Chapter 4: Reunion
*(Author's Note: From here to on, I'll be changing some of the chronological scenes that will be in my fan fiction so don't sue me please.)*
Momonga-san and Narberal, why are both of them here? I thought while hiding with Nadia behind the crowd and told her. "For now, stay here while I ask an employee to call him."
"I understand." Nadia kind of understood for what I was thinking and then blended among the adventurers.
A few minutes later, I asked to an employee to call "Momon" to an empty table and that nobody would be present. I used my Mythril rank power for once. At the moment, I was alone sitting on my chair drinking tea and then Momon appeared.
"Are you the one who called me?" He asked with a deep voice.
"You are right, please have a seat." I said with my cup of tea on my hand but in my mind I was so embarrassed. I'm so fucking embarrassed that I called him even though I know his identity.
He then sat on a chair in front of me and asked me, "What do you want?"
"Don't be mad, I just called you because I heard you would be doing a personal favor for Nphirea Bareare." I said while drinking the tea.
"So?" Momon, starting to feel uncomfortable, crossed his arms.
"Let's just say I want join in" I was finishing the tea until I said something that surprised him. "Supreme Lord."
He then stood up of his chair and pointed at me with his sword. "Who are you? And how much do you know?"
"Why? Because..." I placed my cup tea on the table and changed back to my original form (a Doppelgänger). "...I'm one of your comrades, Momonga-san."
He then lowered his sword and with a happy tone said. "Dark Identity! It's good to see another player of the Guild. Where have you been?"
"Remember I told you before the game closed down, I would hunt near Nazarick? Well, just the moment was about to return the time was up and I with Nadia ended up here." I replied, putting my elbows on the table and putting my head over my hands.
"I see, so you were here with Nadia all this time. I'm happy thatI'm not the only one here." Momonga said with a relief that he would not be alone.
"You mean you haven't met another player than us?" I was shocked that he was alone directing Nazarick since the Yggdrasil ended. "Let's chat later, for now let's go for that mission Nphirea gave you." Changing back to my human form.
"How did you know about me?" He asked before I opened the door.
"Because Stronoff told me about you in Carne Village." I replied to which he got the idea, then we left for the mission.
"This is the team we are going with Peter Mauk, Leader of the Swords of Darkness, Lukrut Volve, the ranger, Dyne Woodwonder, the druid and lastly Ninya, the magic caster and strategist of the team.", Momonga presented me the Swords of Darkness team.
Peter Mauk had blonde hair and blue eyes, both of which were common in the kingdom, while his unremarkable face had smooth features. He wore a chainmail armor with numerous chains of rings forming a mesh, which was worn on top of leather shirt. He was holding a sword on his left waist and a shield on his back.
LukrutVolve had a blonde hair and brown eyes that gives him a cheerful look. He wore a leather armor, and had a thin body with his long and skinny limbs gave him the impression of a spider. His weapons were bow and arrows, and a sword on his left waist in case he runs out of arrows.
Dyne Woodwonder had a huge groomed beard covering his mouth and coupled with his bulky body, he looked like a barbarian. He had the faint smell of grass on him, which seemingly came from the pouches on his waist. His eyes were always closed. He wielded a mace as his primary weapon and knows druid magic.
Ninya had a brown hair and blue eyes with a face that looked childish, the best looking face of the group. His skin was pale and wore a leather clothes, with a beige cape. His primary weapon is a staff which is recommendable of a magic caster.
*(Author's Note: Since sometimes I suck at describing the clothes the characters wear I looked at the Internet. Only the originals.)*
"Ah! It's the Mythril guy." Peter said, pointing at me shocked. Everyone were shocked too excluding Momonga to which he didn't understand why.
"Mythril?" Momonga was confused for what Peter just said.
"I'll talk about it later." I tried not to say much to him for now.
"Oh? Another beauty is with you?" Lukrut spotted Nadia behind me.
