Chapter 3 : A Merchant In The Dead Lands

Chapter 3 : A Merchant In The Dead Lands

   While on the way to Tihko, Kazuki saw many dead trees and the land was barren and dark. But, Kazuki and Khyeira saw some houses, they were very dirty and small, and also looks like empty. The coachman dropped them of in front of the wide bridge that leads to the town. “Be careful, there are crazy people in that town, and they have are what called “Guns” and they will not hesitate to kill you.” Said the coachman warning Kazuki and Khyeira.

They saw a well in the middle of the town, “Be quiet, we don’t want to trigger the crazy peoples here. And here, I bringed coats so we don’t look suspicious in the room under the well.” Whispered Khyeira.

Kazuki putted the coat on. They walked calmly quietly, Kazuki gets rid of the wood cover on the well. Khyeira jumped down, and signaled Kazuki that it’s safe. He was scared because it was a long way down, but he jumped down anyway and splashed onto the water. Under the well was like a dungeon, They opened a door in front of them, they saw jail cells. “This isn’t a dungeon, it’s a huge underground prison!” Whispered Kazuki.

They splitted up and search around the underground prison, the jail cells was dark and big, they couldn’t see what’s in it. With Rathomir’s sharp eyes, Kazuki could see a door, in a jail cell that wasn’t too dark. But, the jail cell was locked. He called Khyeira to take a look, She said she could picklock it. When she puts the picklock in the lock hole, it triggered something, and opened some jail cells not far away. They could hear the sound of a dog barking and running towards them.  “Protect me while I’m pick locking!” Said Khyeira.

Kazuki readies his sword. The sound of it was getting bigger and louder. He sees that it wasn’t a normal dog, it was a mutant and it had metal teeth. The dog jumped at Kazuki, he holded the dog’s bite with his sword. But then, suddenly a voice said “Hibernation!”, and then the dog fell asleep. He still readies his axes. A shadowy figure appeared.

“W- Who are you?! A- And... What did you do to the dog?” Shouted Kazuki.

“Calm down boy, I just putted a sleeping spell on it, and I’m the owner of these experiments. The name’s Skyreed, just call me Sky, Welcome and greetings.” Answered the shadowy figure calmly while approaching

Kazuki and Khyeira.

Kazuki could see his face, He was much taller than him, and a face full of scars. “Let me open that lock for you, young woman.” Said the man. He opens the lock with a special magical key and opened the door in the jail cell. It was a store, “Whatd’ya need boy?” Said Skyreed. Kazuki handed over the piece of paper that Keineth gave. Skyreed scrambled the stuff on the shelves. He grabbed some kind of fabric. He gave it to Kazuki, “210RL.” Said

Skyreed.

Kazuki gave it, which was all of his money, gone, just for materials. He told to Skyreed that he wanted to have a look at the “Experiments” in the cages. Skyreed turned on the lights, all of the monsters were “Hibernating”. Kazuki was attracted to one of them, a black horse, with black and metal armor. Skyreed waked it up, his eyes were bright yellow.  “Do you sell it? And how much?” Asked Kazuki.

“Hey Kazuki, no! I’m not going to buy for you!” Said Khyeira.

“I don’t sell it. But, since you and her came here, to this town, bravely, I’ll give it to you.” Answered Skyreed.

“Really? Thanks!” Said Kazuki while being pleased.

Skyreed opened it, and lets the horse out. “Whats his name?” Asked Kazuki.

“Hiyami. It’s a she.” Answered Skyreed.

Skyreed leads Kazuki and Khyeira to the exit. Luckily, the land under the bridge was wide as the bridge so the horse can get through.

When they reached the top of the bridge, behind them, they saw many crazy peoples with guns, “Rathomir, get on the horse quick!” Shouted Khyeira.

He gets on the horse, “Let’s go!” Shouted Kazuki.

“I’ll take care of them, you just focus on maneuvering the horse!” Said Khyeira.

They started firing their guns, and some of them chased the horse with their weapons. Khyeira fired her bow at them, she hitted one of the ones who were running, in the eye. While Kazuki focuses on maneuvering the horse to dodge the bullets. She fired again, but he dogded, and a bullet hitted her in the stomach. She puts pressure on the wound, then, she kicked one who was grabbing her leg, and shot him in the head. Some of the ones who were chasing them stopped because they’re tired. She hitted the one who was still chasing them, got shot in the leg. But, another bullet was fired, and hitted her in the left arm. They finally got away, the lands started to become green again after they rode the horse for some kilometers from the Dead Lands.

 They arrived back in the Torgovyn, Kazuki immediately takes Khyeira to a doctor, she keeps

the pressure on the wound with her hand. They arrived at the doctor, her wound was covered. But, the doctor said it would take time to recover. Kazuki remembered he had a potion, he asked the doctor what effects does it have, and the doctor said it’s a healing potion. He gave it to Khyeira and tells her to drink it. She felt the effects of the potion, she was feeling just a little bit better now. They went to the tailor shop and give the materials to Keineth. Finally, after a long tiring day, they went back to the inn and rest for another day.

The next and final day staying at Torgovyn, Kazuki and Khyeira both waked up at almost the same time. He looked at his watch clock, it was already 10 A.M. in the morning. In the end, Khyeira got 1100RL and Kazuki got a black female horse named Hiyami. Khyeira tells Kazuki to go pick up the suits from the tailor shop, she gave 500RLfor paying the suits. He goes to the shop,

“Hey Keineth, Are you done?” Asked Kazuki.

“Yes, it’s done my friend.” Answered Keineth.

“How much?” Asked Kazuki.

“Well, one suit is 250RL, and you buyed two suits. But, since you got the materials from the dangerous dead lands, I’ll give you a 40% discount.” Answered Keineth.

Kazuki payed the suits, and goes back to the inn. They tried the suits, and it was comfortable and it fits perfectly. They putted the suits in Kazuki’s backpack, Kazuki and Khyeira rode Hiyami, and went to a roadway that leads to The Iron Lands.

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