Legend of the Hunter: Chapter 4 - [S] Fight. Talk. Don't die.

[Doorhandle]

>AGGRIEVE or FLEE before they take up formation again.

[Not The Author]

Wet guards

With metal armor

Versus a sword

That is not only Ancient Tech

But also electric


It's like Christmas if instead of getting presents you beat the shit out of people



So no different for Gwydian I guess

[Wessolf27]

Seb: Use Lightning Lambaster!

It's super effective!

[Rolf Kopter]

Seb: Use Lightning Lambaster!

It's super effective!

Isn't Seb also wearing metal armor and wet...?

[Godbot]

> Take both halves of the gun. Maybe you can find a way to fix it for later.

[Torquemadras Trump]

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Time to make your escape, boys

NOW is the time to flee. The guards are alarmed, but still in disarray- you might still make it...

>AGGRIEVE or FLEE before they take up formation again.

But too late. HERE THEY COME!

Wet guards
With metal armor
Versus a sword
That is not only Ancient Tech
But also electric

It's like Christmas if instead of getting presents you beat the shit out of people
So no different for Gwydian I guess

Finally, a battle!
I was waiting for a chance to punch those stupid helmets
and all the heads in 'em
I call it SupleX-Mas

You engage BATTLE MODE! A couple of soaked, but determined guards bar your way, grimly waving their swords and shivering a little. It might pay off to play the waiting game until your enemies are RAVAGED BY THE FLU, but you're on the tight schedule of TRYING TO MINIMIZE WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION.

Maybe it is not too late to try some diplomacy.

Seb: Use Lightning Lambaster!

With some ARCS OF LIGHTNING to back up your argument.



The awe-inspiring sword of lightning ALASTOR unleashes a wave of crackling energy. Thanks to your sword skills, you can hold back the magical energy - you're JUST THAT GOOD.

Isn't Seb also wearing metal armor and wet...?

At least the creators of Alastor had the foresight to protect its wielder against its own electricity! Though not enough foresight to keep it from STABBING YOU AS A GREETING.

With a little pain as a reminder of who they're dealing with, you shout to the guards: Let us go! We were caught up in this ENTIRELY UNRELATED ACCIDENT! Or do we look like common thieves to you?!

Gwydian: BEAT THEM ALL WITH YOUR LOOT BAG.

Whelp

There goes the bluff.

Wasn't that good anyway

Gwydian immediately charges towards the commander of the guards, spouting various snide comments about CENTERS OF GRAVITY and CAUSES OF FAMINE. But the commander is ready. This will be a titanic battle, causing untold destruction all over the place. You wanted to avoid this, but it was not to be. Hopefully, no innocents will be drawn into this -



No, wait, stop this meaningless violence!
You need not struggle against each other!
This is a horrible misunderstanding!

What? Who's that priest? How did this crowd manage to sneak up on you this fast? What is that priest babbling about? And -

Oh by the gods

Gwydian why aren't you stopping

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A hundred pictures! *sound of fireworks*

And now, I may officially introduce Legend of the Hunter's first continuity mistake noticed by the author! Aside from stuff like certain items coincidentally not being in the frame occasionally! There's probably more, but that's the one I actually noticed myself... It'll probably be incredibly minor compared to the stuff a reader might find!

Wanna try and spot it yourself?

(You're awesome for staying with this for so long! I look forward to the inevitable chaos to ensue!)

[Whimbrel]

Gwydian: Use priest's head as a springboard!

[PavlovianCat]

> Gwiddy: Stop inches away from the priest's face.

[Wessolf27]

Priest: Get punched
Seb: Facepalm, and add another Anger Issue into your inventory.

[ZenFeline]

Gwiddy: KNow the priest. He owes you booze!

[Rolf Kopter]

Gwiddy: KNow the priest. He owes you booze!

This.

[Anthano Zasalla]

Violence
Meaningless?
That doesn't make sense
at
all

[Torquemadras Trump]

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Violence
Meaningless?
That doesn't make sense
at
all

The priests is flailing about with those noodly arms of his. It won't do him much good - Gwydian's going to either swat him out of the way or USE HIM AS A WEAPON.

