Day off - Adrick
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PoV - Adrick
/Yawn!/
I was getting a good night's sleep, until the kid ended up waking everyone up. What makes me sadder is that he left to fight with someone and didn't even ask me to go with him!
The shiny bracelet was saying that today is the day off, so I decided to take a walk here in the city, but I think I'll look for interesting things for tomorrow's challenge, I might find an awesome weapon just like the leader kid! And I think it would be nice too if everyone got a better weapon... the leaves head still uses sticks as a weapon and the lazy boar uses very small swords... does the hairy girl use any weapons?...
Right! So I'll do it, I'll look for better weapons for myself and my teammates!
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But how am I going to do this?...
I think I'm going to ask someone for help.
- Hey, boy! I need help!
I touched the boy in the adventurer clothes and he turned towards me. I think he must have experience in this matter and will be able to help me with what I need.
- Hmm? Do you need my help? (Zack)
- Yes! You look pretty smart and have an adventurous outfit so I'm sure you can help me!
- I appreciate the compliments, but I'm not adventurous and I don't even like to wear these clothes… (Zack)
- Not adventurous?
- … but I think I can help you. You are one of Lyunil's friends, right? (Zack)
- Do you know the leader? So if you're his friend, he's my friend too. My name is Adrick!
I reached out my hand to shake his hand.
- It's a pleasure to meet you, Adrick, you can call me Zack, or whatever you prefer. (Zack)
And he shook my hand too.
- And how can I help you, Adrick? (Zack)
- I'm looking for incredible and strong weapons for me and my teammates, do you know where I can get them?
- Hmmm, awesome and strong weapons? I know where you can get it! (Zack)
- Serious?! I knew you could help me, smart boy!
- What do you think of us doing like this: I help you with what you are looking for and you help me with something? (Zack)
- With a little something?
- That! I'm also looking for something awesome, but it's in a really bad place and hard to get into. But I know that there you can get what you are looking for. And then? Do you accept this agreement?
- You can count on me, smart boy! I will help you too!
I gave him a thumbs up with my hand!
- I knew you could help me too, Mr Adrick! (Zack)
- Hey he! ( ¯ ︶ ¯ )
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I followed the boy to a place a little away from where we were standing.
- Right, we got to the place we needed. (Zack)
- Is this where things are?
- Exactly! This warehouse has the things we're looking for. But they stay in different places… (Zack)
- So let's first get what you want and then...
- You do not need to worry about me! What I need is you to do something for me and you can go straight to get what you need! (Zack)
- Hmm?
- First let's enter the warehouse! But we have to be careful that other people don't see us here otherwise they will steal our treasures from us! (Zack)
- Oh! And truth! You're right!... ~But how are we going to do this?~
- I found a secret passage behind those huge boxes. Can you get them out of there? (Zack)
- I got it!
So I pushed the huge boxes that were stacked up, but the boy said to take them one at a time and put them in the position he wanted.
And he actually had a secret passage behind the boxes, but it looks like a hole in that passage.
-~Now do exactly what I do!~ (Zack)
And I followed his movements. He took a few steps, stopped, bent down and hid me, jumped, somersaulted, walked among other boxes, until he found a safe place in the middle of the warehouse to talk.
-~Now we'll split up, where you need to go is that room and where I need to go is that other one~ (Zack)
The room I need to go to is just ahead, the entrance is under the stairs and it looks like it has a lot more boxes there. The room the boy intends to go to is the one on top of this one, he intends to go upstairs alone.
- ~What I need you to do is put this little pebble hidden in your room to help me! And for you to get the weapons you want, you go to the back of the room and find a weird mark on the floor hidden under a box, then place it on top of the mark and a secret passage with weapons you're looking for will appear!~ (Zack)
He handed me a transparent pebble on its surface and purple inside, it hasn't been cut yet and it's full of irregularities, it's a natural stone, but it's not a normal pebble for decoration. It's a magic stone!
But what is this other one here? It looks like a tiny black square spider! But her little legs are golden and she has a lot of little legs...
-~Be calm, about what I gave you is just a "magical artifact". But now that we're splitting up, you don't have to come after me anymore, take what you need and run to the end of the hideout!~ (Zack)
- ~But, smart boy! I can't leave you alone after helping me like this!~
- ~Don't worry about me, I can turn around. We'll see each other again, so this isn't goodbye.~ (Zack)
He smiled confidently.
- ~Thank you so much, smart boy! I really owe you!~
I hugged him on impulse. He really is a good boy!
- ~You really are a weird person, Mr. Adrick. But I like people like you… tell Lyunil that an acquaintance of his told him to stay tuned.~
I let go of him and nodded my head at him.
So we parted ways. It was easy for me to get to the room, it wasn't very far and I don't think anyone saw me! But the boy had to go up the stairs and it's easier to be seen by the bad guys... but I'll trust him, he told me not to worry.
I will focus on what I need to do!
Hmmm… how can I hide this magic pebble?
