Good morrow, dear reader....
Good morrow indeed...
Tis a beauteous ay, I must say...
Yes...
Why...
The very birds are singing...
Yes...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
How is your morning?
Hmmm?
Why...
Tis a good thing that you find yourself enjoying the warmer weather...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
The cold can be quite frustrating...
Yes...
Well...
Seeing as things are as jolly as they find themselves...
I suppose I should get along now...
For...
Indeed...
I shall have to correct my earlier mistake...
Yes...
And of the tale of the merchant of money...
Worry not...
I shall finish it...
Yes...
Now then...
Where were we...
Ah, yes....
Twas in the land of the pixies that the merchant did indeed find himself...
Yes...
Why...
Twas quite the scene, I must say...
Truly, I say...
For even I did find myself there only before visiting the land of the fairies...
And of that...
Why...
Twas quite the contrast...
Yes...
For...
One land spoke of milk and honey...
And the other...
Of grime and dust...
Yes...
Why...
Twas a horrid place, I must say...
For...
Indeed, dear reader, indeed...
Twas as what many would call a land...
Bloodied and beaten...
By the very walls of war...
Yes, dear reader, yes...
Twas a truly horrifying sight...
Yes...
And to the merchant...
Why...
He knew not of what to speak...
Yes...
His very eyes were simply taken by it...
Indeed...
Twas quite the odd sight, I must say...
Why...
Even when I did find myself there...
Well...
I suppose that is a tale for another time...
Ahem...
Moving along...
The merchant did indeed take pity upon the very sight he beheld...
However...
Indeed...
Twas not of his endeavour...
Yes...
For this man did find himself first and foremost concerned with the mission he held in his eyes...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed...
He had not much time...
For...
Soon, dear reader...
Very soon...
His very crystal...
The one from the land of the fairies...
Would soon dissipate...
Yes...
And of the gem found by the pixies...
Why...
He did indeed soon attempt to make a purchase of it...
And of that, dear reader...
Well...
I suppose I must say...
For...
Indeed...
Tis an odd thing...
Yes...
The pixies and the fairies...
For...
As the fairies are mere babes in the arts of wisdom...
Why...
The very pixies did find themselves matching...
Nay...
Even surpassing the merchant in his skill...
Why...
The very pixies did even manage to swindle the merchant of money...
Hmmm?
Well...
Tis a tale that would take far too much time to get into dear reader...
Hmmm?
Why...
Well, I suppose of that...
You may as well say that this tale finds itself to be true...
For...
As one who did once upon a time find oneself there...
Yes...
Tis true...
For...
Indeed...
There lies not a genuine bone in the very hearts of the pixies...
Yes...
Why...
I suppose it would be right to say...
That a pixie would sooner lose a limb...
Than tell the full truth of something...
Yes...
Why...
Twas quite the adventure, I must say...
For...
Indeed...
Many a thing did happen...
Hmmm?
Well...
I do suppose one day I shall find myself telling that tale...
You need not worry, dear reader...
I shan't forget...
Now then...
Where was I...
Ah, yes...
I suppose I should say something of this...
Tis a strange thing truly, the land of the pixies...
Why...
I suppose it may require a well endowed tongue to fully describe it...
However, as I would say...
Yes...
In fact, as I did say....
And of that, I mean of the previous chapter...
Indeed, dear reader, indeed...
Do take care...
For...
Indeed...
There are those of the human world who are as pixies...
Yes...
Do be wary...
Well then...
Moving along...
Ah, yes...
Jason Hessenger...
And of him...
The decision he did make to rescue himself from his situation...
Yes...
Why...
Tis quite the interesting decision, I must say...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
He did process the decision for many a moment...
Well...
I do suppose it is much of the perspective of a normal human...
However, for a man such as Jason Hessenger....
Why...
For a man such as the many well trained knights and shinobi of these very lands...
Indeed...
Their very bodies and minds have been trained harshly...
Yes...
Even so...
Harshly enough that their very bodies are capable of things many would refer to as...
Super natural...
Why...
The very knights ears could sense a mere bastion several metres away...
Even so as it stalked them...
Hmmm?
Well...
I suppose I should elucidate upon the matter...
A bastion, is what many would refer to as a...
Lesser dragon...
Well...
I suppose there should be an example of what exactly the name dragon entails...
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Yes...
A dragon, as you may know...
Is a winged creature, whose very body and wings find themselves covered in scales...
Yes...
Truly, I say...
Dragons do find themselves to be a terrifying creature...
Why...
Tis a commonplace thing for many a traveler and warrior to struggle against the mettle of these beasts...
