Chapter 140

I quickly separated the plants and fibers, and immediately got to making a rope. After completing the task on my second try, I quickly ran around for 30 minutes and found a rock and a fairly short branch which I spent another 45 minutes trying to form into the shape of a spear's handle.
After getting something relatively close to what I wanted, I quickly shoved the stick into the fleshy part of the sting before wrapping both of them with the rope I had just made.
[Your crafting proficiency has increased]
[Craftsmith and reached level 2]
I grew even more elated after seeing the notification, but I quickly closed my eyes and shook my head after realizing a blaring issue with my current spear.
"I'm going to have to re-tie it every time I used it since it would probably become loose, but it shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?" I asked myself with an inquisitive expression.
"Yeah, it should be fine." I replied to my own question before chuckling a little and beginning to walk away from the body of the wasp before anything else comes.
However, right before I was about to leave, I heard a faint rustling coming from a couple of dozen meters away. I knew that the red energy hadn't been activated which caused me to be subtly surprised by how far I could hear things as faint as a rustle.
My eyes immediately darted towards the direction of the sound, while my hand had tightly clenched around the handle of my makeshift spear.
I lowered my center of gravity and did not move my eyes away from the direction the sound had come from. I knew that the thing must not have been too dangerous since I didn't feel any dread, yet there was a chance that it might have been as strong as me if not a little bit stronger.
'Maybe my dread tingle is adapting to the threats around me? It might see things that are at the same level of strength as me, as being a non-threat, while only alerting me if my life is actually in danger... This might be a problem tho-' I couldn't finish my thought since another rustle, one which was much closer than the other one, snapped me out of my daze.
"I'll just run I guess." I spoke out loud as if I was announcing my departure before sprinting the other way without looking back.