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[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

None of this looked good for them, Rena didn't freeze up exactly although she felt somewhat numb. This... thing looked nothing like the description, still now she thought about it the pay was almost too good to be true. "I... don't know its nothing out of the demonology manuals I've studied." She threw her bag on the ground, already shifting through the many papers within. "Alright, listen me I need time to figure what this beast is, just do what you can and don't get reckless..." The last word trailed off, she caught herself before saying anything else.

Rena struck a touch, here was hoping the extra light wouldn't attract the wrath of that abomination. She started with history texts, demons haven't plagued the earth for too long really, perhaps only appearing just before she was born. Even then these books had to be the most accurate as they were recorded by actual scholars. She quickly flipped through the yellow parchment, whatever it was the damned thing had to be notable somewhere, that is assuming any information was present in the first place. Five minutes later she slammed the book shut in frustration. During that time Rena tried to block out the sounds of conflict as Noboyuki tangled with the walking nightmare... alone.

Rena knew the hero couldn't die, that wasn't her main concern. Despite being technically immortal he could still be critically wounded, or crippled, losing a limb was not out of the picture. What if he were to sustain a serious head wound? What kind of life would he even live at that point? Rena breathed deeply, losing her clam would be very deferential, well that was putting it lightly. Next set to search through, local legends she had bought and collected over time. Not nearly as reliable but should be more relevant.

About halfway through Rena landed on a particular page, the top of which had the words Joungha the Corpse Taker. She read over the entry, the description of its subject matched the monster before them word to word. Her heart sank, this was bad, more than bad they were way out of their league. "Noboyuki, uh..." Rena couldn't stomp down the sheer panic creeping into her voice, "We are in huge trouble, this is not a demon... no its something more than only a demon."

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

Rena briefly glared at Noboyuki, "Don't press your luck..."

No matter, it did make sense for him to lead on being the one with the sword and whatnot. The small party reached the start of the wilderness stretching beyond the hamlet's borders. Every so often Rena stopped them in order to check their position, she didn't say so but figuring out the land in person is harder than simply reading maps, more so during the dead of night. Fortunately Rena was able to reliably guide the both of them through the dark trees, at least she hoped as much.

During one of their stops Rena was uncommonly quiet, she almost looked worried if Noboyuki were able to clearly see her in the darkness. After some time she spoke up.

"So, Noboyuki. Have you noticed how these, well monsters we face have been getting stronger? I'm getting worried, that we, or uh honestly more like you wouldn't be able to keep up for much longer. Your powers haven't emerged yet right? I... have to admit, I'm getting worried."

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

I'm thinking that since they've actually been doing stuff for a month now that, even though we're early on in the RP, I think that some revelations would be good for advancing their relationship, not the big reveal we got planned, but something small to shake what so far been stable, what do you think?

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

Alright so how do you want to do this? I'm thinking the posts have to be shorter since we're going to be going through some fast actions, especially when they encounter the creature. Also how well is this hunt going to go anyway, just a simple job, or do you want to throw a little drama in?

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

She so wanted to punch the arrogance out of him, so badly. Not that was an option, like at all, she had a feeling it was either her own fault... or maybe a certain gruff man whom they recently met, the audacity. The point is, she was the one who walked in and so the blame had to go to herself, it was only fair that way, at least that's what she thought. Even then Rena couldn't pass up the bath, despite the water being used, the thought of Noboyuki's... uh uncovered body once touching the exact same water was not comforting. She thanked her luck that it was an isolated incidence, not even in her worse nightmares could Rena imagine what sort of rumors would've been born from all this.

The bath was anything but relaxing as she wanted, still she attempted to ignore the images floating in her mind, they're both adults meaning they were more than capable of moving on, Rena just couldn't ignore the initial shock that remained. Soon enough she was done and dressed, when she returned to their room it seemed that Noboyuki already gathered his equipment, plus he clearly ate the beef stew was probably cooled off by the time he gotten around to eating it. Rena donned her cloak, grabbed small a book that held all her field notes, and the map she prepared for the mission. In the dark it'll be harder to read any of it, with luck the moon would provide enough light anyway.

They couldn't waste anymore time, if they were unable to find and slay the beast that very night they wouldn't be able to try again for a full day, a day that she felt couldn't be spared. Noboyuki was ready to move out it looked like as he waited in the main hall, Rena had already placed the bath event towards the very back regions of her memory, they had a job to do they had to remain on task. She marched up to the man, bringing forth the level of authority that came naturally to her.

"If you're about done loitering about, we have to start the hunt right now. I don't need to tell how much of pain it'll be if the beast is not dead by dawn, we do not have to time to try again." Rena rolled out the map on a nearby table, pointing to it. "This is the nearby woods where the creature is commonly reported, hope I don't need to tell you that much. I tried to make it simple for you, these circles here are the search zones, we spend the appropriate amount of time before continuing onto the the next area, and so forth."

Rena let out an exasperated sigh, "We're burning too much time, don't fall behind." With that the nightly hunt was on.

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

We are on the same wavelength, this is great for sure.

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

So... I couldn't have passed up this opportunity. Just saying, it was perfectly set up.

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

Rena barely registered Noboyuki getting up, too entrenched in her work to really notice anything but paperwork. It wasn't until later she happened to notice the empty bed, funny thing is he left the stew alone possible missed it or some other reason. Whatever, instead of concerning herself in something trivial, she got right back to planning, he'll probably eat later, hopefully. Rena found a star chart, fairly crude in reality, but accurate enough to use for broad navigation of course only useful at night. A few foot notes later, she was confident that they'll won't get lost long as nothing goes wrong.

She still had no idea where the hero went off to, maybe to get some fresh air. Rena knew they had little bit more time until they set out, the creature is practicular for what times it ventures out. During her talks with the owner earlier she requested for a bath, the taven had one so taking advantage of such a thing wasn't about to be passed up. She whistled an improvised melody while outside of the bathroom, her clothes folded neatly by the door. A bath was one of those small luxuries Rena learned to forget since they've started to journey. She thought she heard some water splashing, it didn't make sense but in the end she opted to forget it.

The next series of events were in a blur if Rena were ever to recall them, the best summary could be said to be "awkward", because she found where Noboyuki went. Nothing happened as Rena stood there, trying not to make the situation worse, just how did this happen? Did he tell her about a bath? If he did was it her fault? A high amount of self control and solid composure went into standing her ground, even with the view the known-to-be-prevented hero had. Hiding biological responses was something she couldn't do as a slowly her face turned red. Eventually Rena took the one action she could think of, and that was to turn around a leave. Finally out of sight, she for a lack of a better word, facepalmed. What just happened?

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

We can jump into the fight no problem, think it'll be fun.

[Damiann47]The Legend Of A Hero Gone Wrong[Hebigami Shiho]

So nighttime hunting then, sounds fun. Oh and if you want to jump into it, Rena can be just guiding in the background while you focus on the actual action.