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After laying down for a few minutes he got back up, he was surprised by how good he felt. He was no longer sore from the hits he had received the previous day by Lora. As a matter of fact, he felt stronger than he ever did.

(("Is there really such a big difference between levels?"))

Ding 🤖 "It feels like a big difference because you were just too weak, later in the future, you won't feel it as much. Don't get me wrong it will still be beneficial to level up. It's just that you won't always be using your max strength so you won't feel any changes until you battle.

Marco nodded (("alright makes sense, I was just wondering if it was this easy to evolve than why didn't the old princess just do it?"

Ding 🤖 "Because it grossed him out and since the king was more into politics he didn't make him become stronger."

(("😓 Dude seriously I'm supposed to restart a kingdom with this kind of reputation. Like for real you don't become strong in a world where the law of the jungle is key because it grosses you out."))

Ding 🤖 "Don't worry I'm sure that after you start showing your skills once you have power people will join you without caring about the past."

(("If you say so. Well, the only thing that matters at the moment is leveling up anyway, so LEAD how much mana would it take to tame the snake?"))

Ding 🤖 "It has about the same strength as the rabbit so it takes the same amount as the rabbit 50 MP."

(("Hmm okay then I have to tame them and let the kids have some fun once in a while, who knows we can use them for mock battles."))

Marco asked Alex to do the same thing as before but this time he would have to put a snake and a horned rabbit. The captain at first was surprised when he saw that the first horned rabbit he had placed in the house was untied. He quickly unsheathed his sword and point it at the rabbit. Marco who was behind him has to run and stop him, he put his index finger on his lips and gave him a sign to stay quiet.

He got closer to the rabbit and began to pet it, leaving the captain with his mouth wide open. Marco looked at him and smiled "Don't worry, I'll explain it to you later for now just leave the monsters here and leave." Alex hesitated but in the end, he nodded and left.

Marco got back to work and the monsters quickly went towards him. He had a rabbit at each foot and the snake had wrapped around his leg. He enjoyed having them so close to him, when he was alive on earth he always wanted a pet, but his mother didn't want any animals of any kind in the apartment.

He began to separate from them "Stay here until I come back, he ordered."

Marco joined the group again, they all seemed unaffected by him leaving and coming back, they probably thought that he was taking a break. The one person who had a face full of curiosity was Alex, he wouldn't stop looking at Marco.

The only monsters left was a goblin and a snake which had the same black scales with golden patterns like the one he had tamed. He gave Alex a nod and the Captain cut the rope that was wrapped around the snake's mouth and body.

It immediately tried to slither away after it felt the rope loosen, Marco ran and got in front of it. He was surprised by his speed at first "If this is how I feel at level 2 then how amazing would I be in the higher levels" he thought.

The snake jumped and used it's tail to whip his legs, Marco was taken by surprise so he didn't dodge in time and he felt the numbing sensation go up his leg. He yelled in pain and supported his body with the other leg.

He looked for the snake as it kept slithering away, "Oh shit, well screw it". He jumped using his left leg and swung at its head while he was in the air. The poor snake had no idea how it met its end because its head was separated from his body.

Marco was now panting hard, the guards quickly ran towards him and rolled his pants up to see how bad he was hurt. He sat up and saw that in his right leg there was a red mark in the shape of the snake. He sighed "That's definitely going to leave a bruise."

The guards looked at Alex "Sir will we let him continue." The captain sighed and shook his head, he turned around and unsheathed his sword. He was about to kill the goblin when he heard a voice that he was familiar with yell "Stop!!".

He stopped his swing an inch away from the goblin's throat and turned around to find Marco standing up. He gave a slight bow and moved away from the goblin, after seeing how friendly the horned rabbit had become towards the prince his confidence in him increased.

The guards looked at Marco in surprise. Lora was the first one to speak "Sir you don't still plan on fighting the goblin in your current state do you?"

He sighed "Goblins are one of the weakest creatures in the world if I can't kill one then how the hell am I supposed to give all of you orders in the future. Besides all, I have at the moment is a sleepy leg, I've heard of warriors who have multiple arrows on their bodies and can still fight."

As Marco was saying this he stomped his right foot in the ground to see if that could give him some feeling back in it. He asked for a knife from Lora and cut the rope tying the ropes himself. He then limped a little far from the goblin and then threw the knife at him.

