another three hours had passed and they had made it to coast city thirty minutes before night fall.
it was a small city but bigger than village city surrounded by mountains and forestry.
many of the people waved and greeted them as they walked through the grey stoned roads. "I'll go get us a few rooms for the night you all do as you wish but meet at that shop over there in an hour. " vora said.pointing to a small restaurant that was white and blue in color called Shirley's hoagies and soups.
Damon didn't hesitate after hearing those words. he had already begun walking away giving them a see ya later gesture with his hands.
"first time away from village city. hmmmm, where should I go. he was walking down the street when a cow like beast pulling a carriage stopped next to him. "hey young man. you need a ride. Damon looked at the man that had green hair and eyes cleanly shaved with a top hat on for a second and continued walking. hey come on young man I'm trying to make a living. I can take you anywhere you wanna go. I know this city like the back of my hand. he said continuing to follow damon.
please mr. my dad is only trying to get coin to put food in our home. he's really good at taking people wherever they need to go a young girl spoke all of a sudden.
Damon looked again and could see a little green hair girl stretching her little neck up from the window opening of the carriage. he could see a little of her features mainly her eyes as they looked to be hopeful and filled with eagerness. he twisted his lips a little while thinking to himself about how nice of a lure the young girl was.
"trying to sucker me in he added to his thoughts. pleeeease Mr. the young girl added in which Damon folded looking at her eyes again.
once in the carriage he looked at the man with side eyes as if saying. you're a piece of work for using your daughter to help you. while also thinking of the brilliance behind it.
the man just smiled showing all his teeth while tipping his hat toward Damon. "so where to young man. just ride and I'll stop you if something catches my attention. sounds like a plan the man responded.
thank you mister, do you want a snack. the little girl said turning around to look in the back from the passenger side holding a small brown bag full of marble sized dragon head gummies.
Damon declined the little girl offer with a smile while she blasted him with many questions in which he answered with a smile. the girl name was Amelia and she was twelve years of age and very short.
"so mister Damon, you say you are a soul master like my father. what guild do you belong to. I never saw a crest or guild symbol like that before. referring to the blood orange snake head on Damon's hood part of his cloak which wasn't a symbol for their guild.
hearing this Damon smiled while clearing his throat. come to think of it he realized this was the first time he would tell a stranger what guild he was apart of. The Hollow souls which is a new and upcoming guild. he responded with confidence.
"yea, that must be new cause I haven't heard of that guild before. it seems like more new guilds are popping up more and more suddenly the man chimed in listening to their conversation. hearing this Damon became interested. what other new guilds he asked.
well they aren't really guilds, not by law anyway but more people are banding together creating their own groups. unfortunately most of them are bandit groups. it's been terrible over the last few weeks here and getting worse with the robbing. three soul masters robbed me as if it was just a simple day at work. they followed me home one day after I picked her up from school. once we got out this carriage we were confined by sticky black webs. I had to give up all of my hard earned coin for that entire week and now I'm far behind in a few things."
"I tried fighting them off but one of the guys summoned a spider beast that wrapped my daughter up and threatened to let it kill and eat her if I didn't comply. I'm a good soul master but I couldn't do anything about it especially with my daughter's life on the line so unfortunately those meddlesome bastards made it a little rough for us by taking our coins for the week. " he said.
Hearing this Damon was speechless for a few seconds as the man story seemed very familiar. "was it a red huntsman spider. no it was a black web wolf tarantula. the man name was Gavin the thief. that's wat he yelled to me as him and his people took off with our hard earned coin.
Damon hands became tight as he balled them up into a fist. he couldn't believe the same man he had just faced robbed these people and threatened to kill the little girl. "it's ok Amelia I know it hurts reliving what that man put you through. the man said to his daughter seeing her curl up in the passenger seat while hearing her dad tell the story.
"yes don't worry, that man will never bother you again I promise Damon said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. Amelia gradually relaxed hearing Damon's words. call me Milli. all my friends call me Milli she spoke sitting back up.
oh so you want to be my friend, is that it. yes mister if that's ok with you she said with her sparkling jade color eyes trying to sucker Damon in once again. he laughed a little and assured her she was indeed a friend which made her smile.
"my name is Abot by the way Abot holster the man said in which Damon nodded while stating his full name. "wait, Damon blade you're ahhhhh ahh from village city right he asked. yes how did you know.
the man paused and looked off for a moment before answering. Well you're known a little around here. I mean village city trades with coast city and we are not too far away. everyone is aware that village city has been destroyed. Abot said.
