Chapter 3 First Job, First Companion
It has been a month since I left. A lot of things can happen in a month. I took out a few bandits and skinned animals for money. I even made enough money to fix my sword and armor. Now my sword's edges are sharp and the point is not blunted anymore. My armor is not rusty anymore and now shines crimson red in the sunlight.
'That must be the town where the bandits are.' I thought, remembering what the bar tender told me. I wrapped my cloak around me and walked into town. I knew that I needed supplies, so I headed to the item store. When I walked in, I saw that the clerk was attending to someone already. The person was decked out in black armor, making him look like twice his size. He wore no helmet and held a rapier in his right hand. He had jet-black hair, purplish-bluish eyes, and snow-white skin.
"Will that be all?" The clerk asked. The man nodded and he paid him. As he was walking out, our shoulders hit each other.
"Watch where you are going." I was about to take my sword off my back and take his head off, but thought better of it. After that he just walked out.
"My I help you sir?" Clerk said, snapping me out of my trance.
"Yeah, I need these items." I handed him a list of all the things I needed. With in minutes, he got everything I need.
"Thank you." I said and paid him. I started to go out the door, but then remembered something. I turned around and looked at the clerk.
"Something you forgot?"
"Yeah, do you know any noble around here hiring people to get rid of bandits?"
"Yes I do. They live in a mansion in the center of town." I thanked the man again, and walked out of the store. When I got to the center of town, I stood before a huge building.
'Whoa!' I thought. Then I thought I might as well go in, remembering that I am here for business, not sight seeing. I went up to the front door and knocked three times. Almost instantly, a person opened the door.
"May I help you sir?" He asked.
"Yeah, I am here about the bandits." I responded.
"Yes, then follow me." I followed him in to the house and he led me to a small living room. As I entered the room, the same black armored man was standing in front of me, talking to the noble.
"Ah, I see that I have another person to hire." He said as he turned to look at me.
"I don't see why you need his help when you only need me." The black armored man said. This guy was really pushing his luck with me. I gave him a death glare but he didn't notice.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, I am not going to hire neither of you if you two are going to fight." The noble said. I stopped glaring at him and turned to the noble.
"Why are you hiring people to get them? And what exactly do you want us to do with these bandits?" I asked.
"Well, these bandits stole some of my jewels and I want them back. Now I will pay you once I get my jewels back." He explained.
"OK, but you don't have to pay me. I will do it for free." The black armored man said.
"Alright then, now you two get to work." With that, the noble pushed both of us out the door. Turning to the black armored man, I decided to make friends with him, seeing as we are working with each other.
"I guess we will be working with each other, I am Alberto Fireblade." I said as I extended may hand. He just slapped it away.
"I don't work with anyone but myself. You are just a tag along." He said as he started to walk away. Trying to control my temper, I followed him. We stopped in front of what looked like an old abandoned warehouse. We stopped near the side of the building and put our ears to the wall, thinking that maybe we could hear the bandits. We waited a moment, and then we started to hear voices. By the sound of it, there was about 4,5, maybe 6.
'This is going to be easy.' I thought as I moved my ear from the wall and started to the front door. The black armored man moved his ear from the wall and ran in front to stop me.
"What are you doing?" He said in a whisper.
"How good our you with a sword?" I asked.
"I am very good with a sword." He said with an insulted look on his face.
"Ok, I figure there are about 4,5, maybe 6 bandits in there. You get 3 and I get 3. We can get all of them if I go in through the front and act as a distraction and you can get them from behind." With that said, I moved to the front door. I opened the door just enough so that I could squeeze through. I hid behind a stack of boxes, waiting for the right time. I took a quick look and saw that there were 6 bandits. I then notice the black armored man was across the room from me. He gave me the thumbs up, signaling that he was ready. I nodded my head and we charged them. The bandits were shocked, and we took two of them out before they even drew their weapons. During the fray, this bandit charged me. I knocked the weapon in his hand away. I then slashed him from his left thigh to his right shoulder. Then, I slashed him from his right thigh to his left shoulder. I then slashed him across the chest and finished the combo by slashing him straight down his chest.
"Burning Star!" I said. The bandit fell dead in front of me. I looked around for the other three bandits. I saw that the black armored figure was fighting two of them, but where was the third? I then saw him sneaking out the back door with a chest under his arm.
"I am going to get him. Follow me when you can." I yelled at the black armored man and ran after the bandit. I chased him down alleys, through streets and buildings. We eventually ran out of town and to a farm. He tried to slow me down by throwing a burn out at me, but he missed and he hit the farms barn. After he threw the burn out, I threw my sword at him and it went right through his chest. I went over, took my sword out of his chest, cleaned it on his shirt, and then turned to look at the burning barn. I eventually met up with the black armored man and went back to the noble. He paid me and I went back to the farm. I gave the farmer the money from the noble and told him to rebuild his barn. As I left the farm, the black armored man was watching me from behind a tree.
"And where are you going?" He asked.
"Why would you care?" I questioned back.
"I would like to know where you are going. A great man like you should not be traveling alone." He said.
"And why am I a great man?" I asked.
"I saw what you did with the money and I saw your sword skill today against the bandits. I would like to join you." He said. Is he serious?
"You sure?" I asked.
"There is no other person that can guard my back better then you." He responded.
"Ok then, let's hit the road. By the way what is your name?" I asked.
"My name is Brad Darkstar." He said as he extended his hand. We shook hands and that was how Brad joined me on my journey.
