I woke up at the sound of horses neighing, there were people already fighting early in the morning. I looked at the time it was 6:09, and the people are already working this early.
I stretched my body after i looked at up the time, the feeling of stretching your body as you woke up, always feels good. I stood up when there was a horse went past me, the sound of the horseshoe hitting the ground reminds me of the movies i have watched.
Since i slept far away from the village, i had to walk towards the village. There were a lot of horses pulling carriages, it had fresh produce inside that were stack on top of each other.
I was walking together with the carriages, i was trying to figure out where they deliver all of these produce.
After following it for a good minute, it stopped on a second floor building that had a sign that says "Merchant" in cursive. There was a person who were unloading all the produce, he was alone and had no one helping him. I decided to approached him, there were a lot of boxes to unload. I offered him help, he was hesitant at first and was suspicious of me.
He looked at the amount of boxes he had to unload, then looked back at me.
"No pay, okay?"
He was thinking that i was looking for money, however that was not my intention. I smiled genuinely and agreed to his condition, after our conditions were met. He asked me to climb up the carriage, i climbed up the carriage and handed him the boxes that he needed to unload.
After a while, we were finished unloading all of the boxes. The servant of the building walked towards us, he handed the person i helped a bag that had coins inside. He thanked the servant and then turned around, he looked inside the bag and counted the coins inside.
I was standing near the carriage, looking around the environment. I heard him making a grunting sound, i looked at him and he was handing me five copper coins. I looked at him, i was confused and i could tell he sensed that i was confused.
"As payment for helping me"
He was thrusting his hand, telling me to take it. I did not take it and instead asked him....
"No, its okay.....instead of paying me, can i instead help you?"
His eyebrows frowned, and wanted to know on why i want to help him. I answered his question, with.....
"I won't ask for money, nor any payment. Judging earlier, i could only speculate that you do not have anyone helping you. But that will change, if you let me assist you with your journey, then will be enough. Deal?"
I offered him a handshake, if he declines then no ome will come and aid him, however if he accpets the deal, he will have enough manpower to help him through his journey.
"....no shady business?"
"No....what you hear is what you get"
He looked at my hand for a moment, he was hesitant to accept help from a stranger he had only met a while ago. Its basic human intuition, being wary of people you do not know. I respect him for not immediately accepting my offer, however i did not expect for him to slap away my hand.
I was surprised for his sudden action, i asked on why he did that. His response reminded me of an anime that i used to watch.....
"I do not make deals with people i do not trust, although that might contradict when i accepted you help a while ago, that was only for a short time. But a deal like you had offered, it might endanger me and people i know and i cannot risked that"
I fully understand his reasoning, with how he responded to my offer. I could say he has a lot of things that he cannot afford to lose, and that is enough for me to back down my offer.
"I see, well it was nice meeting you and i wish you well"
I bowed before turning away from him, i was looking at the quest...
QUEST: BLEND INTO THE VILLAGE AND MAKE A CONNECTION TO AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE.
REWARD: 100 EXP AND 5 SKILL POINTS.
I was looking for a way to complete the quest, i was walking around the village. After walking for a minute, i came across a one story building that had a sign saying "Weapons" in cursive.
I was curious to know what kind of weapons that they might be selling, i was checking out the front of the store before walking inside.
When i walked inside, there were a lot of swords hanging on the wall, pieces of armor being displayed on a armor stand. The area was small compared to the mechandise store earlier, it was dim inside, it was dusty and no one was inside the store.
I was wandering inside the store, mainly because i always had a interest in things such as swords and armor. It all started because of anime, i always wondered how a sword feels.
Gently touching the swords, i looked at it closely, the amount of skills to make one sword is impressive. I walked around and there a sword that caught my attention, it was being hung on a wall behind the counter.
I walked over to the counter, to look at the sword. I was squinting my eyes to see it clearly, the lack of light made it for me to clearly see it.
'Cough cough'
I heard someone cough, i looked over to where the sound came from. There was a man leaning on a doorframe, he was wearing an apron, long hair that touched his shoulders, he had a muscular build....maybe a little muscular. His appearance reminds me of thor from the War of Gods game, but mainly because of his appearance.
"Can i help you kid?"
He had a deep thoaty voice, a voice that belongs to someone that had experience struggle, and conflict throughout his life. After his voice, i could not think on how to respond to him. As an act of respect, i straighten out my posture and faced him.
Due to not responding to his question, he walked towards me, each step he took, i felt his aura taking over the store. I immediately knew, that this is a man that you should not provoke with words nor actions.
Once he was in front of me, he towered me me both physically and mentally. He was taller than me, if i would take an estimation of his height....it would be around 190 cm. His build was like of a modern day strongman...or even more.
He looked at me on the eyes, it was like a predator looking down at his prey.
"What do you want boy?"
I was thinking of a proper response, if i say the wrong words it might be over for me. I looked at his stats above his head.....
EVERARD
LVL 41
???
My eyes widened when i saw his level, it was higher than that Fenrir i encountered. For some reason, his title was not written. I knew that whenever a character does not have a title, and his level is high...is not someone you would want to mess with.
"Uh-uh.....nothing sir, that sword just caught my attention, thats the reason wh-"
"You want to buy it?"
He cut me off mid sentence, then asked me if i want to buy it. I shooked my head nervously, denying to his question.
"..."
He did not say anything, instead he over to the counter and grabbed the sword that caught my attention. He placed it on the counter top...i sensed a powerful dark energy stored inside the sword.
"This sword....is the strongest and durable sword that i had made. No one in this village could not wield it, even the strongest inside the kingdom could not wield it"
For some reason, he started to tell me the origins of the sword, with how he phrased his words made me think that he really cares about this sword. I kept listening to him, as he explained more of the swords origin....
"I made this with the scale of a Hilelit, a monster strong enough to defeat a fire dragon. It was grueling process, it took me 2 and a half year to finish making it. I had thought that making this sword would.....make me a master swordsmith, instead it only caused me my downfall"
The way he ended his sentence, the emotions he expressed while telling his story, it reminded me of a person from ancient times that caused his own death by his own creation.
I asked him about the energy being released by the sword, he did not expect from a person like me to ask such question. He slammed down his hand on the counter top, that startled me, he immediately demanded me on how i know about such information.