The First Encounter

*4PM*

After making sure that he got everything ready. Aries decided to go back to his camp. He was not too far from it and could travel it up by 30 minutes by using his map as his guide.

He had pass through a stream and collected some saltwater. He was now walking to a route and there's alot of grassy fields that is as high as him with some even taller.

The good thing was that he already made a thorough path on this location. He could not traverse it before unless he clear some bushes or grasses out and made a complete route that will directly connect him back to his camp.

While he continued his way out of the route he had heard some light footstep and it seems like it was following him.

He became alerted and grip his spear. He was not sure if it's some ferocious wild animals or just some chickens but he still it is better to be on guard.

He slowly walked out of the route and did not wait for the unknown to come, he quickly run back to his camp to prepare his defense.

Aries climb on the tree camp and readied his bow. He was now waiting for his target to come and visit him.

He was looking at the direction from where he exited the tall grasses and slowly pondering what kind of animal he had just attracted that it decided to follow him back to his camp.

Nevertheless he does not care if someone had spied on him, he had some weapons with him and will not hesitate to kill if push comes to shove...

And so he waited.

*5:30PM*

After waiting for about an hour, nobody came out so Aries put his guard down and decided to go down and prepare his food.

He made two sets of camp fire, one is for roasting the chickens he killed before while the other is for boiling saltwater from the stream to produce some salt.

While he is busy doing his chores, he heard somebody coming out of the bushes.

He took his bow and knotch his arrow pointing at the unknown species. But he was shocked to see what was in front of him.

It was a skinny person, has lots of mud from its body. The long unkempt hair it has can be described as someone who doesn't know the ways of a proper hygiene.

The vague twin peaks from its upper body could tell that she's a woman. She doesn't seem to have any proper clothes aside from the fur hide on her waist blocking her private parts down there.

Her big brown eyes were not looking at Aries attentively but on the roasted chicken he was cooking for himself.

*Gulp*

Aries swallowed down his very own saliva not because of the food but what was in the front. He was very nervous after he saw her.

He was trembling inside as this was the first he saw a human just like him.

He wants to know who is this person in front of him, so he calmed himself and do 1 step backward while staring at the barbaric girl to ask some question. He was trying an archer's posture at the moment.

"Who are you?" He asked while on the alert.

He waited patiently for her to reply but.... what he received was a deafening silence.

"Where are you from? Don't you come near me or else i'll shoot you with my arrow!" He barked and was trying to intimidate the girl. He change his tone to see if the would atleast react.

The girl just stood there unmoving, he was unable to predict what was on her mind and so he kept his distance.

The two had made the atmosphere intense with their almost the same- cold attitude while glaring at each other for time to time.

Until the girl slowly moved forward trying to approach her prey which is the food.

"Stop! You take another step and i'll hit you with my arrow". He shouted.

The woman was unfazed by his threats and continues forward.

"You leave me with no choice then" Aries said.

*Swoosh*

While she moves ahead, there was a sound that passed through her right earlobe.

It was the arrow!

Aries had just released the arrow he pointed at her a moment ago. He then reloaded another and knotch again.

"That's a warning" he said coldly.

Aries could not decide if he will kill her or not. From what he sees based on the situation, the woman wants to eat his food. But who says he would allow her do anything she likes. He wants to get some information on her first before offering the food.

So he put down his bow, and change to spear instead while he quickly took the roasted chicken.

On his left he had the spear pointed on the woman and on his right the roasted chicken.

"This is mine!" He said with authority

After that, the girl suddenly stopped and barked at himm

**Roar**

And the unexpected happened after that. The woman suddenly growled at him while she lunged herselft at him.

Aries readied on his position waiting for the right moment.

She tried grabbing the food but Aries was quick enough to dodge her. He realized that the woman's height was the same as him.

The next moment he tried swinging his body on the left side and kick her on the stomach. That was a full blow and he could feel the impact after his feet had touch her.

She was knocked on the ground and was trying to stand up but Aries pursued and both throw away what he is holding, he lunged at her while quickly putting his rope ready.

He wants to tie her while she was down. Aries had some experience with mixed martial arts since he was young when his parents enrolled him at a gymnasium for 2 months training during a summer. He had learn most of them.

He still remember some moves like submission and grappling. He was now using some of them to defused the woman as quickly as possible.

The two people were both struggling to the ground. One man was trying so hard to forcefully tie his rope and a woman trying to escape.

After a some time both the arms and feet of the woman were tied at last.

Aries was sweating and panting so hard after the battle. It seems that this girl's strength can matched his current physique. If not for the ropes suppressing her, she would have long escaped.

The girl was roaring and glaring at him. She was mad and ready to tear him to pieces from the way she look.

Although he could not feel any killing intent from the woman it is always better to stay alert at all times.

"I'm sorry but i have do it" he mumbled while he took a glimpse of her and then look at the now dirtied roasted chicken on the ground.

"It seems that this night will be quite interesting" he thought while checking the system time.

It was now already 7PM.