Chapter 6: Killing Has Suddenly Gotten More Pleasant
Duran: L31 Angela: L30 Hawk: L31
Location: Gemstone Valley Durian
The air outside was nice, but they inappropriately choose to visit Land Umber at night. Once again, the two merchant cats, Josephine and Chiquichita, were at the entrance to greet them. "Now what, you want more?" Duran sneered. Josephine shook her head, motioning for Duran to come closer. "Actually, no. Then again, yes. We've brought some new armor and weapons, but rumor has it that they sell better ones in Pedan. Unfortunately, it's an ancient city, and has remained pretty much lost for ages." "You mean to tell me that we wasted practically all our money for these items when we could've just stormed on over to Pedan in the first place?!? Argh, you two piss the living hell outta me!!!" Duran yelled. Hawk ran up and shoved Duran out of the way. "Uh, heh heh!" he started, "you know ol' Duran! He gets really emotional sometimes! We've got enough Lucs for now. Give me the better dagger and give the grouch the good sword. As for this lovely young lady next to me, give her the good rod also." Chiquichita leaned forward. "You know, the next time we meet, we won't let you have it so easy. I hate people who kiss up to us... merchants are always tired of barters." "Huh?" Hawk looked at the cat, confused. "Nevermind."
Duran stormed into the valley before Hawk or Angela could stop him. Being the kind of guy who takes action before thinking, Duran soon found himself getting creamed by Slime Princes and Petit Dragons. "Why didn't you listen to us and wait before entering?" Angela demanded. "Because I just want to get this over with...." Duran murmured. "You do realize that jumping into the crowd without a plan will most likely get us killed.... right?" "I don't know..." he shrugged. The screen they were on was empty, after a grueling fight to rid the area of monsters. "Duran, you should heal yourself. You lost a good amount of HP after that brawl," Hawk suggested. Duran then got up, brushing himself off and concentrating on the Heal Light spell. After that, he looked at the two, then looked at the ground. "What, oh no, don't tell me you're going to start acting like some big baby just 'cause a girl told you not to rush!" Angela teased. Duran's face turned bright red, but he didn't say a word. "I'm getting the silent treatment," she mentioned to Hawk. The three trotted onward to the next screen.
20 minutes later...
"Krreeaaggghh, we reached the Gold Goddess Statue!!!" Duran rejoiced. "Oh shut up. Just a moment ago, you were bragging about how you wouldn't need to heal at the Goddess Statue," Angela said. "Whatever." Hawk walked past the two bickering characters while he healed and saved the game. "I am so looking forward to that class change," he thought. His expression of smugness suddenly turned to that of twisted. "Oh wait, the player might not make me Nightblade... I totally forgot about that!" He noticed that it was quiet. Turning around, he saw that Duran and Angela had left the room. "Dammit, me and my daydreams!" Hawk cursed, while running out to meet the two. "Hey, why did you leave me behind?!?" Hawk panted. "You take too long," Angela replied. "So? You two were fighting like two-year olds back there!" "Ah, but we made up!" Duran pointed out. "Kuso..." Hawk cursed again.
10 minutes later...
"I just realized that this person controlling us really sucks at the game," Angela noted. "You're telling me," Duran replied sarcastically. "Normally, most people would just breeze through the place, but when it comes down to the boss on the other realm, we get to enjoy feeling like losers every 10 or so minutes.... whoopey doo-da." "What kind of team spirit is that?" Hawk jumped in. "I don't know. In fact, we have no team spirit! We ought to be called the Half-Way Wonders or something since we're halfway through this quest and about to die anyway..." Duran sighed. He felt a hard object strike his skull lightly, spinning around knowing that it was Angela. "God, what, what did I do now?!?!?!?!" he cried. Angela waved her finger at him. "Lighten up Duran, both Hawk and I are annoyed with the fact that you enjoy tormenting us with your complaints and Sergeant-wannabe orders." "Like you are one to speak, Miss Prissy Princess!" he sneered. "Wha-what?!?!?!?" she screamed. "You heard me right! Yeah, how did you like that?" Duran laughed. The next moment, Angela pounced on the knight and started clobbering him to pieces, while he was trying to keep her off of him. Hawk only watched helplessly, a giant sweatdrop rolling down his forehead while he turned the other way, letting the two settle their dispute.
