Chapter 9
I do not own Rising of the shield hero, if I did Raph and Naomfmi or whatever is name is would be going out
I do not own Destiny 1 or 2, if I did you could have transferred gear from destiny 1 to destiny 2
Also a reminder that I still need a beta for any of my stories and Rino is going by the name Ino and wearing a cloak to hide her face to avoid being found and attacked on Malty's orders
Ignoring the laughing Ar'na I address the leader of the village "Yes, I have been called that."
"We beg you, could you please heal our sick and wounded?" he begged on his knees
"What sick?" asked Raph
Instead of replying the leader of the village took us to a large tent nearby that was full of people that had twigs? Growing out of them.
"Ok everyone get some herbicide, but I will administer in to ensure the best result."
For the next half and hour I administer cure after cure until everyones bad case of poison ivy was finished, when the last patient was finished I started to put away my equipment.
"Our Savour of the Heavenly Fowl please save our village, I beg of you! When our village was being ravaged by famine the Spear Hero visited and hearing of our plight he went away and soon came back with a miracle seed!"
''Miracle seed, could it be the same seed that was sealed in that chest?' I wondered
Another villager started to speak "At first we were overjoyed and for a while everything went well. Especially with how quickly the plants grew and bore fruit. But then everything changed when..."
"You saw just how quickly they were growing and realised that it would be a problem." finished Ar'na
"Indeed, the vegetation quickly overgrew the village forcing us to abandon it." said the village leader "It was then we realise whos seed it was, you see along time ago an alchemist lived in this area who experimented on plants and created a special seed. When this seed was planted it overwhelmed the local area with plants within a week!"
"Wait there is a local legend about an evil seed and you only get suspicious when shit starts to become over grown?" I ask
When the villagers start to look ashamed "Oh let me guess since a 'hero' brought it should be completely safe." I said sarcastically
"We will pay for the treatments and monster extermination in advance." pleaded the village leader
"Keep it for now, I'd rather have a favour but later if needed I will accept payments in instalments. If you can't pay at the time it can wait until you can afford to, in the meantime I am going to clean up the mess that idiot Motoyasu left." I said as I left the temporally settlement "Are the rest of you coming?"
With that we quickly headed toward the origin of the plants, quickly coming face to face with a monster "Is it just me or does that look like one of the monsters you see in hentai?" I ask
"DO...NOT...START!" said Ar'na firmly
With that Raph and Filo charged ahead to deal with the monster
"Any idea on why they have become so hostile to each other?" I ask Ar'na
"Not sure, but if I had to guess they have some sort of competition for your attention." said Ar'na
"Damn, hopefully they will settle their differences soon. If not I'll have to have a talk to both of them sooner rather then later."
During this Raph and Filo had dealt with the monster, which took longer then I would have thought...it seems that it was resistant to bullets which makes sense. Maybe I should get her a sword for those enemies that would be resistant to bullets and for those close encounters, after that they continued on and tried to take out the monster tree to no avail as it quickly healed all the damage it suffered.
"Hey Ar'na your aim is better than mine so can you throw this bottle at the monster eye?"
"It will literally be no issue!"
Upgrading the herbicide I chuck it to her, she in turn darts forward dodging all the vines flawlessly and throws it directly at the plant eyeball bursting on impact killingly the plant quickly and in a gruesome fashion.
"Wow and I thought Roundup was good at killing weeds." I joke
"Is that supposed to be funny?"
"Is it not? Anyway gather up all the seeds, Ino can you go back to the settlement and let them know that they danger is gone. Also bring some back to help collecting all the seeds, I'm not risking any plants growing from these fruits."
Soon enough Ino came back with some volunteers, with all the help we managed to collect all the fruit before the sun went down, which aside from more arguing between Filo and Raph went without any problems. That night when everyone was asleep I did some fiddling with the seeds using a new bio plant shield and made some modification.
The next morning
"Good morning Callum, what are you doing?"
"Making some adjustments to the seeds, check them out!" as make a hole, put a seed in my mouth and spit it into the hole.
After I cover up the seed a small tree/bush sprouts up and quickly starts to grow fruit, this grabbed the attention of some of the some of the villagers and soon enough all the villages were gathered around us.
"I've spent the majority of the night modifying the seeds, I've modified them so that there will be no more monster plants. I've also removed the mutating ability and increased their fruit bearing capabilities, I've also separated the seeds into two piles. One of them is made up of seeds that will have average growth rate, similar to everyday plants while the other has a growth rate that is much higher so that within a few days you can have crop large enough to live of and will grow to the size of a medium sized bush or small tree. However to make sure none of these take over the country side you have to germinate them by chewing the seed and spitting it out...because you saw yourself what happens when a plants growth is not contained."
"Thank you so much Sir Hero!"
"I'm not giving you this for free."
"But we used almost all our money to pay for the medicine!"
"Not now, I'll come back in a year and pick up a percentage of the profits made from selling the fruit. I'm thinking 5-10% it depends on how the village is going and how much you can afford it."