Yes...
Hmmm?
But, of course...
Why...
Jake Phyr has indeed battled these beasts....
Why...
To him...
Many a dragon are mere childsplay...
Hmmm?
How so?
Well...
I suppose it does depend on the dragon to be spoken of...
Yes...
Allow me to give something of a...
How you say...
Elucidation of these beasts...
Ahem...
Now then...
As many would say...
And as many a well trained monster hunter are aware...
Every beast fitting the description of a dragon is simply classified as a dragon...
And of that...
Indeed...
There are many a beast named dragon...
Why...
Even the peculiar prankster that is the gravetail does find itself classified as such...
Hmmm?
Why...
That beast is well known for its very tail...
A curious thing I must say...
For...
Indeed...
Its tail does indeed seem as though what it would not...
Hmmm?
Well, I suppose, even then, further elucidation is required
Yes...
Now then...
Dear reader...
Have you ever once heard of the tale of the Harrower And The Harrowing?
Tis a great tale I assure you...
Why...
Hmmm?
Oh, pish posh, i say...
Why...
Twill take only a short while...
Yes...
Ahem...
Now then...
Once upon a time...
Time, time, time...
There was a nation of many a people...
Yes...
And of them...
Indeed...
The many were farmers...
Yes...
Why...
These farmers were poor folk...
Well...
I suppose that the very many of them did indeed have more than enough to eat...
So as to endure the harsher times...
Yes...
Moving along...
It did happen upon a day that...
Yes...
A wise elderly wizard did appear...
And of that...
Indeed...
Twas in the day of harrowing...
Yes...
Hmmm?
Well...
Twas the day during which the many men and women...
Even so the very boys and girls...
Would find themselves outside...
Raking leaves...
Yes...
Tis a grand day, I must say...
For...
Indeed...
The very many of them did soon find themselves out of their beds...
Raking...
Why...
Twas a day of togetherness, I must say...
Do say, dear reader...
Do you have such an occasion amongst your neighbours...
Hmmm?
My...
I must say...
Well...
I suppose that a little is better than naught...
Yes...
Although...
As I would say...
Do take time to simply talk to others...
Yes...
It does do well for the bones...
Hmmm?
Oh, I see...
Of that, I would say...
Worry not, dear reader...
For...
Indeed...
One is often as they birth themselves...
Yes...
Well...
Moving along...
As the very men, women and children did rejoice amongst themselves...
Indeed...
Twould be that a wizard did appear...
Yes...
Although, do tell, dear reader...
Do you not find it peculiar that many a tale begin with something...
Say....
Out of order...
Hmmm?
Slice of life?
Hmmm...
Why...
I have never heard the word...
Do tell...
What is a "slice of life" tale?
....
I see...
Why...
Tis a strange one I must say...
Hmmm...
Mayhaps at some point, I may peruse such a tale...
Hmmm?
The tale of Jake Phyr?
Hmmm..
Nay...
I do not believe that such a description would fit the tale...
Hmmm?
Well...
That would be telling...
In any case...
Moving along...
Twas upon that very day that a wizard did land upon their very abode...
And...
Indeed...
Make a declaration...
Yes...
Why...
Twas a mighty one indeed...
For...
Yes...
He did make a mighty statement...
And of that...
He did declare that among the many leaves that did lie upon the ground...
Did indeed lie...
A special leaf...
Yes...
A truly special leaf...
One that...
If held by a man, woman, or child...
Would grant a single wish...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed...
Twas not long before the many denizens of the land...
Soon found themselves digging upon the leaf piles...
Searching...
All the while...
For that magical leaf...
Yes...
Why...
The many did search...
Each man and woman, boy and girl...
Even so...
As debating amongst themselves...
And also...
Among their hearts...
As to what it was exactly...
That they would purchase with this very leaf...
Yes...
What would one wish for...
Why...
Twas not long before the many ideas of men soon came to be...
For...
A man would wish for a pet...
Yet another, great riches...
A woman for power...
And another, for a cure...
A boy for a dragon...
And another, for the power of flight...
A girl, to be a princess...
And another, for the power to turn water to chocolate...
Yes...
Twas a great many ideas, I assure you...
And of that...
Well...
I suppose I must say...
Twas not very long before the very men and women soon found themselves...
Lost in their desires...
Why...
Twas not long before they soon begun to grab each leaf...
One by the other...
And even so...
Wish without warning...
Nay...
Some would even wish as but a whisper...
Yes...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
Twas not a beauteous sight...
Truly, I say...
For...
Indeed...
The very village was soon consumed by its very desires...
