Beast Evolution

"We need a place to stay before entering the Knight academy," Lily said to the merchant, "that's not a problem, I have a big house in the capital, you are welcome to stay there," the merchant said.

'Finally, the biggest problem had been solved' Lily said inwardly.

The guard rushed towards the second carriage and found the merchant along with the rider, "why did you run away?" the guard asked, "I didn't have a choice, they were going to kill me".

The guard sighed, "they were mere wolves, I'm a C rank adventurer, I can deal with them" the guard spoke, "we should go before my goods get stolen" the merchant said and followed the guard.

"So your boyfriend is a healer," Arya said to Lily smiling, "he's not my boyfriend, and I didn't know he was a healer" Lily replied, "really, how long have you two known each other"

"I met him yesterday," Lily said, "what! you met him yesterday" Arya was surprised, "yes, he told me he was going to the capital, and he wanted to attend the knight academy, so I told him we could travel together" Lily explained.

"You paid for him, and feed him, hmm do you like him?" Arya asked, "what! no, I don't" Lily said quickly, her face was red even though Arya could not see it, "it's not a crime, I think he's cute," Arya said.

Ray was still unconscious, Jack was sitting in the back seat along with Ray, while the two girls chatted happily in the front.

The carriage didn't encounter any other beast, soon they arrived at the capital, the guards search the carriage before letting them in.

The merchant house was not far from the city gate, it was within walking distance, "Ray wake up" Lily tried to wake him up.

The merchant paid the carriage to take him straight to his home because of his goods, but Lily only paid to be dropped at the gate, because she thought they were going to rent an inn, but since the merchant agreed to take them in, they have to follow the merchant carriage.

Ray woke up feeling lightheaded, "hey are you alright?" Lily said, "what happened?" Ray asked, "you fell unconscious," Lily said, "were we attacked again?" Ray asked.

"No, you fell unconscious after healing Arya," Lily said, "isn't that why you chose to attend the knight academy".

'I can use magic fine, why did I fall unconscious' Ray thought, "let's move," Jack said to them.

"Where are we going, are we already in the capital?" Ray asked.

"Yes, we just arrived, the merchant gave us a place to stay, so we should follow him" Arya answered Ray.

"okay" Ray was still feeling lightheaded but he still followed the merchant to his house, it was still night time but Ray could see clearly, Ray noticed that the houses in the capital were built with stone and some other kind of brick, it was very different from the houses in the small village he came from.

They arrived at the merchant's house and were greeted by the maids, who helped in carrying the merchant's goods.

Ray and the group were taken to a room to spend the night, "I'm going to take a bath" Lily announced as she left the room.

Ray sigh heavily as he lay on the bed, there was two large bed in the room, Jack and Ray used one of them, while Arya and Lily took the other bed.

'I wonder what happened after I died in my world', this was the first time Ray remembered his other world, 'I wonder if the children at the orphanage are alright' Ray's eyes closed as he drifted off to sleep.

....

The scent of blood made Ray's eyes shot open, he discovered he was on the ground, and he felt pain in his stomach, "what!!!" Ray shouted as a huge ax was swung at him, he quickly rolled sideways to dodge the ax.

A huge orc stood before him, *slash* the orc was killed by a knight, sounds of war filled Ray's ears and he immediately knew he was in the middle of a battle.

Ray stood up quickly and his blood spear appeared in his hands, two goblins rushed towards him and he wasted no time in slashing their necks.

He was surprised at his strength and speed, "look out" a voice shouted, Ray turned back, and immediately a bolt of lightning struck one of the orcs.

​ "Ray, what's wrong what are you spacing out for, end this war," a young boy around his age told him, 'end the war, how' Ray thought then he saw Lily fighting a group of goblins.

He made his way to her killing any monster who stands in his way, when he finally reached her, "hey Lily are you alright, what's going on?" Ray asked her.

"What are you still doing, go after the mage," Lily said to Ray, 'mage where' Ray thought. Lily dashed forward with speed killing goblins and orcs.

"This isn't real, just like the first one, this is a dream", "Argh" Ray shouted as a goblin slashed his back, 'this isn't real right, why is the pain affecting me'.

Ray killed the goblin that attacked him and looked around, for some reason he could see far away, "what's that" Ray mumbled as he saw a man dressed in a strange black robe with a white design.

A portal was close to him and from there the beast was coming out, "he's the mage" Ray muttered, 'how am I going to overcome this large distance' Ray tried to think of the fastest way to get to the mage.

The young boy using lightning spells rush toward Ray, "you need to defeat him now, we are not going to survive much longer" the boy said, "how would I get to him" Ray asked the boy.

"What do you mean by how, fly there," the boy said, 'fly there, what does he mean, humans don't fly'.

"Screw this" Ray shouted and ran towards the battle, a huge orc charged toward Ray, and Ray jumped as soon as the orc got close to him.

What surprised Ray was not the jumping but he wasn't coming down, he was actually flying, he increased his speed in the air and charge toward the mage, *swoosh* a spear pierced Ray's stomach and he fell to the ground.