Crackle.

A fire was burning as several pieces of meat hung around it.

In the middle above the fire hung a bucket.

Alex had felled an entire tree with his sword and had hollowed out a big part of its trunk, creating his bucket.

Then, Alex had felled an even bigger tree, creating two round bowls.

The sharpness of Alex's sword was what allowed him to achieve this feat.

Alex had filled the bucket with pig blood and hung it above the fire.

Alex put one of the bowls over the bucket and put a long branch on it, which led to the side.

The bowl would catch the evaporating water, and when enough water gathered, it would trickle down to the lowest edge of the bowl, where the branch was.

The branch led the trickling water to the side, to a different bowl.

This was how Alex would solve the issue of water.

Sadly, this would be distilled water, and he also couldn't wash his tools since he didn't have any water to begin with.

The water in the other bucket didn't look refreshing or delicious, but it was water.

Strewn around the clearing were the remaining parts of the hog.

Alex couldn't finish the entire thing on his own, even if he ate for several days, and the meat would go bad anyway.

So, Alex decided to cut the pig apart and scattered the pieces around the clearing.

Why?

To ward off predators.

Sure, the smell of blood would gather many of them, but predators were also just animals.

If they could get food for free, they wouldn't want to fight.

If a predator came to the clearing, they would see a black creature of unknown size, thanks to the coat, sitting beside a hot fire.

Every normal predator would grab one of the pieces of the hog and would run away, leaving Alex alone.

While Alex's food and water were being prepared, Alex decided to get some more training in.

Alex put his coat away and climbed the tree.

BOOM!

As Alex hit the ground, a loud slam echoed throughout the forest.

This sound would also deter any animal from coming to this spot.

After all, only something big and powerful could make such loud sounds.

After three jumps, Alex heard some rustling.

His entire body hurt, but all of the pain was forgotten as he realized something else was close.

In the light of the fire, Alex could see two eyes in the dark.

They weren't very high up, and the animal was looking at Alex warily.

However, it didn't look at Alex with fear.

more like

Alex looked back.

see

green lizard that had killed two of the four

bit, the lizard bit down on one of the pieces of meat and

saw the lizard retreating,

his coat and put it around himself before he

Why?

ability to shoot fireballs. If one beast could shoot fireballs, it was possible that other beasts could do the same. However, the

after a couple of jumps, Alex concentrated on healing himself with

forward to this part of his training

top of that, it wasn't as painful as the other

Thunk! Thunk!

rhythmic, loud

in the direction of the sounds but couldn't

from

making that

Thunk! Thunk!

sounds continued, and Alex

Spring! Spring!

of something elastic being stretched and

Creak!

sounds of bending and cracking wood joined in the cacophony

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

abandoned everything and climbed the closest

he found a good spot, he

continued and grew

Snap!

created these weird sounds, and his

an absolutely

four meters high, excluding its

Needles?

this was the green hedgehog Alex had seen when he had

thumping sounds

wood were its flexible needles

sounds were its flexible needles jumping back into place after passing a

hedgehog as it bent all of the trees while

relaxed manner towards

it slowly bent down as it consumed a huge part

a ton of insects! A hedgehog of that size obviously also eats meat!' Alex

was far above his

creature Alex had killed by luck was nothing in comparison to this

came closer, it ate all the pieces of the pig, including

reached the fire,

but he realized what the hedgehog

warming its

sizzling fire directly below its

an absolute

breath as he watched the hedgehog

Thunk!

fire wasn't warm enough, so it lowered

suffocated the

the hedgehog

fire with his hind

there goes food,' Alex

hedgehog was done, it turned its head

directly looked

the hedgehog

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