Coming from:
https://animebase.me/threads/north-west-kinai-island-144.756158/page-4#post-22001988
This post serves as my first mission of the new arc, and includes the following storyboard elements:
• Explore an infected location ( D Rank )
Jack continues his journey passing beside the wrecked ships, he headed towards the small village he has had his eyes in for a while now. The village was nearer, but Jack was tired from all the walking, he looks around for a big tree, on sighting one huge tree, Jack jumped on one the branches of the tree, the branch was big enough for him to lay on, he prefered resting on trees since spotting him would be harder, he rested on the branch and dozed off for about 20 mins.
That was a much needed rest Jack said while yawning, it was only for a while but he'd gotten his strength back. Jack jumped off the branch and continued towards the village, on his way he passed some of the villagers who looked sick with pale skin.
What's wrong with these people Jack thought, on entering the village, Jack could see the village had about 20 buildings which were all built around a larger building which seemed to be the village hall, the structure of the village didn't disturb Jack tho, it was the condition in which the villager were that was disturbing. Most of the villagers sat outside their houses, they had pale skin and sunken eyes, most of them looked like that were going to die soon.
Jack continued his walk tho making sure not to stop, so he wouldn't be caught staring, everyone of the houses he passed seemed to have a sick person sitting outside and everyone he walked past was also sick,
What could have happened here, I need to find out Jack said to himself as he noticed a tavern at the end of the road he was currently walking on, he walked towards the tavern.
End of mission
To be continued.
Continuation of former mission and beginning of the next one
¤Defend your employer from bandits
¤Hear rumours about the virus origin
From the outside, the tavern looked rustic, homey and welcoming. Logs and well-crafted wooden beams make up most of the building's outer structure.
Jack noticed It's tough to see through the windows as he walked into the tavern. The insides of the tavern were nothing like the outside, the tavern was empty and it definitely had seen better days, there were four round tables with stools around them and a lot of empty space.
The old man behind the counter gave Jack a puzzled look "You are the one collecting today" the old man said, Jack now puzzled
collecting what? he replied, the old man rubbed his head and smiled "I haven't seen you around before, so I thought you were part of the group of bandits, come and sit down" the man said while pointing to the only stool directly in front of the counter, Jack walked to the stool casually and sat on it before talking
It's true I haven't been around here before I was just passing by and decided to stop at the tavern to get a drink The man nodded and poured a Jack a drink "those weapons, can you use them?" the man asked while eyeing Jack's weapons "I'm Shinra by the way" the man added.
My name is Jack and yes, I can handle my own in a fight Jack answered as Shinra passed his drink, "well, could you do something about the bandits I talked about earlier? I'll pay you" Shinra asked as he sat on the stool behind the counter,
I guess I could, if they show up Jack answered while rubbing his chin "they'll show up today to collect most of my income, that's what they said the last time" Shinra said,
I'll do it then Jack answered
the villagers, what's wrong with them? Jack asked "You haven't heard about it? Well, you see, not too long ago a man pirate traveled across Hokubu Ocean to this place, but this was after Tiamat had appeared and contaminated the ocean itself. He became infected with an illness and thought he could be cured in this village, now the illness has spread throughout this village and the world. You'll see these people who have reddish/pale skin everywhere." Shinra replied
i see, that's terrible Jack said while rubbing his chin
I'll investigate more after I help you with these bandits Jack added.
The man continued to share more stories as Jack continued drinking, albeit with caution -so he won't get drunk. Two men dressed in black stormed into the tavern the "Hello, old man" one of the man shouted ignoring Jack's presence, before the old man could reply, Jack stood up and turned to face the men
tsk, manners, you don't always go about talking to old people like that, do you? Jack said before any of the men could talk, Jack brought out the two sais he was carrying on him and started spinning them on each palm
this old man would like to renegotiate the terms of whatever it is you people have going on Jack added.
"And who do you think you are? You think you can talk to us because of those weapons?" the man that had spoken earlier barked at Jack, the other man dashed towards Jack on getting close he tried to punch Jack in the face, Jack stepped to the right avoiding the punch at the same time he stopped spinning the sai on his left hand and stabbed the man's hand before he could pull back. The man obviously didn't have the required skills to harm Jack, he would have done better if this was some random tavern fight, but it wasn't.
Jack stopped spinning the sai on his right hand as he hit the man's forehead with the base of the sai quoted with lightning. The man fell flat on his back while the man that had spoken earlier watched what had just happened, the man looked terrified maybe he wasn't but that's what Jack could make of his facial expression.
can we talk now? Jack asked while sitting back on his stool. The man opened the door of the tavern while keeping his eyes on Jack, four men also dressed in black walked into the tavern. The men stood in an arc-like formation
six men to collect money from this old man? Jack asked
If this is everyone, gentlemen shall we? Jack added while rising from the stool.
"Kill him" the man in the middle who seemed like the leader of the group shouted, the two outer most men dashed towards Jack with swords in the air, the man on the right got to jack faster than the other man, he roared angrily and slashed down at Jack’s head. Jack countered by raising his sai high and striking horizontally. The weapons clattered not for long as Jack stabbed the man's stomach with his other sai which was now coated with lightning.
The tavern owner watched in amazement and disbelief, the man on Jack's left arrive few seconds after the initial clash, sweat ran down his face, he swung first and Jack received with the sai on his right hand while hitting the man on his forehead with the rounded path of his other sai infused with lightning. Both men dropped to the ground, one knocked out and the other injured.
"What is this man?" one of the bandits said, directing the question to no one in particular, the man Jack assumed to be the leader dashed towards Jack with his hooked blade upheld going to his foreswing and following with a backswing, Jack dodged the first swing and met the second with his sai, before Jack could stab with his free sai, the man leaped back.The man dashed towards Jack one more time, he dipped and weaved right as he was about to reach Jack and slashed downwards with the sword. Jack parried with one of his sais and the weapons clashed against the sai with a shriek. Jack once again tried to stab the man but he moved backwards barely dodging the sai, Jack released the sai as the man dodged and the man stopped as his sword fell, the sai coated with lightning chakra caught him offgaurd and stabbed his stomach.
The man fell forward, at the same time Jack threw his body forward and caught the man, removing his sai before letting the man fall to the ground.
I'm bored Jack said with both sais still spinning, the two bandits stood at the entrance with their legs shaking, they had no weapon on them and it seemed this would be the end for them.
"We...we..." one of the men tried to talk but before he could finish Jack appeared before the two bandits hitting their foreheads with his lightning coated sai handles. The two men fell to the ground, "Wow, I've...never seen... anything like this" Shinra said as Jack walked back to the counter,
pour me another drink, I'll take out their bodies before they regain conciousness Jack said with a smile on his face.
End of mission
To be continued....