Chapter 3 - a place to start off after being kick out

I could feel myself is dying of hunger. I could see myself standing at the entrance of the village hoping someone would give me something to eat though. But they look at me like some filthy guy. I pray to god that someone could give me something to eat.

Randy lying down on the entrance. A young man and an old man was heading towards the entrance which riding a horse cart.

He is looking at me suddenly offered me some fruit. I ate it without any word, but at the same time I thank him. He offered me a ride.

“Come on kid”

“Thanks” I taken his offer and ride his cart. He begun to explain that this is his village.

“This Carnac Village, we are a neutral people folk that does not belong to any nation”

“Hey bro, do you have a name?”

“Randy….” Well kinda lame for a guy like me using my own original name.

“Strange name eh?”

“Yeah sort of”

“You not around here is it?”

“Yeah…” I suddenly hear a whispered from the jewels that Luna gave me before.

“Don’t tell anyone about where you came from…and plus they don’t believed it as well”

“Uh…what the hell am I going to say then?”

“Uh…just tell them you from the other continent”

“Fine…then” kinda strange she could communicate with me in the mind. Now I’m getting a strange and bad feeling about this Luna, whether she is using me or what. Now like every fantasy story or games. I’ve got to find clues or a starting point where I need to be part of this world. I don’t even know a damn thing about this world nor even a place as my safe house. So I ask the old man about a place where I find some answer. I started to explain some situation that I face recently against some king. The old man was surprised though.

“King Lozla! That craze for power and greedy king claiming that his kingdom belongs to heaven!!” Seems the concept of heaven and hell seems relate to my own world. Maybe I could find out a place of faith that belongs to them though.

“Do you know a temple or some sort place to pray?”

“Oh you mean the church?”

“Sort of Cristian religion eh..?”

“Is there such a place here in this village?”

“Yes, the Church of Seven Star is where most of us pray” unfortunately I’m an atheist, I don’t believed in divinity so that is something I find myself hard to believed. But now with magic and this maybe I started to see some logic here.

The old man drop me to the church and I head inside the place. All of it looks familiar and typical of a church with old eerie windows, dusty and dark walls. At the altar a women who is a nun standing while praying. I look around finding something that I could figure out of the world but the mural that was drawn interested me.

An image of 2 suns and 3 moons. While you see that humans here shown dominance there is also other beings in the murals, elves, dwarfs, fairy, including Beastman. While the dark side is belong to monsters like goblins, orcs and even other strange beings from the picture. Another side of the mural, where stars and black flames parallel with each other. I wonder what this all means though.

As I wondered the church interior there is someone is also there, reading some sort of a scroll. A girl sitting down at the corner of the building, this place seems to be quiet, This place is empty except for the nun and this girl. How do I start this conversation? I really wish there is a safe point. I muster my courage and talk to the girl.

“Uh….could I ask you something?” No respond, she must be really a bookworm.

“Uh…miss?” Her gaze looking at me as if I’m a nuisance while she close her book.

“Yes?” She looked annoyed though

“um…do you a place where I could get jobs?”

“Jobs?” She started to think and holding her chin.

“There's a guild in this village, but you have to get permission from this church”

“Uh huh…thanks though…” well at least I’ve got some leads eh? Suddenly Luna called me again

“She's pretty, isn't she?” Huh, does she have bad blood with me? Nope, she just doesn't have the time of day for stranger like me

“I just wanted to know where I could start from here…and…” Luna interrupted me

'That jewel isn't just able to hear, but it can see too,' huh, am I being watched? That's kind of creepy, but at least someone's watching over me. Yeah, just make sure to wave back in case it's your guardian angel!

"Anyway, Randy, hurry up and get it done!!” Now I feel like she is like my sister or something. I head towards the guild after I asked the girl the location. Once I’ve reach there its just the opposite of the church. My first impression of the guild was that it was a bar! You can call it a tavern if you're a gamer. Not a lot of people, just an old drunk, a guy sitting at the corner, and a woman taking a big jug of beer, and damn, she's huge. She seemed to be the leader of the group. She looked at me with a stern expression and asked who I was and what I wanted. I was a bit intimidated, but I knew I wouldn't find what I was looking for if I didn't take a chance.

“Uh do you where I could sign up for a job?”

“Huh? But you look like an adventurer though but you wore nothing but nature itself eh?”

“Uh yeah sort of…”

“Whatever go on ahead to the counter there…” this even stranger than what I expected to see in a guild. A chef or cook of some sort, is the guild master here.

“Yeah welcome to the Carnac Village guild, we trade in food, information, a place to stay including jobs for adventurers like those guys there”

“Umm could I sign up for a job?”

I was wondering what you're good at kid? I could use something my uncle taught me.

“Uh.. shooting? Hunting and gathering from the jungle or forest? Maybe a little crafting…"

“Okay what kind of stuff you good at crafting at?”

“Depends what I could see, and depends on the material itself…”

“Uh huh interesting, ok good, that means archery and crafting eh?”

“Yeah you could said that..” The guild master give some forms with the details that I need to write. But one thing though what the hell is this letters? Its a strange writing how the hell am I suppose to write?

“uh…”

“By the looks of it, you can’t write and read is it?” He is spot on

“Yeah…”

“Least you could talk and understand what I said though. Let me help you” he wrote my name, and details. He brought me outside of the guild and to a field.

