'Sam', Ryuu called. 'What is it Ryuu', Sam asked in surprise since Ryuu rarely talks. 'Go to someplace where you can practice. Sam went to the forest and after ensuring there was no one in the vicinity, "Okay, I am here".
Ryuu took the form of a small child and greeted Sam with a high five. "What do you want to do here, Ryuu", asked Sam. Ryuu started talking with a serious tone, "I have been seeing you fight in situations where one bad step and you would have died. And I believe that it will continue in the future. Bam", Ryuu made his right hand into a gun and fired at Sam.
"Time has come I lend you hand for situations like this, where you can fight confidently", Ryuu then told Sam that the pendant he is wearing is actually a token that allows the owner to connect to the underworld. A passageway of sorts.
Underworld is a place where dead live and it is a cruel world filled with many mysteries and evil. No living thing can cross to underworld and no dead can leave underworld except for the token which makes this possible. Ryuu continued telling his story of how he was defeated and sealed inside the sword. And since the sword housed him for so long it was perfectly capable of withstanding the heat of Ryuu's power, the black flame.
"Wait a minute! The black flame is your power?", this was new to Sam. He always thought that the black flame belonged to the sword. "Yes, since you made a contract with me I share my powers with you. But your body is not capable of handling my powers that is why the sword protects you by forming an armour around your hand. It is the swords innate skill. When you will fully master it you can create a full body armour and control the flames more properly".
It was slowly starting to make sense, in his last transformation he could make the shape to be an armour. An armour, Sam imagined himself in an iron man like suit and, "hehe", slowly started laughing.
"Continue", Sam told Ryuu. "Huh, okay. So the first step is for you to master the sword properly. I will guide you but you must train with diligence", Ryuu snapped his fingers and Sam's pendant started to shine and the sword slowly came out. Sam pulled the sword out and waited for further instructions.
"Okay, so the first step is for you to make a connection with the sword...", like that Ryuu started training Sam. They would train and hunt monsters along the way and slowly and slowly Sam was able to handle the transformation. Now he was fully capable of wearing the armour but only able to maintain for five minutes after which the strain put his body through intense pain.
"Good, now you are more than capable of fighting enemies much stronger than you but you must be wary when using the sword. It will try to take over you", Ryuu warn Sam of not overdoing it.
Sitting under the night sky and watching the stars, Sam felt peace for the first time. This armour is amazing, it is made up of Mistelien, that is only found in underworld.
----hidden base of organization
Two men could be seen walking hastily and entered a room where three people were sitting and talking. The three men stopped talking and brought their attention to the two men that entered.
"Good day, masters", the two men greeted the other men. One of the master raised his wine glass hand and the two men continued, "Our communication with the White Ghost has been cut off and his doll also burned up".
"Dead, huh!", another master stood up and asked angrily.
"We have been feeding a weak rat. Looks like we have to retrain each and every one of them", the third master added while taking a sip of his wine.
The messenger continued to give him the details of the situation hearing which the masters were not pleased. "What are your orders for the future", asked the second messenger.
The masters started thinking for a second and the first on got up from his and went to the bar, refilled his glass and took gulped the whole drink down.
"Put a bounty on the kids head and let loose the other dogs. Whoever brings our goods back will be awarded double the amount and his rank upgraded", he went back to his seat.
"Yes master", the tow men took their leave and hurriedly closed the door.
Clouds of trouble were now looming over Sam
----Sett
Sam's journey took longer than usual because of all the trainings he started doing and reached Sett in forty fifth day. He went to the inn to surprise Mia but found that both Mia and Rose had gone on a quest outside the town for a few days. He decided to hit the bed and think about everything later.
Unknown to Sam, three foreign people entered the city to look after Sam. One was a blonde woman, and the other two were twins. They worked for the organization and came to hunt down Sam. Unknowingly they also took the room next to Sam's room.
In the evening, Sam came down for the dinner and asked the owner his usual order. The three assassins were also eating dinner at the same time and their table had one empty chair.
"Can I sit here", Sam asked permission to sit next to the blonde woman. "Sure, it is empty", the blonde woman replied with a smile. They all continued eating their food in silence when one of the twins spoke, "Are you new here?", asking Sam this question since it was the first time them meeting him.
"Yes", Sam replied not understanding the question well. He thought that she wanted to know whether he lived here, but he didn't.
"Why", Sam asked her. The girl hesitated for a moment and said, "nothing it's just that you look quite familiar". They continued eating their food in silence.
After the dinner, Sam went out for a walk and saw a flyer, "Harvest festival. I would like to see how they celebrate festivals here".