- Chapter Four -
My body turned into blue fragments and I was instantly transported to a cathedral.
I opened my eyes and was absolutely astonished with the view. Mountains surrounded the city on nearly all sides with a giant open field and trails leading to another town. Birds were sitting on rooftops chirping, and I could literally smell how clean this new world was. Different shops lined a street next to the cathedral, so I made my way to the first Weapon shop I saw. This was supposed to be where Eddie and I were going to meet up, but I didn't see anyone that looked like his old avatar. Either way, his screen name is Ronin so I just started looking for that.
I didn't get far when I heard his voice trying to barter with one of the NPC's.
"Come on man, I only have 1,000 col. Can you cut me a deal?" He pleaded.
"Well, since you're spending so much, I'll let it go for 900 col." The shop keeper said, and Eddie almost jumped in joy. "But send your friends my way!" He yelled as Eddie turned around to leave.
"Going grinding without me, Ronin?" I said, giving him a smile.
"Phat Zeus? Are you fucking serious?" He asked, then busted out in laughter almost stopping the immense foot traffic going on in the street.
"Yeah, yeah. Keep it up and I'll let Sampson take a bite out of your ass." I replied, getting a weird look from him.
"Who's Sampson?" He asked. Then it dawned on him. "Well at least your gryphon has a decent name."
We both laughed. "Whatever. I need some weapons." I replied, walking into the shop.
There was a plethora of weapons covering every inch of the walls and tables. Everything ranging from samurai swords, short swords, long swords, knives, bows, war hammers, battle axes, shields, armor and even starter sets that come with different healing potions and warp crystals. Now, my original plan was becoming an archer. But unlike Ronin, I'm not splurging all of my money on one weapon. Even though the katana he got was pretty badass.
I made my way around to the bows, pleasantly surprised that he had a huge selection. But not so pleasantly surprised that EVERY bow worth a shit was out of my price range. "Guess Ima have to wait on a bow." I thought, so I moved on to the two handed section.
I've always loved long swords, even though I lean towards a stealth archer in most games. But if you can get your strength and agility maxed out, you're unstoppable. So I started looking.
There weren't many decent swords in my price range, so I picked a generic "Iron Sabre" and a few health potions. I thought about spending the majority of my last 100 col on a warp crystal, but I'm a cheap ass that has to have at least SOME money on me, so I decided to leave with the haul I had before putting myself in debt.
"Send your friends my way!" The shop keeper yelled as we left, heading towards our first battleground.