Demon Core

He looked left and right but couldn't find a distraction or a way out of his situation. His so-called brother was advancing towards him while laughing hysterically. He knew that if his brother caught him, he would die even before he could reach his goal. Suddenly, an idea struck him as he saw a carriage approaching. When it was close, he smirked and bowed down.

"Father!" he said, his head still plowed as if he was greeting his father. 

As soon as he heard this, his brother was shocked and turned around in a hurry. Moon took advantage of the opportunity and the carriage passing by, and disappeared. When his brother realized he had been tricked, he turned with anger only to be met by an empty street. He was furious, but there was nothing he could do. So he went back to what he was doing before.

After some time, Moon had reached the city gates. He looked around before going out the gates. He headed towards the forest. He heeded a sigh of relief. He didn't know what he would have done if he had not been able to escape. As he walked through the steep, sloppy mountains, he slipped countless times but still got up and continued on his way. He walked through the mountains for a very long time before finally reaching the forest. He did pass a lot of small forests along the way, but those forests didn't have the herbs he was looking for, at least that was what his mother had told him. His mother had instructed him that only the herbs that grew in the largest and furthest forest were reliable. That was because the forest was full of many demonic beats. Demonic beasts usually get into fights and most of those fights usually end in death. The beast who wins devours the core of the dead one and becomes even stronger. The dead beast decomposes to nourish the soil, since the whole body was bathed in magic and anything that grows there is usually filled with magical nutrients.

As much as the plants there are amazing, the demonic beasts there make it hard for other people to go in search of supplies. Even for powerful demons, it was quite dangerous. And here was Moon stepping into the demonic beast's forest. His mother had tried to stop him when he first told her of the plan but later let him go. She did, but, instruct him not to go deep inside and stay alert, since the beasts rarely came close to the edge of the forest.  After all, it was there that his mother had desperately searched for herbs to cure his core before. 

He walked into the forest steadily as his eyes swept across the surrounding area. He could hear the chirping of birds from far and the roar of different animals. He made sure that his footsteps were not loud and that he was keen not to be ambushed. After walking for a while, he saw a blue glowing plant on the ground. He made sure that there was nothing around, then moved closer to see what it was. Upon seeing it up close, he was amazed. The plant looked similar to one of the herbs he was looking for. The only difference was that there was no mention of it emitting any glow.

He was filled with excitement as he uprooted the herb and put it in the bag he had carried on his back. He stood up and looked back just to realize he had gone too far inside the forest. He wanted to go back, but then thought of how he could get even better herbs if he went just a little bit deeper. 

"I won't go too deep, just a little bit, so I can get a bit more herbs. They might even be helpful to mom." he thought to himself as he started moving forward into the forest. Soon he found another herb identical to te first one. Then he found two more that were among the list he had. He found more and more different and helpful herbs and, before he knew it, he was so deep in the forest that he couldn't even see the edge, let alone remember the way out.

When he looked around, he realized that the place he was standing in had lots of herbs. He decided to take te herbs before trying to find a way out. After all, he was already there. As he was busy picking the herbs, he noticed a bright golden light in the corner of his right eye. He stopped and looked in the direction to see what it was, but he could not see clearly and only saw the golden light. He got up and started moving closer to the light slowly. He kept looking around to see if he was alone or if there was company. He realized that there was nothing else in the area but him.

When he got closer to the golden light, he could not believe his eyes. He was staring directly at two demonic beasts who seemed to be dead. In shock, he withdrew backwards and hid behind a tree. He threatened in and out heavily, then peeped behind the tree at the seemingly dead beasts, then turned to hide.

"Am I seeing correctly or am I hallucinating? Man, I can't believe it. Is today my lucky day or what? Those beasts seem dead to me. And the best part, their cores are still floating above their bodies. Wait, and doesn't one look like a tiger and the other one a dragon!? I can't believe my luck!"

He said to himself as he stood up majestically. He then walked towards the dead beasts slowly in case they were not properly dead yet. As soon as he got to where the cores were floating, he looked left and right to make sure he was alone again. He then grabbed the two cores at once. Immediately he grabbed the cores, a light was emitted from him. It was so golden and heavy it made him moan in pain. Even though he was in pain, he still controlled his voice so as not to attract beasts to himself.

Suddenly, the two beasts' bodies rose into the air before his eyes. They then merged to form a dragon with sharp claws like a tiger and the tiger's color was imprinted on the dragon's body. Soon after, the dragon flew directly towards him and entered the core, which had also merged together, as he was still frozen in place due to shock. The core slipped away from his hand and got directly into his body. He immediately felt a surge of energy fluctuation in his body followed by anguishing pain. He fell down on his knees as he hugged himself and moaned in pain once again. Then suddenly he collapsed, dropping his bag full of herbs on the ground.

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