《Life of an Immortal <ON Hold>》 Unknown Man Somewhere in a wild forest A man lying on the ground opened his eyes. His eyes reflected an expression of amazement and utter disbelief. He stood up and observed the unfamiliar surrounding . It was a forest, with birds chirping and creating a beautiful orchestra, and some small animals roaming around, but the man had an expression of absolute disbelief because he doesn¡¯t know this place. How the hell did I got here?, I don''t remember coming here.... "waaaaaaait a second.... What''s my name? what''s my name? What''s my name? my name... Why don''t I remember my name? What''s going on here." His heartbeat fastened, breath became disorderly. It was a great shock for him to not know who he himself was.4 He clenched his fist to calm him down. Calm down. take a deep breath. ¡®(Inhaling- Exhaling)¡¯ Now think. who am I? After 10 minutes He gave helpless sigh. It''s no use I can''t remember. As thinking was of no help, he finally decided to look around for a while. He looked around him and found a long tree he decided to climb on it to view the area where he was, it was the longest tree around him with many thick and strong branches. He started climbing, and after he got on the first branch. Can¡¯t see anything, lets climb higher. He was not satisfied so he climbed higher on the tree but was still unable to get the clear picture of the forest, so he climbed even more higher, but he was still unsatisfied, so he climbed even more higher than before. He repeated this until he literally climbed on top of the tree. He was satisfied now as he could he see the whole forest from here, but no matter how far he looked, it was still a forest that came into his sight. Heartbroken, he decided to get down, but as he looked down his legs lost all their strength for a moment, and his body became imbalanced, in a state of panic he grabbed the tree with all his power as if he¡¯ll fall down if he even slightly loosen his grip. How the hell did I climb this higher? He himself doesn¡¯t knew he was afraid of height, now he was stuck on top of the tree, and the longest one on top of that. After a while he mustered up all his courage and decided to climb down, bit by bit. After a very, very long time his feet once again successfully reestablished contact with the ground. He was so happy that tears were forming on his eyes. He kissed the ground and said ¡°Oh my lovely land I¡¯ll never leave you alone again. I promise.¡± ¡®Grumble~~¡¯ While he was busy flirting with the land his stomach roared from hunger, but he had nothing to eat or drink and because sun was setting it might be dangerous to go on a hunt so he decide to somehow pass the night with empty stomach. X - - Next day - - X Our hero was already awake or you can say he never slept. He was frightened by the roar and noises of the animal, so whole night he remained awake, and if by any chance he felt asleep, noises of rustling bushes would wake him in fright. Now after sun was already shining high in the sky, he decided to take a quick nap. After having a sound sleep for a while he woke up, he still wanted to sleep but the hunger and thirst wouldn¡¯t let him so he decided to find some water first. After a whileUnauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. ¡°Water¡­.ha!.. Ha!..Water¡­. Where are you water I want you, don¡¯t play hide and seek with me. I¡¯ll get angry you know.¡± He was panting like a dog with his tongue out and losing his sanity bit by bit from dehydration, hunger, and fatigue. I can¡¯ take it anymore let me rest for a while. at last he was unable to endure it any longer and passed out. He collapsed with a loud thud. Few hours later --- Somewhere near the unconscious man, a group of man goofing of. ¡°you bastards don¡¯t laze around concentrate on hunting¡± Their leader Alistair said ¡°Don¡¯t worry captain no prey can escape from my sight¡± ¡°I hope you are right else you could expect your meat to be added in tonight servings¡± Another man said ¡°I¡¯m looking forward for your meat tonight hehe¡± ¡°Shut up!! you middle man.¡± Their pointless bickering was giving Alistair headache he wanted to strangle each one of them. ¡°shut your mouth you all else one of you won¡¯t be returning home tonight.¡± Alistair warned them. After Alistair intimidation no one said anything anymore they just kept looking for a prey while cursing Alistair in their mind. While they were looking for prey one of them spotted a man lying on ground. He immediately informed Alistair. ¡°Captain, there is a person lying on the ground there, probably it¡¯s a corpse.¡± ¡°where?¡± ¡°There captain¡± Alistair move toward the direction where his man pointed to while thinking about it ¡®Nobody is missing from our village, so who could that person be?¡­.. What if its an enemy trap¡¯ Alistair halted his steps when his thought came up to this point. He ordered his man. ¡°Stop!! check the surrounding first for any possibility of a trap who know it might be a trap laid down by our enemy.