Ch. 11: Zedept's Dual Wield and Their First Clue
Volcanic Area
Zedept is holding his greatsword in his left hand in a back grip style and Lyra's long sword in his right hand. Zedept walks towards Lavasioth and it does a fireball attack. Zedept swings his greatsword and blocks it while still walking showing no fear. Lavasioth does a small roar. Zedept charges. Zedept does a cross slash but Lavasioth jumps up and slams down. Zedept dodges in time. Lavasioth swim charges Zedept and Zedept dodges but Lavasioth does a sudden turn and heads towards Zedept. Zedept smirks and places his greatsword over his entire left side at an angle and the Lavasioth swim over it and Zedept slashes it with Lyra's long sword as it goes over him.
Lavasioth flops around. Zedept flips his greatsword to a normal grip style and charges it and thrusts his greatsword into its neck. "Die so my friend can live!" Zedept says and then thrusts Lyra's long sword into its head through its mouth. Zedept pushes the weapons trough Lavasioth all the way in and kills it. "Great job." Lyra says sitting on a rock. Zedept places his greatsword on his back on places Lyra's long sword on the ground.
"Thanks." Zedept said and then carves out Lavasioth's liver. He then picks up Lyra's long sword and walks over to Lyra. "Hand me your sheath." Zedept said. "Ok." Lyra said confusingly. Zedept sheathes Lyra's long sword and places it on his back and picks Lyra up in bridal style. "Wha.. What are you doing?" Lyra asks while blushing. "You can't walk so I'm going to carry you back." Zedept said. "Al.. alright." Lyra said and Zedept carried her all the way back to Novastag.
Novastag Guild Infirmary
Zedept walks in carrying Lyra. The doctor notices them. "Welcome back." He said. He then notices that Lyra is injured. Zedept places Lyra on a bed. "Are you ok?" The doctor asks Lyra. "Yeah." She replied. "Don't worry about her at the moment, here's the liver." Zedept says and pulls out Lavasioth's massive liver. "This will be enough to last us for 5 months minimum." The doctor said. "Go make the cure, I'll take care of Lyra." Zedept said. "Ok." The doctor said and leaves. Zedept leans his greatsword and Lyra's long sword on a wall and walks over to the medicine area and grabs some things.
"Do you even know what you're grabbing?" Lyra asks. "Don't trust me?" Zedept asks as he walks over to her. "I do." She replies. "Ok then." Zedept says and then he takes off Lyra's right leg armor revealing massive bruising around the ankle and the back of her leg. Zedept examines her leg. "Tell me if this hurts." He said as he touches the back of her leg. Lyra flinches. "Yeah." She says. "Knew it." He said. "What?" She asks. "It's broken, Lavasioth must have sent you flying hard into that wall and your leg must have hit it hard." He said. "Yeah, that would explain it." She said. Zedept then takes out some medicine and pours it on a towel and places it on her leg.
Lyra jumps from massive pain. "Hold still, you have some cuts back here and you don't want it get infected here." Zedept said. "I'll try not to." She said. "Lay on your back." He said. Lyra lays on her back and Zedept lifts her leg up some and cleans under it. He then lays it so he's in-between her legs. Lyra blushes a deep red but Zedept continues cleaning the side of her leg. Zedept finishes and wraps it up and then places 2 long and thick sticks on each side of her leg and wraps it up even more. "The sticks are to prevent you from bending your leg, it's broken and your ankle is swollen. We're stuck here for a while anyways so Raylin can recover once she gets the cure." Zedept said.
"Thanks, you sure know a lot." Lyra said. "I had to learn since I was traveling alone." He said. "Might as well take off the armor to be more conferrable." He said. "Ok." She said and then takes off her Rathalos armor. Her undergarment is a top that goes from her neck to the middle of her stomach and is sleeveless, leggings that go from her waist down to right above her knees and sleeves that reach from her elbows to her wrists and its color is black. The doctor returns 5 minutes after Zedept finishes treating to Lyra's wounds. "Here's the cure." The doctor said and injects it into Raylin. "Now we wait." Zedept said.
Approx. 5 Hours Later
Lyra is sleeping while Zedept is sitting in a chair that's in-between the 2 beds with his head cocked a little cause he's asleep. Raylin starts to wake up. "Where… where am I?" She asks. "The infirmary." The doctor said. Raylin sits up. "The infirmary?" Raylin asks. The doctor places his right index finger over his mouth and points over to Zedept and Lyra. Raylin looks over and sees them both asleep. Raylin nods giving a 'I see' look. The doctor went over to her and hands her a piece of paper explaining what they did while she was passed out. Raylin closes her eyes and smiles. "Thanks a lot you two." She says in her head.
