Chapter 3 - A Friend

Kazama now is hiding in the bushes near the Kingdom of Espin inorder to see that if monsters are allowed in the city or not. While waiting there for 2 and a half hour he saw that only humans are going in and out and there is no sign of any monster. This Kingdom has four gates. One on each side. South,west,nort,east. Kazama was near the gate in north. The walls are very high and even if you get seated on an elephant you can't see the interior of the Kingdom.

( Kingdom of Espin is beautiful, it has many rivers, it also has many city. And the royal palace is very beautiful. The royal palace is high, it's in the centre of the Kingdom and it's on a ground which is raised above the ground on which all other houses are. To reach royal palace you have to take stairs and go through a tight security. In this royal palace the family of King and The King and The Queen lives.)

Kazama says "how can no monster enter this Kingdom,maybe this is only for humans then I will not be able to enter".

After saying this he got angry and at the same time he got hungry and smiled and said "no work can be done with an empty stomach".

So he went inside the forest to get something to eat. He got apples and berries from trees and plants and with this now he is full. After this he go back to the place where he was hiding and was keeping an eye on the gate. After a whole day he didn't see any monster and there is a tight security so he can't also slide in the Kingdom. He furiously left and move inside the forest.

Kazama was finding a place to sleep and he is very alert on choosing a place to sleep since while sleeping he can get attacked by anyone. When he was going to be seated and was planning to pass out, he suddenly heard a scream and it was also nearby so he hurriedly went to find what's happening. When he reach there he saw that a wild bear is attacking a caravan lead by humans.

There were four people and three of them were dead. The carriage was also shattered and was lying in pieces and their horses ran away. The last survivor was cornered by the wild bear under a tree and the bear is going to cut through him but kazama was watching this and a side of him wanted to save that man so he activated his skill hardening and ran towards the wild bear. While the bear was trying to cut him through his claw, the man got scared and closed his eyes accepting his death but at the last moment kazama punched the bear on its face and the bear got flyed back and fell on the ground making a large noise.

When the man opened his eyes he was behind kazama and he since he don't know what happened he was already scared but when kazama looked back and said "don't worry, everything is fine as I am here now". That man got relaxed and through kazama's words he know that kazama was on his side although he was also a monster. Now kazama says to the bear "I'll kill you" and kazama thought of his dagger and his dagger appeared in his hand shining in the moonlight.

He charged with his full speed only with his dagger in his hand and his skill was now vanished as he used it. Kazama jumped and changed his direction. Now kazama's speed and strength with his bare hand has increased as he invested sp points in them and kazama in one shot cut down his head. The sharpness of his dagger was speaking by how easily he killed that bear. Kazama got a notification and it says "wild bear is dead", "Level increased to 3". He also gained exp. And sp points. After this the man was shocked but he was also thankfull and he carelessly out of fear said to kazama that "thank you for saving me, please forgive my life and don't eat me". Kazama knows that why he was saying this and he says "How can I spare your life, I will eat you".

That man got scared and bowed to him but kazama says "don't worry I will not kill you, I just saved you". And laughed at his previous reply. That man stood up and shook hands with kazama and introduced himself by saying "Hello I am Arthur Lewis, and I am a merchant, I also have a shop in Espin Kingdom". Kazama was happy as he met a human for the first time. Kazama asked that man to spend some time with him in the forest while eating the meat of the hunted wild bear and while they are at it kazama asked to know more about Arthur.

They both settled down and here is the chat between them :

Kazama: "So you are a merchant, what type of items do you sell?"

Arthur: "I mostly sell fruits but sometimes I also takes job of transporting materials".

Arthur:"But I am shocked that I am talking with a monsters who also understands my language and you also are intelligent to understand the talks of a merchant and business stuff".

Kazama replied while smiling.

Kazama: "Thank you but I learned all this from my parents". ( He lied since he can't tell him that he was previously a human and was transported here as a monster)

Sounds of cracking is heard, coming from the meat they were roasting in fire.

Kazama:"only humans are allowed in the city Espin and not monsters ?"

Arthur:"yes, since the King is a human he banned on the entries of monsters. But I heard that there are some Kingdoms where humans and monsters live peacefully. I also heard of many monsters who are intelligent just like you but they never came in this forest and they are also peaceful but some of them are against living along with humans".

Kazama thinking "oh so there are more like me, I have to find them and it is possible that they might also have a system helping them".

Arthur: "I was coming from the Kingdom of Lumeria. It is a place full of people and they also have major shop and is a centre of trade of all 4 Kingdoms.

Kazama got the information from Arthur that all 4 Kingdoms have friendly relations among them and one of the 4 Kingdom, The kingdom of Feather, who's king/ruler is an elf. This is the kingdom where all the humans and monsters live peacefully. The other two kingdoms are - The Triangle Kingdom who is the most hostile and in past it also tried to take over all the other kingdoms and the last - The Flower Kingdom. And Artur never went inside the Kingdom of Feather although he is a merchant as it is far away but after meeting Kazama he plans to go there. And many people went there on business purposes from the Espin Kingdom.

Arthur : "Now it's time to say goodbye, You are my friend from now on and I'll move forward towards the Kingdom Espin. Let's meet again sometime".

Kazama :" ok, then bye".

Arthur packed his things which were left unharmed by the attack of the wild bear and move forward towards the Espin.

Kazama afterwards felt tired and tried to sleep.

In the morning kazama woke up. After waking up the first thing he did was to fill his stomach. He ate some fruits and drank water from a river,that river was crystal clear and it amazed kazama as he never saw such clear water. Kazama understood few things about this world through his regular thinking. First of all this world's science is far beyond from the Earth's (kazama's previous world). Monsters and humans can live along with each other but some people don't want this. Kazama will one day try to meet with the king of the kingdom Feather. And in order to live in this world he has the support of system and he will become the world's strongest by hunting monsters and leveling up.

With these things in mind kazama after eating his food went to hunt the monsters in the cave. The same cave from which he returned after killing the gaint. Kazama reached his destination and he stand infront of the cave taking a breath and then he went inside.

What Kazama will do next. Which monsters are waiting for him in the cave.

~ to be continued