With that decided we left the village and continued on our journey
"Did you really have to collect so much extra fruit? It is really cramped back here!" said an annoyed Ar'na
"Don't worry we won't have it for long, we will be selling it off to Hickwaal for a decent price."
Sometime later
"These seeds are amazing and the fruit is delicious. How long will it take for them to bare fruit?"
"I didn't want them to take over the market so it will take a year after planting to grow fruit, but after that their production levels will be around the same as peaches, oranges and other similar fruit."
"Still it is quite impressive how you turned delivering herbicide into a profitable business venture! Oh and if your aren't busy I was wondering if you could help me with nothing a job?"
"Another one? What is it this time?" I ask
"I was wondering if you could deliver some items to a inn nearby, normally I wouldn't bother you but I've got an urgent delivery to attend to in the opposite direction and going to the village will take up too much time." asked Hickwaal
"Very well."
After we goods were unloaded and new ones where loaded up we left towards the next village
"Hey Callum I remember hearing that this village has amazing hot springs, do you think we can have a look at them when we get there?"
"Depending how things go we should be able to go."
It did take some time to find the inn in question but with a few helpful passer-by's we quickly found the in.
"This is everything, thank you so much for bringing it so quickly." Smiled the female inn keeper
"Hey daddy the water is sooo warm, can we go to this hot spring now?" asked Filo
"What about you Raph? Do you want to go?" I ask
"Oh I'm really not that interested, but if everyone else want to go I'll come along." said Raph reservedly, quite spoiled by the fact that her tail was waving excitedly
"Its okay Raph, if you don't want to go you can wait at the carriage or look around the town." I tease
"Wwhat! But I..." stammered Raph
"Callum! Stop teasing Raph!" Reprimanded Ar'na "Come on everyone lets go on and enjoy the hot springs."
"I wuv you aunty Ar'na!" running over to Ar'na Filo gives he a hug
Later in the springs
"These springs are amazing! I'm so happy that we were able to stay here, if only Filo wasn't so annoying." said Raph to herself
"Huh whats this?" she asks looking at the statue "The origin of this hot springs and its benefits...which are success in love! A couple that enters this hot spring together will be united forever?" she says reading the plague "Sso if I take a bath with Callum! Nno you can't kiss me...I'll get pregnant."
"Oh really." a voice calls out "So you have a crush on Callum do you?"
"Eeeep!" she cried and turning a round she saw an amused Ar'na, an amused and nude Ar'na with firm and luscious breasts and I tight and firm ass next to a towel covered Ino
"Wwhy aren't you using the towel." Stuttered an embarrassed Raph
"Oh please, when you have a body like mine you don't hide in, anyway don't change the subject. You like Callum don't you?" said a smirking Ar'na
"..."
"Its ok, I understand why you would he is quite attractive."
"You don't have a crush on him too do you?" asked a nervous Raph
"No, I've got my eye on a hot titan back home."
"Titan?" asked a curious Ino
Getting in the hot spring "It's one of the warrior classes were we are from. There are the hunters like myself that are trained to defeat our enemies with the least amount of effort, we can easily survive behind enemy lines without aid. Then are titans, these are the front line soldiers, moving mountains if you will with bodies carved out of marble with muscles so taunt that if you swing a hammer at them you swear it will shatter into a dozen pieces..." trailing of in thought as she day dreamed about a wall of hot man meat
It was Raph that broke her out of her fantasy "And what is Callum."
"...Sorry what?"
"What is Callum?" asked Raph again
"Callum is a warlock, a sort of blend between hunter and titan. A hunter has speed and cunning, Titans have strength and determination and you could say that Warlocks have cunning and determination, able to bend light...similar to your magic however they want to easily affecting any battle the fight in. They do not have the strength of the Titans or the speed or agility of the hunter, for a Warlock their most powerful weapon is their mind! Also if you are interested in getting Callum I'd suggest you start now, he is one of the most eligible men where I come from and for the moment you have no competition and since your new at this I'll give you some help. I'll start by giving you the 'talk'." At this Ino blushes a bright read
"What talk?" asked a confused Raph
"You don't get pregnant by kissing, you get pregnant by..."
Over in another hotspring
"IT DOES WHAT"
"Huh I wonder what that was about? Oh well I doubt its important, hey Filo come over here so I can wash your hair."
"Yes daddy."
After a nice long soak we went back to the inn, for some reason though Raph couldn't look me in the eye for the rest of the night.
"Hey Ar'na whats wrong with Raph?"
"Oh just a talk about the birds and the bees."
"What?"
"Oh and she has a crush on you and I'm going to try and help you two get together." finished Ar'na
"...why are you telling me this?"
"Well for one thing, you really need to get with someone, I'm actually surprised you still single and honestly I quite like Raph. She is an intelligent and beautiful young woman and for why I told you it was for a number of reasons, one I am a hunter and we always love the chase and your not exactly the most wise when it comes to a woman's feelings. Any how good night."
