Chapter 90

I tried to get up from my bed but I couldn't . I couldn't move my hands, legs, I couldn't even roll to my side . Then a feeling of extreme hunger hit me . I had no time to think about any of that as I simply shouted "Sh.e.l.ly! Sh.e.l.lY WAKE UP" . Sh.e.l.ly woke up a bit disorientated and looked at me as if saying 'What the h.e.l.l do you want?' . I didn't bother with Sh.e.l.ly's mood and simply said "Food, give me food" . Sh.e.l.ly ran over towards my bed and started rummaging in the bag that was next to it in order to find some food .

When Sh.e.l.ly finally found some food, it took it out and left it there . I said "I can't move . You have to bring it to my face!" . There was urgency in my voice as I was really starving at this point . Sh.e.l.ly immediately came over to my face and feeded me the meat . I ate it like a starving animal and simply asked for more when one piece after another disappeared in my mouth .

When I ate about 2 boars worth of meat, I could finally move although in great pain . I sat up and started to retrieve meat myself from the bag . Sh.e.l.ly also started eating when it saw that I could move by myself . We finished almost all the meat in my bag . There was still enough for our dinner but it wasn't much compared to what we had stored in there .

Even though I ate so much, I still felt pain in all my muscles . 'I will not be able to train today whatsoever . This dream… me training while dreaming is as if I trained all of that in reality' I thought . If my dreams can influence the reality, which they could because the increase in strength from the past was a proof of that but also my exhaustion after every dream was real as well . I could be in deep troubles one day .

'If the dream can and is affecting the reality in some way . Then that means all the training I did in there is kind of real but not real at the same time . It affects my body but at the same time, I'm not able to eat anything while I'm dreaming . That would explain why I wake up so hungry all the time' I thought .

My thoughts continued 'But if I'm asleep, how does the dream affect my real body? I don't know how it is possible but I need to watch out when I do stuff in those dreams . If I trained too hard, I could really starve myself to death and that would not be good' . I decided that any training I did in the dream would need to be limited . That way, I wouldn't starve myself to death while in the dream .

Although I didn't mind being hungry when I woke up but I hated the feeling of starvation and the inability to even move as if something was in control of my life . I now knew I would have to get some more meat stored just in case . My bag had limited s.p.a.ce and besides, it would weight the same as the stuff that was inside . Carrying that kind of amount was not only impossible but also inconvenient . I decided to build something to store the meat . I knew that in villages during the winter, people had special shacks constructed that would allow for the cooked meat to stay fresh for longer . Instead of 1 or maybe 2 days that the meat would stay edible, it would extend the edibility of the meat to 4 or 5 days . Not much improvement but having 5 days and 2 days is a very big difference .

Although I didn't mind being hungry when I woke up but I hated the feeling of starvation and the inability to even move as if something was in control of my life . I now knew I would have to get some more meat stored just in case . My bag had limited s.p.a.ce and besides, it would weight the same as the stuff that was inside . Carrying that kind of amount was not only impossible but also inconvenient . I decided to build something to store the meat . I knew that in villages during the winter, people had special shacks constructed that would allow for the cooked meat to stay fresh for longer . Instead of 1 or maybe 2 days that the meat would stay edible, it would extend the edibility of the meat to 4 or 5 days . Not much improvement but having 5 days and 2 days is a very big difference .

I needed to build that kind of shack . The winter was here as well so the coldness would preserve the meat . There was a problem though, I wasn't able to move properly so constructing that thing now was out of the question . I needed to rest in order to do anything .

I said to Sh.e.l.ly "Here, take the mask and run off to play . I need to rest my muscles before I start to move properly" . Sh.e.l.ly wasn't very keen on the idea that I would layabout while it would have to train but I placed the mask on it anyway and kicked it outside .

I laid back in my bed and took out the Great Scriptures of Evil Medic . I still had couple of recipes to memorise and due to the recent events, I didn't have much time to study them . Now that I had to lay in bed to rest anyway, I could read it as well .

