March 5, 255 Terran Calendar
7 PM
On the Council Table of Arcaea, located on the Town Hall was a round table consisting of Sen, Ryuu, Tamotsu, Kaede, Alfred, Coleen, Yuki and Kenji
"The town nearest to Crimson Valley was attacked by Demons 3 hours ago, it was spotted by our long range drones, no contact has been yet established" explained by Ryuu
[A scene flashbacks on Sen's mind, it was the moment he said to Lei that he can no longer see the moon]
[Sen: damn, I'm so dumb]
"Hmm, is there a cause for the sudden attack of Demons?" asked by Alfred
Ryuu holds his chin and says
"I have no solid proof, but it could be the commotion caused by the Princess and her comrades" said by Ryuu
"We have 2 four wheelers in standby, they're still a prototype but my guess is that they can reach the town in 2-3 hours" said by Yuki
"Does the Princess know?"
asked by Sen
"Not yet" said by Ryuu
Sen looked the Members in the eyes and said
"Good, I'll go to that town once this meeting is finished. Now then, i believe this meeting is supposedly meant to discuss our matter with Cenaria?"
Everyone looked to Chief Alfred and he said
"That is correct, however, for a town that was cut of from the world for 50 years, we have no or outdated information regarding the outside world" said by Alfred the Chief
"And if we're going to form relations with a monarch, you should be familiar with their customs" said by Alfred
"Sen is the only one here familiar with nobility" said by Tamotsu
"Even if i was, I wouldn't be able to do it. We came from a country that abandoned class system"
"We should inform them of our origins, and uphold our own world's way" said by Sen
Alfred spoke, he said
"We also, have abandoned nobility, ever since the War"
"So then, Arcaea and Cenaria will form an alliance, then under one month, will prepare for the Demon Invasion. Very Unrealistic" said by Kaede
"We need atleast 4 months to prepare." followed by Kaede, the Resources Manager
"That's true, Cenaria will surely be overwhelmed by 500k demons." said by Coleen
"We need to speed up the development of EXO, Yuki, any progress?" asked by Sen
Yuki, who was rocking her chair back and forth, stood and said
"I can build four wheelers, trucks, and rail guns but don't yet expect me to build working EXOs"
"I see, we'll need that on the long term, how about you, Kenji?" asked by Sen
"I already have blueprints regarding the Walls and had surveyed the area. By tommorow, expect point Alpha-01 to Alpha-05 to be built by garrisons." said by Kenji
"Good, Please do"
"Well then, is there anything else should we talk about?"
"You're going to the city, correct?" asked by Tamotsu as he holds a pen and says
"Should we inform the outsiders?"
Sen gets up from his chair and said
"You can inform them, tell them we'll go to aid in the city defense"
Tamotsu was shocked and asked
"We? I thought you were going alone?"
Sen laughed and went to the door and said
"We're Oracles, so we should help the ones in need"
"Tamotsu, Ryuu, and Asami, you'll come with me, the rest patrol Arcaea" followed by Sen
"Oh also, we're going to use motorcycles instead of four wheelers, they're more faster than those, right Yuki?"
"Yes, in...one hour" replied by Yuki
Sen and the others left the room and went outside the Hall. On the stairs outside the Hall, Sen halted and said
"Guys, I'll bring my apprentice along, I'll fetch her up"
"Her?" asked by Asami
"Yeah, the silver haired girl"
Sen prepared to Dematerialize and said
"Well then, let's meet up in the garage"
Sen teleported away and left the other three.
The other three continued walking along the streets.
