“The Menial goals in life, are the only goals that allow you to reach your destiny.”
-Akiarious
Mathy got out of bed to realize, he was stripped down into nothing but his underwear, after only seeing men so far, he could only think of one thing. “Perverts.” But that thought quickly was replaced by, alarm, as he heard something crash outside the hut, he then quickly got dressed, and headed outside, it was nearing nightime, and it seems a local drunkard, passed out right into a barrel. If that's any sign of things to come, it was going to be a long night of investigation.
“Where is the first place I should investigate, From here I can see a pub, and a library, I'm sure the library would be closed at this hour, perhaps I should try the pub.” Mathy then started to walk over to what seemed to be the biggest pub he has ever seen, for such a small village, that is an odd site indeed. I suppose, people in such a small village don't have much to do besides drink, and eat.
Mathy then entered the pub, to see a glorious spectical, of stage dancers, and entertainers, and an aroma of fresh seafood. He then realized he hasn't eaten in a while, well any good food at least.
“Perhaps I should try some of them clams I'm seeing everyone else eating. . . BUT I DONT HAVE ANY MONEY DO I!!!” After shouting that aloud, everyone looked at him, glaring in confusion, after a moment of awkward silence, Mathy quickly receded into the nearest chair at a small booth area in the corner of the room. When a gorgeous blonde haired female began to walk over to him, expecting her to be a waitress, he began to say, “I'm sorry I don't have any mon--. The woman then stopped him in mid sentence, and said, “If you need money, I have one simple task you could do for me. Ill give you plenty of florins, so you can eat here every day for a long time.”
“What is it?” Mathy asked curiously.
“All you have to do is travel to a town that's close by here, and pick up a package for me, upon returning, I will give you your florins.”
“I would help you with it, but I'm in the middle of looking for my lost family.”
“I've heard why your here, and if you help me, I might be able to lead you in the right direction...”
“ YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT MY FAMILY! IF SO TELL ME NOW!”
“No, do this for me, and you will get your just deserts.”
“Fine. How do I get to your city, and where is your package.”
“All you have to do, is leave the city to the north, and once you reach a fork in the path, head east, and you will reach a bridge, follow the path from there, and you will reach Evona in no time.”
“Go now, The mayor of the town holds the package, and hurry back.”
“Cant I eat first?”
“NO NOW GO!!!”
“Alright fine...” Mathy gets up from the booth, and begins another quest, this one, although a lot less important that the one he is on now, could be a large stepping stone, into solving the quest he is currently worried about.
“Wow I've been walking down this path for almost an hour, and I've yet to come across a fork in the road, I hope she knew what she was talking about, when she sent me out here.”
Mathy continued to walk for a couple more hours, albeit a bit slower, due to his legs current strength, he then thought of giving up, and going back to Wokia, to force her to speak, but then he thought about the florins he could get from this as well, and thought better of going back.
“Hey there it is, finally, a fork in the road. And there appears to be a sign.” The sign read, WEST, Nothing, EAST, Wokia-Evona Impasse.
“Well this must be the right way, I guess Ill go east. But I find it rather odd, that they would have a sign up that leads to nothing. Haha. Well it only signifies, the weird time I've been having.”
He then walked for about one hour, covering a bit more distance that he made before, as now he has been affirmed that the woman was in fact not lying about the directions. Then he finally found his way to a river, a really rather large river, one that he could not pass by himself, the river seemed to lead through some high mountains. He then scanned across the river to find only half a bridge. And a man standing atop the bridge, Mathy yelled out to the man, the man quickly winced to see who was yelling and replied.
“YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AQUA SANA, THE BRIDGE FELL APART! JUST HEAD SOUTH ALONG THE MOUNTAIN SIDE YOU WILL FIND IT SORRY!”
“UH, ALRIGHT I GUESS!” Mathy yelled back to the man, as he realized detours always take forever... He began to walk away as night finally fell, onto the land. He wasn't tired so he felt like walking farther to cover more ground. As he was walking in the midst of the night, he began to hear footsteps, slow footsteps, that seemed to be dragging along the ground as he walked, he turned around and stared into the darkness, and a shadow emerged.
