Limits Chapter 181

"Your injuries were very severe . Rest properly, before you move" A voice said . It sounded familiar to me . I realized after a while, that it was the voice of the Kind of Avians . I said "Their Leader is dead, I blew him up . The Corpse Dogs should not pose any threat to you, anymore" . The King of Avians responded "Yes, the Leader is dead, but what you did was very reckless . Fortunately, some of my people were willing to go down there, and check up on you . Otherwise, you would be dead" .

I said "I had no choice . The Leader was much stronger than me . If I didn't blow him up, I would die anyway . It was a risk worth taking" . She stayed quiet for a while, and then said "Either way, you helped us a lot . The danger we would face in the future, could potentially destroy us . We are very grateful for what you did . Who would have thought, that a human would be our saviour" .

I asked "Are humans really so bad?" . She responded almost immediately "Yes, they didn't attack us directly because of our position advantage and numbers, but almost all races are at war with humans . They even destroyed one race completely, even though that race surrendered" . I didn't understand . 'Why create war everywhere? Why would humans try to be enemies with everybody?' I asked myself .

She then continued "But, you are different for some reason . You are unlike any human we met so far . I myself wonder why?" . I said "I get that a lot . Anyway, now that the Corpse Dogs are gone, I would like to explore your Vulture Cliffs . I also need to stock up on some food for the future journey" . She said "No problem, you carried out your part of the deal . I will also throw in some stuff, just to show you our gratitude . But first, you need to heal up . Rest for a few days and then we can talk about your rewards" .

I nodded my head lightly and closed my eyes . I didn't have any dreams, only darkness filled my vision . I could move around inside it, but there was nothing to see . There was nothing to touch and nothing to hear . The time didn't seem to pass, so I decided to just train . I didn't do any strength training or any training with my weapons, as I didn't have any weapons .

I sat down and tried to combine the Art of Stealth . 'I have to combine 3 aspects . Those are agility, domain and vigilance . I have to combine all that, with the "Avoid the Light" thingy . I already did the 1st step and developed my Art of Stealth, but how do I combine this Avoid the Light?' I asked myself .

'Darkness . A lack of light, that surrounds me… . When there is light, there must be darkness… I need to become the darkness' I thought . Due to experience and the conditions in front of my eyes, I felt, I was onto something . 'Is it, avoid the light or embrace the darkness? I feel like, I heard it somewhere already . Did Nick tell me that? I can't seem to recall' I was lost in my thoughts . For a while, I tried to remember where I heard that already, but I couldn't figure it out .

'Embrace the darkness? How do I do it?' I thought . I didn't know how to do it but I closed my eyes, and tried to feel the darkness . I was trying to feel the darkness, just like I trained, when I was trying to find the wind . With all my senses focused only on that . I started to feel something . Something was there… the darkness, was not empty .

When I opened my eyes, I could see . 'I can… see?' I thought . I couldn't see a lot but there was something in the darkness . Some strange Black Orbs were floating around everywhere . When I looked down, I saw the ground, but not just any ground, it was made from those Black Orbs packed tightly together . I was stunned 'So the darkness was never empty . I just couldn't see' I thought, and reached out with my hand, to touch one of the orbs . The orb swirled around my arm for a while and then continued to travel further . 'This is extraordinary! I wonder what those Black Orbs are?' I thought and tried grabbing one ore . But when I clasped my hand, the Orb inside it, simply went through my hand, and continued floating as if nothing happened .

'So I can't catch them?' I thought . I tried different things with those orbs, and I found out, that if I tried to catch them forcefully, they would always escape . On the other hand, if I tried to attract them, some of them, would swirl around my arm for a while and leave . 'This is weird indeed' I thought .

I also tried touching the ground, but the orbs on it never responded . Even if I tried to grab them, I couldn't, no matter how much strength I used . After experimenting for a while, I had a look at my own body, under that darkness . What I found, was that there were Black Orbs leaving my body too . 'This… Those orbs, are coming from my body? Are all those orbs from my body then?' I asked myself .

I did some more experimenting and found out, that the Orbs leaving my body, were always swirling around my arm, when I extended it . What that happened, it meant that the Black Orbs belonged to me . The ones that didn't swirl around my arm, didn't belong to me . 'But why am I releasing those orbs? Is every creature and being realising them?' I thought . I suddenly felt extremely weak and my vision returned to pure darkness . I couldn't see any orbs and I felt tired .

'Is it because I lost too many of those orbs? Or because sustaining that vision is very taxing?' I asked myself . I didn't know which one it was but both were possible . 'I will have to try it out in the real world . Maybe it will work as well' I thought and sat on the floor to rest . I soon closed my eyes and my consciousness drifted away .

When I opened my eyes again, I woke up in the Norther Wilderness . I didn't feel much pain anymore, and I found that I could move . I sat up and took a look at my body . My right hand was as pale as ever, and there didn't seem to be any burns or scars left on it . My other hand was full of scars . 'My right hand is fine, probably due to that freezing effect that it has . My left hand is in a worse state though' I thought . I moved it around, and it felt fine . The only visible damage, was to the skin . The scars were there, as a reminder, not to try something as stupid as that again .

I took a look at the rest of my body . I noticed that most of my clothes were gone . My legs also had burn scars but other than that, they healed pretty well, and I didn't feel any pain . My torso was also left with some scars but not as many, as my legs and left arm . I stood up and looked around me . I was on top of the cliff, and above me, a swarm of Avians was flying around, as usual .

When some Avians noticed me getting up, a few of them landed not far away from me . I asked "How long did I sleep for?" . One of the Avians said "Quite long . We thought you wouldn't wake up, but out King said to provide medicine for you and let you rest . The King should arrive soon, so wait here for a while" . I nodded my head and reached for my bag .

Fortunately, it was still there . It didn't seem to be to damaged much, it was scorched a bit but other than that, it was fine . 'Those bags are really sturdy . I wonder what type of material this is . If I could make a set of clothes out of it, how great my defence would be!' I thought and took out a spare set of clothes . I also took out some of my medicine and applied it onto my body .

With the medicine I had, some of the scars would heal up, but some would stay anyway . I touched my face and felt my shrivelled skin . I could also feel some rough parts, especially on my cheeks . 'My face must've been affected too . I will smear some medicine on it as well' I thought and applied some medicine . My hair were also burned . I had nothing on my head whatsoever . 'I probably look like a freak now . No hair, my face is probably burned too, and all those scars all over my body' I thought . Soon after I was done applying the medicine, the King of Avians showed up .

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