CITY OF ORARIO
THE BIG DAY :
BELL POV
Hello my name is Bell and My journey to the of Orario was rather uneventful and short and It took a good three days from my old village, if I kept my current pace and It should have been less than that, but I didn't see the point on rushing; the dungeon that made the city so famous wasn't going anywhere. There were other reasons that made Orario famous too; a lot of Gods and Goddesses lived there and That was a very big reason why the place was so famous. It was where adventurers gathered to achieve their dreams, and fight for the God's blessings and they Dreams of wealth, fame, power, women or men depending on your likes and sexuality at best That's what I've been told by Grandpa and he told me that this is where I can become a hero and have things I want. And Yes, there were very many different reasons one became an adventurer at day and age.
I was no exception at this situation My grandfather, before he passed away, used to fill my head with uncounted heroic tales and Stories of epic adventurers that saved princesses or a fair maiden from some horrifying monster, and how that girl would fall in love with the adventurer and Somehow he always managed to tie in women or harems in each of his stories. It was a talent of his, if a useless one. He said: 'A true man doesn't just shoot for one woman, but desires a harem.' Now that doesn't sound all that bad, being a young male such as myself and Having multiple women around that cared for me and wanted me in such a way was an attractive idea.
My grandfather made sure that I'd always shoot for a harem. It seemed like that was the only way to please him at times. He also strongly encouraged me to talk to both women and girls. It wasn't an occasional thing either; he pushed the idea ALL THE TIME and do this day I still don't know why.
I did have one question though! I had put a lot of thought into this question too. I had never asked my grandfather this question before because it might make me look unmanly in his eyes. That was the last thing I wanted my grandfather to think. But the problem was a deeply puzzling one: I'd heard most men had a problem handling just one woman. If that was true, how the hell was I supposed to handle an entire harem? Better men than I have tried and failed. While I will definitely try to accomplish the goal my grandfather gave me, I have little confidence in succeeding.
If I was to go by what my grandfather told me, he wouldn't upset if I wasn't a very successful adventurer. If I had a harem I was golden in his books. Him and that damn harem. It had to be his favorite word; he absolutely loved the meaning it held. I was raised to pick up women, he'd even given me a guide book on the subject. It was most likely written by him too. I had no idea how he'd obtained this information, or if any of it would even work on the opposite sex. My grandfather was an odd individual, to say the least. A good man though! He was someone that I greatly respected.
That said, he was a bit of a hothead at times and quite forgetful. His personality was that of the wind, always changing. I still remember the stupid arguments we would have. One of our most memorable arguments had been - enlightening. I believe I labeled it as the: "Egg incident".
"Oh come on!" I'd yelled rather loudly. "I'm telling you those big eggs did not cost hundred and twenty-eight vails, it was totally two hundred and eighteen!" I glared at the older man, known as my grandfather. He'd obviously forgotten that, and when I tried to correct him on the real price, he started an argument over it. He should have known better!
My grandfather was sitting across the table from me matching my glare with his own. "And I'm telling you that they cost one hundred and twenty-eight vails. I was the one that put them into the cart in the first place!" He stated the last as a fact. A fact I could disprove rather easily!
"A grandpa Have you lost your marbles ? That didn't even happen." He outright refused to believe my answer. I knew I was right too! I'm always the one who pushes and loads the cart.
"I'm always the one who pushes the cart! I know what I said!" I argued back not losing any momentum. His insult to my memory wasn't going to help him here, he wasn't baiting me with that like he always did. I was so gonna win this one, that was for sure. He knew damn well I have one of the best memories around."Yeah, you always push the cart, away from me!" he shot back, "Ditching me to look for some other crap."
"Oh my God," I face-palmed, giving up on the conversation entirely. ' you know I was planning to ditch you because it takes you ten years to move from aisle to aisle at first! You can't decide on anything! That only proves I was the one to get the egg's' as his grandfather though, and grandpa are you still in the meat aisle!" Hopefully, that would be the last nail in the coffin.
I should have known better.
"But where does all the meat go now ?" he asked. I was so done after that question. I'd won since he changed the subject, anyway.
Yes, we had some rather interesting... debates. I would take that particular one to the grave too. I knew for a fact that those damn eggs cost two hundred and eighteen vails. It wasn't my fault he put the wrong numbers around different places.
Anyway, my name is Bell Cranel. I'm a five foot-five inches, fourteen-year-old male, with white hair and red eyes; often compared to a rabbit based on my appearance and Such a comparison did bothered me at first and now it's doesn't really bother me much now, rabbits were fast and agile. I wear a hip length brown coat with a black patch just below my right shoulder, over a long sleeved black shirt. I also wear black pants, a beige belt with a silver buckle, and brown shin-high boots. For weapons, I had a long combat knife on my left side, it was a gift from a friend before I had left the village.
Huh, I guess I do really look like a rabbit, a rabbit with a sword-err knife cool !
Well, girls liked rabbits because they were cute and cuddly. I'd heard that from some of the girls in my village when I was growing up. Never you mind the hunter girls! Those girls would want to play tag, and not in a good way. 'Catch the rabbit,' the game was called. I was always the damn rabbit. The game was simple: just me running away from a bunch of tomboys that wanted to tackle me into the ground. It always ended the in one of two ways, either my getting away because of my speed, or being dog-piled. My grandfather called me a lucky son of a bitch, I had no clue why. He wasn't not the one coming home tired and beaten."What the hell was I just thinking?!" I practically yelled at myself. Man, that was a weird thought. I can't believe I considered those girls could like me so much. Man, the faster I get in that Dungeon, the better.