Yes...
Why...
Every man and woman...
Charging upon the leaves...
Each one...
Bent upon their desires...
Yes...
Well...
Moving along...
Twas a curious thing that did occur...
For...
Indeed...
Twas not long before the men and women soon began to attach...
Why...
How one would say...
Ideals to the leaves...
Why...
Twas not long before the very villagers had decided...
That the legendary leaf...
An odd leaf should be...
Yes...
Why...
The very many of them did even soon begin to look upon those leaves of a different color...
Why...
Twas not very long before, of it...
A strange doctrine soon grew to its majesty...
Yes...
One that soon deemed only the grander leaves to be those worthy of viewing...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed...
They did continue their search...
However...
Well...
As I said...
Many a tale do soon have such...
A young boy did indeed find himself in his barn...
All the while gathering leaves...
Yes...
All the while, the boy remained on his lonesome...
For...
Indeed...
He had no interest in playing the game...
Why...
A curious lad, I may say...
For...
Indeed...
He did remain there...
Alone amongst all the hullaballoo...
However...
Twould so happen...
That a leaf amongst the people did fly away with the winds...
However...
Of it...
Why...
Twas a truly ordinary leaf...
And therefore...
Not a mind continued upon it...
As for the leaf...
It did soon find itself upon the very head of the boy....
And...
Of course, dear reader, of course...
Twas the magical leaf....
Yes...
That, my dear reader...
Would explain the art of the dragon....
Known as the grave tail...
Hmmm?
Oh, you do flatter me, dear reader...
Of course...
I shall finish the tale...
The boy, upon seeing the leaf, did silently wish upon his lips...
"Why... I do wish this was the leaf..."
And of it...
Of course, dear reader, of course...
The very wish was granted...
And of the village...
Well...
Twould suffice to say...
That the very many of them...
Even unto the many children....
Were wrought with anger...
Yes...
For...
The wish had been wasted...
Well...
I suppose I could carry along....
The many of them...
Well...
Of course against the very mother and father of the child...
Did indeed group up against him...
However...
Indeed...
The wizard did rebuke them...
For...
Tis a truly shameful thing...
For...
A whole society...
Filled with greed...
To scold a mere child...
Why...
Tis an awful thing, I may say...
Well...
All that having been said and done...
Twas the very end of it...
For...
Indeed...
Did the many men and women apologise...
Even the very children...
Yes...
And that, my dear reader...
Truly, I say, ...
Tis the tale of the Harrower And The Harrowing...
Yes...
Tis a famous tale amongst the many mothers and fathers of this age...
Truly, I say...
However...
I must ask...
Did you enjoy the tale, dear reader?
Oh, thank you...
I do appreciate your kind words...
Well...
I suppose I shall now get along to explaining the hunting art of the grave tail...
For...
Indeed...
Tis a unique creature...
Oh....
Oh my...
Tis already time?
Oh dear...
Yet again?
Why...
Oh....
I suppose I did once again spend too much time upon a tale...
Yes...
And of that...
I have still yet to fully explain the hunting methods used by the grave tail...
Oh dear...
Yet again...
I must say, dear reader...
Truly, I say...
Truly...
I am sorry...
For...
Indeed...
I did not plan upon this ending as such...
Why...
Hmm....
Well...
Twould seem we are already out of time...
But...
Hmmm....
Nay...
I have already consumed your time...
And also...
Indeed...
I have much more to say...
And even so...
I have failed you once more...
Hmmm...
Dear reader...
Would it be such a displeasure...
If I...
Merely...
Lengthened this chapter?
Why...
I suppose I may simply add it upon this chapter...
Yes...
The very explanation of the grave tail...
Yes...
Hmmm?
Oh, thank you, dear reader...
Thank you kindly...
Tis a great pleasure to have your approval...
For...
Indeed...
Twould appear...
I underestimated my own love of story telling...
Yes...
Truly, I say...
And of that...
Why...
I do have a grand idea...
Yes...
I shall simply leave a gap...
And from that point...
You may continue...
Yes...
Tis a grand plan, I may say...
Ohohoho....
And thank you, dear reader...
For your great patience...
*******
Yes, thank you...
Now...
Moving along...
The very miniscule details of the grave tail's very own repertoire of hunting methods...
Do not proceed ununderstood by the many wise men amongst the monster hunters of Vesturia, Vanamour, and the many other lands...
Yes...
Why...
Tis a whole book dedicated to the very creature, I believe...
However...
As many would say...
Twould be better to simply highlight that of which I had promised...
Now...
To further elucidate the true greatness of this creature...
