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The forest beyond the field was thick.Very thick.But Shantae had a pretty good sense of direction
and she knew she was heading east.She also knew there were creatures lurking in these woods.
One such creature was hovering ahead of her.
It was an orc.
A lumbering green behemoth capable of floating several feet above the ground.Suddenly the orc
sped to the ground,feet first.The orc landed with such force that Shantae could feel the tremor.The
orc then rose up again and resumed its floating position.Just as Shanate started venturing ahead,
she then noticed something rustling on the treetops.It had eight legs,plunging downward on a
thread.Shantae recognized the creature as a huge spider which had one eye looking around.Shantae
had barely managed to avoid being hit by the venom the one-eyed spider spat out.A crack of her
whip-like long ponytail made short work of the spider.Then she realized that there were more spiders
like that among the trees.Holding the crystal in her had,Shantae took a deep breath and moved
forward,whipping away any spiders that dropped down from the trees.It was considerably harder
than one would expect but Shantae managed to hold her own,avoiding the spiders' venom while
using her ponytail against them.
After a while,Shantae was resting by a tree after making sure there were no spiders or orcs nearby.
She took this time to examine the crystal she was supposed to take to Water Town.The design that
had been carved into it was clearly very intricate.She began to wonder who could have carved such
a design on a crystal and why.Perhaps she would never know.The only thing that mattered was
bringing it to Water Town.After all,Mimic did say that the crystal did come from there.Soon enough,
she began to think of Bolo.One time she found him girl gazing.She did not find the situation pretty.
Bolo was hardly lucky with girls.Then she dismissed any further thoughts as she settled down for
a nap.An hour or so later,she woke up and resumed her march eastward.After passing a strange
structure built by unknown hands,Shantae finally reached . . .
the waterfalls.
The waterfalls.The first thing Shantae encountered there was a hopping insect -like creature called
a wall hugger.Once again,Shantae's pony-tail came in handy in disposing of the wall hugger.Now
she had to climb down.She leapt from branch to branch.Once she got to the bottom,she noticed
holes dotting the walls.Suddenly,something emerged from these holes : snakes.Snakes that
slithered towards Shantae.Only by kneeling could she dispose of them.However,she was not in a
mood to whip away at snakes so she moved on.Passing through one of the many waterfalls,she
suddenly felt that something was wrong.Her heart leapt as a monstrous head emerged from the
cascading water.As soon as Shantae caught her breath,she recognized it as a waterfall dragon.She
thanked Mimic for teaching her how to recognize any creature that would cross her path.Evevtually,
after carefully crossing several waterfalls,leaping on top of passing logs and whipping away at any
snakes that came out of their lairs,Shantae had finally reached her destination.
Water Town.
At last,she would find someone there who knew about this crystal she carried.Once she entered the
gates,the first thing she wanted to do was soak her aches away with a nice bath.This would prove
to be simplicity itself,for this was not called Water Town for nothing.
The forest beyond the field was thick.Very thick.But Shantae had a pretty good sense of direction
and she knew she was heading east.She also knew there were creatures lurking in these woods.
One such creature was hovering ahead of her.
It was an orc.
A lumbering green behemoth capable of floating several feet above the ground.Suddenly the orc
sped to the ground,feet first.The orc landed with such force that Shantae could feel the tremor.The
orc then rose up again and resumed its floating position.Just as Shanate started venturing ahead,
she then noticed something rustling on the treetops.It had eight legs,plunging downward on a
thread.Shantae recognized the creature as a huge spider which had one eye looking around.Shantae
had barely managed to avoid being hit by the venom the one-eyed spider spat out.A crack of her
whip-like long ponytail made short work of the spider.Then she realized that there were more spiders
like that among the trees.Holding the crystal in her had,Shantae took a deep breath and moved
forward,whipping away any spiders that dropped down from the trees.It was considerably harder
than one would expect but Shantae managed to hold her own,avoiding the spiders' venom while
using her ponytail against them.
After a while,Shantae was resting by a tree after making sure there were no spiders or orcs nearby.
She took this time to examine the crystal she was supposed to take to Water Town.The design that
had been carved into it was clearly very intricate.She began to wonder who could have carved such
a design on a crystal and why.Perhaps she would never know.The only thing that mattered was
bringing it to Water Town.After all,Mimic did say that the crystal did come from there.Soon enough,
she began to think of Bolo.One time she found him girl gazing.She did not find the situation pretty.
Bolo was hardly lucky with girls.Then she dismissed any further thoughts as she settled down for
a nap.An hour or so later,she woke up and resumed her march eastward.After passing a strange
structure built by unknown hands,Shantae finally reached . . .
the waterfalls.
The waterfalls.The first thing Shantae encountered there was a hopping insect -like creature called
a wall hugger.Once again,Shantae's pony-tail came in handy in disposing of the wall hugger.Now
she had to climb down.She leapt from branch to branch.Once she got to the bottom,she noticed
holes dotting the walls.Suddenly,something emerged from these holes : snakes.Snakes that
slithered towards Shantae.Only by kneeling could she dispose of them.However,she was not in a
mood to whip away at snakes so she moved on.Passing through one of the many waterfalls,she
suddenly felt that something was wrong.Her heart leapt as a monstrous head emerged from the
cascading water.As soon as Shantae caught her breath,she recognized it as a waterfall dragon.She
thanked Mimic for teaching her how to recognize any creature that would cross her path.Evevtually,
after carefully crossing several waterfalls,leaping on top of passing logs and whipping away at any
snakes that came out of their lairs,Shantae had finally reached her destination.
Water Town.
At last,she would find someone there who knew about this crystal she carried.Once she entered the
gates,the first thing she wanted to do was soak her aches away with a nice bath.This would prove
to be simplicity itself,for this was not called Water Town for nothing.