User blog:Victor1pda/Tale of A Certain Merc - Chapter 1

'''This is a first time I write fanfic abot MGE. My English is not really good either so please forgive me if I got any grammar mistake.'''

Feel free to critic so I can try my best to improve my writing skill.

Chapter 1 : Before the storm

In a lonely bar with only two men echoing the voice of the conversation between them.

"One more!" - The man(M) said to the bartender.

"Really now? It's the 4th cup you just gulp it down your throat this morning." - The bartender(B) answered.

M: "What the deal? Just another boring none-productive day that I really want to waste."

B: "Then why dont you make some productive activity instead of drowning in mead?"

M: "Like what?"

B: "Hunting? Fishing? Whatever it is, better than get drunk to kill the time."

M: "No, it's mating season for the Wolves in the forest, if you go to the forest this time of year, your fate is sealed. And because of the last incident at the MoonShadow lake, no one go there to fishing anymore. What else can a Mercenary do beside get drunk in this bar. And I cant even get some dizzy with the wine like this."

B: "You'd better be grateful that my bar still has some left. The road is dangerous these days, more and more caravans get attacked. I heard the caravan of that cheeky bastard Dennis got waste by a group of monster bandit too."

M: "For real? That guy got done in? Fucking useless solders suppose to protect the roads and clear out bandit, what the hell are they doing?"

B: "The force of The Order is weakened since Lescatie fell and became a Monster state not long ago, their moral is bottom rock already."

B: "If you think you are better than them soldiers, why dont you join in and become one of The Order? The pay is pretty good you know."

M: "Pfft! You still dont get why I chose to become a Merc do you? Join in the Army rank and throw away my freedom? Blindingly worship their Goddess? Nah, I'm not into that kind of lifestyle."-  He speaking while drinking the last bit of wine in the cup.

"One more!"

The bartender sigh while looking at the helpless Mercenary

Outside the cloud starting to cover the beautiful sky and the first drop of rain fell down the town of Lucyburg. The sound of clopping horsefoot can be heard getting closer to the town.

It had been a week or so since the town got any visitor. Two knights riding the white horse is sprinting like wind trying to reach the town to escape the heavy rain pouring down to their head.

Chapter 1.5 : The setting

The town Lucyburg is built around the castle decades ago. Its named after the daughter of the lord. Traders and Merchants often come and go in the Tri-Season area:

- Lucyburg in the west, the calm and quiet town, built below the Lucy castle my a Lord decades ago. He named the castle after his first-born daughter, they said the castle is a gift direct from the King when the Lord succeed his conquest into the Demon Realm.

- Rivercross in the south, a small village near the river with friendly people, because the river is an estuary so the villagers can catch both freshwater fishes and saltwater fishes and the village is well-known as a fishing village with diversity fish cuisine.

- Dawn City, the name of a big, busy and noisy city in the East, a merchant gate for the people in Tri-Season area, a bridge connect the Tri-Season area to the mainland.

Of course you can always go to the mainland by go through the Dark Forest around the Tri-Season area or travel north across snowy sierra but travellers usually pick the safer route.

For some unknown seasons the season in Tri-Season never change for each location. Autumn state for Lucyburg, Dawn City stay at spring and summer for the Rivercross.

The Tri-Season area is one of The Order state so the people that live here is not friendly with the monster.