Damon thought about it for a second. you must have heard that I was a part of the battle that took place there. ahhh well not exactly. you've been known here for a very long time he said with a somewhat weird and sketchy face. seeing this Damon squinted his eyes.
what do you mean I've been known in coast city. how can that be I haven't been anywhere but village city until now he responded.
Abot looked to the side and then at milli who had a wide eye face expression as well. Damon looked at them both with curious eyes.
" hey what's the deal just tell me already. he said. well they say you're cursed kid. there are actually stories about you. a kid being born that caused heavy rains and damn near flooded village city. most people called you the cursed one.
Damon eyebrows furrowed. are you serious right now. I'm known as the cursed one here as well. he shouted unintentionally. well I don't know but the stories the past few years that blew through here was about a boy named Damon blade the son of a great soul master named Leon blade that lived in village city. they say you,I mean the kid named Damon blade if that's you, are cursed because of your strange powers that seemed to be harmless and pathetic Abot said with an unclear look.
pathetic power that almost drowned out an entire city Damon mumbled to himself as he felt himself getting agitated and then he thought of something. "you know what, yes I am the boy you've heard about and it's true I have strange powers and there was a time everyone thought I would not awaken but that isn't the case anymore he said as an obsidian black and blood orange snake emerged by his side.
this is my soul beast Javalin. Amelia turned around in her seat and immediately turned back freighted and began to shake nervously. "calm down. you're ok she will not harm you. in fact she can be your friend as well if you like.
is she a nice beast. oh she's the nicest you'll ever meet and strong as well. Damon looked at Javalin and nodded in which she moved towards Amelia slowly. it was like Javalin completely understood what Damon wanted her to do. five more minutes down the busy streets and Amelia was rubbing Javelins head and body as she curled up in her lap. it was a interesting scene as Javalin made her look even smaller.
while this was going on Damon and Abot continued to talk and eventually he had decided on a place he wanted to go. " take me somewhere I can sell beast crystals. Damon said this because he wanted to see how much the two prime beast cores were worth. he imagined a pretty good penny since prime beasts were considered top notch.
taking out the crystals he used inspect on them.
{lesser shell wolf beast core°
crystal type ~armored
function ~A strong stone that primarily provides more protection or defense.
{lowly shell wolf beast core
crystal type ~Armored/force
function~ A strong stone that has great defensive ability along with one primary skill.
Damon thought about it for a second coming to the conclusion that force was the synonym for ability and power. he knew this from learning all about synonyms for thousands of words because in his old subconscious space he had to know as many synonyms for the word calm. so this made him intrigued to learn more throughout the years for other words.
he never knew crystals had a type to them all he knew was they could be taken to a blacksmith and formed into a weapon or accessory. he also knew that many were used to power machinery and technology but that was all. he continued to ponder until he received a notification.
Ding! creative breath can be used to manipulate and craft material and weapons from beast Crystals and other minerals would you like to see what can be created with these crystals. the system reads out to him. }
his eyes bulged in his head and nearly choked on his own saliva seeing the message. he didn't know creative breath could do such a thing and thought it was just a passive skill for creating his own attacks making them automated which would let him use his automated attacks without the need to concentrate and control those type of attacks. he could always add more power to them which required little concentration.
he mentally said yes and the tab for weapons appeared revealing two options for him to choose from.
[ reflective shield~ A strong and durable shield with the power to absorb, hold and reflect attacks. all attacks absorbed have to be lesser than its defense for this function to activate and be of use.
craft materials
[lesser wolf shell crystal]
[thirty pounds of cobalt]
[thirty pounds of copper]
[red rum tree bark]
[echo shield ~Accessory type. A shield made determined by the operator's power.
this shield copies the power of the holder creating a transparent shield coated with a thin layer of their power that manipulates the power into sound waves making it difficult for it to be seen.
craft materials
[lowly shell wolf crystal]
[four gallons of pellucid blood]
[four pounds of liquid silver]
[eight ounces of gold dust]
[pellucid beast crystal]
Damon looked at all the ingredients and thought how he could possibly get his hands on any of them. he was planning to take the crystals and see how much money he could get for them but now he had a change of plans. he wasn't interested in the first shield but the second one seemed to call out to him.
"scratch that destination, do you know any places that sell these items he said to Abot while quickly writing them down after he asked for a material to do so with.