The Quest

Setting Out

"You can't be serious about this."

Timothy had his back turned to the swordsman as he sifted through the rubble that was his home.

"You are aware Zhen Su has magical powers that can't be negated and a huge army made up of demons and zombies." Pendleton said.

"I don't care if you come along or not but I will get some kind of revenge." Timothy found what he was looking for. His masterpiece, a sword he forged a few weeks ago. It was created out of one piece of iron, which gleamed at one time but now was black from the fire. He rubbed it so it gleamed in the light. It wasn't ornamental in any way, it was meant for use and that's what he would use it for.

"You plan on using that to kill him?"

Timothy turned to the voice of the swordsman, "I don't need you to tell me how to get my revenge and it's obvious you don't feel like helping so, why don't you just shove off!" Pendleton was taken aback by Timothy's outburst.

"Alright, cause I'm sure you know exactly where he went and were his stronghold is so, you seem to be in good hands."

Timothy was about to say something, but stopped. He was right he had no idea where to go or how to even start out.

"Alright, I'm. . . .sorry."

"That's better and for that I'll accompany you and teach you how to use your sword, cause let's be honest, I saw you try to fight in the forest and you have the reaction time of a dead cat."

"Do not!" Before Timothy could say more the swordsman was behind him with a sword to his neck.

"You most definetly have the reaction time of a dead cat, but I can fix that." He dropped Timothy from his lock.

"So where do we go first?" Timothy asked.

"Only one weapon can vanquish Zhen Su and his power and I no longer have it."

"WHAT! Where is it? What about the one you have there?" He gestured at Pendleton ' glowing sword.

"That is the demon slayer, it kills demons absolutely but Zhen Su is a human wizard, it won't do anything to him. The only weapon that can hurt him was divided into four parts and placed at the four corners of the kingdom. There is one in the castle, one in the southern beaches, one in the western mines and the last is in the eastern temples."

"So you know where they all are, let's go."

"Well not exactly..." he trailed off.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Timothy didn't need this, it was wasting time.

"I know where to look but not where exactly but, my brother has a map of the location of each."

"Let's go then."

Timothy threw the sack of what he had taken from the rubble over his back and walked toward the Tree Sea, he didn't look back.