It was middle of the night.

The air was cold and damp. 

The place is filled with a dim lighting from the bioluminiscent leaves of the mid canopy of the eternally dark forest of Luna.

Isug, a male in his 20's, woke up from being unconscious due to the cold gust of wind. Feeling groggy and in pain, he helped himself in sitting position. 

As he was sitting up, he felt a warm and wet sensation in his torso. He put his hand on it and a surge of sharp pain ran through his body. Upon looking at his hand.....

--"Blood??!" he silently muttered.

The realization left him horrified. 

Due to his consciousness growing more awake, he felt countless pain from his body.

A broken rib, dislocated shoulder, bleeding sides, excruciating headache, pain while breathing etc.

His body is in pain all throughout, like he was smashed in a wall.

Despite the pain, Isug tried recollecting himself and his thoughts.

His first question was..

--" Where am I?"

However he can't find the answers. 

Due to the panic coupled with the pain from all over his body, he began searching around him.

There were huge, countless incredibly tall trees that you can't even find it's top. The environment was lit by a dim bluish glow that is coming from around 100 feet high glowing leaves of each tree. It wasn't too dark but it wasn't bright enough as well, just enough to be able to get yourself around.

Even though the pain is killing him, he was able to pull himself to stand. 

He noticed on his left wrist is an intricate watch, and his right hand have rings with varying stones in each fingers.

They were now soaked in blood.

His worn out hooded robe made from leather with fur on the inside, a pair of steel boots engraved with markings he can't understand, long sleeved coat and a trousers that go inside the boots is what he currently wears. They were all damaged and in tatters.

--" Was I in a battle?" Isug muttered while walking very slowly to without any direction.

Suddenly, he tripped on something hard and mushy at the same time.

He looked back on what he had stepped on.

It was a person!!

Isug rushed to that person.

What he saw was a lady wearing almost the same garment and accessories like him.

She was still breathing, althought it was very shallow. Her head had a bloody concussion and just like him, everything she was wearing was in tatters.

The lady opened her eyes weakly and muttered as much as she could..

--"Who are you?" the lady asked.

--" I am Isug...I am.." Isug replied, but he stopped abruptly.

Who am I?? Where was I? What happened? What am I? Where do I live? Why am I here? 

Isug asked himself a lot of questions, but no answers came.

It was at this time that he realized something that has been bugging him since he woke up.

--"I CAN"T REMEMBER ANYTHING??!!"

He tried thinking very hard but all was naught, he can't remember a single thing.

His head hurt more as he tried thinking of answers that never came.

The horror of his situation is making him feel more terrified than before.

He looked to the direction of the girl that asked him the question.

The girl which was barely awake a moment ago, passed out again.

He can't remember anything but by the attire of the lady in front of him, he knew that she and him were supposedly from the same group atleast due to the similar looks of their attire.

However he is puzzled by her asking him who he was, despite the similarity of what they were both wearing.

Isug noticed scattered weapons and traces of blood around the lady. He picked himself up and looked around.

There were three more people around!

All of them have faint breathing, indicating they were barely alive.

Given that everything is dimly lit, but just like the lady before, it is very evident they are all worn out and in tatters.

Definitely a battle took place in here!

This was his train of thought, and althought he can't remember anything, it seems he was part of this battle.

He gave up trying to think of it, the pain, confusion, and the situation made him easy to set aside his personal problems.

Isug listed everything he currently knows:

- The dimly illuminated forest of huge trees

- His injuries

- Four barely alive individuals

- One of them closely resembles his attire

- His missing memories

- A hypothetical battle

None of them makes sense, aside from the fact that the lady might be her lead as to what and who he was.

He sat on one of the roots of the huge trees.

Isug had no choice but to wait for rescue, if there is one. Or hope that one of these barely alive individuals will wake up and help them. 

He himself is so injured, tired, and in pain to be able to do anything.

He just sat there waiting for any help that may come.

Time passed and it was barely 30 mins and he was already feeling the wave of sleepiness approach him.