¡± All men nodded seriously, they might have playful personality but when it comes to enemy they are the most gruesome warrior else they would never have been selected for hunter group. They checked whole area for any kind of trap but it seems there worry was needless, they didn¡¯t found any trap around that area so they finally, decided to approach the unconscious man. When they observed that man from near they noticed that the man was white as corpse. ¡°Captain he probably fainted from dehydration, his face is all pale. Should I give some water to¡­.¡± ¡°water¡­. Water¡­ wa..te¡­..rrrrr¡± When the unconscious man heard ¡®water¡¯ he started murmuring water repeatedly and then again fainted. Alistair ordered one of his men to pour some water in his mouth and then started discussing with his team to what to do with this man. ¡°I think we should leave him¡± ¡°Yes I agree, if we take him to village it will only increase our burden¡± ¡°Yes you are right. Captain leave him here after all he is not one of us¡± Alistair was listening to them attentively and after all of them finished voicing their opinion, he replied with a playful devilish smile ¡°I heard your opinions, so I came to the conclusion that we¡¯ll take him to village with us.¡± All of them almost vomited blood from anger, they all were having same thought ¡®Why the fuck did you ask us if you were not gonna listen to us¡¯ ¡°captain. Hmph... Why did you ask us if you were not going to listen to us huh¡± One of them clenched his teeth and complained in a frustrated manner. ¡°HeHe I just wanted to hear your opinion heh? Are you angry, then come bite me... come on¡± All men could only clench there teeth and bear the injustice and on the other hand Alistair was feeling very delighted after taking his revenge on his piggish teammates. After a while they all returned to village, carrying an unknown man on their shoulder. Emanon Yet again the man was lying unconscious, but this time instead of lying in the middle of a forest he was lying on the bed made of dry grass straws in the center of a hut built with mud and stone. The hut was filled with different kind of extraordinary herbs that were permeating a nasty odor that could make any person nauseous, and beside the man an old woman with a very wrinkly face was examining his body with her small half opened eyes, and after she was done with examining him she poured some kind of liquid in his mouth. That old woman was the shaman of Alistair¡¯s village. When Alistair brought that man to the village he sent him to the shaman to look out for him until he is in stable condition, so he could know more about him. The unconscious man regained a bit of his unconscious but his body still refused to move however his senses were wide awake, and he could feel the prickly sensation on his back due to the grass straw and the sun rays that were falling on his face from the window on his left and his toes that had been feeling particularly warm however it was but it was not the sun, it was a unique sensation like a warmth coming from a fire and to his right side he could hear a voice of an old woman muttering something. ******** ¡®Why did I have to go¡¯ Alistair was not in a good mood because the village elders, the old bones, ordered Alistair to report the condition of the man he brought with him and that was his biggest problem right now because visiting shaman is lots worse than death, if you have once gone there you will not go near that place even in your dream second time. He thought to push this problem on one of his lackeys but after arriving out the elders'' place he hasn¡¯t caught sight of even one of his lackey. ¡®Tch¡­ Those bastards, they knew this will happen. I will make sure to take their good care in next mission, so much that some of them might not be able to return home¡¯ Whilegrimacing over his luck he reached the door of shaman¡¯s hut. He hesitated to open the door of the hut. He started motivating himself as if he was going in side a lion den. Maybe even that was less hard compared to visiting the shaman. ¡°You can do it, Alistair¡± Alistair opened the door and the first thing that came to his mind was ¡®mom, dad I am soon,verrrysoon, coming to join you in heaven¡¯ His nose was attacked by an unpleasant odor of herbs as soon as he entered. The shaman was making a medicine in a corner of a hut. He hurriedly walked to her and inquired her about the man he brought. ¡°Cough! Cough!what¡¯s his conditionShaman?¡± ¡°His condition is stable now big boy, come again at dusk, he¡¯ll most probably be conscious by that time¡± ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll come back later¡± ¡°Come on. This lady might be a bit old but I¡¯m nonetheless unmarried. I love a company of young men like you.¡± Alistair left with hurried footsteps. she could only chuckle when she saw him leave her hut in such a hurry.Oncehe left she once again busied herself with making a medicine. The man who was lying down heard the conversation of those two and could feel the impending crisis coming near to him ¡®Oh man my chastity is in danger¡¯ The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. By the time of sunset he was able to move his body a bit, and then he realized that the smell here was so nauseous that he was about to vomit. He endured the smell and talked to the old woman. ¡°Excuse me, ma''am, how¡¯s my condition?¡± ¡°Oh you woke up, and what¡¯s this manner of your talking. I never heard it before.