Hell yeah
Why didn't I think of that

No. NO NO NO. Gwydian, you yell, don't punch the priest!

Priest: Get punched
Seb: Facepalm, and add another Anger Issue into your inventory.

DON'T PUNCH THE PRIEST
DON'T PUNCH THE PRIEST

Gwydian: Use priest's head as a springboard!

DON'T PUNCH THE PRIEST GWYDIAN
DON'T PUNCH THE PRIEST



DON'T PUNCH THE PRIEST



DON'T PUNCH THE PRIEST



DON'T PUNCH THE PRIEST



DON'T PUNCH THE PRIEST



DON'T PUNCH THE FUCKING PRIEST GWYDIAN

> Gwiddy: Stop inches away from the priest's face.

God fine you incessantly nagging pious motherfucker
I'm not gonna PUNCH you
But you so fucking owe me some world-class booze for that

Gwiddy: KNow the priest. He owes you booze!

Hehe now he does
This is the kind of planning ahead that I like

The priest, while shocked, is also greatly relieved that your brother stopped JUST IN TIME. Now no longer facing imminent danger of WEAPONIZATION, he begins to explain just why he thought interrupting this fight was a good idea.

Phew! I was slightly unsettled, there.
I thought you might actually partake in serious aggravation!
How silly of me!
Erm - as I- as I said - this is a horrible misunderstanding, dear guard commander.
Because these two gentlemen had every right to be in that dungeon,
and whatever they may be accused of,
I'm sure they'll present plenty of reason for that soon.
You see,
the good sir with the magical sword back there
is actually the exorcist that King Skal himself asked for!

You are pretty sure THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY THE CASE.

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[Whimbrel]

Yup. It was haunted by the mummy cat. And then you made it worse by turning it into a lich~

Nice going, Sebastian~ ~◕ w◕~

[PavlovianCat]

> Gwiddy: Whatever an exorcist is, it sounds awesome. You're almost definitely probably one of those.

[Hecthur]

roll with it like a dead dog on a steep hill

[ZenFeline]

Seb: ROLL WITH IT. This is obviously Plot important.
Gwiddy: The fuck else can you punch.

[siguard]

Seb> roll with it all the way to the bank
Gwydian> go grab your loot bag EXORCIST BAG and put all the Loot EXORCIST TOOLS back in it

[Wessolf27]

This is definitely Gwyddy and Seb's shoosh-pap XD

Also, I agree with the above two comments above me.

[Mibbs]

Gwyddy : Fist bump the priest. You two are bros now.

[Chaos Waltz]

Priest> actually believe these two are exorcists, and send them to fight a horrifying undead creature.

[Torquemadras Trump]

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> Gwiddy: Whatever an exorcist is, it sounds awesome. You're almost definitely probably one of those.

Why, yes, OF COURSE, are the words of confirmation that will not only get you out of this situation, but also lots of sweet, sweet LOOT. You try your best smile and... shake hands?

Apparently, this priest wants to SHAKE HANDS.

Gwydian> go grab your loot bag EXORCIST BAG and put all the Loot EXORCIST TOOLS back in it

Don't mind me, fine gentlemen
Just packin' my things
All the things
All the glittering, invaluable, magical and awesome things
All of 'em
Jup
Being legal all over the place here

Gwiddy: The fuck else can you punch.

I think your Alastor swordie wants attention

You try your best to remain absolutely confident in whatever the hell an exorcist is supposed to do. You immediately apologize that you did not immediately NOTIFY THE AUTHORITIES, for, you see, there was trouble with a train and a BARTENDER, so, uh, sorry for the exploded dungeon, you guess?

The priest is more than happy to hear that. Or HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY LISTEN. In any case, he exclaims that he just knew the long-overdue exorcist had finally arrived the moment he saw that shiny armor of yours - only the exorcists wear those!