2 Hours Later
Zedept and Lyra wake up and they see Raylin sitting up and looking out the window. "I see that it worked." Lyra said. Raylin looks over at them. "Yeah. The doctor told me what you two did for me and about the virus I had." Raylin says. "You're cured and that's what matters." Zedept said. Raylin sees Lyra's leg wrapped up. "Should I even asks?" Raylin asks Lyra. "I got busted up hunting that Lavasioth." Lyra replied. "Now there's 2 people in the infirmary." Raylin says with a chuckle. "But both of you need to take it easy. We can't continue until the virus is gone from your body and until Lyra's leg heals completely." Zedept said. "And what about you?" Lyra asks. "I'll go and meet with the guild leaders about that clue but that's not until tomorrow." Zedept said. "You sure are going to be busy." Raylin says. "Yeah, now you two get more rest, you'll recover faster the more you sleep." Zedept said. "Ok." Both Lyra and Raylin said as they lay back down and gets more rest.
The Next Day
Zedept is in the infirmary checking up on Lyra and Raylin. "Isn't it almost time for you to meet with the leaders?" Lyra asks. "They said that they'll send someone to get me." Zedept says. "An I'm here." A female voice said. They look and sees Misaki. "Time to go Zedept." Raylin said. "I'll be back." Zedept said and leaves with Misaki.
Guild Leader's Room
Zedept is standing in the middle of a big room surrounded on 3 sides by a bunch of old people. "Welcome Zedept." One of them said. "Thank you." Zedept says and bows. "We understand that you and your friends are looking for a legendary dragon." One of them said. "That's correct sir." Zedept said. "We believe that the dragon you are looking for is called Alatreon." One of them said. "Alatreon?" Zedept asks. "A legendary black dragon, in ancient times it said that its power can evenly rival the legendary might of a Fatalis." One of them explained. "It's even with a Fatalis!" Zedept said shocked. "Yes, but no one has seen an Alatreon in many years, many believe that it doesn't exists anymore." One of them said. "Damn it, our only clue and it might not exists." Zedept said frustrated with his head down.
"Fear not young hunter, there might be hope." One of them said. Zedept looks up quickly. "There's rumor about an island that lies somewhere in the middle of the 4 main continents of our world." One of them said. Zedept eyes widened. "They say that island is home of an ancient shrine that houses the location of where you can find the Alatreon." One of them said. "Where can we find this island?" Zedept asks. "We don't know." One of them said. Zedept looks down. Misaki walks up to him and hands him an old piece of paper. "This has been entrusted to the leaders that once ruled here many years ago." One of them said. Zedept takes it. "It may help you." One of them said.
"Go to Garetaten and show that to the guild leaders there." One of them explained. "Garetaten? The Southern Continent's most powerful city and guild?" Zedept asks. "Yes, if you show them that piece of paper and this letter." One of them said as Misaki pulls out a letter and hands it to Zedept. "They will help you." One of them said. Zedept takes the letter. "Thank you all." Zedept said as he bows. "Of course and stay here as long as it takes for your friends to heal." One of them said. "Thank you very much. Excuse me." Zedept said and leaves.
Novastag Guild Infirmary
Zedept returns after his meeting with the guild leaders. "How did it go?" Raylin asks. "Any clues?" Lyra asks. "Good and yes." Zedept said. They both get happy. "Tell us!" They say in unison. "First off, the monster they believe we're looking for is called Alatreon." Zedept said. "Alatreon?" Lyra asks. "I never heard of that monster before." Raylin said. "Second, they believe that it's no longer alive and that the monster died out many years ago." Zedept continued. They both get down about what they just heard. "So it's over then?" Raylin asks. "There's hope though." Zedept said.
They both look at him. "They told me that there's an island rumored to be in the middle of the 4 main continents and that we should head for Garetaten and talk to the leaders there." Zedept explained. "Garetaten?" Raylin asks. "The Southern Continent's most powerful city and guild." Lyra said. "You've heard of it?" Zedept asks. "Yeah but I never thought that I would have to go there." Lyra said. "We set out when both of you recover. The leaders told me that we can stay as long as we need." Zedept said. "That's great." Raylin said. "Let's just hope we don't run into "it" while we're there. There's no way we can stand a chance against "it" with our current weapons." Zedept says in his head.