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t remember anything about my past but that¡¯s how I speak by the time I came to my senses¡± ¡°Ohh!¡± ¡°And this place stinks, how can you live in a place like this?¡± ¡°haha! Boy you¡¯ll get used to it if you¡¯ll also live here for a while¡± ¡°Oh nono no. I¡¯ll prefer to not live here, and why are you living here¡± ¡°It¡¯s got something to do with my experiences that made me what you can see today.¡± When she said this there was a distant and sad look in her eyes, so he doesn¡¯t ask any further about it, but it must be very hard for a someone living in a place like this. They talked for some time till Alistair arrives. ¡°WoahhThank god hey unknown guy how¡¯re you feeling.¡± Alistair arrived at the shaman''s hut late so he could make sure he doesn''t leave without the unknown man else he''ll have had to come here once again, and that was no good. ¡°Quite nauseous¡± ¡®Chuckles¡¯ Shaman chuckles when she heard the unknown man. ¡°Yeah I know man, I really do know. Hey by the way what¡¯s your name¡± ¡°That¡¯s something that I myself do not remember. you see actually I don¡¯t remember anything about myself. it''s just like I opened my eye and boom, I¡¯m in the jungle.¡± Alistair was feeling confused with all that the man said ¡°So, in short, you don¡¯t remember anything about yourself.¡± ¡°That is exactly what it is...In Short¡± Alistair lost in his thought about what should he do about this man, so he thought ¡®Let¡¯s give him a temporary name for now and take him to the village elder. Hmm that sounds good then let''s do it¡¯ ¡°Okay then let me take you to the village elders for further inquiry and let me give you a temporary name ¡®No Name¡¯ for a while to address you¡± ¡°Well I don¡¯t care to whom you are taking me to but, ¡®NO NAME¡¯ ¨C¡± seriously, I hope you don¡¯t name your child yourself otherwise he might not be able to show his face to anyone he grows up. ¡°Let''s make itEmanoninstead of ¡®No Name''. What do you think? huh?¡± ¡°Anything will work just come with me quick I can¡¯t stand this place anymore,¡± Alistair said while pinching his nose. Emanonnodded and they both left the hut together. They heardShamansaying something in low voice ¡°Tell high elder to come meet me sometime.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll definitely do but can¡¯t guarantee he¡¯ll come,¡± Alistair said without turning back Emanon thought ''it looks there some friction between high elder and shaman.'' Emanonentered the elder residence along with Alistair beside him. There were 3 old men were sitting on a chair making a semi circle arc with their sitting position and a lady in his mid 20 was serving a drink to the person sitting on right most seat and man who was sitting on the left was staring at the lady but when she bent to serve the drink with his mouth slightly open and saliva dripping on the ground. When they saw the two men arrive at the house they immediately straightened their posture but left most, saliva person was late to realize it. Alistair andEmanonboth saw that old bone, who still fantasize about a woman whilst he''s having his one foot already inside the grave. When the old man realized the two man has entered the house he closed his mouth and wiped the saliva from his mouth with his sleeve. The lefty roared on those two ¡°How do you dare to enter elders house without permission, do you think you are above us¡± Therightyinterjected ¡°Butcaroyou were the one who ordered Alistair to bring that man here¡± ¡°Yoooujust shut your mouth¡± The lefty was just embarrassed to be seen by the young ones in such a shameful state, so he was pushing the blame on others but. ¡°Hey, old man no fear there is nothing to be ashamed of you are old but in the end, you are also a man too you also have some needs right?¡± ¡°How dare you? You swine¡± ¡°Hey calm down old man we should encourage peace¡± The lefty desired to say more, however, was stopped by the center guy and after that, the actual talk starts. Recruited The three elders. Midly, Lefty and righty sitting on a wooden chair. Midly was sizing up Emanon. The lefty was baring his fangs on Emanon for disrespecting him, and the righty was merrily sipping his drink. Alistair was standing beside three elders to protect them from Emanon. Who knows if Emanon try to stir up any troubles, like poking elders¡¯ eyes, pulling up their beard¡­.. but not in a childish fashion instead in a wayyyyy, wayyyyy more mature and gruesome fashion. Yeah, right just like the way you are imagining, but just add a tiny bit of sadistic nature in it, however by the brief conversation between them he understands that he is not a threat, but still job is a job. No matter what, you have to do it. It was getting cold and the elders¡¯ old body could not stand the cold. They were getting goosebumps from the cold. ¡°Uwah. it¡¯s getting cold. Someone light the chimney¡± righty said. Now the stage was set and the interrogation starts. 1 min ¡°¡­¡­.¡± 3 min ¡°¡­¡­.¡± 5 min ¡°¡­¡­.¡± 10 min ¡°¡­¡­..