A side quest can bring adventure, a smaller chapter.
Last time on The RPG Hunter
Weiss wanted to investigate the competition for the Vytal festival and it had a few sore spots for Blake, Aaron had left to keep an eye on her and had met the mischievous Sun Wu Kong. After spying on a dust shipment, Aaron had transformed again into his Dark Dragoon form but after gaining control of his rage it had transformed into it's new variation. The Light Dragoon form, he had won the battle but the war still rages on as he waits for his target to come to fruition. What will happen in this chapter? Find out now!
*Play Opening One*
After what happened a little bit ago, both Teams knew they needed a break but Blake is still fighting against the White Fang meanwhile Aaron was checking his equipment.
[Current Equipment]
[Head: None]
[Overcoat: Green zip up hoodie]
[Body: White t-shirt]
[Legs: Blue jeans]
[Feet: Black strap shoes]
[Left Arm: Hackers Gauntlet]
[Right Arm: None]
[Primary Weapon: Vita's Pax]
[Secondary Weapon: Mega Buster]
[Belt: Infinite Sack]
Aaron looked at the menu, he need's something for his Right Arm. Possibly a shield or something defensive, would be cool to have a quest or something.
"Really need something for that Right Arm." Aaron said to himself
That's when a new menu popped up in front of him, Aaron read it and smiled.
[New Side Quest: Defend thyself]
[You need a defensive item and your too lazy to make one since your doing well, but in the Emerald Forest. Their's the answer to your problem, it's said that their is a legendary item in that forest. Well, what are you waiting for? Go get it!]
[Success: New item, 60 EXP, new skill.]
[Failure: Death]
"Looks like i have a side quest, cool." Aaron said to himself looking at the menu
Aaron got up and walked out the door, later he was on a cliff near the Emerald Forest. He smirked slightly, he drew his weapon.
"Time to quest." Aaron said
Aaron then jumped off the cliff and used his magic to fly over the forest, on the mini map. Aaron saw the location he was going to was coming up fast, he smiled and landed in front of an ancient temple.
"Cool, i'm gonna Indiana Jones this." Aaron said to himself
Aaron walked into the temple, he noticed a puzzle in front of him. He saw a wall with words on it, he could not understand it. He moved his hand over it brushing off the dust, Aaron put his hands out.
"Libra." Aaron said
The wall glowed a light blue and the words then manifested into English, Aaron then read the words.
{To past the test of ancients time, one find the calmness in their mind}
{If it's power you seek, then you must not be weak}
{Both mind and body go hand in hand, coordinate your plan}
Aaron looked at the message confused, he had no idea what that meant.
"I'm gonna guess that i have to be smart about this." Aaron said to himself
Aaron walked into the room and saw four totems, each on a different part of the room. A red totem was in front of a snowflake, and a blue totem was in front of a red leaf. It was the same for two other totems but instead of red and blue, it's green and yellow. Aaron looked at the symbols, he noticed that the totems colors were coordinated with each symbol. That's when Aaron snapped his fingers, he needs to move the totems to the right places. Aaron picked up the totems and put them in the place in their correct spots. The door had opened, Aaron smirked.
"Looks like that message means i need both brains and brawn, i have both." Aaron said
Aaron continued to the next room, he noticed a mirror in the center of the room. Aaron looked at it, it reflection was a darker looking version of him. It copied every movement Aaron made, he touched the mirror. The darker version grabbed his hand, Aaron freaked out and teleported away from it. The version of him in the mirror had climbed out, he summoned a sword that looked like Aaron's. Aaron drew his sword and pointed it at the dark version.
"You must be my darkness, well Dark Aaron. Time to be defeated!" Aaron said
The fight had started, every attack Aaron made was blocked by the Dark version. Aaron had skidded back after a powerful hit, Aaron then smirked at it.
"Well, i bet you can't do this?" Aaron asked
Aaron the pointed his finger at the ground below the Dark version, Aaron smiled a little.
"Undead!" Aaron yelled
The Dark version then had small purple particles on him, Aaron then focused his magic.
"Cure." Aaron simply said
The Dark version was then in pain, Aaron looked at it.
