Frank was finally feeling happy and thinking that this "Training in the Library" was finally paying off, when he viewed the following windows making his smile change to a frown.
[You have been meditating for over 12 hours]
[Status
The skill Escape(C) has been generated.
You have lost 50 health.
*You successfully escaped*]
"Escape from what.."
"Typically my luck, for a skill to activate at the worst possible timing"
Frank was still feeling angry about his bad luck when he saw a new window.
[Due to using a skill closely aligned with death you have learnt a new skill.
*You have learnt how to "Drift"!*]
-click-
[Status
You have lost half of your life.
*You have completed the conditions to unlock a new skill.*
*You have learnt "Breathing"!*]
Frank was wondering why it was only when he suffered or sacrificed something he was given a new skill but after a while, he decided to check the skill description for his skills
[Status
Skill Description: Drift(F)Lv 1 (Active skill)
*You have a aura of death around you.*
*The land rejects you*
Benefits: You have a slight chance to control your body using your mind when this skill is activated.
Skill Duration: 5 minutes
Skill Consumption: A large amount of natural energy or there is a slight chance it can be activated if you are in a peak meditative state.
Skill Cooldown: None
Skill Description: Breathing(C) Lv 1 (Passive skill)
*All humans can breathe.*
*Breathing is not always a good thing*
Benefits: When you breathe, you can recover 1 life per day.]
[Your duration for the staying in the library has been exhausted]
Finally able to leave the enclosed library, Frank steps outside to meet Maru.
***
Meanwhile, precisely three days before Frank stepped into the library.
A naked woman slumps on the floor under a bright deep blue sky, her name is Love and after lying around on the floor for a while she glances up into the sky and looks around expecting to see a large number of houses, cars, roads and of course people but she is welcomed by a sight unfamiliar to her.
She is surrounded by trees, thick bark trees and grasses. At first she thinks she went to visit the rainforest or the zoo but after recalling the crazy scenes she witnessed after her mother's death, she was finally able to remember where she was and after checking her pale body she finally muttered a single word.
"Hope..."
"Hope, where are you"
Love sat frozen near the woods in the forest of an unfamiliar world for a few hours, replaying the incidents that happened a few hours ago before she was kidnapped into a new world.
While reliving her past memories, her stomach grumbles and she returns to reality.
She remembers she is hungry and naked, her first instinct tells her to check the freezer for what to eat but she looks around and mutters.
"There is no freezer..."
After strolling around the bushes in bright sunlight, she finally found a tree with some red berries which could last her for one or more day if she managed it wisely and a few loose leaves which she could use to knit some underwear to wear to cover at least some parts of her body.
She scout the area more to find more food but other than some more leaves and a fresh body of water, she couldn't find anything.
After searching for a while, she finally decided to set up camp and start knitting underwear with loose leaves.
At the same time she completed the camp, the sky was dark and she was tired so she decided to lay on the floor in the camp and rest.
At night, Love slept for a moment and woke up bewildered by the sound she was hearing, she looked around but could not see anybody so she decided to return back to her sleep.
Meanwhile, the next day Love completed her underwears and decided to scout some more around the woods and also look for the sound she heard the day before but she had no luck.
She also returned to her camp after the second day of searching and ate a few berries leaving a few for her in the morning of the next day.
She slept at night but still heard the same sounds.
At day three, she finally decided to expand her search around the forest partly because of the great hunger she was experiencing and saw a little brown bear playing around the water looking for fish to eat.
Love scouted the surroundings for the mother of the bear but there was no one around her. So she carefully selected a few large rocks and placed them in a basket she made the day before and hurled them on the bear.
The first rock hit the bear head with no visible injury.
The second rock hit the bear arm with no injury.
Meanwhile, the bear stopped looking for fishes in the water and started looking for the person throwing stones at him.
He growled menacingly while the next stone hit his head, a little bit of blood flowed from his head and he started running around the water.
After the seventh stone, hit his head the little brown bear's finally showed fear and he started looking for the nearest escape.
Love, noticing the fear in the bear face started throwing the stones with more precision into the bear's face.
With a face gushing blood, the bear started running as fast as possible but he soon stopped running and slumped on the floor with ragged breathing.
Love finally came out from her hiding place to pick up her spoils.
While carrying the heavy bear, she turned to leave but was greeted by a dozen or more large rats with heavily packed bodies surrounding her and staring at her with killing intent.
*Gulp*