Asami was in the middle, Tamotsu on the outer side and Ryuu on the left side
"Two timing the Princess? Jeez that idiot" said by Asami
Tamotsu laughed and said
"Oh? I didn't know you cared for him, Asami"
"Idiot! Of course I don't!" replied by Asami
"Oh, well then you wouldn't heal him if he gets critically injured in the battle?" asked by Ryuu
"Well-uhm.... that depends if he wants to!" said by Asami
"Why do you even have him though? Did he do something to you? With Kei and Rio around I don't think he'll peek to your lingeries anymore" said by Tamotsu
"What? So then he peeks at Rio and Kei? "
Asked by Asami
Tamotsu looked away at Asami and said
"Hmmm. Probably. They have big chests unlike yours which is a wash board" said by Tamotsu
Asami drew her staff from her interdimensional bag and hit Tamotsu in the head
"Ow!" said by Tamotsu
"It's true though. But actually he adored you when you were still his tutor. Then when we left Junior high, you stopped and then started to hate him. Every. Day" said by Ryuu
"He scheduled our playtimes just for his tutor. He knew that if he doesn't cooperate with you, you'll probably lose your income"
"Damn. He's such a humanitarian. This area used to be shack but now it's filled with joy. " said by Ryuu in succession
"Ryuu, w-what do you mean he adored me?" she asks, slowly
"You're his first love. Stupid." said by Tamots
Asami's face turns red, and stopped
"Asami? You didn't know?" asked by Ryuu
"He-...He.. didn't tell me that" aid by Asami
Ryuu sighed and said
"He was, i heard him say on mic that he was going to confess to you on the first Sunday at Senior high. Although, when he heard the you replaced him... Well..."
"Let's say it was the first time i heard him cry silently in-mic"
"Don't play with me, there's no way he'd fall to me like that" said by Asami
"Then he met Rio and Kei, those two became close to him. They weren't gamers but fantasies occurred so shit happened" said by Tamotsu
Asami continued walking and said
"How did those two became close with Sen?"
"Ryuu, remember when we stayed at the same room at the hotel because there were no room left?"
"Disgusting. Gay" said by Ryuu to Tamotsu
"No! i meant when we Rio, Kei, Sen, Haruki stayed on the same room! I think it was on summer?" said by Tamotsu
"Ah. That time."
"They weren't close that time, but after that, they did. Very suspiciousssssssss" said by Tamotsu
"You shared a room with them? Ryuu? Tamotsu?" asked by Asami out of confusion
"We were classmates and they had no choice because the other rooms had a faulty electrical system, so Haruki asked them if they could stay at our room." said by Ryuu
"We didn't do anything bad though! We had two beds and Sen slept on the couch and Ryuu on the PC desk." said by Tamotsu
Tamotsu laughed and said
"Haruki even verbally abused the two! He said; 'You may have big boobs and thick thighs, but we aren't interested in normies. So you're safe from harassment from us. "
Ryuu chuckles, he looks up and said
"reminds me of that time when we were still kids. still. happy."
"just kidding" he said
The trio arrived at the garage. they saw Sen patting a silver haired girl. They were happy. Sen was like a father figure.
They continued talking and Asami asked
"He left me didn't he?"
"Why don't you ask him when we're finished with the city?" replied by Tamotsu
"What if he dies?" followed by Asami
"Then heal him"
Sen saw the trio, he was holding a white helmet, as he gives and wears the helmet to Lei, he said
"Oh, what took you so long."
Ryuu moves to his bike and said
"So that's the girl you're talking about"
"Ah, sorry, she's Lei. Lei, they're Ryuu, Asami and Tamotsu"
"It's nice too meet you, Oracles" replied by Lei
"It's nice to meet you, Lei." said by Tamotsu
Tamotsu looked to Lei and then Sen and said
"I didn't know you were a lolicon, Sen" in a grinning voice
"No, I'm not. I'll fill in the details en route to that city"
Asami looked with jealousy to Sen, she knew she needs to somehow be close to him. She sighed.
"There was that white bird following me around all day, i noticed it when it used True Scan on me. Was that your familiar?"
"No I'm not his familiar, stupid bitch" said by Mitsou in bird form
"Eh? A talking bird? Mind if i cook you alive?" said by Lei to Mitsou
Tamotsu whispered to Ryuu and said
"They're probably talking via telepathy"
Lei turned to Sen and asked
"Whose that bird?"
"His name is Mitsou, a special stalker used for surveillance"
"ohh" Lei was amazed, the bird landed on Sen's hair
Mitsou transformed into a black haired kid with a black cap similar to that of Deus's. He was wearing a black and grey themed suit. It was Mitsou
"Nice to meet you again, Lei"
"Ah, a transformer!" said by Lei
"Get going to the city, folks. They need help right now." said by Mitsou
"Got it. Got it. C'mon we're moving out" said by Sen as he starts the magic driven bike
All of them wore white helmets, riders of dawn
The partners were:
Sen & Lei
Tamotsu & Asami
And Ryuu, alone.