The wind is getting colder. All he can hear and feel is the rustling of the leaves. 

He don't even know if those four people are still alive.

Heck he don't even know if he will last 30 more minutes.

--"What a horrible way to die, dying without even remembering any shit!" Isug cursed himself.

Resigned to his fate, at the very least he had come to terms with the idea of dying.

Surprisingly, Isug never felt fear at that time.

The cold wind and the quiet and dimly lit forest feels like a refuge, inviting him to slumber that would last for who knows how long.

And his missing memories made him unable to feel the fear of regret or sadness.

HE WAS READY TO DIE.

Isug's conciousness starts to fade.

In the midst of closing his eyes, he smelled fresh blood.

--"BLOOD?!!"  - Isug's thought ran wild

The smell of blood isn't normal, it was so strong and foul, like there is a large pool of blood in front of him. 

The air suddenly felt heavy and sinister.

Despite the cold air, heavy sweat droplets are running down his face.

His dying body trembled due to fear and terror, and ironically it gave him a bit ounce of strenght to stay awake.

SOMETHING IS COMING AND HE KNEW THAT THIS ISN'T A RESCUE, NOR A GOOD NEWS AT ALL!

Isug lifted his head.

He looked up, slowly with his weak heart that pounded a bit due to adrenaline.

And his eyes turned wide with terror on the sight.

In front of him are eight creatures, all standing and looking down to him.

They are extremely tall.

Seven of them are about 7 foot tall, while a noticeable highly different and looks more menacingly creature stands at 8 foot tall.

The seven are wearing a weird blue garment that covers their entire upper body to their wrists, with buttons lined up from neck to waist with a trousers of the black color. They all have a tag that dangles in from their necks.

Their eyes are all wrapped in a blood soaked cloth, their mouths are stiched with fresh bleeding wounds, and their clothes are drenched in fresh, strong smelling blood! 

They look human, but at the same time the proportions of their body looks weird.

They have long legs, waist level arms, and wearing leather boots.

There is one that looks the same as a female, but the rest that looks male are all bald.

And all of them wears something wrapped around their head and ears.

You can feel the temperature rise around  them, the blood dripping from their body that soaks their clothes are distinctively high in temperature.

And moreover..

THEY DO NOT MAKE OR CREATE A SOUND!

There is no sound of breathing, or rustling sound when their body touches another part of their body.

They seem like dead, while at the same time not.

And what looks like their leader, or the most powerful of them stands taller than the rest.

Around 8 ft tall, with an Octopus head with a 4 eyes aligned in a way that 3 are on the same level, while a separate eye is above the three, and each eye is shaped like a diamond, glowing red with black cross-like shape as iris.

It has a mouth that never closes and has deadly looking set of carnivorous teeth.

The tentacles around it's head wriggle continuously.

The octopus head monster had a body of a proportionate man, however it is taller than the others.

Whatever that thing is, he is wearing a similar garment as the other seven but he had a metal plate tag in it's left chest made in gold. 

And the garment it is wearing is white, unlike the other seven which is blue.

This creature didn't have the blood marks as the others, but it is no mistake to tell this one is the most dangerous of them!

Isug's weakened body squeezed all of it's remaining strenght to stand and try to get away as far as possible.

Sinister is the only words that can be used to describe that feeling.

It was never fear , disgust or panic.

It was that sinister feeling that is being felt just by being near the proximity of that ridiculous being.

A feeling that will make anyone ran away, like it was the natural thing to do.

Like an animal cornered and in it's last breaths, despite sluggish due to the overwhelming injuries, he continued getting away as much as he can. There is no sound that can be heard indicating those group of monsters are chasing him, however even without looking back that sinister feeling is there.

And eventually, his legs gave up.

He stumbled on a tree root in that forest of endless gigantic trees.

In that place were countless weapons scattered, perhaps the remains of a previous battle.

He didn't know the place he was on, his memories of this place is blank.

He turned his head behind and just as he expected, those monsters were standing behind him like they never even moved from their place. The blindfolded monsters in blue, despite their eyes hidden, is obviously positioned in a way like they were staring at him.

