After the realisation hit him Arthur was left speechless but after a minute he tried to pray to Celestial Worthy he did it very obviously disgusted by the act to him Celestial Worthy was only seen as a Creepy grandpa trying to parasite him! His prayers devoid of any semblance of devotion got no response Angrily thought "...This doesn't answer any of my questions! How did I get here?! Is anyone controlling the Grey Fog trying to revive within me?" He sighed and thought "at least I have a true name"
Arthur then realised he was thinking too much about the LoTM side of things since the Grey Fog had seemingly brought him here but this is obviously the World of Shadow Slave!
Arthur sighed as he tried summoning his Runes if he was in the dream realm then surely he had to have passed the First nightmare but no matter how hard he tried the Runes didn't appear that meant he was not a carrier of the Nightmare Spell
It was then that he realised why he had been sighing so much why he was so tired despite feeling like he had been sleeping for ages moments before! he was infected by the nightmare spell since he was out and about in the dream realm without the protection of a Domain for who knows how long!
Arthur grimly thought "my physical body is definitely dead this should be my spiritual body it can't just return to my physical body in the real world while I face my trial since my physical one is dead if I die here I die for real and while I'm facing my trial my body will be completely defenseles here even if I get lucky and my body is fine while I pass the trial I will have been starving for days before I wake up"
Arthur was tired all he wanted was to sleep but he knew if he did it would not end well after finishing his trial he would need food otherwise he would be too tired to hunt
All Arthur could do was try to unlock his aspect naturally like Rain by sheer luck while waiting for The Sun to Rise and hope he could get some meat from a corpse the other scavengers left alone for when he awoke from his trial since he felt like he had been infected by the Nightmare Spell for a few days he was feeling too tired to hunt now
he smiled self deprecatingly and thought "scavenging from scavengers? Eating the leftovers of those ugly things?" Arthur sighed again then continued his thoughts this time his eyes shining with defiance "Is this why I transmigrated?" His expression turned resolute "no I won't accept it! I'm better then that! Better then mere awakened beasts! After all i... I am the Protagonist of this Era!" Instantly after finishing that thought he felt a little embarrassed for daring to copy The Plagiarizer™ himself but he quickly composed himself he was still Unwilling to accept his place on the food chain
So Arthur Decided tomorrow he would Hunt a Scavenger while waiting for the Sun to rise he started planning on how to do that while trying to find a way to awaken his Aspect he transmigrated after all he had to have had a superpower!
As the Sun rose chasing away the Dark sea Arthur got up and sighed again exhausted he had succeeded at trying to make a strategy on how to kill a scavenger even an injured one was dangerous to him he was but naked alone Exhausted without a combat aspect or any sort of weapon! But he was still determined to kill one because...
GROWLING!
When he woke up he felt like he slept for days In fact he was sure he did by now because he felt like he was starving and dying of thirst since he woke up despite his less then comfortable situation he was not in complete despair he had a little hope since he at least discovered his aspect
Well it was more like he had already discovered it and he just learned how to use It although he wasn't sure what flaw he had it had been surprisingly easy to learn how to use his aspect
Flashback to last night
Closing his eyes With his full Focus Arthur tried to sense his Aspect he could feel and even see The grey Fog in his mind he could almost touch it he almost felt like he was lucid dreaming he thought "where am i?" the Grey Fog from within his mind stirred and he had a Vision he saw his own Body on the Hand of a headless statue almost completely submerged by the Dark Sea as black as Ink then the vision ended
He realised he had just made a Divination although he would have preferred a combat aspect it was at least better than his random visions Arthur thought even if some of them are Vague at least he knew what they were generally about since they were in response to his questions
he felt a bit more tired after having made the Divination it must consume soul essence he mused but he knew he shouldn't be stingy with his Divination ability in his situation so he made more
the first Divination he made was about where the Least Dangerous Scavenger Near him would be once it was noon
The Scavenger was hiding in a hole filled with mud it looked like a completely normal Mud Puddle
the scavenger only had one arm that looked like it could break if it was hit hard enough he was also missing half his legs only having one left on both sides he looked terribly damaged and tired still bleeding from various places as if he had just been fighting recently
He was Satisfied with the Result since he could scout out the Scavenger so he started with His second divination it was about where the Scavenger near him who was the easiest for him to run away from would be at noon
In his Vision he saw a Carapace Scavenger who only had 1 leg it was hiding underneath the sand right near a huge coral away from the Least Dangerous Scavenger's hiding spot by 20 meters North
Arthur planed to lure the Injured Scavenger tot he one who couldn't move and attack when one of them dies to the other the immobile Scavenger seemed like the most likely victor he had both claws undamaged and was not nearly wounded as the other
His third Divination was about the location of any suitable weapon he could use capable of killing a Carapace Scavenger nearby
this time he saw a Carapace Scavenger with only one arm and all of its legs shoot out from under the sand near a Mud puddle it was dangerously close to night perhaps that's why the Carapace Scavenger who had three legs but both of his arms was in a rush as he tried to hide near the Mud Puddle under the sand as well only to end up Ambushed
Taken by surprise the ambushed Carapace Scavenger lost an arm but he did not cry out In pain instead his reaction was to face his adversary and swing his remaining claw at the ambushing Scavenger's head but his opponent the Carapace Scavenger that ambushed him didn't die from a single strike and fought back fiercely
After a gruesome one on one battle the Ambushed scavenger with it's one remaining claw terribly damaged and only having two legs left let out a cry of victory and started eating the defeated scavenger after a while a Sharp broken bone from the corpse of the defeated Scavenger was thrown away by the Victorious scavenger his vision followed it