At least, you know now who that DEAD GUY IN THE MOUNTAINS was.

roll with it like a dead dog on a steep hill

Seb: ROLL WITH IT. This is obviously Plot important.

Seb> roll with it all the way to the bank

Impersonate the DEAD EXORCIST WHOSE IDENTITY YOU JUST ASSUMED DUE TO STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES, in order to investigate the ULTIMATE WEAPON with impunity and scrounge lots of powerful artifacts to boot?

NO. Sebastian would never do such a thing.



HIERONYMUS AND SALVADORE SLICK, on the other hand...

Gwyddy : Fist bump the priest. You two are bros now.

Heeeeeyyyyy
Yes yes of course we're the missing exorcists
I mean
He is
I'm, like, his awesome bodyguard
You're cool, is what I'm saying
Com'on man FISTBUMP DO IT

Oh no, Father Lamard!
Don't you EVER listen to me?!
We went over this! Communicating with today's youth is fine!
IMITATING THEIR RITES IS NOT!

A young woman appears, obviously unfazed by the Drakenguards kicking their heels. She particularly ignores the MENACING PRESENCE that is supposed to be TRISTAN. Poor, poor Tristan. He seems quite unsure how to approach the situation WITHOUT CHAIRS BEING FLAILED ABOUT SOON THEREAFTER.



I can do high-fives too!

Ah, yes... Erm... Oh!
How very impolite of me, I didn't introduce myself...
I am Father Lamard, head of the local temple to the Grand Dragon.
And this is one of the Dragon Maidens, our dear Ava!

Uh, nice, nice to meet you, mister exorcist!

The guard commander stays suspicious. While the lowering of the axe is definitely a GOOD SIGN, he insists on having to inform his higher-ups. He'll let you two go - EVEN YOU, GREASY-HAIRED PUNK, THOSE 'JOKES' WEREN'T FUNNY AT ALL! - but you will have to report to the GENERAL, too. After all, he was supposed to greet you. Maybe you can explain to him why you were BLOWING UP DUNGEONS.

Priest> actually believe these two are exorcists, and send them to fight a horrifying undead creature.

Father Lamard assures you that those formalities won't be a problem. More importantly, the demon THAT IS REPORTEDLY HEADED TOWARDS THE CITY must be stopped! But with your trusty EXORCIST RITES, repelling the beast while the festival is going on should be easy, right?

You HESITATE. Well, you have a demon-destroying punch and, due to your history with the SILVER KNIGHTS, know a thing or two about warding against demons. But actual exorcist magic might put a strain on this bluff... if you don't abscond before then, of course.

Also, you tell Ava, don't take this the wrong way, but there's a MAGICAL LIGHTNING SWORD BEHIND YOU THAT WILL START STABBING ANY MOMENT.

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CHARACTERS OH MY GOD WHERE DID THOSE COME FROM AAAAH

Anyway, we meet more people who TALK! Tell me if you think it's getting too cluttered - I don't want to write chatlogs here, just short paragraphs. That means, few people talking at once so that it's not getting confusing with the colors. I hope it doesn't distract too much from the pictures!

Also... a bit of a plot dump, I guess? Again, tell me if I'm being too wordy here!

[PavlovianCat]

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I think you've struck a good balance of words. It's a little odd to see speech before any pictures, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I don't think you're taking away from the pictures to any noticeable extent. (I could watch the fist bump gif all day)

> Gwiddy: Dragon maiden you say? Maidens are just women that haven't met you yet.

[ZenFeline]

"Hiernoymus": GET YOUR SWORD BEFORE IT HURTS PEOPLE.
"Salvadore": IS THAT A CRANE. OH MY GOD. I HAVEN'T USED A CRANE AS A WEAPON BEFORE I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
Ava: Be WAY more weird than you seem, but still likable.

[Chaos Waltz]

Gwyddi> wear the lich-cat Seb made and you subsequently made friends with as a hat, then go grab that crane like ZenFeline said.

Seb> ask Father Lamard for more information about this demon.

Ava> turn out to literally be a dragon maiden, as in half dragon.