While approaching the gateway in the village under the guards ushering, I was suddenly stopped again.
“Wait a second, I still will need to go with you to the records master and report you to him, so he can evaluate your story, after all I'm only a guard” he says while looking intently at me
`Welp fuck it seems he is onto me, or he is just doing his job, I hope they are going to be a bit accommodating to my ass, what was I thinking just strolling in I should have asked for some help or made some bloody excuse of course he is not going to let me in alone I could be just one of the bandits that other smaller guard said I need to think what to say to that master he said, oh and get some help of where I am and what this world is, well small steps, bit by bit and il see if I can get anywhere all.`
“Sure, Thanks I sure need some help!” While making smiling face
“Let's go, follow me.”
He strolled in front of me while I started following him.
As we were moving along once we were behind the gate, I started looking around at all the devastation in the street, there were those Asian houses like in their past, those built like the temples or monasteries with paper windows and sliding doors. there were so many destructions, at least 5 or more destroyed houses and so many dead wolves and a lot of the dead guards and civilian casualties.
But even so there were even more people going around moving the dead and removing the debris.
While moving we got to the centre of a village where there is the biggest wolf ever, it is like two storeys high, dead with a hole in its head.
I stopped for a I think a minute just looking at it and got taken by the shoulder by the big guard dude.
“Big one ain`t cha, Fucker got a lot of us until it got in by one of the students of a Flowing Cloud Sect! And a top student at that,
one about to get in the core of a sect! What a glorious fate he has! He got title now too Howling Blade hero, you should have seen his finishing move as he killed that king of wolves his blade of wind as he stabbed the king in the head!”
While speaking with endeavor in his voice he got smacked on the head by an older looking man
“Why are you not on your guard duty?”
“Commander! I’m escorting a suspicious man that was probably Robed by the bandits! SIR!” Startled Guard answered while pointing at me and saluting at the man.
"Ok..."
“Return to your post I will have it from here Mang!”
“With me Boy! I will take you to the office to process your entry!”
We got to the Tavern like barracks, as he got seated and gestured for me to seat there was a pile of paper on his desk wit a small pile of books on them, I could see title on few of them as Entry Records and Monster Wave of the Cloud Province.
Surprisingly I could read the letters even they are not in Serbian or English.
“Name?” While opening a Records Book.
“Um, An Chao Sir!” I answered as He looks at me and nods
“What is the reason for coming here?”
“Uh, I didn’t have one sir, except not wanting to be eaten by the wolves, I don’t even remember where I’m from Sir, The only thing I remember is me lying down on the ground in the middle of a forest and my name Sir!”
`Best to tell some kind of a truth and a lie so he has something, I still need some more info on this world and why I got here, and can I somehow get some help or a room to spend the time to settle my thoughts and my body so I don’t die to Anima/Monsters out there in the wild`
“Ok, do you remember how you got in the forest or why you don’t have some shirt on you? Or anything at all?” He asks again while looking at my forehead like there is something I’m not aware off.
“No Sir!” While looking confused about his look?!
“Ok, does your head hurt boy? You have some Nasty bruise on your forehead!”
`He must have gotten hit in the head for him not to remember anything except his name, Hmm... Bandits? maybe that small gang of Shadow rats and the Slasher? on the Mt Little Cloud maybe? i will need to send some Security to the mines and quarry so they don't get attacked just in case!`
`Well he is alive at least let him go visit Mr. Huang and he can figure it out! I will just record he was beaten by bandits and lost memories, showed up bruised and with no clothing on him except pants and shoes likely robed!` Writing down.
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“Hmm, A bruise? No Sir!”
`I have a bruise on a head but I don’t feel hurt at all` While reaching to my head.
“Good, you will go to the Infirmary to check you out! And there you will get a bed to sleep for the day.”
“Now go and come back tomorrow so we can see where you can help with the mess outside. Feng escort him out!” Enters the guard that was not outside few seconds ago!
As I stood up and exited the office. Guard named Feng escorted me out and showed me the infirmary right next to the village hall that was on the side street and on the backend of the barracks.
`Another Boy With no Family. This Fucking broken world` Glances Feng at Boy and turns inwards the hall we came out off.
"Go there!" While pointing.
He left and I Started going in the direction of the infirmary.
Inside there were a lot of the moaning man and women screaming in pain and getting treated to their wounds with a lot of men shuffling around them and giving them assistance and big round medicine!
As I got in I got spotted by an old looking man with a white gown that was definitely a doctor. As he looked at me and approached, he asked!
“Another One or help?” He looked tired…
“I’m here for check-up?” while confused “Sit here on this bed” As He grabbed my hand and closed his eyes.
I Felt a small wisp of a warm current go trough my body and go to my head as I felt the swelling vanish. “You are done go get washed up you stink and go help outside to the people to make some lunch for the injured!” Says Old man as he gets up and points the direction while going to the other dude with a temperature I think as he is sweating like no tomorrow and had a nasty scar on his torso.
I leave the Dude alone and go to the back of the infirmary where the cooks are and ask where I can help? The smaller man that is peeling potatoes, carrots and some other roots. Notices!
“Hey… My name is An Chao Where can I help?”
“Hi, there, you can help me here to peel these medicine roots while I go get some of that big Wolves meat so it can help the guards get some strength back in case those wolves come back! Grab that knife and I’m Little Ping that there is Chef Mao dont disturb him he is pissed about wolves braking his house! ” says little Ping.
While helping at the coking station I got a bit tired and got some of the info on the village and area where it is in, and what kingdom its in or so I thought, but there are no kingdoms at all in this area of the world because of the Thousand sect and Empire war! `Some Massive Liberation War!`
The village is under the Cloud Town and under the Flowing Cloud Sect that is a Absolute Monarch in a thousand miles and a proxy leader 2000 miles after 1000 they have under absolute control, so I am rather sure that this sect is not the only one in the area and that the Planet is much Bigger then Earth.
Even tho This man thinks that the Earth is still flat and that Elders of the sect are Gods of this World.!
After That we all got to eat and to shower, then I got showed my quarters where I will sleep for the night with some spare clothes, after lunch in the middle of the afternoon I got summoned to the infirmary that was half empty now, by a Mr. Huang as I got his name from the Little Ping to a conversation about my memories about how if I don’t recall any! After my sleep tonight I might never get them again because he accelerated my healing on the forehead because I had a literal hole in head even though it was unnoticeable by ordinary mortal sight.
So I now know, well, assume? How I got in this body, last owner died 100% and I somehow healed up and possessed the body on my own by some miracle! And got told that I don’t have to see officer tomorrow and that I’m to rest for a few days and get a job after a week if I don’t remember anything!
So I accepted the reality of my state and gone to sleep after some time in the night, all the while thinking of where I am going to end up and how to earn my keep because I don’t think I can keep getting help and room to sleep in after a week of time, because it apparently costs 15 bronze coins to have a room and meal a day.
Good thing Little Ping is talkative kind of a man, so I will have to see what are my options with the village and how to get those cultivation arts that the guard is using and the Mr Huang too!
Well For now lets Sleep……