Chapter 7 - Wilderness
This was Kano's first time out in the wilderness, surprisingly. She did not know the area and had to use a useless piece of map. Wow.. I cannot believe I'm actually going on an adventure again.. When was the last time I went on an adventure? Oh right.. it was before I became a miner.. when Kenny was still here with me- She caught a lump in her throat, the kind you get when you try to hold back tears. I will not think about Kenny.. I will not think about Kenny.. But how can she not? Almost all of the adventures she'd been on was with Kenny. They always did every possible thing together to have fun.
A gang of skeletons trampled toward Kano for trespassing their area, and with Kano's rune longsword, she slashed them all without a scratch on her sword. Wow.. I haven't realized how much stronger I've gotten since I last fought and trained..
She went deeper in, killing every possible creature that came in her way. Still, they were no match for Kano. This is the wilderness? It doesn't seem so scary as I thought it would be.. pathetic. Kano wandered around, passing by a few corpses. Ughh.. that is so sickening.. I wonder how those got there.. looks like.. from humans.. She gasped. Kano suddenly remembered what her friend, MiMi, had warned her about. "Clans kill other clans out here! It's like a war! You could get killed out there!" She gulped. Crap...
Walking slower each time, she looked all around her carefully. The only thing that guarded her was her new, store-bought rune armor, her trusty rune longsword, and a sturdy rune kiteshield.
"..Help...!" A badly wounded warrior gasped for air. Kano ran over quickly and asked if she could be in any help.
"Yes, please, heal me before-"
A sharp blade had touched the pure flesh of Kano's neck. Kano gasped and did not dare turn around to see who it was.
"Step away girl, or we will kill you, too. This wounded bastard must die for our revenge." The clan leader looked about twice the size of Kano, a level 110.
"S-s-sorry..." And she ran as fast as she could, hoping to never see them again.
Omg.. now that was just too close.. She heard a loud scream of pain. She quickly turned around to see what it was, and from a far distance, she saw the poor, wounded warrior stabbed again fatally by the clan leader. She closed her eyes, who couldn't believe she eye witnessed that just now. This is hell..
She traveled deeper in, and after a forest clearing, she saw something that had made her eyes widen with hope. It was a mine full of adamantite rocks. What seemed to be like days, she was desperate to go back to mining again. She ran to the mine, but then..
"READY! AIM! FIRE!" Kano ran back and hid behind a tree. An actual clan war was taking place. Mages versus archers. Spells were casting in such a chaotic matter, and so many arrows were being shot every second. After only a minute, most of the people were wiped out, and the ground was flooded with fresh blood. A mage accidentally aimed his spell at an adamantite rock and the mine blew up, killing a lot more people. (Haha, sorry people.. I know.. more mine explosions.. I'm trying to stop that, okay?)
One of the archers got too close to the mine explosion, and his left leg got blown up and it went flying straight towards Kano, who was still behind the tree watching everything. The bloody leg landed right on Kano's shoulder and she screamed like she never screamed before and quickly brushed the leg off. DISGUSTING! (copied this part from a bloody war movie I watched several months ago..)
The archer clan leader heard the scream. "Who's there!" Kano quickly covered her mouth. Damn it...!
A few remaining archers got their ammo ready. The archer clan leader repeated himself. "Who the hell is out here?"
Run, Kano, while you still have that chance! But the other part of Kano didn't want to. Stay where you are, Kano, they could hear your every move, and just remember, you're not as skilled as they are, so be prepared for the unexpected. Kano backed away slowly. She didn't know where to go, or what to do. She thought as long as she would stay away from the war, she would be fine. She kept on backing away when she heard something behind her.
"Well, well, well. Look who we have here." Kano turned around with fear written all over her face. It was the mage clan leader, and behind him were 5 remaining mages.
"Let's go kill this pretty noob for the fun of it! Can we boss! Pretty please?" The other mages agreed, too. Kano was paralyzed, she was shaking so much, and she couldn't think straight. She closed her eyes. Is this it for me? Is this really the end? ...No wait! This cannot be the end for me! I made that promise with Kenny and I am not going to break it any time soon! Tears were rolling down from her face. She was trapped. She couldn't possibly escape with 6 powerful mages, including the clan leader.
Kano whimpered, who kept on backing away. The mages got their spells ready to use on Kano. The clan leader shouted to his clan,"Okay, guys! On three, we fire! One...! Two...! Th-" A poisonous dagger was thrown perfectly at the mage clan leader's chest. The mages around the leader gasped in horror and looked around to see who did it.
"Stay away from the girl. Or we'll kill you all in a blink of an eye," Kano couldn't tell who it was, he had a hood over him, covering his face, but the voice was definitely from a boy about her age.
"Hahahaha! ..You're funny kid. You think you can beat us! You may have gotten our leader, but we're just as good!" The mages got pissed off and the spells that they have prepared had gotten stronger and bigger in size. Every one of the mages had glowing fireballs floating on the palm of their hands, about the size of a basketball.
"Yeah.." The kid snapped his fingers, and his clan had, somehow, appeared right behind him. It had about 50 powerful warriors in it, and half of them were Runescape's well-known legendary warriors. All of the warriors drew out their swords, ready to fight.
