Chrom, Lissa, Frederick, Robin, and Marcus soon made their way to the palace throne room where they saw the Exalt talking to a woman in armor. 'Chances are that might be one of her military advisors.' Marcus thought to himself before the two drew their talk to a close and they noticed the group approaching them.
The armored woman soon step down to approach the group as Chrom waved to the armored woman. "Commander Philia." Chrom greeted to the armored woman who simply nodded, but didn't say anything else. She soon led the group to the center of the throne room before the throne itself where the Exalt was soon seated.
"Presenting her Royal Highness, the Exalt Emmeryn!" Philia declared before the Exalt smiled gently at the woman.
"Please Philia, there is no need for formalities for we are among friends." Emmeryn said kindly and softly that somehow it permeated the room and for the first time in a long time, Marcus found himself easing up somehow.
"My apologies your Grace, force of habit if you don't mind me saying." Philia said but her posture indicated that she didn't care either way.
Emmeryn simply chuckled a bit, beaming at her before she was tackled by a running Lissa who threw herself at her sister as Emmeryn simply hugged her and gently stroke her hair. "Hello Lissa, I trust that the latest campaign was fun?" She asked with a gentle smile on her face.
"Yeah!" Lissa said rather enthusiastically before sobering a bit. "Then there was the whole thing with the ground shaking, fire appearing out of nowhere, these weird zombies coming out of a blue portal like thing." She said as she shuddered a bit.
Marcus has to admit that the Exalt had a damn good poker face considering she looked hardly perturbed by what her little sister went through and said. "Do not worry, a war council will convene shortly on how to deal with this new threat for we have received multiple reports on these strange beings appearing all over the place." She said causing Marcus to grow alarmed at what she said.
Before he could say anything, Chrom soon approached the Exalt and soon hugged her as well. "It's great to see you again Emm." Chrom said with a smile.
The two older siblings embraced before Emmeryn took note of Robin and Marcus standing there. "I don't believe I had the pleasure of meeting you two yet." Emmeryn spoke up.
The other guards soon took notice of the two and soon the amnesic and outsider became the center of attention. Robin was rather uncomfortable with the attention and was rather nervous whereas Marcus took this as a chance to introduce himself.
"Greeting Lady Exalt, I am Marcus, simply Courier and Traveler, at your service." Marcus introduced himself as he did a bow with his helmet cradled in his right hand placed over his heart. He soon shot Robin a look and the amnesic soon followed suit bowing in a similar manner to him.
Emmeryn simply laughed heartily at their display. "There is no need for elaborate introductions but it is appreciated nonetheless. Just how did you meet Chrom and Lissa?" She asked.
"Well we first found Robin in the field, while we met Marcus after a hostage situation in which he dispatched the brigand leader and before that he took out the reinforcements that they had." Chrom explained. "Marcus is a traveler hailing from a place called Nevada whereas…Robin has amnesia."
Emmeryn gave Chrom a questioning glance so obvious that anyone could read it in the room.
"I know it sounds suspect at best Emm." Chrom admitted. "But if it were not for Robin's tactical leadership we would have taken a single casualty and if it weren't for Marcus' aid we would have found ourselves surrounded with brigand reinforcement and both me and Lissa would not have been standing here." He explained catching Emmeryn's interest in what he said.
"What do you mean by that?" Emmeryn asked softly but with a hint of steel underneath her soft-spoken voice.
Lissa then spoke up. "When those zombies first came out we were outnumbered till Marcus took out a unique projectile weapon and covered our retreat and he even swooped me off my feet to carry me to safety." Lissa trilled in.
'Pretty sure all I did was get you some distance till we fought those freaks but hey, this is helping me.' Marcus thought to himself.
Emmeryn seemed to ease after hearing that. "Ah if that's the case then I have much to thank you for Marcus. If there is anything that I can offer you, please do not hesitate." She said with a smile at the Wildcard.
Marcus was not surprised by her actions, many times he had been thanked heavily by the grateful natives back home, and he even remembered the time that the Kings sent someone to give him supplies and the likes for doing good by them.
