Volume 8 Chapter 28: Holy Maiden And Fallen Sakura
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Yo, Skar!" Keith waved his hand as he entered the workshop. When he did, the dwarf looked at him strangely, "Kid, you''re not dead?"
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith froze, "How in the world am I dead?!" I didn''t go to the dungeon!
<span style="font-weight:400">"You haven''te here for quite some time now. I assumed a monster gutted you in the dungeon."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, please. I''m not that weak." Keith rolled his eyes. How could he be defeated?
<span style="font-weight:400">"Anyways, do you have thoughts about opening the cart?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"We miss your food!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"We''ve been eating your bread!" Other dwarves started to chime in as well. Keith''s cart hadn''t been open for so long, and it was quite the hit to the dwarves. Well, they had the bakery, which was a great substitute. But it was different with Keith.
<span style="font-weight:400">That caused Skar to shake his head, "Shut it, you guys."
<span style="font-weight:400">"I won''t be opening the cart any time soon. I have midterms," Going to the Rustchil duchy and then returning to the midterms. That was something he didn''t ount for.
<span style="font-weight:400">"How long are we going to be missing it?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ahh, probably another two weeks?" He wasn''t really sure about this.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Wahhh!" The dwarves started to shout in horror.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Anyways, show me your heavy iron weapons,"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Huh? You''re not going to use a sword?" Skar frowned. Keith shook his head, "Mmhmm. I will be changing into arger weapon; I need to use something heavy with arge shield."
<span style="font-weight:400">"I see; then you should pick something over there." Skar pointed at the rack on the side, filled with hammers and axes.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Thanks,"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Wait a moment, do you even know how to pick one?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Nope!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t sound proud, Idiot. If you weren''t a regr, you would have been taken advantage of," Skar sighed as he exined, "The important thing with choosing a heavy weapon is the ability to have control over it. It can''t be too heavy or too light. Power is secondary when selecting a heavy weapon."
<span style="font-weight:400">"I see." Too heavy would make it difficult to handle, while too light would defeat the purpose of having a heavy weapon.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Given that you could swing our axe and hammer around, you could probably lift something like this." Skar handed Keith an axe. It was prettyrge and wide.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm," Swinging the axe around, Keith could feel the solid heft the thing had. Yet, it was easy on the hand as well. He could easily swing this around. As Keith stared at it, "How much?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"5 silver coins."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I''ll take it."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Are you going to the dungeon to break it in?" Those eyes said it all.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Of course!" Getting a new weapon meant he had to break it in at the dungeon. He would need to get used to it. What better way to do so than at the dungeon?
<span style="font-weight:400">"Good luck out there."
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith nodded, "Thanks!" He grinned as he headed to the adventurers guild.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Madison!" Keith called out to the girl.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, you''ve returned." Madison had a bright smile as she stared; it had been a while since she had seen him. But then she noticed therge weapon on his back.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Did you buy a new weapon?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." Keith nodded, "I''m thinking about testing it out in a dungeon."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I see." Madison nodded, "Then let me find a small dungeon for you. Would a C-rank be enough?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"That''s-"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hold it!" Keith turned his head and saw two familiar faces. It was none other than Angelica and Sakura.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Wait a moment, the two of you are adventurers?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What? It''s none other than Holy Maiden and Fallen Sakura." One adventurer blurted.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh my goodness! To think I could see the two of them here!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"This is such a rare urrence!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Say what?" Holy maiden and fallen Sakura?
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" Angelica and Sakura looked away from one another.
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<span style="font-weight:400">They''re talking about them. That was something Keith knew for sure.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, the two are A-rank adventurers," Madison whispered. That clueless face said it all!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Say what?" They were one rank above me? They were on the same level as Morgan and Galven. But it did make sense; these two were his seniors!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Why are the two of you here?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"We were stopping by," Angelica grinned.
<span style="font-weight:400">But that only caused Keith to stare at Sakura instead. She coughed, "Indeed. We only saw you at the shop and didn''t follow you." They saw Keith with a giant axe tied behind his back, walking around with a chipper look.
<span style="font-weight:400">"...I see." Keith shook his head. Of course, that happened.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We''re going to join you on your adventure," Angelica then got close to Keith, "Or do you not want us to be there?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"No, it''s great!" Keith sighed. He couldn''t say no, not unless he wanted to die. Turning to Madison, "Madison, can I get a higher rank dungeon?" Since the two were A-rank, then C-rank wouldn''t cut it.
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<span style="font-weight:400">''Make it A!" Angelica grinned.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…Are you sure? Keith is still B-rank."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"We can watch over him. And we''re not going to go far into it." Sakura had no ns for that.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Understood. Then you guys can go."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s go!" Angelica grabbed his hand and quickly headed out of the guild hall. And all the adventurers couldn''t help but grit their teeth. This lucky dog!
<span style="font-weight:400">I don''t want to die! Keith didn''t know whether tough or cry in this situation. It was going to be hell for him when he returned to the guild.