[IC] A Hero Tale {Complete}

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce blinked at the idea that technology had progressed to such a point, but he shrugged it off.
"I'll find the way there," he said, picking up his sheath off a bedside table and strapping it back to his waist. "After I have one last drink."
Bruce took a tentative step forward, pleasantly surprised at how quickly his body was regaining strength. At the doorway to the lower floor, he turned back.
"The city is called Corona. It's near Oar Bay." he said.

[Jensoman]

"I see...take care, man! Hopefully we'll talk soon." Jenso said to Bruce, pointing at the communication device in his bag. He headed downstairs, and headed towards Luke. "I'm going to find Alvios, Luke...and I'm going to make him answer for what he did to you." Jenso said in a serious tone, placing his hand on Luke's shoulder.

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Luke turned to Jenso and sighed. "You're gonna do what you're gonna do. If you're anything like me, I'm not gonna be able to convince you otherwise," Luke grumbled, patting Jenso's shoulder. "But, there's one thing that you should do." Luke pointed back upstairs and looked at Jenso angrily. "GO TO SLEEP! YOU'VE BEEN AWAKE FOR 36 HOURS STRAIGHT YOU STUPID ASSHOLE!" He shouted.

[Jensoman]

Jenso smiled at Luke and nodded. He was glad that he understood, and felt more relaxed about the situation. But then, Luke screamed right into his ear. "HOLY FUCK!!!" Jenso shrieked loudly, staggering back from being caught off-guard. "Okay, okay! Geez!" Jenso replied, and headed upstairs immediately, lying down on the bed before Bruce left. "Uhh...I think Luke won't let us leave until we rested." Jenso said, and attempted to sleep.

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~ End Of Chapter 105 ~

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~ Chapter 106 ~

_{Farewell, Until Next Time}

The next morning, Jenso was lead by Luke to the tunnel that lead for Corona City. Nobody else came with him to send him off. It turned out that all of the seismic activity was affecting the tunnel system at various parts. Fortunately, the route to Corona wasn't impeded at all. Bruce had left as well, headed for Tech-Mo to join Jeff's hero guild. At any rate, Luke looked to Jenso, stoic and proud.

"Well, here it is," He said, blankly glancing at the tunnel and waving towards it with his open palm. "You'll come outside the other end outside of Oar bay, the docks of Corona. The city isn't very guarded, as the area itself it reportedly safe... Usually. Haven't had any news from there in months, though. We prefer not to interact with them for obvious reasons." Luke paused and shook his head. "Actually, we just unsealed the tunnel last night, for you." Luke looked awfully tired himself, as if he hadn't slept at all. He yawned and blinked a few times.

[Jensoman]

Jenso smiled at Luke, feeling very grateful. "Thanks, dad...I'm glad I got to meet you and spend time with you. Take care of yourself and Diver's Paradise, alright?" Jenso said. "I'll come back soon, and I'll let you know what happened." He said, and began to head towards the tunnel to Corona City.

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Luke reached forward and grabbed Jenso by his shoulder, spun him around and hugged him tightly. "Yeah... Yeah I will," Luke croaked, choking back tears, "Thanks for everythin' kiddo. I know you'll do great things." He released Jenso and paused, reaching into his pocket. "I think I'll leave the adventuring to kids like you now," He said, revealing the small book written by Bobba, and a small pill. "I'm gettin' too old for this treasure hunting business, haha..."

[Jensoman]

Jenso's calm demeanor shattered instantly as Luke began to cry and hugged him, crying as well as he hugged. "I'm proud of you dad...I...I really am. Keep doing amazing things, alright? You don't n-need to be a hero, just...just keep doing what you do. You're running an incredible place here..!" Jenso muttered.

[tex]

Luke nodded and smiled, handing Jenso the small book and the pill. "If you ever find yourself in a pickle, just eat that pill," Luke said, "Trust me on that one." Luke waved Jenso off and stood resolute by his paradise.

[Jensoman]

Jenso nodded, putting the small book and pill into his bottomless bag. "Right, thanks! I'll keep it in mind! See ya!" Jenso shouted, waving at his father as he headed into the tunnel.

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Luke nodded to himself a couple times and turned away as Jenso disappeared into the darkness.

"Farewell, Until Next Time, Jenso."

