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Raccon Girl

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"Begin," said the new King of Re-Estize Kingdom, Second Prince Zanac Valleon Igana Ryle Vaiself.

His father was bedridden after receiving the terrible news that his most trusted person to protect him was slain by the Sorceror King himself.

The Crown Prince, who was supposed to take the throne had gone mysteriously missing, which meant his position on the throne wasn't secure until he received news of his brother's death.

A child was in front of him and looking extremely nervous.

And who could blame him?

Top officials, nobles and the new king himself were sitting down and staring at the child as if he was a monkey at a zoo.

You could feel the heavy judgment in the room as many thought, this clearly poor boy shouldn't have even appeared in their presence.

What had this boy come to do?

Pour them drinks?

However, when the boy got into a stance, it was like everybody could see the weak looking child morph into the deceased and powerful man called Gazef Stronoff.

Several people dropped their cups from shock.

Those who hid in the shadows were more than a little surprised.

So, it was true.

A complete commoner was taught Gazef's stance.

"And you say...you learnt this from a mask-wearing man in the Sorcerer's Kingdom?" Temporary King Zanac said.

The boy nodded.

"Thank you for showing us and as promise, a house will be provided for you and your mother," he said, as the child was taken away.

However, the moment the boy was gone, the room erupted into shouts coming from foolish men.

"If there is a man out there as strong as Gazef, himself, then The Kingdom must have him!" said one fat nobleman.

"Why hasn't he presented himself to us, yet?" said another person, the arrogance was dripping from his voice. "Does he not realise, that we need somebody to give false hope, that our country is strong against the Sorcerer Kingdom?"

They all had 'mysteriously' forgotten while drinking wine, that Gazef Stronoff warned them all when he was alive.

If they hadn't dismissed him because of his lower birth, the country wouldn't be terrified and licking its huge wounds right now.

"Then let us send a team to collect this man," said Temporary King Zanac, unlike his brother he had a logical head on his shoulders. "We will send a strong team to test this man. If he manages to impress them, then we will add him to this country."

"But how do know if he's in that country?" said one nobleman. "Any rational person would have fled by now."

"A strong hunch," he said, surprising them all.

His greatest weapon was his senses.

Ch 4: Heading to the Sorcerer Kingdom. A Land ruled by a monster.

A party of three was dispatched to the land ruled by an undead.

The party consisted of Brain Unglaus, a man who was now the strongest man in the Kingdom but hopped onto the bandwagon to leave it.

Climb, the Princesses' royal guard, who was urged by his Mistress to join the team even though he should be sticking to her side more than ever.

Evileye volunteered as well because she wanted to meet her not so secret crush Momonga, who she heard was stuck in the Country.

You could say that they were the only people who were sane enough to knowingly go into every human's worse(worst) nightmare.

A country full of human eating monsters.

However, their combined might was more than enough to test out any humans strength and handle themselves if trouble came their way.

All three made their way out of the Kingdom and began making their way to the town that was now calling itself a nation.

The first thing they noticed as they approached was the flying monsters circling the town overhead, any sane person would have turned around immediately and fled but they kept going.

They approached the lion's mouth and found even the front gates were protected by high-level monsters, but nothing could prepare them for the mix of human and non-human working alongside each other on the streets.

All three were surprised to see country destroying monsters, doing simple jobs like being a shopkeeper or a carpenter.

This was too scary...

They thought the streets would be painted with the blood of humans, from the inevitable massacre that would come when you flood a town with human-hating creatures.

"I don't know what's scarier? The fact that monsters have regular jobs or that nobody has died yet," Brain said before saying, "But, then again, the Sorcerer King is a rational person, he probably forced the monsters to not go after humans."

"But how long do you think that would last?" Evileye said, adding her two cents to the table. "An undead will always hate the living. It's what they do. Hopefully, all the humans will be out of town when the leader of the Country shows his true claws."

And then all three of them booked themselves into a hotel that was the least bit threatening looking, this hotel run by Elves.

The pay rate for each room was incredibly cheap so they were all only too happy to pay up.

Once they were booked into the hotel they started asking around, wondering if anybody had seen a man in a mask with a sword on his back.

They all had the guts to stand there and ask a clear monster, who had its freakish tongue out trying to 'taste them', a question.

However, they quickly realised that there was far too many people wearing masks to really pinpoint who it was and to make matters worse, they didn't even have the man's name.

That night, they retired with uneasiness in their stomachs.

