my heel and was heading towards the wolf as it managed to turn tail.

Just as I about to reach it, I gave a mighty whack on the right-hand side of the haunches and it crushes the bone and automatically cripples the wolf. I walked slowly towards the crippled wolf and gave a kick into the sides and it bounded in the air and came down with a crash. It was now bleeding through its mouth and I repeated a few more kicks to it until the sides turned soft. All the ribs had broken in and penetrated its lungs and it became still.

"Raaaawwwrrrrrr...!!! " I released my scream of terror at the 3 still bodies and I walked back to Matilda. I was pumped with adrenaline and it had been months in the 2nd series since I had a hand to hand combat. Animals or humans are the same. Cross my path and you're dead meat.

"These meats are inedible. They're rabid meat... It is going to be black if I were to cut it. Come on... Let's go. If there's wild animals, means, there's water source somewhere. These Predators stays near it since they could Prey on smaller game."

"You're so cool... That's the only term I could use right now. You're even better with your hands and legs than with your sword and bow...! That's all I'm going to say..." she jumped on my back and picked up the crumpled sword and spare pick as I deployed my Cruising Along and skimmed ahead. In about 15 minutes, we reached some kind of sparkling underground water that seeped out from a rock and formed a rivulet.

"Let's make camp here and make three fires... Here... Here... And here. This would give a false signal that there are more people camping here and also to scare those night animals away. Are you afraid...?"

I showed Matilda where to place the fires as I went to look for branches to make a stackable upright log fire which would burn all night while she gathered kindling. I found a sizeable single fallen branch and chopped at the wood and once I'm done, I carried the pieces in my hands and I showed Matilda how to build one.

After the log was placed, I snapped my fingers and lighted the kindling and let it burn and eat up the centre of the log, igniting both the top and bottom log. The same process was repeated for the other two and the distance was about 10 meters apart from each fireplace.

"You really know a lot of things. I should you 'Firestarter' instead of Robin." she said while I gazed at her and smiled. We were in a forested area so the flames were dancing around, lighting up the surroundings and somehow uplifting our spirits. There was a water source and 5 dumplings and we shared one dumpling each and left with 3 for breakfast tomorrow.

"Where did you learn how to fight like that? I have never seen such a fist fight before and it was with 3 animals and not humans. You had so many skills that I didn't know of and I feel somehow safe with you."

"Maybe you're right... I'm better off without this crumple piece of shit. I will take the gem out from the socket and keep the hilt and handle instead." I changed the subject because I don't feel like talking about myself.

"I'm tired... You take the first watch and wake me up when it's time for you to rest OK?" The dumpling that we had managed to recover some of the spent energy and with only sleep would I be able to recover my Internal Chi Energy. The moment I laid my head on my arm, I instantly fell asleep.