“L-Lawliet? Is that you?” Mathy said, with a slight notion of trembling across his lips.
“Yes.” Replied the shadow.
“What are you doing all the way out here Lawliet? This has to be 15 miles away from the village!”
“Im just wandering around.”
“What? Your wandering around in the middle of the night?”
“Yes.” Lawliet said, and without saying another word, he slowly walked away from the spot in which he stood. And left Mathy blank, as he went of into the middle of the night.
“How odd, I wonder what he was really doing all the way out here. Well I better keep moving on if I expect to ever reach this Evona place. Oh? What's that on the ground. It looks like a torch? Did Lawliet leave that there? Well I better take it along with me.”
Mathy then picked up the torch and continued on until he reached a small cavern like opening.
“This must be it. Aqua Sana. I've never went inside a mountain before, This Ought to be interesting!”
Mathy then walked in Unknowing of the many perils that awaited him within the cavern. Also an encounter, that will show him just what it means, that he has taken the responsibility of finding his family. As he entered, he began to notice, that the cavern was dark, with a colour of toxic purple, there were many geysers of bubbling dark miasma. The smell of the cavern was dark and dingy. How could this possibly be a suitable detour for any passer by. He then began to walk through the first large windy area of the cavern, it seemed that the bare minimum of carvings, that formed stairways were created as to be the only sort of comfort this place could offer. As he continued through, he began to hear voices, curious as to what those voices where, he got as close as he could to the scene, without being noticed.
“Do you think anyone's around bro?” Said one man, dressed in a uniform colour of green. Also sporting a green bandana that covered his hair.
“No I'm sure we weren't followed.” Replied the other, who was dressed in a similar uniform, except his was orange.
“Good, what do you think we should do next? We have a big meeting today, we should come up with something, that way we will make more money next month, if we can think of something that works.”
“Well, here's my idea, why don't we urge the orange and green groups, to pillage the town of Evona. The town is full of riches, and would be perfect for our band to raise name, and get a nice amount of gold on the side. It would be perfect, and we can always tell all the grunts that we need to pillage the town, in order to get the food we need to survive! Its the perfect plot.”
“Your right, were gunna get some nice bonuses this month ha-ha.”
“Well we better go, Ill meet you at the camp in 3 hours.”
“OK.”
Mathy waited for an extra 2 minutes to ensure that the coast is clear. Then he continued on, many paths twisted and winded, as he delved deeper into the cavern of aqua sana. The only lights, were stone statues, that emitted an eerie blue light from the bases of them. Mathy stopped just before he heard more voices, this time the voices were alarming, as if something had happened.
“We think someone overheard a conversation we had earlier boss.”
“Well then why didn't you catch him?”
“We didn't want to take any rash actions without your knowledge boss.”
“Well you need to find him and catch him now. Dead or alive. Now go.”
“Alright Boss.”
Mathy, overhearing this, hides behind the side of the entrance way to where the people spoke, his heart began to race. “Could they be talking about me?” He thought, as he frantically thought as to how they could have seen him.
“THERE HE IS, HES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT ENTRANCE, GET HIM!”
“But how? How could they have seen me, well I guess the only option is to fight!” As he pulled out the only item he had capable of fighting... His wooden sword. As he turned to confront his attackers, he seen 2 men, both dressed as he had seen before, but both were in red outfits, along with two wild looking dogs. When above him, a long black item came from the ceiling, and hit him across the head, then into his hands as he caught it. It seemed to be a sword. He quickly looked up to see one eye staring at him from a crawl hole in the ceiling. Then the eye and whoever possessed that eye quickly dissapeared into the crawl area above him. The sword was fashioned in a dense Eastern style, and curved much like a katana. Mathy unsheathed the blade, of which the blade had an inscription on it.
“To the wielder of meaning. To the possessor of power.” Directly below the inscription were many different coloured encrusted gems. Mathy thought to himself. “This is a pretty nice sword to just be throwing at people. Well I hope I can use it right.
