Goliath of Tradesburg

Day and night, days and days. Hungry and thirsty, they hunt for food and water source. Turns out Haden can actually communicate with some animals. He only realised that through the skills he has to learn to survive in the wild. Then, Haden and Heden continued their long journey to the world. They were still walking on bare foot and it was painful for the both of them. Heden suddenly dropped his bag full of firewoods and other materials and collapsed to the ground.“I can’t walk anymore. My feet are hurting and so are my shoulders. My entire body is hurting. I can’t do this anymore. I’m exhausted.” said Heden. Haden swiftly rushed towards his twin brother to check if he was okay and said, “Just a little bit more and we’ll reach somewhere or someone that could help us. Come on, we’re the world’s last hope. We can’t stop now, we are only beginning our journey.” As the eyes of Heden looked like he was about to give up, they both smell something delicious like a cooking steak on a grill. Haden took Heden’s bag and asked his twin brother to walk quickly towards the smell. As they were walking towards the smell, they finally saw a small town named,“Tradesburg” full with people and animals and rushed towards it even faster. “We made it!” said Haden. Heden’s eyes began to light up as if he’s regaining his will to not give up.

Inevitably, the people of the whole town started starring at the twin brothers with concerns like they are some wild animals. When suddenly, a strong man aged around his 30s walked towards them and said this with a manly tone of voice,“What are you boys doing here? Are you lost? Why are your clothes made out of leaves?” Haden and Heden with no time to answer his questions, the man took them both to his shop. Turns out, this man is a blacksmith. His shop full of armour, weapons and clothes shocked Haden and Heden as they’ve never seen anything like it before. The man said to the both of them,“Just pick any clothes and armour to your liking and after that I’ll treat you both a bowl of ramen. You guys look hungry.” With no hesitation, they both happily picked their choices. Haden picked a brown leather armour with some dragons designs on the right sleeve while Heden picked a black leather armour with a mix of white on the left sleeve. The blacksmith was impressed by their choices and as promised, took them both to a ramen shop and treated them some ramen.

Haden and Heden devoured both bowls of ramen in a matter of seconds and shocked the shop owner. The blacksmith quickly apologises as the twin brothers didn’t know what is a table manner. After that, the blacksmith teaches them some table manners and gave them a good scolding for making a mess in the ramen shop. Then, the blacksmith asked, “So, what are your names?” The older twin quickly replied loudly, “I’m Haden and this is my twin brother Heden. We are sent by the gods to save the world from ending.” It took a second until the whole customers in the ramen shop bursted out laughing. “Ha? Sent by the gods? Save the world? Hey kid, stop bluffing and tell me the truth.” said the blacksmith. Haden and Heden are slighty mad and offended because they are the only hope for the world and no one believed them. The blacksmith then took them both back to his shop and asked, “Is it really true what you said? Because if it is, there is a folks tale in this town where in the ancient times, a god with silky smooth red hair actually did appear to help the people of this town. I also used to believe it when I was a child. It is said that this town used to have no food or barely any water source. The people were dying and prayed for the gods to help them. Until, the day when a god finally arrived, he uses his powers to help the plants grow, built a waterfall and made the soil healthy enough to plant the crops. That day is still celebrated as the God’s Day in this town.” Haden and Heden then answered, “It’s all true. Gods do exist and look after us. We were created here in the earthrealm by the gods to save it from doom.” The blacksmith looked at them both with a very serious expression and said, “I will train you both as my disciple since I know a thing or two about combat.” Haden and Heden then happily agreed to be trained by him. “What is your name by the way?” asked Haden and Heden. The blacksmith replies with pride, “My name is Goliath! Remember my name till the end of times as I am your first trainer and teacher.” Haden and Heden smiled and said, “We will remember you till the end of time.” And so the training will start on the next day.

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