But what could he really ask for though? If it were money, he still had those thirty-seven gold bars he had in his Pimpboy for emergencies and considering that they use gold here he would be good. If it were food or water, he had enough emergencies stocked up for up to about three months. If it were weapons, he had some of the best in the wasteland. On the other hand, he knew very little about this place and with that he found his price.
"I don't need much but perhaps the chance to access your library and the likes Lady Exalt?" He asked getting befuddled looks from everyone at his request. "Like I said, I'm a traveler and it would help a lot if I knew more about the place I'm in right about now." Marcus said with a smile.
"…I suppose that would make sense." Emmeryn said a bit slowly before she regained her bright smile. "Very well then, you are free to access our library any time you desire." She said as Marcus bowed his head in thanks.
"A moment you Grace." Frederick spoke up.
Emmeryn regard the Knight. "Yes Frederick?"
"Your Grace, while it is true that both Robin and Marcus performed great deeds, but that does not excuse the fact that they are both unknowns. One with Marcus's status as a traveler from an unknown nation and Robin's status as a supposed amnesic. I believe that they should not be trusted." Frederick explained.
Robin shot the knight a scowl at his words while Marcus looked more amused than anything else at what Frederick said. Amusement that Frederick caught on, if his frowning look was anything to go by.
"What is so funny Marcus? Here I am accusing you of being an untrustworthy man alongside Robin and you simply look amused!?" Frederick demanded to know.
"I'm hardly offended at your accusations since you're simply just doing your duty Frederick." Marcus started catching everyone off guard before Marcus continued and showed them exactly how good he became at diplomacy. "While it is true that me and Robin are rather suspicious in that we simply appeared out of nowhere so to say. And it is quite possible that what you claim may be true." He admitted. "But that's all there is, you CLAIM." Marcus said, emphasizing on that word causing the knight to go silent. "Now unless you have proof that either me or Robin are a legit threat, then I will simply have to say that I find your accusation highly offensive and also racist as well because of my foreign nature and Robin's possible foreign nature as well." Marcus said, earning smirks from both Chrom and Lissa and an impressed look from Philia and Emmeryn as well due to him shutting down Frederick's argument. Not to mention Robin looked more than relieved at what he said. "Of course, I'm willing to stand trial if you find me to be suspect still." Marcus added in.
"There will be no such thing going on." Chrom said sternly. "Not when you two haven't done anything wrong, I will not allow it." He declared.
Emmeryn could not help but chuckle at what she saw, Marcus managed to outsmart Fredrick and defend both his and Robin's position. "Chrom do these two have your trust?" She asked.
"Without a doubt, they both risked their lives to help protect the people and protect me and Lissa." Chrom immediately said.
"Yeah, they're both on our sides!" Lissa said ecstatically. "Not to mention Marcus gave me a piggyback ride more than halfway here." She added in.
Emmeryn smiled at what she heard from Lissa. "Then I shall place my trust in these two as well. But thank you for your concern Frederick, we may need it in the coming days." She said kindly to the loyal knight.
"Milady." Frederick responded with a bow.
Emmeryn then looked to Marcus and Robin. "I'm am glad that such people are in the Shepherds now." She said before Chrom coughed a bit.
"Actually, Marcus is not a Shepherd yet, he- "
"Just joined." Marcus interrupted. "And I am willing to talk more about it later." He said catching Chrom off guard.
"What? But didn't you said you needed time to consider?" Chrom asked in bewilderment.
"Had more than enough time to consider so considered me joined." Marcus replied.
"Well thank you for joining us either way." Chrom said gratefully. "Now I believe we should head for the meeting now, correct Emm?" Chrom asked as Emmeryn nodded as the older siblings and both knights headed to the meeting room while Lissa quickly grabbed the two by their arms and started dragging them.
"Come on, there's something I need to show you two!" Lissa playfully shouted as she dragged the two with Robin looking somewhat panicky and Marcus looking amused with Lissa.
