-Break-
Φ Walking around Jedidah slightly ahead of Cyrus, I say, “A horrible country composed entirely of slaves, this place doesn’t really fit that description. Everyone here seems to be rather jolly and hard at work, smiles all around, and if I was to compare this place to Skydust everyone is barely working, isn’t that right Cyrus!”
Hearing no response, I turn to Cyrus and say, “Have anything to add to the conversation!”
Looking at him, I see Cyrus is freaking out. “I c-c-c-c-c-c-c-can’t do this, I can’t do this.”
This is bad, he is causing a scene. Grabbing him by the ear I lead Cyrus into a back alley, “Cyrus what is going on with you, don’t you know this is an undercover mission!”
“S-S-S-S-Sorry, let us go home!”
“What's wrong with you, we are finally here, don’t you want to meet your sister.”
Cyrus keeps stuttering and falling over his words as he tries to speak. Reaching my mental limit, I step back and then I punch him in the stomach and shout, “CALM DOWN!”
Stepping out of the alleyway I bow my head to the passer-by’s and say, “Nothing is going on over here, just continue your business.”
Walking back in I grab Cyrus by the collar and say with a half-smile, “Sorry about that I just got annoyed, but trust no matter what the reason is I won’t judge you, so please just spit it out.”
Staring at me, Cyrus says, “You still look angry.”
“HURRY THE HELL UP!”
Cowering Cyrus says, “I-I-I-I-I am s-s-s-sorry. It is just that I am scared to see my sister.”
Confused I calm down and ask, “Why?”
“I wa-a-a-anted to show my sister ho-o-o-ow I have grown, but to be hon-n-n-nest I haven’t. I-I-I-I-If I was to meet my sister like this I would be ashamed. I have a-a-a-always relied on my sister for everything, so I at least wanted to grow a bit before I see her again.”
Sighing, I kick Cyrus in the balls and then I let out a scream of pain. “What the fuck, why are they so strong, my foot hurts like hell.”
Looking at his crotch I say, “You know now I am a bit curious, but that can wait for later. Cyrus take it from me that if I had someone to rely on me like you rely on your sister I wouldn’t have ever had a bad day.”
“But-t-t I still want to be able to help her.”
“That’s exactly why we are here, your sister might be in a dire situation and the only person who would possibly care is you. So, I bet if you come in as a knight in shining armour your sister would be thrilled.”
Hitting him on the back I say, “So straighten up, tighten your butt cheeks and march Cyrus.” Pushing him from the back, I say, “Let's GO!”
Φ Stretching my hand out of the opening in the walls, I let my Omega eagle land on my arm.
The omega eagle is a wonderbeast that can record and play anything it seems.
“Now what did you observe in the desert today?"
Looking through the eagle's memories, I notice something, so I shout, “GUARDS COME IMMEDIATELY!”
“Vizier Adi, what do you need of us.”
“I need you to inform our king that intruders have arrived in Jedidiah, waste no time.”
The two guards in front of me look at each other weirdly. “Was there some issue with my instructions?”
“You see, his majesty is missing.”
“What!”
“He woke up earlier today and went for a walk, he has been missing for about 9 hours now.”
Enraged I say, “And you didn’t think to inform me!!”
“We knew if you found out you would burst a blood vessel.”
Grabbing both of them by their heads, I say, “GET HIM BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!”
“We on it!”
Φ Jumping from building to building I take note of a few things. First is the gorgeous architecture all around, the city is completely stunning. Second is the happiness of all the people walking around, from what Ai told me I thought it would be much more of a dictatorship but nothing of the sort is happening. And the oddest part is how orderly everyone is, despite being incredibly packed in the streets not a single person is getting in the way of anyone else, I don’t even think ants are this well coordinated.
As I continue to jump from around the rooftops Anto on my shoulders says, “Orb I am hungry!”
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“I will find you something later.”
Throwing a tantrum, Anto says, “NO, I WANT SOMETHING NOW!”
“Don’t be a baby, Anto.” While trying to calm down Anto I mess up my footings and fall into an alleyway in Jedidiah.
Recovering from the fall, I say to Anto, “This is what happens when you don’t behave!”
“This is what happens when you don’t feed me!”
“Right now, feeding you is at the bottom of my list of things to do.”
“The bottom of your list. Then all I got to do is change how you think!”
Using his legacy Anto tries to strike my head, but I grab his hand and say, “What the hell are you trying to do!”
“I want to eat now!!!”
This little brat. With my ears, I start to hear a grunting sound, so I look around me and under me, I see a man, crap we fell on him! Slamming Anto into a wall I say, “Behave!”
Then I immediately make to check on the man I just saw, “Are you ok!” The man is just skin and bones he looks completely raggedy. “We need to get him food now!”
Name: Omega Eagle
Height: 78cm
Type: Carnivore, Wonderbeast
Description: An eagle wonderbeast with green and gold feathers. The eagle has extraordinarily hard feathers on its head which form a golden crown, and transfixed to it is a third eye which it uses to project it memories for all to see.
Fact: They project their stored memories as a way to confuse their prey, and then in that moment they strike on their necks killing them. They live for entertainment and thrills.
