Exploring the Dimension After Reincarnation: EztEnd
Cermis (Mystic Stories): Giant Creatures in the Forest — Bag. Second

Elena and Fint walked towards the forest. The dark moonless nighttime atmosphere plus the dense foliage of the tree made the two carry a torch as illumination. Mah, actually Elena can see inside, but this is an imaging when in front of Fint.

"W-What are we going to do here?" ask Fint.

"Just make it easy," Elena said softly with a hissing voice. Makes the atmosphere feel even more tense. "Yesterday, when you were sleep-deprived, you saw something, right? That's what we're gonna be looking for tonight."

Fint freezes. His steps came to a halt and his facial expression darkened with fear. He still clearly remembered the figure of the giant creature that flashed before him yesterday. That was so creepy. And this time they're gonna go look for that thing? Imagining it made Fint horrified.

"What's? Are you the one who wants to be someone strong to quit out of fear?" ask Elena. His voice is a threat. "Slow to back off now. And even if you want to stop, go home alone. Don't expect me to take you after this far."

The two of them continued walking in the forest. The sound of animals occasionally sounded. Font who was horrified, his body sensors alert to anything. His body is very watching for threats or dangers that may come. Although the danger would not exist, but he who was already frightened made his body consider even a branch of a tree as a threat. At this level he can be made afraid just because of small things. Even a fly that perched behind his neck alone made Fint reflex to drive him away.

Elena just stared flatly without any interest in Fint's overly flaccid behavior.

"Stop!" Elena stretched her arms out in front of Fint's body. Cue to stop.

Elena pulls Fint behind a tree and puts out a torch belonging to both of them. "What's going on?" ask Fint slowly. Glancing behind the tree as an imaging, Elena used the ability of «Penerawangan». In front, it's very dark. Almost nothing was seen there. But using her ability, Elena could clearly see something ahead there.

A giant figure — easy to say so.

It looks like a human. A giant human with a body filled with dark fur that blends with the darkness of the night. He closed his eyes and was in a prone position. Ordinary people, they would involuntarily approach him before knowing that they were near such a colossal being. Seeing him who is still asleep should be safe, but will give a different story if at any time the creature opens his eyes.

'Good, now what should I do?' elena, 'If I fight, I am 100% sure I can win the fight. I lost, I can still escape. But there's Fint here. Fighting while protecting him will be difficult, especially I do not know the ability of the enemy other than his large body. Did I just go home and close my eyes on this? After all, only one city will be affected.'

Many thoughts were milling around in Elena's head. He thought of the best course of action to take. And among those many thoughts, there was one that made him nostalgic. It was a memory when he was a child. A memory once upon a time when he had no friends.

Elena Madison, a loner. He is an introvert. Introverts who do not like to follow if it has nothing to do with the topic they like. People who will leave most of the problems in the world and only look at what they like and want. Not good at starting conversations and more often be a listener in a conversation. Unnoticed, uncared for, and not reprimanded at all. That's what Elena's loneliness means.

But behind her loneliness, Elena felt that being alone was fun. Nothing bothers her and no conversation feels annoying to her. It only has a small circle of friends, where the contents are like-minded people, and it's just Noctis. It felt like life was calm and went smoothly without interruption.

Until one day, Elena managed to make friends. With her new friend Elena becomes more open to seeing the outside world. Shop with friends, joke with each other, and sometimes do silly things together. After Elena thought back to him she thought that wasn't this life not just for one person? Then shouldn't he help others? Although he would not receive any appreciation or respect, but was it not an unsung struggle?

"Yare, yare, just troublesome," Elena murmured.

Fint wondered about Elena who suddenly muttered to herself and said the sentence.

"Eh? Um…. Ba-okay?" fint's response was full of doubt. Doubtful and strange feeling about Elena's attitude that suddenly changed.

"All right." Elena turned. He came out of hiding and walked closer to the giant creature there. "Now, it's time for a fight!"

Elena quickly pulled out her wakizash. He was prepared not to glance at the weapon in his hand.

Without the horses, he just jumped up high while lifting the wakizashi overhead. His landing point was right at the gigantic human body in front of him. He would instantly give one slash attack. But before that, a single thought rose in his head:

'Wait, aren't the friends I know both introverts, huh? We are the same type, equally people who do not want to get along too much with others. Although the shape is different, but we are as fateful as possible. We are equally separate from the social circle of people at large. We're alone.'

'Think it's more logical, isn't it more appropriate that I just let it go? It's not like I'll get anything by saving them.'

But late.

*glash!*

Elena attacks the creature, waking him up.

§Graaaa!§

The loud roar of the creature was heard throughout the forest.

~

What night without the moon is a suitable place for lovers of darkness. And one of those dark lovers is Aya — Elena's pet cat.

Night is the active time of cats and other nocturnal animals. Cats are not nocturnal animals, but at least they are more active than humans. And Aya in particular prefers to spend the night walking around the city while seeing things that humans do.

There was a lot of information that Aya could decipher. As a cat he is not suspected. Unlike humans who serve as spies. Intel may be a meatball or scavenger while carrying a walkie-talkie, but still their form is human. And that's the advantage Aya — has a non-human form.

And tonight, when most people occupy the bed, Aya somewhere finds a pair of people who are having a dialogue. The content of the dialogue seems to be sensitive matters — important informatics.

"{I have to report this to Elena, right?}"