Reincarnation of Audemars - Who Am I...?

Keating's Family Coat Of Arms

*Ding* Congratulation on defeating White Hand. Band of thieves is now eradicated. Experience Points 180%. Congratulations on Leveling up 102/100,000. Allocated point +20 total to 503 unallocated points. Credits: 2345 attained. Glittering Ruby +30 Damage when socketed.

"Awww... I want that OP weapon... It is not fair, you know. That crossbow the leader was holding was super awesome...!!! Where in the world could I get that kind of weapon? I don't think I've got the ability to forge such weapons at all. I also want to drink what he was drinking too." I sulked as I watched the leader sat down at one of the lounge chairs and sipped a cold drink.

I searched the whole underground network and only found those chests that had been searched and those locked ones. There must be a key but I found none at all and I headed back to where I came from. I emerged from the hole behind the wall and slid back the bookcase and jammed it shut.

"Hah Hah Hah. Now no one could exit from there and let them die of starvation," I thought to myself as I sat down on the bed and allocated my points.

At the meantime, I decided to allocate 150 points to my Dex and Toughness each and now I had a balance of 203 unallocated points left. I decided to drop by the Bowsmith and inquire the type of light armour he has as I left Silas House and locked the door after it.

Since he mentioned that the earlier conversation never took place, I decided to keep the house key to myself and hang it around my neck like a talisman of some sort. Hah Hah Hah. Hope this would bring me luck though.

I reached the Bowsmith and entered and greeted the proprietor, "Hiya Bruce. Have you ever seen a crossbow that can shoot 3 bolts at one time?" I asked since I can't shake the image of owning that kind of OP weapon.

"Nope, I have not seen one before but I heard its called by a woman's named called Avelyn and its only available exclusively from Dark Souls. Why do you ask? Have you seen it recently?" Bruce asked and wondered if he himself could forge that kind of OP weapon.

"Yeah, I've seen it but not up close. Just too bad it doesn't allow me to have it as part of the spoils. Huu Huu Huu. Do you think you have an idea on how to forge them?" I asked hoping that Bruce would somehow have an idea on how to produce it.

"If only I could have the blueprint then I am sure I would be able to design it. But since it cokes from you, I'd see what I could do within these few weeks, OK?" Bruce reassured me as I thanked him in advance.

"I would like to dispose of some weapons first, would that be alright?" I said as I clicked in trade and 'SELL' and chose the crossbows and longsword that I had picked while eradicating the White Hand earlier. I sold all those for 3,200 credits. I clicked on 'BUY' and choose armour and there are a few for the headgear and 3 types for the body.

The head armour was one like I'm wearing, the Archer's hood, then another that looked like Magneto's helm while another was a full-face helmet with a visor that looked like a duck's bill. Nah... It doesn't interest me since people would not be able to see my handsome face. Hah Hah Hah.

I choose body armour and saw a leather vest, studded leather armour and a bronze chest plate. The prices were 300, 700 and 1400 credits respectively and I chose the studded leather armour instead. At least this should resemble the past armour that I wore.

I then choose a pair of leather pauldrons for 150 credits on both shoulders and that's it. No other forms of elbow guard, arm guard, gloves, knee guards, shin guards and boots. Haiyooo... This store really looks pretty pathetic right now.

"Don't you have any other types of armours, Bruce? I mean normally a store like this should be equipped with more stuff than these." I asked and he explained that I could get more choices if I were to get out of Ingmery town and heads toward Aermagh.

"Aermagh... That's where this body originates from. Would I be rousing any kind of suspicion if I head there? Now I can only warp to the goblins camp and back to the northern and central district only. Other places undiscovered are unlikely able to warp at all." I thought to myself but decided not to expose myself or else I'd be drafted back into the Legion.

For all I know right now, the old Audemars is dead and the resurrected one is called Austin Powers...yeah baby, yeah...Hah Hah Hah... just kidding.

I paid and thanked Bruce for his hospitality as I headed back to the Great Hall. Upon entering, Patricia threw herself at me and held me in a bear hug and somehow this petite lady carried me off my feet when she did that.

"Whoa... Trish. Be careful there. It has been a success. The White Hand had been eradicated and I've just for back from shopping at Bruce's." I said as she slowly put me down on my feet. Actually, I loved the feeling of her soft curves against my tunic when she held me just now and I wished she could hold me longer. Hah Hah Hah.

"Thank you, my dear friend. I would consider you part of the Keating family of not for your relationship between my sister here. Here... This is our family heirloom that we would like to present to you for clearing our good name. Our shield and our blade are yours to keep and fight along against the evils of the world." Prius said as he handed me the bronze chief shield that bore the colours and emblem of the Keating coat of arms and also a bronze longsword.

"This is too much, my kind brother. I won't be able to use this since this is the family heirloom of yours. I'm afraid I might chip its paint or something when I block incoming attacks from goblins and such." I replied as I take a look at the shield and blade in my arm.

"Are you kidding me, Prius? These are antiques and these belong to a museum already. No one uses bronze weapons anymore..."I thought to myself as I smirked at the idea of using these against even the giant rats.

"Is there anything wrong with these?" Prius noticed me pouting when I take a look at those weapons and armour and said to him I would have them as a keepsake and not use them in battles. I then did a quick slot and showed him the dagger that I recently received from him along with the claymore and shield I had chosen to design in the Fusion Chamber.

"My God... These pieces are much better than what I had presented to you. Forgive my insolence, my good friend. I do not mean to offend you with our paltry weapon and shield. You did some upgrade on the dagger? I like the fine polished look of bronze on the handle, hilt and pommel."

"Your claymore is even exquisite. It was from the old bronze sword that you had found in the basement of this house, right? My....my...my... it is a fine upgrade. And this shield... Err...could you have chosen a better design? It looks like a n****e to me."

"It's supposed to be a Fluted Buckler but then people started to laugh at it. Even Rebecca's hoodlums were laughing at it and rolling in the floor like a pair of madcap. Yeah, I decided to call it the n****e Buckler from that day onwards."

"This design, even if it looks weird, is able to deflect any direct hits from a spear, sword or even a battle axe. It has small nicks here and there but after all, it did a fine job of protecting me."

"This buckler and claymore is my secondary weapon, I'd prefer to use my crossbow instead. It's much closer and its deadlier than a bow since its self reloading with unlimited bolts. The White Hand leader refuses to hand me his 3 bolt crossbow after he was beaten in the duel. Baahhh... Sore loser." I explained and even mentioned the loss of the OP weapon.

"As if said before, even if I do not use these presents of yours, I'd keep these instead and hang it over the bedside, would that be alright with you?" I said as I kept my dagger, n****e Buckler and 'Victory' back into my quick slots. I carried the presents and went to my room and Patricia helped me hang those over my bedside as we shifted the bed more to the centre instead of keeping it close over the wall.

When we had shifted the bed and she had helped me hang the family coat of arms and laid the sword underneath it just above the headboard, she turned around and immediately held my face and kissed my lips. I could smell the distinctive scent of her hair and skin and my hands went to her slender waist and pulled it close to mine.

I could feel her warm body close to mine as our tongues searched for one another as we tangled ourselves like octopuses. Yeah... That's the metaphor I could think of right now. Hah Hah Hah.

When she released my kiss, I noticed her lips were slightly red and swollen after being sucked and bitten gently by me.

"Thank you for clearing the Keating's name. I am forever at your service, Audemars," she whispered close to my ears as she made a quick kiss on the side of my neck that made my hair stood up on its end.