We were still making our way to the Vice Capital when we were ambushed by another group of skeletons.
"This is almost annoying," Ryubia snarled as she used her whip to rip apart a skull. Ioh nodded in agreement and blocked an oncoming enemy arrow. I just shrugged and cut apart another enemy. I thanked the stars that they were not goblins. Skeletons make no mess, but goblins? It takes hours to wipe away goblin blood from weapons, more or less armor and clothing. We made quick work of the group and with dread realized another group wasn't too far away. This group, however, seemed distracted by something else. The skeletons made excited noises and started pointing at something behind a large boulder. Pirika shot me a confused glance and I answered with a shrug. I nodded my head once giving my party the signal to go ahead with attack.
Korona shot some fire arrows destroying the first few skeletons and alerting all the others. They turned their attention from the boulder to us and raised their weapons. The enemy's wizards and archers took aim for the front line, which consisted of Ryubia, Ioh, and I. Ryubia and I blocked the arrow, but Ioh took a magical attack to the face with an 'oof'. Orianna snickered before putting her staff to good use and healing our comrade. I sighed and rushed the enemy, taking many out with a single swing of my sword. The only one that proved to a problem were the knights. Where do skeletons go to get their amour forged?
Ryubia was at my rear taking out any that I happened to miss and Ioh was at my left dealing with the archers and wizards with an angered look on his face. He has anger issues sometimes.
After about ten minutes we were doing exterminating the monsters and finally decided to investigate whatever lied behind the mysterious boulder. I calmly walked to the rock and was about to peek behind when someone pushed my back and I landed on my face, hard. Thank the stars that it was not on the rock or someone would pay. I slowly turned around with a scowl on my face and saw the most of my party were looking away innocently and whistling. Cliché. Orianna, however, made eye contact and pointed to the elf sprite that was lounging on Ioh's shoulder.
"I'm dealing with children…" I murmured and went back to investigate the rock. I walked around it and was surprised to find a woman sitting against it, unconscious. She had blue hair that was braided and tied up with red ribbon and hopped earrings to match the accessory. She was wearing a fur coat with a plain shirt, black skirt, and black leather bracelet that wrapped around her wrist. In arms was a blue book with an intricate gold design.
Her long blue eyelashes fluttered as she started to break away from the unconscious void. The mysterious girl's grey blue eyes met my red ones. She seemed frozen for a second before she jumped into action.
"OGRE!" She yelped in panic and hopped away from me and toward the rest of my small group. Ioh released a small laugh and Pirika let out an annoyed huff. She flew from Ioh's shoulder and into the girl's face.
"Yeah, he is an ogre and she's," she pointed behind the girl and at Ryubia, "a forest sprite. I'm an elf sprite. The rest are boring humans." She glared at the girl and the girl backed away from the angry elf sprite. Pirika was very intimidating when you bullied her friends.
"My apologies!" she bowed at me with a concerned look. I waved it off dismissively and walked over to her. I was so used to this treatment. I was indeed an ogre and even with one horn people treated me as if I was toxic.
"What is your name?" I asked in a gentle tone, hoping I didn't startle her again. I touched her wrist in a soothing manner and she gave another yelp. I was going to pull back, but something happened.
Suddenly, I was not in a field outside of the Vice Capital, but was transported to a black space where pictures of different locations flashed in front of me. Most of the locations I could not identify or flashed by too quickly. A voice sang through the darkness and I looked around for a source.
"I've been waiting for you—" my eyes met the mysterious girl's in the unparalleled darkness, "This is your destiny. The future will not change." I frantically searched for the source of the deep and ominous voice, but was only met with darkness and pictures flashing.
"The world that she wanted. The world that she, she who was kind to all, wanted!" The voice was gaining volume with each word and by the end was yelling.
"Everything will turn black. All of history ends here-." The blue haired girl shouted. I jumped startled and turned back to her. Those blue grey orbs were focused on the passing pictures that seemed to go by in a blur now.
"Haruaki! Is something wrong? You were zoning out there for a while." Pirika voice dragged me back to the small field with the rest of my party and the strange girl. I snatched my hand back before I could transported back and eyed her as if she was a monster.
The girl looked at me and begged "Please take this book and…" before she could finish the sentence she fainted. Ioh grabbed her and I went for the book.
"Did she mean the book?" Orianna asked with a perplexed expression before going to heal the girl.
"I don't know, but once we get to Vice Capital we need to put her in an infirmary." I said in steady voice and set the tome in my bag. Ioh scooped the girl with ease and we continued our way to the Vice Capital.
Rose: While I was replaying Chain Chronicle I realized that I maybe messed up the beginning. I'm going to fix that next chapter hopefullyHazuki: I gonna marry Haruaki~Rose: I love Rula betterHazuki: You know Rula is a girl, right?Rose: Rula doesn't look like so I'm going to stick with beautiful trap : Don't worry she was the same when she found out about Sheik/ Zelda...Rose: SHEIK IS A BOY!Hazuki: Until next time...