As I was walking through the forest I noticed that it was just a little bit different.

  The leaves are a bit greener than in my hometown, the air was fresher, and there were plants everywhere!

  After maybe an hour of walking, I sat down under a large old tree.

  I weirdly didn’t run into any more beasts, although I'm still on guard.

  The birds are different too, some have oddly vibrant colors. While others are very well

  camouflaged. And they weren’t scared of me, or they at least didn’t fly away

  “I have to admit. It's pretty nice out here. And it doesn't look like anything big is gonna show up soon.”

  As I was saying that, I noticed an ant that was twice the size of a cat lying beneath a very tall

  fruit tree. It was moments away from dying, so I took it out of its misery with a pointy tree

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  branch. A second after I did that, I got an extremely painful headache. And a light flashed before my eyes.

  killed [ gray worker ant ]

  unlocked status

  Name: Caine Grant

  age: 13

  species: human

  level: 1

  classes: N/A

  HP: 20/20

  MS: 5/5

  STR: 6

  AGI: 4

  INT: 8

  CHA: 3

  LU: 2

  skill: N/A

  "Huh?""A status? Like in video games!?”, I said in excitement.

  “That’s soo cool! although my stats are a bit low.”

  I was checking it again and again, I was already imagining stories about becoming a hero and slaying great evils.

  I was woken up from my daydreaming by a big roar. My curiosity got the better

  of me and I decided to check it out. After struggling through a few vines I got to a large open spot likely around two football fields. I quickly dove behind a tree.

  Somewhere to the left of the clearing was something tall and brown chewing on what looked like a brown carcass. As I looked more closely, I noticed that

  the tall brown beast looked familiar. It was the one that came looking for me the first time I spawned here! I could now see the beast more clearly.

  It was around two meters tall, had really big antlers, clawy paws, long legs, a pretty thin body and the head of a wolf.

  But something was odd. There was a sort of pressure in the air when it was around. The feeling sent a small shiver down my spine.