During a moonless night, the darkness was preparing to take over everything in its path, something terrible was about to happen, in a forest lives a young man named "Liu" had learned to live in the jungle, without the comforts of technology only knew that he had to move constantly if he wanted to eat, fix every day the roof he built from branches of large trees, Liu was very smart, knew the magic of light (create fire) over time he learned to cook certain things, so they took better taste and were much easier to eat. Liu was not afraid of the dark, ignorant of what was to come, night came and he prepared to sleep in his shelter. As night fell, the darkness was total, visibility was nil or zero, nothing could be seen, the darkness did not come alone, with it came the silence, nothing could be heard and everything was completely quiet.
after 10 pm liu noticed that in the distance he began to hear screams, he didn't know what it was but they were very loud, they were not known, he didn't really know what was lurking and he didn't know what emotion to feel, he didn't know the fear but only towards himself, so he went down from the top of his shelter and decided to go in search of those screams, his curiosity was stronger and his lack of fear for things helped him to make an unintelligent decision, after walking for about 45min Liu stops and also the sound that stunned the whole forest.
Again the silence was total, Liu did not know what to think, he knew he had heard something, he knew that there was something there, his senses were fully alert, he began to walk a little more, then it was when he managed to see, he did not know what he saw because it was something completely new to him, he was there, immobile, he seemed almost asleep, Liu began to get closer and closer, the desire to know what it was that his eyes were seeing and did not know what it was, he took a dry branch and threw it to the side, the beast turned quickly at lightning speed, Liu realizes that he had been discovered, his senses tells him that something is wrong, So he starts to run, that huge beast, with dark skin and abundant hair, long nails and teeth like a pin, began to follow him quickly Liu with the knowledge he has of the forest hides, although it does not help much the beast knew where he was directly reaches him, then screams and makes a sound similar to that of a tiger, He gets in attack position thinking that he could have a chance, the beast is not intimidated and stands in front of him, from his mouth comes out a kind of slime that in turn looked like a toxic acid, without having many alternatvas Liu knew he had to defend himself running was not going to give him the answer to his exit, so he opted to give the first blow to that ugly thing, which had no effect, the beast did not move and threw one of its claws, piercing the skin of Liu as a dry leaf, Liu was quickly already at a disadvantage, he began to prepare for his death, he knew he could not do anything, then something happened that both did not expect, Liu had never had communication with anyone who was not an animal, so when he saw that woman, he felt a feeling never felt before, he managed to get up and that woman helped him to get up and began to run, The beast manages to remove the arrow and begins to follow them, it seemed that the arrow had not caused anything in the beast, after several minutes of persecution the woman managed to make fire quickly and place it in one of her arrows, she threw it into the grass and managed to light up that place for a moment, the glow was such that the beast, immobilized and cowed, ran away avoiding the light to reach it, Liu had many questions, it was strange for him to see someone so similar to him and who also knew how to keep the beast away, he tried to ask what was going on, but the woman gave no answer.
The night seemed eternal, what they both did not know was that that night was going to be a very long one, every 100 years darkness fell on the forest with it a beast that was thirsty for blood and would kill everything that crossed it, Liu was only an unfortunate chance to be in that place at the time in which it was his turn to appear, that woman knew more than it seemed, So Liu knew that she was the key to so many meaningless questions, after a while running they stop Liu tries again to talk to her, without success again, apparently it was not going to be better than being alone, that woman did not understand what he wanted to convey and he did not understand why she did not respond.
They managed to get to safety momentarily, then appears oaquella good oaquella beast screamed loudly and increasingly closer to them, the woman says a few words "we must seek the magic of light, to be safe" Liu manages to understand some words, so he begins to interact with her and somehow understand what this woman said, Liu says, Liu says, that only in a place in the forest can have so much light, it was not close and there were approximately 4 days of way, the area was wooded but he knew how to get there safely, so he had no choice, they had to march, the beast was very close to them, although she did not want to kill them so fast, she wanted to play like an eagle plays with its prey, Liu commented that it was much more dangerous to jump into the river but it was the safest option, so he took the impulse and jumped, that strange woman began to see how her companion was going down the current of the river, so without thinking more she jumped towards him, They manage to grab each other's hand and they both manage to run quickly towards their destination, what seemed crazy becomes their momentary salvation, for a man who was used to living in that way was something normal, she on the other hand completely unknown and without knowing where she came from and what exactly she was looking for was something different.
They were only there to take care of each other and without thinking that it could go much worse, there were only the two of them in all that darkness, the night was getting colder, the air was getting much thicker, everything seemed to get much worse, what before seemed simple with all these changes became much more difficult, after walking for a long time along the river, they reach a bank and end up camping in that place, Liu begins to prepare himself in case they had to face the beast again, that man began to use his ability obtained in his room, creating a kind of ineffective weapon, with a stone as a sharp spear and a stick tied to it, on the other hand, he took some seeds of a strange plant that was used as analgesic, he knew that with that herb they had at least the possibility to go again.
Liu was the most apt person to be able to escape from that beast, he knew how to reach every place in the forest even without being able to see anything, for him it was normal to walk in the dark like the beast, he did not need his sight, there was his mental radar, Liu had been a product of evolution, His mind managed to adapt to the environment in which he lived and not only that, he learned to move like the wind and be everywhere without barely feeling his steps, in other words it was almost impossible to track him, I say almost because something failed in everything and it was the peculiar sense of smell that the animal possessed, He knew how to recognize a thousand miles the smell of blood that came from Liu's arm, so somehow sooner or later they were determined to meet, on the other hand, Liu knew that there were strong smells, which perhaps would give him enough time to think what would be his second move, For moments it seemed that these humans were ahead of the beast, until suddenly, the unthinkable happened, it was no longer a single beast, there was another one, much worse than the previous one, this one had the ability to fly, unlike the other one that was terrestrial, so our protagonists still had many dangers ahead.