"Pfft.. warriors.. only a bunch of weaklings here!" The mages shot out their magic attacks. A huge explosion had occurred, since all of the mages fired at once. Once the thick smoke had cleared...
"WHAT THE HELL? NOT EVEN A SINGLE SCRATCH ON THEM? HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?" The mages had lost all of their confidence and slowly started to back away from the opposing clan.
Before anyone got to kill any of the mages, they escaped by teleporting to Varrock. Kano was still standing there, still paralyzed with shock. Then, in a matter of seconds, she fainted.
"Somebody please treat her! Get her some of those herbs we packed! Hurry!" The warriors obeyed their clan leader and got right to work.
After a couple of hours, Kano awoke after a curing treatment that regained all of her conscious. "You guys, she's awake!" The clan leader walked by and sat right next to her.
Kano got up and stared at the surroundings. At first, everything was all hazy, but soon, she gained back her conscious and sight. She was confused more than ever. "What.. just... happened?" She saw the clan leader that was right in front of her. She asked him,"I thank you guys for saving me.. but why exactly did you guys do that?"
The clan leader smiled. "I help out people that I know. If I hadn't known who you were, you would've been dead by now."
"...How do you know me!"
"...I fixed your pickaxe about a week ago." He kept on smiling, waiting for Kano to figure it out.
Kano's eyes widened. It was the same exact nerdy-looking miner back in the mines. "Oh! I remember now! It's funny how out of all the times I could've meet you again, it just had to be here in the wilderness."
He chuckled. "True, true."
Kano began to get her hyper self back again. "Oh yeah! I also remembered.. I asked for your name, but I guessed I missed you. So... what is your name?"
"...Matt." He paused, then asked,"What's yours?"
"Huh? ..Oh, my name is Kano!"
"I see." Matt smiled.
"So what are you doing here in the wilderness?" Kano jumped to conclusions. "Oh, let me guess, a clan war!"
"No.. what made you think we came here for a clan war? Was it just because we tried to kill that pathetic mage clan to save you?"
Kano shifted her feet, feeling embarrased for saying something wrong. "I don't know.. isn't that what all clans do around here?"
Matt sighed. "That's what everyone thinks. That's why no one goes here alone. I was very surprised to see you all alone here; it is very dangerous to put yourself in that position, too."
"Yeah, I think I figured that out quite a while ago." Kano lowered her head in shame.
"It's okay, I'm glad that you are okay. Well, me and my clan are here for something totally different from a clan war. You see, I'm the ultimate miner in my clan and the warriors here protect me from any danger that comes whereabouts. I mine the runite ores and then I smith them into extra pair of armor for my warriors. Either that, or we sell them for money."
Kano's eyes widened again. "You mine runite ores?"
"Yeah, all the time!" Then, Matt proudly stated,"I have level 99 mining and level 99 smithing."
"Wow! Someday, I'm going to have those kind of stats! I'm almost there.. I think!" Kano also anounced,"That also reminds me of something. I just recently got level 85 mining, so now I have the minimum requirements to mine those special runite ores!"
"My clan and I can take you there, to the runite ores I mean. Then, you can experience mining them yourself!"
Kano gasped in shock. "Are you serious? You guys can actually do that for me?"
Matt grinned. "Sure, why not?"
Kano danced happily with joy. "This is going to be exciting!"
So the clan, Matt, and Kano headed out once again, going deeper into the wilderness. Surprisingly, they didn't encounter anything harmful. Just a few monsters here and there, but the powerful warriors handled them even before Kano got to notice they were even there.
Going past a few volcanoes, and having a couple of the warriors handle a mob of deadly red spiders, Kano saw a glimpse of two sky blue, shiny rocks. She couldn't believe they were right in front of her eyes. In just a mere couple of seconds, Kano had mined both runite ores, and both were in Kano's inventory.
Kano exaggerated,"This is the happiest moment in my life ever!"
The clan and Matt congratulated her. "Hey Kano.."
"Yeah?" she asked curiously.
"Would you like to.. be our second miner and smither for our clan?"
Kano stared in shock, having never been asked this kind of question. "Well.. I'm usually an independent worker.. and I've never experienced mining for a clan.. but if you guys really need me, I'll be glad to help out."
Matt grinned. "Two heads are better than one, right?"
Kano caught her breath. I can't believe I'm actually working with someone again. What is this feeling? Feeling of happiness and emptiness combined.. Why did this have to remind me of Kenny again? Ugh..
She remembered a past flashback just then.
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"You're not going to mine without me! I.. I know this is all too sudden for me.. but.. I want to help you. Two heads are better than one.. right?"
Kenny laughed. "Yeah, I suppose so."
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"Is something wrong, Kano?" said Matt, worriedly.
Kano stopped thinking and quickly got herself in a cheerful mood and shook her head. "No, no! Nothing's wrong! And yes, two heads are better than one!" Matt chuckled.
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Author's Notes: Woo, longest chapter so far in this story! Hmm... Just like Kano... I have never been a huge fan of the wildy in Runescape -- And after so many tries to mine the runite ores in the wildy without dying.. I only got to mine 4 before I quitted Runescape. Pretty sad... Well anyway, please review! Thanks to all of you guys who has given me a review(s)!