CHAPTER 9

A month. It has been over a month Since The Fated battle between Muez and Haribon Against Spearow Who Muez Eventually called as Escanor. Why Escanor? Muez thought how Spearow's Pride Were quite similar to Escanor, One of the Deadly sins from na anime that Muez Saw In the past.

After that Excitinf Battle, Spearow Decided to Join Muez's Group. Determined to Grow stronger alongside him and catch up with his Now Considered rival, Haribon.

After Her Evolution, Muez Noticed That Haribon Grew more active And Territorial. Other than the Pokémons That He and Haribon interacted in the Past, She will chase away every Intruders that Her Keen eyes Saw.

Ratata, On the other hand, Always accompanied Muez Every single time. Like A Toddler. Muez Once Asked Ratata if it wants to Become His friend And Pokémon but Ratata Turned his offer down after some consideration.

Muez didn't push the Topic further as he Could understand Ratata's Plight. The Rodent pokémon merely Wanted to Be By his side. Experiencing different thing While Maintaining It's Freedom At the same time.

With the help of Haribon's And Escanor's Wing attack, Muez Managed to speed up the Building of their Log Cabin. Using Ropes he made from Grass stalks And Vines that They've Gathered In the forest, Muez And the others built the Logggings Bit by bit.

With the abundance of food coming from the Fruits from the trees around them and the Fishes and pokémons from the Nearby stream, Muez And the others didn't have to Worry about starving to death.

During this Whole month, Muez And the other's Fought Many Friendly battles against The Neighboring Pokémons Around them. Since all of them were Now close Friends, The wild pokémons didn't let the opportunity to Become Stronger By battling against Muez's pokémons.

Of course, Like them, Muez Didn't let the Opportunity to Earn some "Bucks" Get away. In exchange of letting them Fight his pokémons, Muez Asked Things like Strings that caterpies made, Fruits From Nearby trees And many Other things that he needed During that time. An action that will usually earn some pecks in the back From Haribon.

Currently, Muez and the others were Having their lunch alongside the other Wild pokémons. Haribon And Escanor Were Feasting on a Few Dead magikarps On the Ground while Muez And Ratata ate Fruits and Stewed Fish That He made cooked using A Claypot that he made From clay that he got from the stream.

Now, Let's talk about Muez's clothes and equipments. Instead Of the Coat that Muez Was wearing When he arrived in this world, He is now wearing A Cloak over his T-shirt That he made from Stantler Skin That came from a Wild stantler that Muez And The other's Took down When they're Out hunting. The soft fur on it Always made Him Smile in satisfaction every time he Touches it. As for his Jeans, Muez Decided to Keep it For the mean time since He didn't really know How to make Shorts or Pants To replace it.

As For his Sneakers, Muez Cursed at the mere thought of it. Muez's Sneakers Were torn apart when a Wild Ekans Ambushed him from out of nowhere. Muez Tried to Jump away at that time but The Bastardly Huge Snake still managed to Bite his Sneakers off. Pissed off by the Rather Cool Sensation in his Foot Due to the Lack of Soles, Muez Ordered Haribon and Eacanor to Peck it To death. Llater that night, Haribon And Escanor Had A Fresh Snake Meat for dinner.

So, in order to replace his now Broken Sneakers, Muez Made A pair of boots made from Stantler Hide. Pretty Warm and durable.

Muez Also Made A Mask From Stantler Hide That covered His Neck Up to his Nose. Preventing Other's From Seeing What the lower Part Of his Face looked like.

As for His equipment, Muez Had A Sturdy Wooden Bow that he made With the help of Escanor and a few caterpies. Muez Asked Escanor to look for a Very sturdy Piece of Wood And bring it to him while He used some Aromatic leaves that They've Stumbled upon And fruits To trade with The strings that them caterpies Made To make the Bowstring.

The carterpies was More than happy to Agree with his proposition and not long after, Muez was Covered with Caterpie Strings.

With all of that materials, Muez Eventually made A sturdy Bow That he uses for Hunting And fighting.

Aside from His bow, Muez Also made A Stone Knife. Pretty useful For most of the time. Especially when Haribon, Ratata and escanor Were not with him To help him cut things.

While Muez And The Pokémons Were feasting, A couple Of Nidorans Ran Up to Them, Panic visibly Present In their faces. When they've Arrived At Muez's table, One of the nidorans Nudged At his Leg gently. Careful enough To not poke Him with it's Horn that Secretes Poison.

Muez Felt It's Nudging and Paused his Eating to Look down at it.

"What's The matter, Little Guy? Ya' guys hungry?", Muez Asked while Stroking the Nidorin with his Right hand.

"Ran. Nid Nid. Ran. Nido!"

Muez Looked at the Pokémon as it made gestures with it's Feet ( Hands? ). Pointing towards him and the Trees behind it. Muez Tried to Understand What the Little Pokémon are trying to convey.

"Uhm, Let's See. Me. Forest. Ka shk shk?", Muez Said Making Strange, gibberish That made Haribon Deadpan and Escanor and ratata Facepalm.

Haribon Flew Up to the table and used Her Left to slap The Back of his head gently As if telling him to Get serious for once, Making Muez Scratch The back of his head in Embarassment.

"Alright, Alright. Jeez, Why do you have to be so serious about evrything. . .Now, Let's Try again one more time, Alright Little guy?", he said.

The Nidoran nodded and once again repeated what it's Doing earlier. It raised it's front paw and Pointed Towards the forest behind it before pointing towards Muez.

"Hmmm. . .This js getting tricky. . .So, Me?"

A shake Of it's Head was Nidoran's Answer.

"Forest, Then me. Forest, Then Me. For- Hey, What's That supposed to Mean?", Muez Asked when he saw the nidoran add another gesture. He saw it Point Towards the Forest Then him just like earlier before Doing a Decapitation Gesture With it's Paw.

"You mean I'm In danger?"

Nope. Try again.

"You pointed At the Forest, Then me. Then you made that Gesture. What d- Wait, If it's Not me, Then is it another me? Or To be more specific, Someone that Resembles me, A human?", Muez Hurriedly asked once he realized what The Pokémon Meant when it's Pointing towards him.

The Nidoran Noddes joyfully before Doing it's Gesture Again.

"A human Like me is In this forest. And Just like what you're Trying to say, He's or she is Dying?"

The Nidoran was nodding With most of his Sentence but Immediately Shook it's Head When Muez Said the last part.

"What do you mean? Or are you trying to say that Whoever's Out there is Very Deadly or dangerous?"

Nidoran Nodded Simultaneously, Almost Clapping it's Front Paws When Muez Finally Got what it's Trying to say.

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