Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Chapter 3 – Arrival

"And here I am," Kyle said out loud as he looked at his new surroundings. "Still hard to believe that everything really happened."

Kyle was on top of a small hill, allowing him to look around the area.

Everywhere the eye could see, there was forest.

"But why did she have to dump me in a forest, though?" Kyle grumbled to himself. "And at dusk, no less."

After Kyle had signed the contract, the lady thanked him and told him to prepare himself.

In 48 hours, she would take him away.

The first thing that Kyle did after she left was to confirm that everything was real.

When he tried to come into contact with his "colleagues", he realized that he couldn't reach any of them, which was very strange.

Then, he walked to their office, which was usually filled with people.

This time, it also was filled with people, but it was filled with different kinds of people.

Clients that wanted to borrow money.

Apparently, no one was there to greet them, which was also very unusual.

After all, Mr. Hering put a lot of importance on customer relations.

For good or for bad.

Eventually, Kyle went home, and after he came back, he noticed a couple of unfamiliar pages.

These pages gave a general overview of a stereotypical fantasy world.

Although, besides humans, the only other intelligent humanoid race was dwarves.

No elves, beastkin, or whatever.

Just humans and dwarves.

'Bit lackluster, if you ask me,' Kyle thought. 'Coulda put more thought into that.'

Apparently, this world was all about knights, paladins, sorcerers, and stuff like that.

'Shit, this is like an actual movie. Am I really entering such a stereotypical world?'

As Kyle read on, he also learned a bit about the different powers.

'Wait a sec, this entire world is barely 5000 kilometers wide? On top of that, it's fucking flat!'

'How is an entire world with an entire civilization that small? This entire world is the size of North America, and there are probably also oceans, making the landmass a lot smaller.'

Kyle furrowed his brows.

'Or are there? Does a fantasy world have oceans?'

'Also, why do I keep calling it a fantasy world? I mean, it's real, right? So, is it not a fantasy world?'

Yet, no matter how much Kyle looked at the pages, he couldn't help thinking that this was a fantasy world.

Kyle just rubbed his head in frustration.

'How am I supposed to take this stuff seriously when people are going to talk to me in old English and keep talking about dragons and shit? What is this? Dungeons and Dragons?'

'Do I have to be careful of fucking mimics now and floating eyes with psychic powers?'

Kyle roughly threw the pages to the side.

'This is so fucking stupid.'

'Coulda just stayed here, you know? Get a real job and shit, not some scummy-ass dropship business.'

'There probably aren't even any real toilets there. What, am I going to wipe my ass with leaves, or does everyone walk around with a shitty ass?'

'How do the people smell in such a world? You don't smell sweaty-ass dwarves through a screen.'

Kyle's face scrunched up.

'This sucks,' he thought as he leaned back in his chair.

For a while, he just lamented his choice of accepting the job.

While he was doing so, he looked around his room.

Bills.

Legal fees.

Rent payments.

Finally, he thought about how it would be to get a real job.

Standing up every morning.

Getting dressed.

Driving to work.

Doing some mindless shit for four hours.

Lunchbreak.

Another four hours of mindless work.

A colleague who kept talking about his family, ignoring all non-verbal signs that the other party wasn't interested.

A colleague who constantly complained about other colleagues.

A boss who kept asking him to "prioritize work more".

Finally, a drive home just to earn a shitty paycheck that barely allowed him to survive in this meat grinder of a city.

He probably would even need to get a second job.

'On second thought,' Kyle thought as he retrieved the paper from the corner of the room. 'I'll take the magic bullshit.'

'Alright, two warring kingdoms with two small duchies. The duchies are not nearly as powerful as the kingdoms, but their leaders are extremely powerful.'

'The leaders of the two kingdoms and the two duchies are the strongest people in the world, but there are also a couple of legendary beings of unknown power.'

'The two kingdoms are warring. Family conflict through generations, yada yada, who gives a shit? I sure do love me some boring history lessons.'