Chapter 3: Hawk Saves the Day... With His Behind!
Duran: L25 Angela: L25 Hawk: L25
Location: Moonlight Reading Tower in the Moonlight Forest
Duran, Hawk, and Angela met up with Josephine and Chiquichita again. "You two? What are you doing, stalking us???" Duran grasped his head in wonder. "Well, um, it's not like we have much of a choice," Chiquichita pointed out. "Maybe this time you'll finally be able to afford something?" Duran gave a cold stare back at the cat. "Yeah, maybe, no thanks to you and your ridiculous prices. Ring em' out, let's see if we can get anything." After spending about 5 minutes looking through their inventory, the group was able to purchase new armor for themselves, however, they still couldn't afford weapons. "Dammit, robbed again!!! How much do you make on a daily basis from this??? 1 million Lucs???????" Chiquichita nodded. "Actually, yes, since most travelers who buy CAN afford the price." Duran gave Chiquichita the finger, then turned his back and faced Hawk and Angela. "Well, shall we get going? I want this thing over with as soon as possible," he said. "Who is this next God-Beast?" Angela asked. "Uh, I think I read that his name was Dolan or something like that. We'll most likely find the guy at the top of this tower." Hawk whistled. "Alright, forward troops!!!" Duran commanded.
"I think this soldier business has gotten to his head no?" Angela whispered to Hawk. He chuckled, but didn't say a word after that. They walked up the stairs that was through the door on the top-left area of the first floor. Duran was first to march through the door at the top, but before Angela and Hawk could follow his lead, Duran charged back in and slammed the door behind him. Hawk, surprised, asked what happened. "Jesus Christ, what the hell were they thinkin'?!?" Duran choked. "Huh? What, what Duran?" Angela asked, while at the same time feeling a little scared. "Okay, call this crazy, but I think Square's lost it. How can we be a challenge to level 32 Carmilla's, Silver Wolves, Bloody Wolves, and Goblins??? They nearly ripped me to shreds!!!" Duran cried. "Oh great, it gets harder every time doesn't it?" Hawk said amusingly. "Just have to face it Duran... you know, you're actually a bigger coward than I thought! And here you gave the impression of a man too!!!" Angela stuck her tongue out at him. Duran took a moment to speak practically every cuss word ever written in the book, then got up and decided to go for it. "We're wasting time, and someone ought to kill the creators of this quest for having the whole God-Beast situation in the first place. We just had to be the chosen ones...." he sighed. "Hey, it's a cliché, what do you expect? They did the same thing in Seiken Densetsu 2, except it was the Mana sword that chose the hero, not some fairy from the Mana Holyland. In fact, there was no Mana Holyland in the previous Seiken Densetsu. I wonder what it'd be like to play that one instead of this?" Hawk said. "Interesting thought Hawk, but no time to worry about that right now," Duran replied. He pointed to the door and motioned for the other two to be on full guard.
1 hour later...... The trio stumbled through the final door that lead the to enormous center room at the top of the tower. Exhausted, Duran sat on the floor and tried to catch his breath. Hawk and Angela did likewise. "So genius, it took you that long just to figure out which way to go huh?" Angela complained. "It's not my problem! I'm not the one being manipulated by some freak in the other world you know? The guy probably didn't know which way to go either, therefore, he navigated us through that hellish maze. At least we're at the top. Anyone see a Gold Goddess Statue anywhere? I heard that there was one somewhere at the top." Hawk pointed to a door on the other side of the room. "I think it's in there. Wanna look?" "Why don't you go instead just to make sure it's safe?" Duran asked. Hawk grumbled. "So I suddenly became the lab rat eh? You two are so lazy!" He walked off and slowly opened the door. On the other side was a Gold Goddess Statue, and he called for the other two to come see. "Yes, we can heal FINALLY!!!!!!!!!" Duran shouted. When they were finished healing and saving their game, they all knew that it was time to face Dolan.
