NEW ASTERA AND MY FIRST HUNT
While me and angel follow the stranger we decided to take in our surroundings, we looked around and we saw beautiful trees, a assortment of wildlife, and the amazing ocean view as we walked along a slim and narrow path to base camp. After twenty minutes or so we arrive at these massive bone and wooden reinforced gateway to a magnificent ship yard of traders, and bustling with hunters, trappers, and ecologists. The man that we were following turned to us and smiled ''welcome to ASTERA!, the home and safe haven for the fleets coming here for the elder migration. We have the canteen where you can eat and mingle with the other hunters and share stories, the trade yard we are currently standing in and you can buy supplies and other things of that nature, and up there where those stacks of smoke is coming from is the armory and blacksmith. You can buy, trade, and ask the blacksmith to craft you weapons and armor if you got the materials'' we took in the information and we were in awe at the massive space and at all the people from the guild and all the ships.
''wow…..this is amazing! Wesley look at all the ships and people!, can you believe it!'' angel hollered in joy and awe at the massive structures and all the ships she sees in the cove. ''heh…it is impressive, but I think we need to speak to the commander. And I don't think we ever caught your name, can we have it please?'' I asked the man. ''of course most people call me field team leader, but you can call me max, nice to meet you!'' he held out his hand for me to shake it and I accept it with a smile ''nice to meet you max, my name is wesley and my partner over there gawking at the ships is angel aka the handler'' I answered to him ''can you take us to the commander please. I want to see if we can help in some way'' max thinks for a moment and smiles and gestures for us to follow him.
A few minutes of walking and chatting amongst ourselves and we arrive at a large table with a few different people huddled around it having from what I could tell, was a tense discussion about what I can assume is the massive ship wreck at the hands of the elder dragon we were tracking…Zora magdaros. We stand there waiting when suddenly max steps over to the commander and whispers in his ear and he straightens up and smiles at us ''well I'm glad you made it you two! I would have been upset if the guilds A list hunter and handler was missing or worse, please come and we will fill you in'' we walk over to the commander and we start listening and we get a briefing about our current supplies situation and our man power.
''we need to start setting more camps around the ancient forest, our foot hold here is slipping thanks to us having to call back most of our hunters to assist with medical aid and our shortage of man power, you A list hunter what is your name?, unless you want me calling you that all the time'' the commander asked in a stern tone of voice ''my name is wesley sir, and I would prefer my name then just being called A lister'' I replied as I step back a little to let them continue while me and angel stand watch ''alright then, wesley you, field team leader and your handler will venture to camp 11, some hunter gone back there to keep watch but found it ran sacked and saw a kulu ya ku running away from the scene, we need you to hunt it so we wont have this problem again and your handler can document it and research ways to repel them from our camps so future events like this one wont let it have a opportunity to attack one of our camps again, good luck hunter.''
The commander pulled me aside and had a talk with me ''listen wesley, go to the workshop and tell the smithy to make you a weapon of your choosing, it'll be on me. I wish you luck wesley and be careful out there, it's a dangerous world especially now with the elder crossing causing a stir in the ecosystem'' he pats my shoulder and walks away, I walked up to the workshop and I walked over to the smithy and I greeted him ''um hello, my name is wesley the commander sent me up here to ask you to make a weapon for me on him.'' he eyed me a little and cracked a grin '' of course there boy, ill be happy to! Tell me what kind of weapon you would like and ill craft it for you!'' he exclaims in a joyful tone ''I would like bow, preferably a iron bow with a monster sinew string please and a bone reinforced capping at the ends to clamp the sinew in place better'' he looks at my with slightly widened eyes at the very specific specs for the weapon but he smiles and gets to work.
A hour later after I talked to a vender who was selling jagras armor I bought a full set of great jagras armor as well as some potions and iron and poison tipped arrows for my bow. I walk back up to the workshop and to the smithy and I see him polishing a very detailed iron and boned mixed bow with a thick but malleable string. He looks up and smiles ''well I see someone is outfit with a good looking set of jagi armor, well as you can see I'm finished with your bow and I'm happy to say that you know what you want in a weapon, it'll serve you well here take it and I hope to see you soon when I can craft you a even better one'' he finished his statement with a smile and I took the bow from his outstretched hands and I smiled at the weight of it, light yet I can feel the bone and metal and I know its strong. ''thank you very much, I to look forward to when I ask you to make a bow again, and next time armor as well'' I returned his smile with one of my own.
I walked towards the gate and I see angel and max waiting for me and they smile as I walk up to them ''wow wesley that's a pretty nice bow you have strapped to your back, good taste'' max commented and angel was inspecting my armor and was even prodding it a little and started to write down some notes about it. ''a strong and malleable material and from just a few touches and pokes I deduce it is rather durable yet light and breathable…interesting'' angel muttered and wrote down a few extra things and I cant help but sigh, ''angel you ready? Or will you do a entire book on my armor?'' I asked snapping her out of her self induced trance and blushed a little ''s sorry I was just speculating what would happen if we found a creature with a more durable skin if it could be crafted in a similar fashion as this one has. Sorry'' she apologized and I chuckle a little ''I'm sure we will at some point but lets just focus on the task at hand ok?'' I replied and we all hooked onto a wind drake and we went to the ancient forest to begin the task. Of hunting down a kulu ya ku
Sorry for the long wait I've been thinking of how to do the story and I decided to go with the main story a little and then deviate a bit later on so please comment on if I can make this better or pm for any questions Thank you for your patience!