[Valley Near Melromarc - The Next Day]
The sun was rising on the horizon, along with that is the awakening of the monsters that began to surround the tree in which Alexander was resting, while the aforementioned was sleeping peacefully, but in the world of dreams he was not there, but he was reliving another battle scene this time not only that this time it is of Quinella beginning to create the Sacred Art of healing and combat
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A girl with silver hair that reaches her waist was hidden behind a tree, while the noise of people could be heard behind.
The girl in question ignored the noise, instead she raised her left hand and with her right she drew a bright pink S, then pressed it in the middle, opening a pink and purple window.
When the girl looked at her window, she could see her Durability, System Control Authority and Object Control Authority; after looking at her system she heard a noise coming from some nearby bushes, when the girl looked up she saw...
When the girl looked at her window, she could see her Durability, System Control Authority and Object Control Authority; After finishing looking at her system, she heard a noise coming from some nearby bushes. When the girl looked up, she saw an orange fox looking her in the eyes. The girl felt a strange curiosity. She raised her index finger on her right hand and spoke with a soft, firm and mysterious voice.
"System Call - Generate Thermal Element - Form Element - Arrow Shade - Fly Straight - Discharge!"
With the Sacred Art finished, a red energy arrow shot towards the fox, killing it instantly.
The girl checked her System again, seeing that Systema's Control Authority had increased from 06 to 07. With that information, the girl began to hunt more animals.
When night came, the girl had killed a large number of animals, obtaining that her Object Control Authority increased from 5 to 12 and her System Control Authority from 07 to 15. When the girl saw her progress, she began to laugh like a madwoman in the moonlit night.
This girl who had massacred a lot of animals was going to be one of the most powerful villains of all in the future, she was Quinella, the future Administrator of Underworld.
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With that final scene Alexander suddenly woke up on the tree branch where he had slept, hitting his head and almost falling off the branch, if it hadn't been for a rope he had bought with the coins he got the day before.
"(Shit)" he thinks, holding his head with his hands "(Those were Quinella's memories, without a doubt it was her, why do I have her memories?)"
As Alexander readjusted himself on the branch, four groups of people began to enter the valley of monsters, one group in particular stood out, it was made up of a boy and a girl; the boy has black hair with green eyes, chainmail armor and a shield with a green gem in the middle on his right arm and the girl has red hair and green eyes, she wore plant armor with white decorations and a purple gem on her chest along with a sword on her belt.
These people were none other than Iwatami Naofumi the "Shield Hero", while the girl was Sohia Myne his partner, the boys were approaching the tree where Alexander rested after having bought his equipment at the blacksmith Erhard's shop and receiving his financial support from the king.
"Are you sure this is a good place to start, Myne?" Naofumi asks looking around marveling at the beautiful sight "I'm very sure hero-sama, here you will only find low level monsters, don't worry"
With that cleared up, Naofumi went to try to finish off some balloon monsters to level up, while Naofumi tried with all his might to burst the monsters, all this being seen by Alexander, after seeing Naofumi try to hit one of those monsters for more than five minutes Alexander decided to do something, both to get the hero's attention and to gain more experience
"System Call - Generate thermal element - Form element - Arrow shade - Discharge!"
Alexander activated the Sacred Art three of his fingers lit up red, the color of the thermal element, then he moved them back as if he were pulling an arrow, making the lights have that shape, to shoot forward when he said Discharge going directly towards the balloons that attacked the shield heroes.
The two arrows managed to hit the balloon monsters, making them burst, but the last one went straight to Naofumi, hitting him in the stomach, which was noticed, but he didn't receive much damage.
"Who was it!? Where did that arrow come from!?" Naofumi asks, looking for the person responsible for the arrow that destroyed the monsters and hitting him "Hero-sama! It came from the top of the tree!" he exclaims, running next to Naofumi and pointing at the tree he was leaning on.
"Who are you? Show yourself!?" Naofumi demanded to Alexander who was hiding, while Myne was having different thoughts "(This doesn't make any sense, the church didn't inform me of an assassination attempt or something like that)" she thinks with a frown, hiding from the shield hero and lightly squeezing Naofumi's arm.
"(Shit! I have no other choice)" he thinks before putting his rope on his waist, then jumping off the tree branch, landing with one knee on the ground and the other bent at a ninety degree angle, then getting up and seeing the hero who would be betrayed and the girl who should have become an object to create new types of demi-humans.
"Who are you!?" Naofumi asks with a slightly frowned brow "(If I manage to even join Naofumi a little and defend him when he is incriminated I could prevent him from becoming completely dark)" Alexander thinks before speaking "My name is Alex, Alex Harper and I am an adventurer, it is a pleasure" he says while bowing slightly "I apologize for the arrow, I thought you needed help, so I summoned some energy arrows to help, I did not contemplate that one of them would hit you" he apologizes still in the bow.