"Here we go," Angela thought to herself. They bounded through the top door, only to find themselves outside and standing on what appeared to be the patio. "Okay, um, is where we're supposed to fight Dolan? It's pretty small for a battle ground," Duran stated. "Oh quit whining! Look up there, the window just said Dolan appeared! But where? I don't see him," Angela replied. The ground started shaking, and the three lost their footing. "Dolan's here!" Hawk yelled, leaning over the edge of the platform and gawking at a pair of giant claws ascending the tower. The three drew their weapons, ready to face the oncoming monster that was Dolan (Nelmaki: I think he's the hardest of the God-Beasts... no wait, Zable-Fahr is, then Dolan). The claws reached the platform, and with them, a head and part of a body emerged. The creature howled. Angela screamed and pointed to the beast. "What the hell is that supposed to be?!?!? A goat?" "No, it's a wolf!!!!" Hawk declared. "More like a were-goat if you ask me," Duran murmured. Dolan howled again, this time, ready to get it on. He started out with a Graviton Press, knocking all three fighters back against the wall. Each had lost 200 HP. "Kuso! We're going to die if this continues!!!" Duran yelled. Then he realized that Dolan had stopped attacking, and wondered to himself as to why. Next, a nauseating smell reached his nostrils and he desperately made an attempt to keep it out. "Eeewwwwwwww!!!!!!" Angela said through her hand. "God, that smells like shit!!!" Duran replied. Hawk was silent. "It was you wasn't it?!?!" Duran pointed. Hawk lowered his head and nodded. "Dude, you really can lay a bomb can't you!!!" Angela exclaimed. "I know, and right in the middle of a battle too!!!" Duran added. "Okay, so I farted, big deal!!! Look, Dolan's not attacking!!!!!" Hawk shouted. Duran and Angela looked behind them, noticing that Dolan's head was leaning on the edge of the platform.
"What happened to him?" asked a confused Angela. "I have the answer," Duran replied. "See, Hawk's farting knocked Dolan out cold. He's unconscious it looks like. Man, he's supposed to be hard and here we are beating the guy senseless with a simple foul stench.... talk about flukes!" Hawk really wanted to end the subject. "Okay, thanks for ranting, now can we kill the guy while he's in his current state???" he suggested. "Um, okay!!!!" Angela shrugged. WHACK WHACK WHACK SLICE CHOP BAM BOOM BOOM SLICE WHACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Wow," Duran mused, "we actually got it easy this time." The trio was transported back to the entrance of the tower, and they talked to Josephine and Chiquichita..... again!
"Ha, see, I finally am able to buy two new weapons!!!" Duran rejoiced. Angela just stared, but it was clear that she was annoyed. "Arrrrggghhh, why does he always have to act like such a know-it-all everytime?!?" she asked. Hawk shrugged. "Beats me. I think it's because the player doesn't raise his level of intelligence enough." "Hey what?!? Are you saying I'm stupid or something???" Duran was angered. "Who, me? Oh no no no, you're not stupid at all Duran!!! You're just... SLOW!!!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Angela laughed. Hawk ignored the argument between the two and pulled out a list with all the names of the God-Beasts on it. He crossed Dolan's name out, then read the names of the remaining five. "Dangaard, Lightgazer, Land Umber, Mispolm, and ???," he said. Duran and Angela both stopped at the mentioning of the names. "Who what when where?" Duran paused. "They're just the names of the remaining five God-Beasts to kill. This sucks," Hawk replied. "Who is ???" Angela was next to pose a question. "Well let's see now... Dangaard is Wind, Lightgazer is Light, Land Umber is Earth, Mispolm is Wood, and ??? is Darkness, however, no one knows the name of this guy yet since the Darkness Mana Stone disappeared ages ago, as Shade told us." "That's really weird," Duran commented. "I know, but we've got to find the Darkness God-Beast whether we like it or not. I think we should save the search for that one last. How about facing Dangaard next?" Hawk added. "Fine by me," Angela replied. "Yeah, me too. Kill the beasts, save Mana, go home, yatta yatta," Duran joked.
