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Raven shrugged and said, ”Alright, let's check it then.”

The two then walked forward towards the cliff but found no one in there. They could still hear the sound and it was louder as they got closer to the edge.

Dennis ran towards the edge of the cliff and looked down. He then cupped his hands towards his mouth and yelled: ”Big Bro! Where are you!?”

His voice echoed, there was a brief silence before both of them heard: ”Is that you Dennis!?”

The young monkey's eyes lit up, he then replied: ”Yes, it's me! Are you down there?”

”Over here! Look down a bit more!” The voice replied, causing the two to do what it said.

On the surface of the cliff, there is a small protruding land which serves as a foothold for the ape. Dennis' big brother was standing there looking up to them with a flushed expression. Raven rolled his eyes while Dennis sweated nervously.

”How in the world did you got there!?”

”The fruit is here so I jumped down.” The Ape replied. Raven could see that the ape has a strange looking fruit that its hiding on its underarms. ”I thought I could come back up by climbing but I couldn't. The cliff is slippery since it just rained.”

'How unlucky.' Raven muttered inwardly. He could tell that the ape was telling the truth. The cliff was still wet from the downpour earlier, due to its size it couldn't get a stable grip or footing on the cliff's surface, even just standing on the land where he was is still dangerous.

”Oh no. What do I do?” Dennis muttered nervously as he racked his brain to find a solution for this dilemma.

Of course he was heard by Raven who's beside him. He stood up and ruffled the head of the young monkey.

Before Dennis could even say a word, Raven jumped down with an impassive look on his face. Dennis screamed due to shock and tried to catch Raven through all means available to him yet he failed.

He watched as the human fell, the ape down the cliff also saw this and similarly panicked. As he fell down, Raven was looking at the land where the ape was standing. And he reached the same altitude, he suddenly kicked the air and stopped himself from falling, much to the shock of the two primates.

His first kick stopped him from falling even further, the second kick was used to gain some sort of stability. The third kick was to gain momentum and the fourth kick was to jump to the land where the ape was.

The two primates were gawking and stared at him like he was someone out of this world.

Everything happened too fast, and from the unimpressed look on Raven's face, it seems that what he did was something so trivial. Dennis unknowingly released a breath that he didn't know he was holding. He then hoped that this human has a way to get back up or else, they were royally screwed.

”Yo.” Raven greeted as he landed in front of the Ape.

”Don't you 'Yo' me!” The Ape replied, ”You almost gave us a heart attack! You should've said something before doing dangerous tricks like that! Don't you value your life young man? Ai, seriously! What's with you young people nowadays. I swear you will be the cause of our deaths someday!!”

Raven's face turned a little bit unnatural when he heard the Ape's nagging. For some reason, this guy reminded him of his mother.

The Ape also realized what he just said, it was then that his embarrassment caught up to him. He then said: ”A-ah! Pardon me, young human. It's just some ramblings of an old Ape.”

He then drummed his chest a bit and introduced himself: ”My name is Allan. I see that you came with my little bro. He must've asked for your help.”

Similar to Dennis, Allan also had a pitch black fur. It covered most of his body aside from his chest, his abdomen and his bottom. The fur on his head grew with a unique shape, making it appear like human hair. He had two fangs protruding out of his mouth, muscular body and long limbs.

”Yeah, he did.” Raven replied.

”Then you have my gratitude.” Allan gave a human-like bow, but his face turned unnatural once again. He then asked him: ”Uh, how do you plan on getting us out of here?”

”Since I came here, I naturally have a way to get us out of here.” Raven said, ”The method I will use depends on you.”

He then showed him two closed fists and said: ”Choose.”

Allan tilted his head in confusion but unknowingly picked Raven's right fist.

And before he knew it, he was already flying in the air.