"That… so I can't take this guy with me?" Amon asked and showed that man Kiddo.
"Hmm, a Tough Lion. No, if I remember, not until it is your pet… also I forgot to introduce myself. I am an Elder of layer 4, called Ned Holt" said Ned Holt
Amon nodded and looked at Kiddo. "Looks like you need to become my pet…"
'No way… I don't want to be a pet!' Kiddo got angry, how could someone like him become a pet? Isn't that what his father said to him to get away from?
Amon didn't know what to say, he also didn't have any reason to take Kiddo as a pet…
Ned Holt looked at them in silence. No one expect Amon could hear Kiddo.
Kiddo looked at other humans and somehow started to feel anger from deep inside his heart.
"Hmm, looks like it is refusing to become your pet?" Ned Holt said with a smile
"He is my friend. Even I don't want to take him as a pet… however, without this we can't enter the city?" Amon asked him.
Other guys who were behind Ned Holt smiled. Even Ned Hold himself held his laugh back.
Amon was confused by their reaction, why were they laughing?
"Friends with a beast? Funniest shit I have heard today" said one of the people.
"Indeed"
"I can't… these mortals are too much from the lower worlds"
Ned Holt smiled and looked at Amon "You sure are too unruly, I will stop my acting now I guess. You little guy can go to the city through the sea, but this beast will come with me"
"Huh?" Amon was shocked. But he understood one thing, that, these guys were not good people…
"You might think we are bad people, however, that is how it is." Ned Holt started to walk towards them as others followed him.
Amon was silent.
"Kiddo, become my pet, for now, I will free you once we enter the city" Amon got a bad feeling about this, so he wanted to hurry this up.
'No' Kiddo refused, there was no way he would become a pet, not even for a second.
"As a fellow human, I will wait for 3 minutes. If it didn't become your pet. I will take it" Ned Holt said to him.
Amon was silent and looked at Kiddo.
"You really don't want to? They will take you with them, I can't help you, they are stronger than me, and you too" said Amon to Kiddo, he was 100% sure that every single one here standing was stronger than them. He could feel it.
Kiddo was silent and looked at them. 'Yes… that middle man is very strong… may be stronger than my father…'
"Then why you are not listening to me?" Amon was sure that these guys would not say anything to him, but their behavior was very different when it come to beasts. They just laughed when he said he was friendly with a beast… so he could guess it.
Kiddo was silent and said 'No, I will not become a pet'
Amon sighed
"Then…" Amon looked around and thought of something.
"Don't try to run, even if you do, we are good at hunting Tough Lions" Ned Holt said to him slowly.
Kiddo looked at them 'I will not do it! I am a Lion who will rule this land!' he said and roared.
Amon sat on the rock and held his head.
"Then I will leave on my own. I tried everything I can" said Amon.
'What?' Kiddo was shocked.
"You are not listening at all, do you really think we can beat them? I don't think we can. And run? Look at them, they are hunters! Since they come to this land, they knew this is a place where Tough Lions live…."
'Stop, I am not listening to all that, I am not someone who is scared of them, I never know you were that scared man'
"Scared? I am not scared or anything, I am just worried about you"
'The same… you just wanted to leave me behind'
'It is not the same, yes, I want to leave you behind, but I also don't want them to take you, you helped me' said Amon in a low voice.
Before saying anything Kiddo actually thought this time, he knew Amon for months now… he felt he should trust Amon… but becoming a pet was just as become a slave in his mind…
"You guys, what will happen to him if I leave him behind?" Amon asked them
"We will take him to Nobles. Tough Lion's skin is something every Noble and Royal member love to eat" Ned Holt said with a smile.
Both Amon's and Kiddo's eyes were opened wide.
"You little bitch now coming with me," Amon said to Kiddo, he didn't want Kiddo to die
'But…"
"No buts. Sir Ned. How can I make him my pet?" Amon asked Ned Holt
Kiddo shouted at Amon, but he didn't listen to him
Ned Holt thought for a second and nodded.
"Place your hand on his head and think about making him your pet and let your Star Essence go into the beast. That is it" said Ned Holt with a smile.
Amon nodded and placed his hand on Kiddo's head.
'Don't make things difficult for me, Kiddo. I am doing this for your own good'
Kiddo was silent, he didn't want to go back to the forest… but what was with this? Why did it turn out like this?
'Okay,' Kiddo also believed in Amon.
Amon did as Ned Holt said and felt something added in his brain and formed a connection between him and Kiddo.
"Looks like it became your pet." Ned Hold said with a laugh. And others also laughed.
Amon and Kiddo are confused again.
"Anyway, since you want to go to the city, just swim. Follow the blue line" Ned Hold said to Amon and pointed at sea.
Amon felt something was wrong, but he didn't have the strength, so he silently nodded and walked to the sea with Kiddo.
Kiddo also avoided eye contact with anyone of them.
'I can feel their strength… they are very strong…' Kiddo said to Amon.
'That is what I said… they are too strong for us' Amon agreed with him, he got a skill that could tell him if the enemy was stronger than them or not, it got it when he ate the heart of a rat like a beast.