"Hey calm down Lissa!" Robin shouted as both Marcus and Chrom laughed at her expense.
"Here we are! Welcome to the Shepherd's Garrison!" Lissa said proudly as she showed the two newcomers around the building that honestly looked as though it seen better days.
"Interesting place you got." Marcus commented as the place still looked better than most building back home. There was a large and open armory, with a cooking room to the side, and several rooms to the other side of the yard, which was some kind of training yard of some kind of Sully sparring with a blonde well-built man with an axe. While Virion was enjoying some kind of drink.
"LISSA!" A female voice shouted behind the trio causing them to turn around to see a woman with blond curls and a parasol in her hands looking rather worried.
"Hey Maribelle!" Lissa greeted cheerfully. "What got you in a rush?" She asked.
"You do!" The now identified Maribelle shouted. "I heard from Sully that you went through a terrible ordeal! I almost fainted when I heard about facing those dreadful creatures!" She said with a huff. "I sprouted fourteen gray hairs worrying about you!" She added in with concern.
Robin and Marcus blinked at what she said. Both were wondering how someone knew they sprouted gray hair or even better, how they knew the exact number of gray hair they sprouted.
Lissa simply giggled at her. "Don't worry about me, I can handle a battle or two. Though I could have done without the bugs buzzing me though." She added in as an afterthought. "Oh by the way meet Marcus and Robin, our new recruits." She introduced to Maribelle as Robin waved at her and Marcus did a two-finger salute in her direction.
"Hey so you two made it!" Sully suddenly spoke up as she approached them from behind followed by the blonde man as she wiped the sweat off her face with a towel. "Was wondering how long you two would be held up."
"So, these the new guys you told me about huh?" The blonde man spoke. "Name's Vaike but everyone calls me Teach!" Vaike said with a smile.
"I don't." Lissa quickly responded.
"Hell no!" Followed by Sully's blunt reply.
"How barbaric!" An offended Maribelle shouted.
"Just met you." Ended with both Marcus and Robin saying that at the same time.
"Ah come on guys! Cut me a little slack!" Vaike said while looking somewhat depressed.
"So, you're called Teach now?" Lissa said with a grin. "Guess some people can learn wit." She commented.
"Ha never doubt the Vaike!" Vaike said as he puffed his chest causing Marcus to roll his eyes a bit at how slow he was. "Wait…was that an insult?" He questioned in annoyance.
Marcus sighed at that, it was clear to him that Vaike was slow. "Right." He said speaking up now. "So beside you folks here anyone else we're missing?" He asked as he saw a man in huge armor walk out of a door to behind the other Shepherds.
"Well there's Stahl, Sumia, Miriel, and…huh…wonder where Kellam is?" Vaike spoke up as he scratched his head.
"You mean the tall guy in the suit of armor behind you lot?" Marcus deadpanned. Causing everyone to look behind themselves and nearly jumped out of their skin as they finally saw and much to his surprise, everyone looked shocked.
"Um…hi?" Kellam said unsurely.
"He's been standing right there since about two minutes ago." Marcus said slowly as he looked at them again and all of them were in awe of his detection skill or something like that. 'Are these people really that dense?' Marcus thought to himself in his thoughts.
"You can notice me…Marcus?" Kellam asked as Marcus looked at him weirdly.
"You're possibly the tallest guy I've seen here, wearing a giant suit of armor, and you don't take light steps. How am I not supposed to notice or know you're there?" Marcus retorted.
"Well you're the first person to notice him without having to try!" Lissa exclaimed. "The rest of us try to keep our eyes on him but it's just not possible until we met you!"
Marcus sighed as he heard that. "I don't know what's with you people at times." He admitted as he got an offended look from Lissa and Robin.
"Heh! You got the perception but do you think you can do this?" Vaike asked with a smug grin before he bent back and unleashed a devastating burp in Robin and Marcus's direction and the foul odor made them both cover up their noses. Ha! See, now that's a- "He said before he got cut off.
