Leonard and Eredos were right outside of the Winery. Leonard had the instructions in his hand

"Let's see, we have to fetch the wine barrels from the Parma wine house using the beastwain. Man that's a lot of work." Leonard complained

"Stop complaining and let's get this over with. We have to get the wine before the party right." Eredos replied

"Alright let's go."

The walk to the gates was mostly quiet until Leonard broke the silence

"So what brings you to Balandor?"

"I'm just trying to find a place to stay at and to earn some money."

"So that's why you took the job. You know that the path to Parma is crawling with monsters, right?"

"I can handle myself."

"Hold on, let's stop by my place. I have to get my swords and shield"

Leonards house was a simple one. They look exactly like his neighbor's houses. Eredos waited downstairs as Leonard went downstairs. Leonard brought down two swords and a hard leather shield. Leonard tossed one of the swords to Eredos.

"Here you need something to protect yourself. I only have one shield so you should keep the sword."

Eredos looked at the sword for a couple of seconds before taking it out of its scabbard. The blade looked old and was somewhat dull. It looked as if he took it off from a display case. Without a word, he threw the sword away and summoned a sword out of thin air. The sword was thin and was still in its scabbard. The handle and the case were black with silver markings on it.

"Where did that come from?" Leonard asked with a surprised look.

"It's my magic. I can produce any weapon I've seen with the same exact strengths and magical abilities." Eredos replied

"I'm guessing that you're very strong then."

"You can say that."

Leonard got the rest of his supplies and they went off to Parma. They talked about all kinds of things like the famous places in Balandor and Eredos' travels. Along the way, an old man in a dark green cloak passed by them. Eredos stopped and stared at the man. Leonard turned to him

"Hey do you know him?" Leonard ask

"No, but the look in his eyes makes him suspicious."

"Cmon it's just an old man walking by. You see that everywhere."

"Right, let's keep going then"

As they were making their way to the gate, people were running to what seems to be a circus. There were all kinds of animals and sights. All the circus folk wore masks with smile faces on them and had bright colored costumes. Leonard looked amazed at the sight, while Eredos looked like he wanted to kill as he saw the speaker.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Young and old of Balandor! In Honor of Her Highness's coming of age day, I give you wonders aplenty and sights unlike any."

Each of them had their own routine with a huge ball or with something involving fire. Eredos and Leonard stared as they pass by.

"This is gonna some party." Leonard said as he turned to Eredos. Eredos was staring at the circus with hatred in his eyes.

"Hey man, are you alright?" Leonard asked as he shook Eredos. Eredos looked as if he came out of a trance.

"Yeah I'm fine. Let's go before Rapacci kills us."

Leonard continued to walk to the gate while Eredos took one last glance at the circus.

"What is he doing here? I need to hurry back soon before anything happens." He thought

Outside Balandor's Gate

Eredos' POV

We were making our way toward Parma. It was a small village, close by Balandor. I passed by it on my way to the kingdom. From what Leonard told me, it was where we get most of our wine. Speaking of Leonard, just after we crossed the bridge he stopped me and turned to face me. He gives off a small smirk on his face. What is this guy thinking? I notice that he was taking out his sword and shield.

"You said you traveled, right? Then you must've fought against a variety of monsters. Let's have a small spar." He asked

"Might as well see how strong you are, but put the sword down. You look like you're ready to kill me. Here take this." I replied as I gave him a wooden sword.

"Alright. Here I come!"

Normal POV

Leonard charged at Eredos with a thrust from his sword. Eredos side stepped and caused Leonard to fall face first on the floor. Leonard quickly got up and tried to slash Eredos. Eredos kept his sword by his hip and just dodge each attack. After so many missed attacks, Leonard started to sweat and breathe heavily.

Eredos still hasn't broken a sweat yet.

"C'mon Leonard. I thought you were better than this."

"I…haven't *huff even started."

Leonard tried to go for one more attack. Finally, Eredos took out his sword and charged at him. In a flash, Leonard fell to the floor as Eredos put his sword away.

Eredos POV

I turned to see if Leonard was ok. All I did was disarm him. Seems like he still hasn't gotten up yet. Maybe I went a little too hard on him with that last strikeI started to charge a heal spell in my hand and aimed at Leonard. This guy is alright for an amateur fighter, but it's impressive that he hasn't had any training. After a few seconds, Leonard got back up.

"Damn it! You're too good. You should be a soldier or something with that kind of strength."

Just hearing the word soldier makes me tense up and wanting to hurt Leonard. I took a deep breath and calmed myself down. I can't let my anger get the better of me.

"Well now that you're good as new, let's go finish the delivery."

"Alright, I'll show you the way to Parma."

The path to Parma wasn't as far as I previously thought. I taught Leonard how to fight as well. At least now he can somewhat match up to a regular soldier. Good things those Vespids were great for practicing his senses and those kibbles are great for blocking projectiles and striking. Parma is a small as I thought it would be.