I read the book till afternoon and managed to completely memorise 2 recipes . My thinking abilities were improved since last time I read this book and my memory got better as well . Sh.e.l.ly came back in the afternoon for me to take off its mask . I was feeling much better now due to the rest but the pain still lingered in my body .

I read the book till afternoon and managed to completely memorise 2 recipes . My thinking abilities were improved since last time I read this book and my memory got better as well . Sh.e.l.ly came back in the afternoon for me to take off its mask . I was feeling much better now due to the rest but the pain still lingered in my body .

I took out the rest of the meat from my bag and we had our dinner . I ate less this time as I didn't do anything really while laying in bed . Sh.e.l.ly on the other hand ate most as usual . With our meat finished we had no meat left for the next day . This was a problem . If the dream happened again, although I did nothing today, I could be very hungry in the morning as well . With no food available, I would just starve to death . We had to go on a hunt today, no matter what .

I said to Sh.e.l.ly "We will go hunt as we have no food left but I'm not very well yet so you will have to do the hunting . I will try to help in case of problems" . Sh.e.l.ly nodded its head and draw on the ground that it didn't mind doing it alone .

We traveled into the depth of the forest at a slow pace . I didn't want to strain my body on traveling alone . We searched the forest but found nothing . Literally there were no animals as if the whole animal kingdom simply disappeared from the face of the earth .

We searched and search and search but we found nothing . We decided to go further, if we didn't find any food today, it would be very bad tomorrow . Sh.e.l.ly could just sleep and save its energy but I couldn't do that, so the meat was more for my sake than Sh.e.l.ly's .

We traveled into the depth of the forest at a slow pace . I didn't want to strain my body on traveling alone . We searched the forest but found nothing . Literally there were no animals as if the whole animal kingdom simply disappeared from the face of the earth .

We searched and search and search but we found nothing . We decided to go further, if we didn't find any food today, it would be very bad tomorrow . Sh.e.l.ly could just sleep and save its energy but I couldn't do that, so the meat was more for my sake than Sh.e.l.ly's .

I was getting more desperate the longer we searched . I thought 'How the h.e.l.l there are no animals when it was crawling with them in these parts of the forest' . After another hour of searching we stumbled upon a clearing . To my surprise there was an ongoing battle happening . To my bigger surprise it was not animals fighting other animals for territory or for food, no . It was humans fighting animals .

The ground was littered with dead animals and I could also see some human corpses in between . I thought 'Where the h.e.l.l did those people come from? According to my map there are no villages in the vicinity' . I said to Sh.e.l.ly "We shall watch and see how this develops . I don't want to get dragged into that fight and also there may be more animals coming to finish of the humans . If we get lucky, we won't have to do anything in order to get meat" . Sh.e.l.ly nodded its head and we hid ourselves to watch the fight .

