Hello there guys, here's chapter 2 it may be a little short (who am I kidding its hella short!!) but I felt I had to end it where it ended, if you spot any grammatical error do point them out! Thank you for the attention, now on to enjoy the chapter!

Note: Foul language in this chapter!

Chapter 2: Auroras's Trial I (part 1)

13th of Chaos

With Aurora gone, Lean realized something

“(Damn…I should have asked Aurora to hold on the books and the box, now its gonna be a pain to descend the hill…no wait…this could be fun in its own way)”

With a new resolution Lean started descending to reach the road that would lead him to one of the gates of Veritas.

When he finally reached level ground

“(Well…that was boring…maybe..no I'm sure it's because the hills and plateaus back home were more challenging…ah... fun times)”

With Lean remembering some ‘fun recollections’ he started his walk towards Veritas, it took him some time, but finally Lean had reached the final stretch that would lead to the south gate of the city, and the closer he got the crowded the road was getting, and reaching the gate it was a chaotic flow of people going in and out.

If there were only people it would have been less constricted, but different kind of beasts were in the mix, some were pulling carriages, others had equipment on them, etc; people with small and big luggage were marching alone or in groups, truly something outside of the norm for the boy that grew up in the forest.

“(Incredible! So those are the common used ‘beast carriers’ Crioodl ox and the heavy weights, Gret lizards too!! Oh? There is a Larg worm…it seems rather sick…is it being properly taken care of??)”

The Larg worm is a 2m tall insect. Its appearence is plain but being a pure mass of muscle and with its docile nature, is of the most prefered creatures for novice/starting merchants. But they have delicate bodies and is not strange for it to succumb to sickness if one is not careful, also they have poor stamina so they need to rest more than other creatures to maintain their health.

The Larg worm that was moving with difficulty in the road had an exhausted look, also there were scratches all over its body

“Oy oy!! The Larg worm there needs to rest, stop and rest! OY!!”

Lean shouted startling the people around him, but with the noise of the crowd of people shouting or chatting, beasts that were howling, the sound of carriages being moved, etc... it was futile, a small drop of water in an ocean of sound was simply ignored

Rapidly Lean changed his approach and tried to catch up to the Larg worm, but it took him too much time

The Larg worm was not moving anymore, it exhausted every drop of energy left in it

Even more, next to it was a man that was shouting curses left and right with his body moving accordingly

“GODDAMNIT!! THIS FUCKING BEAST HAS DONE IT NOW!!! FUUUUUCK, DONT YOU DARE NOT MOVE YOUR DAMN ASS FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!!! MOVE DAMN IT, MOOOOOVE”

He was tall at 1m 85cm, had dark brown, untidy short hair. Slender build with long arms, was cladded with a light coat, the clothes that could be seen under it were untidy and dirty too. Finally, when he turned to search something in the backpack that the worm had in its side, Lean caught a glimpse of his face but what took his attention

“(What's with those weird eyes)”

As on cue, the man took from the backpack a whip and with a nasty smile started whipping the Larg worm not forgetting making use of abbusive words

“SO YOU’RE NOT GONNA MOVE UH? I HAVE A LITTLE PRESENT FOR YOU... FUCKING PIECE OF GARBAGE, YOU BETTER BE READY!!!”

*TSAAA* *TSAAA*

“guuuu…guuuu”

The Larg worm that was exhausted made a fathomless cry and tried to move, only to do a short step and fall to the ground again

“MOVEEEE!! WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU RESTING AGAIN!!!”

*TSAAA* *TSAAA*

“guuu…”

Seeing that the Larg worm did not move, the man fell in rage and when he raised the hand that was holding the whip, Lean grabbed the shoulder of the man stoping him

“STOP! Can't you see that it needs to rest!! Stop abusing it!”

The man that was blinded by his rage was surprised by the appareance of Lean, but at the claim of the youth, he redirected his rage to him

“WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? THIS LITTLE SHIT OF WORM IS MINE, MINE DO YOU HEAR?!?! IF THIS THING DOES NOT MOVE I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRADE THE GOODS IM CARRYING”

“But cant you see that if you force it anymore than this it will die!! If you let it rest-”

“DON’T BE MEDDLING IN OTHERS AFFAIRS YOU STUPID PUNK! I WAS SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE 3 DAYS AGO, IF I LOSE ANYMORE TIME I WILL GO BANKRUPT AND IT WILL BE THIS LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT FAULT!!”

“Why do you blame the Larg worm?!!? If you wanted to arrive faster why do you have a Larg worm in the first place??!!”

The man opened his eyes wide and bursted in laughter

“PFFTT..HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA……AH...that sure was funny…”

“What's so funny?”

“What you just said you idiot, look here! Cant you see the clothes I have, I’m a third rate merchant! If I had money I would have better clothes and sure enough I would not have a beast carrier so shitty like this Larg worm!!”

“But that is not a re-”

“AH!!! ENOUGH, listen here you birdbrained boy! Look around you for a second, what do you see?”

“(What do you mean with look around?? you bastard! around us there are…!!!!!)”

When Lean gazed the surroundings and looked at the people passing by, he realized, even after all the ‘conmotion’ that the guy had displayed NO ONE bathed an eye and simply went their ways

With a smug face, the man further went on

“See? People don’t go butting their heads in others affairs, so scram away with your ‘righteousness’ ”

As Lean did not respond anymore the guy felt some of his frustation being cleansed away and restarted his march, the Larg worm had rested if little and resumed what seemed to be its death march

Soon after, the man felt a touch in his shoulder again and when he turned Lean was there, only that his eyes were closed, the man with his smug face started to talk

“You sure a-”

Lean interjected, but his voice was an octave lower in contrast to when he talked with the man before

“People dont go butting their heads in others affairs”

“W-what? Didn’t I tell you th-”

*BAM*

The fist connected beautifully with the face of the man launching him 5 meters away with blood spraying on the floor that came from his nose and mouth, when he reached ground he did not move, the blow had knocked him out cold

With the man unconscious, Lean approached the Larg worm, patted its head a little and said

“Rest a little, you deserve it”

As Lean left for Veritas that was not so far apart, the Larg Worm received a well deserved rest.