A huge thorn on top a mountain of bones. Rio looked at the figure and said.
"Why did you bring me here?"
The figure pointed up to the throne. Well does that mean I have to get to the throne? but why? Well I always wanted to climb a mountain. Rio took the first step.
As Rio stepped on the mountain it started shaking. Rio not budging kept on climbing the mountain as he looked back the figure had disappeared. Did it just leave me after telling me to climb this mountain? Whatever.
Every step Rio took he could feel that something was crawling under the ground. Rio was about to reach the throne however, a giant hand made of bone came out of the ground and attacked Rio.
Rio dodged the attack, as he looked back he could see a giant fall. Well now I have to fight this thing. Rio with a smile picked up a piece of bone and with a leep attacked the hand.
The hand quickly attacked Rio. Rio parried the attack but was flung way as he was falling down he quickly hanged on a bone. Should I run? Well I can't do that. Rio smirked and charged back into the battle.
The hand attacked him multiple times as he parried every attack and quickly went to base of the hand and with a quick sweep attacked it.
However, the bone broke and the arm reached out for him. Rio quickly dodged the attack and recklessly bashed into the arm attacked him, but Rio bashed into it again.
As Rio attacked a final time the arm broke, but Rio's arm was also damaged. Rio started to walk towards the throne as if nothing happened. Well it was fun. He sat on the throne nothing happened.
What? Why is nothing happening? Suddenly the throne started floating up. After sometime Rio was at the top. As he looked he was in the same hallway where he started.
Knowing what could happen, he quickly stood up. He went to the place where he had seen the figure. As he took the turn he could see a arrow. After following the arrows he ended up infront of a door.
Well a door huh.. well this could be dangerous. As he opened the door. It was dark room filled with items. The figure sitting in a makeshift chair made up rods,tubes, and tape.
The figure quickly approached Rio. "Hello! my new customer"
Rio was a little scared, but with calm expression said "well hello, my name is Rio and what should I call you?". let's just play it cool.
The figure with a grin said, "You can call me the Shopkeeper and you look like you need my help."
"Well how can you help me Shopkeeper?"
The figure pulled out a dagger from under his table and said,"well how does a dagger sound? It can kill the beast that attacked you."
"How can a small dagger like that even hurt a giant beast?"
The Shopkeeper picked up the dagger and instantly came near Rio and made a small cut on his pale skin.
"Now look at this dagger"
The dagger absorbed the blood and suddenly started to emit a dark red aura.
"You see this? The more blood it absorbs the more powerful it becomes and your blood seems to have an even greater effect on it."
I don't know he means by that, but still, a weapon is a weapon.
"So the Shopkeeper what is the price? You aren't going to give it for free are you?"
"Well you see I am quite a good merchant and I want my customers to come again and again, so I will give you an advice, have you seen the back of the beast?"
"Now that you mentioned it, I saw a glowing spot at the back of the beast, but what can I do with that?"
"The spot on it's back is actually it's heart it may look like a weak spot but if you attack that heart, it will transform into it's true form, so just don't attack it"
That is a useful information if I hadn't know about it, I would be in trouble. "Why are you telling this to me? What do you want?"
"Well you see....."
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Rio is standing in the hallway with a dagger in his hand with a calm face, he looks at the end of the hallway. Suddenly a giant roar ecohes through the hallway.
Is this a rematch? I never had a rematch well I never lost one to begin with, this will be an experience. The beast came and let out another roar. "Huh.. will you stop screaming for once? Oh but you use it to locate me right?"
Rio jumped at the beast "Well you will not need that because I will be making the noise!!"