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As the brothers received their guild membership they smiled, knowing that they were taking their first small step toward world domination. They then took their leave and started walking down to the blacksmith shop. They knew they needed weapons to progress in this world and their tools where going to be legendary!
"Good thing the guild keeper knew where the blacksmith was." Ken said as he slowed down his pace. "To bad she's so far from town though." He said as he kicked a bottle and it, to his surprise, flew several feet in the air. He had never had this much raw strength before and it filled him with joy.
"Actually this could be to our benefit dear brother." Ty says rubbing his chin and kicking he can as it returned to the ground. "There should be plenty of low level monsters, dogoos and such." "Going through the forest will help us hone even the simplest of combat skills and provide us with loot to purchase our weapons,' He thought to himself as he grabbed an elixir bottle from an unsuspecting passerby. 'This should be useful.'
"We also need to think about the clothes we want to have ." Ken says while jugging the same can between his feet then crushing it. "Image will also prove important to our overall persona as we rise through the ranks." Ken smiled to himself and Ty slapped him on the back, immediately pissing him off.
"Well we'll get the special stuff when we get back boy, one thing at a time." Ty states putting his hand on his shoulder he then looked his eyes. "I need you to concentrate little brother." "You never know when a freak accident will happen and if one does, I want to be ready." With that said Ty took point as the went to the path leading to the forest. On the way in deeper they came across dogoos aplenty, which are teardrop goo creatures with dog faces. As they slashed through them, with wooden swords they received as default beginners weapons, they gained ten levels right off the bat.
"How many of these damn things are there?" Ken yelled while repeatedly stomping on one as it crawled up his leg leaving goo in his boots. "You'd think seeing dozens of its friends die would deter them, shit!" He throws one that was crawling on his back. 'The little things are really persistent and it's really starting to piss me off to no end!' He thought as he threw one as hard as he could, making it smash against a tree, absolutely covering it.
"Yo chill, this is great." Ty said pulling one out of his shirt and throwing at Ken. Ken hitting it with his sword just looked as his brother and shakes his head. "What, it;s a little annoying but the levels bro, the fucking levels!" He exclaimed hitting level twelve.
"Whatever, i think i see the place!" Ken says as he starts running out of forest, laughing manically while pulling slime out of his hair. "Finally, no more goo monsters, it's been hours!"
As the brothers entered the large open area they are filled with awe. A giant stone building was in a corner seemingly built into a mountain. In the field there where daisies everywhere and it was bright, a clear contrast to the forest the just exited. There was also a giant scar in the land containing magma. They both kept their distance from the bubbling mess as they came up to the front entrance.
"What the hell... Ken started to say before the door swung open and a curvaceous woman with blue hair and eyes stared back at them. She eyed them up and down, looking very intently and then shook her head positively.
"Well boys, you coming in?" She asked walking into a dark hallway.
As they followed behind him they noticed that this woman had a certain air of confidence to her. She was wearing a black leather suit with matching pants, boots and jacket. She was also wearing a half cut tank top and had steampunk type googles on her head. She had a large hammer holstered on her hip and a dagger complete with a sheath connected to her left boot. All in all she looked bad ass and ready for any situation, work or otherwise. As they went down the hallway started to descend and slowly turned into a spiraling staircase. They had to have gone down at least 10 floors worth of stairs until they stopped at a giant metal dor with intrigant carvings of vines and grapes carefully plastered into it.
"Wow, impressive lady." Ty remarked taken aback. As he goes to touch the door she smacks his hand and waves her back and forth mockingly, getting a smile rise out of him.
"You touch it you buy it handsome, always remember that." She said with a wink as she touches the door. "Here's where i make my babies!" The door slowly opens and their are weapons and tools as far as they eye can see, and then some. All of them had a sense of superiority to the items they saw the citizens of town possessed, if not for them being run of the mill characters because their weapons are from a simple item store. "That's rule number one ."
"Nice stuff you have here uhh..." Ken begins while dragging out his sentence hoping she will give her name. He actually started to take a liking to the woman even though he literally just met her minutes ago.
"Annie Anvil at your service sweetheart, crafting any and all things, for the right price of course." She said in a matter of fact while going to her anvil and taking her hammer out. "I use the magma and minerals from the mountain to give all of my metallic weapon awesome durability and only the strongest bark from redwoods as wooden material. Basically, you'll get your money's worth.
"Hey, you know that don't touch things rule you came up with?" Ken said with a smirk walking up to Annie and putting on his nicest smile. He knew something he wanted, and it wasn't a weapon at this moment.
"Oh come on.." Ty started but was immediately cut off by his brother pushing to the side.