Finally, the fighting stopped, and they were on their way again. At last, there was the entrance to Land Umber's lair. They boldly stepped through to the other side and didn't see the God-Beast anywhere. "What a waste of time. We come all this way to kill the Earth dude and find that he's not home. Well, I guess we'll have to come back later!" Duran started marching in the other direction in an attempt to leave, however, Hawk and Angela stopped him dead in his tracks. "You're not leaving anywhere, buster!" Angela glared. Hawk did likewise. "He's here Duran, stop trying to chicken out, buckaw!" Hawk began flapping his arms up and down like a chicken's wings, walking with a chicken stance in circles around Duran. Duran, angered, tripped Hawk, who landed with his face in the ground. "I am no chicken!" Duran stated. "I am a knight of Forcena who will avenge my father's death, as well as destroy that crimson wizard!" But before he could continue, the ground began rumbling, and boulders were being ripped from the surface into the air. A giant mech-like being crashed down, pounding its fists together as if it were going to squash the trio.
"That would be Land Umber," Angela noted. "Quick, start casting any kind of Wind spell!" Duran ordered. "Hawk, toss me one of those saber claw thingys...." "They're called Siren's Claw. They give your weapon a thunder attribute," Hawk corrected. "Bah, details, petty details, just toss me one dammit!!!" "Yes sir, comin' right up sir! Hope you won't be disappointed sir!" Hawk saluted. "Remind me to smack you upside the head when this is over," Duran growled. He attached the Siren's Claw to his sword and began doing about 100 damage with every hit. Hawk attached a Siren's Claw to his daggers as well, and started slashing away at Land Umber. Meanwhile, Angela casted Airblast, making Land Umber lose about 400 HP. "Keep at it Angela!" Duran encouraged while still stabbing Land Umber to death. In about 5 minutes, the God-Beast exploded, its remains lying with particles of dust that hovered in the air. "That was fun!" Angela giggled. "Now if only the other God-Beasts were this easy!!!" "Pipe dream," Hawk added. "You WISH." He then heard nibbling, coming from Duran. Duran was... chewing on weed! "Hey wha, how the hell did you get that in here?!?" Hawk demanded. "I don't know, I just wanted to chew on something!" Duran replied. "Do you know what that is?" "It's just grass." "No, it's NOT ordinary grass..." "Uh-oh." "Too late Duran." Hawk motioned for Angela to come near him. He then whispered something into her ear and her eyes widened. "Say what?!? I have no intentions on babysitting the guy while he's.... high," she squeaked. But already she was seeing Duran leaning in all sorts of directions, the world spinning around through the view of his eyes. He stumbled towards the two and leaned on them both for support. "Gah hah hah hah!!!" he laughed. "C'mon, help me get out of here... ah ha ha ha ha ha!!! Wow, this place is awfully purty don'tcha think? Hee hee hee hee!"
Duran: L31 Angela: L30 Hawk: L31
Location: Gemstone Valley Durian
The air outside was nice, but they inappropriately choose to visit Land Umber at night. Once again, the two merchant cats, Josephine and Chiquichita, were at the entrance to greet them. "Now what, you want more?" Duran sneered. Josephine shook her head, motioning for Duran to come closer. "Actually, no. Then again, yes. We've brought some new armor and weapons, but rumor has it that they sell better ones in Pedan. Unfortunately, it's an ancient city, and has remained pretty much lost for ages." "You mean to tell me that we wasted practically all our money for these items when we could've just stormed on over to Pedan in the first place?!? Argh, you two piss the living hell outta me!!!" Duran yelled. Hawk ran up and shoved Duran out of the way. "Uh, heh heh!" he started, "you know ol' Duran! He gets really emotional sometimes! We've got enough Lucs for now. Give me the better dagger and give the grouch the good sword. As for this lovely young lady next to me, give her the good rod also." Chiquichita leaned forward. "You know, the next time we meet, we won't let you have it so easy. I hate people who kiss up to us... merchants are always tired of barters." "Huh?" Hawk looked at the cat, confused. "Nevermind."
Duran stormed into the valley before Hawk or Angela could stop him. Being the kind of guy who takes action before thinking, Duran soon found himself getting creamed by Slime Princes and Petit Dragons. "Why didn't you listen to us and wait before entering?" Angela demanded. "Because I just want to get this over with...." Duran murmured. "You do realize that jumping into the crowd without a plan will most likely get us killed.... right?" "I don't know..." he shrugged. The screen they were on was empty, after a grueling fight to rid the area of monsters. "Duran, you should heal yourself. You lost a good amount of HP after that brawl," Hawk suggested. Duran then got up, brushing himself off and concentrating on the Heal Light spell. After that, he looked at the two, then looked at the ground. "What, oh no, don't tell me you're going to start acting like some big baby just 'cause a girl told you not to rush!" Angela teased. Duran's face turned bright red, but he didn't say a word. "I'm getting the silent treatment," she mentioned to Hawk. The three trotted onward to the next screen.
20 minutes later...
