There's only three notes to say about this:

-The Hero will not have a name. Instead, he'll always be referred to as "The Hero". Sure, it's a male character and I could go with a basic name, but still.
-For this fanfiction, The Hero has the ability to switch classes anytime. Similar to Erza's Requip Magic from Fairy Tail.
-This time, classes and abilities will NOT be bolded.


The Hero's POV

It's a beautiful day outside in the town of Falconreach. Even though people are still trying to repair buildings after the attack from Caitiff, the citizens are making more progress than usual. So much so that the inn was fully renovated from top to bottom, better than its previous version.

The Hero met up with Ash Dragonblade just outside the inn entrance, wondering what kind of quests are available this week. Probably just the basics like fetch quests, maze quests, or boss quests, but he was hoping for more quests relating to the Rose and the Thorns.

The list Ash was carrying was pretty big; it was not too big, but it was also just slightly above the average size of a quest list.

"So Ash, any quests?" The Hero asked.

Ash was about to answer the question, but just looking at the Hero, he could tell that he was unable to get any sleep last night.

"Hero, you okay? You look more tired than usual." Ash pointed out.

"Yeah. Had to stay up the night just to look for some stupid compass." The Hero responded, as he pulled out Lansezeur's Compass. "And all I got out of all of that was a basic Rose helmet. Definitely not the greatest quest I've done for the week."

"Yeesh." Ash said in slight disgust.

"Look, just tell me what quests I have to do so I could get some sleep." The Hero said as his eyes blinked slowly.

Ash went over the list and started saying them to the Hero. "Well, the outskirts of Falconreach are littered with Frogzards and Sneevils-"

"Scratch that. Are there any significant quests that I have to do?" The Hero corrected.

"Well if that's the case." Ash said as he pocketed the list he was reading and pulled a new list out. It wasn't really a list per say but just a small piece of paper that looked like it only contained one or two tasks.

"What does it say?" The Hero asked.

"It's just something from Cysero. All he just asked is if you could meet him at his store." Ash read.

"That's it?" The Hero asked.

"Pretty much." Ash responded.

"Alright, I'll go then." The Hero sighed as he walked away from Ash and towards Cysero's shop.

Walking a few paces east, the Hero reached Cysero's store, stood in front, and started knocking on the door numerous times. Although he did this for the past minute, his knocks were pretty weak due to how tired he was.

"Cysero." The Hero mumbled while still knocking on his door. "I know you're in there."

"In where?" A voice asked.

The Hero made a quick turn, only to see Cysero standing two feet in front of his face. He jumped back, lost his balance, and landed butt first on the ground. It was quite annoying, but it seemed that the Hero was able to be a bit more awake than before. He looked up and saw Cysero looking down on him while seeing that same creepy smile, as if it was plastered on his face for the past 10 years.

"Cysero, please don't sneak up on me like that…" The Hero sighed as he picked himself up.

"Hey! At least it kind of woke you up right?" Cysero pointed out.

"Sure, you could say that." The Hero rolled his eyes. "So, what did you need help with?"

"Come inside and I'll show you." Cysero responded while entering his store.

The Hero followed shortly after and shut the door behind him. As he entered, he immediately noticed Cysero's phone box sitting in the middle of the room with numerous tools beside it. Just looking at the box made the Hero glare at Cysero for what he's being dragged into.

"Not this thing again." The Hero said.

"Oh yes this thing again!" Cysero said. "As you can see from the tools beside the box, I'm having trouble trying to fix this thing. Considering you have some knowledge when it comes to technomancy, I thought you could help me fix this thing."

"And what do you plan on doing with the box once it's done?" The Hero asked.

"Who knows? I'll just have it on standby in case you need it for something." Cysero answered.

"So probably never." The Hero said.

"We can question usage later. See if you can head inside and help fix the mainframe while I go fix the outer frame." Cysero said.

"Sure." The Hero said while swapping into his Technomancerarmor.

"Though before you head in." Cysero said.

As the Hero was about to enter the phone box, he turned around to see Cysero splash a giant bucket of water straight at his face. The following splash of water caused the Hero to widen his eyes in shock and discomfort. That shock and discomfort immediately turned into rage as the Hero clenched his teeth and glared at Cysero once again.

"Okay, what was that for?!" The Hero asked.

"To keep you fully awake. I can't let you work 20% asleep, now can I?" Cysero asked.

"You could've at least warned me!" The Hero said.

"Technically, surprises can make someone more awake than usual." Cysero pointed out.

