dawn had arrived and the sun shone brightly
the cave was slowly filled with sunlight as the sun rose but all signs of the encampment were already long dissipated...marv and the wolf had left the cave some time ago and decided to put out the fire before leaving
when marv had the wolf's offer he was certainly shocked but regained his composure. Marv tried to weigh out his options...
[choice 1:go with the wolf (he would have a guide and a travel partner who certainly seemed to be extremely strong however there was a risk of the wolf lying to him of the direction and taking him to somewhere else altogether...]
[choice 2: politely refuse (his safety was more assured if he went himself than if he went with the wolf but there was also the chance of annoying the wolf if he refused its help also he still didn't know how to fight in case of enemies]
"seriously...both choices suck damn it..."
marv sighed inwardly but decided the wisest choice to make would be to go with the wolf as there was the benefit of better protection if the wolf was genuinely trying to help him...
"if its alright with you sir...i would like to get going soon because around this time there is usually a group of hobgoblins sweeping through this area and id rather avoid them"
the wolf calmly brought marv back to his senses...it suddenly stood up and walked over to him, despite marv's thinking that the wolf decided to eat him...it knelt on its knees gesturing for marv to get upon his back...this was a big surprise to marv but decided to get up on the wolf's back but suddenly the message board floated in front of him displaying some sort of message
[lightning wolf lord would like to join your party]
[accept:y/n ?]
this message messed up marv's thought process as he wondered how this world worked...it was almost as if the message was treating the wolf as a collectable that he could collect...marv decide to try something to test the system...
"ill follow you lord wolf," said marv however inside his heart he said no...
what happened next shocked marv...the wolf looked at him like as if he was hurt, a sign of rejection
marv wondered how it worked did the system control the mental thinking of living things or did his answer sound like a refusal to the wolf...several conspiracy theories ran through marv's head. The wolf, however, got up and offered marv his help once more
{you just don't give up do you...}
deep inside despite his curiosity marv definitely wanted nothing to do with this world he only said the name of arcane city because it was one of the names he heard the system master mention...but he eventually accepted the wolf's invitation...
as marv recalled the events that had happened while he was in the cave he and the wolf had walked for quite some distance and had eventually come up to a forest at the end of the wide canyon...they both trailed into the forest and had been walking for quite some time...
the tree canopy stretched for quite some time with a few gaps here and there between the tree branches the scenery was quite beautiful and relaxing every now and then a small breeze would make the tree branches to sway causing quite a calming scene...
soon they came upon a small pond with a small rock island at the centre...however looking at the scene marv could only felt a sudden feeling of dread... he tried to dismiss it at the back of his mind however it kept growing as he looked at the pond...he was seriously thirsty though
{what's this feeling... it's terrifying me at this point...but I know my divine radar isn't picking up any monsters nearby...}
he kept on debating as to whether it was safe to drink the water or not while he was thinking the wolf had decided to take a rest under the shade of the forest canopy they had emerged from...
{SCREW IT!?..I'm drinking... I don't give a damn anymore... I don't even want to be here if I die drinking ill die drinking} marv thought such a way of dying sounded courageous
marv's way of thinking had also been affected by the transfer between worlds...cause his way of thinking wasn't as cool as he probably thought it was...
however as soon as he approached the edge of the pond he saw his reflection for the first time since he came here, it was something that he never thought possible...
he had short curly black hair with the sides of his hair fading going down, he had different coloured eyes one blue and the other emerald green, he had pearl white skin all the way to his fingertips, his face looked like it was smooth to touch but the thing that piqued his interest was the outline of what looked like a two-handed single-edged sword on his forehead, it looked rather small but surprised him all the same...
however just as he was busy admiring his new looks he heard a rather loud high-pitched voice coming from his right
"Who are you!! stay still for we are the magic knight of the Archadia empire!! please show identification as to who you are!!"
although marv heard the voice loud and clear, he didn't like this situation one bit, he looked over to where the lightning wolf was sleeping but it seemed like the wolf never heard the voice and slept soundly
"goddamn it...".