It was true that I wanted to become an adventurer to meet girls, but there was also another desire. I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to save people, protect them from monsters. I wanted the whole world to know of the adventurer named Bell.
Bell: the amazing, the strong, the fast, and the 'Rabbit'! Sure a rabbit wasn't all that intimidating, but it was fast and could easily get away from danger. That's all that mattered to me. That, and the name kinda stuck to me after having so many people call me that from my hometown.
As I walked down the dirt paved road that led to the city, I could make out its massive tower that reached to the heavens. It was known as the world's largest tower, the Tower of Babel. I heard it used to be much shorter, but when the Gods descended to Earth, they'd decided to make the tower larger. Kind of funny that the tower had originally been meant do just that, reach the heavens, to reach the gods. Yet in the end, the gods came to man.
My grandfather had told me a lot about the city of Orario. Regrettably, most of what he told me was the names of Goddesses and their chest sizes. I was rather young when he had first told me about the place, I'm still able to remember that a goddess named Freya is considered to be the most beautiful among the Gods and Goddesses, and is said to have the perfect body. My grandfather's never ending facts of useless information were like a waterfall. It just kept gushing over the side of a cliff into a massive pool of wasted potential and fruitless information.
I could feel my stomach tossing and turn as the fifty-meter tall wall caught my sight. I could easily see it almost impossible to climb. The wall was smooth, made from strong rocks and stones with guard posts all over its heights. Orario was truly an impenetrable fortress, built not only to keep people out, but to keep the monsters in, should they try to escape the dungeon. The god's didn't mess around when they built things. They had to make everything majestic and built to last since, well, you know, they're everlasting. They will never die, so why would they want things that fell apart? They didn't.
It was as I got extremely close to the gates of Orario, that I noticed my comparatively small stature. Next to the buildings, the wall, the Tower, I was an insignificant ant before Orario. This was how I felt, completely lost as I stood before the gate. I hadn't the faintest idea of what I should do next. All I had in my mind at the time was to reach the city. I hadn't planned that far ahead. The lack of foresight was humiliating.
This wasn't how I expected my great adventure starting off. Racking my mind for an answer, I came decided to get acquainted with the massive city, starting with obtaining a map. It was a good start. Yes, that would do quite nicely actually. If I had a map, I could learn where everything is located. With this in mind, I kept my eyes peeled for a vendor as I entered into the city.
That was then when I felt something wash over me. I don't know how to explain it, but it was almost like something had just searched me. It didn't feel like a person's gaze; no, it felt like a small gust of wind. It was cold on the skin for a second before it completely disappeared and The sensation felt odd, and completely unexpected.
'Just what was that?' I asked myself, probing my mind for an answer of some sort and My brain came up short, however. I ended up shrugging it off and continued on my way into the city.
To my amazement, the peaceful atmosphere that nature had surrounded me with before entering was swept away by the aura this place held. It was such a massive change too. The quietness had been replaced like an empty cup, suddenly filled with the hustle and bustle of the common day folk. Merchants of all kinds waved for attention, calling to would be shoppers. Stores and restaurants stationed members of their staff outside their doors, trying to bring the crowds to their businesses. Adventurers hanging out with their fellow peers, passed time before entering into the dungeon, and street entertainers showed off their skills in various ways. It was a totally new experience for me.The sights, the smells of various foods filling the air, and the loudness of pedestrians going through their daily lives baffled my senses. Growing up as a country boy that lived in a small rural village, this flurry of activity was completely new to me. There weren't nearly this many people in the streets of my old home. Orario was just so much more lively, yet it definitely didn't give off the same vibes that my old home did. It felt more... unfriendly, dangerous, like something terrifying hid below the surface. It could have been my imagination as well. Nerves getting the best of me in my awestruck state.
I didn't really have to look long to find a street vendor selling maps of various places. I noticed that the maps were of the dungeon below, hiding under the surface of the city. The man wore a long red and gold cloak of sorts, a hood that covered most of his head, and just to hide his face even more, a black ski mask that covered everything but his light green eyes. I could also see his footwear consisted of black boots. I suspected that he may have armor under the cloak - he was an adventurer.
"It would seem my merchandise has caught your attention," he spoke up first.
I scratched the back of my head sheepishly, "Uh yeah, I'm kinda new here to Orario, so I was-"
The man seemed to catch my drift right away, almost like it was a common thing dealt with on a daily basis.
He cut me off with a raised hand, "So you were looking for a map of the city Orario, are you?"
I nodded at the man's question.
"Yes, I have a map of Orario. They're usually the cheapest kind of maps one can buy," he took a map out from a box on the ground under his stall.
I smiled brightly hearing the word 'cheapest'. It meant I wouldn't have to be spending much on a map leaving me with more-
"However," I had to jinx it didn't I? "My maps have been completely updated to last week. Unlike some people who will try and sell you a map from eight years ago."
I blinked looking stunned, "People would try and sell me a map from that long ago?" I asked. I really didn't want to believe that people might try and take advantage of my situation as a newcomer. The guy in front of me seemed trustworthy, though. He merely nodded in answer to my question, "Well thanks then for the information!"