"I guess I'm never going to have a girlfriend one day" said by Ryuu
"Well someone's rooting for you back here. So come back alive" said by Mitsou
"And who would that be"
The trio left and drove to the west side of the city, heading to the nightly, Crimson Valley.
When they left the city, Lei was pushing her breasts to Sen. Her hair flew with the wind. And She's using the newly made katana Sen bought
"Lei, don't disappoint me in using that sword technique" said by Sen
"I won't, master!"
"Thank you again for getting me this sword! I really appreciate it"
"I'll take it back if you fail me. Remember that" said by Sen
"Okay!" said by Lei
"and call me Sen instead"
The team was speeding into 70 kp/h by the death valley. Into the cold night.
Sen bought Lei a custom made Mythril Katana imbued with magic stones. It was concentrated by Mythril, it had a green aura when unsheathed.
Lei was pushing too hard on Sen's back. The helmets had a radio for communicating with the passenger and driver for clear voice comm. There, they talked
"Lei, you're pushing too much on my back."
said by Sen slowly
"If you want, you can sit in front of me."
[Why is he still trusting me with this]
"Oh? Does she wants to slow down Commander? I think you're going to hard on her" said by Tamotsu in a joking manner
"tsk" said by Asami
Lei hugged Sen's abdomen, instead of his shoulders. She said
"I'm fine, Sen. Sorry to make you worry about me"
"If you say so" he replied
They drove, without any prior knowledge, Sen proved that he can also use the bike aslong as he uses his instincts
Ryuu was curious, he asked
"Why didn't we bring Kei?" he asked to Sen
"Hometown won't have any sufficient DPS if we bring her along. Plus, Asami's Holy and Healing magic is useful if someone is in need at that city"
"I see, Asami, do you have any revival magic? I never saw you do one though, for a month" asked by Ryuu
"I have all sorts of Healing Magic you need, be it Revival or Healing. Or Purification" she says
"Purification?" asked by Tamotsu
"It doesn't have any details in it, but i think it can be used on newly formed demonoids. Although it requires an absurd amount of mana enough for me to collapse" said by Asami
Sen was amazed, he complimented her
"Newly formed demonoids? Seems you did your researching, Asami"
"How good healer would i become if I didn't know my patient? duh"
"I better look forward to your healing powers in the city. Try to save everyone and gain recognition from it's people."
"So, don't get hurt. Healing Magic is limited on Asami" he said in succession
Everyone agreed.
"I'm okay with that, but why show compassion to them at that degree? Sen?" Ryuu asked
"We need to form bonds with them, aren't you excited? This'll be our first contact to the outside world."
"I see, and that girl, what would be her use? I asked Mitsou about it and he said.."
"uhmm"
"Weapon for the demons. Is that correct" Lei said
"Where did that come from? Weapon?" Sen asked
"You said it yourself, Sen. I have the innate ability that can be used for the war."
"Idiot. You just have the talent. You're not a weapon. You're Terran, just like them. Weapons are artificial in nature, and you aren't" said by Sen
Her face's cheek area lied flat on Sen, she said
"I see"
The glow of the lights that the helmets and the headlights lit the path of the Valley. Orichalcum swords was seen struck on the ground and dust covered it. It was the path the outsiders took in.
"What do you see in her? Sen" Ryuu asked me
"She has the genetic Sword Technique: Dance of the Sword"
Asami was shocked.
Yuki, was shocked as he heard the term on the radio.
Ryuu and Tamotsu didn't have a clue of what he, Sen said
Asami twisted her body into Lei and Sen, as she clings to Tamotsu, she says:
"Dance of the Sword?!"
"That Art is rare in Terrans!"
"E-even us Players don't have the requirement for it to use! "
She beat me.
"Uhm.... what's Dance of the Sword??" asked by Ryuu
Asami replied slowly
"It's a super rare sword technique"
Sen followed up, he says with ease
"It only happens if an NPC is determined by Terra to be lifelong partners with a Player."
Sen followed up, but with an uneasy tone
"Basically, Terra is aware of our relationship and puts faith in Lei in using a sacred art."
Lei asked
"Wait-wait, then that means..."
"You want to avenge your brother, right?"
"He also told me to take care of you for the war."