And in the middle is the octopus headed monster, looking at him intently with it's disgusting tentacles wriggling while standing. It's glaring four eyes looking at him without blinking.

Isug know that this is the end for him.

There can be no other outcome in this situation.

He was ready for death anyway.

He had no regrets, complaints, nor lingering sentiments because he can't remember anything at all.

It's like a doll given momentary life and getting destroyed immediately.

As he was waiting for death, he saw a sword at his feet.

Then suddenly, he felt a sharp excruciating pain in his head like he was struck by lightning.

The pain started in his head, flowed down to his spine, down to his hands and feet, and eventually to his heart and lungs that almost made him unable to breathe.

He let out a silent growl, he wanted to scream however the extreme pain is preventing him from letting out his voice.

When his mind cleared the first thing he saw is the sword at his feet.

Like an instinct, he felt an odd familiar feeling for that sword.

A FEELING THAT FEELS LIKE IT WAS PART OF HIS BODY.

As swiftly as the pain he suddenly felt was gone and his eyes landed on the sword, his hands moved on it's own and grabbed the sword by it's hilt and pointed the tip of the blade towards the monsters.

--"What happened?" Isug muttered softly on his own.

He was in great disbelief.

His body moved on his own.

Despite being unable to stand up, his hands picked up the sword like it has a mind on it's own.

And he cannot feel anymore the same sinister feeling when he was looking at the monsters.

SOMETHING DEFINITELY CHANGED IN HIM AFTER THAT SHARP BOUT OF PAIN.

He was looking intensely at the monster, but this time he is calm.

Without blinking his eyes is calmly scanning the creature in front of him, like a predator studying his prey.

His panic is gone and although his body is still weak, his spirit is overflowing, as if being reborn.

The grip of the sword that he is holding now feels natural, the feeling was akin to being beside a comrade.

The creatures in front of him aren't moving an inch, except for the octopus headed monster.

That hideous monster started walking slowly towards him and stopped in front of him.

Standing tall like some demon, looking down at him like prey.

It's head tentacles wriggling nasty.

"THIS WOULD SURELY BE THE END FOR ME" - is what Isug thoughts are.

The monster's tentacles started moving towards him, and he knew it would surely would kill him.

"Rawhrooooooooooooo"

A sharp, loud growl that eventually transitioned into a long howl echoed throughout the forest.

The eight creatures of monstrosity in front of him all stopped moving and turned their heads towards the location of that sound. In a moment, the 7 smaller underlings of the Octopus head started assuming an attack stance, indicating getting ready for a battle.

And there about 200 meters away, he saw a sillhoute of another monster.

That monster is a giant fox, standing on all fours around 15 mtrs high and 70mtrs long including it's flaming tail, with a flowing flame like fur of deep red, black, and bright red.

It's eyes is completely white.

One look and you can instantly tell this monster that just arrived is ridiculously strong!

The giant fox bared it's teeth while growling a deep, vicious growl towards the octopus headed monster. The 7 underlings of the octopus monster never let go of their attack stance, all of them facing the giant fox. Meanwhile, the octopus headed monster is just staring at the giant fox.

After about 5 seconds of stand-off, the Octopus monster turned it's back on the fox, stared down at Isug one more time. As if it was telling him  that he was lucky this time, the octopus headed creature along with 7 of it's underling walked away and disappeared on the darkness of the unending forest.

Isug with his strenght leaving his body, dropped the sword. 

And in that instant, he collapsed on the ground.

The gravity of tension, his injuries, and everything that happened had finally consumed his whole body.

He was in not in good condition, and would still probably die later on.

As his consciousness is fading, he saw in a blurry vision the giant fox blocking his closing eyes.

It bent down it's head and produced unintelligible sounds towards his face.

It was so close that he can feel the heat emanating from this beast.

Why is it looking at him?

What was it conveying?

Or rather, what was it doing?

Isug do not know.

And at that moment, he completely lose conciousness.