The temple door opened and light poured into the entry hall. I looked around and saw crude drawings of the supposed creatures of grimm. There were what looked like black werewolves, giant scorpions, massive elephants, some lizards, and a few two headed snakes.

"Beautiful artwork is it not?" the Doctor said coming up behind me. I jumped at his voice.

"Are these drawings accurate?"

"Unfortunately. I know that this might be hard to accept but this is the world we live in and we are not at the top of the food chain."

"I hope I can be of some use to you in clearing out this temple, but I have little live combat experience. I will do my best."

"Just stay behind me. Everyone has their first conflict and being with a huntsman is much better than most first conflicts."

"Alright." The doctor has taken a long drink from his thermos just before he opened the crypt door. I readied my gun as the doctor transformed his thermos into his weapon. Thank whatever god that there was no grimm nearby as I stared in awe at the doctor.

"Why is your thermos doubling as your weapon?"

"It makes for an easy way to supply me with coffee and also to never be unarmed. Did weapons not transform where you are from?"

"No they didn't, because it was seen as impractical. Weapons don't transform because they are rarely needed to have multiple purposes."

"Well now you know why I had you stay behind me. I am definitely a better melee fighter with my bat."

"Lead on doctor. The sooner you complete this exploration and the sooner I can know where I am."

The Doctor nodded and lit the tip of his weapon to light the way into the crypt. I sighed as I followed him down. A low growl could be heard in front of the doctor.

"Think you want to try your hand at defeating a beowulf by yourself?"

"Is that one of the wolfish ones?"

"Yes. It is also one of the weaker ones. I think that if you want to live in this world then you must have combat experience. I will step in if it looks like you will not be able to win."

"Alright I guess if it will help me further down the line."

"Call out to it when you are ready. I will be right behind you."

I look around the hall we are in. The hall is about 20 yards across and twice as tall with a steady decline. There is a pile of rubble off to my right, and nothing on my left. I decide that I am ready to fight the beowulf.

"Come and fight me. You are just a weak Beowulf. I will slaughter your whole pack."

A black form came dashing out of the darkness straight at me. Looks like the taunt really had worked. I raise my gun at the form and fired off two shots. My first shot had struck the grimm in the right leg. The second shot went a bit wide. I heard yelps echo throughout the tunnel as the first grimm had stumbled from the impact of the first shot.

I had lined up another shot. I fired and the Beowulf's head disappeared. Black smoke was illuminated by Oobleck's weapon. Yelps still echoed throughout the tunnel. I looked at the Doctor as he ran in front of me.

"Why are you running in front of me Doctor?" I asked tentatively.

"Those yelps are from a pack of beowulves further down the tunnel. Do your bullets bounce?"

"They do not usually bounce but if they hit in the right angle then it is possible. How do you know there is a pack further down the tunnel?"

"Your second shot probably bounced off the wall of the cave and killed one of the beowulves further down the tunnel causing the pack to grow unruly and started to charge us."

"Lets exterminate them then."

The doctor launched a jet of flames down the tunnel. The jet of flames illuminated a massive pack of beowulves ready to tear us to shreds. I aim at the beowulf furthest to the left. I fired and nicked its shoulder. I fired again and the shot hit the beowulf in the head.

I smirked as I aimed at the one behind it and it was a headshot. The pack was getting closer and I went to finish the next one. I breathed slowly and took aim. I pulled the trigger and only a soft click was audible instead of the bang of a gunshot.

The beowulf would've smiled if it could as it charged me. I quickly pulled the hatchet out in my left hand and swug it at the Beowulf. The hatchet connected with a loud clash. Both me and the beowulf froze as we watched the hatchet break. I then did the only thing I could do and pistol whipped the big guy.

I stared at the dissolving corpse as I could feel the heat die down as Oobleck finished off the last of the beowulves. Oobleck decided to congratulate me while we continued our walk.

"Impressive display Joe. Not many people in their first encounter can kill 3 beowulves, 4 if you count the ricochet. It's a shame your hatchet broke though."

"Thanks Doctor. I'm glad that I could be of some use to you."

"You are plenty help today."

"Is it possible I can get map of the local area? Preferably a large scale map so I can know some permanent settlement locations. Because I might see if I can make deliveries between settlements to make a solid delivery system and put myself to work doing only what I know."

"I can give you many different types of maps and forge you a weapon if you can take me to Beacon. The Headmaster might want a word to thank you for your troubles. He can probably give you more compensation since it's such a long distance. However, we should probably focus on the ruins and the grimm that lurk within."

It wasn't long after when we finally reached the bottom of the tunnel I was in awe with the massive chamber that we walked into. I quickly noticed a giant snake resting in each of the far corners.

"Doctor I think we have some company."

"Ah, the mighty King Taijitu. A worthy opponent. We can handle them just fine."

I reloaded my gun and followed the Doctor till we got in the middle of the room. One of the King Taijitu lifted its head up and glanced lazily at me and the doctor. It immediately rested its head down and went back to dozing.

"Do grimm usually do that?" I asked the doctor quizzically.

"No, there is no record of a grimm being so passive in such close proximity to a human. This isn't your run of the mill discovery. It is groundbreaking." The Doctor let out an exciting squeal.

"Let's just continue and see what causes the grimm to act in such a way."

"Yes we should"

We continue to walk further and further into the ruins finding more passive grimm. We finally reached what appeared to be a throne room. A dark black skinned human sat on the throne with two giant elephants flanking him. The scene was majestic. He stood up to greet us.

"Welcome to my kingdom Humans