Duran: L25 Angela: L25 Hawk: L25
Location: Moonlight Reading Tower in the Moonlight Forest
Duran, Hawk, and Angela met up with Josephine and Chiquichita again. "You two? What are you doing, stalking us???" Duran grasped his head in wonder. "Well, um, it's not like we have much of a choice," Chiquichita pointed out. "Maybe this time you'll finally be able to afford something?" Duran gave a cold stare back at the cat. "Yeah, maybe, no thanks to you and your ridiculous prices. Ring em' out, let's see if we can get anything." After spending about 5 minutes looking through their inventory, the group was able to purchase new armor for themselves, however, they still couldn't afford weapons. "Dammit, robbed again!!! How much do you make on a daily basis from this??? 1 million Lucs???????" Chiquichita nodded. "Actually, yes, since most travelers who buy CAN afford the price." Duran gave Chiquichita the finger, then turned his back and faced Hawk and Angela. "Well, shall we get going? I want this thing over with as soon as possible," he said. "Who is this next God-Beast?" Angela asked. "Uh, I think I read that his name was Dolan or something like that. We'll most likely find the guy at the top of this tower." Hawk whistled. "Alright, forward troops!!!" Duran commanded.
"I think this soldier business has gotten to his head no?" Angela whispered to Hawk. He chuckled, but didn't say a word after that. They walked up the stairs that was through the door on the top-left area of the first floor. Duran was first to march through the door at the top, but before Angela and Hawk could follow his lead, Duran charged back in and slammed the door behind him. Hawk, surprised, asked what happened. "Jesus Christ, what the hell were they thinkin'?!?" Duran choked. "Huh? What, what Duran?" Angela asked, while at the same time feeling a little scared. "Okay, call this crazy, but I think Square's lost it. How can we be a challenge to level 32 Carmilla's, Silver Wolves, Bloody Wolves, and Goblins??? They nearly ripped me to shreds!!!" Duran cried. "Oh great, it gets harder every time doesn't it?" Hawk said amusingly. "Just have to face it Duran... you know, you're actually a bigger coward than I thought! And here you gave the impression of a man too!!!" Angela stuck her tongue out at him. Duran took a moment to speak practically every cuss word ever written in the book, then got up and decided to go for it. "We're wasting time, and someone ought to kill the creators of this quest for having the whole God-Beast situation in the first place. We just had to be the chosen ones...." he sighed. "Hey, it's a cliché, what do you expect? They did the same thing in Seiken Densetsu 2, except it was the Mana sword that chose the hero, not some fairy from the Mana Holyland. In fact, there was no Mana Holyland in the previous Seiken Densetsu. I wonder what it'd be like to play that one instead of this?" Hawk said. "Interesting thought Hawk, but no time to worry about that right now," Duran replied. He pointed to the door and motioned for the other two to be on full guard.
1 hour later...... The trio stumbled through the final door that lead the to enormous center room at the top of the tower. Exhausted, Duran sat on the floor and tried to catch his breath. Hawk and Angela did likewise. "So genius, it took you that long just to figure out which way to go huh?" Angela complained. "It's not my problem! I'm not the one being manipulated by some freak in the other world you know? The guy probably didn't know which way to go either, therefore, he navigated us through that hellish maze. At least we're at the top. Anyone see a Gold Goddess Statue anywhere? I heard that there was one somewhere at the top." Hawk pointed to a door on the other side of the room. "I think it's in there. Wanna look?" "Why don't you go instead just to make sure it's safe?" Duran asked. Hawk grumbled. "So I suddenly became the lab rat eh? You two are so lazy!" He walked off and slowly opened the door. On the other side was a Gold Goddess Statue, and he called for the other two to come see. "Yes, we can heal FINALLY!!!!!!!!!" Duran shouted. When they were finished healing and saving their game, they all knew that it was time to face Dolan.
