Kakariko Village

The present-day.

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After parting ways with Kassy, Shronia and I made our way to the Ha Dahamar shrine. It was located west of Dueling Peaks City, it took an hour to get there.

Once we got to the shrine we noticed a little problem, there were large spikes surrounding it. Luckily the shrine was built in a pond. Using Cryonis I got on the pillar I made, and with Shronia on my back we glided over the spikes and down to the entrance.

Down the elevator we went, ready to conquer this shrine.

The shrine heavily utilized the Cryonis feature. The first obstacle wanted us to climb onto a higher platform, it wasn't as easy as it seemed. The materials used to create the shrines were slippery and smooth so climbing the platform directly would be impossible.

On the right side was a waterfall, the water collected in a small pool near the base of the higher platform. Using Cryonis I made an ice pillar in the pool to get onto the platform.

The next challenge was almost the same thing. There was the waterfall, however instead of it forming into a pool, the water fell into the nothingness that all shrines had. Using Cryonis I made a horizontal icy pillar straight from the waterfall, we were cautious when we climbed over as the abyss awaited us below.

The 3rd task was exactly the same as the earlier one, again using Cryonis we made our way onto the platform with care.

The last part was completely different from the first 3. There were a series of slopes and every now and then a giant orb would roll down the slopes. However, it always rolled into the abyss. There was a giant waterfall in the background. The goal was to use Cryonis and keep the ball from rolling off the slopes and into a giant ditch near the locked entrance of the wrinkled being.

It took a few trials and errors, but eventually the orb made it into the ditch.

Greeting the wrinkled person I collected the spirit orb, then we made our way out of the shrine.

Back on our horses, we resumed our journey to Kakariko Village.

"I can't wait to introduce you to everyone" (Shronia)

I nod.

"Impa will be very glad to see you again" (Shronia)

I nod. I wasn't trying to be rude, I just didn't know how to prolong a conversation.

At nightfall we made camp.

The next day we crossed the Kakariko bridge. It was well worn out, the wood was molding, it didn't look like anyone maintains or uses this bridge.

We were very careful not to fall through the creaking wooden planks.

After crossing the bridge we traveled a few more miles before I saw something or someone in the distance. I saw a tall green figure down the road. I smiled as I knew who it was, Hetsu.

Hetsu is a giant Korok, he has green and white striped skin with treetops for hair. There's also a satchel to his side and a leaf covers his face.

Once we got closer I got off my horse to greet him.

"Link, why are we stopping I thought you said there wouldn't be any more shrines until we got to Kakariko" (Shronia)

Can she not see Hetsu?

"Shronia can you see the giant Korok in front of us" (Link)

"What giant Korok?" (Shronia)

I forgot, all Koroks are invisible to everyone but me.

"I'm going to do something very strange" (Link)

Going to him I spoke and startled him.

"Shalaka?! You! You can see me?! It's been 100 years since anyone has been able to see me" (Hetsu)

The same lively and energetic person as in the game. Anyways he has a quest for me, monsters are able to see him and they stole his magic maracas.

He pointed to the general location of the monsters.

It was north of this road.

I told Shronia the plan.

"Link were you talking to someone that only the Hero can see?" (Shronia)

"Yes" (Link)

We rode until we came across a small tunnel. We left the horses at the entrance and slowly crept in. On the other side was a clearing, there were 3 bokoblins. They decided to camp near the ledge of a cliff. They were each a blue variant and held a simple boko club. This was an easy task and I could've taken them all out. Well, that's what the past me would've said.

However my recent battle in Dueling Peaks City would say otherwise, I have to stop charging in wildly. They may be slow and dumb, but just one mess up and they could kill me.

I pulled out a bomb.

"Okay Shronia, when this thing explodes we use that confusion and attack" (Link)

"Got it" (Shronia)

I threw the bomb over to the monsters, once it hit the ground I detonated it. One of the bokoblins was knocked over the side and fell down into the valley. Not more than a second later, Shronia rushed in. From her soles, she was using her flames like rocket propellant. With speed comparable to mine she killed them both in an instant.

I have to admit, I underestimated Shronia. Well, actually I've been underestimating everyone.

"Good job Shronia" (Link)

"Thank you" (Shronia)

We found the maracas in some evil-looking chest with a skull on the front.

After returning the maracas back to Hetsu he shouted with joy. Then he had a sad look on his face.

"The Korok seeds inside are gone! How am I supposed to dance now? Shoko... If I had just one Korok seed I could sing, dance, and use my powers to help you. You see, I have the power of inventory expansion" (Hetsu)

Pulling out a Korok seed, Hetsu became ecstatic again. I gave it to him.

