Hello dear readers for the next installment of my writing spree.
In this chapter... It's a case of GTFO really, nothing more to say, hope you all enjoy it.
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[David P.O.V.]
"Okay." I said as I looked at the gathered team as we stood at the front gate of the village, "Are we all ready?"
"I'm ready." Mia said.
"As ready as I can be this late at night." Axel yawned as he stretched, "Remind we why we're leaving at midnight?"
"Because my cousin, not David, really hates staying up late." Sadie said, "So where are we heading?"
"Not here." I said waving my hand, "Let's get out of the village first, it'll be safer to speak out there."
Everyone nodded and we slipped out of the village, as quickly as we could because I really don't want to be anywhere near my sister or her friends, for the sake of my sanity.
We ran own the road in the field for a few minutes, taking down a few Skull Servant's in our path as we did, though only we only got one card from them, before we finally stopped by a cliff side.
"Okay..." Mia said as she panted, "Where are we running to?"
"The one place I hate above all else." I said taking a seat, "A Cave."
"Do you really expect to find a town in a cave?" Axel asked raising an eyebrow, "Because we can't live in a cave itself, too many monsters would keep spawning."
"It's in the guide." Sadie said, "Am I the only one whose read it thoroughly? This is just like real life in a way, get enough materials and people and you can build a town, then you can call in the Admin's so they can officially recognize it as a town. Someone's got to have chosen to build underground."
"And if they didn't?" Mia asked, "And don't forget I need to fly, these wings aren't for show you know!"
"You think mine aren't either?" I asked flapping my wings, "And if they didn't we are running for days on end and hunting down the main city."
"I'll take the cave." Mia said slouching, "Where is it then?" She asked leaning onto the cliff wall...
Which promptly collapsed behind her, causing her to tumble into a tunnel.
"Let's start there." I said summoning my Head Huntress, Axel summoned his Avian and Sadie summoned her Fortune Lady Wind.
"Ow..." Mia groaned, her Harpy Lady being summoned as it had somehow landed on her Bracer.
"You okay?" I asked Mia up.
"I've been better." Mia said, "I wish I could see though..."
We were all silent for the moment... I sighed, "Let's find some wood and something to light it with, I may have night vision but I'm not leading everyone on with them holding my tail."
Thankfully making the fire was easy, as Axel had an ability to create a small electrical jolt, which was more than enough to light a dead branch on fire and we wandered into the tunnels.
"Pretty quite in here surprisingly." I muttered, "And I swear someone has carved arrows into the rocks."
"What?" Sadie asked looking at me in surprise as she held the torch out to me, "Where?"
I took the torch and lead her to the wall, "Here." I said pointing at it, someone had carved an arrow into the rock with I'm assuming their claws.
"Maybe someone did leave make a settlement down here." Axel said.
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Wandering the tunnels for a while, we surprisingly didn't encounter much in the way of monsters, just a few Skull Servants and Dark Bats, Mia choosing to keep a Dark Bat card for herself.
Soon we found what we hoped would be civilization.
"I'm sorry, but does this old door have to be surrounded in bones?" Sadie asked as she held her staff ready.
"What do you expect? It's Grave Town." A woman's voice, said rather lowly behind us.
"AAAH!" Mia shrieked as she dove behind me as we turned around.
The woman behind us was... Well to be honest, goth. She was a Zombie type considering her skin was looking green at held together in places by stitches, she was wearing black leather armor and had a scythe on in her hands that had a skull at the top of the handle, with the blade coming out below it.
"Who are you?" I asked as I noticed Sadie had joined Mia behind me.
"Just call Rott..." The woman said, "It's my last name, and I prefer it over my first."
"Okay... Rott." I said, "You said this was Grave Town?"
"Yep... Door is unlocked so you can go in if you want." Rott said as she walked past us and opened the door, leading us in.
Grave Town was... Creepy.
Most of the buildings were made of dark colored wood and had bones for decorations, thankfully someone was going around regularly and lighting up the torches in the town so anyone can see.
"You wouldn't happen to know how Grave Town was created do you?" Axel asked as we followed Rott through the town to get a feel for the creepy place.
"Well, Pops made the place a couple of years before I was born." Rott said, "He decided to build a small town just outside the Catacombs because that is actually a fairly tough area for one so close to Starter Village. In fact most of the houses are decorated in the bones found in the Catacombs so you can relax, we didn't rob any graves."
"That's... Better. I guess." Mia said as she withdrew her monster, prompting the rest of us to do the same, "So what are the Catacombs?"
"A Dungeon." Rott said, "Mostly Zombie Monsters in there... And I guess a few bats... Probably a few bugs too now that I think about it."
"Huh... Interesting." I said noting this, hoping there is a Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon in there.
"Our town also has the unique Bone armor and weapons." Rott continued, "A bit on the expensive side, but they are surprisingly better than most other weapons in towns up until you get to the main city of Condoor."
"Condour?" I asked, "That's the main city?"
"Yep." Rott said shrugging, "Woulda lived there myself, but I hate heights. Later..."
We stood there for a moment as we were confused at what she meant, "What did she mean by heights? is it on a mountain or something?" Sadie asked.
"Probably." Axel said, "I mean if it's a flying city I'll my hat."
"You don't have a hat." I pointed out.
"Then I'll buy a hat and eat it." Axel deadpanned, "Anyway, let's check this new town out."
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You know what, I think I'll just call this chapter here.
I've been lying down staring at that last line for a couple hours now and I just can't think of a good follow up for it so I'll just end the chapter here and pick the story up at another time.
Anyway as you can see, we've reached a new town, and this one will be the groups main base of operations for a while, until I decide they are ready to head to Condour.
And yes, they will be exploring the Catacombs, that's pretty obvious.
Anyway, remember there is a Character Sheet you can access through my profile if you wish to make your own character for this story, just remember to PM them to me and I bid you all a good night.