One must first understand the true telling of the tale...
For...
Truly, I say...
Not all that is seen as worthy...
Is worthy...
And also...
Not all that is unworthy...
Is unworthy...
Truly, I say...
Tis a lesson I myself learned first hand...
Why...
Of that...
Surely..
Tis true...
Human beings...
Are far more than meets the eye...
Yes, dear reader...
Indeed...
Far more than meets the eye...
Why....
Tis as the very leaf in the tale...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
The leaf did seem as though natural...
However...
Truly, I say...
The leaf was far more than any man could ever have imagined...
Yes...
Truly, I say...
Why...
Tis the same as the grave tail...
For...
Well...
I suppose it would suffice to say...
That...
Indeed...
Many a man slaughtered by this sneaky predator...
Did indeed find themselves unaware of what lay beneath them...
Yes...
Why...
A great many of them did indeed die without even a chance to defend themselves...
Yes...
Hmmm?
Well...
Of that, I shall explain...
However...
Tis something else I must first elucidate...
Dear reader...
Have you once upon a time heard of a shimmering snapper plant?
Hmmm?
Well, I suppose the very name may seem...
How you say...
Strange...
Why...
It does have many a name in the lands...
Some even refer to it as the golden fanged plant...
Well...
I suppose the many nations do have their own description of it...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed, dear reader, indeed...
Tis quite a tale to tell...
And of its name...
Well...
I suppose it is of the very men that do indeed take their time to study this creature...
For...
Indeed...
Tis a strange and mighty one among the plants...
Hmmmm?
Well...
Tis for many a reason...
However...
While it may seem as though every other plant...
Do fail to be fooled, dear reader...
For...
Indeed...
This plant harbours within it a dark secret...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
It does devour insects...
Yes...
A truly...
Hmm?
You know of such?
Venus fly trap?
Why...
Tis the first I have ever heard of it...
Do tell...
Does it also have a large flower by which it attracts its prey?
Hmm...
Well...
I suppose it is a different plant...
However...
Tis a good thing...
That this tale shan't be so unordinary to you...
That much being said...
The shimmering snapper, or...
As many would call it...
The golden fanged...
Does indeed find itself among the few plants that do feed on the walking living...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed...
It does feed...
Hmmm?
Why...
Of course...
Tis not the only one of its kind...
Hmmm?
Well...
I suppose there is one that does fit your description of a venous fly trap...
However...
Twould take far too long to get into...
Yes...
Why...
Tis a terrifying beast that may even swallow a human...
Yes...
Truly, I say dear reader, truly...
Well...
I suppose I shall get along now...
The shimmering snapper plant does indeed find itself among the many plants that feed the eyes of its onlookers...
With its very flowers...
For...
Truly, I say dear reader, truly...
Tis not a flower so beauteous...
As that of a shimmering snapper...
Why...
Tis why they call it so...
For...
Indeed...
Its very flower shines with a truly gorgeous golden gleam...
Yes...
Why...
I must say...
Tis a truly well known gift to a young maiden...
Should a man require such...
Yes...
Well...
I suppose I should get along now...
For...
Indeed...
Its purpose is truly fascinating...
Yes...
And of that...
I do indeed mean the flower...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Its very glorious gleam...
Does attract yet more than mere men...
Nay...
For...
Indeed...
It does also search for the hearts of flies and other such insects...
Yes...
The kind that do find themselves searching for the sweet nectar...
That lies within itself...
Yes...
Why...
Tis a fascinating thing, I must say...
For...
Indeed...
Its very beauty...
Even more...
The very beauty which so many use to attract a fly...
For mere want of pollen...
Tis the very same...
That this plant uses for the purpose...
Of murdering the very flies...
Only to consume them later...
Yes, my dear reader...
Indeed...
Tis a plant so devious as this...
For...
Indeed...
Twould be plenty to merely hunt for a fly...
However...
To also attract it so...
Why...
Tis a truly strange plant, I must say...
Well...
I suppose I shall carry on, for...
Indeed...
Tis more to say of the grave tail...
Yes...
Why...
The very beast does as well find itself so...
Well...
I suppose it would not be fairest to describe it as such...
For...
Indeed...
Tis an even cleverer beast than the plant...
Yes...
For...
The beast does as well attract its meal...
Why...
It fails to do so with mere beauty...
Well...
I suppose I shall need to further elucidate this...
Yes...
The tail of the creature by the name of grave tail...
Why...
Tis a tail whose very end finds itself quite strange...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
It does always seem as though something odder...
Yes...
Be it a mere bush, or a large flower...
Why...
