"You're terrified of flying and of open water? I've lost respect for you as a warrior" Gnicholas the gnome shook his head as he walked to the end of the docks, reaching the sandy beach of Luluhawa island.

"I've gotten over my fears of the sea and soon enough I'll be able to handle the sky"Brone Heavyaxe replied as he laid face down on the sandy beach right below the dock. He felt the course sand which relaxed him, especially after sailing out at sea. Gnicholas stood in front of the prone dwarf, his hands in his pocket as he gave a big sigh. Even if the dwarf had gotten over his fear of the ocean, being out at sea for a long period of time seems to bother him mentally; to the gnome, it made sense. He had gotten to know Brone, so he knew well that the dwarf connected with the earth spiritually, for it was his home and his religion, so being away from it for too long would have psychological reactions.

Geri the tempest wolf had also came along on the trip, carrying the travel bag that was fastened to his back. He walked over to the dwarf and laid in the sand beside him, trying to show some form of comfort.

"How embarrassing" Huginn flew down from the crow's nest, along with his brother Muninn, and fluttered above the dwarf's head.

"You'll be find, Brone, you've been through worse" Muninn was the more sympathetic of the two ravens. After a bit of flying, they perched themselves on Geri's back.

"Is that everyone?" Brone groaned as he lifted his head from the sand to look at his companions. Suddenly, the possessed sword and shield floated into the dwarf's view, the oni mask on the shield looked into the dwarf's eyes as if trying to reply to his statement. The dwarf groaned as he tried to avoid eye contact with the mask, "Where's Yuurei?" Brone asked asked as he slowly got to his feet.

"He'll be here shortly" Huginn said as he and Muninn took to the sky, cawing. The dwarf groaned in annoyance; he hated when Huginn was vague in his responses to the point it seemed like he wasn't answering him at all. He then looked to the gnome to which he shrugged.

"Either Yuurei was on the ship with us or he's already here; either way, we should meet with the client so we can get ready for the quest" Gnicholas had his hands behind his back as if he was an old man before walking back towards the dock where he was told the client would most likely be. Brone groaned and followed the gnome with Geri and Benimaru following behind.

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Yuurei was invited to go on a quest. He was surprised by who had asked him because he was sure that the man barely did these things. Still, he was on Luluhawa Island with the use of his key. Renji was on his shoulder at first through their travels before he got to the ground and walked with his friend. They were trying to figure out where Brone was, and the best place to check was the docks. He figured that was the type of job they were going to handle today. The Seraphim noticed something with Brone and it was this, he had a lot of companions around him. He was sure when, but it would seem like his friend had a group that was surrounding him.

Yuurei was fine with who he had by his side. Renji was enough and if he got stronger then things would be perfect.

“We should go visit your parents soon.” He said to Yuurei.

He would hear this and he would smile. The sound of that made him one of the happiest people in this world. He would put his hands behind his head as he walked through the sand.

“Yeah that sounds like a plan. Still, we got to do this first and probably a few more before this week and if Brone wants to.” He said to his friend as they made it to the docks.

People would wave at him when he arrived, happy that he was around. He would greet them back as he was glad that they were doing well.

“Where do you think Brone is?” He asked Yuurei.

The light wizard would look to the sky thinking about how to answer it. He would see the crow in the air, and he would have a smile on his face. He looked at Renji as he kept moving.

“I’m sure he’s around we will find him soon and then we can start this quest. I wonder what is going to happen today. Who knows we might have to fight a storm all over again.” He said to Renji.

Renji sighed with disappointment as he hoped that didn’t happen.

“I hope that doesn’t happen. I don’t want to get wet right now, do you understand.” He said to Yuurei.

Yuurei would chuckle hearing this as he kept moving around the place looking for the client and his friend.

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As the lot of them made they way up the dock, searching for the client, Brone had also looked about hoping to see Yuurei, but his patience was beginning to wear thin. Eventually he would spot the client that had hired him, "It's good to see you, my friend" Donny was a sailor who had sailed with hunters for some time. He had reached out to Brone, knowing that he and Yuurei had frequented the island and assisted with hunting great beasts of the sea.

"Good to see ye too, Donny" Brone gripped the sailor's hand in a manly greeting, "So what's is the beast we hunting this time?" The dwarf crossed all four of his arms across his chest, nearly startling the sailor, but soon explaining it was an effect of magic which deescalated the concern.