"A long term quest, i shall say"
explained by Sen
"wait-wait! Why do i even don't know this? The gods should have given me a sign about this quest!" said abruptly by Lei
"They already did, you're talking to one of their best Arbiters, dummy" said by Asami
"Not the best, just capable" replied by Sen
Lei was flustered, she was hooked to a long term quest she didn't know.
"So I'm supposed to get stuck with this boy until the Invasion ends? "
"That's why i brought you along. If you don't want to, I'll leave you on the city."
He chuckled and coldly said
"Lots of candidates, why would i get stuck with a girl."
Lei, was saddened by his words. She weakly let go of her arms around his abdomen, showing dejection
"Well that's just... cold..bro" said by Tamotsu
"I'm giving her freewill. I don't want to be stuck with someone whom choice is regretted for the long term" he said
He touched her cold hands using his left hand, and said
"Young girls like you should enjoy their life from the fullest. It's kind of depressing to see yet adolescent people to die, not reaching their dreams."
"You still have time, Lei. Go find a lover or something."
He said with all his heart. Everyone who heard his words fell into silence. Lei understood his words, she teared.
She slowly asked
"you sound like your old"
"Heroes are called Heroes when they did somehing Heroic."
"Yet we don't have the power to bring down 500k demons. Who knows? Maybe we Oracles are already exhausted when we finally reach the Demon Lord."
"And we'll be resorting to use....Gram Sacrifice"
"Gram... Sacrifice?" she asks
"Neverheard of that." said by Asami
Sen spoke to his mind
"I didn't want to tell you this but"
"Gram Sacrifice: A Special one-use world altering spell that allows the Player to bring down any foe. In exchange for the Caster's life."
"You won't find it the Magic Encyclopedia. It's an Admin Level Command." he explained, with grief
"Deus, gave it to you? didn't he?" asked by Tamotsu
Sen sighed and laughed
"Of course dummy! Nobody else on the real world would give that to me."
"That's unfair. Only you?" Asami asked with a tone
"He was planning to give one special privilege access to each one of us before the Invasion. But of course, we're going to battle with an extremely smart Boss, so that'll be our last damage counter just in case we get eliminated."
"But of course, just in case he isn't able to give us the Privilege before the War, he gave me one instead. Knowing that I'm the fastest one on the group, I'm sure I'll be able to cast it easily"
he said as his voice is casted with small amounts of grievance.
Ryuu spoke, he said
"Given with your adaptability in this world, and OP skills, I was expecting you to carry a huge amount of burden. Great Power comes with great responsibility they say in ye old"
"Won't we just respawn if we die?" asked by Tamotsu
"I believe the Doctor is kind enough to that he'll give us direct answer about Resurection."
Said by Sen
"Instead, he gave me Gram Sacrifice."
"It's maybe, once we Players die we won't return and we'll return to our home-world."
"Maybe, our real world bodies have healed and what's left for us is to log out"
"Maybe, we're enjoying too much and They don't want us to return
"Maybe, we're just a burden to Them"
Gloomy atmosphere virtually affected the Riders as they head West, speeding up.
Sen smiled and said
"Well that's what i happen to think of"
The MRadio crackled to life, transmitting into the Rider's helmets
"Attention All Riders: Commander is under depressed state, somebody slap him to get him into reality"
It was Yuki
"What the fu--?! You were listening?! Yuki!" he said
"Of course stupid, we've attached MRadios on every vehicle"
"We heard everything, Sen Sato"
It was Rio
As voices came on the radios
Lei grabbed Sen's groin, making him scream in shock
"You like that, Master?" mockingly said by Lei as she laughs by her action
"Bitch! You're going to get us killed! " he said after his privates were deriled
"Oh? You're doing it right now? C'mon guys let's leave em' alone, it's time for them to do some extreme sports hihihi" said by Kei
"I'm telling you! She just grabbed my nuts! That's it!"
Sen was embarrassed, she even elbowed Lei after her actions
Lei grabbed into Sen's waist
Making Sen gasp for breathe and feel insecure to his privates
"Haha! You gotta concentrate on what's in the front, master! You're our leader remember?"