Who could sleep when you were surrounded by so many monsters who were just looking for an excuse to come after you, during the night?

So, they all took turns staying awake.

However, when it was morning and they all sat to have breakfast, it was pure coincidence that they saw a man with brown hair, but in a white mask walk by, on his back was a giant sword.

Evileye and Brain got the strong hunch that it was that man they were looking for.

Meanwhile, Climb saw how both of them were looking in a certain direction and know(knew) they had found their target.

They quickly left their table and ventured outside, each of them used the crowd to mask their movements while they hide their weapons behind them.

All of them were good but Gazef had long noticed them because who was sane enough now to carry a weapon so openly?

So, he decided to confront them.

He turned a corner and they did so as well.

However, he was gone.

"He's gone," said Climb.

And that meant he had noticed them.

And Climb was right.

"Are you guys from the other group?" Suddenly a voice said behind them and all 3 out of reflex immediately put some distance between them before he could even attack.

"Very good," said Gazef, praising them. "I must admit, you guys are step up from the others."

Earlier that week, a group of guys had come after him, he had given them a chance to walk away but they just laughed and foolishly attacked.

The moment they attacked, he had a good reason to kill them and drag their bodies away for consumption.

As a result, he had quite the stock of human body parts, he was preserving for a rainy day.

"You guys aren't from around here?' Gazef said, turning his head to the side and for some reason all three of them looked familiar. "Why are foreigners here? What business do you have?"

But more importantly what was their flesh like under that armour?

However, he did not know that all three of them were close friends with the decease Gazef Stronoff and his voice was sending major waves of familiarity but there was something clearly off about it.

It was like he was borrowing the man's voice.

And just like that Brain was annoyed.

"My name is Evileye and these are my companions, Climb and Brain Unglaus," Evileye said, beginning the introduction. "We came from Re-Estize Kingdom."

"Re-Estize Kingdom?" he said, "You mean the Country this land was previously under the banner of? I heard you all turned tail and ran on that battlefield?" but then he noticed none of them got mad, which had the effect of making his smile wider.

"Oh, yes. All of you are very experienced," he finished off, before saying, "So why are three people from The Kingdom here and stalking me?"

"Our country wants to employ your services," Climb said, much to his surprise. "Our country lost a lot (of) military might on that battlefield and we would like to build it back up."

"But we'll only extend the offer if your skills are worthy enough," Brain said, stepping in.

"Brian-san..." Climb said, he looked strangely serious.

"A fight?" Gazef said, for some reason this guy seemed especially familiar to him. "Then let's go to a more private place."

Then he left, surprising them.

He just said yes, just like that?

They followed him to what looked like a stadium, many changes had been made to this town ever since Ainz took over, one of them was filling in all the empty spaces the town had.

Climb, Evileye and Brain were amazed that such a place existed but then they noticed the surrounded monsters hovering around them.

They all took a seat, whether it was on the outer rim or inside the stadium audience seats.

All of them was waiting for a good fight.

Of course, Gazef couldn't kill anybody here but it was still going to be fun to watch.

Gazef took out his sword showing how weird it looked.

It was then that Evileye noticed something weird.

She hadn't felt anything from this man ever since she had met him, it was as if his very aura was being blocked somehow.

"Brain, be careful!" she said, as she used magic to levitate her and Climb off the ground and to a safe distance to watch.

Only to notice the existence of so many high-level monsters also flying above which made them both feel uneasy.

Brain turned to the man who was still smiling.

Well, it looks like 'the smile that made you feel like he wants to eat you' was accurate.

Just, great.

"Aren't you going to rush at me?" Brain said.

"I can't attack unless I'm attacked," Gazef said, surprising him. "It's how things are done around here."

"Is that so? Then I'll attack first," Brain said.

Brain attacked him with shocking speed, even a trained soldier would have trouble following his movements as he was suddenly in front of the man.

However, he didn't expect for the weird looking sword to suddenly appear before him and hinder him from landing a blow.

However, neither of them was going full throttle right off the bat.

They were testing each other out, pushing bit by bit, with each swing of their swords, the impact would get heavier and heavier, faster and faster.

"Amazing," Evileye said, so this was Brain Unglaus.

Brain was one of the few people who could defeat Climb in combat, so it was no surprise.

But who was this man who was not overwhelmed by a legend such as Brain?

However, unknown to everybody there, history was repeating itself.

They were both in the stadium, spectators filled the seats and they were both fighting to make sure the other didn't succeed.

