A/N Hello! Hello! AND WELCOME TO "The Wandering Spirit" Now interesting fact this is actually a spin off of, 'Akallas Von Aerok's'Re:Gamer' The world is built off of that guy's story. I even have an oc in that story. SO please check that guy out it would mean a lot! SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO
"I will follow this path until the end"-Yasuo(if I used this already sorry)
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Day 1:
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"You know that you can't do this forever," Spoke one annoyed Cole Saxes. He stared at me with exhaustion clear in his eyes. I just smiled at him waving off his worry before walking over to the sink and set my bowl inside of it, allowing myself a couple of seconds to think of a proper response.
"I don't see any harm in it." Stepping back to the table and taking a seat across from him I knew that wouldn't end it when Cole shook his head and let out a tired sigh I could feel a slight bit of annoyance build up but I bit down on it
"Derin we both know that eventually all wanderers have to settle down. Either you choose to do it or life chooses for you." It went unsaid that death also had a pretty big choice in all of this, but this wasn't a new conversation for either of us.
"C'mon Cole you've been saying that for years! I'm good enough at what I do to keep myself alive." pointing my finger at him "Plus staying in some hut, twenty miles away from any major town isn't my definition of a good time." No that was staying in a sleeping bag under the stars, maybe with a beautiful woman or two pressed into my side.
"I'll keep saying it until you decide to listen to me! What do you even have against settling down Derin? What do you thinks is so bad about it?" Cole had crossed his arms, glaring at me, I couldn't help the wince as my brother tore into me. This always made me feel like a child who was caught stealing a snack before dinner but...
"I.. I just want to experience everything you know?" A wistful tone, "life is short man, and I only get one so I don't want to waste it slaving away to support some kids that won't appreciate it." hearing this caused Cole's shoulders to sag seeming defeated in a way. Staring at my brother I let out a sigh I didn't want to do this I never wanted to do this... But Cole deserves something for all he's done for me over the years.
"Fine." His head snapped up to meet my eyes, there was hope in his, and I'm sure there was uncertainty in mine, "I'll settle down find a wife... Even start one of those families you keep ranting about. But!" I was dramatic with it to, I raised a hand and pointed and put the other hand on my hip, I even stood as I was saying that "I'm going out on one last adventure, and then I'll chose a spot to settle down at." Cole looked at me for a long time, but after a few seconds a smile crossed his face.
"Deal." After a pause I dropped my hands a large sigh passing through my lips. Cole merely stood up and wrapped his arm around my neck "C'mon little bro, don't look so gloomy, the married life ain't so bad once you get used to it." I couldn't help but snort at the attempt to make hell seem more comforting.
"Oh yeah, dealing with kids shit, both literally and figuratively, not to mention any drama the wife brings in, and dear god teenage angst... Seems like a real showstopper" Cole's smile faltered for a bit before it came back full blast
"You'll get used to it." That was a lie, I knew it, Cole knew it, and we both knew that the other knew.
"Not sure I want to."
Shaking his head Cole's smile dropped and he took a step away from me. "So tell me Derin, where do you plan on going this time." And at that I smiled, Cole always did say that I was a horrible person who delighted in the suffering of others.
"To Ironwood City." Tmy brother was shocked his mouth dropped open, and I wished I had some way to capture the image. I didn't so I desperately tried to engrave it into my memory.
"You can't be serious!" He exclaimed I waved him off my brother always worried too much. I blame the fact that dad died when we were young, but hey he was a soldier he knew what he was getting into, plus I can't blame the man for doing his job.
"Don't worry so much bro, I hear they accept anyone as long as you don't cause trouble" I placated him. Cole bit his lip before pinching the bridge of his nose I know why he didn't want me to go, a Monster! Settlement? That spells death for human's like us no matter what language you spoke. But I've heard too much about this place to just let it go. And hey if I died? I died doing what I loved, plus I might be able to find some new kind of plants on the way.
"You can never make things simple can you Derin?" Cole relented with a sigh.