That was when something clicked in my brain. This man looked pretty shady, now that I really looked at him. I decided to voice my concerns. "Well I'm grateful and all for your help, but you seem preettty shady covering yourself and all." I sent him a suspicious gaze.The man didn't react until he started laughing, "That is a good assumption, however, you'll find I've been here on this spot for three years and have built quite the customer base." He wasn't aggressive at all. No, he seemed more amused that I'd actually used the information he'd given me on himself.
I rubbed my chin in thought. "May I see your map, first?" I asked curiously. This was my end game solution. My memory was so good that once I read or saw something, I could remember it like it was yesterday - but it's a rare gift. So rare that the merchant didn't see any harm in showing me the map. He unrolled the map, placing it on the stall counter. I cast my gaze along the map's surface, memorizing every marking. Orario looked to be cut into eight different sections, eight pieces like how someone would cut a pie. I pointed to the map, "Where are we exactly?"
"We are here, at the 'Suzuki Map Bureau' on Condish Street." The man pointed to the street that we were on. He held out a hand for me to shake. "I'm Suzuki Moto, and this is my shop."
Take the man's hand in a handshake, "I'm Bell Cranel, an adventurer hopeful."
I looked at the names over the stores along the street, and noticed that all of them matched the names on the map. It was a legitimate map, at least current to when the shops had been built. The seller gave me a knowing smile, and rolled up the map. "As you can tell Bell-san, it is not a fake and one hundred percent accurate."
'Hmm, he noticed me looking around the area to make sure it was real or not. He's got a very good eye for detail. Which only makes me believe his map work is perfect.' I sighed. Technically, I'd used my gift to take advantage of the man's hard work. I now knew where everything was, though I had no idea what of what any of it looked. I also had to have a picture in my mind of the places, before I could definitely state that I knew where everything was. Well I guess I had to pay for it. "How much is it for the map?"
"It costs five hundred and seventy-five vails," Suzuki informed me. That was kind of up there to my mind, not cheap. I almost thought it to be the normal price, not cheap. Err whatever, I'd just pay for it. I'd still have around eight thousand vails left.
I took out the requested sum from my money sack, and put it on the stall counter. The man checked the money, and then handed me my new map, a map that I didn't really need. I put it into my backpack, and heard the man give me a, "Thank you for your patronage."
I waved back before going on my way. Now that I knew where everything was, it would make my next step pretty easy: find a Familia to join and That was my next step and The sooner I found a place to stay, the better. No one wanted to sleep on the streets their first night. I should have had planned things out a little better. I was too naive to not even think sleeping on the streets might be a possible outcome. It was a good thing that I had all day to find a Familia to join.
And I can't wait for my hero story to begin.
After the camp
Rocky terrain
Jaune pov
"No...! Get off me now .... !!!! Get off !" Jaune s ears picked up screams from far away and he stopping him self quickly in his tracks and this maked Erebus jerk forward quickly and grunting at the change of speed all of sudden.
"What was that for now ?" Erebus groaned as adjust himself on top of him jaune just ignored him and kept on looking at the direction of sound he heard.
"I hear screams in that direction and Someone is screaming for help and we should help them out" Erebus looked around trying to listen to his surroundings but no avail He couldn't hear anyone's.
"I can't hear anything at all, and either way, why should we even help them? We don't owe them anything first of all" jaune looked at Erebus with wide eyes It was like he growing another head before he started to glaring at him and Wasn't he the one that wanted to do good too Then what was all that speech for? He thought.
"Hey Erebus ! Didn't you want to do good too since Evil and Good are two sides of the same coins ?" Erebus froze at that revelation he remembers he did say all of that and now he was denying it He just, before sighing.
"Yeah... you're right I am Sorry, I kind of thought that out of my base nature sorry" as Erebus continued to rub his head with his hand as he nodded at jaune before taking off in the direction of the screams off despair.
FIVE MINUTES LATER:
As they got closer to the sounds, As Erebus started hearing it too and before they knew it, a wagon got into there viewpoint and What the song next was Little concerned that wagon was covered with blood all over it is he saw multiple bodies after bodies for decapitated and, originating from the driver that was missing his hand alongside a slit throat, of him and he was laying on the wagon itself, slowly letting the blood drip down the side, covering it half completely ask so many others corpses alongside them blood was all over the ground as there intrios and other body parts like their stomach that lungs in their body parts for everywhere as the return apart limb by limb.
As their eyes turned to the side, their eyes widened with recognition On what they were seeing.
"I will be damned! It's our resident idiot knight From earlier!" Erebus exclaimed, as recognizing the plated armor that was shining in the sunlight off the battlefield.
In behind of him was a woman in her mid thirties, on the ground as she was protecting a little girl, most likely her daughter who might be basically at the age of 13 and In front of her was the knight and holding a shaky sword with his shield imposition to protect them and, pointing his sword at 13 other people who were surrounding them.
"Seems like he's trying to protect her from them and Judging from their situation and other company attire.... Maybe bandits?" Jaune asked as Erebus nodded at him and He quickly got off jaune's back. Jaune was about to take action as he put his spear out to lunch them but before the 'knight' spoke, making Erebus laugh at him.
"Thou are not worthy of my blade, Fiends!" He spoke with an extremely heavy accent.
'What was this now? The barbaric age of kings and knights show ?' Erebus asked himself within his thoughts while he laughed.