"A giant hammerheard shark as shown up and decided to be aggressive, so we need it stopped" Donny explained as he lead Brone and his companions to his boat.

"Simple and straightforward, just how I like it" Brone chuckled as he began to help Donny set up the gear for the hunt.

Meanwhile, Huginn and Muninn had spotted Yuurei and Renji from above, "Let's lead them to Brone to save them time" Muninn suggested.

"He won't understand us" Huginn was reluctant.

"He doesn't need to" Muginn flew down without him, knowing Huginn can be stingy at times. When he met with Yuurei, he cawed and flew around him before flying off towards the ship, leading him to Brone and Donny so he could save time searching for his companion.

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Yuurei would keep moving through the docks as he was looking for his friend. He moved through the place and soon enough the crow that he had seen earlier would come straight down to him. He wondered if it would talk to him, but soon enough he couldn’t understand it. He would watch it go around him a few times, and when he had gone off in a certain direction, Yuurei figured that this was one of Brone’s crows.

“I guess they’re trying to show us where Brone is. They are indeed smart crows.” He said as he would walk and followed the crows.

Renji would hear him and he would nod as if he had agreed with that as he would follow Yuurei.

“Yeah I don’t even understand what they’re saying.” He said to Yuurei as they would move around.

They would greet more people as they followed the crow. It wouldn’t take long, but they would be led to a boat. He didn’t want to get on board just yet, but it would seem like that was where the crow was leading them to. He would move up and onto the boat and the duo would eventually see Brone with someone. It would seem like that was going to be their client for the day, which was a good thing. He would wave at them to get their attention. He didn’t see the crow anymore, but he figured that he had gone back to the sky.

“Sorry I’m late. I was trying to find you Brone, but I couldn’t.” He said to his friend with a smile on his face.

He would look at their client and he would smile at them. It would seem like they were chatting, which he figured had to do something with the job. He didn’t want the man to repeat himself to them, so he figured he would say something else.

“So should we get on the move? We got a creature to catch and at the same time we can enjoy this adventure into the sea.” He said to them.

Donny would hear this as it would seem like they were ready to go and they were going to be the ones to handle the shark that he wanted to catch.

“That’s good, if you guys are ready, then we don’t need to waste time.” He said to the group in front of him.

Yuurei would look at Brone with a smile on his face as he figured he would ask him a question.

“How long have you been here?” He asked as he waited for them to go to see and face of the sea monster they were getting today.

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Brone sighed in relief as he noticed Yuurei arriving and waved at him as the half-elf boarded the ship. "Well it matters not right now; it is time to defeat this hammerhead" Brone replied to his friend as he patted him on the back before helping the crew finish the preparations. Soon enough, the anchor was raised and the sails took wind, propelling the boat forward and away from the dock. Huginn and Muninn had perched themselves onto the crow's nest and watched the sea, but event with their position and perceptive eyes looking out at the sea before them, they wouldn't have spotted what was going to happen.

"The seas seem to be calm for now" Donny said after he approached Brone and Yuurei, "We're heading towards a set of coordinates where the hammerhead was last seen, so it may take about an hour".

"Fine by me" Brone said as he began to stretch his arms across his chest. The day was beautiful and the clouds were clear. Despite this, the dwarf wanted to make sure the voyage wouldn't last too long, give his separation from land tended to affect him and he had just recently got off a recent ship, so the worry on his nerves were still there. But before he could ask Donny of the timeframe, the ship jerked to the side, rocking and causing half the crew to tumble.

"What happen!?" Donny called.

"It's the hammerhead off the port-bow!" one of the crewmen shouted. Everyone was surprised, the beast decided to attack so soon while shore was still in view.

"Brilliant!" Brone said as he ran to the front of the boat. He then spotted the large fin above the surface of the water, beginning to circle the ship.

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Yuurei would nod as he would agree with Brone on this matter. The faster they would take out the hammerhead, the faster they would get paid for their job. They would make their way to the sea and their journey would begin. Yuurei and Renji would look around the vast sea in front of them as he was trying to see where the sea creature would come from. He was alerted, but it was too late. The boat that they were on would jerk. The Seraphim would hold his gro9und as he wasn’t going to be falling into the water. He would shake his head at this because it seemed like this was going to happen.

