When I looked at that weird fruit, my mind just went blank. What the fuck was I supposed to do with this thing? Eat it? Touch it? Leave it alone?
The fruit was just sitting there, looking all innocent with that purple glow and inside the leaf was resting. But as always nothing in my life had ever been innocent, so why would this be any different?
"Screw it," I muttered and grabbed the fruit. It felt warm in my hands, almost alive. The moment I picked it up, I could feel this energy coming off it that didn't felt threatening but it was just lingering there
I stared at it for what felt like forever. My mind was empty, like always. No excitement, no fear, just that familiar numbness that followed me everywhere. Even in this crazy situation, I felt nothing but tiredness...
Without thinking much about it, I bit into the fruit the taste hit me immediately - sweet but not sickeningly sweet, with this weird metallic aftertaste that made my tongue tingle. As I chewed, the fruit basically melted in my mouth.
Then the shit hit the fan.
The moment I swallowed, it felt like someone had shoved a lightning bolt down my throat. This burning sensation spread through my entire body, starting from my stomach and shooting out to every corner of me. But it wasn't painfull it was like someone had turned up the volume on everything inside me.
I could feel my cores spinning faster. The energy flowing through me suddenly doubled, then tripled my world core, which had been this decent sized thing, started growing right in front of my eyes. It was like watching a balloon inflate, except this balloon was made of pure energy
"What the hell..." I whispered, watching my core expand in front of my eyes. The purple lines started running through my hands then my neck, then on my chest as it covered my body with bright lines of dark purple, my whole body felt too refreshed all of a sudden this new surge of power I could feel it in my bones.
But the weirdest part and the simplest part was ? I still felt nothing emotionally there I was, going through what was probably the one of the biggest power boost of my life, and I just... didn't care. It was happening to me, but it felt like watching someone else's movie.
The effect didn't stop there my key's energy production went crazy as my self energy production also went up..i could see i could feel all of it . Before, it was like a steady stream. Now it felt like a waterfall. The energy was pouring out of me so fast I thought I might explode, but it all went well
The changes kept coming for what felt like hours. My world core kept growing until it was maybe two times its original size. The energy flow stabilized at this new, insane level. And through it all, I just sat there in having a feeling of being a spectator in my own body.
Then, just as suddenly as it started, everything went quiet for a sec i looked around them
I floated there for a moment, testing this new feeling and yeah, I was definitely stronger but I felt the same inside empty, tired, disconnected from everything.
"Great," I said to nobody..." With this my chances of survival increases even more ! "
That's when reality decided to slam back into me. One second I was floating in my inner world, the next second I was getting dragged back to the real world like someone had grabbed me by the collar and pulled me back.
The first thing that hit me when I opened my eyes was that crushing weight. Every pound of that walker was still sitting on my body like a concrete blanket. The power boost hadn't done shit for the physical weight problem.
"Fuck," I groaned, trying to sit up even with all this new energy coursing through me, moving felt like trying to swim through cement.
"Rudra!" Jaipa's voice cracked with relief. When I looked at him, his face was pale as hell and his eyes were red like he'd been crying or something. "Thank god you're awake you've been out for two days, man
Two days? I tried to process that, but honestly, time didn't mean much to me anymore three days, three hours, three years - it all felt the same.
"Where are we?" I asked, looking around. We were back in our little cave. Small, but deep enough to hide us safely
"I dragged your unconscious body here after you collapsed," Jaipa said "You were bleeding from your nose, your ears, i thought you were dying."
I should have felt something about that. Gratitude, maybe but i knew myself better i just tossed it aside the Moved on to next of consur, and that was this fucking waight
"The weight's still there," I said, testing my arms yep, still felt like I was carrying that walker
"Yeah, I figured. You've been groaning in your sleep for two days straight." Jaipa sat back down next to me. "What the hell did you do before you collapsed? You touched that ring and then just... broke down like a wood "
I thought about telling him about the inner world, the fruit, the power boost. But what was the point? It wouldn't change anything. I was still stuck carrying this weight, still stuck in this shitty situation.
"Information overload," I said instead. It wasn't a lie, just not the whole truth.
"Well, your information overload almost killed you." Jaipa's voice was shaking. "And me too, by the way. Do you have any idea how scary it is to watch your die, I am not worried about you but..ahha..if..if you.." jaipa with shy face was looking for words
Then looking at his frustrated face i helped him pick his words " Oo i think you would also if I die "
Huh that's.. that's right I was saying that
I looked at him really looked at him he genuinely cared me
"Sorry," I said, because that's what you're supposed to say in situations like this.
Jaipa stared at me for a long moment. "You know what's weird about you, Rudra? You went through something that should have killed you, gained god knows what kind of power boost yeah, I can feel the energy pouring off you and you're sitting there like you're talking about the weather."
He wasn't wrong. I could feel the new energy surging in my body, but it felt as distant as everything else. Like it belonged to someone else.
"That's just how I am," I said.
"That's not how anyone is," Jaipa shot back. "That's how broken people are."
The word 'broken' should have stung in, It should have made me angry or defensive or something instead, it just sat there in my mind like a fact.
"Maybe," I said.
I tried to stand up, which was a mistake. The weight hit me immediately, and I had to grab the cave wall to keep from falling over
" I need to do something about this waight first "
All that burning pain in my mind wasn't for nothing what I was i looking for, i manage to get it in the end all the information i needed about the rings and the beads were hear in my mind perfectly....
"I need to deal with this weight first " i muttered leaning to the wall
All that burning pain of my mind it wasn't for nothing what was I searching for? Whatever it was, I found it in the end every piece of information I needed about the rings and the beads... it's all here now, perfectly into my mind....
The only thing left for me to, do now is to follow this information....