"Great... he even speaks like a Valen knight now... Just great," jaune muttered before shaking his head at him and He quickly launched his spear at them has one of them get imperial in the chest and he brought out his twin sword and brought himself towords his targets. The bandits leader turned around to see where did comrade went and why is he impaled to the ground and where the hell did a spear came from away, and he started to wonder is he getting ambushed by an enemy camp or did one of those familias found us as he was on his guard now. As he was looking around for answer what he found was one person on a stupid Sandy hills wearing black clothes basically a suit that was Erebus, laughing like a mad man, and next him was no one, As he just kept on looking then all of sudden two of his man who we're close to the driver body were sent flying into the wagon.
"Huh?" The bandit who seemed slightly larger then his friends started heard sound behind him and turn around looked behind him, to see that they were 5 now instead of 10 there were gone and that the others sudden two who was beside him sudden had gone through the cloth covering the wagon and lying unconscious or dead by the other sides.
"What the hell!" one bandit screamed
" What's going on !!!!! " Another bandit screaming
"Boss! What are we sup-" That person was interrupted by a knee in the face, and for a split second, the leader saw a silhouette of blue eyes and blonde hair.
"Who's doing this! Show yourself and be a man!" He screamed in provocation, hoping for it to work but it's definitely didn't work as his man we're dropping left and right.
"Gah!"
"Phuuu..."
Two others guys were knocked away unconscious or they're dead and leaving only one remaining then all of a sudden they started to panic The icing on the cake was that whoever that black haired guy with a nice suit was, he was laughing at them like crazy.
"You- hahaha- You're all getting pummeled by a by a big yellow rabbit-hahahaha" Erebus said through his laughs, and this was confusing the bandit leader even further.
*Crack*
The bandit leader looked behind him, only to see his two bandits sudden disappeared showed up again but their bodies were impaled on the ground with their weapons beside him that were not knocked out, were now on the ground big bandit, face... inside the ground, and a knight looking fellow on his knees with his hand on a sword as he was ready to impale him to in the face.
"Who the hell are you! Do you even attack us do you know who we are!?" The leader screamed out, aiming his sword at the jaune.
Jaune just simply stood up form there and just stood there, before looking around the area, and then before locking his eyes on the final man there leader.
"Why would I tell you who I am really ?" Jaune told there leader, as he staring his cool dead eyes at the s bandit as the leader look around for anything to use but to him There's no way, As he had one chance remaining as he positioned himself in a fight stance to make his stand as the red aura starting to seep out of him, making the woman and her child shake in fear at what they were seeing.
"When the rest of my crew find out what you did... you're done for !!!" The leader screamed, taking two steps a head and try to intimidate the blonde knight.
"Hmm... Then why don't you tell me that where are your so called Friend's I can personally pay them a visit?" Jaune told him as he took two steps forwards, keeping the distance between them the same time.
"Why would I even do that now.....?" The bandit leader said to him, as he was getting confused as of why the blonde hair asked him something he clearly wasn't going to do and he planning get an answer too.
"Because you're won't be telling anyone anything by then" Before the jaune could process the words to counter him, bandit fist tried to acquainted with his face, and tired knocking him out instantly but no avail as jaune simply just dodged his punch then the bandit tried kicking him in the face by a reverse kick but he dodged the second strike and bandit try to do some more strike and jaune arc kept on dodging his attacks until the bandit left an opening in his attacks and then jaune Just took and sign and as his advantage and punched him in the face hard enough to put him in conscience and strike was enough for him.
Jaune stared at the leader of the bandit who was unconscious on the ground for a second then the bandit red aura disappeared completely before he turning around to face the now so called knight and looking towards the woman and her child, and that some knight who aimed his sword at him now.
"Do not get closer, you Fiend !" The knight spoke in a shaky tone He tried to imitate him jaune just stared at him and he shooked his head in disappointment before head towards the bandits bodies as he collect his sword back as the knight kept on pointing his sword at him and tired to attack him jaune start to get a little annoyed by him has he brought out of his sword parried his strike and knocking the sword out of his hands.
" Ok here a friendly lesson that you should know Before you point your sword at other people, make sure they are your enemies at first" jaune said simply before walking past him to attend the woman and child if they're injured or not.
"Then I- I challenge thou to a duel, dear Sir !" Jaune stopped his tracks as he started to stared at him groaned and saying ( I am to old for this ) before turning around to face him.
"Can you just stop it for now and I'm trying to help you right now and these two might need some help and you're making it worse by scaring them " As jaune explain to him calmly and he pointed at the two passengers and he was trying to get him to understand the situation, but the knight wasn't having it at all.
" No sir I insist we have a dual !" Jaune Just stared at him as he was some kind of idiot and groaned a little at him before he started to hear some chuckles for someone and it was getting closer to him, He looked turn around to his side and saw the source and finding his useless firend Erebus was approaching him with an amused smirk on his face.
"What are you smirking at now ?" Jaune raised his eyebrows and asked his firend and he was getting little annoyed at the situation even now.
"Oh, just smirking at the good view we have, and horrible luck you have" jaune arc just stared at him for good few minutes has his hand what's going for his sword and Erebus looked at him start a panic a sweat was starting to show on his entire body he was thinking that it is his last but all of a sudden he stopped this still frightens him who knows What might be going on in his mind but for jaune remembers If he harms this person here his friends would be in danger and he groaned again before aiming his glare towards the knight now.