“Now for the test of strength, I just wanted to know whether you telling me the truth or not about it.” So this must be the test before becoming a member of the guild. He give me a bow and arrow including to let me choose other melee weapons for me to choose from a knife, sword, axe and even a spear. I took all of it though.

“Interesting kid, all rounder eh?” The guild master only brought his own fist and a shield just like the character from another comic book that I read before.

“You ready kid?”

“Ready when you are…” in an instant he lunge towards me I manage to dodge it though. That was quick! If my uncle blocking teaching in martial arts finally paid off!

He's like a berserker flinging nonstop with fists and shields. I’ve got to away a space between. I remember my uncle taught me about archer in close quarter. I took the sword like a ninja sword.

“A strange way of holding a sword, like wielding a knife eh?” I instantly throw the sword at him and my chance comes to use my bow, I shot a burst shot like the old archers did in ancient times of my world, not like Robin Hood from the back. Eventually, I hit his shield.

“Not bad kid but you’ve got to hit me kid” looks like its the same like I practice with my uncle with mindset to kill, that is something that impractical in my world that lived in.

I took the shot again tried to get his blind spot, a barrage of arrow shot including a risky shot in the air. With only my axe and knife is left. I took a chance to attack him, using my kicks and punches like those from the special forces that my uncle taught me. Kinda wonder what is my uncle jobs is really is? I used the full force of the axe to hit the shield until it splintered and instantly I took a knife towards his neck but he instantly push me aside while blocking my arrow shot that was from the air. I lost the fight kinda expected though but he was smiling.

“Never had an exciting fight like that ever since Valga…”

“But I lost though…”

“I didn’t say a fight to the death right?” Yeah I kinda forgot about that.

“Anyway welcome to the Carnac Guild Adventurer before the ceremony head towards the church for the final task” he gave a large gold coin and I head back towards the church and Luna started to talk again.

“I never knew you could fight that well, are you holding back last night?” Yeah right she is strong like I have any chance for me to beat her though with only stick.

“Maybe with the right equipment…”

“is that so…but at least you are better than those of your friends here”

“i never know them anyway…or even care…”

“Raul is doing well but if he duel against you, I think you have a chance to win” I rather not get a lot of attention more than I need for now.

“I rather focus on returning back rather than comparing to them”

“Right…well then we’ll meet again when you have a place to stay”

“Uh right that is the most important thing right now” I head towards the church and give the coins to the nun and finally a young man who’s is actually the priest there.

“Seems like Lord Devonshire has taken interest in you very well this is the next task and final task to measure you attribute whether you have the potential of magic or not.” I head towards the altar where he started to enchant. The tone and dialect seems like latin but its not as it sounded like it.

"O magne vetuste, obsecro, hunc vindicem aestimari licet magnitudine tua ducat”

Suddenly a form was measure to my own. Like a tattoo was unscripted on my within my left arm.

“Try to enchant ‘attributum” that’s basically attribute. I don't understand the words, but I get it and understand the meaning of it. Which explain

Strength - 40

Agiity - 30

Endurance - 40

Intelligence - 100

Spirit - 100

Charisma - 50

The priest then explain about this attribute that it could be increase and decrease depends on my actions. Kinda complex compared to the games that I have played before.

“Next I will appraised your talent in magic here goes”

“hanc animam expone et voluntatem suam expand sicut liber!” It was a short silence from the priest,

I don’t know what have happen but nothing of sort or even anything exciting have happen and the priest concluded

“Very well, that is all for the ceremony” huh? Is that it?

“Well done you are now an official adventurer” eh? Is that simple?

“Please proceed to the guild, Lord Devonshire is waiting for you”

“Uh…got it” I head towards the guild building

Meanwhile in the church, the priest seems examining Randy’s attribute and elements he is seems to be surprised and he started to smile

“Seems like King Lozla overlook this one, he possess the a strange gift seems like the gods is favouring him eh Lord Devonshire. I’m looking forward for your future young adventurer..”

Lord Devonshire is waiting for me and introduce himself. Talk about multitasking boss.

"We're glad to have you! There hasn't been a decent guy like you around here for a while" I'm starting to get suspicious now, but I'll let it slide for now, I'm tired. Valga is the giant lady she introduces herself to, Helvos is a mage who specializes in Wind elements, and the drunk is actually a former Knight who used to serve the Kingdom where King Lozla lived, but he wasn't deemed old enough to fight so Valga told him he had to retire earlier than usual. According to Valga, the average age of a soldier is 70. Their retirement age is much higher than ours, which is 60+ from various government jobs. In my world, Knights is basically a government worker. "So the Knight was basically kicked out of the Kingdom for being too young?!"

When I asked the guild master for a place to stay, he offered his inn. As soon as I got back from dinner with them, I went straight to the room that he offered with his keys. I went straight to bed after removing my own clothes and leaving only my boxers. This will do for now. I kinda miss my own bedroom. Yeah, I know what you mean. I miss my comfy bed and pillow fort!

Randy didn't realize Luna was sleeping with him in the bedroom. He had fallen asleep without noticing her. Luna was snuggled up in a corner of the bed, her eyes closed in peaceful slumber.