Forge of Heroes and Legends (FHaL Online)
Volume 1 Advent of a Hero
Chapter 5 Patrol: Morning Forest Aftermath, First Dungeon
(T/N: Sorry for the long wait. I have been busy this past week. With school and whatnot.
Anyway, here's chapter 5. I'll make sure to do chapter 6 as soon as i finish this.)
Middle of the night, 2 AM.
-Ow-ouch... I can see the city now.-
-We should've helped Romulus back there.-
-Yeah.-
The patrol group discussed among themselve of what happened.
They were pretty banged up.
They headed to the infirmary first to get themselves fixed up.
-So? How'd it go? Recruit Romulus' not with you?-
A familiar voice. The captain anticipated that they'll be heading to the infirmary the moment
they got back.
-He will not make it captain.-
Said Klargus with a dreaded expression.
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In the cave on the far corner of Morning Forest.
"Mamaaaaa! Mamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Where are you? Mamaaaa! huhuhuhu"
His crying continued until he came upon a wrecked camp.
"MAMAA!!! hahaha. There you are. Let's go home mama. Hmmmm... are you sleeping here mama?
Let's get back home mama, you can rest and sleep safe and sound there all you want mama.
Here will be dangerous."
He tried waking up his mama, but she wouldn't budge.
"MAMA WAKE UP ALREADY!"
But she still doesn't wake up.
Suddenly she moved. From being flat on her belly, she turned on her side.
He got excited.
"Mama! Mama!
He then moved around her mama and saw something. It stands on its two feet while pushing
his mama to her sides. It was an elf. It stopped whatever it's doing.
"Hey you! Whatever you are! What are you doing to my mama? What if she wakes up?
Hmmp! Get out of here!"
Then he curled up in a ball and lay beside her mother while keeping watch at the stranger.
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Romulus was beside the dire bear, he was about to skin the hide of the bear.
So he turned the bear on its belly. But since it was so heavy, he only managed to
turn in on its side.
'UHHHGH! So heavy. This should work somehow.'
He gave up turning the whole bear.
He was now ready to skin it when suddenly appeared, a bear. He panickedly jump back.
It seems the size of any normal bear. So he's holding to his dagger tightly.
He was about to flee since he know he has no chance of winning.
But the bear just stood there and gnarled at him. Then it curled into a ball and laid right beside
the overly huge dead bear. It cuddle with the corpse of the bear. Making small noise.
Tears began to flow as he saw the sad scene. He fell on his ass.
It was his first time crying since the accident of his parents.
He became an orphan. Now he was seeing the saddest moment of yet another orphan to be.
'Goddamnit bear! Why do you have to come here?'
Were his thoughts while he was crying.
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"Why are you still not leaving? What actually happened to my mama?"
"huhuhuhu.
He then walks up to the stranger as if asking to be consoled.
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By this turn of events, Romulus for the second time, cried again and hugged the cub
as if it was his long lost baby brother.
With all his might, he tried to carry the bear, like how a human parent carry their children of 1-2 years of age.
Romulus started to walk to the direction of the cave. They reached the cave, the cub has fallen asleep.
He put down the cub and went back to the camp.
'Someday you'll be the lord of this forest. So you have to grow stronger.'
******
He began skinning the dire bear.
"Uhhgg! Tough job this is. But carefully and patiently. Let's not damage it alright."
After 6 hours, he finished it with the least damage as possible.
After he carefully skinned the bear, he started deboning it.
He then smoked the bear's meat to preserve them. He finished in 2 hours.
"It's morning already? What excuse will I say? And I just can't quit the military training regimen.
I might get a bad reputation within Calradea itself. And I'm just starting to like the free stuffs
I get..-----Damn. This is bad."
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When he looked backed, the cub stopped chasing after him and just sat down on the ground.
He too stopped, the cub got up and walked towards him. When the cub caught up with him,
it hugged his leg.
"I guess you wouldn't want to be alone too anymore huh? Would like to come with me?
We'll go places. We'll explore the world, find adventures and do amazing quest."
He scratched the cub's head and a message popped.
Fledgling Dire Bear*
Level 57 Dire Bear
Health1900Mana434Stamina1845
Strenght237+ 118.5 Damage (Physical)Dexterity66+ 44 (Weapon)+ 33 Attack Speed+ 487.5 Critical DamageAgility66+ 36.7 Movement Speed+ 36.7 EvasionIntellegence66+ 99 ManaFocus66+ 33 Damage (Magic)+ 22 Cast SpeedVitality123+ 1230 Health+ 24.6 HP Regen Per Seconds+ 1845 StaminaFortitude123+ 31 Defense (Physical)+ 25 Defense (Magic)
Combat StatsAttack162.5 + 00-00Magic33 + 00Defense31 + 00Magic Defense25 + 00
SkillsPassiveIron Hide (Beginner level 3)Rending Blow (Beginner Level 1)ActiveGashing Bite (Beginner Level 1)Terrifying Roar (Beginner Level 1)Terrifying Charge (Beginner Level 1)
"Does this mean you want to come with me? Alright. Then from now on,
you will be Remus. Do you know him. He was Romulus' twin. But saddly,
Romulus killed him. But that won't happen anymore. No more Romulus
killing his twin, Remus. The Romulus now will be taking good care of his
little brother, Remus."
