Chapter 2: New World, New danger

As Ambrose open his eyes slowly. He felt the grass beneath him. Soft like a warm bed after being made. He move his body up to check his surroundings finding trees with a abnormal size and some bushes surrounding the place .

"Now this something new" said Ambrose who was now standing up to his feet.

"Wait a moment" as he fully stand up he realize he had his black color battle hand wraps on booth of his hands. Has he look his hand he soon find out he had his armor on him.

His right arm was cover with a animal pelt, on top of it lay a gray color pauldron covering his right shoulder and for his left it was another pauldron with the design of scales. Not to mention booth of his elbows were protected by elbow couter made of leather infused with metal.

For his chest he was only wearing a dark brown, leather armor that look more like a shirt. For his mid section down there was a leather armor belt that had two triangle shapes one front and one in the back and one in each side. His Knees were protected with leather knee pads and dow to his feet were cabelas leather boots.

"At least she knows what I need but the thing is did she...…."

as he said it. His hands slowly reach tours his back.

"Hmp guess she did a good job huh" what both of his hands had reach was his two wielding short axes and to the side of his right hip sit there small pack not to big nor to small

" I guess that thing is still with me"

"but the only thing am missing right now is my great sword as well a damn map" he look around the place we're he was in, seen the big trees and analyzing in what place he currently was. Slowly but surely he had found a path that lead somewhere of in the distance but before he could have taken a step. A violent wind hit everything around trees and bushes. As for Ambrose he quickly cover his face with is left arm.

"GROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAARGH!!!!"

A deafening roar was heard from above him. As Ambrose raise his head up saw nothing more than what it seem like a dragon, flying at great speed tours somewhere of the distance. As he pan his head over to the left side at great distance he saw what it seem to be small town surrounded by stone walls with what it seem to be a cathedral. But now it seem that the dragon was flying above it creating stronger winds making things in the far town to be a disaster.

What Ambrose could do is just watch as it happened, as the dragon arrived it left soon flying high in to the clouds.

"New objective is to move to the that town and ask for information weather they want to willingly or not and now is not the time to stand here like an idiot.".

Ambrose now begin to move tours his new objective. Has he followed the small path he noticed around his environment many different things one of them being a weird looking purple fruit that seem to have spike like shapes and in the trees a fruit shape like a pear but it's color was orange.

But what call his attention more was the claw marks in some of the stones Around but it wasn't a normal, the claw marks were deep enough that it tore of chunks of the rock. Ambrose, in a kneeling position trace his fingers along the marks

"hmm deep marks for it to be made by a normal animal. if it was made by a animal I doubt it's claws would even be connected to his paw"

"If a fucking dragon exist in this world, There would be other creatures around in this world It already state the obvious this isn't a normal world"

the world Ambrose was from "normal" was never a thing. creatures of the dark existed in the world he is call it the supernatural if you will but the difference is they could be kill. In this world Ambrose was not so sure if this world was the same as his but one thing is for sure, to not underestimate what is out there no matter what it is even the smallest of creature can dismembered somebody into pieces. For now he made his way trough some of the bushes that were in the way.

__24 hours later__

trough out his walk tours he had the big town or what ever it was, sooner or later He reach tours a small village or what it look like to be one. For Ambrose seem to be by his side by now, it seem that the place was with people living in the village houses.

"well it seem's i may have to ask around" Ambrose approach to one of the nearest villagers

"Ehm! excuse me ma'am" Ambrose kept his tone relax to talk to the young woman in front of him.

She turn around facing him, what she could see was a young man in his late teens almost at the age of 19. his body seem to be lean because of the light leather armor it was hard to distinguish and it look like he had some scars on his face but there was one that stood out, it was a vertical scar on his left eye, his face was average not too much not to little, eyes were that of a color grey, for his hair pointed forward like spikes.

for some folks they would say he was a rebel who scape from home judging by his hair but it was natural, in the tips of his hair ended in a gray color, what she notice too was that he was bigger than her.

"uhm yeah what is it that you need? young one?" ask the young woman as she look at him

"I am new around these parts and i want to know a place that i could stay for the day"

"oh well as you can see, here in sprinvale there's not that much space here or even a establishment for travelers. But there many in Mondstadt". Ambrose frown at the weird name for that place

"Mondstadt? Is it that town with the big stone wall's surrounding it, were that lizard thing was attacking". She nodded with a almost saddened face

" yeah is being like that for the many incoming days and it has driven people with fear, hoping that storm terror will leave them, and it seem some of the supplies that go to the city of Mondstadt have been blown away or been missing making some of the places to be close. well that is unless they do something about it"

("STROM TERROR so that flying lizard has a name")

"Ok thank you ma'am and one last question, can you tell me in which direction is Mondstadt located in?"

"oh! yeah I forgot to mention that. Just take that path" she pointed tours the right " and walk straight forward until you can see the bridge that connects to Mondstadt"

Ambrose now began to walk the path that she indicated, leaving the small sprinvale village behind but soon after that she heard the woman shout

"please be careful with them hilichurl's!". Ambrose did not look back as he kept walking only heard what she was shouting.

"what the hell are hilicurls? Or chilichurls? Well whatever those things are as long as don't get in the way I'll try not to do anything. But if they do oooh boy" a sinister smile began to rise from his face. Only one can imagine what depraved and insane thoughts are running while in that twisted head of his.

2 hours later

White color fox was calmly strolling around in the tall grass searching for its food but it came into a clearing of what seem to be a path as he did, he had seen a squirrel, it's was facing the opposite way. The squirrel not knowing any better it had been spotted . The fox went down on all fours to a stalking position like any other animal who preys on others, it was getting closer and closer.