"Shalaka! So which slots do you want more slots in?" (Hetsu)

I chose the weapon slot, Hetsu did a little performance, after he was done I checked the Sheikah Slate. The weapon tab grew by one slot, I can now hold one more weapon in the Sheikah Slate. The Sheikah Slate is strange, I can hold hundreds of materials and arrows but only a few weapons, bows, and shields. He would be able to expand another slot so I asked him to expand the weapons tab again, I pulled out 2 Korok seeds but he only took one. That was strange, in the game as you increase the slots in a tab the amount of Korok seeds also increases.

After increasing my weapons slot once more he suddenly became jumpy.

"Oh! Look at the time! I need to get back before Grandpa yells at me" (Hetsu)

Waving goodbye he ran away.

The village was deep in a mountain valley, climbing over would be difficult and tiring. Shronia led me to the entrance of a cave, the inside was like a natural labyrinth. She used her powers and kept a steady flame on her palm. Shronia guided me through so I wouldn't get myself lost. I am glad I met Shronia or else I would've been lost in these tunnels trying to get to Kakariko Village.

I wonder how Shronia knew where to go, maybe she's just accustomed to these tunnels after years of venturing through them.

"Shronia, how do you know where to go" (Link)

"There's a code for each entrance to the village. We use the odd-even code" (Shronia)

"Odd-even code?" (Link)

"Yes, we use the numbers 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and so on. Using the current number you add it to the previous one, and if it's odd you go left, if it's even you go right. Right now we're on number 13, that's odd so we're taking a left up ahead" (Shronia)

They're using the Fibonacci sequence! Well, the Ancient Sheikah Tribe were technologically advanced, it wouldn't be a surprise if they created a type of Fibonacci sequence.

After turning left we saw a fork road ahead. If my math is correct the next number should be 21. We will take a left next.

"Okay, we're turning a left here" (Shronia)

Yes, I was right.

After a few more turns we saw a light.

That was our exit.

We arrived at Kakariko by mid-afternoon. The village was peaceful and calm. There were farmers tending to their crops, children were playing in the fields, everyone looked quite happy.

Upon our arrival, people stopped what they were doing and came to greet us.

'Shronia, you're back'

'Have you grown a little dear'

'Shronia, Shronia come play with us'

They were very warm and welcoming.

"It's nice to be back, how is everyone?" (Shronia)

A child was the first one to speak. He looked like he was around 10 years of age.

"Shronia, I killed my first bokoblin. Do you want to see its fang" (Child)

"Did you now, I'd love to see it later" (Shronia)

The child ran away laughing.

An older looking Shronia came and greeted us.

"Sweetie you're home. This must be your husband if you trust him enough to reveal the secret location of this village" (Shronia's Mother)

"Mom, it isn't like that. This is my friend Link, the Hylian Champion" (Shronia)

"Link the Hylian Champion?" (Shronia's Mother)

Shronia's mother didn't seem to believe her.

"Shronia, if you're going to pull a leg at least make it sound believable" (Shronia's Mother)

"Link show them the Sheikah Slate" (Shronia)

Showing the Sheikah Slate the villagers stood in awe.

'Is that truly the Hylian Champion Link'

'I thought he was dead'

'Ganon can be defeated'

The villagers started to make a fuss, one by one they all asked questions. The commotion attracted more villagers to come.

"Will you all calm down and give the young man some space" (Impa)

An elderly woman with a height of 4 feet came and broke the group up.

"Link, you've finally awakened. It's been a while, I am much older now. Do you remember me?" (Impa)

I nod. If I had said no, there would be a long cutscene and dialogue. Not that the cutscene or dialogue is bad in any means, but after playing this game dozens of times I didn't really want to see it again.

"Come with me" (Impa)

Following her, I left Shronia to catch up with her mother. We went to a large building, there was Paya inside cleaning the orb.

She turned to me once we went inside.

"Who might you be?" (Paya)

"Link" (Link)

"The legendary Hero? Could it be?!" (Paya)

"My dear, could you fetch us some refreshments" (Impa)

Scurrying off she left us alone.

"Link before you took your long slumber the princess told me to pass this along to you. Free the four Divine Beasts, that is all she said before she left to face Ganon alone" (Impa)

I already knew what the Divine Beasts were and their general locations. I only came here in case there were other details that this world has that the game doesn't.

"The Sheikah Slate is not complete, go to the tech lab in Hateno Village" (Impa)

In the tech lab at Hateno, I can upgrade my current abilities and make them stronger.

Nothing seems to be different.