"Listen here and listen well I don't have time for you and your honor or whatever it is that you're trying to prove here I came here on turn the sound of screaming and we wanting to help someone, and that's what I did and Now I just want to make sure they are okay so that I can make my way and So will you stop being stubborn do I make myself clear !" Jaune said and threaten the knight has the night stopped pointing his sword at him as he nodded at him and he step back as Erebus started to whistled at this approach.
"Haven't seen him this mad before, you might want to listen dear friend" The knight recoiled at his actions a bit and before hanging his head to the sides. As Jaune took this as a sign, and then taking as his chances to check at the passengers, turned around back and he started walking towards them before leaning down at the scared woman and child.
"Hey, are you two alright are you hurt anywhere ?" Jaune asked them in a soft tone as the woman looked up with tears filled her eyes as she was still traumatized from her experience.
"Hey, I won't hurt you or the girl, I promise. I just want to make sure you're alright" jaune asked the woman again, then she looked at her young companion who nodded at her and The woman looked back at him before doing the same at him and Before jaune could say or do anything else at all, the little girl's stomach started to growled a bit, making her blush in embarrassment.
"I'm really Sorry sir..." She said little embarrassed and ashamed at her actions that he might say something mean, As she saw him just smiled her before standing up right.
"Wait a second okay " jaune told them before walked over to Erebus before rummaging through the item backpack on his back and He pulled out the his two sandwich that had in stored and poured some of the spice on it and Once he got back to the little girl and the woman, he handed them both her the food making there eyes sparkle like They have the same treasure.
As She quickly started to ravaged the food in her hands and making it seem she just gulped it down in a single bite.
"If you want I can give you more, I had" jaune arc smiled her It didn't quite reach his eyes as it seemed but then the little girl started shaking her head as she wants more that's the woman but still hesitant to eat it as she took few bites off sandwich She was amazed It was good and it was still fresh And she saw blonde hair guy back walk back to his backpack and brought out more sandwiches and he gave it to her and the little girl had walked forward and started to pulling on his sleeve jaune Just stared at her If she has something to say his eyes and looked at her.
"Mister... You're really nice person but... why are you so sad?" The question threw jaune completely off guard and as Erebus looked at jaune with an expression of sympathy.
Jaune completely lost his word, has he wanted to cry but he can't a sudden wave of emotions filled his entire being The question
alongside the girl, who had some red cape his ruby but smaller and yet similar to the one of his previous friend ruby, proved to be too much for he knows it. Before he knew it, he was smiling again rubbing her head The girl had given up on his sleeve and instead took it upon herself to completely envelop him in a hug, or as much as she couldn't.
"I'm sorry sir ... please Don't be sad !! " The girl tried to make his sadness stop but then Erebus walked up to him, putting his hand on his shoulder.
Jaune, stayed like that for a minute or so before his skills kicked in and his Aura calmed him down.
"Sorry for that sad smile little one that... Just... a lot of things has happened to me over the years ..:" The little girl reached out and patted his leg, her eyes saying everything for her.
"A lot has happened to me too sir..." The girl started to tell her story and he stared herb as she look at jaune arc looked at her "My mommy left not long ago, and my papa abandon us for someone else I became what others people call an orphan now "
Jaune's mind went directly to his orphan friends Ren and Nora, As he remembers what Nora told him about her life at orphanages the kids there used to played with... and their words and there life that hurt him so much.
"But my mommy used to say something that I remind myself of everyday. She always said that people we love and care about may leave for long times, but they will always leave us a part of them behind, and it's our job to keep that part alive and that what my aunt and I will do from now on" jaune looked at the little girl and he was taken away the girls words but took the words to his heart, and understanding the meaning behind it much deeper than the girl did at her age.
"Here" As little girl once felt her eyes tear slightly as the knight had taken off the ribbon he had on his shoulder and holded it out to her.
"A part of me for you to remember little one " jaune smiled as he accepted it, holding it tightly.
"My name is Alina and it means bright, beautiful, as for my hair being light brown" She told him excitedly and She did have unusually light hair, and light skin even than Hethor.
"Thank you sir I will treasure it forever" Alina said to him with a smile on her face and once She was very happy This feeling reminded her of her mother and father used to treat her, as she saw he brought out his hand reached for head and rubbing it " The girl smiled back at him as he did the same.
As for Erebus This was true torture This is way too much good and it's too much for him and he decided on the other hand, it was time to break the moment from all of this.
"Anyway, where are you originally headed? You did lose your driver now " Erebus said as He saw the carnage that the bandits have done and to the woman who was identified as the little girls aunt as So she saw that someone was asking her a question as the woman stood up from the ground and cleaned yourself up and started speaking.
"We were heading to the city of Amazons, Telskyura" The woman told him as Erebus smirked add this new reveal as they're on the right track then.
"What a coincidence young lady me and my companion were heading there too and How about him and I drive the wagon instead and go to the location together ?"
The women beginning to feel happy that they weren't at the loss and agreed with the terms and as them ask to introduce themselves properly as the woman told them her name is Amelia And it means "hardworking," She even told him that she was this little girls and they're moving to the city because her husband passed away a few years ago when Alina was born Her father planning on selling her husband disagreed with him and he convinced him to keep her then few months ago he tried to sell her again for a big price My husband tried to convince him again but this time he murdered him after that he came after us so we ran away then a few weeks before when we came back he said that he left her mother and her for another woman and her mother was dying after we buried her mother we are planning on moving to a new city starting our new life. As she told them her story then Erebus introduced her that he is a local god and this man Right here known as jaune his follower.
