The Thousand Year Dynasty
24.5 Antology Story: Asking for Help
Loujze, Huebert, and Deuxter enter the courtyard of an artistic wooden house in the middle of a forest north of the village of Tirgis. The house was alone in the forest. No neighbors or other houses as far as the eye can see.
A middle-aged Morra woman with a red nose and cheeks and hair in a makeshift bun seemed to be lifting a pile of firewood next to the house. Her clothes were made of thick bristles of brown and gray. Which people around recognize it as the skin of a fierce forest bear.
"Morning, aunt Go" said Loujze who first entered the grounds.
The woman turned her head towards the trio of hunters and was shocked by "Huey! Luey! The dewey! You guys?! How are you guys doing?" Said the woman called Go as she dropped the wood that she pelted and welcomed the trio of hunters, "You guys are already dashing young men now"
"We're in good health aunt, auntie herself?" Deuxter this time.
"Where may I not be healthy here" said Go while laughing, "let's go in and in" he asked later.
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"Well, you found a very interesting person like him" said Go some time later after they talked and told a story to let go of longing.
The woman called aunt by this trio of hunters was a guiding and nurturing figure for the three of them from the time they were young to adolescence.
"Right, they're very attractive aunty. Oh, and take a look at this" Deuxter said, pointing out the crossbow he brought to Go.
"What'sthis? Why does this thing have arrows? Is this some kind of bow arrow?"
"What aunty's guessing is, it's called a crossbow" Deuxter replied.
"Oh, can this tool be used for hunting? How powerful would it be to shoot an arrow when the range of the rope was only that short?"
"Auntie would be surprised to see his strength"
"really? How about we try" said Go with a smile that seemed challenging.
"Alright" replied Duexter who was followed by a smile as well by the others.
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Seemed though a woman, Go had a stocky physical form. It was seen as he began to lift the crossbow that was almost as tall as his body, and began to pull the rope backward.
All the muscles in both arms seemed to tighten, along with a noise like a crackle when a wooden board was curved.
And after feeling her shot was right, the woman let go of her pull. The arrow shot right towards a target from the wood across the courtyard. And stick it in on that target wood. The three young men who witnessed this clapped their hands.
Then it's Deuxter's turn. He uses a crossbow that has been perfected by Aksa from the previous form.
The bow is now longer than the first form now used by Loujze. The bow was as tall as an adult's waist when it stood. The rear handle is made wider and flatter to comfortably touch the shoulder when used for aiming.
And the most distinguishing from the previous shape is this time the bow is made of a thin iron slab that will curve when pulled. Not from wood like bows in general.
Then after Deuxter finished aiming, he immediately pulled the trigger and removed the rope holder. The arrows shot rapidly towards the target board.
And not only stuck, the arrow pierced through the target board and stuck into a tree as far as two kerta horses from the fence of Go's yard.
"What the fuck?" Reaction can't believe Go saw it.
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"So actually our arrival here is to ask for aunty's help" Huebert said moments after they had returned to Go's house for lunch.
"And what do you need from me?"
"We need aunt's mining skills"
"Mining? I haven't done it in decades. Since the Dracz mine began to close"
"But we believe aunt is still an expert in the field" Loujze tries to convince Go.
"Do you guys need more Dracz metal? If it were for that, I wouldn't be able to help you. Such a thing can only be solved by the number of miners, mining expertise will not have an effect on many at least the results of the mine"
"No. If for Dracz metal we have given everything to the noble queen Lugwin" explained Deuxter.
"Give it to the queen?" Looks Go make sure that he did not hear wrong.
"Right, our trman-friends are friends of the queen"
"really?" This time Go made sure that Deuxter's remarks were serious.
"The story is long and will make the aunt more dizzy to hear it, but moreover we need the aunt's mining skills to mine in the east of Sekai mountain"
"Mining in the eastern region of Sekai? Why should it be there? Don't you guys go after.."
"Right, we're going to mine Cyla crystals"
"What are you guys doing? Previously Dracz was now Cyla?" Sounded Go seemed to not understand the intent of the three young men looking for hard minerals in this world.
"Are you willing to help us?" Deuxter asked then with a fluffy smile.
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