Stillness, temporary stillness, hurled between the aerial roots of a mangrove and immense piles of earth was a desperate child trying to save himself from imminent damnation.
The growls of the feline monster resounded within the depths of his sensitive ears reminding him of the cost of another mistake.
But lucky wasn't by his side as in a split second a clash was heard and the top of the tree separated from the rest of it's body revealing Lucian's hiding spot.
Channeling the darkness in his core to his feet he shot like a bullet to the sky sprinting away when he landed, the panther gave a chase destroying multiple trees in the process.
For every twenty steps taken by Lucian were covered in one step by the panther and soon a gigantic paw crashed into Lucian sending him flying.
He easily went through hard trees akin to dipping a hand in water, eventually stopping when he lost momentum.
His clothes were ripped, he was bloodied and squashed, most of his bones were broken and his head had turned a full three hundred and sixty degrees.
* Crack, Crack, Crack *
The sound of his body repairing itself at an astonishing pace was heard echoing throughout the silent jungle.
A mystery he was yet to uncover was his astonishingly fast regeneration which made him scarless and immortal, ever injury afflicted on him since the beginning of his existence always seems to disappear in seconds.
That wasn't even his deal right now as staring down at the measley creature before him the panther was slowly approaching, it's six pair of eyes fixed on him.
There was one option run quietly but it seems like he fucked that one up and entered the evolved option to run like his life depended on it because it actually did.
Now it evolved yet again into just plainly dieing with a fight, if he was to be eaten he would go down easy.
Instead of turning and running another direction he darted towards the cerberian panther and delivered his one hundred percent serious punch.
* BOOM *
The sound of something similar to a nuclear blast resounded through the jungle as the earth divided and everything around Lucian's designated point to a six thousand square miles was replaced with a seven hundred foot crater.
Force and wind shook the entire forest and dust filled the aerial domain, the most horrifying part was that he didn't even enhance himself with darkness.
When the dust cleared up little fountains of water sprouted from the crater slowly filling it up, Lucian just lazily lay in the middle of the crater almost half his body missing.
As it turns out his godlike strength came with a catch, he couldn't move and worse of all he was regenerating extremely slowly filling the fresh water with his blood.
Tears filled his eyes and his mind echoed with regrets, he should have listened, he should have been obedient but he disregarded everything and went out.
His sorrow multiplied when he realized that the cerberian panther he went all out the vanquish was right above him unharmed, roars could be heard and his problems multiplied further.
Other cerberian panthers around ten in number had encroachinged him, he began wondering how such large formidable creatures could feast on something so small.
The first cerberian panther lunged at him and sank it's claw into Lucian's abdomen.
A huge gloriously blinding yellow light could be seen in a particular area of the jungle and when it faded nothing but silent tranquility remained.
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" Oh mother what's that brilliant light " a little girl said looking from the window in her cottage across the jungle, * Cough *, " Go to sleep child, remember it the reconciliation season " said a woman who passed by her.
A moment of silence was held in the relatively dark cottage with no form of lighting.
" But ma can I play with Vincent in the yard " she said earning a disgruntled look from her sick coughing mother, " No, dear it's too dangerous to be out by this time, go to bed " she responded.
" But ma I want to, I promise I won't leave the yard " she protested, " Fine, but don't take Vincent with you, oh goodness he's already asleep ".
" Okay ma I would be back before it's too late " she chirped running to the door and out of the wooden cottage, * Sigh *, " So energetic just like her father " the woman said weakly tucking herself in a wooden bed.
Under the grey beautiful light to the moon a little girl of about twelve years could be seen skipping about dancing and singing to her lonely self.
Surrounded by a short wooden fence the cottage she lived in was located on a hill at the edge of the thick jungle, after that jungle was a shore.
This particular cottage seemed to be the only one of its kind, any other thing existing here were only monster of various kinds this was the reason the girl felt shock when she started hearing the noises of the jungle come alive.
Every year terrifying creatures appeared in different jungles to reproduce and multiply so when these creatures roamed nothing else moved.
Every where became silent except the sounds of creatures which roamed that season, hearing the normal jungle sound was an abnormally thus the girl decided to take a look at the forest.
Carefully opening the gate to the entrance of the cottage she quickly darted into the jungle and begun her exploration.
In the he next moments she could be seen hopping along the pathways with an investigative frown on her face as she ventured deeper into the stronghold of the reviving jungle.
Any normal human her age would be terrified of going into such a place but this girl went deeper and deeper and even started singing at some point.
That eventually stopped when she stumbled upon a crater that looked like a meteor crashed into earth, body parts and blood were littered everywhere.
Body parts which disintegrated into yellowish energy, while staring at the colossal dark coloured dismembered beast limbs trouble struck.
Various weak beasts soon appeared from the jungle in their numbers staring at the free food laying in their sight of vision, * Sigh *, She turned around to leave.
* Arghhh *
" What who said that " she subconsciously said, and yet again the moan returned, she gaze around the crater her eyes scanning everything, from gigantic black limbs, various creatures of different races feasting on those body parts, a heavy injured dieing human boy, two tigers fighting over a piece of meat.
" Wait a second " she exclaimed darting down the crater at inhumane speed although not to fast as a big baboon lunged at her.
With a furious glint in her eyes she said * Anston Vale *, a bright blue pattern appeared behind her and a giant four meters wolf jumped out of the pattern and dove at the baboon beating it in speed and power pining it on the ground.
With the wolf dealing with the baboon she ventured deeper basically jumping down due to the steepness of the seven hundred meters deep crater.
Any foolish creature that dared attack her was meet with the blood baring teeths of the overprotective wolf behind her and this continued until she stopped at the surprisingly untouched limp body.