"Allosaurus!?"Sobek's opponent was quite famous, so he had no trouble recognizing it. If he remembered correctly, the allosaurus had been one of the apex predators during the Jurassic period, if not THE actual apex.For a moment he panicked. The allosaurus was very similar to a t-rex: what if it was as dangerous as the terrible king of the dinosaurs?However, thinking rationally, Sobek realized that this couldn't be the case. The experience points offered by the allosaurus were much lower than the one offered by a tyrannosaurus. It didn't make sense to think they were equals. Furthermore, the mandibular structure and the body of the allosaurus didn't give him that idea of danger that those of the frightening t-rex emanated instead.Perhaps the allosaurus had been an apex predator in the Jurassic period, where there were no other predators, but it was clear that in that world of disordered ages it could be just halfway down the food chain. That put it more or less on the same level a
Once he finished to consume the carcass of the allosaurus, Sobek returned to the river and walked away. That area was no longer safe: the carcass of the maiasaura would have soon attracted more and more predators. Sobek could have just eaten it, but he wasn't going to waste time on something that couldn't provide him any experience points. He would have eaten a carcass if he was desperate, but he wasn't so at all since his skills allowed him to obtain fresh food every day. That carcass could therefore be left to the other carnivores of the forest; as he left, Sobek had even been able to see one.[Prey identified: Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, carcharodontosauridae. Experience: 65,000 points]If Sobek didn't remember wrong, the acrocanthosaurus was an apex predator during the Late Jurassic period; it was at least 12 meters long and since its size it probably weight more than 6 tons. Despite the promising investment, Sobek had preferred to not take the risk. That predator didn't seem much
It didn't end well. Or at least, it didn't go as smoothly as Sobek had hoped. In spite of himself, he soon discovered that even in the animal world the actions had their consequences.After moving a couple of kilometers away from the carcharodontosaurus he finally had stopped and ate the stegosaurus. That was his most noteworthy prey after the allosaurus: the stegosaurus had given it 20,000 experience points at one time. Even though it was only a sub-adult, it was still a huge amount of meat and quite dangerous, making it a great source of experience points. It had been also a very peaceful and tasty meal as Sobek had discovered that stegosaurus meat was particularly sweet and tasty, so he had felt as if he had eaten a luxury meal.Rather, the problem had come the next day. While he was swimming, Sobek had spotted the unmistakable silhouette of a large predator in the distance. Initially he had thought it was just some theropod who had come to drink, but on closer inspection he discove
"Sir, we're almost there!"Mika grunted at the driver's words. Although he had lit a cigarette for less than a minute, he took it out of his mouth and threw it out the window. "Are we sure that the area is safe?""Yes, sir. This place is too remote to let the police arrive in a short time, and we don't even have to fear the wildlife because large predators keep away from the borders of Cartago. We will not be disturbed here" the man replied. "Don't worry, your wedding will go great""Very good" Mika murmured looking behind him. There, bound and gagged like a salami and held in place by two men, there was a little girl who was no more than twelve years old.As on Earth, even in that messy world where Sobek happened, there were nations more civilized and others less so. Odaria, the nation bordering the forest, was one of the less civilized.In the eyes of the rest of the world, it would have turned out to be a fairly advanced country in terms of technological development, but completely
Sobek couldn't say he understood everything of that situation, but he was sure he understood enough.When he arrived he had seen that the smell of blood and fear he had smelled actually came from a little girl, who was being held still by some highly disreputable men. With his amplified hearing then he had heard the words of the political official, and there he understood what was happening.Sobek had never been one who took no interest in third world news when he was on Earth, so he was well acquainted with situations like this: forcing a girl to marry a grown man for political or financial reasons. Also under the circumstances, he was pretty sure her family was unwilling and that it was all orchestration.At that point he had seen red. Sobek had killed and devoured many life forms and no longer felt much attachment to humans, but he too had lines that he had not crossed. Even though his dinosaur body saw puppies and children only as easy prey, he tried to maintain a modicum of humani
When he returned to the clearing the vehicles were still burning and would probably have gone on all night. Better this way: the smell of smoke would have kept the other animals away, since it meant that there was fire there and every animal feared fire. Also they were far away from the trees, so he didn't risk to cause a wildfire and therefore burning half of the forest.The girl was still there and was desperately trying to crawl away. The ropes that immobilize her were very tight. Sobek could clearly tell by how deep the marks were on her wrists.When she saw him coming, the girl froze and almost stopped breathing, staring at him in terror."Yeah. I guess the way I introduced myself isn't the best way to curry favor with a twelve-year-old girl..." Sobek thought, then he lowered his muzzle towards her.The little girl screamed, surely convinced that he wanted to eat her. However, shouting was useless: the strings wouldn't have melted with the force of the sound. Unless the child poss
When Jocelyne woke up she was convinced that she had been having a nightmare, because only a nightmare could justify the terrible chain of events that had taken place the previous night.She was quietly accompanying her father on his visit to Cartago, enjoying the trip as she always had, when those bad guys came to ruin her life. They had kidnapped her from her hotel room and dragged her into the forest to marry one of them. They had beaten her, insulted her and screamed at her, and she wouldn't have been surprised if they killed her too.And then a monster had come. A gigantic dinosaur, bigger than any other Jocelyne had ever seen in zoos, that had wreaked havoc under her eyes by devouring her attackers one after another. Yet that same monster hadn't eaten her, but instead it had free her and given her a medical plant to relieve her pain.Yes, it could only have been a dream. It was too absurd. However, when she finally made up her mind to open her eyes, she didn't find her comfortabl
Unbeknownst to Jocelyne, Sobek hadn't limited himself to just hunting the boar.He knew that the little girl was probably very hungry, but he couldn't worry exclusively about her. He was still a living being and therefore just like everyone he needed to eat a certain amount of food every day if he wanted to continue to live, an amount that surely wouldn't have been satisfied by such a small prey like a boar. Consequently, he had to hunt primarily for himself.After all, humans, even though they had long since abandoned the natural state, had retained all the survival techniques they had evolved over millions of years: being able to survive for a long time without food was one of them. A human body could last for three months without eating. That little girl could therefore keep herself hungry for half a day. He didn't know how ethical this thought of his was, but in nature no one cared about ethics, so it certainly wasn't his problem.As for the water, instead, he hadn't had to worry.