"Link, are you ready to face Ganon?" (Impa)

That question came out of nowhere. Am I ready? I have my starting health of 12, almost 2 whole stamina gauges, and a magical smartphone. Overall I seem like an average person back on earth, hardly fit to beat Ganon. My only strength would be my speed but earlier I saw Shronia move just as fast as me. In the recent skirmish in Dueling Peaks City I've come to realize that I depend on it too much.

The answer is quite simply no. I may possess foresight of this world, but my skills are lacking. My swordsmanship is no more than random swings, the only reason I have great archery skills is that a reticle forms when I aim with a bow, and I have less health than a red bokoblin.

"No, I am not" (Link)

"Do not be so modest Link, I know you can do this" (Impa)

"My swordsmanship is lacking" (Link)

"I've seen you long ago swing that Master Sword around like a true knight. Don't tell me you lost your touch" (Impa)

I nod.

"If you feel that your swordplay is a little rough I can have someone train you" (Impa)

"That'd be great" (Link)

Impa called out.

"Ossio could you please come here" (Impa)

A middle-aged man came from outside, I think he was one of the guards standing near the door. He had a clean face with whitening hair, he was very fit. On his waist was a sheathed sword and he also carried small pouches, perhaps they were smoke bombs.

"You called, Lady Impa" (Ossio)

"As you may have heard the Hero Link has awakened. However, sleeping for a century does have its problems. I want you to train him" (Impa)

"Yes, Lady Impa" (Ossio)

He turned to me.

"It is an honor to meet you Link. My name is Ossio" (Ossio)

"Likewise, my name is Link" (Link)

We shook hands.

"Now let's catch up, I haven't seen you in so long" (Impa)

Paya came back with refreshments so we chatted for a few hours.

Impa told me about the current affairs of the world. The Gerudo's have recently found a Great Fairy fountain southwest of Gerudo town, they are monopolizing it. Zora's Domain is still wet as ever, though the city is a wonderful place. That's what she heard from the others that visited there.

"Oh Link, last week there was this mysterious thing that was near the village at night. If it appears again, I was wondering if you, Ossio, and a few others could investigate" (Impa)

She was probably referring to Kilton, he sells various monster goods. How he acquires them is questionable, but he has never attacked anyone.

"Yes" (Link)

"We will do our best, Lady Impa" (Ossio)

"Link?" (Paya)

I turned to face her.

"How long will you be staying?" (Paya)

Paya covered her face with her hands as she spoke to me.

In the game, Paya has a slight crush on Link. She probably just wants to hang out with me.

"I do not know" (Link)

"Well as long as you are here, I will try to make you as comfortable as you can be" (Paya)

I thanked her and we continued talking some more. Then someone burst into the house.

"The thing is here" (Lady)

"Bring Janeson with us Nashi" (Ossio)

"Yes Ossio" (Nashi)

We went outside.

Outside there was a weird structure near the top of a small mountain near Impa's house, when I got here that definitely wasn't there.

It is quite strange, Kilton doesn't appear until Link finds him in Skull Lake near the Akkala region. I wonder who triggered the event that made him appear.

We waited a few minutes for Janeson and Nashi to come.

Once they were here we began climbing the small mountain, we continued to get closer and closer to the mysterious thing.

It looked like a funky hot air balloon. The others that were with me had their guard on, I also had my guard on. I was certain that this was Kilton's shop, but I could be wrong. As we approached we could hear a person humming.

There he was, Kilton. Greyish-blue skin with a huge head.

When we were just a few feet away from him he turned around.

He screamed.

"HOOOYGAH" (Kilton)

Ossio was the first one to speak.

"Who are you and how did you get here?" (Ossio)

"My name is Kilton and I just happened to find this village deep in the mountain valley" (Kilton)

Now that I think about it, Kilton does seem awfully suspicious. He knows the location of all minibosses in this world, he loves monsters, he only comes out at night, also what race is he?

"How were you able to find this valley, mountains surround the place making it difficult to transverse" (Janeson)

"With my creation. I call this a sky octorok ship, I use a giant octorok and that allows me to fly over to places. If you would allow me to demonstrate" (Kilton)

The balloon thing soon filled with air and it began to float up. Everyone was amazed at the machine, it was interesting but there is a motorcycle in this world and I can't wait to get it.

Kilton soon came back down to the ground.

"I was flying around when I saw this place, so I decided to land and sell my goods" (Kilton)

"What goods?" (Ossio)

"I sell various monster-themed goods, like for instance this monster extract. Have you ever wanted your food to taste like a monster, well now you can" (Kilton)

The others were a little interested in his goods.

