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Chapter 9 - Pay Off

a huge forest covers the horizon. in the middle of such forest lies a small wooden hut. 

an old man sat beside window, his beard was completely white, he was draped in a dark blue trench coat. his sharp features and wide stature made him look dangerous, but his bright blue eyes held a kindness in them. 

staring into the distance, the old man mutters to himself. "interesting..."

can, having woken up in the middle of nowhere, sat down to contemplate what he's done.

the world became hundreds of times bigger, he can no longer recognize anything he's seeing, and worst of all, he doesn't know how much time passed since he fused the worlds, best case scenario? it's been years, and the world stabilized, worst case scenario? seconds. and nobody realized it yet, meaning wars will soon start. 

can decided not to think about it. can got up, and summoned the seven swords. his shadow extended, 7 figures left his shadow.

"you must be fucking kidding me..." said Cass, who was now no more than a voice in his head.

"oh hey... raccoons with swords, that's cute..." said Cryon.

"... that one's a cat..." said Sam, referring to Sven.

can ignored the three of them and started giving orders. "Vahn, you'll stay behind and tell me what happened when i was gone. Sven, take the other raccoons and survey the area."

as the other raccoons left, Sven included. Vahn spoke up with a perfect British accent. 

"Your Majesty, it has come to my attention that your absence hath extended to a period of nigh on three months."

"i guess that's one question answered... any other news?"

"Upon the very day of your departure, the principal dimension did undeniably shift and did thenceforth greatly expand. It doth appear that other realms have, by some inscrutable means, fused themselves unto our own."

"any other news? any wars? any conflict?" 

"Whilst certain nations are presently embroiled in conflict, the greater part hath resolved to observe and await further developments."

a sigh of relief left can. but before he could do anything else, Cass spoke up. 

"did that raccoon just speak perfect British English..?"

"i believe he did..." said Sam. 

"can you all shut up??? while you weird lot are still active, the rest of us are trying to rest here!!" said James, another spirit can absorbed

"sorry..." Cass and Sam said in unison.

"you're dismissed... go search the forest with the rest of your brothers..." said Can. 

"so you're just gonna ignore that the raccoon just spoke perfect English???" questioned cass.

"of course it did... did you expect it to chirp or something?"

"yes... yes i did..."

Sven came back with the raccoons, the raccoons went into can's shadow while Sven stayed to inform can of what they found.

"master can. we have surveyed the area, and found only one small hut in the middle of such a forest, the forest itself is devoid of monsters or any sentient beings except one elderly human."

"well... there is no point in sitting here and doing nothing... lets go meet that man."

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