"Nope" With that final cheeky comment aside, my brother closed his eyes, before nodding. He was fine with me going, I let a smile form across my face. However when Cole suddenly hugged me I was stunned for a second, however I wrapped my arms around my brother.
"Be safe Derin" He said but we both knew that by virtue of where i was going, there was little chance that I could do that.
"I'll be safe as I can be."
"That doesn't reassure me at all" Damn, he knows me to well
We shared a laugh, I would miss these times, however I had one more journey to go, then it was time to settle down and find a wife... God I am not excited for that at all... Nothing against the married man but... I just never pictured myself with a wife, not anymore at least.
Day 6
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Do you know what the worst part about travelling is? It's not the weather, that can be dealt with after all some thick clothing for rain, light clothing for heat. It's not the animals, as long as you know how they think, you can avoid them. It's the fucking bandits, mainly human bandits if I might add, but did that put my mind at ease? Not really we humans are notorious for our ways of killing each other after all. One or two I can understand, but four? Four fucking groups of bandits? That's pushing my temper and my ability to not just unleash righteous fury on them... just a little bit of fury, however luckily for me, I adhered to the rule that, a fight you didn't have to fight is a fight you've won. So slipping by those bandits was a piece of cake. I was spotted a couple of times although, a couple of traps, some bombs, and a little bit of poison and I was on my way. On the plus side I got to kill a couple bandits, I made sure to spit on their grave as I passed them, after all who would miss the whore sons.
An interesting side note, Ironwood city is run by a troll named Ruto. I always thought trolls were idiots with nothing but smashing on the mind, but hey a lot of races think that humans are bloodthirsty beasts who only wake up each day to try and kill each other so I guess that's it's fair play. Stepping over the corpse of a fragmentation grenade, I could only chuckle at the irony.
Day 11
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I ran my hand along the side of my face, beard was getting pretty thick should shave soon, after all a beard only gets in the way, plus winter's not for a while, so I don't need the added warmth on my face. An arrow crashing into the tree next to me reminded me why I should really be focusing right about now.
"Tell me stranger why have you entered my side of the woods?" Came a silky voice, standing in front of me was a woman, who was dressed in robes and leather armor, her face covered by the common ranger hood and face mask. I could see that she had deep emerald eyes. She didn't want to kill me off the back good, already better than most of the things I met so far. So with that in mind I kept my hands to the side and raised. Her arrow was unwavering as it aimed directly to my head, in order to avoid I would need to move first and dodge before she even shot it. My stance widened a bit and I saw her eyes narrow
"I don't mean any harm, I just see Ironwood City." Her hand tightened around the string. Anger, or maybe even hatred? She wasn't a scout for the city it seemed, a elf who lived here before them? Possible considering elves are long living species, could they have trampled her home by accident, or worse on purpose? Hatred was good though, after all it was easier to move a conversation when you knew how to push the right buttons.
"Oh those bastards," she muttered something I couldn't hear most likely a curse, "yeah you're on the right path however they are still about four or five days away from here" She said reaching up and pulling her hood down, she had golden hair which reached the nape of her neck.
"Sounds like someone has a grudge against Ironwood."
"A grudge? Hm to a degree yes I suppose I do have a grudge against them" She had stopped looking at me to cast her gaze to the sky. I allowed a smirk to cross my face easy.
"Why?" Ah why, a simple word, three letters long, however despite is short nature, or maybe due to it, you were allowed you to ask a whole slew of things. Like why did you do that, why are you here, why was I born? All those questions from this one word if it was used correctly.
"...They came here, claimed these lands, and have been annoying and loud ever since. A war? Rapid Expansion, not to mention all the hunters and patrols that trample all of the herbs this land has to offer... The forest was quiet until they came along." She seemed content with that, I however wasn't a man to let things lie. "
Well you can't really say their all bad, I mean C'mon this is the best chance most monster species have to live peaceful lives. Plus I hear the chief is accepting of everybody? it would be a simple matter to join, maybe even start a dialogue about how to better treat the forests" a shake of the head was my answers
"I am not one for the city life, too much noise, too many people. No I'll take the forest and the animals within it any day of the week." In those words she had unknowingly found a kindred spirit in me, and judging from her confidence as she stood these words probably were more of a home then any house could be.