After a few minutes later they're planning on taking all of the bodies and burying them as sign of respect. To all the people who have lost their lives the hands of the bandits and also gratitude he was going to bury the bandits too after he's done killing them all and there's sleep That's what our beloved blonde knight did.
Then after he was done killing and burying them.
the knight in his shining armor introduced himself as Edward D Jack he is a a local knight who was in service to one of the main houses that serve these lands a few days ago one of those houses are taking these new lands of their territory and he was planning on going there didn't want to go, After all of them introduced themselves The knight split ways as he was headed to a nearby village to carry out his mission. As They took off what's the wagon with the sun slowly rising towards its peak Showing it's going to very hot.
CHANGE LOCATION
TWO DAYS LATER
TELSKYURA'S GREAT WALL:
POV
Jaune and Erebus were enjoying and idly chatting at the front of the wagons as they have no care in the world, the horses were starting to enjoy the cool fresh air as well and Inside the very wagon the little girl named Alina and her aunt called Amelia as they started to rest for a while now after long journey they are having to reach there destination, and that seemed to have
After a few hours listening to how they have survived in their sad story You feel bad for her for both of them so he decided to adopt the little girl as his own daughter and give her his last name arc as Alina Arc
And her aunt Amelia was very happy about this that her niece finally found someone who can look up to and call a father As she saw jaune in a new light entirely as he provided them both with food shelter and some clothing as they were on the journey for last 2 days first she thought that he had some bad intentions but more she saw him The more she started to understand and see he wasn't a bad person He had a tough life and and some rough edges but he's always good towards them and She did had her suspicions even more does he even knows where are they even going and what location they are and how is he going to survive there Then what reason is he going there She did talk about that and She even thought of everything goes well she can even basically marry him and they can raise The girl together as a family then she put that part away She doesn't want to complicate their situation for now as they were eating some of the remaining food they had on them.
"So, once we get inside the city what will we do next and will we find a place to work and sleep and then What about after that ?" Erebus turn towards and asked jaune who looked at Erebus before answering him.
"Well for starters, we will need to get some maps and find a good place to settle and we need information and I have heard that The Far East is too far form these lands and quite frankly, from the stories from one of my old inmate buddy (I hope there are fine)... that we don't really want to get guards or families attention and what I have heard about this city is that this place families are pretty much in control of this entire state of land and every city basically has a familia that controls that very region I heard that the far East has so less intention and attention of god's That they do not even care In other words to save zone for runaways like us and our friends headed towards that area last week check they were making a base of operations there it could be ideal for us to go there and That makes finding a good place that much easier at least for us for the time being"jaune answered him as Erebus nodded at his reason as he was going to ask another question.
"Alright, that sounds good and all- "But he stopped midway "... ah, I can see the walls now" jaune looked at him and where Erebus was looking and he saw the big walls surrounding the entire exit ( just like in kingdom's but) he thought. As They weren't as impressive as kingdom of vale or Atlas but they still stood strong and proud. These walls only covered this side of the city as the rest was protected by oceans and after all, Telskyura is a Peninsula that I have heard just like Argo's where his sister and her family lives.
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TEN MINUTES LATER:
AT THE GATE
POV
As the four travelers reached the gate, the Amazonian guards that we're stationed on the gate saw them approaching and then they halted the wagon and before nodded at each other of the guards and one of them stepping forward.
"What's your business here's of places and you know Men aren't allowed inside right ?" One of the amazonian guards asked them as jaune just stared at her a bit and then smiled at her.
" It's fine we are just here for business here and with we have two women with us." As the amazonian guards raise their eyebrows at him, as jaune had a nervous smile on his face "We met them on the road, attacked by bandits and We were hoping to dropping them here and we were planing to stay for a while, I am an ex-adventurer after all and Doesn't that meet your requirements?" The Amazonian women looked at her other fellow sister's and before turning their gaze at Erebus.
"What about your companion here?" She asked and pointed at Erebus simply looked at the woman blankly expression on his face.
"I'm his god" The amazonian guard's froze for a second at his claim and before throwing a suspicious look at him and the rest of people on the wagon.
"So You're not hoping to build a familia here or you start some trouble are we, right?" They asked him As Erebus shook his head in denial and started to answers her.
"What .... Heavens no I just merely seek to travel with this knight and experience the lower world for all it's worth, and maybe say hello to Kali, an old friend of my" The amazonian guard's nodded at his claim and, has they sent there Three other guard's and taking a look in and out of the wagon and confirming that there weren't anything there that wasn't allowed or something suspicious like smuggling something in before waving up towards guards who were stationed there and they signal the ones guard's on the tower's.
The giant black gate started to open up and the amazonian guards nodded at them and told them to " you can go in " As jaune and his conrades nodded at them and said thank you and started moving inside the city entrance As seven minutes pass jaune looked back at the gate and before sighing at this and releasing his stress he started to feel.
"I started the thing and feel that those guards are try to find out about something else entirely and the felts strong to, they felt like They had a blessing maybe level 3 or 4" jaune said in surprise and Erebus As you relaxed on the wagon and nodded at That his claim.
