Ceasar twirls his spear around like a true master and points it at Ray.

“Are you ready, Wolf.”.

“BRING IT YOU DAMNED DIRTY APE.”, is what Ray would like to say, he heard it in a movie once, but he had some respect for Ceasar and so refrain from that,

“Bring it on.”.

Ceasar runs at Ray, swinging his spear down at Ray however he blocks it with his sword, the blades clang of each other however Ceasar doesn’t give up, he relentlessly thrusts his spear it Ray which he dodges and blocks. Ray was kind of surprised, although he wasn’t using any skills, he was incredibly strong, though he guessed that was normal, after all in his world a chimpanzee, though smaller than a Human was significantly stronger, adding on to the fact that he was a unique variant, Ceasar clearly didn’t need skills to be able to keep up and if he was to one day reach his final evolution, he really would become a force to recon with. A worthy subordinate.

Ceasar jumps back, ceasing his relentless attack and throws his spear with the force of a hundred men, The spear rockets towards Ray, however, not backing down from the Challenge, he catches it. Ceasar smiled.

“Finally, a worthy opponent in this massive jungle, who would have thought humans would be so strong.”.

Ceasar begins beating on his chest and starts whooping, the crowd of monkeys around him getting even more hyper and jeering. Ray, Imitating Ceasar, throws the Spear back to him, which he catches with his foot. He twirls the spear around once more and stabs it, blade side down into the ground, he pulls out his twin Katanas and wraps his tail around his spear, lifting it and pointing it at Ray.

“That spear was quite heavy, the strength he has in his tail must be incredible to hold that spear with it.”. Ray thought to himself.

Ceasar squares off at Ray, determination in his eyes and then Roars a primal combat scream, A scream so primal it gives Ray slight goose bumps, Ceasar rushes at Ray and swings his spear and Rays feet, which he jumps to avoid however Ceasar is there to meet him in the air, his katanas raised, ready to slice.

As Ceasar swings his blades down, Ray, using a slight burst of flames in his feet, spins himself around, blade in hand and connects with a rotating force to combat against Ceasars downward momentum. As they pass each other, Ray now behind the falling Ceasar, he goes to Subdue him to end the battle, however Ceasar lashes out with his tail, spear still clutched in it, it was fast, as fast as a python striking its prey, Ray only narrowly dodged it. He grabs a hold of the Spear and having to use more force than he thought necessary, yanks the spear out of his tail, throwing it into a tree, where it got stuck in the bark.

As they land on the ground, Ceasar looks up to his spear.

“Smart, getting rid of a clear obstacle, though I can easily get that.”.

“Not whilst I’m on defence you Cant.”, Ray says smiling.

The 2 runs at each other and collide, engaging in a high tensity sword play, Ray was surprised at the Technique that Ceasare had and how he used his body to fight. Ray managed to knock one of the katanas out of his hands however he caught it with his foot and continued the battle, slicing up at him, which Ray narrowly avoided, sending him slightly off balance. Ceasar taking this time to jump off Ray and leap on to the tree where his spear was, however as he began to climb, the flaring of flames can be heard and Ray rockets upwards, kicking Ceasar off the tree. Ray then pushes himself off of the tree and delivers a devastating axe kick to Ceasars stomach. Cracking his armour, and further destroying it when they hit the ground.

“Oops... sorry about the armour.”.

“No matter, if it couldn’t withstand the brunt of that attack. Then it wasn’t ass affective as I expected.”, He said as he stood up, straightening his samurai helmet which was still in perfect condition. Ceasar looks to his broken armour, his discarded Katanas and his spear in the tree.

“I see, I have been severely disarmed, though, that won’t stop me.”, Ceasar states raising his fists.

Ray smiles as he cascades his cutlass near his group and raises his fists.

“Let's Box.”.

“Box? As in the cubed shape you humans package items in?”.

“N-never mind. Let's do this.”.

The 2 rush at each other, fists wound back and punch, their fists colliding with a loud THUD. Ceasar throws another punch which Ray dodges allowing him to land a devastating uppercut on Ceasar, however he wasn’t done.

“Let me show you some Real power.”, Ray says, his fist Glowing amber with flames, he sinks his fist into Ceasars stomach, burning some of the fur on his stomach and sending him flying hard into a nearby tree. Ray looked at Ceasar concerned, he thought he had held back quite a bit. However, his worries were for nothing, as Ceasar got up, seemingly unharmed.

“Was that more of that Flame power you mentioned earlier?”, Ceasar asked.

“Yeah, and that's only the beginning, I can go 100 times harder.”.

“I see, so you were holding back? Were you mocking Ceasar?”, he asked, slightly irritated.

“No, I feel like I rely on this power too much and so, I wanted to see what I could do without it against a powerful opponent. I want to learn alternate ways to fight so I don’t become predictable in battles, also my power can be quite destructive and if I’m not careful I could even hurt my own comrades However, you are a worthy warrior and so I wanted to show you a bit of my real power.”.