In some nations...
It even goes so far as to seem as a large furry animal...
Yes...
Tis a strange thing truly...
For...
Indeed...
This very beast does find with many a tail...
Irregardless of the fact...
That their ideal remains the same...
Yes...
Why...
Tis true...
That every grave tail does find itself with a tail of a...
How you say...
Unassuming creature...
Yes...
Be it shrub or animal...
Indeed...
Whatever a grave tail manages to seem as...
Indeed...
Twould never scare a man...
Nay...
Twould never alarm even the wiser of the many creatures that do find themselves on the prowl...
Yes...
Why...
A grave tail is a clever one, truly...
Why...
The very creature soon learns to mimic even the very things its tail manages to look as...
Yes...
Tis a truly genius creature...
For...
Indeed...
In this very way does it find and kill its prey...
Yes...
Why...
Be it a shrub...
It may well find itself among the many trees that do surround the forest...
Yes...
Be it a flower...
And...
Of course...
Among a bed of roses...
There it shall lay...
Yes...
Indeed, dear reader, indeed...
This creature is a truly intelligent foe...
Hmmm?
Of course, dear reader, of course...
However...
Tis not the end o the tale of the grave tail...
For...
Truly, I say...
Tis more to it than so...
Hmmm?
Well...
I suppose the many words may be mere speculation...
However...
As they may say...
Tis a beast of much thought...
Hmmm?
Well...
I suppose I should ask...
Dear reader...
How many a tree would you imagine to find a grave tail in?
Hmmm?
Well...
Of course, dear reader...
However...
Tis said...
That not many...
Nay...
Fewer than one in a hundred...
Nay...
In five hundred...
May ever be endowed with such a beast...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Be it burrowed under the ground, or even so as hidden among the branches...
Yes...
This very beast is a rare one indeed...
Why...
Should one die from one...
Truly, I say...
Truly...
Tis not a likely thing...
Why...
The very beast shall even so...
Only come out...
Once certain of its meal...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed, dear reader, indeed...
For...
Unlike the shimmering snapper plant...
Even so...
This beast does not hide fangs under beauty...
Nay...
This beast hides fangs under...
Well...
I suppose, one may call it...
Familiarity...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Tis easy to find beauty...
However...
Tis not so easy...
To find what is ordinary...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
Well...
The grave tail is truly a genius...
Yes...
Hmmm?
Yes, of course, dear reader...
Yes...
Well...
Twould seem that I do still have time...
Why...
I suppose I may as well describe the bastion to you...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Tis a strange creature...
Why...
Tis one of many of what one may call...
A lesser dragon...
Yes...
Why...
Even the grave tail is of this kind...
Hmmm?
Why...
Tis simply because they are small...
And of the bastion...
Why...
Tis only a bit smaller than the grave tail...
Yes...
However...
Twould be wise not to underestimate them, dear reader...
For...
Indeed...
Tis a wise thing to stray from a bastion...
For...
It does indeed...
Never find itself alone...
Hmmm?
Of course, dear reader...
Tis often said...
That a bastion would sooner abandon a meal...
Than abandon its very pack...
For...
Indeed...
They do find themselves hunting as a group...
Yes...
Why...
The very nests may carry...
Hmmm...
Why...
I haven't the faintest idea...
Twould be several, I assure you...
Hmmm?
Well, if I were to hazard a guess...
I suppose over a hundred would be a gentle attempt...
Yes...
Well...
I suppose even a hundred may not be all that much...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed...
The very beasts are far more violent...
Why...
Many a man...
Nay...
Many an animal...
Have on one occasion been attacked by the flying, fire breathing beasts...
Yes...
Dear reader...
Would you happen to have such a creature in your midst?
Hmmm?
My...
Tis a strange world you live in...
Why...
I suppose it would be for the best...
For...
Indeed...
The bastion is indeed a great beast...
Why...
Only knights of the Orders First through Fifth...
Are ever allowed to hunt these mighty beasts...
Hmmm?
Oh, pish posh...
Why...
Jake Phyr...
He may deal with one with his bare hands...
Hmmm?
How so?
Well...
He did once upon a time...
Use his very arms...
To twist the back of one such beast...
Yes...
Why...
Twas quite the ruthless method, I may say...
Yes...
Well...
I suppose it is about time that I find myself going...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Tis soon to be quite late once again...
Now then...
Do take care of yourself, dear reader...
Do take care...
For...
Indeed...
Twould be a travesty...
Should anything happen to you...
Yes...
A travesty indeed...
That being said...
A good day to you, dear reader...
A good day indeed...