"Here we are. Welcome to Parma." Leonard said as he faced me

"Hey! You're on time for once." Said a voice behind us

"Yulie!" Leonard said with excitement as we turned to her.

Yulie had short purple hair. She wore a short dress with long boots.

"How've you been there, Leonard?" Yulie said. She turned to me with a smile "Oh! You must be the new guy. Rapacci told me you were coming. Glad you can make it."

"Thanks. The name's Eredos"

"I'm Yulie. Nice to meet you."

"The wine's all set to go. Follow me."

We followed Yulie and already noticed the beastwain, since it's as big as most of the houses. It looked pretty damn big comparing to our size. It had huge curved horns behind his ears and so many fangs. It looks like a huge man eating cow. Leonard's jaw dropped as he stares.

"You must be kidding." Leonard said with a surprised look.

"What? You thought it was smaller?" I replied with a smirk on my face

"Don't let his looks fool you. He's a big old pussycat." Yulie said as she came up behind us.

"Hey isn't there supposed to be a driver or do we have to do it?" I ask

"Raus said he would be here. He's the only one who can get this fella to pull the wain. It wouldn't move a step without Raus's say so. Sit tight. I'll go find him." She replied as she ran off

"But…Yulie!" Leonard yelled.

"C'mon lets go help her." I said as I push Leonard

We all started looking for Raus. Maybe it wasn't a good idea since I have no clue how he looks like. While searching, I saw Yulie looking stressed out. Might as well go see is she has more info on the guy

"Hey Yulie. You look stressed."

"Well you and Leonard have a very important delivery to do, so of course I would be stressed."

"What else can you tell me about Raus? It would make it a lot easier for me to find him."

"Oh yeah. I forgot to mention how he looks", She looks really embarrassed right now, "He's a Papitaur. He's probably the only one in town. "

"Alright, shouldn't be too hard. Thanks for the info"

"No problem."

"Hey Eredos, can I come with you guys for this trip?"

"I guess. I don't see a problem with it."

"Thanks. It's gonna shock Leonard."

Before I left her, I turned back around

"Hey, how long have you known Leonard?"

"Since we were kids. Why?"

I put on a small smile "You like him huh?" It's funny how she starts to blush when I said that.

"What are you talking about?! We're only good friends, nothing more!" She said in a strong tone

I started to walk away as she stared at me. "Sure you two are. Well lets hurry and find Raus before sunset."

We searched for Raus everywhere and the sun was starting to go down. I went up a hill and found someone lying down on the stump with wine bottles around him. Yulie came up behind me with Leonard following.

"Aha! Raus, you oaf!" Yulie yelled

And in an instant Raus woke up from his sleep.

"Ohh, dear me! Did I doze off again? " Raus said in fear as Yulie picks him up by the ears. Damn she's strong. Maybe has more muscle than Leonard

"This is where you were hiding! I told you not to be late!"

Raus was able to get loose and ran right behind me

"Please don't be mad at me, Miss Julie! I am so sorry!"

"Let's just head back to the wain and get going before it gets dark." I said as I calm down Yulie

We headed back to the beastwain and the sun is starting to set. Rapacci will kill us when we get back. First job and I'm already certain he would beat Leonard. We had to help Raus get up on the beastwain. How can this small clumsy guy boss around a giant beast? After going through a second check to be sure the wine was set, Yulie walked up to us.

"There! Now you're all set" she said

"Boy it's starting to get dark. We'd better haul cast." Leonard said as he looks up to sky.

"Okay, you two, like I mentioned before, Raus here will be driving the beastwain." Yulie said as she went around the beastwain."

"Hello, happy to assist, Chief" Raus said as he was looking down at us, "By the way, if I happen to doze off…again…kindly wake me up before this beastie remembers forgot to feed it breakfast and turns me into a late lunch." He must be really nervous right about now.

"Sure…" I replied

"He's kind of weird, but he gets the job done. Off we go!" Yulie said as she came from the back. I notice that she is set to fight. She has a bow and quiver on her back.

"We? You're coming too?" Leonard said in a surprised tone.

"Well, yeah! I wouldn't miss this party for the world! What, you don't want the extra help?" Yulie sounds very confident in her skills.

"You better take the offer dude. You're kinda worn out from the training I made you go through." I replied. Leonard looks back at me with an angry look in his eyes. I can't help but laugh at his reaction

"Come on; we're late as it is!" Yulie yelled as she got on the wagon

Can't argue with that. Who knows what would happen if we don't get back soon. So as Yulie got on the wagon with Raus, we headed back to Balandor.

I hope you guys liked this. Sorry that the fight sucked but I had to make Leonard look weak since this is the start of the journey. I hope you guys also liked reading from the character's POV. If you guys like this system where I write based off the characters' POV. Let me know. Please review, favorite and follow. Thanks you guys.