Intermission: Tob's Dream (Part 3)

"Ehh.... Are you sure we can do this?"

"Of course!"

"Beko and Tob, keep em busy! I'm going to use my spell to take it down in one hit!"

"A new spell!?"

"Hehehe, i tried to make my much bigger by putting in more magic energies! I named it !"

The Behemoth was resting in a middle of a forest. We took up the request of subduing it.

"Beko go ahead and charge it. I will go attack from behind with my punches."

"Got it!"

With Beko much bigger now, he can take more punishment than before. He has a new wood shield too. Even though its basically part of his body.

"Go!"

"Yaahhhh!!!"

"Hrmmm??? GRAAAHHHH!!!"

With our shouts the behemoth was alerted and roared. It charged towards Beko.

"Come on! I can take you!"

Booomm!!!

Beko catched the charge of the Behemoth and stopped it in his tracks. Dust and dirt flew as the two collided.

"Good job! Now take this!"

I jumped on top of the Behemoth, and started pummeling its back.

"AHRGHHUUUU!!!"

It let out a scream of pain. It spun to shake us off. He won't let himself be taken down this way.

"Hehehe! Here I go!"

!

A huge fireball hit the behemoth right in the face.

"Oooghhhhh..."

It fell down after releasing a groan.

"We did it!"

"Yaho!"

We made sure of our kill by taking out its heart. It's messy work but it sells for a high price. This particular behemoth wasn't one of the big ones.

It might be a juvenile behemoth. Beko can carry it so we decided to take it back to town for our proof of completion and to sell it too.

"Hehehe! We're finally making a name of ourselves!"

"We sure are. After they see kids bringing back a behemoth, I'm sure they'll be surprised."

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"We're back!"

We went inside the adventurer's guild. We left the body of the behemoth outside but it was still visible from the windows.

"Woah!"

"Look at that beast!"

"They finished that request!? Amazing!"

Claire was all smiles. She really wanted to be popular huh?

"Thank you."

After we received our pay of 500 gold, we went to the market to sell our beast.

There was a merchant there who purchased it for 200 gold, he was a dwarf who was selling behemoth steaks in town.

"We have a lot of money now!"

"Yeah! Let's buy decent equipments!"

We visited a famous armorsmith in town. He was an undead dwarf who created custom armors. Since Beko's body is large, we need to get him a custom fit.

"Hello!"

"Welcome."

"We want a custom fit for our wood friend here!"

"Hmm... I can do that. It will be for 300 gold."

"What!"

"It's expensive to create custom armors you know. But don't worry, it will be worth every coin."

"Okay..."

"Tob, why don't you pick an armor too?"

"Yeah."

There were a collection of amazing armors in the shop. I'm looking for something tough but easy to move in.

"Hmmm..."

I saw two that caught my eye. A padded leather armor or a light steel armor. The steel armor was a bit expensive but I decided to pick it anyways.

"Ohh.. That one is a good pick."

"Why?"

"It's made from Light Mythril. It is very easy to move in and tough enough to stand against an ogre's punch."

"How much is it?"

He thought for a while. He was currently getting Beko's measurements.

"I'll give it to you for 200 gold."

"Eh..."

"It's okay!"

"Claire. What about yours?"

"Cloaks and Magician robes are cheap you know."

"Fine, let's get you something too."

After getting my armor and placing the order for Beko's, we went to the a magicians shop nearby. It was owned by a skeleton mage who served in Lord Idmon's army before.

"Welcome, welcome!"

"We're looking for a good robe and a rod for my magician friend here."

"Let's see."

His eyes glowed when he was looking at Claire. It must be the skill.

"Follow me."

He brought us to a section in the corner of his shop.

"This robe and rod are for fire specialized mages. I can see that she is fond of fire."

"Yep!"

"The robe protects you from the fire element by 25% while the rod improves the damage of your flames by 25%"

"Wow."

"That's not all, it is a set item. If you wear them both, you are able to use the spells and without having to study them."

"Oh..."

This is starting to sound expensive.

"H-how much is it?"

"50 gold coins."

"Eh!"

"I told you we can get some good ones. We will take it!"

"Thank you for your business."

After we got a good deal for Claire, we decided to split of from there.

"See you tommorow guys!"

"Bye-bye!"

The rest of the money split between me and Claire since Beko doesn't need money.

"Hmm..."

I decided to visit the weapons shop where I owed money.

"Hello."

"..."

"Hello!"

"Oh.. It's you, child."

"I came here to pay some of my debt!"

"I see. Can you show me your knuckle weapon?"

"Here it is."

"Hmmm... Hmmm...."

What is he doing?

"Very good. You have killed a lot of monsters with this?"

"Yes, I believe so."

"You see, I gave it to you before as a loan but there was a reason I gave it to you."

"What was that?"

"This knuckle... I designed it to act like an undead. It siphons the life energy of those it kills, making it stronger with the passage of time."

"Amazing... You are giving it to me for such a cheap price?"

"I got the results and that is much more valuable than money."

"Still, thank you very much!"

"That weapon is my masterpiece. I will present a similar weapon to Lord Idmon when he returns."

"Oh, you're amazing! Master!"

"Hahaha... By the way, we haven't seen it yet but I believe that the weapon also evolves too."

"Woah..."

"It might be dangerous if it gets a will on its own but I trust that you can handle it."

"I'll do my best!"

"Living weapons were taboo in the past. Most of them killed their owners. Take good care of yourself."

"I understand. Thank you very much. I'll be back with more results next time!"

"Okay, goodbye."

Living weapons huh... Like the Dark Lord's fists.