Chris wakes up in his room at the Temple. He goes out into the temple dome and finds a servant. "Could you bring me some food?" The servant simply nods.
Shortly after he had finished breakfast, Amelia came to pick him up. "Hi Chris, are you ready to head to the village?" Chris readily went with her.
Just a short walk later they arrive at a small village. It is full of life with people all around doing various work and carrying out errands.
Amelia had said that the village was known for its lumber and that seemed natural now that he was here. There were multiple wagons coming to and from with stocks, lumber, and other wood products.
They walked past a large lumber mill, and several groups of cottages and eventually ended up at a blacksmith.
Amelia turned to Chris and asked. "Is there anything you need?"
"I would like a strong sword, an axe, and a knife.", he answered.
Amelia went to talk to the blacksmith. When she turned to Chris she had a large smile on her face. "The blacksmith has agreed to let you on as an assistant with him. That way you can earn the tools you were interested in. You can start tomorrow."
Chris was a bit shocked at first as this wasn't what he had expected, but it was also quite exciting. "Thank you, Amelia and Sir Blacksmith."
The blacksmith was a tall man with a sturdy build and looked human. Chris had yet to see another Elf besides Amelia.
The blacksmith introduced himself as Thor. "My neighbors jest that the sound of my hammer is like the rumbling thunder."
Chris realizes that they also have myths about Thor the god of thunder.
After visiting the blacksmith they continue through the village and eventually come to a merchant's shop. The merchant waves at Amelia to come in as soon as they come into sight.
"Welcome High Priestess! Would you be interested in taking a look at my latest magic stones?", he said with a warm smile.
Amelia smiles back at him. "Of course my friend, you know me well."
Chris notices that they seem very friendly toward each other. They must have known each other for a long time.
Then a villager a few steps away points to the sky and yells, "What is in that in the sky?"
Another villager chimes in and shouts, "It looks... It looks like a fireball! Run!"
Just moments later the fireball slams down next to the village, to the East. It shatters on impact and smaller fireballs fly out in all directions. One of them lands next to the merchant's shop and the impact sends everyone around it flying onto the ground, including Amelia who was knocked unconscious. The only one left standing was Chris.
A small red creature, maybe one and a half meters tall comes running out from a small crater at the point of impact. One of the villagers has regained his senses, he points to the creature and shouts in terror. "Demon! Imp!"
Chris feels that he really needs magic now. He puts all of his efforts into gathering a small amount of energy in his hand, not at his core like he had been taught. He didn't know exactly why, it was instinctive and simply felt right.
Chris soon releases his energy to form a sphere of light and hopes that holy power will be efficient against a Demon.
An orb of blinding energy bursts forth from Chris' hand and flies towards the demon. Less than a moment later the demon collapses on the ground with a massive hole in its chest.
Chris sighs with relief. The villager who had previously shouted in terror cheers him on and calls him a hero.
Then there is a tremendous growl coming from the East. It shakes the earth and Amelia begins waking up.
Chris rushes over to Amelia and helps her back on her feet. She looks at Chris with worry in her eyes. "That was no ordinary fireball, it was a demon summoning. A dark force is attacking the temple. We must hurry to defend it."
Just as Amelia has finished speaking, they hear shouts coming from the other side of the village. They run toward the blacksmith and find Thor trying to fend off an imp with his hammer. He seems to be doing well, but several more imps are on their way.
Amelia gives Chris a fierce look and starts channeling. Chris can feel the large surge of power filling up her body. Amelia then sends forth five orbs of holy power at the same time.
Each orb hit its mark and five imps fall to the ground. However, it has taken Amelia a great deal of effort to conjure this much magic and she falls to her knees due to exhaustion. She will need to rest for a bit.
The danger, however, is far from over. More imps are coming from the direction of the temple.
The village guards are just arriving at the scene. There are four male guards, two with swords and shields, and two with spears. They each engage an imp, along with Thor.
Three more imps are heading toward Chris and Amelia.
Chris begins focusing energy into both of his hands and soon two orbs fly out and immediately finish off two of the imps.
The last one jumps at Chris with its sharp claws extended and aimed at his throat. Luckily he manages to dodge. Chris pulls out his axe and knife. This time he is determined not to fall with his opponent, like what had happened with the wolf.
Chris chops and slashes at the imp, but his weapons are of low quality. The imp takes multiple hits, but they had barely left a scratch.
Chris manages to avoid most of the imp's attacks and realizes that he was faster than he thought.
However, he had taken a glancing hit to his left side. This would not end well if it continued this way. Eventually, the imp would get the better of him.
Finally one of the guards had managed to defeat his enemy and moved to assist Thor. Together they made quick work of their enemy and moved to help the others. Soon all imps, but the one Chris was fighting had been defeated.
Thor and the guards moved to help Chris who was so exhausted from dodging attacks that he would soon faint.
They came in the knick of time. Just before the imp lunged at Chris' neck one of the guards bashed it with his shield and it flew onto another guard's spear. It was impaled and was soon dead.
The battle seemed to be over and Chris sat down to rest. Together they had managed to slay fourteen imps. Amelia got up and congratulated everyone on their valiant fighting.
"Well done everyone. I know it was tough and for most this was probably more action than you have seen in the entirety of your life. However, the battle is not over yet. See those flames coming from the direction of the Temple? That is not just a fire. With such a large demonic fireball I think there is an imp commander. We must gather our strength and move to defend the Temple! Stand with me and receive the blessing of the Goddess!"
At first, we all looked at her in disbelief. The battle was not over yet, but we had struggled to keep our lives. Then Chris felt a power surge in him. "This must be the blessing Amelia spoke of", he whispered to himself.
With the rejuvenating power of the Goddess, everyone shouted. "For the Goddess!"