Fledgling Dire Bear name changed to Remus
"I'm sorry about your momma, Remus. In place of your momma, I will take
good care of you and protect you and make you stronger than your momma was."
"Nrrraaaa hrrrmmp"
Remus snorts his agreement. And his big brother pats his head.
******
And so the two departed the forest and was headed to the wide Calradean Plains.
Where many Horned Rabbits, Deers, Armordillo and Wolves thrive.
Wolves hunted the rabbits and deers. They rarely hunt armordillos, but they do hunt then sometimes.
because they were slower compared to the deer and rabbit. But they're more sturdier and tougher
than the other two beast.
"Remus! Attack that wolf!"
Pointing at a wolf chasing a deer that's heading their way.
"RAAARGH!"
Remus did his terrifying charge to block the wolf. Then he trashed the wolf.
Wolves are aroung level 15-25. While the Horned Rabbits were around level 2-8,
the Deers at level 6-15 and the Armordillos were at 10-20.
The scene was repeated many times. The beasts they saved were 18 rabbits and 12 deers.
And the latest, an armordillo.
"31 tattered hides. It'll still be useful if I make and armor put of them. And these Armordillos
have tough hides. Should I just end this one's suffering? Pretty serious and fatal wounds."
As he was holding the armordillo. And then he took out his first aid bandage and started
applying bandage all over the armordillo.
And with this, he gained 5 levels beacause there are only 2 to share the exp.
He's still part of the party of the patrol group, but they're not around to share the exp.
His bow mastery leveled too to 4. Making him a level 9 novice.
Remus gained only a small amout of exp. But all his skills leveled up by 1 level.
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"Look at his pet bear. Looks so strong."
"But it looks different from those in the Morning Forest."
"Maybe he's from another city."
.....were the talks of other users that saw the pair walking inside Calradea.
While the NPCs displayed a scared expression.
-Recruit! Is this your pet? Make sure it does not run wild in the city. Or you'll
be held responsible.-
One of the patrol guards on the city quickly noticed the green leaf necklace he had
so he knows he is a recruit for the city garrison.
-There's kennels at the barracks. You might want to put it there for the time being.-
Then instructs him to cage Remus.
"Thank you senior. I will be making my way to the barracks now."
'Heck, like I will cage Remus.'
He then went to the captain's quarter to do his report since he was not with the patrol
group last night when they returned.
*salute*
"Sir! Recruit Romulus reporting for duty!"
As he entered the captain's quarter.
-So you've made it back and you even brought a friend.-
"His name's Remus sir. He was the cub of that bear we slew.---I feel terrible after seeing this cub.
You see sir, I'm also an orphan. So when I saw the cub beside her mother I felt remorse. As if I'm
seeing myself in this cub. So I decided to bring him with me. And he'll be in danger if other
adventurers finds out that there is a Dire Bear cub in the Morning Forest."
-No need to feel remorseful. You just did what you had to, to protect your comrades. And about you
bringing along Remus is just the right decision..---Well, even if you did not finish the route for your
patrol last night, you still completed the task. Give me your necklace.-
Commission Completed
Patrol Duties
Patrol on the Morning Forest tonight. With the patrol group led by Decanus Klargus,
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you were asked to join.
Reward
+ 800 exp
+ 20 fame
Then he gained a level.
DING!
'Ahhhhh. The sound of the bell on heavens' gate.'
Level up!
+5 unassigne stat points
The captain returned the necklace after just a minute.
High Elven Army Identification NecklaceNow that's more like it.Recruit IIII+5 fame
-You are now promoted to First Class Recruit.-
"Sir! I am honored sir!'
With this, his salary increase now to 15 silver a day.
'More money after I'm finished with my service.'
-What about Remus? Do you plan to put him in the kennels? It would be better if you
keep him close to you all the time.-
"Yes sir. I definitely will not cage him or chain or even put a leash on him. I want him to be
free as much as possible.----I would like to take my leave now sir! I would like to visit my
comrades."
-Aye soldier. They are at the infirmary. And though this is the first day of your training program,
you must take the rest of the day to recover yourself from the fatigue.-
*salute*
"Yes sir!"
Then he left the quarter of the captain and heads to the infirmary.
*******
-HEY!!! If it isn't Romulus!-
The patrol group rejoice at the sight of their comrade.