"I know what you mean" I started slowly lowering my hands "After all people can be the worst company. Whenever you suspect them to do something out of kindness they only go to stab you in the back." The elf huffed angrily.
"You are correct, after all what's one more body on their path to expansion and dominance. At least an animal knows the importance of loyalty." Her bow had been strung onto her shoulder as she seemed to get more animated with her speech, arms gesturing. "Oh look at me, I'm the big bad human who's come to take you house, why? Cause I'm rich fuck, what you want."
The smile on my face grew as I laughed, "geez i feel like i should be offended on behalf of humans everywhere."
"You should be."
"Then on behalf of all humans I apologize for our idiocies."
"As you should." The silence that fell after a few seconds was comfortable.
"...Would like to come over for a cup of tea?"
"I would love one."
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Silently as I could sliding open the window, I tried my hardest not to wake the sleeping elf. Imra, a nice name. Her "hut" turned out to be a tree house, which was cool I remember i always used to pester Cole to build one, what a shame that our hometown didn't have much in terms of trees. Shaking my head I cleared my thoughts right now I needed to focus on getting out of here. A gust of air flew by my face the arrow carrying it cutting my cheek. I slowly tilted my head to see the elf standing there, not even bothering to get dressed, second arrow notched in her bow which was aimed directly at me.
"Did you think I would simply allow you to walk away after that?" I Took this moment to admire her body. Oh parting is such sweet sorrow. Raising my left hand in a two finger salute I grinned, it would take more than sex appeal to keep Derin Saxes down. even If that sex appeal was a bow wielding elf.
"Don't worry about this. If you ever want to find me, just come to Ironwood City and I'm sure our love will blossom." It was what I said to any of the people who caught me sneaking out. If they did follow me? well I wouldn't mind the company. But I never tried to force it, just as I refused to let them force me. Give and take, if the came with me I would accept them. If they convinced me? I hope the accepted me, no more no less. The second arrow was straining the string. my hand inched towards my sword, world blurring away as I listened to her breathing, the hitch was the only warning before she let the arrow loose, I ripped my sword from it's sheath and slapped the projectile away from me. Jumping out the window and off of the tree I broke my fall with a role, and shot off like a bat out of hell, dodging all of the arrows that flew my way. Soon the arrows stop and I heard one final shout in my direction.
"Asshole!" And I couldn't help the laugh that came from my mouth, she was not the first person to call me that, and I doubt she would be the last. After all I still had a while before I would even think about taking a wife, I was only twenty after all.
Day 14
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I scratched the bottom of my face, trying to understand just what I was seeing. Sure you could attest it to the days I had been travelling but I swear to god that some of these trees had faces on them like not even kinda looks like a face if your upside down and drunk, very drunk, no like actually faces that seemed to be screaming in pain... Creepy
Day 15
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Ok so either the Imra was wrong with how far away the City was. Or I was going the wrong way, and with how similar all of the trees looked that very well could be the case. However on a side note I had found the bodies and blood stains of a recent battle. Strangely all of them were human bodies. Then again Irma did say something about the Ironwood City being a part of some wars, maybe this was the result of crossing them. Looking at some of the mangled corpses I couldn't help but shiver, whatever did this was strong, Stupidly so. In spite of this I pushed on unwilling to allow this to dissuade me, I've come this far, a little death wouldn't stop me.
Day 16
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You know I'm starting to think that I've been walking in circles, all these tree's look the same, but then again the could be because their trees. Ah I wish I got a map of this area, then again I never could read a map. I had a better sense of internal direction... Excluding deserts and forests, those two land types always seemed to throw off that sense of direction. At the thought of deserts my already bad mood worsened. I hate the deserts.