The goblin just looked at the knife in the ground in confusion, then he took it and began swinging it around. After a few seconds, it completely changed now it had an evil smile as it looked at Marco. The guards had formed a circle around them so they would protect the kids and help Marco if he was in danger.

The goblin charged at him, and Marco placed his sword in front ready to swing. When the goblin was in range he swung sideways aiming for its stomach but what he didn't expect was that the goblin would slide in the ground as if he was a baseball player who barely made it to the base.

As the goblin slid from his swing it got in between his legs and prepared to stab his most cherished spot. Marco quickly used the moment he had with the swing and rolled to the right, allowing him to save his manhood. The goblin, on the other hand, was left hitting nothing but air. (("😨 What the hell was that?".))

Ding 🤖 "Crap 🤣 dude almost ended the royal family"

(("Shut up LEAD, This son of a 🤬 dares to try to take my most precious possession I'll make sure to make this 🤬 pay."))

He quickly stood up but noticed that he had dropped his sword when he rolled. The goblin was looking at him with a mocking smile.

When Lora began to get closer he stopped her "Don't get involved."

At the moment Marco was pissed, a side of him that he hadn't felt in himself was ignited. When he was younger back on earth he would hang out with a friend whose dad did muay thai. The point is that he learned from the father, the main reason was because he had watched movies where the woman would get mugged.

Since his father wasn't present he vowed that he would protect her. Marco took lessons from him for about 3 years, after that time his friend's family had to move and he didn't hear back from them again. Even if he wasn't learning from his teacher anymore it didn't stop him from practicing daily, he would look on youtube and online to find more techniques and ways to do them.

The goblin began licking his lips as it swung around the knife. After playing around for a few seconds it charged again, Marco put himself in a muay thai stance. The goblin extended his right hand to stab but it was caught by him. He then used a Back Fist strike, the Spinning Back Fist was the advanced form of this technique but with his leg being dead at the moment he didn't want to risk it.

He hit the goblin in the cheekbone, as soon as it hit he could hear the pleasant sound of bone cracking. The goblin dropped the knife and was stunned its senses where now in chaos Marco used this opportunity to use a move that he never got the chance to use.

Marco distanced him from the goblin and then charged at the goblin and superman punched him. The goblin simply fell to the ground knocked out. Marco laughed and began stomping at the goblins loincloth over and over. After he felt that he had gotten his vengeance he grabbed the knife and sliced the goblin's throat.

He sighed and began stretching, he started feeling that things were too quiet so he looked for the guards and found everyone staring at him with their mouths wide open. He looked at them confused "What?" he asked.

Alex is the one who gets closer to him "Sir when did you learn hand to hand combat?"

(("Shit looks like I showed something I shouldn't have".))

Ding 🤖 "Yeah, but it's cool I didn't know that you could fight like that though."

(("Really I thought that you already knew about my whole life".))

Ding 🤖 "No I have access to all of it but that's still 15 years worth of information so yeah I'm just kind of lazy."

Marco looked at the captain and shrugged "I don't know, I was just angry and suddenly I remembered those moves but it looks like my body can still use some improvements." As he said that Marco was massaging his wrist, he might have gotten stronger but that didn't mean that it was refined, his wrist still hurt like hell.

Alex nodded and shifted his gaze at the house where the tamed monsters were. Marco smiled "That's right I have a present for you kids."

The children looked at him and looked at him excitedly, he led them to the house and told them to close their eyes. He brought the monsters outside and lined them in a straight line, the guards looked at the creatures shocked. "Open your eyes," he told the kids.

Seeing the monsters the kids hesitated "Don't worry these are okay but remember only I can make them into friends, this is a really important secret so promise me that you won't tell anyone. If you do then bad people will try to take me."

The kids looked at him excited but when they heard that he said people would take him away they gave him a scared look. They all bowed and yelled in unison "We promise".

Marco smiled "Then go and play with them, you have the rest of today to play with them".

The kids gave him a bow "Thank you sir." and then they began to play with the monsters.

Ding 🤖 "Buddy I got big news for you."

(("What is it ?"))

Ding 🤖 "You just gained 9 more followers, congrats."

(("Wait what??"))