Cut off by a furious Marcus who wrapped his left hand around Vaike's mouth who simply glared at him. "Do not ever do that to me ever again or I swear by God I will find a way to seal your mouth permanently shut. Do I make myself clear?" Marcus demanded as Vaike quickly nodded his head in agreement seeing just how furious Marcus looked. "Good." Was all he said before he let Vaike go.
"Okay I have to say that I didn't know you were capable of that kind of anger." Robin spoke up causing Marcus to turn around and see that Lissa and Maribelle were holding onto each other, Sully was backing up and shakily held her lance, while Robin hid behind Kellam who was pale in the face.
Marcus raised his eyebrows at them before he shrugged. "I do not appreciate being disturbed like that is all." He explained causing the Shepherds to get somewhat nervous at that.
"A somewhat crude way but at least you're cut from finer cloth." Maribelle huffed as she regained her composure before she glared at Vaike. "And Vaike, that was absolutely horrid! Must you pollute the air with your wretched smell in front of our new recruits?" She glaringly at Vaike.
She then stormed away with a disgusted look as Marcus looked back to her and Vaike and thought that he could get along with Maribelle given enough time. Course judging from her manners and the likes, he would have to be more refined in his words with her.
"Wow! I didn't think Maribelle would tolerate you." Lissa said in awe. "Usually people take time for her to warm up to or they just burned away." Marcus simply shrugged at that, good manners were rare in the wasteland and they were usually appreciated.
"I'll say, I can count the number of times Maribelle has been somewhat approving of someone she met for the first time." A male voice called out, causing the group to turn to see a green armored knight with an easygoing grin on his face, followed by a red-haired woman wearing robes and glasses with a large pointy, followed by a pink armored knight with a nervous expression on her face. "Pleased to meet you, name's Stahl, one of the Shepherd's knights, the one in pink is Sumia and the one in the hat is our mage Miriel." He introduced himself.
"A satisfying first chance to meet you, Robin and Marcus." Miriel greeted calmly.
"Nice to meet you both." Sumia said with a smile.
"Pleased to meet you, I am also the Shepherd's new tactician." Robin said with a warm smile as well as Marcus nodded in their direction.
"Indeed, but beg your pardon, do you know where the captain is perhaps?" Sumia asked with a concern look on her face.
"Ah and there's that kindness that managed to dazzle everyone no matter what, kind Sumia!" Virion said as he appeared from the side causing said woman to blush a bit.
"Aw, Sumia, that's so sweet of you to worry about my brother!" Lissa said with a hint of teasing.
"Worry? Well I…he's our captain and our prince- of course I'd worry!" Sumia said as her face turned red and she looked away in embarrassment.
Marcus and Robin both raised their eyebrows at Sumia and both came to a single conclusion about her. 'She has it so bad for Chrom.' They both thought simultaneously.
As Lissa giggled she turned to Robin and looked at her with an expectant look on her face. "Ah right! Is there anything you need to help you out in your duties Miss Tactician?" Lissa asked as Robin got into a thinking pose.
"Well perhaps some books on strategies and tactics would help for one, and perhaps different variety of magic tomes would help as well." Robin said calmly as Lissa nodded and rushed towards the armory and a few minutes later came out with two books in her hand, one yellow and one blue.
"This yellow one here is your basic Thunder Tome." Lissa explained holding up the yellow book. "And the blue one here is a Book of Naga, an incredibly rare tome that can hold multiple elements and uses holy magic as well, this is some really strong stuff here." Lissa said, holding up the tome in her hand.
At that Marcus couldn't help but let out a whistle when he heard all that, he may not know much or anything about magic in general but judging from the way Lissa went on to explain the blue book's power it sounded rather awesome in his opinion.
"It's rather rare and uncommon and very few mages can actually use the tome as it is believed that the Book of Naga picks whether or not the mage is worthy of using its powers and as a result not many people are capable of using it as a result of that." Lissa explained further about the nature of the tome. "It's been here for a while and none of our mages were capable of making it react and it ended up collecting dust as a result but you can have it." She said as she handed Robin both tomes.