It was like a repeat of the day, Brain Unglaus met Gazef Stronoff.

However, the difference between a human and a monster was starting to show, Mothbrows were known for their impenetrable skin, strength and their ability to focus on more than one thing at a time.

Brain could feel the difference in fiscal strength with each blow, those who watched booed as he began dodging but those who were smart enough to look beyond his 'fleeing', would applaud him for not being stupid enough to take that strength head-on.

Brain finally found an opening to the masked man's right and drove right into it.

Suddenly Gazef right eye followed him in a motion that couldn't be called human and his sword suddenly made a carving motion.

CLANK!

Brain had come face to face with the sword head on and was thrown back by the mere blowback of the two swords clashing.

"T-That's some strength you got there. What the heck did you do to that sword?" Brian said, struggling to get up.

Damn.

He did not expect to be fighting such a monster today.

"Nothing much," Gazef said, swinging it like it was an extension of his own arm. "I always thought that if one attack doesn't work, then you can always make countless attacks within that one attack. After all, if we all stop at one attack how will we reach new heights?"

And maybe it was the voice but Brain suddenly had a flashback of him talking to Gazef about the night his fighting spirit was shattered by a monster.

"No spacing out," a voice said suddenly right into his right ear and Brain on reflex moved away quickly.

However.

"Good reflexes," said the voice behind him.

Brain's sword shot up just in time for the other sword to hit, his bones literally rattled when the two swords came into contact with each other.

Brain used the blowback to get a good distance away from him.

However, he did not expect what happened next.

Gazef took one single leap and the gap between them closed in an instant.

'You've got to be kidding me! What kind of monster is this!?' Brain thought, this was no longer a battle, this was survival!

"Impossible. Is that man even human?" Evileye said she couldn't understand how a person could that.

Climb was looking at the fight with shock.

If this man had been on the battlefield maybe the result would have been different.

Meanwhile, the Monsters around cheered for their brethren.

The sound of the swords clashing echoed through the stadium and up, however, Brain found that it was getting easier and easier to take it.

Brain realised, his opponent wasn't getting weaker, his opponent was now playing with him!

He had become the man's newest toy!

"Come on. This can't be all you've got!" Gazef said, his bloodlust rising as his mind began to sink into his instincts.

He would prolong this fight as long as he could even if it means torturing his opponent and never giving him the sweet release of death.

Brain was stunned, this was not what he was expecting.

This feeling.

Every bone in his body was telling him to run away.

His senses were telling him, he had woken up a sleeping dragon.

However, his feet didn't move.

It was because he could feel the wave of familiarity.

In the man's movements and his voice, he felt something very nostalgic.

To sum it up, it was like he was facing a messed-up version of his rival Gazef Stronoff, somehow.

With each blow, it was like the very soul of Gazef Stronoff blazed its way through his body.

Then a crazy idea formed.

What if Gazef Stronoff wasn't dead?

What if he was right in front of him?

The mask did not hide the chin which he thought now greatly resembled Gazef own.

Once he thought about it, it was very easy to picture Gazef face behind the mask.

However, he couldn't just ask the man to take the mask off.

Brain was sure he couldn't win but he could do one thing.

Brain took a giant leap backwards and Gazef just watched baffled as the human did some strange movement, before landing in a pose.

"What on earth are you doing?" Gazef said, "Giving up, already?" he then began to walk to him.

The human did not move.

Did he lose the will to fight?

That was disappointing.

Than he got to a certain distance away and Brain struck.

Gazef's sword shot up and the sword was sent flying with a *clang*.

"I win," Gazef said, but then he noticed one thing.

The human was smiling.

"I've done my best," Brain said and then his feet buckled from exhaustion.

Suddenly Gazef heard the sound of something cracking.

It was his mask.

Brain's aim was his mask!

His mask was only meant to hide his face and killing intent, it was never meant to be actual armour like his brethren.

Before he knew it, his mask had shattered into pieces, bits flew everywhere and his very human looking face was on display.

However, Gazef was not concerned about that, what he was most interested about was the look on the human named Brain's face.

"G-Gazef?" Brain said, in shock.

And then Gazef killing intent came flooding out and it was pretty much downhill from there.

And scene!

Next chapter, Gazef turns down the offer but the three won't leave him alone, thinking he might be Gazef's twin brother since nobody has checked his grave. Things get interesting when he is given a mission approved by his master, which makes him say yes and he is escorted to The Kingdom. Review/fav and follow!