Chapter 3; The Ropes

After Rushing through an annoying process called getting dressed, Adam headed, with Sensei, to the guild. Upon arrival, Adam met his two friends at the lounge area. Tony yelled out in excitement "There he is! There he is!" Adam felt discouraged and relieved at the same time. Krissy then flagged him to sit with them. So Adam and Sensei made their way to the table to talk."Alright guys, i assume you havent heard yet but we found Adam recently in the woods unconcious"."Oh no, are you ok?"Krissy replied with both hands covering his mouth.
"I'm...Alive anyway" Adam stated." That's the spirit" Sensei said loudly "So let's get to it"."Hang on" Tony demanded.

"We don't know what we're even doing, like what do we do as a group or what weapon we need"."That's a good point Tony" Sensei agreed. "Alrighty then, I suppose the best thing is to learn hands on so lets grab you a weapon". So Sensei took them to the blacksmith at the port, informing him on their training.
"Alrighty, the blacksmith is letting you choose the weapon you want, but the weapons are going to be iron, not amazing but good for beginners".First up was Adam," I...I don't...know what I want"."Well answer me this, do you prefer Sharp, Pierce, or Blunt?"."Sharp"."Do you Block or Dodge?"."um..Both really".
"Okay,are you a Heavy Hitter or a Attack and Retreat fighter?"."Definately a Heavy Hitter"."Ok then I suggest...","Wait" Adam interupted. He gazed into the blacksmiths workshop to see a sword. A Great Sword hanging from the ceiling.
"I think.. I want to use that"."The great sword?" Sensei asked "but those are pretty hard to handle"."Then I just have to master it don't I?".Hah, I guess you do, you always did look for a challenge". As the others took Sensei's stupid survey, Adam wondered to himself."Did I? I usually looked for challenges?".

Krissy was up for a weapon next. "I already have an idea of how I'll hunt".
"Oh, then go ahead and pick out whatever you want" Sensei proclaimed. So Krissy went to the blacksmith to have him put together a simple light bowgun. "It's just the standard gun, easy load but poor accuracy and jams like hell. That's why most hunters call it a Bastard bowgun".
"It's all you'll need for now, don't worry" Sensei explained. "Sensei?
Can i ask you something?". "What?". "What is your weapon? We haven't seen you with one recently". "Well for training purposes, I didn't bring it.
But, I always put my trust in my Gunlance. Anyway Tony, you're next."
Now Tony went to the blacksmith and stated "I tried to study every weapon type we can use, but nothing seems more appealing to me than the simple Hammer". "Okay, hammer it is" said the smith. "Well okay, as you guys are getting used to your weapon, I'll go ste a destination for us".

Through all that, Adam couldn't get what Sensei said out of his mind. "I always go for a challenge? Maybe".This gave him a small glimmer of memories. Him training, sparring others, pushing himself to the very limit.
As He thinks harder about who he is,"C'mon Adam, We're heading out!". The other hunters where waiting at the docksheading to their destination. Adam was about to leave, almost forgetting his weapon. So he rushfully got his Iron great sword , not knowing its weight, almost dragging his feet toward the boat.

"Where are we going?" Adam asked. Sensei replied "Well...I thought that the woods would be to easy, despite finding you earlier, so I figured we would go somewhere a bit harsher. The Flooded Forest"."But isn't that a bit much for us?" asked Krissy." Maybe it's good for us" stated Tony. "Right, underwater hunting is a hard skill to develop so I thought there's no better time than to learn now". Tony informed the group that "umm...un...under water?"."Yah, why?" asked Adam. Tony stuttered "Uh..well i..it's..it's just, never...
nevermind, I..I'll be fine. Don't worry"."Okay" Adam said with concern. Adam wondered why Tony would be afraid of the water. He felt like he should know this, he was his friend after all."I want to know but it seems rude to ask straight up, maybe I should ask Sensei".

Adam darted straight for Sensei. But as he was about to speak, the boat started to shift around and tilt to either side. The waves were breaking over the boat, having Tony and Krissy fall on deck. Adam stumbled toward the mass post, trying to determine what is causing the sudden crash. Sensei was hanging over the railing with the same idea. But all he saw was what looked like long snakes with legs. However, one caught his eye because it was roughly five times the size of the others. Sensei shouted "They're Ludroth, and the leader's with them. Grab the ballista and RELOAD!".

Adam couldn't find the ammunition for the ballista, whatever stash on the deck washed into the sea. "You'll have to get the ammo from the barracks!" Sensei shouted toward Adam and Tony. Krissy was on the rails holding them for dear life. Adam grabbed Tony an started dragging him toward the barrack door. Every step he took was countered by water sliding across the floor, trying to make him fall. After a grueling attempt to get the ammo, Adam basically slid Tony across the watery deck into the doors rim. Tony, scared beyond belief, grabbed to the rim and started muttering to himself. Adam couldn't make out what he was saying, but he had no time for that now. He first had to find the ammo. The barracks were filthy, it had barrels of spoiled food and decomposed pickels. Broken and spilt bottles of soda. And it smelt like vinegar and milk. The ammo was easy to find though, it was leaning against the wall.
the ammo looked like long metal harpoons with serrated tips. Adams first thought was "Got it, let's do this".

Adam has the ammo. He was able to carry ten of the arrows. The rough waves started to calm down, but they weren't over. Adam was able to run straight to Sensei with the ballista ammo. He gave half to Sensei and ran to the second ballista. Sensei explained "Okay, these things are automatic so just put the ammo into the chamber, it'll do the rest!"."...Got it" Adam shouted in excitement. "Don't waste your shot okay?" Sensei demanded. "Okay" Adam replied. "And aim for the leader, he won't be hard to miss. Okay FIRE!".
Adam pulled the mechanism and fired a harpoon, perfectly straight, toward the big shadow in the water. The force of the shot was enough to startle the beast. The monster screamed in pain and anger while jumping out of the sea.
Sensei found his opportunity and took fire, unleashing every thing he had.
With this, the beast fell into the water. The shadow of the beast swam away in a pool of blood. Leaving behind a red trail in the water toward the Flooded Forest.