"Thank you so much Lissa." Robin said with a heartfelt smile as Lissa waved it off but smiled at the thanks she got. Before Robin turned to Marcus all of a sudden. "Is there anything that you need Marcus?" She asked though she had a good idea that it wasn't necessary.
Marcus simply shook his head in response to Robin's question. "No need, I have all the weapons I need on me at all times." He replied as Robin and Lissa nodded but gained the attention from the other Shepherds.
"What do you mean by that? I don't see any gear your person period." Sully pointed out as the rest of the Shepherd nodded.
"Oh, that's right! Marcus comes from a more advanced nation than ours, he uses his…Pipboy to store his gear." Lissa chimed as the everyone but Miriel looked at him in disbelief whereas the mage looked more intrigued than anything.
Marcus smirked before he pressed a button and everyone suddenly jumped back as the once empty ground was now littered with weapons. They ranged from baseball bats, lead pipes, tire irons, bumper swords, thermic lances, power fists, ballistic fists, knives, cleavers, combat knives, bowie knives, hatchets, axes, war clubs, police batons, rebar clubs, super sledges, machetes, golf clubs, cattle prods, katanas, nail boards, shovels, displacer gloves, bear trap fists, bladed gauntlets, mantis gauntlets, She Embrace, proton axes, throwing knives, cosmic knives, knife spears, sledgehammers, and more.
Lissa was the first one to break out of her shock. "You mean to tell me you had all these weapons on your person the entire time we were traveling together?" She asked with a confused look on her face.
Sully and Vaike whistled at what they saw. "Damn Marcus! You're not a regular fighter that's for sure." Before Sully scoffed at what Vaike said.
"Not a regular fighter? Try a walking armory! Seriously you know how to use all these weapons?" Sully asked as she picked up a cleansed knife spear and testing its weight before she threw it straight into one of the targets where it pierced through completely with ease causing her to look at it approvingly. "Not bad." She admitted before turning to him with an expectant look. "Mind if I keep that one?" She asked with a bit of a plea.
Marcus shrugged. "Go for it I have spares." He replied before Sully ran to where the spear was with a very happy grin on her face.
"I must say, I did not expect that your device could hold this much weapons." Miriel said with an inquisitive look on her face. "Just how in Naga did your people managed to produce such a tool?" She asked as she gleamed at Marcus's Pipboy a little bit too closely for his liking.
"Ha! Have to say you've got many surprises underneath your sleeves huh Marcus?" Vaike said with a grin on his face as he picked up a ballistic fist and a super sledge. "Have to ask what's the gauntlet used for?" Vaike asked in confusion as he stared at the weapon in wonderment.
"That's a weapon for people who are skilled in unarmed combat." Marcus explained. "And that weapon you're holding is called a ballistic fist, one of the more powerful unarmed weapons in existence, it can break through bone and metal with relative ease." He said.
"But bones and metal are hard though." Stahl said in confusion.
"Exactly." Marcus replied.
"Damn!" Vaike whistled with a newfound appreciation for the ballistic fist. "And this one?" He asked soon enough raising the super sledge with one hand leaving Marcus more than impressed with his strength.
"That is called a super sledge. An incredibly powerful hammer so to say that can wreak just about anything given the user's experience and strength." Marcus explained before Vaike dropped his axe and put down the fist and went up to a dummy and swung it downwards and utterly crushing the dummy in one hit.
"This is awesome!" Vaike said as his eyes glowed in respect for this weapon. "Can I keep it?" He asked like a child wanting a new toy for his birthday."
At that Marcus sighed a bit. "Make sure you take care of that tool and put it through regular cleaning and if you have some trouble with it, take it to me so I can take a look see." He said before Vaike went off with a gleeful smile at his new weapon.
"That was rather nice of you." Sumia said with a smile as she slid next to Marcus who started putting away all the weapons into his Pipboy. "Though I am surprised by the number of weapons you carried on your person." She muttered with a thoughtful look on her face.