"Otherwise, I'll destroy your junior" she threatened
"Please no..." he pleads as he lowered his body into the tank of the bike
"Come to think of it. We used to touch Sen's junior just to give him more luck in playing-"
"SHUT IT, HOMO" Sen interrupted Tamotsu
"Ohh? I didn't know you had that kind of relationship. Sen-kun"
"Damn. That was just a joke! Touching each other's privates is similar to derailing-"
"If you want to, Sen, I'll be happy to be a help." Lei interrupted
"Shut up! You're just a kid and we just met a day ago!"
"Well, since im 14" she followed
"She called you Sen instead of Master. Ehh? " asked by Kei on the radio
"You're still there?A m a z i n g"
he mocked
"Heads up team, you're reaching the city" said by Masao
Sen sighed and said slowly
"Copy....Director"
Minutes passed, they saw a smoke in the night sky.
They saw a fire, and a silhouette of a green glowy golem.
Sen was shocked
It was a Division-type Golem
It was bigger than Titan Golems.
"Mythril plating. It's covered with Mythril" said by Ryuu
"That's a Guardian Golem. It's Ancient, i found it in a book." said by Asami
Lei was shocked, and scared
"Border town of Yuezenia, this place was full of adventures when we left. But now... it's a ruin"
The group was in an elevated mountain, not really mountain though. They observed and gathered Intel the moment they arrived. Sen said
"Ryuu, communicate with EyeSky, pinpoint possible locations of the Demons and Civilians." Sen commanded, he was following his world's tactics
"Roger" Ryuu pulled out a tablet with feedback to the drone up in the sky. He then marked the location of the demons provided by Yuki's data and putted a radius on them.
The radio crackled to life
"We'll take care of the logistics and pinpointing, Alpha Element go and rescue civilians in the city."
It was Masao,
Masao has an oversight skill, he can utilize drone's camera to mark civilians from demons and have it appear on the Player's internal. And also has a human ability to lead groups just like he dead in real life. He is Sen's Military Advisor.
"Well, 5 mins to gather information. Use the binoculars.
And you, Lei, use this Multi-purpose Utility Bracelet (MUB) and HUD Displayer so you can have your own Heads-up display and transport up to 5 items."
She wears the MUB and said
"But right now, we should help the people of Yuezenia! "
Sen slapped Lei gently but with force.
"Idiot! We don't know how much enemies were facing on and what the fuck is that Guardian Golem doing here. Even if you're to save someone, that could've been a trap set up by a High Demonoid"
Lei rubbed her slapped face, she apologized to Sen for being incompete "Sorry"
"I should've taught you about this stuff before we went doing OPs like this. sigh"
The town was in fire, some were in ruins. It was roamed by Demonoids and Werewolves.
"Faint holy magic signatures detected on the church. Oh wait! Lot's of people is on the church!" said by the radio
"I've also picked up lots of Demons en masse attacking that Guardian, and the Guardian seems to be in distress" said by Ryuu
"Ryuu, stay on overwatch. Asami, Lei, Tamotsu, we'll go to that church and flee immediately. Got it?"
"Roger"
Sen patted Lei's head, and then gives her an advanced EXO mask. Sen enables the bracelet
The mask had a filter for toxic gas and toxic sand. It also incorporates the HUD gives.
Without a HUD Incorporator, the HUD would be floating outside the front of the user's eye level face. It switched color depending on the environment the user is in. Cons are, it has a limited power and can expose the user into certain angles. Unlike Players who have internal HUDs.
External HUDs can be seen by external viewers.
The map was shaped circle and floated on the upper right.
Mana, and the Body Status was displayed on the lower left.
HUD Displayers are used by SpecOps units and are placed on an either left ear. It was silver in color and has a retractable mic reaching the lips and an earpiece.
"I think you can hear me with the mic now? Okay?" he asked
"Yes, Sir, who made this equipment?"
"Yuki, our Engineer"
Yuki sighed, he was rocking back and forth with his chair on the observation module.
"Lay prone Lei"
"Like this?" she imitated
"Yes, do that when we're observing an enemy"
The Golem roared, it was being covered by turned Demonoids on its body. Thus the Demonoids that dared to climb the Golem was vaporized by an unknown force.
" Drone Operator, care to do some barrage strike on Demonoid Packs? After we whittle them down, we'll evac the civs"
"This'll be a long night"
--To be continued
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