Finn put his blade into the chest of the dragon, carving out its heart and putting it into a bag he had carried along with him."Let's introduce ourselves properly, we're Dungeon Crawl. A party of four, you already know me but I am Sophia Kingsblade, lead mage of the party and these are my party members." Sophia started."I am Ander Lagris, Knight of the group. As you saw by my earlier demonstration my strength is on par with the higher-level adventurers of the guild." Ander laughed garishly, his masculine features shining as he did."I'm Rook, Rook Withershay, I'm the secondary mage. My job is to stop and distract the enemy while Ander and Sophia deal the heavy-hitting attacks." Rook dropped his staff on the ground, wiping his face."Nice to meet you... didn't you say four? I count three. Did your fourth not come?" Finn inquired and the party looked at each other, their faces sour as they did. "He's dead." Sophia pointed toward a charred body that lay on the ground. "He was our attac
Sophia walked toward the Ianbris guild as the hot sun showered rays of its unending heat upon her, this was a few days after graduating from the academy. She had left earlier than Finn due to some complications that came with having a Pandora's Blessing.She entered the guild and held her ears, the chatter and noise being made in the guild only added to the sun-induced headache she had suffered. She walked toward the notice board, grabbing whatever quest she had seen on it before retreating onto one of the chairs in Martha's bar.As she waited for her headache to subside she heard the ramblings of three women, and once she turned to gaze at the source of the noise. It turned out they were following one particular man, who seemed to not want their attention."I have wives, ladies. I'm not searching for anymore." The man said as he backed away from the women that pursued him."C'mon don't be like that. C'mon Andy!!!" One of them screamed.He let out a nervous laugh as he mistakenly bumpe
The party walked the streets of Gales visiting countless shops and eyeing the equipment within, although Finn had agreed to sponsor today's outing some of the equipment was well above his budget."Dusk are there any stores that sell good quality stuff for a cheaper price?" Finn whispered as he walked around the store."Why do you expect me to know the layout of Gales?" Dusk sighed. "There's one near the Remnant Church." Dusk put the location onto the map and sent it directly into his vision."Thanks, Dusk." Finn smiled at the store owner before backpedaling out of the store, his party doing the same once they saw him head toward the door."At this rate do we really need new equipment? I mean sure the rune in my staff is about to break and Ander's armor is about to break into tiny pieces— okay we need it." Rook sighed as they walked."Don't sweat it, I'll handle the payments. I can't have you guys on a mission with faulty equipment." Finn made a turn on the road, passing by the Remnants
[Water magic: Waning Tsunami] Finn faced a forceful surge of water from Rook, but just as the spell surged toward him, he swung the Yang blade at it, causing the spell to vanish upon hitting the blade, leaving Rook vulnerable.Finn ran toward Rook trying to take him out of the equation first but as he got close Ander darted toward him, surprisingly fast for someone of his frame. Ander swung his sword at him, but Finn used his daggers to defend himself.Recognizing Ander's inevitable advantage in a prolonged battle of strength, he swiftly rolled over the blade and leveraged his arm to hoist himself up. Performing a semi-handstand, he utilized his leg to execute a forceful kick, propelling Ander backward."Quite the flexible one aren't you," Ander commented but Finn continued his onslaught not responding to him.[Flame magic: Eruption] Sophia swung her staff and a large blast of molten lava was pushed out of the ground where Finn had stood.[Double boost] Finn maneuvered into the air, an
A loud bell rang and Finn jolted up, he had never heard that bell before. Or at least he thought he had never heard it, he looked around, and Ander who slept in the same room as he did had already left. "At least wake me up." He got up, walking toward the rack he hung his clothes on.The day had started accordingly for each of the members as Finn walked down the stairs he slowly understood what that meant. Sophia who handled their finances from last night was with the innkeeper, haggling the price it would take for their second night. And it seemed like she was pretty good at it with the way the innkeeper kept her expression. It was the face of a woman who was getting 'bargained' harder than she ever had before.He walked out of the door, looking toward the weapon rack on the side of the reception. They were forced to store their weapons there before retreating for the night. Safety measures, the inn-keeper said. He looked at it and both Ander's Great-sword and Rook's Staff were absen
"Ander, your left!" Finn shouted as he slashed at a rat using his sword. "Thanks!" Ander swung his sword killing several rats all at once.They were currently using the first plan and it was more or less going great, they were en route to killing all the rats, and Rook and Sophia were far away from them, safe while they fought. "This is too ea-""Do not jinx us, Sophia," Rook warned. "Too late," Sophia screamed as she heard the screeches of rats as they approached her. "Finn, Ander!""Go!" Ander commanded as he slashed at another rat.[Double boost] Finn boosted into the air once and then maneuvered toward them with the second, while in the air he counted five rats that had climbed a rope to reach them. [Spell creation active]"It's not completely special but it's a useful variant of what I already have."[Fire Magic: Hellblaze (Seeking spread shot)] Finn pointed his arm at them and shot out a scattershot of flame magic, it was newly created and it wasn't mastered yet but that was f
The fire wavered and shook as it created an atmosphere of calm and warmth, Finn and Sophia were the only ones sitting at the fire, while seated beside each other, they avoided making eye contact as they conversed.In the days leading up to this mission they had been alone multiple times and although they had picked up on each other's feelings, they were still awkward. "Do you want my advice, sir?" Dusk whispered and Finn instantly murdered the 'shut up!' He was about to scream."Good weather we have," Sophia said, looking away from the fire as she had just said one of the worst possible things she probably could've."Yeah good—- weather." Finn looked at the sky and chuckled. "I'm guessing you're just as nervous as I am."Sophia finally turned her face and looked at him. "Was it that obvious?" She smiled and Finn walked closer as she did.Since their accidental meeting that one evening in the dorms, they had been together throughout their time in the academy, and even after they graduat
The blood of Sophia was on his arms, the blood of Ander was on his clothes and the blood of Rook was on his face. What happened? The same instant Dusk told him to dodge what seemed like flash of light tore through all of them in an instant.His mind wasn't working well, he was going crazy. The one person he had finally wanted to spend the rest of his life with in this world was dead and her killer stood before him, nonchalantly talking to himself like this was just another day. "Oh you're still awake?" The creature in mans clothing walked toward him."If I remember correctly your the imitator right? Or no your the second one whats it called. Something about patterns.... Kaleidoscope yes!" He bent down, "I can't eat you since we're making a cauldron but I don't think we need you alive." He didn't care about what the creature had been talking about, that was the point at which he was. All he cared about was Sophia, he looked at her, praying and hoping to the Gods he had never served tha