A good amount of the pain dissipated after a few deep breaths. The young ratman then felt the adult dire rat scamper off his head and stay in front of him before tilting her head, sniffed at him, and then squeaked. Ed nodded slowly as his body was still in a great amount of soreness. [color=chocolate]"Yes, I'm feeling better. Thanks for asking."[/color] The young ratman smiled to the adult dire rat to convey that he really was feeling better. Seemingly satisfied with his response, she then looks to the cave mouth and to the duel between the female goblin and Crispy. Majority of the goblins present were still transfixed on the fight and paid little attention to anything else. He could feel that the battle was coming to an end, but the soreness of his body restricted his movements severely. With little choice on the matter, Ed focused on his breathing. If it universally helped pregnant women relieve pain and stress while giving birth, why wouldn't it work for a young reincarnated man in a monster's body? The pain did dissipate after a while, but the duel between the two goblins was also over; with the female goblin winning the fight. Ed couldn't help but smile as Crispy was brought low by one of his lackeys. From what he could surmise from the duel, it was something of a contest of who becomes the new leader. And it seems that now the female was the new leader of the goblin group. Though he would have loved to see what they would do to Crispy, this was his chance to return to the safety of the cave. Scooping up the adult dire rat with one arm, he hops down the tree and instantly regrets the decision as spikes of pain raced up from his legs to punish him for not thinking this thoroughly. Gritting his teeth and grasping the tree trunk to the point that his claws dug deep into the bark, the young ratman's body shivered in excursion just to refuse letting out a groan of pain. The seconds felt like hours as he could feel a tear roll down his furry cheek, but it was done. He had prevented compromising his position to the goblins. He looks down to the dire rat he held and used his free hand to gesture shushing to her before he lets her go. He was unsure if she understood what it meant but she was quite intelligent and understood Asteria's commands with her intuition and instinct. He could only hope she also understood that they needed to sneak past the goblins. Ed then goes into a prone crawling position and begin moving up and into the cave, slowly but surely. [hider=Stats] LVL: 5 HP: [color=Green]Healthy[/color] SP: [color=yellowGreen]Rested[/color] MP: [color=green]Full[/color] Effect/s: [b]SKILLS:[/b] Unspent Skill Points: [color=red]12[/color] Current Skills: Beast Sense II (1.4) Rabid Fit I (1.2) Stronger I (1.05) [color=green]ACTIVE[/color] Muffle I (1.0) [color=green]ACTIVE[/color] __________________________________ SKILL PROGRESS: Material Analysis (0.2) Magic Analysis (0.6) Monster Analysis (0.6) Faster (0.4) Warcry (0.1) Alert (0.3) Dexterous (0.8) Tremor Sense (0.025) Mental Resistance (0.9) Telepathy (0.075) Mana Shape (0.6) Focus (0.6) Shield (0.5) Mana Shell (0.3) Soil Manipulation (0.45) Overwork (0.5) Harder (0.2) Crafting (0.25) First Aid (0.1) Meditate (0.3) [b]Inventory:[/b] -none [/hider] [hider=Action Summary] Did some breathing exercises to lessen the pain some more. Duel between goblins was over and utilized the distraction. Jumped down from the tree with Asteria's mum. Wills a way the urge to groan in pain. Lets her go and sneaks past the gobbos back into the cave. [/hider]