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Chapter 9: Ready for Adventure

~2 Days Later, Everautumn Village~

"huff... puff... Jeeeez... This is haaard..."
"Well, that just means you need more training."
"Noooo..."

After two days of only spiritual and physical training, Duone learned how to control Prozent and what it's all about.
Prozent is a passive Parasite which inhabits your body and gives you a special power, if used correctly it can give the user incredible variety for their powers, if used for wrong though, it will feed on the user's emotions, potentially turning them evil or corrupt.
GoLem was one of the first people that was able to get a grip of Prozent, he met many People corrupted by Prozent.
Duone is currently helping in the construction of the village, they want to build another shop.

Duone, topless and carrying a log of wood, puts it on the ground and falls to the ground exhaustingly.
"God...damnit... *wheeze* I'm... beaaaat..."
GoLem suddenly kicks him in the chin, jolting the young man up again holding his aching chin.
"AUGH!! Damnit! That hurt!!"
"I know, but did it hurt as much as the last kick I gave you?"
Duone rubs his chin in confusion
"Y-yeah? I guess so."
"So? Feeling any improvement yet?"
He smiles at Duone, who stares at him in amazement, eyes shining.
"Y-yeah! You're right!! WOOHOO!!"
Duone jumps into the air celebrating his gain in power.
"But don't get too overconfident, boy."
"Yeah yeah don't worry! Do we get to travel now? I can hold my own in a fight!!"
"Yeah, we can go now, finish building that house and we're gonna head off, i'm waiting at the cave, kid."
"ALRIGHT!!!"
He shouts ecstatically and continues working like a machine, whilst the townsfolk thank GoLem for his assistance.

After some time has passed and it became noon, the extra shop was built and Duone headed back to GoLem, who was already waiting for him.
"Sorry GoLem! It took a bit longer than I expected..."
He looks down to the ground, scratching the back of his head nervously.
"That's work, kid, now get ready, we have to hurry as well."
Duone looks at him with a shocked face as he picks up all of his stuff.
"W-we're already going?"
"Yes, do you have a problem with that?"
"...No!" he replies in a happy tone.
"Good, now here's the plan."

"We're gonna climb over this mountain, there's gonna be a city when we reach the other side, it's called THE City: Lower and its basically a nest for criminals, monsters and even more horrifying creatures, once we reach the edge of THE City: Lower, we have to climb up to THE City: Higher, where that commander was headed."

Duone gives GoLem a focused and determined gaze.
"That commander's gonna be the first step to taking down Contra-Zent..!"
"GAHAHA!!"
He looks at GoLem with big eyes and a confused face, as he suddenly laughs his socks off for an unkown reason.
"Why are you laughing again, you big old meanie!!"
"Oh my goodness, you really think your current strength is enough to take on one of the COMMANDERS OF CONTRA-ZENT? Kiddo, you've gotten way stronger but there's no way you'll defeat a guy like that."
Duone pouts and crosses his arms slightly annoyed.
"I WILL defeat Contra-Zent!! I will grow to defeat them!! I may not be able to now, but my growth will show soon, promise!"
As he raised up his fist into the air, GoLem gave him a bit of a smile as an answer.
"Alright then, have we got everything?"
Duone salutes him in a humorous way.
"Yup! Fully packed sir!"
"Good, let's head out then."
And so they set out for the mountains, to take their first steps as rookie heroes.

*CHAPTER 9 END*

Hello everyone! Soromops here, I just wanted to thank all of you for waiting patiently for a new chapter! I had a REALLY heavy writers block these past few months, so that's been holding me off from writing, but I'm ready and motivated to continue writing! Dying is not in my Internet vocabulary! Enjoy reading 50%50!
-Soromops
PS: Sorry if the chapters a bit short hope you enjoy \=w=/*