To be fair, Cysero was right there. It shocked the Hero at first, but he was able to wake himself up even further. He took a deep breath, shook off some water on his body, and entered the phone box while getting his screwdriver ready.

The Hero approached the main control panel, opened the side, and started inspecting the main module. Just looking at it, he immediately noticed all the problems with it: The wires were tangled and bent, and for some reason, there are two pieces of bacon and fish sticking on the surface. It was easy to tell that Cysero was the main cause of this.

It wasn't that big of a problem for the Hero though. All he had to do was replace the module with a new one, which was conveniently right beside him as a backup. Using his screwdriver, the Hero removed the module and placed the new module inside. He connected the wires, closed the side, and screwed the panel firmly shut.

"Easy." The Hero said while dusting his hands. "Now let's see how Cysero is faring."

Though just as he was about to exit the box, the Hero noticed sparks coming out of the panel he just fixed. The sparks then enveloped the walls of the box as if it was being activated, which looked like the case since the walls were slowly fading out of existence. Before he knew it, both the box and himself teleported out of Cysero's room.

Because the box was now, from what the Hero sees, travelling through time, he tried running towards the safety bar as the box started to vibrate vigorously. Unfortunately he was a tad bit too late and started getting thrown around the room as if he was a rag doll.

The Hero was being tossed around the whole interior of the box back and forth for the past five minutes to the point where he was about to lose brain cells due to the many times his head was being smashed towards the walls. Before he knew it, the box came to a complete halt and dropped him flat on the ground.

Even with all of that, the Hero was able to recover thanks to Technomancer's Magnetic Resonance Protocol.

"Well, that happened." The Hero thought while shaking his head.

The Hero walked towards the exit and opened the doors. As expected, he did not appear in Cysero's tower anymore since he knew the box was going to transport him somewhere. What he didn't expect was to be surrounded by a giant forest he has never seen before. The forest he was in was more green and open compared to the likes of Rosewood and Surewould Forest.

Curious to see where he was, the Hero went inside and tried looking at the module to see where he was exactly located. What surprised him however, was that the location was labelled "Unknown". Even the region location was labelled "Unknown".

"Geez, this place must be really out of the map then if even Cysero hasn't registered this area." The Hero thought. "Best get out of here while I still can."

The Hero walked towards the module and started changing the destination back to Falconreach. Because this was unfamiliar territory, he really wanted to get out as soon as possible in hopes he doesn't encounter anything too powerful.

As he was getting the machine ready however, he felt the box shake for a moment as if something was trying to force itself in. The Hero swapped into his Soulweaver class to see exactly was outside via soul scrying, but for some reason he was unable to find a single trace of a soul.

"Odd?" The Hero thought.

He had to go outside and check it out. Walking towards the entrance, the Hero swapped into his TimeKiller and got both of his Ratchet Bows ready.

He took a deep breath and kicked the door open, causing whatever was blocking the door to get tossed a few feet backwards. As the monster was trying to get off the ground, the Hero used this chance to see what exactly this thing was.

From the looks of it, it was just a black bear with odd bone-like armor surrounding its body. Odd since this was something the Hero has never seen before. But it did not matter as the Hero just aimed his Ratchet Bow and shot one single laser straight at the bear's head, killing it instantly.

As the bear laid limp on the ground, it slowly disintegrated into dust, leaving the Hero all by himself.

"Okay, now I should probably head back." The Hero thought while turning back towards the phone box.

But as he was entering the box, he heard something from a distance. It was not any monster, but rather, gunfire. Perhaps there's civilization near where the Hero was currently at. Listening even more, he noticed the gunfire was getting more and more closer to his location, approximately 50 meters from where he is standing.

Instead of just entering the phone booth, the Hero decided to stay put and hear what exactly the noise was. However, where he met the source of the gunfire, it wasn't straight ahead, but rather right above him which was rare to see in his eyes. Was it some kind of airship firing from above or was a person just shooting their weapon just above him?

Before he could question, a person from the sky rolled directly towards the Hero. However, this same person miscalculated and tumbled towards him, causing the both of them to crash towards the phone booth. The two bounced off the door and landed face first on the ground. The Hero stood up and shook his dazed head to see exactly who crashed into him.

The person lying in front of the Hero was quite a new face. She was wearing a black blouse as the main piece of clothing, but it appears her signature accessory was a white hooded cape that was currently covering her head. As for features on the body, she was average height, average build, had red hair, and notable silver eyes. He also noticed the girl looked like a teenager around the age of 18 to 20.

"God, I thought I had that landing…" The girl mumbled as she shook her head in recovery.