The Reimagining of the Bow Hero

Chapter 52 - Finding Indigo

Chapter 52 – Finding Indigo

Author's Note: Hope you like Kana! Because she's going to be sticking around for the rest of the story.

"So, about this Indigo guy." Kana spoke up. "I think he is in the country we're going to. You told me how he looks like and all, and he sounds exactly like the guy that they just made their new king."

"King? How did Indigo become a king?"

"You mean you didn't know?" Kana said, skipping along the path. "A super handsome man with large wings fell out of the sky and crashed straight into a fountain. When he stood up, he was swarmed by everybody and they claimed he was an angel. This only happened a few days ago, but now they've coronated him."

Well, at least he was fine. Even still, I had to go find him and figure out what was really going on. I couldn't let anything happen to Indigo!

I kept conversing with Kana, clearly making Rishia feel bad as she was tailing along in the background.

"Hey, Kana." I suddenly brought up. "Could you show us your sword skills?"

"Yeah!!!" Rishia joined in, bored out of her mind that we weren't talking to her. "Please show us, Kana!"

"Sure thing!" Kana agreed. "No use having these skills if there's nobody to show them off to."

She stood there in a ready position, waiting for a swallow to fly by. As one descended down, gliding in midair, she struck.

"Swallow Reversal!"

Before my eyes could even move, a feather wavered in the air, floating and oscillating before it fell to the ground. I heard the sound of a sharp blade cutting through thin air. It was a moment later until we reacted.

"Wow!" Rishia cried. "That's so cool!"

"Good job." I congratulated. That was all I could come up with. Chills ran down my spine.

This technique, according to her, was supposed to cut down a swallow in midair. She brought this to a new level. Being so accurate as to cut a single feather from a small swallow while not inflicting any bodily harm upon the swallow itself. This was just scary.

"Impressed, huh?"

"Very much so."

"Well then, I think we should head to the closest town from here to buy you guys some equipment. You did mention that you are extremely vulnerable to attacks, correct?"

"Yeah." I sighed. "I'm sort of like a glass cannon. My attack stat is extremely high at the expense of my defense."

"I know of a really good smithery down there. It is certainly the best you can get in this region, so you should try it out."

Following Kana's lead, we arrived at the town. It looked like a traditional Japanese town, with rustic buildings, expansive rice farms and a large temple near the mountain top.

The streets of the town weren't paved, but they were still well maintained. From what I could see, the people of the town were living out their lives in harmony.

"This way, Satoshi!" Kana yelled.

The smithery wasn't very large, though it was nearly the size of the one in Castle Town. An old couple were sitting at the counter, assembling a set of armor. The armor looked like a set of samurai armor, though a bit less bulky than the ones I was used to seeing in movies and the sort.

"If it isn't Kana!" The old lady croaked. "We haven't seen you here in a while."

"Kana's back!" The old man exclaimed as he screwed in a flap of steel. "And who may you be?"