It's 6:45 in the morning
"Ains, Alice, Ken, are you ready?"
"Let's go!"
Heh, I don't have a good feeling about this. I remember this game's map. But, just in case I forget, I have a map for easy navigation.
"Guys, we're headed to Staria. Don't tell me you forget where it is?"
"Of course not!"
We all headed out towards the forest disguised as normal adventurers. Quite different from the old days and the magnificent royal clothing.
***
As I was walking, I saw a shady guy walking towards my direction. He was wearing a tattered black cloak with a suspicious aura coming from him.
"Guys, disappear." I commanded my subordinates and friends as I sensed danger from that guy.
As he was about to pass me, my instincts began to scream. I felt a strong killing intent from that guy, so much so that I even stopped to look.
"So you're the Dragon God…" He said as he walked away.
"You can come out now." I commanded them.
"Who the hell was that?"
"No clue. He's dangerous though. Anyways, we better get going."
***
We're finally here, the Staria mansion. For some reason I don't want to go inside.
"Hevop, is it just me or is everyone feeling kinda off about going inside?"
"We're already here, it's too late to turn back. Let's go." I said.
Upon entering the gates of the mansion, I felt a chill run down my spine. There used to be a guard standing in front of the gate.
"Greetings, master."
Out of my highest ranked subordinates, some of the highest ranks survived. They were Elinise, Remina, and Rose. Wait, where are the others? I entered the mansion and saw pools of blood as well as the corpses of my subordinates. The room was filled with silence as my rage was taking over.
"What happened here?" I asked calmly to the surviving subordinates.
"Master, a suspicious man in a black attire came and overpowered us! We tried our best to resist but we couldn't. Only a few of us survived and the man escaped."
Suddenly, the realization struck me. The man with the tattered black cloak, it was definitely him. Who is that guy though?
"Dragon Guards, prepare, we're leaving."
"Yes, master."
I used a summoning spell to summon shadows, "SHADOW SUMMONING: HUNDRED DEATH INCARNATE"
The shadows emerged from the floor,
"What can we do for you, master?"
"Shadows, bury my subordinates and rebuild my mansion."
"As you command, master."
After commanding the shadows to rebuild my mansion, we decided to leave to clear our names.
"Hevop, where are we headed to?"
"Ragonia."
A city which was originally in the game. I decided to take a ship ride to Ragonia since it was too far away. Fortunately, I own a ship. We headed to the dock, and we boarded my ship.
"Are you ready?"
"Yeah!"
And just like that, we began our journey which is supposed to take two days. Alice and I were in the same room, my other subordinates including the butler were in another room. Ains had a separate room.
"I'm going out for a bit." I said as I walked out of my room.
I went to Ains' room to discuss the strategy for finding the man behind this. Avos is supposed to be dead so he can't have been the one to do this. Could the mysterious man be the cause of this? That makes sense. He recognized me, only the ones loyal to me can recognize me and my truth, however, that man knew about my true identity even though he didn't work for me. I discussed everything with Ains, however we couldn't find any answers.
***
It's the day of arrival.
There's only a few hours before we arrive in Ragonia. The reason I chose Ragonia is because there is a reliable friend here. My plan is to reconcile with him and explain to him everything that happened.
We navigated to his house.
"Is anyone there?"
"Who is it?"
"Hevop."
The door opened. Arthur opened the door and looked at me, surprised.
"Dude, you're supposed to be dead!"
I explained the situation to him.
"So, now what? Your name's very~ popular, not in a good way though. And a war's about to break out soon, which is probably why you were summoned to this place. You should be able to go back once the war is over though."
"I see, thanks for the info. Well then see ya later."
"wait, Hevop, you bast*** you're gonna leave already?!"
"Yep, we gotta prepare if the war starts."
"Alright, fine! But, wait at least let me tell you all the details about the war!"
"Very well."
My plan after the war is to discover the hidden parts of the world which were previously not there in Void Landers and then, after the adventure, maybe settle down, marry someone and live my life quietly somewhere peaceful. Not sure if I'm gonna be given the chance to do all that though.
Well, for now, we should just prepare for the war. And perhaps clear my name.