Ethan started charging toward the plants which were already wiggling their tentacles at him immediately they saw him charge forward
"Let move it baby" Ethan said looking at the sets of tentacles lunching towards him, with no other intention but to knock him down. With no fear and just a smile pasted on his face, Ethan still charged forward with no intention to stop any soon.
Straining his thigh and legs' muscle which already sore from the earlier exercises. Ethan dealt with the numbness he felt in his legs like a motivation to be more resistant, he knew he had a long way to go. But what mattered now was the situation he decided to indulge and dive in now. The tentacle striking towards him, was targeting his head. With a smirk as if not impressed by this, Ethan swiftly dodged the tentacle to right taking a spin, jusk like a ballerina. This was not all, a second tentacle was charging, ready to strike his leg, he was caught off guard by the attack but he jumped at the right moment, the strike finally hit the ground digging in few centimeters.
Landing on his feet, Ethan continued charging forward. As if the plants were feeling toyed with, they began to take Ethan more seriously. They underestimated him. Three more tentacles charged towards him. Ethan who was still charging forward, knew that they will increase the intensity of their attack and he wasn't worried about the three tentacles striking towards him, two from the front and one from the side. Ethan brake his speed at abruptly at the last moment, though it made his loose balance, he managed to support his fall with his hand, skillfully evading the tentacle striking to his side.
The two tentacles coming upfront were alot more difficult to evade since he was one the ground already. As if calculating in his head the best evasive move, Ethan proceeded to put his plan in action. Picking a thick branch from the ground, Ethan stood but ready to receive the tentacles head-on. Waiting for them to reach at striking range, he tightened his grip on the branch holding it with his two hand, he swung the branch with strength that it made him spin and loose balance. Luckily, the two tentacles took a powerful hit simultaneously.
No time to relax, he evaded some but more were ahead of him. Ethan just smiled, continuing his charge. He was coping fairwell than the previous times. This was just the beginning and all these moves took him more and more to the verge of chronic tiredness, his muscles were throbbing hard, contracting and had no time to relax, the amount t of oxygen they received wasn't sufficient and slowly but surely he would have muscle cramps.
Ethan was feeling this too and he knew he had to end this quick. There was no way going back. The only way out for him now was to cross this pack of plants. He continued charging forward. Five more tentacles were coming up front and Ethan was preparing himself to evade them skillfully and swiftly like the previous ones. Holding his brother in arm the branch he charged forward. Closing the pace between him and the tentacles, Ethan performed a front flip evading the two first tentacles lunching for his stomach, landing on his feet, he immediately put a kneel on the ground and bent backward, evadind the third tentacle aiming his head.
One could see this and be unimpressed by Ethan's reflexes. These were regalur carnivorous plants after all, they ain't a big. That's what many will thing. The fact that they were regular was quite true but it wasn't totally true, they had something that made them stand ou of the other plants. Not only their tentacles were dark and hard spikes all over them, their sterm was thick like a bunch of tentacles rapped against each other, supporting a purple flower-like head with patches of green all over it. This was not all, they emmited a sinister aura from them, one was different from the one emitted by totally regular plants.
The first day Ethan fell on these plants, not only did he freeze from the aura, he felt that if he venture close to them he would be signing his own death. The fear was so much that his feet felt numb and he fell to the ground. Though it was his first time feeling such, he muster his courage and stood firm on his feet, looking at the plants for a good number of minutes before leaving, with one thing in head, he would definitely come back and test himself.
Two tentacles were upfront, standing on his feet immediately, he ran to the tentacles and slided down to the ground skillfully evading them. It was only then that he felt a serious muscle cramp on his thigh. Not only was it painful and coming at the wrond time, a set of five tentacles lunched towards him. Ethan muster his strength with his affected kneeling.
Thanks to his colleague the branch, he stroke two tentacles soon enough and rolled to the side, dodging the other tentacles. But Ethan wasn't going to give up, accepting the pain as always, he stood firmly on his feet and charged forward though the pain he felt, his speed had reduced but what could he do.
Ethan ws already close to his limit and eleven more Carnivorous plants awaited him. He spotted a tree where he could take a small break and ran to it. Looking at the eleven more plants he had to cross, he began to calculate, spotted some point where he could skillfully evade the attacks, and have less plants to worry about. His rout was set, so he decided to take some seconds to get ready. His break had ended after two minutes, taking a deep breath, he was lucky that his cramp had gone, he was back to roll on in style.
Ethan proceeded to take his plan in action. He suddenly leaped from his hiding spot, running towards the route he decided to follow in his head. Following this path, he wound have five carnivorous plants ahead, meaning a total of fifteen tentacles to dodge. This was no problem for him at all, like one would say, it was a jog on a Sunday street to freshen up.
Holding his loyal colleague tightly, he ran toward the first carnivorous plant which lunched it's three tentacles towards him. Readying for the impact, Ethan sent two of the tentacles flying with a heavy strike, spinning to the side dodging it's third tentacle. It was then that the second carnivorous plant ahead spat a greenish liquid from its flower-like head like a spray, trailing to the ground and moving towards Ethan.
The ground was dissolved by the liquid, seeing that Ethan quickly moved to a thick tree-trunk to take refuge from the deadly liquid. He tried spying to the right but another wave of acid came at high speed and he immediately retreated his head.
"Damn....my head would have dissolved in an instant. When did they start spitting acid? Me that thought I knew all their moves, I guess I was wrong" Ethan said, he was surprised by this attack. This was Tha first time they spat acid ever since he has been here.
"I guess they are putting up to a new challenge, but this won't possibly hold me back. Beating challenges is my daily routine." Saying this with a smile, Ethan leaped from the tree and ran straight to the carnivorous plant ahead, swiftly dodging all the sprays of acid it lunched towards him, sliding, leaping, jumping, rolling, his reflexes were swift but all these had a backlash on his muscles, every Fibre screaming pain but Ethan wasn't done yet.
Running to a tree close to the carnivorous plant, he held one of its branches which were reachable and dragged it backward. The branch was crackling, ready to break and suddenly Ethan let go, the branch went directly to the carnivorous plant's head, hitting it with so much strength. This was Ethan's opportunity to run pass the it, no time to relax, he charged forward and slid down, passing the plant. Only three were left and he would take some rest.
He dodged and passed the third plant swiftly, now only two were left and the road will be clear, and hence his body would cool down and muscles would relax. Facing the forth Carnivorous plant, Ethan was doing well, dodging and striking it's tentacles with his loyal colleague, when it spat three balls of acid and the three tentacles came at different side. He dodged two tentacles but loose balance, the acid balls would strike if he didn't act quick. It was either the acid balls or get hit by the third tentacle.
No need to even think in this situation, so he eventually chose the tentacle, hitting him fully as he was sent flying and hitting a tree, causing a dent to form on the tree. Ethan spat a mouth full of blood, his vision was all blurry and his ears were as if off, no sound could he here with a bleeding nose. Laying there on the floor, he would pass out and die if he didn't move. It was then that he thought about Licia, her smile, her cute face, this cruel world they were in and the promise he made to both his parents and Licia. He clenched his fist so tight that they were bleeding, mustered his strength and stood up.
"I AM NOT DIEING HERE YOU FILTHY PLANT. I HAVE A LITTLE SISTER TO TAKE CARE OF AND A PROMISE TO FULFILL"