"Oh, that's nothing Sumia!" Lissa spoke up, surprising the pink knight. "You should have seen this one weapon he was using when those zombies first came out. It was like some kind of repeat shooting bow or tome of some sort. And it was powerful too, considering the loud noise it made and the instant kills it was able to score." Lissa said as she looked to Marcus. "Speaking of which why didn't you continue to use it after we regrouped with others?" Lissa asked.
"You mean you had a weapon that could kill those zombies in one shot and you went ahead with swords anyway?" Robin asked in confusion as Marcus simply nodded. "Why? If you don't mind me asking, but it didn't really matter considering you killed them with one swing from your sword too." She said grabbing a surprised look from Lissa.
"Wait! You managed to kill them in one swing when it took Chrom several swings to kill them!?" Lissa demanded as Marcus nodded a bit slowly at Lissa's expression. "Wow, just how strong are you?" Lissa whistled out quite impressed.
"To answer your question first Robin." Marcus started. "Much like bow and arrows, I only have limited number of shots and unlike arrows they cannot be retrieved and I rather conserve them for emergencies." He explained getting a satisfied nod from her before he turned to Lissa. "As for how strong I am, I am considered one of the greatest fighters where I hail from." Marcus stated.
And it was actually quite clear to him as to why he is so strong. He fought raiders, slavers, legionnaires, wild animals, feral ghouls, giant geckos, mutated plant monsters, sea monsters, giant bugs, crazed robots, psychotic lobotomized patients, White Legs, deathclaws, cazadores, giant scorpions, fire breathing ants, robot scorpions, Ghost People, Marked Men, and more. If he wanted to be quite honest the zombies he faced weren't even that much of a threat to him and they ranked lower among the kind of freaks he fought everyday back home in the wastes.
"Interesting, so there is more to you than meets the eye." Miriel spoke out as she continued to examine the Pipboy on Marcus's hand. "How fascinating, to think that such a little device could work and function without the usage of magic and could store up to a high number of items." She said somewhat in amazement. "I would like the opportunity to examine this further." She said.
"Maybe later." Marcus said as Miriel nodded and walked off with Stahl walking off to do his own thing. "So, anything else we need to do?" He asked Lissa, who simply shook her head.
"Nah, that's all there is to it. Unless we get another mission." She replied and just as she finished Chrom walked in carrying another kind of sword and with a smile on his face as Sumia perked up in response to his arrival.
"Ah captain! You're back!" She said before she somehow slipped on a piece of paper and was about to fall down and land on her face until Marcus grabbed the back of her armor, preventing her from falling anymore and then he helped her up. "Ah, thank you Marcus." She said gratefully as Marcus simply nodded to her.
"No problem." He replied simply before turning his attention to Chrom who was looking at Sumia in concern now.
"Sumia, are you alright? Is it your boots causing you trouble?" He asked kindly.
"…" Sumia was choking on her own words before she nodded quietly and Chrom turned his attention to the rest of the Shepherds that were now paying attention to him.
"All right everyone, listen. In the morning, we are marching to Regna Ferox." He explained.
"Regna Ferox?" Robin whispered to herself in confusion.
"It is a unified kingdom to the north of our country inhabited by barbarians or so I've heard." Sumia pointed out.
"Warriors are what they are." Chrom corrected. "And we will need their strength to quell the new menace. Also keep in mind that this mission is strictly voluntary, so if for any- "
Before Lissa soon rose her hand up. "I volunteer to go!" She yelled out.
"Count me in as well!" Sully shouted as she examined her new knife spear.
"Don't think you're going anywhere without the Vaike now. You're going to need the Teach for this mission." Vaike spoke up with his super sledge on his shoulder.
"I'll go as well." Kellam spoke up but was unnoticed by everyone save for Marcus.
"I…I, um."
Chrom noticed that Sumia was a little nervous and soon asked her what was up. "Yes Sumia?"
"It's just that…I'm not quite sure I'm ready for proper mission yet. I'd probably get in the way." Sumia confessed.