"Yeah That is true and Telskyura is sometimes said to be the second Orario because of its strength and Kali is very cruel and quite frankly very childish at times but I have to give her credit. She has accomplished something here's place used to be nothing now it's something" Erebus nodded at her achievement in life in the lower world as he looked around, seeming the city the buildings and security systems She really built something here and he is slightly impressed.
" Wait now if I think about it I only saw women I don't see any men around or any kids playing around either" jaune arc asked his god and Amelia Just stared at him as he was some kind of idiot.
"Wait you don't know ! " Amelia said
"So they didn't tell you ! " Erebus said while his fingers are rubbing on his chin.
"Wait.... Tell me what ?"
As Jaune Arc was starting to get nervous at this very situation he doesn't knows what they were talking about What could have been that he has missed.
"The people who gave you this information They never told you that this place is only for women and women alone There are no men here " As his Amelia explain to his friend the situation they are in " and make it worth the men who live here are basically slaves and for breeding reasons only And there are Amazon warriors You think I've as ked the entire island is made for this purpose warrior women. " Erebus told his friend as he kept on rubbing salt on his wound.
" Okay..... ...I need to stop all of you right there .....There really are only women here... and men who work here are slaves and they are using them as breeding and all the women here they are all amazons warriors..." jaune said, beginning to regret his decision slightly as the women started noticing him and looking at him like a piece of meat at his appearance.
"Pfft, you're the one that suggested it and told me to go here You should have had more information about this world and about your areas And make sure Just not to get kidnapped They will take everything from you by force and you'll never be the same again" jaune arc groaned at this He cursed his luck maybe qrow really has been hanging around him for so long that he put his bad luck on him, as Erebus chuckled at this new turn of events.
Eventually, they reached there destination and that looked like it was a central marketplace for the city. Jaune parked the wagon and got off before going in the back and letting little Alina and the woman Amelia out from the wagon.
"Thank you for getting us here safely kind sir" The woman bowed and blushed at him As jaune just smiled at her and as Alina saw this and was confused by this action.
"It was our pleasure my lady and Alina " The girl questionly looked at him for a second and with a smile "Take care of her and be a good girl alright if you're a good girl I will visit you time by time" She nodded excitedly before hugging jaune in which he returned.
"Goodbye, !" She exclaimed and waving at him before taking her Aunt hand as she leading Alina into the opposite direction as crowd of people walking around side by side as they disappeared into.
"She sure is a sweet girl am I right and she has a great bright future ahead of her" Erebus as he stood there stared at her departure as commented on her. Jaune just saw her leaving them and in the crowd people as he hummed in agreement as before he started to looking around the place.
The city reminded you of Vale and Mistral by how busy it seems, but the people and architecture was what set it apart, alongside the absence of airships and Instead of two to three story buildings with brick roofs, the houses were made of some sort of hardened clay. The windows were simple, made of wood that completely closed the airflow and the stalls were inside buildings instead of outside and inside and The people were mostly amazons woman with some other specie's and The thing that was most noticeable was the complete absence of Men, though jaune already knew that now.
ONE HOUR LATER
LIBRARY
POV
From his intense study sessions in the small library in the city You can't understand anything their language was totally different He was having a difficult time as he made his way into the libraries first it was difficult to find one He kept on asking around if they had anything like that someone did not even understand him in some just ignored him in some sort of flirt with him he quickly avoided that and made his way until he came across a bookstore name prime as he entered the store on the front desk it was an Amazon woman but older as he started asking her some questions she As understood his and She guided him to the right location as he brought out the books when he was going to read he couldn't reach s*** when he found out they were in different language She saw this then she told him that she will help him translate it Then an hour has passed and she has started teaching a brave blonde knight how to read and write in Amazon culture and style and she didn't just teach him about the dungeon, but also the outside world and After all, an adventurer may take on requests that take you outside Orario, so she made sure to prepare him. One of those lessons talked about Telskyura, and to avoid it if you were male as they were not allowed there at all unless it was for... breeding purposes. Though from one law jaune arc read up on, a man that was strong enough, which was level 3 or above, was allowed inside to test his metal, though it was ill advised.
As he was done reading he thanked her and he left but before he left he put some coins onto the front desk and left As she nodded her head at him taking the coins and slipping them in her pockets like there is nothing happened.
"Jaune where the bloody hell have you been I was trying to find you" Erebus said while patting how much have to run.
"Sorry lost track of time I was finding a way to read their language and books that's all It was very difficult to find a suitable place to " jaune arc said to his friend as Erebus turned towards him and raise this eyebrows at him that he had a questionable face at best.
"Wait did you just say you we're trying to read their language and books" Erebus questioned him.
"Yes is something the matter now ?" jaune asked very concernedly at the possible dangerous situation.
"No no it's not that it's just that's not normal" Erebus said while rubbing his chin with his hand.
"What do you mean it's not normal" jaune asked his even more concerned now.
"It's okay we'll talk later Right now we need to get somewhere to sleep. " As Erebus told him as he looked around and saw someone was tellings them and he can sense their attentions They're not so good at the beginning with.
"Jaune, let's ask around for some place for you to work" jaune notice something in his behavior with speaking as he spotted someone was telling him and he noticed that someone are behind them He casually just nodded before looking around, spotting the perfect spot to start at.
"How about that place first ? We might find something to cover up your clothes and fix that 'thing' you call a hair " jaune threw the jab at him as Erebus waved at him in dismissal off the situation.
