XVII. Starting to Fall

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"Who among you dare to eat my precious fruit? "

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"Who among you dare to eat my precious fruit? "

I almost fainted when a huge, lumbering beasts appeared in front of us. It looks like a human but only had one eye at the center of its block-shaped head. Its disheveled thin hair and beard grow into tangled masses, also dress in coarse animal skin. On top of its primitive appearance, the creature smells like rotten ass.

Dionysus steps forward daringly, "My deep apologies for what this girl did. Our tiny mortal here is very hungry. We promise you that we will change that glowing fruit into something else much more valuable and greater than that. " 

"Are you saying my fruit is not that worth?! " the beast growls angrily, its sharp tainted teeth shows.

Nalanghap ko ang amoy ng kanyang bunganga at mas lalo akong nahilo. 

"N-no! I d-didn't mean . . . " 

We're slowly taking backward steps as the creature pierce its single eye on us. Dionysus kept explaining but I think hindi na talaga natutuwa ang ogre. 

Wait, was it an ogre? Ugh, ewan ko ba anong tawag sa nilalang na 'yan.

"Nonsense! Whether a God or not, those who are foolish enough to take someone else's treasure will face serious consequences such as DEATH! " then it let out another earsplitting roar.

"RUN!" hindi pa namin hinintay na apakan kami ng higante dahil kusa kaming nagsitakbuhan ng mabilis. 

I can't believe it, we're running again. 

I took a quick look from behind and almost lost my breath upon seeing the huge creature sprinting like a lunatic. Its single eye is filled with determination to crush us into bits of pieces, which makes my legs tremble in fear. Considering its massive size, it can surprisingly run very fast. 

Sa bawat yapak ng higante ay yumayanig din ang lupa at mga kahoy kaya't maya't-maya kaming natatapilok.

"Why did you eat that glowing fruit? We warned you not to! Ang tigas talaga ng ulo mo. " nagawa pang mangaral ni blondie sa kabila ng sitwasyon namin. 

It's really hard to admit that I was the wrong one, "You should've convinced me harder so it's your fault! " I blurted at him. Umawang ang bibig niya, hindi makapaniwala sa sinabe ko.

"Guys, it'll surely catch us with this speed. You guys have to run faster! " sigaw ni Hermes sa'min na siyang nangunguna. Palibhasa, ang bilis kumilos eh.

 Inangat ni Dionysus ang kanyang kamay at may kusang tumubo na malaking vines tulad nung nakipagsapalaran siya sa malaking serpent. "That will slow him down a bit. " 

But the one-eyed creature show off its strength by tearing down the vines apart without breaking a sweat. It roared again as all the birds flew in pure terror.

Napailing si Dionysus sa nasaksihan, "Tumakbo kayo ng mabilis! " aniya at nag transform into a tiny bird. 

Aba, iniwan ba naman kami? Buhatan ng sarili ba 'to? Kainis ah.

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