Chapter 43 - Days CXVII - CXLVII
I would probably never fell asleep in normal circumstances, but because of how tired I was in the end dream overtook my consciousness. I had many nightmares of wolves ripping apart my body, and woked up several times, just to drift away soon after.
I finally woke up sometime before sunrise. It was grey around me. My stomach demanded food with incredible stubbornness and rudeness. Growling at me like a mad dog. So I crawled out and filled it nicely with some raw carrots, bread, and a bit of beef jerky. The bread was getting stale pretty quick, so I knew that I should eat it first.
After the meal, the hunt began. I had no groundbreaking ideas of how to fix the issues. Just a very simple one that could, or could not work. I just wanted to reduce running on my side, by leading wolves out of their territory a bit. Let them chase me, but not group up.
It looked promising at first, but in the end, I was unable to prevent them from gathering and had a tough battle with them. I got 32 more crystals but was yet again very, very tired. I came back to the cart and started heading closer to the wall. I camped just beside it.
This time I slept like a baby, and after a short breakfast, was on my way to goblin’s territory. It took me a whole day to see the first group of green midgets, and I slaughtered them pretty quickly earning 3 more crystals. Then I started to actually head back, and after around an hour of traveling, I set up my camp. I found some nice bushes, cut them with the knife, and made a shitty fence with them, some branches, and small trees. Made simple bedding, ate, and at last went to sleep under the cart.
The first nights were sleepless. I was afraid to get killed by some goblins roaming the forest. I had no idea if they were going back to their lair after dark, or kept walking around. Time with no incidents and exhaustion eventually did put me to sleep.
[0)ᴠʟ The next four weeks I spend hunting goblins. Every day for at least twelve hours, up to sixteen. I managed to earn a pretty nice number of 2648 goblin crystals during that time. When all the food was gone I headed back to see how everything has changed, sell my score, and make myself stronger. I needed more power to be able to hunt wolves.
The last day ended with 22 685 points on my account, 2651 goblin crystals, and 97 wolf crystals on the cart.