[Distant horse trot]
“It’s been already two whole months since I arrived to the central continent from the southern one, the deck guy was right when told me about the nearest town aside from that little fishermen village, was like two months to the northwest, thought that was an exaggeration but indeed was true, who would had thought that the central continent was like two times more bigger that the southern one, I’m still in disbelief, and this old wagon seat is killing me, so uncomfortable!!”
[Looks at horse pulling the wagon]
“This old fellow been with me for quite some time, back then he was just a little foal, we had too many adventures, made friends, fought some bad guys, good old young days, heh. I sound like an old man already, even though I have 28 years old”
* I Wish, you and I retire someday as happy old men, Helios.
[Horse whines in agreement]
* Look, Helios, we are almost there, I can see the town from here!
[Horse trot accelerates into gallop]
“Now that I recall about it, here in the Central and in Southern we speak different dialects, thank goodness the deck guy gave me this little learning book as farewell gift, and its good I practiced some of this book, hope it helps while I’m here”
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[Horse galloping]
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“I need meet the person who rules over town so I can get all the information I need for this land. The closer we get I feel closer to our first goal, can’t wait.”
[Horse galloping decelerates to stop]
“We reached the town but something wasn’t right, I dismounted Helios and put him nearby the stable just outside the town’s gate, I ventured forward to check what was going on, because I didn’t expect the town to be so empty.”
* Helios, wait for me here buddy, I’ll be back.
“As I go pass the gates I notice some houses were leveled to the ground yet others are ok but lacking some care, maybe I took the wrong route and ended in a ghost town, I wonder if this is Dark Hollow town, I heard it was a dark looking town due to the black forest surrounding it, but not this. What happened to the Lord of this place?”
* IS SOMEBODY STILL HERE!!? HELLO??
“When I turned my head around I saw a man trying to walk across the avenue, He was walking rather slow, he looks pale, as I took some steps towards him, I saw his skin sunken into his body that I could see his bones”
* Sir, excuse me, I came to meet to Lord of this town, but what happened her…
“As soon I spoke the man stops and turned his head towards me slowly, he is dull face shifted into a face like happiness like if life came back to him”
* You are an adventurer, right? YOU NEED TO HELP US ADVENTURER!!
“As the man speaks he dropped on his knees and grabbed my feet like in a beg position and started crying, I felt bad but I couldn’t say that I’m not what he seemed to hoping for, so I’ll play along this time”
* THANKS TO REIA, FINALLY THE GUILD SEND US A PERSON TO HELP UP!!!, I thought my letters never reached the central city… Adventurer, what’s your name?
* My name is Drake, I received a letter about a town up north being in dire crisis so I came here to check it out (lying).
* Here, Mr. Drake we can’t talk openly here follow me, this way.
“I followed the man through some alleys and entered one of this houses still in a piece but looked abandoned”
* Ok, please sit here, I need tell you everything about it.
[Sits on chair]
[Ends of chapter 1]