"Sure, sure why the hell not" He said simply as he accepted his fate and they headed towards the store,
"Now Hello miss- huh? Oh, I mean Mr" The Amazon woman who was sitting on the side of the counter what's a questionable and confused face said to them.
"Don't worry, miss. I understand why you made the mistake no hard feelings there " jaune said, chuckling slightly as he looked behind him at the crowd... of only females customers and The owner of the store laughed at him sheepishly before clapping her hands together and started all over again.
"Anyways, what can I help you with sir ?" She asked him politely as before Erebus was about to answer she jaune put a hand one of his hand on his mouth.
"We would like something that could dye the hair, preferably white, alongside a pair of scissors. Is it possible to get it under 1000 valis?" The woman nodded at him before leaving and going around back the storage room.
Then She came back after five minutes later with exactly what jaune asked for and before smiling at him.
"That will be 970 Valis please" She said as jaune nodded at her and pulled out the money form his pockets.
"Here you go miss" He handed her the money "Also, is it possible that you would know of any....." jaune arc turned the woman as he asked her some questions.
" Legal Street fighting, where two people fight for money?" The woman nodded at his weird question a bit.
"Yeah and There is one down at the Canal, they fight there every day and night and if In case you're thinking of fighting and then they are hiring right now and since you're men and all as she and the other eyed him in a very seduction way you would most likely be paid more since it would attract more people" jaune arc thanked her for her corporation and before taking his leave with Erebus leaving the shop. As They walked around before finding an Alleyway and made his way into with Erebus next to the restaurant and stores and where jaune pulled out the scissors and pointing it at the ground.
"Are we doing this now?" Erebus deadpanned at him as jaune Just teared at him And told him the truth.
"Yeah There is one thing I need you to know You look homeless You're also attracting more attention than normal for men here with that look of your" Erebus stood there as he was shocked for a moment and Then start to raise his eyebrows at him, "What do you mean I look like homeless I look good" As he try to defend himself, no you don't You look like a roach even Street beggars look more better than you and your sorry state as he grasp at this claim and then he's signal to him too sat down that You should start cleaning him up but starting with the hair before jaune got to work on his appearance.
"So jaune If you're going to be stuck here for a while you tell me about your childhood and old history You're familiar before, but you never mentioned what happened in your original world for you to be sent to here" jaune froze for a moment there before sighing at that and deciding to tell Erebus his story and What has he got to lose now ?
"actually I don't know where to begin for so much story and there's so much" As jaune don't know where to begin his story "okay maybe tell me about how you got here "
"Well ok It's going to be and exciting tale if you want to know my dear friend "
It all started a long time ago in the land far away from distance There was a lonely planet with a broken moon and broken civilization that was terrorized by the creatures of the darkness known as the GRIMM
but There are a lot of differences still in this world compare to mine in my world magic was lost or You can say was taken away from us by the god's and ever since that day Advanced technologies have built kingdoms on their backs as Humans and Faunus are on the brink of war, again and shadowy entities called Grimm relentlessly terrorize the very planet and we are Using the power of Dust, Team RWBY led by Ruby Rose, my alley trained with me to be the next generation of protectors called Huntsmen and Huntresses as We battle the monsters in the night and day to keep the people safe from them.
"Well, to put it simply it just like very this place but even worse amosphere " Erebus stated as he saw jaune sad face.
But There was once a very lonely girl who goes by the name as Pyrrha Nikos Ashley was the prettiest and most talented person who ever walk on their lands and among their people as she showed great potential in fighting in so many other field of education and fighting as she Started to show her excellency in everything she has done as she succeeded in them all as she graduated at the top of her class in Sanctum Academy before moving to Vale to attend Beacon Academy considering in a very young age.
But Before arriving at Beacon, she became the mascot for Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes and won the Mistral Regional Tournament four years in a row as Then she was given off the invincible girl and another name The goddess of victory as the very fighting started to progress even further as no one would stand in her side or against her as she was a very skilled warrior as but Then time started to move forward as Something and everyone around her started to change She started to feel lonely as everyone she New York from the start Started the change after her fame as they started to treat her more as a trophy rather than a person rather than a daughter rather than a friend rather than a sister as everything she wants know was just gone now as then she started to feel lonely and abandoned after some time.
As then One Day she decided to leave as she decided to enter a New Kingdom as she could potentially find something or someone new for her but as also mentions that she has never experienced a meaningful relationship due to her status and talents overtime as Goddess of victory by her people but when she came to this new new kingdom in the search for new friends or family to be free from all of this to feel like a little girl to feel alive again but nothing changed as everyone was just the same as here as compared to her home but an opportunity could be seen afterwards as she met a foolish boy.
Pyrrha was next seen in the locker room having a conversation with Weiss Schnee, who wished to form a team with her and Pyrrha expressed nonchalance regarding partnership in the teams, and thus she agreed to form a team with Weiss One of the head girls from the Kingdom of Atlas a rich girl from her very own standing alone.
The two girls were interrupted by the foolish boy who just attempted to flirt with Weiss and tried to form a team with her and despite the very numerous rejections form her but then However, when Pyrrha mentioned that there are more than two people on one team as the very foolish boy then immediately tried to flirt with her as well and but Unlike Weiss, Pyrrha reacted with interest and vague amusement at that moment As she found someone that she could consider a friend or an equal.
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