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~ End Of Chapter 106 ~

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~ Chapter 107 ~

_{Welcome To Corona..? Oar Bay Under Attack!}

Jenso made the trip in record time, navigating the sprawling tunnel with ease. Nothing impeded his path, and the floor was even laid flat with wooden boards, making the trip very easy. It seemed that Luke and his men put a lot of work into giving Jenso an easy time for once! He emerged from the tunnel to see the glorious city of Corona, an un-walled paradise of stone buildings with gold trimmings, and a massive port to the endless ocean. This was the first time Jenso had actually seen the ocean, truthfully. The water seemed to go on forever an ever, dwarfing the lake at Pharie, and any other body of water on the planet. It seemed so peaceful, lined with boats on one side. But the town seemed awfully quiet.

That's when several strange creatures approached Jenso from behind, pouncing him from above. They were like small crustacean-like monsters, about the size of a dog, with two massive pincers, and several small leg-like appendages that dug into the ground to support them. Five of them pounced Jenso, and hundreds more were seen in the distance, approaching Oar Bay.

[Jensoman]

Jenso glared at the hundreds of strange creatures in the distance, and sensed something coming at him from above. He slammed his fists together immediately, in order for a powerful shockwave of Ki to erupt from his hands in order to launch the creatures away and prevent them from falling onto him. "What the hell?!" He shouted.

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The creatures were launched away, and easily dispatched, smashed to pieces by Jenso's shock wave. They seemed relatively delicate when compared to Jenso's abilities. But he was too far away to defend the city from the bulk of their onslaught.

But, just when all seemed hopeless, a large arc of light sliced through a massive portion of the beasts, killing them outright. From the depths of the lower part of the port, out jumped a man with brown hair, wielding a blade, and going toe to toe with the monsters that approached from the sea.

[Jensoman]

Jenso's eyes widened as the arc of light cut through many of the beasts, and saw the man further ahead. 'Holy shit...he's really strong..' He thought, realising the fact that the man was defending the town all on his own. He dashed into the frey immediately, and slammed his left heel into the ground. A flame wave erupted before him, launching at the creatures and growing wider and higher as it moved. Jenso dashed right behind it, aiming to use it to make a path straight to the man. "Hey, what's going on here, dude?" Jenso asked the man.

[Hatman1801]

"Little demons haven't learned your lesson yet, have you?! Crawl back into your holes or burn away!" Alvios ran into the thick of the grotesque monsters, flashes of light from his blade taking them out in swathes. It took barely any time for him to be standing solely between the town and the swarm. It would have looked like suicide from a distance, as Jenso approached, he could hear the townspeople cheering for the lone swordsman, and then louder as flames engulfed dozens of them.

He didn't let Jenso distract him from cutting through the beasts, but he did acknowledge his presence. "Welcome to Corona. There's a sale at the bakery, closest tavern has just been refurbished, and there's a swarm of monsters at the doorstep. Ask questions later, leave or fight now."

[Jensoman]

Jenso blinked at the swordsman. "Well, I kinda feel like eating cake but-HEY WAIT! THIS ISNT THE TIME FOR THAT!" Jenso shouted back at him. He slammed his left foot into the ground yet again, and spun around on top of his heel to face the opposite direction. He launched a torrent of flames from the palms of his hands, aimed to engulf a large portion of the remaining monsters on the right side. Where his foot struck yet again, yet another flame wave erupted behind him, moving towards the other direction, heading for yet another portion of creatures.

[tex]

The rest of the monsters took heed of the flames and retreated en-masse into the ocean. Those that remained, anyways, as few as they were. But, within moments, the water began to bubble, revealing the heads of much larger creatures. Giant dome-like carapaces rose from the water, four of them, larger than a small cottage and spiked from top to bottom. They cracked open near the center, and revealed their pinkish insides, with a giant grotesque hole near the center of their inner body. Without delay, they launched bio-organic green globs towards Alvios and Jenso, staying several yards away from the shore, like artillery.

[Hatman1801]

"Fire-guy! That stuff is acidic and poisonous! Don't touch it!" Alvios charged towards the water, sword at the ready. From an outsider's perspective, how he planned on killing things offshore with a sword seemed like a mad idea at best, especially since it would be much harder to dodge the blobs of death from such a close range.

Didn't stop him though, as once he reached the shore, a burst of light came from his feet and he launched himself high above the creatures, and with another flash, began propelling himself down, intending to carve through the creature from above.