“GET HIM!” The men shouted as the dogs both lunged at Mathy with a fury of two great demons. And at that moment, Mathy slashed, then in one moment the entire room glowed red, and temporarily blinded him. After the glow dissipated, he seen that both of the dogs were dead, sprawled out on the ground in front of him, torn in half.
Both men stepped back in the spectical they just witnessed. Mathy then looked forward, and stared at the men, as they quickly turned and ran off into the darkness. Once Mathy seen that he was safe, he dropped the sword onto the ground and stepped back. He was completely unsure of the power he just used that could rip through both of them dogs asunder.
“Wow... Was it the sword that could produce such an energy? Well in any case, this is the best option I have, if I'm going to make it through this cavern alive.” He then retrieved the sword from where he had dropped it, and continued onward. It appeared that a river also flows through parts of the cavern, as there were many areas separated by small wooden bridges. Its almost as if a group of people have taken shelter here, and are trying to keep the place stable. He walked through many different walkways with no other signs of life, and the cavern kept getting darker and darker, in fact it became so dark, Mathy had to use his torch once again. He sheathed the sword and placed it on his belt. When he lit the torch, it appeared he had entered a small dark corridor, that was merely hollowed out like a cave, there were no real formations on any part of the walls or ceiling. He continued walking down the path until he heard footsteps coming from either direction.
“Oh no have they trapped me? Really? Are they this clever? Who are these people?”
“We are the Thieves guild, and you just stumbled onto our main camp. We don't put up with interlopers so its time for you to die.” A man said as he walked up behind Mathy, who took out a dagger and pointed it to the back of Mathy's neck. “Do you have any final words before I kill you?”
“Yes. Yes I do, my family is missing and your blocking my way!” Mathy then pulled out his sword, and threw it into the air, then he swung around with his hand in the air, he caught the sword and knocked the dagger from the thieves hand.
“Hmm, it seems you have some skills with that sword, you better be careful, or you might get cut.” Then the thief pulled out a long sword, and began to show a demonstration of his skills. At which, Mathy swung his sword in a mighty fashion, which cut through the Thieves sword and cut through his chest. The Thief began to bleed profusely as he fell to the ground.
“Wha, what kind of power is that. Who are you...” Then the thief died. As his body slumped to the ground with a thud.
“To tell you the truth, I'm not sure who I am right now. Not anywhere on this planet have I seen such a power come from a sword. I don't know if its fate that I wield this sword, or if any man can use the sword in this fashion. That's just not my concern at the moment, I must continue on with getting this package, so I can finally find my family.
Mathy then sheathed his sword and kept moving through the corridor until he reached another area, it was really large, and there was a gushing waterfall that whipped through it. There were also many higher up, balcony like ledges, that had holes jutting into them. And in front of him there was a narrow pathway, that was succeeded by a very dark passageway. He quickly figured that it would be a perfect place for an ambush, and he would have nowhere to run. Seeing no other option, he continued to walk forward, only with a sense of caution, and his hand was tightly grasping his sword. He squinted very hard, as he was trying to peer into the darkness for any sign of movement. He did not see any, and continued to walk forward until he reached the narrowest part of the path, where the waterfall was closest to him. When he heard several loud thuds, from either side of him. Then from behind him a hand grasped his sword from the hilt, and ripped it from his own hand, and unsheathed it. Doing this made the now weapon less Mathy almost fall into the waterfall. He regained his footing and turned around. It appeared to be a man dressed in complete orange, but he garnished a small emblem that must have signified that he was some sort of general, or leading man.
“Looks like you have nowhere to go. You put up a good fight, but now its your time to die.” The Orange dressed man then threw the sword off the side of the path, and right into the waterfall. He then motioned several people dressed in red to come forward on both sides of Mathy. The only action Mathy could take now was to pull out his wooden sword, and attempt to fend off the assailants. As the men began to walk onto the narrow pathway, the ground began to shake. Then it collapsed, sending Mathy and two of the men dressed in red to fall along with him.
