Pangeku: A place to relive

Chapter 2

A LITTLE SPARK ON A SHROUD

4.

The sun rises as the new journey begins, Akari, Ryuu, and Reiko meet up at the traveler's post to rent a ride towards the east side of Pangeku. It is the common form of transportation in this world wherein adventurers will be riding a wagon driven by a man with his ground dragon. Though some people prefer raising a different type of beast which can also pull a wagon.

Guided by the information given by the guild master, the party heads out. Since it will take some time to reach the said destination, while riding on the wagon, they decided to formulate a plan on how they will convince Hokori Kane with a little knowledge about him.

"Sooo, how are we going to convince him? Going straight at him won't work based on my experience" Akari opened up.

"I guess we need to lure him with things that will be also beneficial for him if he joins us" Reiko replied.

"Yow nee-san! What if you seduce him? I mean you are quite popular among men in our guild!" Ryuu suggested.

"Have you ever tried using your brain before opening your mouth? I suggest you try it" Reiko added.

"I also think it wouldn't work because I cannot sense any form of life in his eyes" Akari replied.

"I understand, hmmmm... What if we trap him and threaten to kill him? We will use bloodshed to force him to join our party!" Ryuu suggested.

"The guild master said he was the strongest person on our guild, if anything he's the one that is capable of doing that, not us..." Akari replied.

"Can you just shut up Ryuu? Anyway, I think we should investigate more details about him before confronting him. Finding his agenda and also his weaknesses will help us during the table talk." Reiko responded.

After an hour of travel, the carriage reached the town of Mashira, compared to Bysstal, the town where they came from, Mashira is a little bit smaller in land mass occupancy. Since the town is near the sea, it is known for ships docking after a successful haul of fishing. Different water adventures were also allowed like underwater treasure hunts, though destroying marine minerals is extremely prohibited, only a certain list posted on the town's guild can be collected and traded.

Based on the guildmaster's tip, he said that Hokori Kane is looking for a mythic gem named adamant sapphire located at the depths of the sea. Numerous treasure hunters gave up on finding the myth stone but for some reason Hokori is desperate on finding the gem.

"Where do you think we should start looking?" Akari opened up.

"To be honest, I don't really have that much information about this town, I know it geographically but this is actually the first time I visit this place." Reiko added.

"Maybe we should ask the locals here about the most visited place or most famous tourist spots here in Mashira" Akari suggested.

"But why are we doing that? The guildmaster said Hokori does not like populated places and probably won't visit those spots" Ryuu replied.

"Exactly, It is called the process of elimination! We will mark those places on our map to narrow down the places that we should go to, plus it will be a little odd to ask them the most not visited place as a tourist right?" Akari answered.

"Woooooahhhh, THAT EXPLODES MY MIND HINATA-CHAN! LET'S DO IT!" Ryuu replied with stars in his eyes.

"Are you sure you have that thing you mentioned ex-plo-ding? Anyway, I think it's worth trying, though I suggest that we should also go to a shop that sells products related to underwater treasure hunting" Reiko responded.