Robin could not believe what she had just seen. She was about to help Chrom fight these zombie-like monsters, when a masked man jumped out a portal from the sky.
For this reason, she and Frederick just watched from afar, too shocked to intervene.
"What…sorcery is this?" Frederick thought that skipping out on eating that bear meat made him hallucinate.
They watched in awe as Chrom and the masked man cut down the monsters to save Lissa. Their strikes seemed to be in sync. Or maybe the man just tried to imitate Chrom's fighting style? Robin wasn't sure, but she studied the man closely as he fought.
"Milord, Milady! Are you hurt? My apologies I was not here earlier." Frederick and Robin finally arrived on scene.
"I'm fine," Lissa assured. "Thanks to the masked man who saved me!" She looked around, but the man was clearly gone. "…Wait, where'd he go?"
"Nevermind that," Robin said. "Look at these things. Are these common in these lands?" Robin had hoped that these monsters were not native to Ylisse.
"They're not from Ylisse, I can tell you that. I haven't seen them anywhere before!" Chrom replied.
These monsters emitted a dark aura, and they wobbled like zombies. However, they can still hold up quite a fight.
"We must battle. We shall talk about that mysterious man after we put these things to the blade. Careful, for we know almost nothing about our opponents." Frederick warned. "Milady, please stay with me. We cannot afford to get you hurt."
Lissa stayed close to Frederick. "Don't worry, everyone! I'll still heal everyone if they're hurt!"
Chrom and Robin went ahead first. She shot sparks of thunder at the first monster, and Chrom lunged his sword into it stomach. The monster let out a groan and disintegrated.
A few minutes later, Robin and Chrom were surrounded.
"There's too many, they keep respawning…" Robin huffed. Both Robin and Chrom had taken a bit of damage, resulting in some cuts. They were too far away for Lissa to heal them back to normal. They could see Frederick trying to fend the monsters off single handed. He swung that silver lance with such power; Robin could see Frederick as the captain of the great knights.
"Behold my magnificence!" A voice yelled.
Arrows pierced the monsters from behind, as the arrows hit the monsters' vital spots. The horde around them diminished quickly. A man with light blue hair smirked and said, "I am legend!" as he lowered his bow. Beside him was a cavalier with short red hair. "Those things won't stop me."
"Thank you very much Sully." Chrom said. "And thanks to your friend as well."
"Hmph. Ruffles isn't my friend, he just came out of nowhere!" Sully protested.
"Oh lady, how you wound me! Is that how you shall speak to the hero that cut down all our opponents?" The blue haired archer teased. "My name is Virion, not this "Ruffles" you speak of. For I am a man the bards will speak of for centuries! The Archerest Archer himself!"
"Alright, show's over, Virion." Robin said. "You have my thanks, but I could do without the extravagant introduction." Chrom and Sully followed.
"My, My, what a woman she is…" Virion muttered about Robin.
The group met Frederick and Lissa at a clearing in the area, along with the masked man from earlier.
"Thank you for saving my life." Lissa thanked him. "You were very brave."
"…Think nothing of it." He replied quietly. "You have been warned. This world teeters at the brink of calamity. What you saw tonight was nothing but a prelude." He started walking the other direction away from the area.
"Wait! At least tell me your name. The Shepards could use someone like you." Chrom yelled.
"A kind offer sir, but I cannot at this time." The man replied, not looking back. "My name… you may call me Marth." Marth ran off as he said his name.
"…He doesn't seem to be one for conversation." Robin noted.
"His skills probably lie elsewhere. For now, we must head to the Capital, Ylisstol. I am worried it might have had an outbreak aswell. Onward!" Frederick announced as everyone followed the Great Knight.