“Am I going to die here?” He thought to himself as all he could hear was 2 men screaming as they fell to what would appear to be there deaths. The fall seemed to take minutes, but in reality it only consumed at the interval of ten seconds, as they all landed into the water below. The blow was hard on his body but, he was able to gain his bearings, and he swam as quickly as he could to the surface. He then seen a pathway on the eastern side of him, and he quickly swam to that location, and got out of the water. He then waited to see if the thieves were to reappear as well. After one minute they did not appear. Mathy then began to walk away as he realized that his sword was thrown off the waterfall as well. The sword was vital to his survival, and he thought the better of it, and decided to dive into the water to retrieve his sword, and then continue on.
“Hmm, I wonder why those men didn't reappear? I wonder if the impact killed them. Well at any rate, here goes nothing!” Mathy then jumped into the water, and began to swim to the bottom. It wasn't that deep as he quickly reached the bottom of it. He then scanned the surface area and did not see his sword. When in front of him he began to see a huge shadow growing bigger and bigger, then from the shadow teeth appeared, and within the teeth were the mangled bodies of the two men who were dressed in red. As the rest of the being appeared, Mathy spotted his sword, lodged within the right eye of the now fully uncloaked beast. Mathy was beginning to run out of air, as the beast spotted him, and started to rush for him. Mathy began to panic as he was beginning to shake from lack of oxygen, and the beast was nearing his destination. He decided that the best course of action would be to quickly swim to the side of the beast and grab the sword, right as the beast opened his mouth to consume him. The beast was huge in stature, but as round as a bubble. Its eyes were huge and green, and menacing. Its skin was slime green and silver in colour.
“Alright now is the time.” As Mathy swam as fast as he could to the right of the beast, just as it opened its mouth to claim its prize. Then Mathy grabbed the sword, and the monster began to turn about violently. Mathy then clung his body to the sword, and stuck his feet directly into the eye of the beast and kicked out. The sword came undone as the monster roared in agony, and its eye began gushing red and green liquids from the wound. Then it swam away as Mathy rushed to the surface. Just as he began to see the surface his lungs began to gasp for air, and he inhaled a very large amount of water, then he reached the surface, and began to cough intensely. Blood and water gushed from his mouth as he treaded his way to the side of the water, and he slowly got out and sprawled onto the ground. As he kept coughing, the entire surface of the water then turned green and red, with the various liquids that the eye of that monster poured out. Then as if it was an acid, the water began to boil, and gush into the air. Mathy the decided that it may be best if he left here before that thing came back. He then slowly stood up and began limping down the path.
“Wow. Just how many more weird things am I going to see here before I leave. I've had more than enough of this place to last a lifetime. First a trap, then an ambush, and then I almost drown, trying to get my sword back from some weird fish thingy. Im definatley going to ask for a lot more florins from that lady.”
The path became narrower, and eventually turned into a corridor, being cautious of another trap, he kept his sword unsheathed and in position to strike if need be. He kept walking weakly as he was still in bad condition from the water and the fall. When he came upon an opening, within the opening was another area that had a small river like expanse flowing through it. And on a rock wall to the side of the river, was what appeared to be a switch. And just after that appeared to be another corridor. He leapt across the small river, and continued to investigate the switch. It was more than a switch, as it also had a small 3 digit dial upon it, and a keyhole. Underneath the switch a small message read.
“Place the key in, and enter the key, then the switch will work.”
Having no key, he figured it would be best to continue on, and see what he could find. So he paced on, into the next corridor. He walked for what seemed to be 10 minutes, until he seen light.
“Could this be the way out?” He said aloud as he began to jog, and eventually run until he reached the opening. Then he fell with one tremendous thud, landing just in the middle of the are that separated the cavern, and what appeared to be the outside world.
“Oh no, I forgot about the condition of my legs. I sure am weak, I should have rested longer. But if this is fate, I met that lady just at the right time for this. I need to continue on.” Mathy then slowly stood up and began walking once again. The land he saw in front of him was a large expanse of green lands, it was a very flat area, with little to no trees or formations to speak of. The rest of the way to Evona should be a cake walk from here. He then remembered the conversation the two thieves had from earlier. He heard them speak of pillaging Evona, He began to walk faster, as fast as his weak legs could take him. He realized that many peoples lives could be at steak if he doesn't warn them.
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