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FlamingHero626: I couldn't think of a good way of writing the additions, so don't sue me! Please review
It has been a month since I left. A lot of things can happen in a month. I took out a few bandits and skinned animals for money. I even made enough money to fix my sword and armor. Now my sword's edges are sharp and the point is not blunted anymore. My armor is not rusty anymore and now shines crimson red in the sunlight.
'That must be the town where the bandits are.' I thought, remembering what the bar tender told me. I wrapped my cloak around me and walked into town. I knew that I needed supplies, so I headed to the item store. When I walked in, I saw that the clerk was attending to someone already. The person was decked out in black armor, making him look like twice his size. He wore no helmet and held a rapier in his right hand. He had jet-black hair, purplish-bluish eyes, and snow-white skin.
"Will that be all?" The clerk asked. The man nodded and he paid him. As he was walking out, our shoulders hit each other.
"Watch where you are going." I was about to take my sword off my back and take his head off, but thought better of it. After that he just walked out.
"My I help you sir?" Clerk said, snapping me out of my trance.
"Yeah, I need these items." I handed him a list of all the things I needed. With in minutes, he got everything I need.
"Thank you." I said and paid him. I started to go out the door, but then remembered something. I turned around and looked at the clerk.
"Something you forgot?"
"Yeah, do you know any noble around here hiring people to get rid of bandits?"
"Yes I do. They live in a mansion in the center of town." I thanked the man again, and walked out of the store. When I got to the center of town, I stood before a huge building.
'Whoa!' I thought. Then I thought I might as well go in, remembering that I am here for business, not sight seeing. I went up to the front door and knocked three times. Almost instantly, a person opened the door.
"May I help you sir?" He asked.
"Yeah, I am here about the bandits." I responded.
"Yes, then follow me." I followed him in to the house and he led me to a small living room. As I entered the room, the same black armored man was standing in front of me, talking to the noble.
"Ah, I see that I have another person to hire." He said as he turned to look at me.
"I don't see why you need his help when you only need me." The black armored man said. This guy was really pushing his luck with me. I gave him a death glare but he didn't notice.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, I am not going to hire neither of you if you two are going to fight." The noble said. I stopped glaring at him and turned to the noble.
"Why are you hiring people to get them? And what exactly do you want us to do with these bandits?" I asked.
"Well, these bandits stole some of my jewels and I want them back. Now I will pay you once I get my jewels back." He explained.
"OK, but you don't have to pay me. I will do it for free." The black armored man said.
"Alright then, now you two get to work." With that, the noble pushed both of us out the door. Turning to the black armored man, I decided to make friends with him, seeing as we are working with each other.
"I guess we will be working with each other, I am Alberto Fireblade." I said as I extended may hand. He just slapped it away.
"I don't work with anyone but myself. You are just a tag along." He said as he started to walk away. Trying to control my temper, I followed him. We stopped in front of what looked like an old abandoned warehouse. We stopped near the side of the building and put our ears to the wall, thinking that maybe we could hear the bandits. We waited a moment, and then we started to hear voices. By the sound of it, there was about 4,5, maybe 6.
'This is going to be easy.' I thought as I moved my ear from the wall and started to the front door. The black armored man moved his ear from the wall and ran in front to stop me.
"What are you doing?" He said in a whisper.
"How good our you with a sword?" I asked.
"I am very good with a sword." He said with an insulted look on his face.
"Ok, I figure there are about 4,5, maybe 6 bandits in there. You get 3 and I get 3. We can get all of them if I go in through the front and act as a distraction and you can get them from behind." With that said, I moved to the front door. I opened the door just enough so that I could squeeze through. I hid behind a stack of boxes, waiting for the right time. I took a quick look and saw that there were 6 bandits. I then notice the black armored man was across the room from me. He gave me the thumbs up, signaling that he was ready. I nodded my head and we charged them. The bandits were shocked, and we took two of them out before they even drew their weapons. During the fray, this bandit charged me. I knocked the weapon in his hand away. I then slashed him from his left thigh to his right shoulder. Then, I slashed him from his right thigh to his left shoulder. I then slashed him across the chest and finished the combo by slashing him straight down his chest.
"Burning Star!" I said. The bandit fell dead in front of me. I looked around for the other three bandits. I saw that the black armored figure was fighting two of them, but where was the third? I then saw him sneaking out the back door with a chest under his arm.
"I am going to get him. Follow me when you can." I yelled at the black armored man and ran after the bandit. I chased him down alleys, through streets and buildings. We eventually ran out of town and to a farm. He tried to slow me down by throwing a burn out at me, but he missed and he hit the farms barn. After he threw the burn out, I threw my sword at him and it went right through his chest. I went over, took my sword out of his chest, cleaned it on his shirt, and then turned to look at the burning barn. I eventually met up with the black armored man and went back to the noble. He paid me and I went back to the farm. I gave the farmer the money from the noble and told him to rebuild his barn. As I left the farm, the black armored man was watching me from behind a tree.
"And where are you going?" He asked.
"Why would you care?" I questioned back.
"I would like to know where you are going. A great man like you should not be traveling alone." He said.
"And why am I a great man?" I asked.
"I saw what you did with the money and I saw your sword skill today against the bandits. I would like to join you." He said. Is he serious?
"You sure?" I asked.
"There is no other person that can guard my back better then you." He responded.
"Ok then, let's hit the road. By the way what is your name?" I asked.
"My name is Brad Darkstar." He said as he extended his hand. We shook hands and that was how Brad joined me on my journey.
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FlamingHero626: I couldn't think of a good way of writing the additions, so don't sue me! Please review