Chapter 2: The Smuggler
In a small, lonely town populated by less than a handful, there lay a high-rank God Slayer soldier whose mere presence strikes fear into the hearts of the few. The soldier had belonged to the Jungle Tyrant's army and had used the lonely town as a resting place, despite having overstayed his unwelcomed welcome. One of the citizens of the lonely town had been planning on getting rid of the soldier ever since he first arrived. The Terrarian by the name of Freeman knew it would not be a simple task because the high-rank was near-immortal. Any who dared challenge the soldier would be effortlessly executed by his Excelsus. The closest any powerful traveler came to getting rid of the soldier was activating his God Slayer Cooldown before immediately getting killed. Freeman needed to work his way up to a power that surpasses any high-rank in the Tyrant's army.
Freeman made his personal Arctic Diving Gear and ventured out into the Abyss. He had heard rumors of a weapon capable of unbelievable power scaling from the Abyss, and he was determined to get it. He spent days in and out of the Abyss killing the sea creatures that live there and making potions to prevent him from dying underwater. He would then go into the dark Abyss filled with strange creatures affected by the underwater pressure and environmental conditions. This would go on for days, as obtaining the weapon proved to be a chore. After long days of killing countless Abyss creatures, Freeman had finally obtained the Halibut Cannon.
The Halibut Cannon was only a small part of Freeman's plan to get rid of the high-rank soldier; He smuggled many materials for future recipes under everyone's noses. Rarely, he would also go mining in the deep caverns for armor. Freeman would use the gold he smuggled or mined and use it to make armor that he would dye a light-cyan. His Halibut Cannon and Gold Armor would mark his real first step of gaining power.
Freeman had overheard the high-rank talking about Auric-Plated Dynamite. A man speaking to the high-rank from a radio had mentioned the dynamite being capable of demolishing any and every material in Terraria and being able to flatten an entire city in a single ignition. "And that's being smuggled across the high ranks under Lord Yharim's nose?" the high-rank whispered in awe, "That's insane!" The man in the radio offered the high-rank a few bundles of the dynamite in exchange for him keeping the whole thing a secret to Yharim- he obliged. Freeman waited until the high-rank received the Auric-Plated Dynamite to convince the soldier to strike a deal with him. He had to tell the soldier that he'd get in trouble if he got caught carrying the dynamite, and that he would let him stay in his house for as long as he wants in exchange for any number of dynamite bundles. This exchange went surprisingly well for Freeman until it was interrupted by a Goblin Army.
A rather small army of goblins arrived to the lonely town to take the dynamite for themselves. The foolish goblins went about carrying out this plan poorly, so Freeman showcased his power by decimating most of the army effortlessly, punishing the army for their half-assery. Two goblins quickly left the bloody scene Freeman had created in mere seconds, never to return. Normally, Freeman would chase after and kill the two to ensure that there would be no meddling from the goblins, but he had other matters to take care of. Eventually, he would be given the explosives and put them away to be used for his master plan.
Having given his old home to the man he swore to surpass and destroy, the young terrarian ventures off to the mountains to quickly build a small house for resting and storage. Despite the mountains giving off a soul-burning feeling in the air, Freeman quickly rested in his new storage house for the next day. When the sun came to mark a new day, Freeman ventured off in search of another cave to find treasures. His trek took him to an unusually open forest. In the distance, he would see a familiar goblin and a scout building an impressive house. It didn't take long for Freeman to recognize the blue skin, green shirt, very light-brown pants and black shoes to realize that he was looking at the goblin who invaded the town for his Auric-Plated Dynamite before running away with the bigger second goblin. Despite the goblin and his accomplice doing something completely harmless and clearly enjoying it, Freeman took no chances and reached for his Halibut Cannon and fired at the two without hesitation.