Name: Anathematized Paranant
Height: 0.1M
Type: Obligatory hematophagous(Bloodsuckers)
Description: They are small bugs with golden spherical-shaped bodies, with six short legs attached to the bodies which they can drink blood from. On the front of their body lies one eye which they can conjure lightning from.
Fact: They are pack hunters who will always act as a collective. They get their name from the researcher who found them Paran, so they are called the Paran-ants.
Name: Tahajalmud
Height: 290m
Type: Wonderbeast, Carnivore
Description: A Large quadrupedal wonderbeast, it has a golden armoured shell and a long thorny tail. Beneath its armour, it has two wings that are very similar to those of bugs. It is capable of rolling into a wheel shape to run over all its targets, then it uses its thorny tails to pick chunks of them off its armour
Fact: They have races with the rest of their pack when they are alone, and in those races, the older ones tend to let the younger ones win.
Side story
Φ Walking into the man’s shop with Suzuka and Cyrus behind me I say in a polite voice, “Are you finished?”
“I finished up just a few minutes ago, do you want to take a look at it.”
“Absolutely!”
As the man walks to the backside of his shop, I see Suzuka beside me start to fidget. Grabbing her by the waist I start to tickle her and say, “What’s with all the fidgeting.”
Laughing Suzuka says, “Stop Orb!”
“When you cough up the secrets.”
“I SAID STOP,” she says swiping her tails back at me. Dodging away I see she has a red face filled with anger.
As she approaches me with hostile intentions, I hid behind Cyrus saying, “Oh no, I am about to get broken in two.”
“ I am going to tickle you to death.”
As she tries to catch I move around using Cyrus as a wedge between us so she can't grab me. “What I did wasn’t that bad, so why don’t you just stop this and answer my question.”
“When I get my revenge. Cyrus grab him!”
“Yes madam!” Cyrus says as he grabs me.
“When did you start taking orders from Suzuka?”
“We had lots of time to bond while you were out doing whatever you wanted. Now it’s time for revenge.”
Taking off my shoes Suzuka starts to relentlessly tickle my feet over and over again, “PLEASE STOP I AM GOING TO DIE!!!”
After a little while of tickling Suzuka eventually lets me go and says, “That felt good.”
Laying on the floor a shell of my former self, I say, “Please answer my question.”
Fidgeting even more Suzuka says, “Well it is just that I am nervous about my present, I don’t get many, so I didn’t know how to feel.”
Getting up I give her a hug from behind and say, “Stop being a baby.” Then I supplex her into the ground.
Holding her head on the floor, Suzuka gives me a death stare and says, “Your right arm is all you’re going to have left.”
“Friends give each other gifts, so don’t be a baby about this from now on this is your new normal, so get used to it, and remember my birthday is in Capricorn don’t forget.”
With a kind smile, Suzuka says, “Thank you Orb.”
Walking back into the room, the man says, “Here you go!”
The man places two weapons on the table. First is a bow like I asked for, and the second one is Suzuka’s weapon; it is like a gauntlet with three pieces sharp pieces of finger armour.
“I heard the little girl was a martial artist, so I believe this is the best way for her to wield a weapon. Sorry, I was only able to make it for one hand since the bow took up most of the metal you guys had, but I can guarantee it is the best work I have ever made.”
Putting it on her hand, Suzuka says with an ecstatic smile, “Thank you so much, mister!! But what is really special about this stuff?”
“You see, spirit energy doesn’t flow through all materials equally. It conducts through organic things very well like the human body and wood, but when it comes to inorganic things like metal it doesn’t conduct well. So, you see when it comes to weapons there is a trade-off, but this doesn’t exist with spirit metal. Spirit metal conducts spirit energy better than most organic materials and is harder than most metals, and due to all this you can do crazy things like weave arrows of spirit energy using it.”
“So, this stuff is amazing.”
“Exactly, you should be taking god that you get to wield such a thing.”
Looking at her weapon with a demonic smile, I hear her say, “I wonder how much more fun fighting will be!”
Pretending I didn’t see her, I say, “Well, I will take this one then.” When I try to pick up the bow, I can’t even budge it.
“Young man if you want to move that you need to use spirit energy.”
Snickers at me Suzuka says, “Orb can’t use that.”
“It isn’t nice to laugh at other people. Cyrus, could you help me with this?”
“YES!”
With great vigour, Cyrus picks up the bow and mumbles, “I’m helping.”
Looking at the bow I see it has a strange symbol(Ω) on it, so I ask, “What is this?”
“That symbol was etched into both of the robots. I tried to remove it but it wouldn’t come off even after I melted the metal down.”
“I guess we can’t do anything about it then.” Bowing to the man I say, “That will be all from us, thank you for your hard work.”
“No thank you, I never thought I would get the chance to thinker with spirit metal, so the fact I got to do this in such dire times is a god-sent.”
With a smile, I ask, “May I have your name?”
“Chiron Gazer.”
“Then from this moment on this bow will carry the name Chiron.”
With a smile, the man says, “What a great name!”
Walking out of the store we all say our goodbyes, and when we leave, we are met by Avram, “Orb it looks like they are done with the ship.”
“Then let’s go check it out.”