-Welcome back! So what's become of the hide?-
Decanus Klargus welcomed him.
-And you brought back with you its offspring. Do you somehow plan to raise it?-
"Yes Deca. I feel bad for this cub, his name is Remus by the way."
-Then... WELCOME TO THE GROUP REMUS!-
Bahestur got up from his bed and hugged Remus!
"Hrrrmmmmpphh"
Remus did not even try to resist, he felt the happy vibe in the air so he felt happy too.
The others joined in.
********
After he met up with his comrades, he went back to his quarters.
And while on the way, he saw his fellow recruits doing their training.
Seems they're doing hand-to-hand combat traing. The training goes by physical strengthening
in the morning then hand-to-hand combats in the afternoon.
He saw the drillmaster and went to him.
"Drillmaster, sorry I did not make it in time for the training."
-Oh, don't worry about it. Captain Erlshade already told me about you joing the patrol.
So no need to worry. You just go and rest.-
"Thank you sir. I'll take my leave no."
'I think it's time for dinner. What did granma cooked?'
He went to the recruit's quarters. Lay down on his bed while Remus laid down on top of him.
"Uhhhgghhh. Heavy Remus!"
So he logged out.
*******
He got out of his capsule and went straight to the kitchen. His granma was there.
"Good evening granma. What's for dinner?---WOW! Katsudun, Yakisoba, Tonjiru!
What's the occasion?"
"What? How could you forget your mother's birhtday? That's so unlike you Romulus."
She was upset by Romulus being sucked in greatly by the game that he forgot her mum' birthday.
"I---I'm so sorry. I'll just go and greet her. And bring mum and dad some food."
So he went to the home altar/shrine and offer some gift to his parents.
His granpa was there offering some prayers. So he does too.
"So how did it go this time? You're hunt?"
His granpa asked after he finished his prayers.
At the same time, Romulus too finished his prayers and answer.
"We survived and killed the bear. Then I took its cub with me to the city, made it my pet."
"Ha. I thought you'd get defeated yet again. Good for you.----The foods's gonna get cold.
Come on."
After Romulus finished eating and doing the dishes he rushed back to the capsule and got inside.
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He woke up, it was midnight. Remus was no longer atop him, he was beside his bed.
His fellow recruits were all sleeping soundly. Tonight he did not participate the patrol.
The first thing he did was hit the showers on their quarters.
"Ahhhh refreshing."
'Maybe I should go hunting tonight.
In a low voice.
"Remus wake up. We're gonna go out hunting."
"Nraaaahhhhh."
Remus got up and they both got out of the barracks.
********
They hunted further in the Calradean plains, near the mountainous region up north.
Although it was all mountains up north, there were no dwarves living inside those mountains.
On their hunt, they came upon a cave. There were many other users at the entrance.
"Hey. Cool pet you got there. Are you somehow looking for a party? Care to join us?"
An intimidating tall man with his tower shield and his war hammer
'Is this a dungeon? Though I should not ask. They'll know I'm a newbie and not let me join.'
"I'm only available 'til twilight. Is that ok?"
He then asked in return.
"Uhh, sorry. We're planning on clearing the whole dungeon so we don't need part-timer.
We're a pretty serious party. Not some petty hobby group."
The tall man said with an annoyed expression.
"No need to be a dick. I'm just asking. And you're the one that invited me."
'Uhhhg. What an asshole.'
He angrily said. But before he could even finish the guy was already on new arriving
users asking to join their party.
"You think he'll join us?"
Romulus heard a male voice behind him. Then a female voice followe.
"Mister? Would you like to join us? You're a hunter right? I'm sure you can solo this dungeon
with your pet. But can we join you?
He did not know what question to answer first.
"Uhmm. Yes I'm a hunter... I don't mind joining your party."
"I'm Anthea, a level 56 Dancer."
The girl introduced herself.
"I'm Irvin, a level 59 Bard. Nice to meet you."
Then the young man introduced himself next.
"I'm Romulus. And this is Remus. Please take care of me."
"Then please accept my invitation."
Irvin invited Romulus.
Irvin invites you to his party.
YesNo
"But I'll only be 'til twilight. Is that okay?"
Romulus gave his condition.
Joined Irvin's Party
"Sure. It's not like we're gonna take long, right?"
Irvin's asking Anthea's opinion.
"Yeh. Should we wait for one more? Or do we go in now?"
Anthea's opinion and suggestion. And as she said it, another she-elf came to them
and asked if she could join their party.
"Uhm--uh can I join your party too?"
She shyly asked.
"OH! Sure! The more the merrier."
Irvin got excited then Anthea kicked him on his shin---"OW! What was that for?"
"I'm Finala, a level 66 Paladin. I'll do the tanking, thank you!"
Finala joined Irvin's Party
"Great! Let's get going then?"
Irvin got more excited.