Nameless King

"Take that, you bastard!" Franzi shouted and threw her sword at the spider. However, the spider simply swung its paw and knocked the sword away. It slowly approached the girls and stared at them menacingly.

"You can still run away. I'll hold him off!"

"No! Irma, we'll get out of here. We'll definitely make it!"

"But, how?! A fucking miracle has to happen for that to happen!" Irma yelled, and suddenly a shadow appeared over the spider.

There was a bright sheen as if from metal, and a thin streak of blood appeared on the spider's body.

Bam.

The two halves of the spider fell to the ground, and Wain appeared in front of it.

Franzi and Irma were puzzled; they looked at him in amazement and disbelief.

'Did it really happen because of my words?' Irma wondered.

"Thank you. You saved us!"

"Yes. I guess so." Wain nodded weakly.

"That spider turned out to be pretty weak, didn't it?" Osvald appeared behind the girls.

"Have you been following us?" Irma became wary.

"No, we heard you screaming and decided to see what was going on. My buddy turned out to be too kind. I wouldn't have rescued you." Osvald shrugged.

Franzi and Irma frowned and moved closer together. A huge spider no longer threatened them, but now they were surrounded by people who were many times stronger.

"What do you want with us?"

Irma's animal instincts told her that the danger had not yet passed.

"Osvald, are all Beastfolks so cowardly?"

"No, or rather I'm not sure."

"Okay, anyway, we just want to talk. What is this place, and why are you here? This spider was clearly out of your league, and there must be a good reason why you came here, risking your life."

"Why should we answer you?"

"Agh..." Wain shook his head, "Don't be so stupid. If you keep being stubborn, I'll twist your heads off, don't piss me off."

"Imra, he's right. I'm sorry, my sister is just worried about our safety, we just almost died, so it's no surprise... We came here for the medicine."

"Medicine?"

"Yes, flowers are growing in this jungle that will help cure our grandfather. He was here recently, but a spider like this attacked him, and he was poisoned."

"I see. You're talking about these flowers, right?" Osvald pointed to some flowers behind the spider.

"That's it." Franzi nodded, "We don't know much about this place. You'd better ask our grandfather about it. We're just trying to survive and hope to get out of here someday."

"All right, take the flowers and lead us to your grandfather."

...

Franzi and Irma picked some flowers and headed west into the jungle. They reached a massive mountain range enclosing the jungle like a wall.

"Hey, girls, are we sure this way?" Osvald asked.

"Yes, this cave will lead us to the village. We don't live far from the jungle, which is actually quite problematic..." Franzi muttered.

"Damn, if it weren't for those bastards, we would have gotten out of here a long time ago and gone home! Why do we always have so much bad luck?" Irma said angrily and slammed her fist against the wall.

"Who are you talking about?"

"Forget it... You'll find out soon enough. If I start talking about it, I'm sure I'll break something."

"You'd better heal and get your strength up first, all right, it is your business." Wain shrugged.

They walked out of the cave, and the bright sun blinded them for a second.

"Ah, it's a different air in here. I like this place so much better than the jungle that smells like corpses." Osvald took a deep breath and smiled.

"Hmm? There wouldn't be any smell if you weren't killing beetles by the hundreds. It's your fault." Wain shook his head and headed toward the village.

The village was small, but comfort and care emanated from the thatched wooden houses. It was by the river and was surrounded by a low wooden fence.

"What?! You were able to kill the beetles?" Franzi exclaimed.

"Well yeah, is that amazing? Oh, that's right, you couldn't even handle that spider, never mind."

"Don't worry. You still have a long way to go. If you practice, you'll definitely get a lot stronger." Osvald patted her on the shoulder and followed Wain.

"How they piss me off." Irma muttered.

"But, they're strong. Maybe with their help, we can get out of here." Franzi looked up at the sky, "This is the cage we're unlucky enough to be in."

"Every cage has a key, but not this one, I'm glad you're so optimistic, but I don't believe we can get out of here. These two are stuck here forever, just like us. Damn, this is some bullshit." Irma snorted.

"You may be right, but can't force solve many problems? That's the main reason why everyone is so eager to become stronger."

...

"Osvald, how much do you know about Beastfolks? I've fought them once, but I've never communicated with them yet."

"That's a complicated question. It all depends on the Clan. Either way, they should be pretty good guys, considering they're Cats. We're about to find out." Osvald and Wain approached the village gate.

"Wait! Who are you?" Two guards with spears spotted them and stopped them.

"They are with us!" Franzi ran up to Wain.

"Oh, Franzi, you were able to come back, good, your grandfather was so much worried about you." The guard breathed a sigh of relief. He had black fur and blue eyes, and he also was a Cat.

"Did you find the antidote?"

"Yes." Franzi pulled a few flowers from the pouch on her belt.

"Great. So, did this two help you?" The guard's instincts told him that Wain and Osvald were much stronger than Franzi and Irma.

"That's right. He killed the huge spider that poisoned Grandpa and almost did the same thing to Irma and me in a heartbeat."

"Wow, that's impressive."

"By the way, Franzi, isn't your sister supposed to be poisoned?" Wain looked at Irma's injured leg.

"There's nothing wrong with me. The spider didn't bite me, it caught one of its paws. That's not what's important now anyway. We need to cure Grandpa as soon as possible!"

"Sure, come on in." The guard said, and the girls ran inside.

"Thank you for your help." The guard turned to Wain and Osvald.

"It's okay. We're just trying to get out of here."

"Ah, so are we all. I hope we can make it soon."