1 The story of a beast tamer.

Welcome my dear readers.

Come sit down with me and enjoy epic tails of adventurers traveling vast mountains and discovering new places. About creatures that only exists in your wildest dreams. Struggles of hunted beast and daily lives of all kinds of creatures. Take this hot chocolate and listen closely…

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In a distant land, on an unknown country, there is a boy in the woods running. You can hear loud shouting and huffing.

"Hey, wait up! Stop! Please!"

"SCREEEEEEE"

*huff* *huff* *huff*

"NOOO, I was so close to catch it! Damn it …" cried a young boy, while looking after the back of the escaping creature.

It wasn´t his first attempt on catching it, and it will definitly wound be the last. He was nearly able to catch it just a few more steps and he had it. He was so shure that he would catch it this time, but reality is often different.

"No wonder you never caught your first Dactori", said a bulky man clad in light leader armor with a bow on his back, a black sword in his right hand and a quiver on his hip. He was quite handsome looking man but his face was fierce and he had an aura that battle ridden veterans have.

"You have to be sneakier than that and you didn't cover yourself in Hanfly leaves. Dactori have keen sense of smell and are fast and agile. *sight* Have you already forgot everything I told you Merces?" said the man while putting his sword on his shoulder and walking up to Merces.

*sniff* *sniff* "I know uncle Elkier. I was just to excited to finally catch my first beast no less a red Dactori and not even older than a 4 years old. I have tried so many times already... and i was so shure today was the day i catch it.", said Merces with tears in his eyes, as he regretted his reckless behavior.

*sight* While rubbing his nephews head he said "Come that´s enough for today you still have to cut the logs and feed the other. Don´t give up, you will catch it eventually." and started to walk back to their hous.

"Oh, and don´t forget to pick up your Dierk. Dierks don´t grow on trees.", said the Uncle without looking back and laughing boisterous "Grahahahahahaha".

With a bitter look on his face Merces started to search for his Dierk as he cursed under his breath.

"Dumb beast, I will catch you some day I swear."

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Let us pause for a second.

Cercus is a Forest near Plures Town where our protagonist is curently searching for his Dierk. A Town with roughly 1200 people were many are tourists and wandering merchants. It´s not the best place to live but nevertheless decent enough to have a peaceful and happy life. It even has a small hot spring near the tavern, where many wandering travelers are staying while refilling their stamina and visiting the steamy hot spring. Even in those peaceful days you can´t let your senses get dull, as monsters and beast lurk everywhere. So you have to be careful wandering the woods or traveling between towns.

Many bandits are near the towns because of the tourists and merchants, but because of that there is never a shortage on escort missions.

In that town there lives a young boy, our temporary protagonist, named Merces with his uncle Elkier in a cozy house. Elkier is a beast tamer with many accomplishments under his belt, but is still a low-class beast tamer as he told his nephew, but a tamer none the less. He is 1.80 cm tall (5,9 feet) with broad shoulders and bulking muscles. Despite looking like a meat head, he is still very smart and educated. He is a beast tamer after all, one of the most dangerous job you can have.

Why so? Because you have to first travel into beast territories, find a suitable one, lure him into a Hexomper, pin the beast down for up to a week for low-mid range beast and for high and ancient beast it´s minimum a month and up to a year, and now you have to prick the heart with a Dierk without piercing to deep and killing the beast. Finally, after completing everything you can now name your tamed beast with a 'scroll of naming' (AN: I know I'm very creative).

Why have beasts? Because for obvious reasons, duh. Like, having a Tanndo for scouting the surrounding, a Kledoris for pulling boats, Erques for trapping trespassers or a little cute fluffy Bohmer to cuddle with... or you can eat it as it´s meat is very tender and delicious. Ahhh, my mouth is watering after thinking about a crispy Bohmer with a cold mug of good ol' Brood Ale.

*cough* *cough*

Back to the story again...

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Back in the town our young apprentice tamer, not older than 14, can be seen inside the local hot spring alone while making plans on how to catch the juvenile Dactori.

Normaly there would be many people in the hot spring but because it was early in the morning not many people went there.

Merces sighed in frustration, he already tried everything. From making traps to jumping down on him from a tree, but nothing worked.

*sight*

*blub* *blub* *blub* *blub*

*gasp*

"Hmmm maybe I can do this��� no he is to fast… or maybe I can lure him there… hmmm" While thinking hard in the open air bath Merces didn´t realize that someone else opened the door and went into the hot spring.

"Fuh fuh fuh, what a naughty boy you are." heard Merces behind him.

His brain suddenly stops after hearing the alluring and mature voice, he knew the voice just too well.

'Oh shit why am I hearing her voice… please tell me I just misheard it' thought Merces as he slowly turning around with a panicked face.

'Welp, I am fucked' was the last thing he thoughed after fainting due to a magic spell casted from the yet to be introduced person.

"This airhead went into the wrong bath again. I have to discipline him harsher tomorrow or he will never learn not to be in deep thoughts all the time." said the person with the alluring voice while having a evil smile on her face.