Chapter 4

It's been 3 years time fly's by when your doing something to keep you busy. Some pretty interesting things have happened in this time I saw another human for the first time about 2 months ago. It was near the river that runs through here by the arachnids nest I don't go near there much but, Nox suggested we get some water as we were starting to run out. Water I keep it in a bowl I made out of wood its not the greatest thing but it has to do for now. When we were approaching the river I heard some talking it seemed to be the same as English and I could understand what they were saying.

Even if I was able to understand I wasn't able to hear much as they were getting ready to leave but, they were dressed in some odd armor. It was decorative and had golden trim running across the shoulders with a symbol engraved on the chest it looked like a rose being constricted by a snake. When I started to approach them Sakura held me back

“ Master please do not approach these humans let them leave we do not know if they are friend or foe and you have no weapon to fight against them “

she made a really good point along with that I was a monster tamer and apparently they aren't too well liked on this planet.

From the conversation they were having all I heard was from the bigger of the 3 knights he had a deep scar running across his left cheek. The bigger knight seemed to be the leader of the two but what he said did get me a bit worried as I had no idea what it was about.

“ Jives and Calister pack up were leaving this place seems to be good enough we have scouted the area around here it should be fine when the war starts in 3 years we will have a sufficient place to ambush the enemy if they enter our territory. “

He spoke of war but are things really that bad on the outside? I had always assumed it was peaceful since no one ever came into these woods looking for food but now it seems my home will become a terrible place to be in 3 years. After they had left I gathered my water and went home to my cave I had to come up with a plan but I have 3 years so I put it off for now. It's a long time away and I want to enjoy myself for now and continue to train I haven't started practicing with my muscles yet even if I say that its more like Yoga it is something an old monk taught me in my old world. Stretching prologues life he would always say it is the key to inner peace.

I never lifted weights in my old life I was a Hitman after all I needed to be quick clean and get out of there as quickly as possible.

Flexibility helped a ton when ever I had to get out of some tight spots but, for now I am putting it off for another year my body is now that of a 3 year old. It seemed strange my body seemed to be growing at a slower rate than it should I asked Nox about it but all she had to say about it was.

“ Massster thisss one only knowsss that massster belongsss to the race of ssshadow walkersss I know not of how they develop or what will happen in massstersss future “

Shadow walker huh but I didn't feel any different from my old self I still felt human nothing seemed different about me. There was no worry from me there is no use dwelling on it as I cannot change the outcome of what I am. Other than all of that it's been a peaceful 3 years we started hunting Red backed bears now. At first we struggled a bit and Nox got injured during our first 2 hunts but now we can kill them with ease. The thing about Red backed bears is they have tons of power in there swipes and there jaws but, if you don't let them get near you and make sure to kill it with your first initial strikes it becomes a pretty easy hunt.

Although not much had changed Nox and Sakura both had hit level 100 they both told me they needed to meet a requirement for evolving. That requirement seemed to be killing a monster stronger than they were which was pretty difficult seeing as we haven't found anything that strong yet. Even if we haven't found anything that strong its not like we haven't been searching everyday on our 20 mile jog we search around even going off route to look for a monster that's of reasonable power but, its hard most monsters tend to run away as quick as they came like they don't want to be seen.

As we were finishing up our daily jog for today Nox had smelled something odd in the air.

“ Massster it sssmells like blood it is a thick ssscent there ssseemsss to be a battle happening nearby ssshould we aproach? “

“ Lead the way Nox “

Soon after Nox bolted towards the sound I've become a lot better at keeping up with Nox she no longer leaves me in the dust. Sakura seems to have no problem keeping up with Nox but she always stays next to me on my left side. As we got closer and closer to a trench up ahead I smelled the thick scent of blood it hit me clearly ugh it smelled horrible but I was use to this scent it smelled familiar.

“ Master look its the humans from before and that!!!! Its a Gryphon!. “

A Gryphon I heard about them from Sakura they are strong very strong I looked down into the trench and saw it. The humans from before were all slain lain about it looked like a one sided slaughter the Gryphon didn't even allow them to fight back it seemed to be eating them ugh. The gryphon was distracted currently and this was a perfect time to attack it we have a good chance of killing it but will our strength be enough to take down this majestic beast?

“ Sakura Nox what do you think should we do it now would be a good time for you to evolve. “

“ Massster let usss go a beassst of thisss ssstrength will be no match for usss. “

“ I agree with Nox master we can take him if we strike now while he is distracted. “

They both readily agreed sheesh this might just be suicide but they seem ready for this and just like that my first life and death battle had begun.

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My next chapters will be doubled in length thanks to the suggestion of somebody sorry for the cliff hanger but i just woke up after i finish eating ill write the next chapter so look be on the look out. Also let me know if you like the way i wrote this chapter more than the block of text i want to make it easier to read for you guys cya thanks for reading.