"Here we go," Angela thought to herself. They bounded through the top door, only to find themselves outside and standing on what appeared to be the patio. "Okay, um, is where we're supposed to fight Dolan? It's pretty small for a battle ground," Duran stated. "Oh quit whining! Look up there, the window just said Dolan appeared! But where? I don't see him," Angela replied. The ground started shaking, and the three lost their footing. "Dolan's here!" Hawk yelled, leaning over the edge of the platform and gawking at a pair of giant claws ascending the tower. The three drew their weapons, ready to face the oncoming monster that was Dolan (Nelmaki: I think he's the hardest of the God-Beasts... no wait, Zable-Fahr is, then Dolan). The claws reached the platform, and with them, a head and part of a body emerged. The creature howled. Angela screamed and pointed to the beast. "What the hell is that supposed to be?!?!? A goat?" "No, it's a wolf!!!!" Hawk declared. "More like a were-goat if you ask me," Duran murmured. Dolan howled again, this time, ready to get it on. He started out with a Graviton Press, knocking all three fighters back against the wall. Each had lost 200 HP. "Kuso! We're going to die if this continues!!!" Duran yelled. Then he realized that Dolan had stopped attacking, and wondered to himself as to why. Next, a nauseating smell reached his nostrils and he desperately made an attempt to keep it out. "Eeewwwwwwww!!!!!!" Angela said through her hand. "God, that smells like shit!!!" Duran replied. Hawk was silent. "It was you wasn't it?!?!" Duran pointed. Hawk lowered his head and nodded. "Dude, you really can lay a bomb can't you!!!" Angela exclaimed. "I know, and right in the middle of a battle too!!!" Duran added. "Okay, so I farted, big deal!!! Look, Dolan's not attacking!!!!!" Hawk shouted. Duran and Angela looked behind them, noticing that Dolan's head was leaning on the edge of the platform.
"What happened to him?" asked a confused Angela. "I have the answer," Duran replied. "See, Hawk's farting knocked Dolan out cold. He's unconscious it looks like. Man, he's supposed to be hard and here we are beating the guy senseless with a simple foul stench.... talk about flukes!" Hawk really wanted to end the subject. "Okay, thanks for ranting, now can we kill the guy while he's in his current state???" he suggested. "Um, okay!!!!" Angela shrugged. WHACK WHACK WHACK SLICE CHOP BAM BOOM BOOM SLICE WHACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Wow," Duran mused, "we actually got it easy this time." The trio was transported back to the entrance of the tower, and they talked to Josephine and Chiquichita..... again!
"Ha, see, I finally am able to buy two new weapons!!!" Duran rejoiced. Angela just stared, but it was clear that she was annoyed. "Arrrrggghhh, why does he always have to act like such a know-it-all everytime?!?" she asked. Hawk shrugged. "Beats me. I think it's because the player doesn't raise his level of intelligence enough." "Hey what?!? Are you saying I'm stupid or something???" Duran was angered. "Who, me? Oh no no no, you're not stupid at all Duran!!! You're just... SLOW!!!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Angela laughed. Hawk ignored the argument between the two and pulled out a list with all the names of the God-Beasts on it. He crossed Dolan's name out, then read the names of the remaining five. "Dangaard, Lightgazer, Land Umber, Mispolm, and ???," he said. Duran and Angela both stopped at the mentioning of the names. "Who what when where?" Duran paused. "They're just the names of the remaining five God-Beasts to kill. This sucks," Hawk replied. "Who is ???" Angela was next to pose a question. "Well let's see now... Dangaard is Wind, Lightgazer is Light, Land Umber is Earth, Mispolm is Wood, and ??? is Darkness, however, no one knows the name of this guy yet since the Darkness Mana Stone disappeared ages ago, as Shade told us." "That's really weird," Duran commented. "I know, but we've got to find the Darkness God-Beast whether we like it or not. I think we should save the search for that one last. How about facing Dangaard next?" Hawk added. "Fine by me," Angela replied. "Yeah, me too. Kill the beasts, save Mana, go home, yatta yatta," Duran joked.