Bug in This Game

Chapter 18 - King of Bones

Putting his sword back into his inventory Izoke turned to Sumiko. Sumiko was sitting on the grass and looking towards the sky lazily. Izoke said, "Sumiko, let's head out".

"Ok," she replied standing up and her stuff. There was dry grass on her hair that was creating an uneasy feeling in Izoke. So he reached out stopping her to brush the grass out of her hair. Sumiko blushed confused with what he was doing. "There was something in your head," Izoke stated.

"Ah, thanks..." Sumiko blushed.

After packing all their things up they left walking side by side. The grassland was quite big and there were many animals but none of them were hostile. They were all just busy doing their own thing. Once they reached the end of the valley they entered another forested area. This one had more trees than before and they were a type of tree with an upward canopy. On earth, these types of trees were called "Dragon's Blood trees" but in fantasy collusion, they grow in colder environments. The area was foggy as well limiting their vision two within several meters of where they were walking. The forests called "Chitwan" according to Izoke's player interface. No other information was available or listed. The fog and dense vegetation made scanning for monsters difficult.

Walking for a while they found themselves in the middle of the forest. No trace of Human beings ever being there before could be seen. Only the sound of birds and insects could be heard. The sound of which gave comfort to both of them as Izoke knew that meant that silence was worse. Silence meant something horrible was nearby and even the bugs went silent out of fear. The trees swayed back and forth due to wind making a "Wooshing" sound as well. They had no watch so keeping track of the time was impossible for them. Izoke would have guessed it was around 2 pm but it was already 3 pm. Both of them were already very tired and hungry. So, they decided to rest for a bit and eat something. They sat on the ground and Izoke started to collect some wood for a fire. He used his new skill to ignite the kindling. Once lit the firewood burned without too many difficulties. Sometimes keeping a camping fire lit or getting the logs to burn was like pulling teeth!

"What are we going to eat?" Sumiko questioned staring at the fire.

"Hmm..." Izoke hummed before taking out the Tusked deer meat from his Inventory. "We are going to eat this," he added.

Seeing that dinner was delicious looking meat Sumiko was quite happy. Commoners rarely got to eat much meat and usually when they did it was dried traveling rations. She was too enthralled by the meat to ask where or what it had come from. She didn't even realize for a moment she was drooling just thinking about how good it would be. The meat was Cylindrical in shape and red in color: a slightly darker red than beef. Izoke inserted his old iron sword into the slab of meat using it as a skewer. He placed it over the fire held up by two "Y" shaped sticks and left it to cook. He occasionally would rotate or flip it over to cook it thoroughly and prevent burning. After about twenty minutes or so the barbeque was almost ready. A strong and intoxicatingly amazing aroma came from it. Its smell was so strong that the whole area smelled like it. Izoke removed the meat from his makeshift spitroast placing it on a smooth plate to cut it into servable portions. He cut it into six steaks and gave half of them to Sumiko on another plate. The portions were quite generous putting a smile on both their faces. Sumiko took the first bite and her expression was priceless. She was practically bursting with satisfaction.

"How is it Sumiko?" Izoke grinned knowing she was having a mouthgasm.

"It's AMAZING! I haven't eaten anything like this my whole life." She declared honestly with great gusto. She continued eating at a rate that made wolves look less than ravenous by comparison. Izoke just smiled holding back a slight laugh. Not too long ago he was just a villager as well and would have done the same thing.