"Well you could stay behind the main group, and if a battle is met just watch and learn. Your choice of course, but some lessons can only be learned on the battlefield." Chrom offered.
"Well…if you think it's wise captain." Sumia said shyly.
"Just stay by me and you'll be fine." Chrom smiled as Sumia blushed and quickly nodded in reply to that.
Both Marcus and Robin can only think one thing. 'She has it so bad for him.'
"Something on your minds Marcus, Robin?" Chrom asked as he saw Robin's thinking stance and Marcus's thoughtful look.
"Nothing/not really." Both Marcus and Robin replied at the same time.
"…Okay?" Chrom said a bit slowly before his eyes shined. "Ah, I remember there is something that I got for you Robin." Chrom said as He took out the sword that he was holding on him before he handed it to the tactician who looked at the blade curiously.
"What kind of blade is it?" She asked curiously.
"Unsheathe it." Chrom said with a smirk.
Robin slowly pulled the sword out to reveal a beautiful silver sword that felt incredibly deadly and rather light in her hands, before Robin gave a few swings and humming in appreciation.
"So, what kind of blade is that?" Marcus asked. "I've never seen a sword like that before." He commented.
"What Robin is holding is a silver sword, one of the most potent basic swords there are in the kingdom." Chrom explained as Marcus raised an eyebrow at that.
"I'm assuming that it is not simple silver either considering that silver can be considered a soft metal and are rather impractical for weapons." Marcus commented as Chrom nodded at his answer.
"Indeed, this kind of silver is not the silver you would see in treasures or coins, but a rather enchanted silver so to say." Chrom detailed. "And I hope you like it Robin, I simply can't have my tactician just be using a simple steel sword, although that would make a good back up weapon." Chrom commented.
"Thank you Chrom, I have no idea what to say for such a generous gift." Robin said in awe.
"I do, I've seen you fight those bandits with your blade before you switched to your magic and that time I've seen you and Marcus work in tandem to defeat those Risen." Chrom said. "So how about a spar?" He asked.
Robin nodded and then Marcus spoke up. "Risen?" He questioned.
"It is what the council decided to call the monsters that have been appearing as of late." Chrom explained as Marcus simply nodded at that. "Why don't you spar with us as well Marcus? I've seen you use your killing edges to fight those Risen off easily." Chrom asked.
Marcus raised an eyebrow at what his katana blades were called but simply nodded and pulled one of them out from his Pipboy and walked to the training field where the three of them all unsheathed their blades.
"Question." Robin spoke up. "That's not a normal blade either, is it?" She asked as Chrom nodded.
"Indeed, this blade is called Falchion, a legendary sword passed down through my family forged from a fang of Naga herself used to defeat the Fell Dragon Grima long ago." Chrom explained before he turned to Marcus. "And it seems that we're not the only ones with potent blades either." Chrom commented upon seeing the blade on Marcus's sword.
Marcus simply chuckled at that. "You would be correct Chrom, this blade is not forged from steel." He said raising his katana to the sky. "This blade is made from Saturnite alloy, one of the toughest metals in my homeland. Its sharpness is that I had to have made several specialized sheaths for it as it can easily cut through rock without much effort." He explained as both Robin and Chrom whistled at the power of the sword he had.
"Well that's not fair at all." Robin pouted. "my mere silver sword against your legendary blade and your weird yet awesome sword." She complained as both men chuckled at her attitude.
"You are free to browse through my armory any time you like Robin." Marcus commented getting a smile from Robin but confusing Chrom somewhat but focused on the spar he's going to have with Robin.
"Not to mention you're a tactician, you'll figure something out to win somehow." Chrom said as Robin nodded.
Soon both Robin and Chrom got to the edge of the training field with Marcus in the middle acting as referee. "Now remember kids I want a nice clean match here, so no low blows or lethal blows." He said getting nods from the both of them before Marcus raised his sword upwards.
"Get ready…get set…" He said and soon Robin and Chrom were sweating a bit. "START!" Marcus barked out as Robin and Chrom charged at each other with their blades in hand.