Chapter 3: Suicide Mission

“Single file line! SINGLE FILE LINE!” A man says.

Mercalees (MER-SAY-LEEZ), gates lead Alric and Oz to tents, shelters and he approaches some adventurers serving rations.

A handsome brown hair 27 year old in gold armor smiles, “Hey, are you two from Albon?” 

“Yes, but in no need of support. Where can I find the merchant guild?” Alric says.

“Just down that street.” He says.

A sexy red hair lady, in light armor appears behind the man’s shoulder and waives.

“Yes, thank you.” Alric says.

A purple hair girl leans over her booth.

“What’s the board for?” Alric says.

“Missions for adventurers and mercenaries.” She says.

“Are there restrictions to take a job?” He says.

“Not really…”

“What about the one with the gold pin?”

“Those are suicide missions.” 

“A what?” Oz says.

“Missions deem too difficult to complete, it still needs to be handled and the rewards are…a lot, but no one ever comes back alive.”

“We’ll take it.” Alric says.

The girl pauses a moment, than begins to read, “A man eating monster hinders our the countries trade routes near wako forest. Bring it’s head and the reward is yours.”

“Mhm, we’ll be back.” Alric says.

“Where’re you going?” The clerk says

“To get the monster’s head.”

 The next day.

“We should see the village soon.” Alric says.

“You think they really have information on the monster?” Oz says.

“It’s a start.” Alric says, “…Oz.”

“Hm?” She says.

“It might get pretty dangerous and you’ve helped me more than enough. Is this something to you really want to do?”

She looks him in the eye and smiles, “I’m fine, nothing’s shook me yet.”

Zealse elbows Oz down, pulls a spear out his body and a large claw scrapes against its blade as a massive figure leaps over them, Alric’s slashes it’s side, it lands in the forest’s shadows, Zeales throws the spear in its body, the forest shakes as it roars, it takes off and the spear fly’s back into Zealse palm.

“A spear just come out of you!” Oz says.

The spear phases back into Zealse, “It’s big.” He says.

“At least it bleeds red.” Alric says.

They enter an encampment of tan warriors, huts everywhere and stone pavement holds with a fountain at the village square.

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A man in body paintings and a bird feature earning leads them to the chief in the biggest.

High up on a throne a man in animal fur and purple painting sits.

“Ah! You come to slay the beast!” Chief Maku says.

“Yeah.”

“Wonderful! Take any weapons you like, the monster is merciless so do the same.”

“We already came across it, we can handle it with what we have. I just need to know where it is.”

“You’ve fought Diaoba and lived! Yarin!

Yarin, with the feather earring glares at Zealse, “Remove you hood! You insult our chief! Damn child!”

Maku raises his hand, “Its no bother, leave him be.”

Zealse pulls his hood, reveals dark blond hair that lightens towards the tips and his eyes to match.

That night, Oz and Alric share a tent, he places his blade in a boiling cauldron, she pours the monster’s blood, red turns to, green turns to purple, darkens, than a mix of colors, swirls up the swords and hardens at the hilt.

“Done!” Oz says.

“Thanks.”

“Do you only use a sword?”

“I’m a wind attribute and can do other things.”

“Like what?”

“We’ll, the ability I was born with allows me to copy another’s magic.”

“Seriously?! That’s amazing!”

“I don’t use it..”

“What?”

“The more I use it, the worse an illness it gave me gets.”

“How bad is it?”

“permanent physical defects…say I train and build muscle for a year, I‘d only gain 10% of it, If I keep using it, my combat ability won’t be where I need it or my immunity to diseases weaken.”

“Will you be ok?”

“It didn’t start early, I’m in good enough shape. Growth is my issue, but that’s talk for another day.”

Alric lays on the bed.

Oz drops into bed, rolls on her side and feels fatigue of her year long journey to meet him.

“…Alric.”

“Yeah?”

“Why’re you hugging me like that from behind?”

“My illness keeps me from having enough body heat. I’m good during the day with the sun…but at night I always use someone else’s.”

She backs into him, tightens his arms around her and pulls a blanket over them.

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