Forest of Patience is testing Timothy and he has still failed until now. The moment Timothy puts his feet at the border, he can feel the tug in his heart to just run and chase something. At first, since he was just at the border and barely entered the range of the forest, Timothy could easily ignore the feeling and walk calmly without really caring about the new sensation. As Timothy walks deeper into the forest, that little tug slowly grows into a push, somehow becomes like a purpose that is inserted into Timothy's body.

Timothy started to run at this point, feeling the push that he could ignore. the push to move deeper and deeper into the Forest of Patience. As he ran deeper, the push soon became a motivation and then turned into the only thing that mattered to Timothy. He can feel in his heart, a hot and powerful feeling that keeps his body moving.

The current Timothy is running at his maximum speed, ignoring the damage on his body from hitting random branches and bushes. Timothy's mind is drowned in the blind motivation to reach an unknown destination.

Timothy ran and ran for hours. scratch wounds and bruises pilling up on Timothy's body the longer he run. At this time, Timothy was already running in circles. With a fake purpose inside his heart and mind, Timothy pushes his body as hard as he can. Timothy ignored the tiredness of his body, ignored his bleeding wounds and blinded eyes. All he cares about is running as fast as he can to reach a destination out there, somewhere, that is shown in his mind.

Timothy kept on running with his battered body. His speed is nowhere near half of his maximum speed, but the embedded purpose in his heart and mind keeps pushing Timothy to put his feet one after another. Finally, Timothy's leg gave up, being weak and tired, and Timothy fell face down to the forest floor. but the purpose of the forest remains strong, if not stronger, in Timothy's heart. Unable to use his feet anymore, Timothy began to move by dragging his body on the forest floor. He ignores the dirty wet dirt below, the wet dirty leaves and sharp branches.

"must.... keep..... moving..!!"

Timothy begins to mutter some words to strengthen his will. His weakened body is no longer able to move fast and the dragging has spent any remaining stamina Timothy has left. Finally, his body gives up completely. Timothy lay face down on the forest floor with sweat and blood covering his body. but his eyes remain strong, the motivation is still there. Timothy is trying to move again but his tired body is unable to follow his demand anymore until finally, the body totally gives up and Timothy snaps out of consciousness.

*****

The Darkness Lizard looked at Timothy with a confused look. With its limited intelligence, the Darkness Lizard didn't understand why Timothy walked so deep into the forest and then lost himself to the power of the forest. The Darkness Lizard itself starts its training from the very edge of the forest and slowly walks deeper when it can manage its heart and mind.

The Darkness Lizard then decides to take Timothy back to his base between the stones. The Darkness Lizard thinks that maybe by doing some good act for beings like humans, they will find a way to communicate and reach understanding.

As if unaffected by the forest power, the Darkness Lizard slowly picked up Timothy's body and put him on its back. After it makes sure that Timothy's body is safe on its back, the Darkness Lizard begins to walk at a steady speed. Not too fast, but not too slow. just enough to leave the forest at a reasonable time. When someone looks at the Darkness Lizard eyes, they can see that they can feel something inside, as that intelligence eyes respond just like human eyes did. It is just that somehow the Darkness Lizard can control that something and put it in place so the Darkness Lizard's heart and mind remain safe.

The Darkness Lizard manages to leave the forest in two hours and soon reaches the stones where Timothy put his stuff. The Darkness Lizard then put Timothy's body gently, covering him with his bag since the Dark Lizards didn't understand how to take out the blanket, and then climbed on the stones to keep watch over Timothy. The Darkness Lizard didn't what else it could do for Timothy, so it just sat and wait, hoping that Timothy would thank its effort for saving him.

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*****

Timothy wakes up and realizes that he is back at his last base camp, the formation of stones that act as a wall to protect the space between the stones. Timothy cannot really remember what just happen. The last thing he remembers is running in the Forest of Patience with all his might and after that, everything is blank. but Timothy can remember the feeling he had back then in the forest and somehow, a little part of him wished to have that kind of drive once more.

"guru.."

Timothy's body jolted and frozen in place. Cold sweat began to drip down from his head as he turned his stiffened body around. There above the stones, sitting leisurely while enjoying the warm sunlight, is a huge lizard beyond anything Timothy could ever think of. Its total length is probably fifteen meters long and four meters high. Its scales are as dark as night with silk like magic that covers the front part of its body. Its overall form is more similar to a komodo dragon than a common lizard, with strong limbs and powerful jaws. The only difference is its fangs are longer that its suppose to. Timothy can only imagine how deadly such creatures are when they hunt.

After one look, Timothy can tell that this is the Darkness Lizard he was supposed to hunt. but seeing how big the Magic Beast is right now, Timothy can tell with all his political and battle intelligence that he is being set up to die. This Magic Beast is obviously way above him in power and ability. There is no way for him to hunt this Magic Beast.

As Timothy frozen in fear, his Soul Weapon suddenly summoned itself in Timothy's hand. It started to glow brighter and brighter until it blinded Timothy. The Darkness Lizard looked at the sword and somehow appeared like it understood what the Soul Weapon want. It closes its eyes in acceptance as it is bathed in bright light.

A moment later, the light vanished and the Soul Weapon unsummoned itself. Timothy can only stare in amazement and confusion, as this was the first time ever that his Soul Weapon acted on itself.

"That weapon, is smart. " Said a gentle female voice in Timothy's head.

Timothy looks around frantically, forgetting that a gigantic lizard was looking at him intensely.

"That weapon connects us, you and me, human. " said the voice again.

Timothy slowly turned his head toward the Darkness Lizard and began to sweat heavily again.

"What do you mean by connect us? " Timothy said out loud.

"It means, that you and I, are now connected through the weapon. " She said again.

Timothy summon his Soul Weapon and sends his question to it, asking about why he is connected to a Magic Beast. The answer soon appears in Timothy's mind in the form of the status page.

Name Timothy Brightblade Age 19 Years Old Contracted Beast the Darkness Beast (by Similarities) Human Mastery Level Weapon User 15% Human Mastery Skill - Body and Mind Coordination+(Passive)

- Flash Charge (active) Soul Weapon Evolution Magic Weapon 1% Soul Weapon Skill - Brightblade Calculated Slash+ (active)

- Mirror Slash (active)Name : Timothy Brightblade

A new line appeared on Timothy's status page saying that he is now contracted with the Darkness Lizard, with reasons said by similarities.

"Contracted Beast? Similarities? Is that even possible? " Timothy said out loud, no longer care about the Darkness Lizard.

"Your weapon has made an agreement with me.

I will teach you based on my long years of experience.

You protect me from humans and ensure my life.

The rest will be based on common law between humans and beasts depending on where we are located. " Said the Darkness Lizard.

"When you say law, does that mean that you will abide by human rule? " Timothy asked.

"Only when I am under human area of control.

Outside that, you too will follow the law of the beast. " Said the Darkness Lizard.

"Magic beasts have laws for themselves? " Timothy asked.

"Of course, we are all following the set of laws and rules in this world.

Humans just feel that they need more than what the world has provided. " Said the Darkness Lizard.

"And what is the law of the beast? "

"The strong eat the weak, but only when it is necessary to do so. " Said the Darkness Lizard with wisdom in her eyes.