as the Night came and the Scavenger regretfully retreated in his hiding place not having finished it's meal Arthur's point of view shifted he saw Dark Sea swallowing the land at great speeds from the East taking the Bone with it towards west with great force and in the distance he saw the headless statue he was currently on the palm of about 60 meters away from the Dark Sea he realised this was the location of the very Scavenger his Divination deemed to be the Least Dangerous
The Bone carried by the Wave of the Dark Water stabbed into a Coral and the Vision ended
Arthur was too tired to make any more Divinations he would have wanted to make another to gouge the level of danger for his plan but he feared falling asleep due to exhaustion so he laid down and waited for the Sun to Rise trying to stay awake
Flashback end
Arthur slowly climbed down the statue trying to make himself less visable to the Scavengers below by staying near the shadows of the Statue intent on hunting for scavenger meat
Arthur managed to get down without being spoted with some Difficulty when he did he carefully walked silently trying to avoid the attention of other scavengers if even one of them found him he knew he was dead
As he slowly walked he didn't even try to go towards the Scavenger hidden under the Mud Puddle he walked arround it at a safe distance and passed it he continued walking until he noticed a puddle of water
"Jackpot!" Arthur thought he was dying of thirst! If he attempted to run away or fight like this he was dead ten times over! Now he needed to find somthing to start a fire with he needed to boil the Water after all
He started Searching nearby and easily found some Coral after drying it for a bit it would turn flammable he was pretty sure so he planned on using it as replacement for fire wood he placed it near the puddle of water and searched for a container to boil the water in and something to ignite the Coral with
Eventually after looking for hours he almost completely lost hope he would find anything useful but before he did he spotted the Huge Bones of a huge Aquatic beast it must have been at least of the corrupted Rank he thought
The bones seemed to Shine like they were made out of aluminium they seemed extremely durable there was no flesh to the Huge Skeleton just bones
As He picked up a smaller teeth about half a meter in width and almost a meter in length it was thin and extremely light Arthur thought "the bigger Teeth are bigger than my own body and there are so many of them too it must have hated going to the dentist to have this many replacements" he Lampooned and Searched for what might be a better weapon but unfortunately the Bones on the thing were too big and heavy for him to use with any efficiency so he hit another Teeth with the one he had grabbed with the sound of metal hitting metal a spark was produced Arthur sighed in relief "Finally! Something I can use to start a fire"
Arthur quickly left the area to avoid any scavengers that might have heard the sound he retraced his steps leaving the two teeth he picked up near the Corrals as he went to find a container to boil Water
After even more hours of looking he found something he could use as a container to boil water with what he found was a skull to be more precise it was the skull of a human half buried under the sand
At this point Arthur didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky to end up in this situation he was definitely very unlucky
But to not have encountered a Scavenger in his current state and finding a "water container" in this almost empty desert like place he was definitely lucky but... Did it really have to be a human Skull?!
Arthur picked up the Skull shaking the sand out of it Looking at the skull Arthur felt as if he was being judged by it he whispered "it's nothing personal there's just nothing but sand and bones here oh! Corals too I guess but I need to use something as a container to to boil water or I will die of thirst so I really have no choice ok?"
The skull said nothing it was dead after all
Arthur realising he was already talking to himself choose to end his "conversation" with the Skull and went back to to boil water at the shallow puddle of water
After filling the Skull with water and holding it over the fire he started he waited for it to boil it felt like it would take forever and a Carapace scavenger might spot him If he stayed too long
Eventually he decided it was boiled enough and so from a Human Skull he drank greedily finishing all the water in it as he did a tear fell down his face he was so happy just to drink water even if it was from a Human skull and probably not completely safe even after he boiled it
But he didn't spend much time to enjoy it searching for the things he needed to boil water took him hours it was already noon by now if the Sun still rose at 5:am like back on Earth then he spent about 7 hours searching for things to boil water with!
The reason it took so long was probably the Exhaustion and hallucinations he would sometimes have due to his lack of sleep he felt as if by the end of the day he would definitely fall asleep without even realising it
And so Arthur following his Vision searched for the Weapon he had been Divining last night
The Bone was the forearm of the defeated scavenger it was about one meter wide it's length enough for him to hold with only one hand it was sharp on both ends at the width but its whole length was flat he could grab it without hurting himself this was the weapon Capable of Killing a Carapace scavenger from his Vision
It was stabbed into a coral about 5 meters high since there were some scavengers nearby seemingly grouped up eating together he waited for them to go away if he didn't he would be spotted by the scavengers Arthur did not completely lack a survival instinct and so he waited and used this chance to rest he had moved a lot for someone who was starving and lacking sleep
While Waiting for them to leave he cursed them under his breath "I'm starving out here eat faster you show off Third rate thugs! Tsk! Just Who do you mere Crab wannabes think you are to brag in front of me?!" After a few minutes of Cursing them the Crabs left waiting a minute to make sure they aren't coming back he climbed the Coral and took the Sharp Bone
After climbing down he slowly walked to the Mud Puddle he saw in his Vision where the Severely injured Carapace Scavenger was hiding partly to conserve his energy he would need it to out run the thing and partly because he would still not fight it yet so he wasn't in a rush
he needs to make sure he won't run into another scavenger while luring the Injured one to the Immobile Scavenger so he will scout out the path in advance
after doing just that he rushed back to the Mud Puddle he needed to be fast so that another Scavenger won't show up while he will be chased by the half dead scavenger!
And so Arthur more exhausted then afraid went to poke the metaphorical Bear with his stick as he did he thought "this is it if I succeed I can survive after finishing my nightmare"