The mysterious girl that appeared out of nowhere was so fast even I couldn't see her. Her speed was unmatched, I could say that her physical and magic abilities are worthy of the title of mini-god or something like that…
While staring at her I could see that her back had some kind of tiny bits of golden metal attached to her.
Could that be the source of her power?
"Uh…excuse me."
She turned around. Her face was glistening as the sunlight was shining bright on her cheeks. Her hair was long and magenta, her eyes were a sparkling scarlet colour. I started to feel scared and nervous, because I had never seen a girl this beautiful before in my life. I could already tell that it was love at first site.
Although she was beautiful, her clothes were ragged all over like she was in a fight of some kind
Who is this beautiful girl and how does she have such incredible speed?
"Huh?... can I help you?"
I racked up all of the courage I had left and finally spoke to her.
"I…was wondering, how did you do that?"
"Oh.. it was just a simple magic technique."
We chatted for a short while, before when I turned to the other side for a second. When I turned back around she mysterious vanished in a blink of an eye.
"What?...where is the?"
The townspeople were confused to what had happened to the girl. Every single one of the couldn't believe such skills and techniques existed. I was amazed for a moment, but there was no time to wander into every corner of my mind. I continued to search for the 'EL Wond'.
Without any luck it just seemed that the search was pointless. I was never going to find it. Then when I was about to give up a sudden spark occurred inside my head.
*BZZTZ!!*
This feeling was like as if my neurons kept rearranging my thoughts , like they were trying to send a massage. Words began to form in my head that said:
I sense the 'EL Wond' at Xevour Village south from Eldoff Town. You must travel to retrieve it and hurry time is of the essence.
With the spell that was cast on me four months ago I had the ability to decipher coded messages that my neurons formed. The massage was sent from Master Gotei, who used Teleportation Magic to send his knowledge to guide me to the location the 'EL Wond' is currently located.
With the long distance that I had to travel I firstly spoke with a gaunt-looking who was leaving town , to ask for his permission to aboard his carriage. The man stated his price for the I had to travel. In a total of five silver pieces, that I currently had on hand.
It took approximately about thirty minutes to arrive at Xevour Village.
Three centuries ago a village was founded by a certain man called Xevour. He once found a powerful stone called 'The Stone of Might' that had the power to recreate nature and to give humans incredible magic and enhancement. Time passed while the village was peaceful, but one faithful day the village was attacked by a legendary dragon of destruction. Determined to protect his home Xevour faced the dragon alone with the stone. Many days had passed by and Xevour disappeared with the dragon never to be seen again…
For his brave and heroic sacrifice the village elders chose to honour his memory as their saviour and later on the named their village after him.
What a brave and stupid man he was….
...….
As I entered the village I looked around.
"This is Xevour Village….it's…uh.."
The area was demolished and quite destroyed. Houses had crumbled to the ground, farms were burnt to the ground, people were severely injured and some were starving to death. By the looks of the damages it had appeared that the village was attacked either by Demonic monsters or bandits.
*stomp…stomp*
Walking around the village I felt a presence calling and guiding me towards it.
Could this be the 'EL Wond' ?
"Hey…you're the guy from Eldoff Town aren't you?"
When I heard someone speaking to me , I turned around to see who it was. I was shocked to find that it was the girl that had incredible speed that I had previously encountered in Eldoff Town.
"You're the girl that was in Eldoff Town correct?"
"Your were the guy I met. What are you doing here?"
"I was just looking for something, that is somewhere in this village. What are you doing here?"
" I live here.."
"What!"
I was shocked learning that the girl who was so beautiful and had so much potential live in a rundown crumbled village. It made me wonder.
What really happened to this village to end up the way that it is?
"What are you looking for in a place like this?"
"I'm not sure exactly…"
"Huh?"
While speaking to her I felt as if my heart jolted with sudden feelings of nervousness. She looked like a beautiful angel that was sent from heaven to the world to bring love and comfort to all living things.
"Come with me I may be able to help."
"Alright."
I decided to follow her and see where she was taking me, but at the time and moment. It felt as if I could follow her anywhere just to be with her. She took me to a small abandoned shop. Inside of it was filled with magical item and artifacts. It made me curious, that the village was badly damaged but there were powerful artifacts hidden in a small shop
Why didn't they use the items?
It made no sense…
"Why don't you take a look to find what your looking for?"
I strolled around the dark room searching up, down, left and right. I spent almost three minutes searching, until I suddenly found a stick that was decorated and molded. It had rings at the middle and some sort of crystal at the end of it. It felt as something was drawing me to it. I reached out my hand, and from the second I touched It, I felt a jolt of power coursing throughout my entire body.
" This power…. I found it… the 'EL Wond'."
"Was this what you were looking for …it's just a useless stick that was found and decorated."
I quite expected she would think that way, because Master Gotei had already told me that ordinary people might see the Elementor's 'EL Wond' as useless. They did not understand how much power it contained.
"This was what I was looking for… thank you."
"Your very welco-"
*SMASH!*
Suddenly the door was opened with a hard this. A big grumpy man entered the shop and started shouting.
"WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU GET INTO MY SHOP!!!?"
His body figure, his face and his voice fiercely intimidated me. I was too afraid to speak.
"ANSWER ME!!!"
The girl stood up to the man and spoke at my behalf. She tried to explain the scenario as swift as possible.
"Ron! Calm down. He was just looking for an item he lost."
So the grumpy man's name was Ron..
"You know our rules Meli. We don't invite strangers inside our shop. You know very well what happened last time…"
"I know… but I believe this time will be different…please. "
Meli that was her name it reminds me of someone….but who? I don't remember…
The old man Ron began to calm down and allowed me to speak and state my reasons.
"Ok boy speak what did you want?"
"I apologize for this sudden intrusion, I was just here to retrieve the 'EL Wond'."
" 'EL Wond' …is it powerful."
He asked with curiosity while looking like he was plotting something.
" The wond is powerful."
" Well then , if you want the wond you will have to give something back in return."
"...…"
"Sorry kid it's just business."
He stated that to trade for the wond ,I had to travel to the dark forest to retrieve a mystical herb that can heal theinjured and was also able to help regrow their farms to their original states. I was afraid to go to the forest, because in the ancient scrolls at the Temple of Knowledge the dark forest was the home of many dangerous demonic creatures that could kill you the second they saw you.
I was also told that those who venture to the forest either came out with their life essence drained or the never return at all…
"I will go retrieve the herb…whatever it takes…"
This felt like I was in a side story quest of a game where you can test your abilities, but at this quest I could lose my life…..