Chapter 1 Son of the forest
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Within the heart of a massive forest lived many kinds of animals like quill fox a dog like animals with long legs and thick fur that also hid long sharp mainly to defend against predators but that didn't mean there was nothing that could hunt them there was one species that can kill them and it's known as the great wood liger a large cat with thick skin, tough fur and powerful muscles so much that the quill fox couldn't even break a single layer and whenever a liger would catch a fox they would use their claws to remove the quill from the fox before eating it
Ligers are the apex of the entire forest no matter how large their prey the liger would always come out on top ligers primarily attacked because hunger but whenever a liger would get too old they wouldn't simply wait to die they go out and attack everything that it believes is strong enough to put it down for good and one day an aging liger came across a pack of wolves and baboons
These two different had formed an symbiotic relationship with each other the baboons would help the wolves hunt through their ability to make tools and the wolves would allow the baboons to ride on their backs whenever necessary and that instantly became necessary when they first caught sight of the old beast most of the pack ran away immediately but half the pack decided to see if they got what it takes to kill it
The baboons and their wolf mounts attacked the old liger coming at it with tools made from sticks and stones while the wolves attacked the beast from it's hind legs but this beast did not live to old age by accident the liger swiped at the wolves sending them flying killing them on impact as for the baboons once they saw their wolf companions dead they decided to run away but the old liger wasn't done with them and began to chase them
The baboons tried escaping by running up a tree but the liger attacked the trunk within three strikes of the liger claws the entire tree came crashing down but the baboons were jumping from branch to branch trying to get away but the liger was relentless it started carrying itself up the trees chasing the baboons who doing everything they could to escape but one by one these young baboons were caught and killed when the last one was killed the liger looked around for something to give it what it wants death by battle
While it was licking the blood off it's paws something caught it's eye a human child about five years old the old liger had never seen anything like it before so curious of what it's capable of it attacks the child who did everything it could to survive the liger attack and so an idea came to the boy with what little time on his hands he created a spear by tying a knife to the end of a long stick so when the liger came at the boy pointed his spear at the beast so when it lunged at him the spear pierced the liger through it's mouth and came out the back of it's skull killing the liger
When the beast was dead the boy got up and retrieved his spear the boy went on to treat his injuries by eating a glowing blue mushroom after he did all his bruises and scratches healed and he went about his day feeding himself with the berries from his favourite berry bush drinking from his favourite stream and even collected some flowers to place with a skeleton of his mother although he didn't know that it's just something he did for four out of the six years of his life and at the end of the day he would sit on top of his favourite rock watching the sun set over the forest he calls home but that night wasn't like the night before for the darkness set in the boy notice a soft glow in the distance and went to investigate out of curiosity
When he found the source he saw it was a fire and huddled around were a pack of men talking, eating, drinking the boy hid in the trees looking at their campsite and saw many animals in cages he didn't like that so he came down from the trees and set free the caged animals but just as he was about to free the last of them a hand grabbed him and covered his mouth but the boy didn't survived the wilderness off luck alone he bit the hand that covered his mouth taking two fingers and then bit out the throat of the one that hand belonged to a second person came and tried to kill him but the boy was faster he drove his thumbs into their eye sockets and then took the knife they had and used it to cut their throat but before the boy realized it he was surrounded he was ready for a fight but someone snuck up on the boy and rendered him unconscious
Next time the boy opened his eyes he found himself muzzled, tied and caged one of the men saw he was awake and told him "Say farewell to this place little beast you'll never see it again." As he laughed at him Beast was filled with rage and a fierce desire to rip these bastards apart. After several days Beast thought he was on another world as the forest landscape became a dry desert plains and after another few days of being fed food scrapes and little water they arrived at a market where Beast was sold as fighting slave to local arena master where Beast would years fighting wild feral animals, other children with anger issues and some adults who have committed crimes he killed them all becoming favourite of the crowd of people who cheered at the sight of a child fighting wild animals
As for the child Beast being forced to kill animals, peoples and other children and be cheered and praised for it filled him with rage but he knew he couldn't fight his way out and live so he needed a plan and he had one the place where he was kept was also a home to garden within that garden a tree where would secretly collect glowing blue mushroom that heal any form of injuries, sickness and exhaustion and so for years he used this mushroom to heal himself instantly after every fight and with them he would put himself through that made him faster and stronger then a normal human but he kept his progress hidden until the right moment
That moment came one day after 7 years as a fighting slave the arena was filled with spectators to watch a bloody battle royal about to take place but Beast was going to make sure it wasn't as entertaining for them as they expected for right before the battle erupted Beast broke his shackles and the shackles of the other prisoners before running off at unbelievable speed killing the soldiers in charge of keeping the slaves in check and when the last one was killed he shouted to the slaves "These people came for bloodshed so let it theirs that water the dirt." Once the others heard that the slaves joined Beast in the slaughter and as blood poured from the spectators seats the slaughter spread from the arena to the rest of the city
When the city was burning and it's people were dead and the slaves were free one sound was heard one name was being chanted "Beast, Beast, Beast." Was all that could be heard and as for Beast himself he drowned out all that noise and thought to himself if there is one slave city there could be others and that thought enraged him so he began walking until he left the city and the other slaves chose to follow him as he marched to make the other cities bleed like he did this on with army behind him