First Human Contact

The next days have all been about one thing. Travelling, travelling and more travelling. He has been sprinting too much that he feels like even before getting archery he might get something like sprint.

Luckily his daily search has not gone to waste. He has found an animal carcass just today.

There was a difference between it and other carcasses of animals. This was cut through something sharp. Supposedly the one killing it was not able to transport it in whole and had left the rest here to rot.

He has been trying to find the person who has done this. He has not made much progress though. At this moment a smell came drifting in the air.

'Sniff'

A smell of burning wood. Well looks like I found my target. Cayne cautiously approached the smell. After walking some meters, he peered from behind a tree.

There was a fire burning on which animal meat was being cooked. A man was sitting in front of him. He was brawny, at least more than him. He was around 35-year-old.

Cayne immediately came out of hiding and started walking towards him.

What? You thought he would observe and try to see if it was dangerous. Of course it will not be.

For there to be an enmity there have to be some kind of substantial benefit. The stranger and him do not have anything that might start a fight among them.

Food. They both have it. They can hunt animals or gather fruits.

Water, come on there is literally a river that has clearer water than the best mineral water on Earth.

Women, well if you could count bestiality, then there are animals here. If he wants, he can have them.

Status, we both are proud hunters in this world. We don't have anything to fight for.

In this world having nothing, it is best to join hands. As for considering if he kills for pleasure, I don't know. Must be possible, anyone thrust into such situation could lose his mind. But such probability is very less.

I don't believe my luck is that bad. So, lets gamble.

At this point the brawny man has already noticed me. He immediately got up holding a stone axe kind of weapon.

I immediately as if sensing his instincts took two steps back and raised my hand up in the air, dropping my spears.

"Calm down man!" I spoke as calmly as possible.

Continuing speaking, "I meant no harm, as you can see, I am unarmed and seeing a human again in this forest made me feel so much joy that I immediately approached you. You see we should not have enmity do we. So can you please lower your weapon. We can talk like civilized people can't we."

I tried my best to give a charming friendly smile as possible. I don't know whether my smile is good or not. Hopefully it must be.

He lowered his weapon what a relief.

I slowly approached him and sat a little far from him.

"My name is Cayne, my friend what about you?"

"Robert."

A man of few words I see. So, I have to break the ice. Quite the trouble, being a socially awkward person, this is worst for me.

The best way to earn initial trust at this point is talk about yourself and your previous life. This will build a sense of connection. Well, there will be no need for this much deliberation.

Obviously, a little bit of talking will be enough in this environment.

With this I talked about my previous job & life on Earth. Slowly the man also started talking.

Well and lo, behold, while talking about his life he even started crying. He missed his family and is concerned about their well-being.

Sorry brother but I must say they may be dead as for meeting them. Impossible.

Apparently, Robert is one of the lowest in society. He was a woodcutter from a remote village. He was having a small family. I could guess he might have related skills.

There is a chance for having multiple skills. He has been doing this from a young age, around 15 or so. So, 20 something years of experience. Much greater than me. This is good.

Now I need to know what they are. Hmm, can't talk about them immediately and directly. Let's do this.

I started comforting him. Now playing my trump card. Previously while talking about myself, I had portrayed that I also have a good emotional connection with others.

I patted him on his back and then looked towards the fire and said in a determined voice.

"Robert, I am also missing my family so much. I don't know where they are & how they are. But I will try to survive in this world. I will live and travel these lands to find them.

I know that there is a chance that I might not be able to find them, but at least I will try. I know that you also want to do the same.

So why not we both join hands. I know that only by uniting with each other can we traverse these vast lands."

As saying this I looked towards the vast forest.

I then moved my head towards him & made eye contact with him. "To do this I believe we must have sufficient trust. As the one who initiated this, let me show my token of trust."

I immediately, took the bow out and fired an arrow accurately hitting a frog in the distance.

"You see my skill is {Quick Hands}, it allows me to move my hand quickly. I got this skill maybe due to my typing job. I have been using this skill to live in this forest. While I may have only this one skill, I believe that it will be very crucial in the future and will make fighting easier."

Well, you must have at this point thought that I will make a genuine connection. An emotional one with Robert. If you all thought that I will talk all about my skills, you are ultimately wrong.

Telling him about one skill is must. I will fight in front of him. I must give my all in the future. The skill calculation cannot be felt. If anyone will see me shooting arrows, they can attribute it to my {Quick Hands} skill.

A perfect cover.

I will from this very start hide things that no one needs to know. Make contingencies for each matter, so that I can benefit in the future. I will manipulate things and people and grow even if I have to sacrifice everything.

I looked towards my first tool, he was looking at me in astonishment, his mouth agape and his mind reeling in the shock.

As though his will got revelations from god, his mouth opened, and words and emotions poured out from him….