Chapter 15

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When I opened my eyes once again, I quickly scanned my body but was surprised after seeing that I was not injured in the least.

By the time I had woken up, there was not a single scratch on my body.

Images and scenes of the invasion and the deaths of those I loved most flashed before my eyes at unbelievable speed and frequency, but even after feeling the desire to cry my head out, I simply shut my eyes and shook my head, as if trying to shake those memories and thoughts out of my head.

'I need to get out of here... From what I knew, there is no way that this place was about to stay dormant or peaceful for long. Even though I knew that I should have thrown all my previous knowledge about the world out of the window, I still chose to use that knowledge just in case I was wrong.

Better safe than sorry.

Getting off the ground with my newly invigorated body, I swiftly began traversing the forest with huge trees and animals that were many times bigger than their earth counterparts.

'Wasn't this supposed to be earth?' I inwardly cried

At the same time, I used a walking technique that I had learned back I was on Earth that would allow me to traverse places like forests or jungles by landing on the side of my foot first before slowly beginning the rest of my foot onto the ground to minimize the sounds of crunching or twigs breaking. I had already mastered it to a certain extent to the point I could jog while using it.

My speed while jogging wasn't spectacular, but it would do for now. However, I do have to note that even though it could be considered jogging, I was still moving at a slower speed than the average jogger due to me having to use the walking stealth technique at the same time.

After traversing around 50 to 100 meters, I finally heard the sound of rustling as a small yet extremely quick figure moved towards where I was laying barely a minute ago.

'I was lucky…' I could not help but feel a tinge of cold sweat forming at the back of my neck as I tried to move even faster, away from where I last laid.

After around 5 minutes of jogging away silently, I finally heard another sound that echoed throughout the silent forest, a sound that had immediately sent a shiver through my spine the moment I heard it.