Chapter 2: Unexpected Uprising


A/N: And here's Chapter 2, thanks again for sticking around guys. As always take care and enjoy the chapter!


"It's a new day everyone!"

A new day indeed. At the start of the new morning for Alresium, the citizens of the new land continue to cultivate and colonize their new home. While Rex and his friends may have a house, most other kingdoms are unfortunate enough to not even own a tent. Thanks to Malos's attack not too long ago, most of the remaining Titans were ravaged and the major kingdoms like Mor Ardain and Uyara now lay in a rumble of destruction.

In an effort to rebuild their lost homes, the rulers from each region organized teams in overseeing the repairs of damage from Malos and continue going forward on rebuilding new homes for the refugees from their neighboring kingdoms.

Not so long after, officials from each region formed different branches and parties to spread the workload in progress to rebuilding a new kingdom from scratch. A new government so to speak. In short the people rallied together and the steps in forming a united kingdom started to show promise.

Rex and company are thankful they don't need to worry about the official business as Morag and Zeke are tasked in overseeing the many projects as well as representing as leaders for their respected kingdoms. While Morag was a natural, Tantal struggles to ride to success due to Zeke's lack of leadership. But Zeke's inspiration in being like the legendary Addam will help him grow into a leader worth looking up to.

While the kingdoms continuing to rebuild, Rex and company are eager to start their day in expanding their new home. A quick team meeting later and everyone sets off to achieve their duties.

For today, Rex returns back to what he loves to do: salvaging. While making some profit, Rex is eager in finding new materials for Tora to use in inventing new gadgets that can be used to help in the rebuilding effort. As for Tora, he continues to watch in awe of his role model and helps out by inspecting the salvage that's worth keeping.

In another group, Pyra and Poppi head off to a nearby forest to hunt and gather for food and materials that nature could offer. The new land the Architect has left them with is filled with a wide variety of wildlife and materials that can be used to create a variety of accessories, clothing, and all sorts of useful day to day items.

Nia, Dromarch, and Azurda stayed home in preparation of starting their own farm. With the knowledge Nia acquired during her stay in Gormott, she and Dromarch cultivated the land and prepared all sorts of patches to grow a variety of crops. Not only that, Dromarch and Azurda dug a small spring to raise fish for the group to enjoy.

And lastly, there's Mythra. Each day the wildlife of the land could pose a threat to both her friends and the other kingdoms so she decided to join the Mor Ardain army as a sort of party leader in sweeping the area to ensure its safe from any danger.

All in all, everyone plays a role in an effort to make this new land the Elysium they always wanted.


"Oh blimey, this is quite the hull!" Rex cried out as he lugged a massive metal box from the ocean. Since the Cloud Sea vanished after the Architect left, Rex and Tora hit a gold mine of salvage littering the shores of Alresium. Most of the materials Rex stumble across range from building materials to rare ores even he never has seen before. The ores could fetch a fair price in the market or make great gifts to his Aunt Corrine. Whatever be the case, he's overjoyed to returning back into salvaging.

"Oie Rex Rex! Tora could use hand in dealing with trouble!" Tora shouted from the shoreline.

Rex quickly turned to spot Tora being chased by a rather angry Crustip. At first Rex was ready to reach for his sword to stop the beast, only to notice Tora triping mid-sprint, and fligging himself in the air. As Tora falls in a panic, he accidentally crashes on top of the Crustip, knocking it out in the process. Whether Tora had the most amazing luck or not, that's one way of dealing with a monster.

The very sight of Tora being dazed made Rex burst out in laughter as the poor Nopon stumbled to get his footing before plunging himself into the sea.

"Oh Tora you're just a bundle of joy."

Once Tora recovered from his earlier mishap, the two scavenged along the coastline and finished with quite the hull for the return back. Rex and Tora loaded up their loot onto an Ardun they rented from a nearby Gormotti settlement and head on back towards home. They plan to sell their wares once they return to the settlement and along the way might pick up a few trinkets for Dromarch and Azurda's collection. Rex wasn't sure how or when it started, but the two seemed eager in collecting the new materials of Alresium since arriving. Whatever their reason, Rex and Tora are happy to oblige.

"Hey Tora, can I ask you something?" Rex asked his Nopon friend.

"Sure, ask away Rex Rex!"

"Be honest with me, what do you think of Alresium?"

"I think new land is big joy to Tora! Everyone's happy, that makes Tora happy. And sure rough to build new home from scratch, but Tora enjoys inventing new gadgets to help grow village. And for better pay off, helping Gormott gets Tora more Tasty Sausages and Scrumptious Salmon cakes as treats. But enough about Tora, how about Rex Rex?"

"Wow, you really are quick at redirecting the question. But if you ask me, it's strange."

"How so?" Tora asked, his interest piqued at Rex's sudden solemn demeanor.

"I mean, yeah we found Elysium and life's dandy. It's just, I dunno. I kind of miss the adventuring is all. For the most part, we've just been building and building up a new home for all of us and the other kingdoms. Nothing wrong against that mind you, I'm plenty happy in helping other in need. Wouldn't hurt to take some time off to explore more of Alresium."

"Ah my friend, Tora too feels the same. Since bad man Malos and crazy Medoozy looking Amalthus gone, world is free of trouble. Wish trouble happen so Heropon Tora could save the day!"

"AGHHH!"

Not too far off the path Rex and Tora were travelling on a distant scream echoed from some nearby woods. Not soon after several more screams before the area fell in complete silence. The air fell into a sense of dread as the causes of the screams may come from someone in trouble, and the two may be too late in stopping it.

After securing their Ardun, Rex and Tora raced into the woods towards the screams with their weapons in hand. Rex hoped he wouldn't have to use his broadsword again other than defending himself against monsters. Against a person is something else.

Rex and Tora arrived at the site of the screams and quickly hid behind some rocks before spotting a pair of blades standing over a couple of fresh corpses. Based on the attire of the victims, they were drivers. The blades beside them both held lances dripping in crimson blood, no doubt these were the killers. Oddly though the drivers of the murdering blades weren't nearby. More so, the dead drivers didn't seem to have their blades with them as no Core Crystal was sighted. Most drivers usually don't go exploring without their blades. Curious, Rex and Tora look in and wait to see what happens next with their weapons at the ready.

"Can't believe I tied my life to this human trash for this long." one of the blades said, spitting on top on one of the dead drivers.

"Likewise mate." the other blade responded. "Let's hurry up, the Asterisks should be nearby recruiting."

The two blades race off into the woods, never to be heard again. Alone, Rex and Tora sat behind their cover wide-eyed in terror. The two blades killed their own drivers. More importantly, they didn't revert back into their Core Crystals.

With this information in mind, Rex and Tora raced back to their Ardun and back home as fast as they can.


A/N: And that wraps up this chapter. Already we got conflict. As always thanks for reading and hope to hear from you soon!- Poshil