"What's he doing here Momon-san? Do you know each other?" Dyne asked about me.
"Yeah, we know each other from the South." Momonga made something to them. "And he asked himself if he and his partner could join up to Nphirea's quest."
"But I don't have enough coins to pay you." Nphirea said with a surprised and worried tone.
"Don't be, this is just a personal request to catch up with him and will be free of charge." I said since I am working as a bodyguard for a royal family. "But my friend here can't come with us since she is needed elsewhere." I patted Nadia's head that made her a shocked face since she can't follow me and whispered to her. "It's just for now since our jobs as bodyguard requires being with our patron and since you are strong enough to protect yourself, I believe in you." Those last words surprised her as if her master had a 100% trust on his servant.
"I understand then I'm off." Nadia ran away to the manor happily.
"Remember I'm off to a personal request so I'm not going to be there for the time being!" I shouted as loud as I could but I thought that it would not reach her.
"What do you mean by that?" Momonga still confused for what I had been doing for the past weeks is still a mystery for him.
"Let's just say I'm working as a bodyguard here for the Naimbet Dawngor royal family." I said by putting my hand behind my head, giving a small chuckle.
"The Naimbet Dawngor family!?", Peter shouted surprised for I just said as the other members nodded, agreeing what Peter just said. "They are famous for selling merchandise such as weapons and other stuffs of great value!"
I didn't know that they would be that famous. I deadpanned for my lack of knowledge.
"Well then, shall we go?" Nphirea got on his carriage as we walked next to the carriage to the Carne Village.
A few hours passed since we left the kingdom, Nphirea over the carriage asked to Peter.
"Peter-san."
"Yes?"
"Why don't we take a break around that area." He pointed out a small river next to the land.
"Good idea, Momon-san, Iden-san."
"Right." Momon accepted the offer and decided to rest.
A few minutes of rest, kept us hydrate for the road walk.
"This area has become somewhat dangerous, so be on guard people." Peter said giving us the precaution.
"Well, there's no need to worry as long as we aren't ambushed. And even if we are ambushed, I'm here, so it's all fine! Aren't I just great, Narbel-chan?" Lukrut tried to flirt to Narberal that ended up in failure. I chucked as I saw this display with my eyes. "Ouch that hurts but it is because you believe in my eyes and ears, after all?"
"Not you. It is because Momon-san and Iden-san is here." She said confidently in a cold tone.
"Then, aren't you two of you lovers, after all?" Lukrut stated something abruptly between Narbarel and Momonga, that made her to say something that she supposed not to.
"L-l-lovers, you say?! What are you saying?! He has already have Lady Albedo at his side!" That last sentence shocked me for the new information I gained from her that Momonga stopped her keep talking more information about Nazarick.
What have you done Narberal? I thought deadpanned for what she just said.
"Lukrut-san, can you please stop looking into our personal lives?" Momonga stopped the interrogation of Lukrut.
"Oh, excuse me. I didn't know that Momon-san already had someone." He apologized while scratching his face.
"You moron!" Peter hit Lukrut on his head. "I apologize on behalf of my friend. It's a taboo to delve into another's past."
"You should really know not to get really into other's past, boy." I said with a mad tone at Lukrut.
"Don't worry about it." Momonga stopped me for trying to murder Lukrut. "There is no problem as long as he is careful from now on."
I then gazed at Momonga with a dark aura saying "We need to talk later about this" that scared him.
"Lukrut, you really need to stop this!" Peter was nagging at him until he stopped him from talking since he sensed something approaching us.
"They started to make their move." Lukrut stated that at a long distance where we stayed, we could see a group of goblins and orcs approaching us. "It looks like we can't avoid fighting."
"This is the plan. The Swords of Darkness protect Nphirea from the goblins. Us, three, will deal with the orcs." I planned for the offense and defense formation, while cracking my knuckles.
"Right." Peter agreed on the plan, and said to his team. "Then shall we do what we do best?"
