The World Of Infinity - Ultimate Setup

Ch. 5 The un-hatched

The hole slowly closed behind him and as that happened, few torches attached to it's walls brought some light to the otherwise pitch black tunnel. Hael was avert of the lack of an escape route but regardless, started proceeding forward carefully, and tightly grasping onto his token. After walking for a while, from the distance, a sound could be heard. It was the sound of iron clashing with iron. "Clank... clank... clank...", it repeated, getting stronger with every step Hael took. As the sound indicated, not long after a more brighter light could be seen at the end of the tunnel. Hael hastened his speed. Upon reaching the end he hesitated for a moment, then sneaked a peek outside. Through the doorway he could see a medium, apparently 30 meters of diameter sized cave habituated by a... a viking? There was a large muscular man with golden beard and hair, apparently a blacksmith as well, hitting iron on his workplace. He wore leather pants and an apron. The cave was a blacksmith workshop. The man who had apparently already noticed hael opened his mouth without lifting his head and spoke with a deep voice,

"who ar thee, coming to mi workshop?"

It was no use hiding Hael thought as he steeled himself and emerged from the darkness. Hael pondered how to answer and explain himself, but then realized, that this in fact was his first change to start actually living in a fantasy. Who was he in the first place? Smiling briefly hael lift his head, and spoke straight from his heart,

"My name is hael and I'm a rookie adventurer of this world. It seems that I have some business here since on my map this place was marked... and I have a token which was asked to precent at the wall."

Hael grinned inside his head,

"Ihhih I was finally able to address myself as an adventurer."

The blacksmith stopped hammering "A token ye say, it has been a while since I've seen one of those... well then, present it and I shall give it a look."

Hael's curiosity had won long ago and now he was fully playing along, (as one should in a game like this.) He walked to the man who seemingly was three heads taller than hael and placed the token on his desk. The viking looked at it interested and with a little caution he asked hael to turn it around in different angles but refused to touch it himself. The viking explained that he couldn't touch it or it would most likely burn his hand.

"These token are only given to such people known as oddities. They will only serve their master and refuse the touch of every other being ...Boy where did you get this."

Hael thought and answered.

"Well you see... I woke up on the road today and on my way to the closest town I was ambushed by some demon wolf creatures which I defeated bare handed and received this as the result. The vikings voice became dry as he said, "boy... how, how did you defeat the wolves?" Hael thought about it. He couldn't really remember what happened after, but one them bit him and he got really angry about it.

"I went on rampage and somehow managed to take them down by sheer force of will I guess." The viking stayed silent for a moment and then mumbled.

"I will forge this token into a weapon for you."

Hael couldn't believe his ears.

"What, seriously?"

"Yes yes now I take it that you don't have much time, if this is your welcoming visit to the capital? Take your token and put it on the anvil."

Hael did as he was instructed and then took a few steps back. The viking clapped his hands and summoned something. It was a giant hammer, way bigger than the one he used before. hael was about to ask if the token was going to be able to survive such force but the blacksmith swung the hammer instantly. It hit the red side and a massive wave of red sparks flew out. The force of impact also sent hael sliding meters back on his feet and left his ears ringing. Apparently one side only took one hit since now the blacksmith asked hael to flip the token around. He quickly approached and saw that the red side was moving as if something was circling around inside it. Quickly he turned it around. Now it was time for the golden side. Again the viking prepared and slammed his hammer on the token with another massive cloud of sparks, this time golden filling the room. Now hael was prepared and only slid around half what he did before. As the sparks settled the blacksmith informed that it was time for the final strike. "Turn the token on it's side and prepare your self. This will be nothing like the two before... I've seen few of these tokens in my time but every time is completely different from the others."