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I already know! I'll put it in a box!
But which box?
There are many here!
/Vupt!/
DAMN IT! THE STONE LEFT MY HAND!
She jumped and ran away from me until she fell into a crack in the ground!
Oh no! I can't get it back! My fingers are too big for this hole. And now? What do I do? I failed the boy! Now I won't be able to hide the stone! o(TヘTo)...
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Wait!
I needed to hide the stone... and the stone is inside a hidden hole...
OOOOHHH!! So I did it!
See, boy! You can trust me, grand and smart Adrick! ( ¯ ▽ ¯ ) HA HA HA
Now I just need to find that brand!
Hmmm…
There are some boxes pushed back there! So it must be there.
So I went to the back of the room and there really was a mark on the floor. HA HA HA, the great and smart Adrick is unbeatable today!
I can solve any problem today!
But this brand is very strange. Well, I won't be looking at this weird thing all day. Holding that weird spider in the other hand, I take a look at this weird artifact again and do as the kid says.
The strange mark started to glow along with the artifact and gave off some sparks… this looks dangerous…
But after a few seconds the floor opened up and that secret passage the boy had mentioned appeared! Wooww, it's pretty mysterious all of this, but it's pretty fun too! I'm going down...
It's pretty dark here in this place. I can see a little bit in the dark and as I've worked a lot in the mines I'm used to this kind of environment, but this place looks tidier than a mine and more dangerous too... These pillars aren't holding the roof securely, the middle region it's thinner than the edges and has more weird marks. If they don't change, it could end up… collapsing…
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"- Adrick, I'll always be with you, I promised you that, remember? So don't cry…"
Damn it! This place reminds me of that day…
I know that Heldra, I promise I will see you again! I just ask you to wait a little longer with the others in the village!
Walking a little further forward, there are some torches lit up a little bit and there are also some stacked boxes and objects! I will take a look!
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Wooww, there are a lot of guns here and they look pretty amazing! He he, thank you so much boy, you really helped me a lot!
Let me take a look at this one! It's a battlehammer a little big and full of details on the handle, but it doesn't look as heavy as I thought! He's white with dark silver accents, but does he have any skills?
How did I really need to talk?... Uh...
- System, analyze!?
[Analyzing object!]
Woow, it worked… Hunf! I mean, as expected of me, grand and smart Adrick!
[|Battle Hammer - Epic|
|Humber - Sorenarth Impact Hammer|
|"There is no heaven or earth to prevent its impact"|
|This battle hammer has the power of impact on anything, be it a being, object or environment, if hit by this hammer it will suffer a great shock of impact. Its effects can be extended according to its wearer|]
Hmmmm, from what I understand I can smash anyone with this beauty here?
If I could, I would test this out now, but as this place is about to fall apart I'll just keep it to myself for now...
/Fades away!/
WEE? WHAT THE DAMN IS GOING ON?
This thing turned to ink and painted a weird tattoo on my arm! What happened to the hammer! I want it back!
/Appear!/
WEE? THE HAMMER HAS APPEARED AGAIN!
But what is this sorcery?! It disappears and appears out of nowhere!
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Hmmm…
I'll keep it back...
/Fades away!/
Wow! Those marks appeared again and the hammer disappeared…
Hmmm…
I want the hammer to come back!
/Pops up!/
HAHAHAHA
This is so much fun! The hammer appeared again!
Save hammer!
/Fades away!/
Hammer Back!
/Pops up!/
HAHAHAHAHAHA, it's really fun! I will definitely keep it! You can use it with one or two hands too! But now I'm going to look at other weapons for my comrades!
/Fades away!/
Hmmm, what else do we have here?...
/Steps!/
- What was that weird object? It was broken over the entrance mark! Someone must have screwed up and tried to hide...
Oh no! There's someone coming and I don't know that voice!
What do I do? Should I hit him with the hammer?
No, no, it could make the roof collapse on top of us!
But what if he sees me? He'll want to steal the hammer from me!
Hmmm, the boy told me there is a way out if I continue down the hideout path!
- Hmm?! Am I sensing someone else's presence down here? It can't be, that's impossible!
- Chief, what should we do?
- Go after the intruder, you idiots!!
- Right!
Damn, he's not alone! I won't be able to stay here any longer, I'll have to come back another time to get the other weapons...
So I ran away, leaving the other things behind, and reached the end of the hiding place where there's a ladder. After climbing the ladder and opening the trapdoor, I kept running without stopping, I could still hear the noise of the bandits coming after me, but I ended up finding another ladder and went up again, when I left that place I realized where I was!
If I'm now here in the middle of a street... then was I in the sewer? Bleee!! What a bad place to have a hiding place!
At least I managed to escape quickly, he he!
Thanks to that smart kid, I got a special weapon for myself, but I'm sad I didn't get it for everyone...
I think I'm going to go back home and tell everyone about my new magic weapon! And I can't forget to tell the leader about the boy's message!
And I won't forget about you too, my dear family… please, wait a little longer!