Day 18
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"Son of a whore!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, There were some scary monsters in this forest. Dodging to the side as a Centipede came flying by me. I cursed again as the tail end slammed into me and sent me flying into a tree, no time to feel it however, the bug was already on top of me, diving out of the way I lashed out with my sword cutting the thing across it's side, and with a jump backwards I avoided it's bite before turning and running, giving your back up may be stupid, but stupidity has yet to truly fail me. Hearing it rushing behind me I ran straight for a tree, jumping just before I reached it, slamming my foot onto the bark I launched myself into the air, the monster slamming into the tree underneath me tipping the poor thing. The centipede however, had managed to stunned itself from the force of the blow.
Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I lifted my sword and stabbed it straight into the base of the it's neck before ripping the blade out and jumping away. I stared for a few seconds, and when it didn't move i out l let out a sigh of relief. Slapping myself couple of times before sheathing my blade and standing. I silently wished that I knew how to prepare it. after all Most forms of meat dropped from these creatures were edible if you knew how to cook. however I've never seen a creature quite like this before, so I Pulled out my journal I began to write down notes about the creature. With a nod of contentment i put the journal away and began on my way, Ironwood awaits.
Day 20
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after all this damn time I had found the city. I almost died more than once, but that was just par for the course, no what got to me is that it was a Daily occurrence! I shook my head and let the bad vibes all melt away, after all I was here! nothing to do now but walk. When i got close I was approached by a couple of guards. A couple of trolls, They looked me up and down before bored looks on their faces as they stared.
"What's za human like you doing here hm?" smiling i put my hand to my forehead in a two finger salute, my signature pose if I do say so myself.
"Derin Saxes wanderer, lover, and overall badass here to make your days awesome." The snort of disbelief came as expected, "and I just spent the last couple days trekking through the forest in an attempt to find the place called Ironwood, cause you know why not."
The stared at me, glanced at each other, and looked back at me.
"Well then "Badass" you can come in, we should be able to get you some food and clothes too. don't want you to die of starvation after all" Yes, that would be bad.
laughing I shook my head "if I came all this way, fought way too many things in twenty days, and survived death enough times to take a year off the back of my life... Then died of starvation please throw me into an unmarked grave. That would be pathetic." I said getting a laugh from the trolls who ushered me in. It took a couple of seconds before I was passed of too another set of guards who led me to some sort of mess hall, the food was most likely completely standard, but on my taste buds it was heaven, I'm man enough to admit that tears were shed that day. Not by me of course, but by the legions of women who would weep at seeing me so happy, yes only by them. But knowing that this was just for some random human who popped up starven and dirty, I couldn't help the smile that came over my face. And it was with this simple gesture that my life in Ironwood City had begun.
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Character Stats By the end of day 20
Derin Saxes
[The Wanderer][The Bastard Son]
LvL 87
No Home King
Race:Human
Blessing: Mark of Wandering Spirits
Class: Ranger
Class: Alchemist
HP: 129(+220)(15.7 Hp per Hour Regen)
Mana: 90(10 per minute Regen)
STR: 57
DEX: 315
AGI: 190
END:91
INT: 219
WIS: 79
CHA: 187
Unused points: N/A
Fame(prestige): 110
Infamy: 10
Traits
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Wanderlust, Lustful, Suave, Happy, Simple, spiteful, King of beggars, gold tongued Serpent, Lonely, Kind, Regretful.
Racial Traits
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Human Perseverance(LvL Max)
Adaptability(LvL Max)
Disease Resist(LvL Max)
Class Skills:
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Plant identification (LvL 15)
Stealth (LvL 20)
Potion Creation (LvL 13)
Poison Creation (LvL 8)
Foraging(LvL 19)
Camping(LvL 14)
Hunting(LvL 7)
Cooking (LvL 18)
Trap Making(LvL 10)
Sword Mastery(LvL 6)
Bow Mastery (LvL 5)
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A/N HELLO! So yeah this is my spin off story of Akallas Von Aerok's'Re: Gamer. He is responsible for mostly all of the world. Yeah I have an oc in his story and I thought, why not do a story about my oc? Well here we are. So PLEASE read and review and I will see you all next time TTFN ta ta for now
(EDIT: 7/31/2018) General typos and erros fixed. And some scenes were expanded upon.