“Yes, I hate when these creatures get these bold ideas to do this.” He said out loud as he would make his way to the edge of the ship.

He would see the creature moving within the water and he would smile at this. They shouldn’t have to struggle through this, and he would have allowed Brone to take care of this, but figured he would. They didn’t have time to waste here. The hunter would jump off the ship and he would get close to the water, which would alert the shark. It would jump into the air as it would lunge and try to take a bite out of the Seraphim.

He figured this would happen, and he would avoid the attack. His cape was on him, which would allow him to fly around. He would avoid it and he would have one of his gauntlets appear on his right hand. He would stretch his arm as it would extend instantly within the direction of the hammerhead. It was then he would feel his punch connect, and the sound of something cracking.

The sea creature would make a sound that the entire crew would hear. It was then things would turn into silence and the shark would be floating on the surface of the water. It wouldn’t move any more and Yuurei would make his way back to the ship. He would land on the deck of the ship with a smile on his face. He rubbed the back of his head as he chuckled from what he had done.

“I guess it could only take one of my punches before moving on to the afterlife.” He laughed about it as he waited for them to do something with the creature and be on their way back.

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Brone was contemplating which weapon he would use in order to fight the giant sharks. The ship teetered as the waves made by the shark pushed against the base of the vessel. But once the dwarf finally selected his two favored axes, he gripped the handles with his two right hands so that he can make sure to use his left hands to secure himself on a rope that was attached the mast. Once he had used his two hands to secure a rope around his waist, he rushed to the bow of the ship again, but just in time to see Yuurei deliver the first and final blow upon the shark.

The punch:

"What in the volcanic blazing infernal depts of the magma chamber did you do!?" Brone yelled at the top of his lungs as he watched the shark turn on it's side at the surface of the water... motionless. The ravens cawed in laughter as they watched Brone continue to curse and storm around the deck of the ship.

After settling himself down, Brone assisted Donny and the crew in securing the ropes and chains onto the dead giant shark, though Donny did his best in comforting him by providing jokes. Eventually the dwarf settled down enough to return a smile and return a joke of his own, but once he was back on the deck of the ship, pulling himself from out of the water, he grunted when seeing Yuurei. He knew well that it wasn't intentional, and it was better to defeat the creature with a single hit in order to avoid causing the ship to retain damage from a fight. But to travel so far and deal with the separation from the land just to finish a quest within mere seconds seemed like a bad joke.

It didn't take long before the ship lifted the dead shark out of the water and had it elevated by the pully system they had. Once they made sure it was fully secured, Donny order for the ship to return to land, a boon for Brone who already missed solid ground, even the course sand.

The ship had docked and allowed the crew to disembark. Donny had said his goodbyes and gave thanks to Yuurei and Brone, though Brone turned away, not accepting thanks since he felt he didn't contribute to anything.

"Stop sulking, the fact that the quest was a complete success meant you get paid, the guild receives reputation and there were no casualties means this was a complete success" Gnicholas said as he sat upon the dwarf's shoulder. Brone didn't reply, but he contemplated whether or not to stop the gnome as far as he could. Benimaru hovered and wanted to whisper some words of encouragement, but the mouth of the mask wouldn't permit it.

Benimaru:

As for the ravens, they couldn't stop laughing. It was an enjoyable moment, much better than any of the jokes Brone has ever said. Now they could head home happy... save for the dwarf.

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Yuurei would look at Brone and it would seem like he was defeated. The job that they had to do was done already and now they were on their way back to the docks that were around. He would just sigh as if he would have his gauntlet disappear from his hand. He was fine, but it would seem like Brone wanted to do something to the sea creature.

It wouldn’t take long but they would make it to the docks. When he got there, he would hop off the ship. The crew would leave, and their client would thank them for the hard work they had done. It wasn’t anything serious and Brone seemed to not accept the thanks. He was not happy that he didn’t do anything to contribute to this reward.

He would look at Gnicholas as he heard his words. He would rub the back of his head as he figured this was the reason why Brone was acting like that.

“Don’t worry about it Brone. Next time I will allow you to take the creature out next time.” He said to Brone with a smile on his face.

Yuurei would be on his way out home unless Brone gave them another job to take on.

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