¡± No one said anything. Complete silence. Only a sound of a wood crackling from burning and the voice of cricket. For a few minutes elders only gazed at Emanon whic]h made him feel a bit uncomfortable so he decided to start the conversation first. He opened his mouth to say something but before he could say something the elder on right opened his mouth. ¡°Aha I told you he won¡¯t be able to last much longer¡± The elder sitting on a middle slightly nodded ¡°Indeed.¡± Emanon was puzzled about what was going on ¡®were these three old bones were playing a game with me.... Did I lost or won?¡¯ Alistair saw all this from a side. His mouth curved upward. Emanon might not know what was going on but he knew exactly what was happening. The elders had devised a plan to test what Emanon would do if none of them speaks with him, but he hasn¡¯t thought that the Emanon reaction would be so hilarious. When none of them spoke to him Emanon was acting like a girl. That reaction was completely out of Alistair expectation.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. The left most pervert guy was feeling slightly happy from Emanon reaction. He has taken his revenge on him. It was a male dominant society, so Emanon acting like that was kind of disgrace. His ear became warm and his heartbeat slightly increased. He looked at Alistair but he was also smiling like all the rest. The high elder raised his hand signaling them to stop. The other two elders also stopped smiling and put up their serious faces. When everything calmed down the high elder spoke ¡°Hello, young man. My name is Han I¡¯m the high elder of this village I make major decisions here, and here the major decision here is to what we should do with you. Who knows you might be a spy.¡± Emanon heard Han¡¯s speech with all seriousness. All the embarrassment on his face vanished into thin air. ¡®So he is the higher authority in this village. He looks kind of serious guy. Is he trying to dispose of me if I¡¯m of no use. If it¡¯s true than I have to show them my worth but¡­. What is my worth.¡¯ The elder sitting on the right understood what he was thinking so he spoke to clarify his doubt ¡°It seems your thoughts are heading in wrong direction young man. You must be thinking that we will dispose of you if you are of no use to us but don''t worry you''ll be of some use to us¡± Emanon was surprised ¡®How does he know what I was thinking¡¯ The elder chuckled. The elder understood what Emanon was thinking but this time he doesn¡¯t speak Emanon though for a bit before introducing himself ¡°Hello, elders I¡¯m Emanon. It¡¯s a name I gave to myself because I don¡¯t have any memory of my past.¡± ¡°but you must be a warrior in making in the past to have such a toned body¡± ¡°Maybe.¡± High elder ordered other to leave the room ¡°We elders need to discuss something. Everyone leave the room¡± Alistair took Emanon outside. ¡°Those elders are quite naughty.¡± ¡°Well everyone has there own way of judging peoples character¡± ¡°What do you think they are gonna do with me?¡± ¡°Hmm. I think they¡¯ll recruit you as a hunter¡± ¡°it means I¡¯ll have to hunt wild animals, but I don¡¯t even know how to use a bow.¡± ¡°Haha. don¡¯t worry about that we¡¯ll teach you with other new recruits¡± ¡°Bring him in Alistair.¡± High elder voice came out from the other side of a door. We went in and then what elders said was totally as Alistair told him. ¡°Emanon. From now onward you are a hunter recruited by our village. We will train you in fight and also will give you food and shelter. You will show us your loyalty by fighting for us in an event of crisis.¡± ¡°I accept you conditions.¡± Emanon knew this gonna happen so he unhesitatingly agreed. ¡°Good. Alistair tell him everything he wants to know and send him to his quarter¡± After that Alistair and Emanon left the elders¡¯ place. Alistair showed him his quarter and left for his own quarter. ¡°Report for training at early morning¡± Emanon walked inside his quarter and whoa 3 muscles dude were showing off their body ¡°I think I came in a wrong room. Sorry. You guys continue.¡± Emanon shut the door and hurriedly moved out of there ¡°Hey are you Emanon?¡± Emanon stopped when he heard his name. He looked back at them. ¡°Yes. How do you know my name.¡± ¡°We were told that someone named Emanon is coming. Hey come in why are you a running away?¡± ¡®So it is my quarter, but nobody told me that my room partners were all gay.¡¯ Emanon mustered his courage and went inside the room Oh man two guys were still showing there muscles to each other. Is it to decide who¡¯ll be over and who¡¯ll be under or who¡¯ll be over, over and under. In this kind of situation it¡¯s best to make sure they not notice your presence or you might get ravaged, but sometime god wants you to be ravaged. ¡°Hey new guy come here. Why are you sitting so far.¡± ¡®Oh no it seems I don¡¯t have much time left with me. What should I do should I shout or run?¡¯ But cloud of misfortune were heavy. The two guys held him and took him near to them. Poor guy. ¡®Be gentle¡¯ But nothing happened as Emanon thought they just asked him about himself and¡­.then happened what Emanon thought. ¡°Hey, buddy take off your clothes. Show us your muscles¡± Emanon was reluctant to do it but under constant pressure, he had no other choice but to agree. When Emanon showed his muscle they were not impressed. They booed. ¡®Does it mean I¡¯ll be under¡¯