Kazuma POV
Hello, my name is Satou Kazuma. I am an adventurer. I was brought to this world when I died and was given the offer by a useless Goddess. During my time here I made some friends. I went into all kinds of battles and adventures with my party. But now?
I'm a wanted man who escaped the authorities. They branded me a terrorist and I could only imagine what they do to those kind of people in this good for nothing world. My friends, party members and the other people in the Adventurer Guild turned their backs on me when things got rough, and so now I ran away on my own.
You might be curious as to how I escaped, right? Well let me tell you.
Earlier
The guards had me in cuffs as we walked towards the jailhouse I was to be held in.
I was pretty mad, to say the least. Mad at these guards, at this prosecutor, now named Sena. Mad at everyone to be honest.
As we walked, I hatched a plan. I kicked the guard in front of me in the groin, and in the moment where everyone was shocked, I used my Lurk to slip by them.
I bolted towards the forest and that's when they noticed me.
I heard orders barked to apprehend me, but I had already gotten close to the forest. As I got close, I heard something whistling in the air.
I took a look behind me and saw an arrow speeding towards me. I panicked which caused me to trip, but also dodge the arrow. It flew by and stuck itself into the tree in front of me. I snatched the arrow as I ran into the forest. I knew I could use this to my advantage.
I ran and ran, deeper and deeper into the forest. I didn't stop until I thought I was a considerable distance away, and hid on top of a tree.
Once my nerves were relaxed, I inspected my handcuffs. They were simple, it was mainly made out of wood with a small metal lock that seemed to have rusted somewhat. Perhaps if I used some rocks to break the lock then I could remove these.
With that in mind, I fell asleep in the tree.
Once morning comes, I check my surroundings to make sure there were no guards around. After confirming there were none, I climbed down the tree. I decided to walk towards the lake Aqua purified a while back. I knew there were some rocks of varying sizes I could use to possibly break the lock on these.
The lake came into view, crystal clear water shone under the early sunlight, s giant contrast to the dirty brown water that resided the lake previously until Aqua purified it.
I quickly scanned the shore, looking for some rocks that could be used to smash the lock. It was going to be tricky, due to my hands being bound together.
As I walked around, I found a large boulder, similar to the one we tied Aqua's cage to. I then found a round rock, one that was larger than most rocks, and heavier too, and an idea came to mind.
My plan was to roll the rock off the boulder and have it smash the lock when it fell.
With that in mind, I set the rock on top of the boulder and let it slowly roll. Soon it picked up speed and it fell quickly.
THUMP
It missed.
Oh well!
I did the same thing over and over for maybe half an hour, and that's when the frustration kicked in.
"WORK DAMMIT!" I yelled out.
This was hopeless, if I can't get these cuffs off I may as well go back to Axel and turn myself in. I won't be able to manage like this. If I run into a monster I'm gonna be too restricted to even fight, especially without a weapon. If I enter a town with these it'll definitely be suspicious and then I'd get turned in.
Dammit... why should I have to deal with this crap?! We just SAVED Axel from certain destruction, we took out one of the Demon King's generals, and yet I'm being accused as a terrorist.
"DAMN IT ALL!" I shouted in frustration, slamming my fists down.
Because of some luck (heh), I was somehow managed to smash the lock in my fit of rage.
I removed the cuffs from my hands and chuck them away.
With that taken care of, I have to plan my next move.
I needed to escape. Most likely no place in Belzerg is safe for me. They'd probably have wanted posters setup to hunt me down. Regardless, I still needed supplies, like food and a map. I'm no survivalist, nor am I familiar with this world's borders. The only thing I knew, Axel was due south from this forest, and that was a definite no go.
Why would I even go back? They didn't help me, so why should I risk getting caught so I can see them?
I paused for a moment, thoughts of them ran by in my head.
I let out a sigh, now isn't the time to think about them, I have to think for myself from here on out. No useless Goddess', no loli Arch Wizards, and now masochist Crusaders, just me.
I got this!
...
Do I though?
Before coming here I was a shut in, now I have no idea what I'm doing. As much as I detested the kind of party members I had, atleast I enjoyed their company...
Drip
I sighed as I started walking, away from Axel and into my new life as a runaway criminal. Shame no one was around to explain what the source of the small trail of water droplets that trailed me was, nor why my face was wet... Why do my eyes sting so much too?!
