The Mysteriuos Forest part 2

"When I climbed the tree, I looked at you, trying to distract that monster, but then I also saw a whole bunch of creatures slowly following you guys, so I quickly went into the ship, hoping to find something to lure them away. Inside the ship, I found a couple of small barrels of oil and a couple of matches. Then I took a shortcut to go straight for the pit where you jumped, got there before the monsters reached you, and poured all the oil out. Then I waited until the monster came, but you came out instead, so I had to take a risk and warn you.
Nevertheless, everything turned out okay."

Gorge yells, "Come down here."

"I'm not doing this," angrily replies Periphirilia.

"Come on, you at least have to try it, pretty please."

"Fine," Periphirilia finally relents.
When she carefully descends the pit, she encounters the repulsive creature again. But right now, it's just lying there, half-dead and helpless.

"When you look at it, this thing looks pathetic. I can't believe that we were scared of it so much."
Gorge says while smirking.

"I don't know if it's scary or just plain disgusting," says Periphirilia.

"Come, let's beat it up!" Gorge excitedly urges her

Periphirilia gives the creature a light kick and says, "Fine," as the creature grunts silently.
Gorge then strikes it hard, causing the creature to scream in agony.

Gorge:
"Hey, wanna compete to see who gets the loudest sound out of this thing ?"

Periphirilia now relaxed:
"Fine, let's do it."

And for a while, they both kept hitting the blob creature. They had no idea, though, that the injured animal's constant cries had drawn a variety of forest predators. The pit was quickly surrounded once more.

"Again?" Says gorge while holding his head in his hands.

Periphirilia snaps, "I told you we shouldn't have done this!"

"But, this is all its fault; we couldn't just leave it unpunished!"
Gorge shouts, "Hey, look!"
He points to where the creatures are fleeing
"We won!"

Just as he says those words, they see something that makes Blob Mobster look like a cute mouse.

A huge creature the size of a mountain with a snake's body has seven heads with seven long necks; however, all of the heads are of different creatures. There's an elephant's head, a wolf's head, a tiger's head, a bull's head, an eagle's head, the head of the fish, and, scariest of them all right in the middle, the head of a human. The creature is fairly far away, passing through without even noticing them, but its mere presence causes other creatures to flee in fear and panic.

"Hey," whispers gorge

"Isn't it good that we are down here?
It seems like the safest place to be in this whole forest."

"Yeah, we might have gotten lucky."

"Who do you think was that big weirdo?" asks Gogre.

"I have no idea, but based on the reactions of the forest creatures, I think that we better stay as far away from it as we can."

They hear a rustling sound.

"Oh no, look at the creatures! They are returning!"

Periphirilia screams in horror.

Gorge takes her hand and squeezes it. The creatures have them completely surrounded and are closing in. They are so close that Gorge and Periphirilia can hear their breathing. They continue closing in on them, but then the first rays of the sun appear, and the night is gone. The creatures are disappearing back into the depths of the forest. " We are saved!" Gorge shouts at the top of his lungs.

Sigh

"I'm shocked by how many times we have almost died tonight."

Says Periphirilia.

"Do you think it's safe to come out now?"

"Yeah, the creatures seem to have all left. Smiles. Let's go check it out."

Gorge and Periphirilia start climbing out of the pit. They made it out, and they can't believe what they see.

The forest is now overflowing with the brightest, most colorful animals they have ever seen, each with stunning patterns and vivid colors. All of the ominous creatures have vanished. The new animals seem to be fairly friendly.

"This place is like a paradise."

Says Periphirilia as she's petting a rhino with buttery patterns and colors.

Gorge is just standing there, speechless, looking at all these animals.

So, living things can be beautiful too?

Gorge thinks to himself.
He then blushes when he recalls Periphirilia looking at him during the hilltop sunset.


"Um, Gorge, are you okay?
What are you doing there?"

"whaaat, I don't know, looking at stuff and the animals
Yeah, just the animal stuff.
Nonsuspicious animal stuff! Hahaha"

"Are you ok?" asks Periphirilia, slightly concerned.

"I'm always okay, haha. Never been better."

"Anyhow, how will we find the golden carp at this point?"

For some unknown reason, Gorge is very eager to change the topic.

"Mmh, we could cut down some trees and build a raft."

Gorge looks at the sky and thinks for a bit.

"I don't think that raft is going to work. If we go on a raft, we'll never make it."

"What other option do we have?"

"We can't travel on foot, and we were extremely happy to have found a pit and oil well this time. Oh yeah, nobody attacked us near the campfire this night.
If we traveled on foot, we were guaranteed to die on the first night.
Hell, we might even die during the day. These animals look friendly and all, but you'll never know."
Explains Periphirilia

"Hey, why don't we use the boat that's washed up on the shore? Since it has washed up on its way back, it's good enough to make it out of here."

"Oh, yeah, and how do you plan to get it back in the water with just the two of us?"
Smirks Periphirilia

Gorge thinks for a bit.

"Hey, it works. !"

"What works?"

"Wow, you are truly amazing."
Says Gorge

"What ???"
Periphirilia is completely confused by the nonsensical conversation.

"Let's build a raft!"
Proudly proclaims gorge.

"Didn't you just say that it wouldn't work?"

"Yeah, but what if instead of using it to swim the river, we used it to move the boat to the water?"

"How in the world will we put that huge boat on a raft?!"
Shouts periphirilia

"We don't have to"
Smiles gorge.

"We can dig for a bit and build half a raft below the ship. Since sand is very good here, it will work."

Periphirilia is completely stunned and smiles.

"Wow, you exceed all expectations Gorge; truly, you are Mr amazing."

Gorge is beat red.

Suddenly, both of them hear the unbearable screech. It feels like their heads will explode, and some of the animals drop dead on the spot.

"L-look-k"

Gorge points while stuttering

"It's back!"

Here, in the distance, covering the sun and making everything darker, stands the huge snake-like creature.

It screeches again, and then all seven heads start vomiting. The creature stops and walks back to where it came from.

Periphirilia is perplexed, and watching it closely, she notices something.

"Uhm, Gorge..."

"Yeah?"

"I think that vomit is moving."

Gorge starts getting very nauseous, looking at the moving vomit, when he notices it.

"Look, it's the animals; it had made new animals !"

Both Gorge and Perapherilia are carefully observing the situation from afar and from the cover.

"It looks like those animals are all unique and appear to be messes and mixes of various life forms.
That explains the weird ecosystem." Confidently proclaims Periphirilia

"Wait, if it made all the life here, Does that mean it has made us too?"

Gorge is confused and a bit scared.

"Well, that's most definitely possible, but looking at how it tends to mix a bunch of different organisms, I guess that's not the case with us."

"Is it God?" Asks gorge

"Who knows? I guess we never will. Haha"

"Why do you think it came here to make new animals?" Gorge asks curiously

"Hmm..."

Periphirilia subconsciously remembers all those animals burning last night.
"I think I got it
Remember how we killed a whole bunch of these things yesterday?"

"Yeah, that was beautiful," says Gorge.

"Soon after we killed the animals, that creature appeared.
Now it has produced a comparable amount.
It appears to be working to restore losses and maintain a strict balance in the forest.
like a protector of the forest."
Explains Periphirilia

"Wow, that's really cool
I want to be a protector of the innocent while beating up the bad guys.
Yup, gorge the Great, the immortal. I'm unbeatable, hahaha!"

"Wow, calm down with the self-praising," says Periphirilia while snickering to herself.
"Enough talks, but for now, we need to start building the tools for building the raft."

"Okay," smiles Gorge