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He supposed she did have a point. And he supposed that they didn’t have any other options besides simply wandering around the entire hollow mountain cavern on the search for ‘rare materials’ that neither of them could have a mind in identifying.
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He didn’t like their odds at the comment she came out with. But he only narrowed his eyes and gave a small grunt of disapproval as if this was a stupid idea. Following some mole creature to their doom? They might as well be.
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The mole creature waved again, ”Burr!” As if to say ‘come on!’
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“Fine.” Adam said, walking towards the creature.
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Adam looked down, his entire being on edge as if he could murder the thing with a dark eyed stare. “Go.”
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Unperturbed by Adam’s murderous look, the little mole creature went ahead into a thicker part of the woods, crunching branches underneath its waddling feet. Adam followed, mostly because he knew that they didn’t have much of any other choice.
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Despite being inside a cavern, the area's greenery was lush and growing, even perhaps overgrowing. And more than a few times, Adam had to hack away at some branches in the way with his sword.
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That was until the group came to a small stream. Water trickled down levels of rocks and stone, carving out a waterway. And suddenly, the group would hear the sounds of loud commotion of some type, followed by a sudden ”Roaaar!” that thundered though the air.
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“Burr!!” The little mole suddenly panicked, waving its claws wildly in the air. Adam had already tensed at the roaring, readying himself for an attack at any moment. But suddenly, their little mole guide jumped away, heading upstream and climbing up some stones, nearly getting out of site of the two humans.
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Adam’s gaze hardened, but he only turned to Elisande once. They already decided to come this far, following the thing, they might as well keep going…right into danger.
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He took off after the small mole, climbing up the stones to a higher tier of the stream. Once reaching their higher level, he saw a strange scene before him.
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There were a pair of two large creatures, about the size of bears. One of them looked quite like a bear but with frazzled hair and strange armor-like pads on its shoulders. It was on its hind legs, growling and bearing its fangs.
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Across from it was another mole like creature, appearing actually much like the smaller one that the pair had been following, but much bigger, with its metal claws twice the size of its smaller counterparts. Red streaks of fur were tinted darker, as if it was already hurt…
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“Burr!” The baby mole cried, running towards the bigger one, splashing up water as it ran, but a violent growl sounded from the creature, as if it was telling the smaller one to stay away.
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Adam stayed tense during the exchange. They now had potentially two giant and obviously deadly creatures ready to attack, so he needed to be ready to attack too. “So,” his grip on his short sword tensed, “what do you want to do now?” He glanced toward Elisande, gritting his teeth.

[attr="class,fateistag] Elisande Kiaris

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Yun Min-su. Adam would have to remember the name, remember that he still owed him. Which wouldn’t be hard, because Adam did not like owing people anything. He got to where he was on his own, not because he relied on handouts or the temperamental kindness of others.
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Genuine charity? No one did it for the sake of it. It was done out of social compliance, a requirement to meet. People weren’t nice because they were nice. They always wanted something. Adam knew that.
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He just couldn’t guess what this Yun Min-su wanted.
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He nodded his head, walking along in the direction of which they came. He would let the other lead, assumingly, to his ‘home.’
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If the man could still call this slime-infested liminal wasteland a home.
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It made Adam pause again, and it made him think. Home. It had been a long time since he had one of those. He’d never had one of those, actually.
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He sighed internally and then looked to the other.
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“Shall we then?” He nodded, letting Min-su lead the way ‘home.’

[attr="class,fateistag] Yun Min-su

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Adam stepped out onto the grass. Looking around him, there were giant slabs of rock. The sunlight shone down, casting long shadows from the huge structures, and in the distance, Adam saw the rumored sleeping colossus of this area. It was several stories tall, and even from here, Adam could feel some of the magic flow through the area, deceptive with its tall grass and little flower fields.
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He reached out, and a blaze of blue flames of binary burst forth from his reach, forming into the ever-familiar shape of a briefcase. Upon opening it, he did frown. No weapon graced his presence, and instead, it was two sticks of dynamite and a small health potion.
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He kept the briefcase with him. Better to have at least something than nothing.
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He was here to level up, kill monsters for experience, and still yet, learn more things about the systemized world. His singular mantra of getting stronger was still necessary to him, and he knew he still needed strength.
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He placed the sticks of dynamite in his inventory and the health potion as well. And simply began walking, looking for a monster to encounter, fight, and kill.

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ANTI-HERO CORE ACTIVATED Adam gains 2 C-Rank sticks of dynamite and 1 D-Rank Health potion

[attr="class,fateistag] The LGSB