Chapter 115: Foreign Land

Kiro woke up the next day with a splitting headache. He didn't even want to move his head, the best he could do to let hubris know that he was awake was groaning. Not too loud, as that would disturb his sleep.

But Hubris didn't come, there was no sign that he was inside the shelter. He didn't bother with him anymore, as the pain demanded to be listened to.

'I'm gonna die here isn't it.' He thought to himself, he'd never experienced a hangover, even if he had, it would've been child's play compared to this.

Hubris walked in like he was being chased by demons.

"Master, you're awake. Went to catch this shellfish for you, apparently it makes you better after a night of ocean fun."

"Ocean fun?" Kiro couldn't help but chuckle.

He took the shellfish nonetheless, he didn't waste any time and started eating them. There were 3, so finished them quick and after 30 minutes, it was as if nothing was ever sore.

"Wow, this is the best medicine." He complimented.

He looked through his storage space and It was by luck that he had stocked up a lot, he had even halted Hubris' punishment, everything seemed to work, even the storage space. He just couldn't get ahold of the system.

"I think we ought to leave this campsite tomorrow. It's not like we can go back the way we came."

"But, what if this is home, my home?"

"Then you're home."

Hubris gave Kiro a solemn look, even though he had said his home didn't matter to him back then, it did. He wanted to liberate them from the tyrannical King that now sat where he was supposed to.

"Remember what I told you when you were dying? I want us to be comrades, if you need help, you only need to say it."

He didn't wait for him to reply, and started his walk forward. His eyes were still disoriented from looking at flames for a very long time, he walked nonetheless.

Hubris said nothing in response, in all honesty, he was still pondering about what his next step should be, he had no idea whether he wanted to help or not.

He wanted to think about it thoroughly, he was relieved that Kiro wasn't pushing him in any other way. He just left it all up to him.

They could no longer hear the waves now, they were deep in a land neither knew anything about. Even the native was tossed out before he could know anything.

They had no idea what to expect of the environment they found themselves in. But there was much to explore, so they went. It was the direction Hubris didn't explore in his 15 days.

He had encountered unfathomable dangers on his journeys. He would come back sometimes wounded, he had told Kiro all about the possible attacks, from animals to the trees, to the birds that you wouldn't suspect had the ability to dig into skins.

Kiro had used a lot of potions for him, he was almost running out. It was a shame he couldn't even contact Hiro. If he said this didn't scare him, he'd be lying. According to Hubris, he'd been in that coma for 6 months.

6 months in-game was more than 6 days in real life. That would mean he'd missed a lot of school days. He wondered what the real world was doing about it?

He knew one thing, he was in his room, the system wouldn't allow anyone in his dorm room unless Kiro's vitals were detoriating. That's the only emergency the system would allow anyone in without Kiro's DNA.

The system wasn't coded to understand urgencies such as school classes, only when the owner of the room is close to death will it alarm others.

So he was almost at ease because of that, nobody would enter his room and jerk the head gear out of his head. Which was a dangerous thing to do, as its connected to your brain nerves, being forcefully removed could cause brain damage.

While everyone knew that, it would also be the only way to awake the player. As much as they were evolved, they still needed nutrients. He hoped it didn't come to that.