I tried to get up from my bed but I couldnt . I couldnt move my hands, legs, I couldnt even roll to my side . Then a feeling of extreme hunger hit me . I had no time to think about any of that as I simply shouted Sh.e.l.ly! Sh.e.l.lY WAKE UP . Sh.e.l.ly woke up a bit disorientated and looked at me as if saying What the h.e.l.l do you want? . I didnt bother with Sh.e.l.lys mood and simply said Food, give me food . Sh.e.l.ly ran over towards my bed and started rummaging in the bag that was next to it in order to find some food . When Sh.e.l.ly finally found some food, it took it out and left it there . I said I cant move . You have to bring it to my face! . There was urgency in my voice as I was really starving at this point . Sh.e.l.ly immediately came over to my face and feeded me the meat . I ate it like a starving animal and simply asked for more when one piece after another disappeared in my mouth . When I ate about 2 boars worth of meat, I could finally move although in great pain . I sat up and started to retrieve meat myself from the bag . Sh.e.l.ly also started eating when it saw that I could move by myself . We finished almost all the meat in my bag . There was still enough for our dinner but it wasnt much compared to what we had stored in there . Even though I ate so much, I still felt pain in all my muscles . I will not be able to train today whatsoever . This dream… me training while dreaming is as if I trained all of that in reality I thought . If my dreams can influence the reality, which they could because the increase in strength from the past was a proof of that but also my exhaustion after every dream was real as well . I could be in deep troubles one day . If the dream can and is affecting the reality in some way . Then that means all the training I did in there is kind of real but not real at the same time . It affects my body but at the same time, Im not able to eat anything while Im dreaming . That would explain why I wake up so hungry all the time I thought . My thoughts continued But if Im asleep, how does the dream affect my real body? I dont know how it is possible but I need to watch out when I do stuff in those dreams . If I trained too hard, I could really starve myself to death and that would not be good . I decided that any training I did in the dream would need to be limited . That way, I wouldnt starve myself to death while in the dream . Although I didnt mind being hungry when I woke up but I hated the feeling of starvation and the inability to even move as if something was in control of my life . I now knew I would have to get some more meat stored just in case . My bag had limited s.p.a.ce and besides, it would weight the same as the stuff that was inside . Carrying that kind of amount was not only impossible but also inconvenient . I decided to build something to store the meat . I knew that in villages during the winter, people had special shacks constructed that would allow for the cooked meat to stay fresh for longer . Instead of 1 or maybe 2 days that the meat would stay edible, it would extend the edibility of the meat to 4 or 5 days . Not much improvement but having 5 days and 2 days is a very big difference . I needed to build that kind of shack . The winter was here as well so the coldness would preserve the meat . There was a problem though, I wasnt able to move properly so constructing that thing now was out of the question . I needed to rest in order to do anything . I said to Sh.e.l.ly Here, take the mask and run off to play . I need to rest my muscles before I start to move properly . Sh.e.l.ly wasnt very keen on the idea that I would layabout while it would have to train but I placed the mask on it anyway and kicked it outside . I laid back in my bed and took out the Great Scriptures of Evil Medic . I still had couple of recipes to memorise and due to the recent events, I didnt have much time to study them . Now that I had to lay in bed to rest anyway, I could read it as well . I read the book till afternoon and managed to completely memorise 2 recipes . My thinking abilities were improved since last time I read this book and my memory got better as well . Sh.e.l.ly came back in the afternoon for me to take off its mask . I was feeling much better now due to the rest but the pain still lingered in my body . I took out the rest of the meat from my bag and we had our dinner . I ate less this time as I didnt do anything really while laying in bed . Sh.e.l.ly on the other hand ate most as usual . With our meat finished we had no meat left for the next day . This was a problem . If the dream happened again, although I did nothing today, I could be very hungry in the morning as well . With no food available, I would just starve to death . We had to go on a hunt today, no matter what . I said to Sh.e.l.ly We will go hunt as we have no food left but Im not very well yet so you will have to do the hunting . I will try to help in case of problems . Sh.e.l.ly nodded its head and draw on the ground that it didnt mind doing it alone . We traveled into the depth of the forest at a slow pace . I didnt want to strain my body on traveling alone . We searched the forest but found nothing . Literally there were no animals as if the whole animal kingdom simply disappeared from the face of the earth . We searched and search and search but we found nothing . We decided to go further, if we didnt find any food today, it would be very bad tomorrow . Sh.e.l.ly could just sleep and save its energy but I couldnt do that, so the meat was more for my sake than Sh.e.l.lys . I was getting more desperate the longer we searched . I thought How the h.e.l.l there are no animals when it was crawling with them in these parts of the forest . After another hour of searching we stumbled upon a clearing . To my surprise there was an ongoing battle happening . To my bigger surprise it was not animals fighting other animals for territory or for food, no . It was humans fighting animals . The ground was littered with dead animals and I could also see some human corpses in between . I thought Where the h.e.l.l did those people come from? According to my map there are no villages in the vicinity . I said to Sh.e.l.ly We shall watch and see how this develops . I dont want to get dragged into that fight and also there may be more animals coming to finish of the humans . If we get lucky, we wont have to do anything in order to get meat . Sh.e.l.ly nodded its head and we hid ourselves to watch the fight .