Naofumi, seeing the apology, his expression softened a little, but he still hasn't completely let his guard down. "(That's good, it means they're not naive with everyone)" Alex thinks about Naofumi's actions.
"I see, my name is Naofumi, Iwatami Naofumi" he introduces himself, breaking free from Myne's (bitch) grip. "I'm the shield hero, it's a pleasure and this is Myne Sophie, my adventure partner" he says, extending his hand towards Myne (Bitch).
"(Time for the performance) h-hero of the shield, like the cardinal hero of protection" he says, feigning surprise and then kneeling on one knee "please excuse me sir hero, I didn't know."
That action surprised Naofumi as well as Myne by Alex's action "(please say something, don't leave me kneeling any longer)" their pleas were heard when they heard Naofumi's voice "y-you don't have to kneel, it was just an accident" he says, approaching to help Alex up.
"I understand, I'm sorry again" Alex says with a smile "if you allow me hero-sama, I was wondering if you would allow me to join your party, please"
"Are you sure, being the shield hero I don't have any combat skills and I can't use any weapons either" Naofumi says with surprise and some insecurity in his voice "totally, I'm willing to fight by your side, as long as you can protect I'll take care of the attack I assure you" those words surprised Naofumi and then he smiled "excellent, welcome to the group Alex" Naofumi extends his hand in greeting "It's an honor for me" says Alex accepting the handshake.
After Alex had been accepted into Naofumi's group, an offer to join Naofumi's party appeared before his eyes, being accepted by the hero, but at the same time he wondered why Myne hadn't appeared that same notification when he joined her group.
Naofumi decided he would ask him later, now he was fighting alongside Alex, when one of the balloons attacked Naofumi repelled them with his shield so Alex could destroy them with his sword, but that technique didn't always work, because they were testing this new technique, the defense didn't always work well and the balloon monsters morphed both Alex and Naofumi, only that they barely did anything to Naofumi, but Alex wasn't so lucky and received a lot of bites although he lost a small amount of life
[Two Hours Later]
Two hours after training, Naofumi and Alex managed to reach levels 3 and 5 respectively, now the whole group was in a tree, watching as Naofumi was absorbing the balloon monster pieces with his shield "amazing, so you can get new shields from the materials you get" said Myne holding the monster skin fragments.
"Yes, it's also what prevents monster bites, I need to improve my level, in order to increase the level of the shield" Naofumi says finishing absorbing the pieces managing to unlock a new shield
{New Shield Unlocked}
{Orange Shield Unlocked}
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"Do you know if monster pieces can be sold?" Naofumi asks seeing the pieces near Alex's legs who had a notebook and pencils writing something inside it "we can get two copper coins for a piece, we have a little more than sixty pieces, which is equivalent to one hundred and twenty bronze coins, which is equivalent to one silver coin and twenty copper coins" Alex informs the shield hero with a smile on his lips.
"I see, it would be good to have that information" he says and then stands up and collects all the monster skins and puts them in his bag "Alex could you take us to where you sell the materials, we will follow your path"
"Of course Naofumi-sama" he says and starts walking towards Castle Town "please, just call me Naofumi, you calling me Naofumi-sama makes me feel old" says Naofumi with a hand behind his head and a little sweat "okay Naofumi, follow me"
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[Melromac City - Inn - Night]
The three members meet at an inn. Of the shield group, the three were eating a good dinner, while Myne and Naofumi ordered somewhat expensive food, Alex ordered the cheapest food in honor of the future Naofumi "(if I'm honest, this food is very good and the fruit juice is delicious)" he thinks while taking another sip of his drink.
"Myne, Alex, thank you for joining my group. If it weren't for you, I would be lost," Naofumi thanks. "There's nothing to thank hero-sama for, but I've noticed that you haven't touched your wine, neither have you, Alex," he says, raising his glass.
"I'm sorry, but I don't like liquor," Naofumi says, "and I'm not one of those who drinks alcohol. I don't like the taste," Alex excuses himself to avoid drinking the drink.
So Myne tried to do everything she could to get Naofumi to drink the alcohol, but in the end he went to sleep without worries.
"Princess Malty, the church of the three heroes demands to know what your plan is regarding the shield demon" she says trying to get the information from the princess
"I already said that the Adventurer role was false, the plan is simple first I will steal his things, both the money and the armor should not go with that demon, then I will go with the spear hero since he is the easiest to control of the three heroes, I just have to be flirtatious with him, that would be all" she says with a confident smile and with her legs crossed.
"I understand, in that case I will retire to rest, good luck princess" says Alex going to the upper floor to rest, but without Myne noticing that in Alex's hand was a transparent sphere with a light blue mist
TO BE CONTINUED