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“I see, you truly are a warrior Ray the hum- no, the Beast man, I will concede for today, the victory is yours, I will lend you my aid whenever you need it and I will escort you and your friends safely near your desire destination. We war monkeys don’t care for getting too close to your civilisations.”.

“Thanks, Ceasar, we appreciate it.”, Ray says, holding out his hand. Ceasar looks at it with slight confusion, then grabs it.

“It's good to have a strong alley like you on my side, I feel like soon we may need you and your army's assistance.”.

“Like wise, and when the time comes, I will make sure that my warriors are well prepared to help.”.

And so, with the guide of Ceasar, taking short cuts and, to Rays displeasure, avoiding yet taking note of all the dangerous monster areas in the Jungle, the group got closer and closer to their final destination. After taking a break to rest, the group carried on their journey, they had probably spent around 20 hours in the jungle at this point, the majority of the time filled with wandering around the vast jungle. But finally, after so long, they had made it. As the trees began to thin and the city became visible, Ceasar stopped.

“I have taken you as far as I can go, as you can see beyond the trees. The civilization awaits you. Till we meet again Ray and friends.”, Ceasar says, holding out his hand, which Ray takes and shakes.

“Thanks for everything Ceasar, we appreciate it.”, Ray says speaking for the group, the rest of them nodding in agreement.

“No problem.”, Ceasar says and with that he departs, jumping from tree to the and swinging through the vines with immense speed.

“He was nice.”, Alex states.

“Yeah, for a monster he was quite civilised.”, Claire says nodding in agreement.

As the group carry on walking, Alex retreats behind Rays hood to hid from the budding sunlight that is raining through the now opening area.

“We can see, we can see it.”, The kids scream and dance.

“Finally.”, Lilly says a tear coming to her eye.

As Rays eyes adjust to the light, he finally sees it. A massive town hidden by the jungle; it really was beautiful. It was massive, not like your typical village, it had houses and stores made of neatly arranged stone and wood around every corner, advertising their products, whether they be selling materials, weapons, food or spell books. Some build on the sides of tall trees, where staircases had been built to reach them, whilst others were built along the ground, there was a massive town center with an open space where a giant fountain was erected, Ray could see to the right a giant Coliseum arena where they held their fighting tournaments and although he couldn’t see it, he also knew there was a red light district located within the city, it really had everything you would ever want and need. However, what was most impressive, was the castle. Ray had seen it countless times in game before, but the Castle was truly beautiful, it was located near the Back of the City and resembled most castles, massive, with multiple tall building where the Royals and their servants lived, however what was so impressive about it, was the giant tree that stood within the grounds of the Castle, it was giant, around 80 meters tall, with fruit growing all over it. It was truly amazing.

He had finally made it, to the southern beast tribe city after so long. He was proud of himself; he had achieved a very important goal that he had set for himself and had taken another step forwards in this world, from waking up as a skeleton in another world deep in the dungeon, to evolving into a full beast man, making friends and travelling to z new place. This truly was an adventure and it had only just begun.

As the group continued walking closer to the entrance of the village, which was surrounded by a small barrier wall, the city didn't need much defence, after all the jungle was like a huge defensive labyrinth, they were stopped by the guards at the entrance.

“Who are you? Where did you come from? And why have you brought a human with you.” The guard said with venom in his voice, he and the other 3 guards with him said, pointing his blade at them. Ray wasn’t expecting to meet hostility as soon as they arrived, though it made sense, a group of random beast men arriving out of nowhere with a human in tow is mighty suspicious, he couldn’t blame them for doing their jobs and after what the humans had done, he understood their hostility. 3 kids they had rescued shrunk back in fear, they weren’t much for confrontation, but the other 5 stood firm. However, as if she was born to do so, Lilly walked forwards towards the guards and stood mightily.

“I am princess Lillyanne Meowlron, Daughter of the king of the Northern Beast tribe and Neice of the king of the Southern Beast tribe. We have travelled a long way to get here, and we won’t have the likes of YOU stopping us now, so would you kindly bring us to see them.”.

“Tsk. Why you!”, the guard, clearly annoyed now, goes to attack Lilly with his spear, however Ray stops it.

“I wouldn’t do that if I was you. I don’t think the royal family would be too happy if you were to harm her. Besides, she’s with me. I'll kill you before you can lay a hand on her.”, Ray says coldly yet calmy.

The guard sneers, but after feeling the immense pressure Ray is letting off backs off. He goes over to his comrade, whispers something causing him to depart and then he returns.

“We will see if your statement is true. We’ve gone to get the princess in questions farther, he will verify if this is all true or not. In the meantime, wait here.”, he locks eyes with Ray, “Please...”.