" When should I expect her recovery?" asked Ironwood. " I'm sorry sir, she might awake by the end of the week, unfortunately, that is a very big if. " I see," said Ironwood, singing in resignation.
What to do now? Though Beheaded his rendezvous with Neo was still three days away, " What do you think I should do, shopkeep?" the Beheaded asked the food vendor "Well my king, I think you should buy something." replied the Chef " Very well, give me a kebab for later" said the Beheaded. " To go or to stay"? Asked a smug Chef. " I'll take it to go please" after leaving the shop the Beheaded decided to visit an arms dealer, hoping to gain some insight into the weaponry of his adversaries.
Half an hour later and twenty blocks the Beheaded had found a forge by the name of Hephaestus' Core. Odd names thought of the Beheaded before entering the building. " Hello there, how can I help you," asked a young female voice. " Hi, can I browse your stock?" asked the Beheaded. " I'm sorry but can you say that in a language I can understand?" asked the Blacksmith. " Very well " sighed the Beheaded before writing down: I would like to look at your stock of weapons, I can speak your legend, that is why I am communicating by notepad.
" I see, well over there you can find maca shift weapons, and to the left, you will find more regular weaponry." stated the Blacksmith Thank you, the Beheaded wrote. Heading towards the trick weapons the Beheaded heard something familiar, a scroll of power. Stomping a hole in the cement floor he grabbed the scroll before opening it, the ancient runes of empowerment flowing through him, adding a point to his brutality. " That's odd. Normally I feel more vitalized by that, something to meditate on later" the Beheaded muttered out loud. Looking back at the armament rack, a particular weapon grabbed the Beheading's attention. A sleek shotgun that looked like a sleek rectangle with a black grip. Reaching towards the weapon the Beheaded took a look at the weapon's abilities, It was a tactics/brutality armament, Firing much like a heavy crossbow, with bonus elemental damage. Admiring the gun, the Beheaded took the gun from the rack before approaching the firing range that was on the other side of the room. Readying himself the Beheaded Fired at the target dummy, the fire dust round slamming into the chest of the Beheadeds target. A flash of flame springing to life before dying as fast they came into being. "I see you like experimental weapons," said the shop owner from earlier. "I do," wrote the Beheaded wrote after putting down the shotgun. "Well friend since you seem nice I'll let you in on a little secret, if you press that button and press the barrel down, it'll flip into a dust-based blade," said the Weaponsmith. " Thank you for the tip," wrote the Beheaded. Before transforming his weapon of choice. The barrel of the shotgun folded to make the crossguard of the energy sword, less than half a second passed before flame erupted from the crossguard holding the shape of a sword, not unlike one half of his symmetrical lance of old. " Wow, I did not expect that to work, I guess Lilac gets a free lunch." Before the Weaponsmith could ponder anymore on her lost bet the Beheaded gave her three gold coins before running out of the store.
" Damm, that was close," said the Beheaded to himself as he ran out the back door of the establishment. Looking behind him he saw the red-themed huntress form the diner a few days ago. Running up the wall of the store the Beheaded began to eavesdrop.
" Hi Ruby, I see you brought friends said voice the Beheaded recognized as the weaponsmith. '' Yep my team's due for a weapon checkup so I brought their weapons here since I know your one of the best weaponsmiths in the city" said Ruby " you flatter me" said the Weapon smith. " anyways what do you need?" " The Mechashift on our weapons is starting to jam, and I know you are even better than me at that." said Ruby. " Sounds good, leave your weapons over there, and give me four to five days." said the Weaponsmith. " Sounds good, I knew I could count on you." thanked Ruby before departing.
Interesting, though the Beheaded I did want to get my hands some native weaponry, this sounds like an ideal opportunity. Smirking, the Beheaded lept from the store's rooftop onto the next running towards his new safehouse. Entering the building, the door gave a chime " Whyyy helooo darrrling how are you" asked the Tailor " I'm doing good" The Beheaded replied. Turning towards a workshop the Tailor had installed soon after the Beheaded latest of many demises. Stinging down on his chair began to tinker with his newly possessed shotgun. switching the dust inside the chamber for ice dust he decided to ignite the melee portion of the weapon, and to the Beheadeds surprise a blade of sharpened ice emerged. " Intriguing " said the Beheaded before swapping the weapon back into its ranged form. Swiveling around on his stool the Beheaded emptied a shotgun round into the nearest wall, the round impacted forming a sheet of ice. Pondering an important question the Beheaded looked down at his hand and saw the round materialize in his hand. Good he thought that would make my life much easier. Walking towards the ice sheet the Beheaded slammed his fist into the wall, brittle as glass. Smiling the Beheaded tried out the remaining lighting dust, a burst of light cackle of electricity scorched the wall, Smiling the Beheaded left for bed, knowing that his objective for the next two days was to find out what his new toy would do to a flesh and blood foe.
I am alive, Sorry that I have not posed anything in over a month, I'll be honest I lost the will to write for a long time, However due to the corona virus I have more time on my hands than ever before so I hope that I can crank out another chapter in less than a monththis time, as a tip it will involveNeo morning.
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