It was at a good distance to pound its prey ready to leap but before that fox could even do anything. A blurry shape was all the fox could see at the corner of it's eye before something grab the back of his neck roughly making the fox let a yell and being quickly lifted up. As that happened. the squirrel quickly run hearing the sound behind it's back leaving the fox who was now at the grasp of something .

That something was nothing more and none other than Ambrose who's left hand had a tight grip around is neck making it Yelp and trying to bite his hand so it could be let free.

before it could make another yelp, a right hand swift and quickly move tours the fox head.

in a quick motion his right hand pull of the head of the fox, follow by it's spinal cord. it came of with relative ease like leave being pull from a tree. the body of the small animal went limp as the blood start to run, Ambrose lift the the small body to his face drinking the deep red liquid has it was nothing more than water.

*glup* *glup* *glup*

"aaaaaaah now that will be enough food for the day and now for the seconds" with quick move from his head he began to chow down on the lower half of the body

(FEW MINUTES LATER)

after finishing his meal, what was left was nothing more than the hide that was wrapped around ambrose belt on the side of his hip and for the bones were nothing more than medium size shards store in his back side pocket , nothing else was left behind, in a survival situation everything is use, nothing is left. As he walk on the path he spotted the bridge the young woman had talk about Monstadt.

Has he walk over the bridge to the main gate we're there two guards his path was block by pigeons

("great, fucking great").

A pigeon approach Ambrose pecking at his left boot.

"Piss off flying rat!" as he yell, he bring his right foot and stomp hard at the ground to the side of the pigeon scaring it making it fly away and so for the other flying rats.

Now he walk tours the big gate."Halt!" Order one of the guards. Ambrose stop on his tracks as he look to the the guard on the left."Identity yourself and state your business" spoke the guard at the right. "Am anthon, my business here is to search for a adventure guild so i can register and am searching for a place to stay for a few days if it is possible that is."

("like hell i would give this fuckers my real name. i don't want to reveal who i am yo any of them. i don't trust them, i need to be on high alert from any of them until i get information")

"oh becoming a new adventurer huh?" spoke the guard on right.

"yes i trouble far away from were i came so far and there is no going back" Ambrose spoke in a innocent tone of voice like he was some kind of good guy.

("if this goes situation goes south then i have no choice than to put them on a coffin")

"well there are ins for adventures to stay but i think some of them might be close because of the constant stromterror attacks we been having and the strong winds that are affecting the city of Mondstadt" spoke the guard on the left

("Stromterror that name again they call the big lizard and it seem's that it can manipulate wind or it looks to be. Gotta be careful if that thing decides to attack, judging by the the way it shoot those winds blast things it must be highly dangerous, I don't want to be shredded meat if it decides to use that ")

"Well mister Anthon, welcome to the city of Mondstadt the city of freedom and good luck trying to become a adventurer" with that said He was now able to pass trough them. Ambrose resume his walking to the inside of the city but as he walked one thought came to his mind

(this city has ..... how could I say this ...….. um.... Poor guards and defenses. Does the ruler of this city thinks of this as a joke, picking somebody randomly and making it a guard at the gate. It is a pathetic and defenseless city if there guards like this it is only easy picking's for everyone to star diving in")

As he walked he saw that the city seem had big house's enough for a family to live there but what call his attention more was that there different shops with different things. that being the flower shop that had strange shape flowers he never seen, even the different shop that had fruit and and vegetables seem different but there were some he recognized like carrots, tomatoes, and cabbage. He began to walk on the stairs that lead to a fountain that seem to be a bit far away as he walk, he noticed a woman that look more like a waitress standing inside of what it seem to be some kind receiver of some sort.

He pass another building that seem to be a antique shop, then a bar from the looks of it but it look that it was close. Lastly as he reach the fountain there was a restaurant or something like that and seem to be open. "I need to ask if there is a pub or bar around, Drunk man tend to have loosen tongues." he got close to the small restaurant as he did there was a young woman there. She was putting things in their place after stormterrors attack had pass, as she did she heard footsteps getting closer she look at the direction. Ambrose who was now close to the counter he was about to speak but he was cut short.

"Sorry but right now Good Hunter is close, as you can see there is a mess."

"ok" was all that Ambrose cloud say. at this point He was annoy and irritated thanks to those idiots outside the gates city and their stupidity of letting strangers in just like nothing and now this.

"Sorry but am not here for the food but i need to ask a simple question"

the young girl now was paying attention.

"Is there a pub or bar open nearby here"

"Yes there is one, close to the city walls but it's full of drunks, I recommend you to be careful around there since you look new around here "

"Would you point were the bar is located?" Ambrose ask, she pointed in the direction we're the bar is located. "Thanks" now he started to walk to his new objective

as he walk on the way he felt uncomfortable, he was never use to seen people walking.

he was use to see corpses, a pile of corpses.

trough out his life when he was a rascal he was train to kill, to use anything that reaches his hand in the battlefield and use your own hands to kill. His brothers in arms who had fought next to each other it was only them that they can understand him as they were one in unison. But now they were gone they will never comeback.

War can eat away your very being. It breaks you to the point of being unrecognized by others. war is place that breaks minds and souls of anyone who is in it or who gets caught in the crossfire. It is a place we're your not viewed as a human anymore, the only thing they see you is a monster who is always hungry for the blood of anyone who crosses your view.

Ambrose since a early age of his childhood he was take in by the berserkers and was raised by them and train by them to the point of breaking each bone of his body. There was no mercy for him or any one who was accepted by the berserkers, being break down tour your core and being molded into a killing machine

things are nothing perfect in this world or any other world. You either adapt or die.