"You figured it out right?" Aaron asked
Aaron walked up to it, it glared at him
"Your weak to White magic, so i would cut your losses." Aaron said
Aaron then put out his hand, the Dark version looked up to him.
"But that doesn't mean we can't co-exist." Aaron said
The Dark version looked at his hand, he grabbed it. Aaron helped him up, the Dark version smiled at him.
"Your not a bad other." The Dark version said
"Agreed." Aaron said
The Dark version bowed, and walked into the mirror. The mirror cracked and broke apart, Aaron looked at it in remorse.
"Wished that didn't happen." Aaron said
Aaron then walked out the room, he walked into the next area which was a long corridor with images on it. It shown battles and war, the last one had shown a giant pillar of light and dark. Aaron looked at in confusion, what did it mean.
"Is this a battle later that i cause?" Aaron asked himself
Aaron then shrugged and moved on. Aaron was now in the next room, it had the forest behind small windows. In it was a single stand, Aaron looked around.
"So where's that item?" Aaron asked himself
Aaron then saw a small ancient looking totem on a stand. He walked over to it, he stared at it.
"I have to touch this?" Aaron asked himself
Aaron touched it and started to feel energy coursing through his veins.
"Whoa!" Aaron said
His eyes glowed white, afterwards he was normal. He then felt something in his Right Arm, he put his Right Arm out. A flash appeared on his arm, it had created a green shield with a gold trim on it. The symbol on it was a crystal with wings, Aaron looked a it.
"Neat." Aaron said
The shield then disappeared, Aaron noticed the totem was old and fallen apart.
"Looks like the power within it transferred to me, nice." Aaron said to himself
At 7:45..
Aaron then left, he got back. He noticed Haruko was sitting on the couch, he sneaked across the room. Haruko looked behind her to see Aaron, who stopped sneaking.
"Heeeyyyyy Haruko." Aaron said nervously
Haruko got up, and she pounded her fist against her hand.
"Where were you?" Haruko asked
"Exploring an ancient temple and gained a shield." Aaron said truthfully
Haruko then ran at Aaron, the latter looking at her in fear. Aaron stuck out his Right Arm and the shield appeared again, Haruko had hit it and the attack was deflected.
"What!" Haruko asked
Aaron kept his Right Arm, Aaron looked at it. A named echoed in his mind.
'Tempus's Fortitudo'
'So that's the name.' Aaron thought
Aaron looked up to see Haruko staring at him, Aaron started back with three dots appearing beside him.
"It's the shield isn't it?" Aaron asked
"Yes." Haruko said
"I found it in the temple." Aaron said
"What's it called?" Haruko asked
"It's name is Tempus's Fortitudo." Aaron explained
"Alright." Haruko said
Aaron then went back to his bed, it was near bedtime anyways.
*Play Ending One*
Next time on The RPG Hunter
"So what's the plan Ruby? Go to space and find new life? Go fight a giant Grimm? GO ON A CRUSADE FOR THE HOLY LAND?!" Aaron asked with a fire determination behind him
"Oh shit food fight!" Aaron yelled
Aaron noticed Glynda walked in, she had a pissed off look on her face.
"Looks like we're in trouble." Aaron said with a sweat drop
Alright, that's another chapter. I decided to give Aaron a shield because he'll need it later, let me explain how it works.
Aaron's shield works like this, it's connected by his soul. Meaning he manifests it from within like his powers, but unlike his powers it has no downside except that it can break after taking too much damage. Depending on Aaron's level of Aura and magic divided by 12 and times that by 2 is how much damage the shield can take. Aaron's current MP and AP stat's are this.
LVL: 15
EXP: 23/150
MP: 260/260
AP: 270/270
So take those two number and divide them by twelve along with times it by two and then you have your answer which is 565. That means that it's still fair game in a way, with some extra smaller damage points being added. It may seem a bit powered but consider that it's a magic shield we're talking about, it makes sense why it would be like this. Also, the reason why Aaron's level 15 is because knocking out people who are not majorly evil does not equal EXP. Knocking or killing people who are either soulless or actually pretty evil does equal EXP. Now that all of that's out of the way, we can finally end this chapter.
I'll see you guys in the Fandom.