"Yo come on man, chill out." Ken pleads as he sees his brother looking at him one eyebrow raised. He knew that look and he despised it. It was that same look that reeked of disappointment, disbelief, and assholery. "Just chill and get the plans ready along with how we're going to pay for the stuff.
"Whatever." Ty states dismissively as he starts drawing out the plans.'Dudes already trying to get in some NPCs' pants, to be expected.'
"So back to what i said, lets say where to touch you, how would that work." Ken asked looking him straight in they eye. Of course, it was a surprised when she started laughing up a fit.
"Rule two then, only touch things that you can afford and handle." She said wiping a tear from her eye. Never before had she seen someone so shameless and bold. She liked it. "So you boys know what you want or no?" She inquired twirling her some of her hair around some of her finger. "Because as much as I love your company I could be doing anything else right now."
"Heh, I know exactly what I wan..." Was all Ken said before Ty pushed him out of the way and laid the parchments before Annie. Ken gives him a pissed off expression but he just shrugs and turns his attention to their host. 'Asshole.'
"Wow, these are some interesting designs you have here, some way to crazy for new adventures." She remarked looking over the equipment they wanted her to make a reality. All four pieces were dangerous and unwieldy, which raised her suspicion of these so called new warriors. "Are you sure you'll be able to handle them properly?"
Don't worry about us sweetheart, we're big boys." Ken stated with a wink. He looked over to see Ty shaking his head. It once again proved to slightly piss him off.
"Okay then, why don't you explain your weapons while I create them, starting with you." She said pointing at Ty. "I assume you want the broadsword and sniper rifle?" As she looked over them once again she could tell with just a glance that they weren't just two simple weapons, but for in total, each off the bigger ones able to split.
"The sniper rifle is meant for long range engagements of course." Ty explained and a sparkle appeared in his eye. "You can see from the design though that if built correctly most of the barrel will be removable with a simple click, turning the rifle into a pistol." "The broad sword kind of be similar as well, starting of as one huge weapon." "It two should be able to split into two sword, which will allow for a huge speed increase." "Lastly, the brass knuckles should be able to withstand and channel elemental power and other huge energy sources!"
As she listed to him speak she got her hammer and started beating into heated some black iron from over a small pit of magma to make the sword and knuckles, then sat them under a platform. She pressed a button and water spilled from a bucket above, instantly creating the weapon. She also took some metal and bark to make the gun, taking an ax and carefully carving the piece of wood quickly into the base of the gun and slapping wielding some of the metal into it. It too was instantly made after the few first steps she took and Ty stood there admiring her work.
"As for me my melee weapon it is a spear that should also allow elemental powers and such to flow through them."Ken stated while he watched her start her process. "It should also have a special vial in the spear that can contain poison, and grooves on the vial that allows some to ooze out." "There should also be a large shield about the size of body, and it should have large, sharp metal outlines." "The ranged weapon will be a high powered bow with a precision sight along with special arrows that also contain vials that contain liquid such as poison."
'This guys really are interesting, and potentially very dangerous.' Alice thought to herself finishing up her work. As she completed everything she got a torch and engraved her name in it. After she put on the final touches she wondered if she would regret that decision later on. 'Well, any exposure will be decent i guess.' She dismissively thought and she put the weapons on the table. "So boys, how do you plan to pay for all this."
With that Ty smirked as he took out the bottle of elixir and put it on the table, along with some loot they from defeating the dogoos. His smile grew wider as he watched the young blacksmith's eyes light up. "What do you think?" Ty inquired, pleased with himself. After fighting with the dogoos he drunk some of the elixir to top of his health but then realized it was actually alcohol and not health. He was going to keep until he saw the vines and grapes on the doors to her work space. From there it looked like he would be able to use it as a bargaining chip, but of course it was only a guess. "It's a Chardonnay!"
"Deal!" Annie exclaimed as she snatched the bottle and hugged it, whispering sweet nothings to it. As she calmed down she noticed the boys where staring at her, Ty shaking his head and Ken with a dirty smirk. "Uh, so yeah see ya next time!" She said as she pushed a button and flashed a sweet smile.
"Wha.." Was all the brothers could say before they where flying through the air. As they where about to hit the ground a giant pad appeared and they landed safely, as it seemed to be made of dogoo essence. Both of them stood, brushed themselves off.
"What the hell is up with her?" Ty said as they began their journey back to the forest. "I had a feeling that she'd like it but, damn."
"We're definitely coming back" Was all Ken said as he made a mental note to bring champagne when that time arrive.
Another chapter is in the story books people. As you might be able to tell i am an amateur writer so any advice would be awesome. Regular feedback and questions are also welcome. Until next time!