"Krreeaaggghh, we reached the Gold Goddess Statue!!!" Duran rejoiced. "Oh shut up. Just a moment ago, you were bragging about how you wouldn't need to heal at the Goddess Statue," Angela said. "Whatever." Hawk walked past the two bickering characters while he healed and saved the game. "I am so looking forward to that class change," he thought. His expression of smugness suddenly turned to that of twisted. "Oh wait, the player might not make me Nightblade... I totally forgot about that!" He noticed that it was quiet. Turning around, he saw that Duran and Angela had left the room. "Dammit, me and my daydreams!" Hawk cursed, while running out to meet the two. "Hey, why did you leave me behind?!?" Hawk panted. "You take too long," Angela replied. "So? You two were fighting like two-year olds back there!" "Ah, but we made up!" Duran pointed out. "Kuso..." Hawk cursed again.
10 minutes later...
"I just realized that this person controlling us really sucks at the game," Angela noted. "You're telling me," Duran replied sarcastically. "Normally, most people would just breeze through the place, but when it comes down to the boss on the other realm, we get to enjoy feeling like losers every 10 or so minutes.... whoopey doo-da." "What kind of team spirit is that?" Hawk jumped in. "I don't know. In fact, we have no team spirit! We ought to be called the Half-Way Wonders or something since we're halfway through this quest and about to die anyway..." Duran sighed. He felt a hard object strike his skull lightly, spinning around knowing that it was Angela. "God, what, what did I do now?!?!?!?!" he cried. Angela waved her finger at him. "Lighten up Duran, both Hawk and I are annoyed with the fact that you enjoy tormenting us with your complaints and Sergeant-wannabe orders." "Like you are one to speak, Miss Prissy Princess!" he sneered. "Wha-what?!?!?!?" she screamed. "You heard me right! Yeah, how did you like that?" Duran laughed. The next moment, Angela pounced on the knight and started clobbering him to pieces, while he was trying to keep her off of him. Hawk only watched helplessly, a giant sweatdrop rolling down his forehead while he turned the other way, letting the two settle their dispute.
Finally, the fighting stopped, and they were on their way again. At last, there was the entrance to Land Umber's lair. They boldly stepped through to the other side and didn't see the God-Beast anywhere. "What a waste of time. We come all this way to kill the Earth dude and find that he's not home. Well, I guess we'll have to come back later!" Duran started marching in the other direction in an attempt to leave, however, Hawk and Angela stopped him dead in his tracks. "You're not leaving anywhere, buster!" Angela glared. Hawk did likewise. "He's here Duran, stop trying to chicken out, buckaw!" Hawk began flapping his arms up and down like a chicken's wings, walking with a chicken stance in circles around Duran. Duran, angered, tripped Hawk, who landed with his face in the ground. "I am no chicken!" Duran stated. "I am a knight of Forcena who will avenge my father's death, as well as destroy that crimson wizard!" But before he could continue, the ground began rumbling, and boulders were being ripped from the surface into the air. A giant mech-like being crashed down, pounding its fists together as if it were going to squash the trio.
"That would be Land Umber," Angela noted. "Quick, start casting any kind of Wind spell!" Duran ordered. "Hawk, toss me one of those saber claw thingys...." "They're called Siren's Claw. They give your weapon a thunder attribute," Hawk corrected. "Bah, details, petty details, just toss me one dammit!!!" "Yes sir, comin' right up sir! Hope you won't be disappointed sir!" Hawk saluted. "Remind me to smack you upside the head when this is over," Duran growled. He attached the Siren's Claw to his sword and began doing about 100 damage with every hit. Hawk attached a Siren's Claw to his daggers as well, and started slashing away at Land Umber. Meanwhile, Angela casted Airblast, making Land Umber lose about 400 HP. "Keep at it Angela!" Duran encouraged while still stabbing Land Umber to death. In about 5 minutes, the God-Beast exploded, its remains lying with particles of dust that hovered in the air. "That was fun!" Angela giggled. "Now if only the other God-Beasts were this easy!!!" "Pipe dream," Hawk added. "You WISH." He then heard nibbling, coming from Duran. Duran was... chewing on weed! "Hey wha, how the hell did you get that in here?!?" Hawk demanded. "I don't know, I just wanted to chew on something!" Duran replied. "Do you know what that is?" "It's just grass." "No, it's NOT ordinary grass..." "Uh-oh." "Too late Duran." Hawk motioned for Angela to come near him. He then whispered something into her ear and her eyes widened. "Say what?!? I have no intentions on babysitting the guy while he's.... high," she squeaked. But already she was seeing Duran leaning in all sorts of directions, the world spinning around through the view of his eyes. He stumbled towards the two and leaned on them both for support. "Gah hah hah hah!!!" he laughed. "C'mon, help me get out of here... ah ha ha ha ha ha!!! Wow, this place is awfully purty don'tcha think? Hee hee hee hee!"