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.

was more like

Alex looked back.

a bit, Alex could see the owner

had killed two of

the lizard bit down on one of the pieces of meat

the lizard

his coat and put it around himself

Why?

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

continued, and after a couple of jumps, Alex concentrated on

training since this was the part that increased

wasn't as painful as the other

Thunk! Thunk!

rhythmic, loud

the direction of the sounds

from

that sound?'

Thunk! Thunk!

and Alex only

Spring! Spring!

sound of something elastic being stretched and snapping back into place

Creak!

bending and cracking wood joined in the

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

abandoned everything and climbed the

good spot, he stopped moving and grew

sounds continued and

Snap!

Alex saw what created these weird

an absolutely humongous

was probably four meters

Needles?

was the green hedgehog Alex had seen

loud thumping sounds

flexible needles getting hung up

were its flexible needles jumping back into place after

the hedgehog as it

was moving slowly and in a relaxed

slowly bent down as it consumed a huge part of

are also technically omnivores. They eat a ton of insects!

far

by luck was nothing in comparison to

the pieces of the pig, including the ones that were being

reached the fire, it stopped

for a second, but he realized what the hedgehog was

warming

below its belly didn't even bother

was an absolute

as he watched the hedgehog warm

Thunk!

wasn't warm enough, so it lowered its belly and

this suffocated the

seconds, the hedgehog stood up again,

with his hind leg in displeasure but continued

goes food,'

the hedgehog was done, it turned its

directly looked

body shivered as he realized that the hedgehog had known where he

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