The city grew rger and rger the closer we got to it until I began to questioher or not the pce was built by these seemingly medieval people. Reason being the nearly two hundred foot tall SOLID stone wall that surrounds the ehing and was nearly as wide as a standard two ne road ba earth. This city was se that when we were standing in lio gh the gate I couldn't see the end of it by looking to either side like it enpassed the entire side of the horizon.
Apparently the wall wasn't there to protect the city so much as to keep any mohat break out of the dungeon from esg. I mean it made se sidering the goblin I met briefly a week ago I am pretty sure the wall failed to do it's job. Anyways the entry procedure for the city was rather straight forward as the guards took one look at the Artemis familia before sending us through sihey were regurs ing and going from the city. Ihe city was dht fasating as immediately you were hit with just endless rows of buildings of every sort of architecture imaginable.-
Most were noticeably made of stone and wood though which Rethusa told me was because it was the easiest to rep case it got destroyed. The shops, oh the shops! Every variety for as far as you could see, potions, food, clothes, ons, you and there was a shop for it right he gate hawking their wares.
"Don't even think about buying anything from these stores if you value your money." Ariande warned seriously when she saw me looking arouedly.
"Why not?" I asked curiously.
"These pces are newbie traps, Not saying they don't sell good stuff but it's all way more expehauff closer to the dungeon. I'll show you a couple shops that will do for you until you get to at least level two sihey are on the way." she said with a smile.
"I appreciate it!" I said gratefully.
"It's firuth is we all feel kinda responsible for you after getting you here you know what I mean?" she said waving off my thanks.
I nodded since I could uand the se fairly well. It was a bit like resg a baby squirrel from a felled tree until it could take care of itself. An amusing thought now that I had it, me in a squirrel e that is.
"You said you wao be an adventurer right Alex? Any Idea what sort of on you want to use?" She asked after we left the shop versation behind.
"Hadn't really thought about it to be ho. Hey is pung the moo death an option?" I asked with a chuckle.
"Eh not until level two at the earliest and even then you'd o specialize in strength and endurance." Ariande said after thinking about it for a moment.
It was a joke on my part so my surprise could be uood whe out told me that at some point it was totally doable. It basically tipped me off that any on tion as well as your fists were as raw damage as you could get with ons being force multipliers instead. I fell into thought as a result and allowed Ariao physically guide me as we walked.
"I think I know what I want to use." I said suddenly which caught her and the rest of the Artemis familia off guard.
"Well don't leave us in suspense whatcha e up with?" Ariande asked curiously.
"I think I want to use a hammer. The sort meant for two hands but that has a short handle so I use it with one hand." I said with a wide grin.
"That's a new one for me to hear about. you give better details like dimensions a?" Erisa a half-dwarf woman who had the bcksmith developmental skill in the familia asked curiously.
"Do you have a piece of part and some coal? If you do I think I draw it out." I said holy and even though they didn't it was an easy fix by stopping into a general goods store for them.
I took the part and coal stid carefully sketched out Thors hammer from the marvel movies I remembered. Oh it would be impractical to use the thing as a on but here adventurers were super human so it was totally doable. The idea alo me excited and I may have gotten a little over detailed in my sketch of the hammer. Front, side and top views were each drawn out to the best of my memory alongside the length and width of every part.
When I was done i hahe part over to Erisa who looked it over with a critical eye. "Hmm, at first ghis design seems impractical but if you were to turn one side into an axe head like this it should work on any kind of monster." she said after sketg out her modification.
Surprisingly it was simir to the storm breaker axe Thor used ier films except the axe head was square shaped like a giant wedge and the handle was much shorter and of course had the standard Mjolnir hammer head oher side. I loved it immediately.
"That's perfect!" I said with a wide smile as I admired the design.
"If your first one is made out of steel I think you aught to be able to get it for cheap, Hell I think a few smiths would give it to you for free just because of how uhe on is. Bit of a warning though you should also get some gloves or you'll shred your hands on the handle from the weight in each swing pulling at your skin. After you raise your endurahough it should be alright to go bare." Erisa said helpfully.
"Thanks for the advice I'll try and remember it. To be hohough I am surprised none of you are trying to vince me to use a different sort of on instead." I said holy.
"Nah sometimes a on just calls to you and you gotta embrace the call. We could all see the yearning in your eyes just looking at the sketch. That on theres got your name on it and that's a precious thing for an adventurer, shows talent." Ariande said seriously and the rest of the familia nod when i look at all of them including Artemis.
"Truthfully you've got it easy since you know what on you want to use before being an adventurer. Most of us just pick up whatever we sihing calls to us. Means we ck the passion for the on that you have and take it from me that passion goes a long way when it es to mastering your on." Erisa said seriously and many of the women grimace at the reminder.