Someone wanted to buy something, it was Nashi.

"I'll have a bottle of your monster extract" (Nashi)

Kilton smiled.

"Yes, that will be 9 Mon" (Kilton)

"Mon? What is that?" (Nashi)

"It is my own currency that I made up. You can trade monster parts to me for Mon" (Kilton)

"I see. Can you all wait here for a bit" (Nashi)

Nashi went back down, she was probably going to get some monster parts. While here the others asked Kilton more questions.

"Do you have anything else?" (Janeson)

"I sell wooden mops and spring-loaded hammers" (Kilton)

Now that I think about it, why does Kilton sell mops? Of all his goods, mops would be the last thing I expected.

"What's a spring-loaded hammer?" (Janeson)

"Let me show you" (Kilton)

Rummaging through his stuff he brought out a small 2 headed hammer.

"This little hammer doesn't do a lot of damage, however..." (Kilton)

Kilton showed a small ball, throwing it in the air he smacked the ball with the hammer. The ball went flying for hundreds of feet away.

"It can knock things very far away" (Kilton)

"Wait right here" (Janeson)

Janeson raced down the mountain. Kilton seems to be having good business.

Ossio and I were left.

"You're not dangerous are you?" (Ossio)

"Of course not, I would never attack a person" (Kilton)

Ossio was still a little suspicious but he had no evidence to doubt Kilton.

We waited for a bit before the 2 came back. After exchanging some monster parts they received their items. Nashi bought 5 bottles of monster extract and Janeson bought a pair of spring-loaded hammers.

We gave Kilton our goodnights and went back to the village.

As we neared the village I could hear the loud sounds of laughter.

The whole village turned into some sort of festival.

There was food and drinks, games were set up, this looked like a lot of fun.

"Link, do you like it?" (Impa)

"What's all this?" (Link)

"To celebrate the return of the Hero" (Impa)

"Thank you for doing this, but is it really necessary" (Link)

"Your adventure will consist of hardships, so enjoy this while you can" (Impa)

She left and went to an outdoor bar.

Getting in the festive mood I went to a nearby stall that sold roasted buttered carrots.

It tasted amazing, the sweet carrot and the salty butter combined nicely.

"Link" (Shronia)

Shronia found me, she wore a strange blue and white dress. Instead of frills and a wavy skirt, the dress nicely fitted Shronia, also a cloth belt kept the dress together.

"What do you think?" (Shronia)

She blushed a little while saying that.

"You look great" (Link)

She really did.

We walked around and she would introduce everyone to me.

"This is Besho, he helped me to control my flames" (Shronia)

"Shronia, good to see you again and Link nice to finally meet you" (Besho)

He seemed like a nice man.

"Oh, this is Giannu, she's a teacher in this village" (Shronia)

"Goodness Shronia it's been ages, Link please to meet you" (Giannu)

Shaking hands we left and went around having fun.

We saw Paya. She smiled when she saw me.

"Link. How do I look?" (Paya)

"Good" (Link)

She was wearing a red and white version of the dress that Shronia was wearing.

"Have you tried the pumpkin pie?" (Paya)

"No" (Link)

"Well you must, it's one of our villages specialties" (Paya)

She took my hand and we went to a stall selling those pies. It was sweet and warm, a filling food..

The whole night we played games and ate food. By midnight the place was clearing itself out. I didn't have a room, but there should be an inn in this village.

"Shronia, where is the inn?" (Link)

"Inn? What for? We can't have visitors" (Shronia)

Where am I going to sleep tonight?

"Shronia, where am I going to sleep?" (Link)

"Link, I have prepared a room for you" (Paya)

How generous.

"Thank you" (Link)

We helped clean up, saying goodnight to Shronia I left with Paya back to Impa's house. On the second floor, Paya had prepared a room for me.

The room was nice, it had a floor mattress, there was a stone fireplace in the middle, and the balcony looked out into the beautifully lit village.

I laid down on the soft mattress.

'If I buy a mattress could I use a shrine as a temporary sleeping place?' (Link)

I was getting tired of sleeping on the road.

I smelled myself, I needed a bath.

I wandered around the house until I found Paya.

"Do you have a bath?" (Link)

"Yes, follow me" (Paya)

She led me to the bathroom, it was wonderfully built. It was outside, the bathtub had heated water, there were also various salts, this place looked like some sort of resort.

That reminded me, I wonder how the village near Kolomo Lake was doing.

After rinsing myself off I prepared for the bath.

I melted when I went into the hot relaxing water. Taking some salt I rubbed it on my skin.

After enjoying the bath I went straight to bed.