Chapter 155 - The Creature Under the Moon (1/2)

The sudden appearance of a single and strange video on social media left a strong sensation on the internet on its wake. It was a video about a man recording himself with his camera while he was climbing on the mountain, showing the surrounding natural beauty everywhere he goes, one can assume that the man must be a fan of hiking. It started as a normal vlog and just as one was about to get tired of watching the man, suddenly, 'it' appeared.

It appeared in the corner of the camera's view, one would think they were looking at a real-life bigfoot seeing the figure from a distance. But in reality, there was no existence such as bigfoot. All those pictures and videos that were shown on the internet were nothing but a fake to troll the world. But right at this moment, in this video, there was a bigfoot accidentally exposing itself for the world to see. At least that was what the people's watching thoughts, but when the man went closer to it due to curiosity, they started to realize 'it' wasn't a bigfoot at all.

The dark figure indeed looks like a humanoid creature walking on two legs like how a human does, but the fur all over its body assured the people that it wasn't a human like them. When the man went closer to 'it' to examine properly, obviously 'it' also started to take notice of his presence.

”What...is...this!”

The hiking man muttered once he could see the humanoid figure close enough that he started to regret his decision in getting closer without precaution. Regret is one thing but now he had to get away from this monstrosity as soon as possible—just as he thought of doing so, the werewolf kicks its feet off the ground hard, leaving the ground shattered to a small spider-like-weeb. It was as clear as the evening sun that it was coming straight him, as fast as it could which caused the hiking man to panic at the sudden change of situation. Even the viewers who were watching the video couldn't help but held their breath and watch intently on their screen, not wanting to miss anything.

Of course, some viewers were making a joke out of the situation, thinking all of this was just a massive prank done by the hiking man's friends for the lol and giggle. If one were to listen closely, they could hear a low groaning voice that shouldn't be possible made by a human from the 'werewolf'. Just that alone was enough to make some of the viewers to believe that this video is real, not a hoax like the others on the internet. When the 'werewolf' jumped at him, the hiking man tried defending himself by covering his head with his hands, ignoring the fact that he was holding onto the camera.

The moment he does so, the camera was sent flying in a distance as his gripped on it became weak due to panic. The viewers couldn't figure out what happened next while the camera was recording facing upward in the sky, and because of that, some of them started to feel anxious and worried about the hiking man. They wondered if the man is safe from the werewolf-like creature as it was clear to them that it seems to hold quite a hostility just by looking at its face within split seconds that the camera managed to capture it.

The last scene the camera recorded while it was sent flying was the 'werewolf' sending its claw at the defensive hiking man when it was still midair and afterward, they heard wailing coming from the hiking man before the camera flew toward another place.

”AAAAAH!”

The hiking man moaned out loud as the pain assaulted his entire body starting from his arms, which has now become bloody after getting pierced by the werewolf's sharp claw, leaving three deep bloody scars on both of his forearms. It was a wonder how the hiking man could still be standing after receiving such injuries as most would fall unconscious due to how painful it is. He must have been a person with a strong will. But no matter how strong his will is, painful things are painful. Although the pain assaulting him was enough to almost make him feel lightheaded, his mind is still sane and working perfectly fine.

That one claw attack was enough to show him that the werewolf creature in front of him is not playing around nor is it a mere prank by someone. It is the real deal and it wanted him dead, nothing much and nothing less. The hiking man gritted his teeth hard and tried his best to endure the pain on both of his arms as he put all his strength on his feet and ran off the opposite of where the werewolf came from. There's no need to waste time waiting on the spot while wailing in pain as he would undoubtedly be killed without question once the werewolf decided to take another action. The longer he waits, the closer he is to the god of death.

While he was on the run from the werewolf, the man caught a familiar camera on the ground by the side of a tree and quicken his running pace toward it. Since he didn't hear any noises on his back, he judged that the werewolf wasn't chasing after him yet a single thought remained amidst everything that warns him to not be careless. But the hiking man ignores it and thought he would only stop for a short moment to take his expensive camera back, it won't take too long to simply pick the camera off the ground.

But to the viewers watching his video, they thought otherwise as they could see a dark figure appeared in a distance behind a tree when the man turned his back after not finding the werewolf within his field of vision before squatting on his knees to pick the camera. It was already too late when he picked up the camera as the viewers could see the hiking man with his almost cripple bloody arms and the werewolf midway swinging its claw at him. It was then that they, the viewers, witnessed the gruesome death of a man who loves hiking. The video came to an end when the werewolf stepped out of the camera's view, bringing with it the fear of the viewers.