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The Fisherman and the Adventurer

  "Alexon, an adventurer without an ambition. Why don't you try to make yourself useful and slay some monsters in the forest?" The village chief mocks the lazy adventurer Alexon Hermant. He only became an adventurer so that he can just roam around and do anything that's not tiring. The worst part is that he hadn't got outside of his village even once. Alexon said "Chief, I can't slay monsters, I'm weak remember? Ack!?" The village Chief got mad at Alexon and threw his wooden cane, smacking the head of Alexon. Chief said "Then do something productive for the village! All you do is eat our rations!" Alexon ran away from the village chief hurriedly and went outside to the woods near the village. All of his running made him tired so he looked for a nearby river to rehydrate from exhaustion. After all the walking and searching, he happily found a river and swiftly sunk his face under the streaming water. When he lifted his face up, he saw someone fishing in the river. He asked "Where are you from? I haven't seen your face in this area." The man stared at him with joyful smile and answered his question. "Oh me? Haha nice to meet you! I'm Fisk. Just a traveling fisherman." Alexon sat near the river and asked a question. "Is it not tiring to fish? It looks fun since you're not doing anything" Fisk laughed at Alexon's question and he replied "Yes it is fun! I just sit around, laze all day until I catch my food and cook it! Why don't you try fishing? Here I have an extra rod for you."

  The two sat beside each other while they laze around and talk about random conversations about ancient magic and different kinds of monsters in the world. They did not notice that it was already getting late. The sunset already showed up so Alexon thought of going back to the village. Alexon asked Fisk to come to his village but Fisk said that he'll be alright in his travels. During night time, monsters are more powerful because they still get the power from their imprisoned goddess Nicia, who's still sleeping inside Celina's shrine. Still, Alexon is happy since he found a lot of fishes from the river. He imagines that the village chief will praise him because he found a lot of food supply for the village. Once he arrived at the village, he saw the entire area turned into ice. All of the people are frozen and some are torn into pieces. He quickly searched for the village chief to look for answers but it was too late. As he opened the door to the house of the village chief, he found a pack of goblins already eating the chief's corpse. Alexon doesn't know what to do, he unconsciously moved his body and took the chief's wooden cane rushing to the goblins without thinking. One of the goblins stabbed him in the stomach but before the stab became deeper, a sudden noise came from the roof, entering a man with a fishing rod. It was Fisk the traveling fisherman. He said "Hey! Are you alright? I felt an ominous aura in this area." Alexon got surprised at Fisk because there's a water circling all over his body like an armor. Alexon shouted "What the hell are you Fisk?! Why is the water floating around you?!" Fisk laughed amusingly as he replied "Haha! I forgot to mention, I'm one of the protectors of Gaia. Fisk, the god of water!" Alexon awed at Fisk's movements as he killed the goblins one by one using floating water spears, thrusting the goblin's body so easily. Alexon thanked the God of water for healing his wounds and saving him from the monsters. He didn't believe in any of the forgotten gods that have been told when he was a child. It was at this moment that he knew, magic and gods do exist. Fisk said that it was his intention to save him from the monsters that raid in the village because he forgot to ask a favor for Alexon.

  The God of water asked to offer his soul to Alexon and find his Big Sister Enya, the goddess of the sun. "Oh dear adventurer, end times are coming, yet my powers can't increase anymore because of Nicia's power. You have the only power that can save Gaia. The last of the descendants of Celina, the Luna faction. If I gave you my powers and Enya's, you might be able to defeat Nicia since you'll get the three elements of the protectors. Please, I'm begging you. Can the gods ask you for a heavy favor in exchange for immortality?" Alexon gasped while Fisk was explaining to him on the favor that he was talking about. Alexon replied "You know that I hate doing tiring things, but since it's the god who asking a favor, I think it's time to head out and save the world, I guess." Fisk transferred his soul unto Alexon and his hair changed to white with his vision that suddenly went blank. All of the Water God's, memories, feelings, and personality went through Alexon's mind and body. He felt the presence of the Water god inside his body making him immortal. Now that he is the new god of water, He knows that his responsibility is to protect the living things of Gaia. And so, he ventures forth to find Enya's shrine in the capital city, Aerie.

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  During his travels, Alexon stop by to the last existing shrine of Fisk to claim his Trident spear of Aqua. This will help him control the power of the Water god's blessing inside his body since it is Fisk's weapon since at his early age. Alexon explored under the deep blue sea of Gaia and he swiftly find the shrine, then suddenly, a big bluish white dragon serpent appeared in front of him! It seems that the monsters are attracted to him because he's preventing their goddess Nicia to wake up from her slumber. With the water god's power, Alexon boosted his legs to make a jet impact through the water and then he quickly rushed inside the shrine. "I don't like getting eaten by fish! I'm the new water god after all! Yikes!" As Alexon said while swimming so fast. The dragon serpent slammed his head inside the entrance of the shrine but it would not fit. So the shrine fell apart because the walls can't hold on any longer. Alexon got stuck inside the shrine with his unconscious condition because his head got slammed from the debris. When he woke up, he felt an animal licking on his face. It's somewhat cold and very slimy. He found out that it was a small cute white seal, with a small horn on its head.

  According to Fisk's memory inside Alexon, this is an ancient animal called Unicorn seal. They are water animals that's very powerful and cute at the same time. All of the female Unicorn seals can absorb anyone's magic using their powerful horn and use it as they please. But then, some of the people in Aqua faction tried to abuse the powers of the Unicorn seals, by breaking their horns for experimentations. Water god Fisk got angry at the nobles and took all of the Unicorn seals away from the humans before it got extinct. The water god offered his largest shrine under the sea for the Unicorn seals' shelter. Eventually, only a few remain in the shrine for a thousands of years then the species got extinct. For some reason, Fisk found this last living baby Unicorn seal in the middle of the ocean. It must have been separated from the shrine and got lost somewhere. Fisk named the Unicorn seal "Snow" since its skin is white and it fits for a girl name. Snow is happy to see Alexon since it felt the aura of the water god Fisk. Without any orders, Snow just shouted "Oomf! Oomf! Oomf!" as it guided Alexon to the weapon of the Water god Fisk, the "Trident spear of Aqua". Snow gave the weapon to Alexon and showed to its eyes that it's ready to accompany him in the adventure of saving Gaia. Alexon said "Haha! I see, so you want to join me in my journey Snow? Well, what are you waiting for? Let's kill that giant dragon serpent outside!" He used then the trident to make a massive whirlpool and destroy the debris from the shrine. The serpent dragon was waiting for him outside and it growled heavily with its massive throat. Alexon gave Snow the power of Celina's blessing to attain the element of ice. He ordered it to help him freeze the dragon serpent for stunning it. The dragon kept on getting slow because of Snow freezing it slowly. Alexon waited for the right moment to strike with the trident and prepares a big force of jet impact for his legs. He chanted an ancient spell using Fisk's memory and became a big large ice spear under water that cuts the dragon serpent into two. Snow shouted "Oomf!!!" as she said it happily to Alexon. When they went back to the surface. Alexon bought Snow some clothes and a hat to cover its horn. Seals are mostly to be seen on land in the world of Gaia. They can both live in water and land either way. And so, Alexon's journey to the Capital of Aerie continues...

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