"Right." Everyone of the Sword of Darkness nodded.
"First." Lukrut shot an arrow to them only to land nowhere and I could see the orcs and goblins laughing of it. "They fell for it." And started shooting at them.
"[Reinforce Armor]" Ninya casted a defense spell on her team.
"[Twine Plant]" Dyne then casted a paralyzing type spell on the enemies.
Us three, Momonga, Narbarel and me, walked to them normally at them.
"Let's do it what we now?" Momonga said unsheathing his two black swords.
"Right." Narbarel and I responded simultaneously.
Momonga then dashed to them, slashing the orcs as if they were butter.
A clean slash, as expected of him. I thought while laughing. "Then I'll do this! [Ice Spears]" I shot different ice spear like at them piercing them to death.
"Amazing..." Lukrut with a surprised face looking at us.
"Do you think those two are higher than Mythril or Orichalcum? Maybe they are at the level of Adamantite level?" Peter was too surprised at our fighting skills as everyone else.
I could see some goblins separating from the orcs to attack the sword of darkness but they repelled with a great teamwork. Nothing is expected when a team works together and ends up winning. By the time we killed most of the enemies, the monsters tried to retreat but...
"Nabe do it." Momonga ordered her.
"Yes." She then jumped near them and casted [Lightning]. It was a clean shot, the spell pierced through various enemies without a sweat and fallen to their deaths.
After the fight, some of the Sword of Darkness were injured and Dyne was healing them with [Light Healing]. Momonga and I, then noticed Ninya doing something with a black dagger to the dead enemies.
"Mmh? What are you doing?" I said, wondering.
"If you submit parts of the monsters you defeat like this, the guild will reward you for them." Ninya said while cutting a little part of the ears.
"This is different from Yggdrasil back then, no? I think game references don't apply here." I whispered to Momonga.
"Yeah, I thought so too."
"But, you three were amazing back then, Momon-san." Ninya said while putting the ears in a pocket bag. "You three are much more skilled than we expected."
"I feel you are as strong as the rumored Royal Head Warrior." Dyne commented.
"Of course." Narbarel accepted their amazing compliments.
"It truly makes me realize there is always someone stronger." Peter said while being healed by Dyne.
"Hey, don't say that, given the time you train and other things, your team will be able to defeat such creatures easily in time." I said encouraging them that made them laugh, in a good way.
It was night time, and we decided to camp for the day. As different for Momonga, since he is a skeleton, I as a doppelgänger had the ability to eat in my human form. I could see Momonga and Narbarel not touching their food.
"It's not of your taste? You know, I can feed you mouth-to-mouth!" Lukrut trying to approach her to flirting.
Big mistake. I thought while looking at those two. I could see Narbarel snapping her spoon with brute force and then decided to help them with a lie. "It's not that they are hungry or anything, it had to be their religious teachings, they shouldn't eat with more than four on days they take a life."
"Mmh... you hold belief in such interesting teachings, Master Momon." Dyne commented.
Thank you, Dark Identity-san. Momonga thought and decided to changetopic. "By the way, why do you call yourselves the Swords of Darkness?"
"Oh, that?" Lukrut was about to say something until Nynia interrupted him.
"Please stop, it was a mistake of my youth!" Ninya embarrassed for what his past leaded to the present.
"There is nothing to be ashamed of, it's a good thing to have dreams!" Dyne confirmed the story, crossing his arms.
"Dyne, you are not helping here!" Ninya, being more embarrassed than before, tried to hide his face with his hands.
"You mean the Swords of Darkness, is nothing less than the four swords that the one called "Black Knight]" owned of one of the Thirteen Heroes?" I inform.
"You are well informed, Iden-san." Dyne responded, confirming the stories.
"Well, most of time I was speaking with Sir Lomto, he spoke of great heroes across the world and their weaponry."
"Well, that, and our ultimate goal is to find those swords." Lukrut said, grabbing his black dagger.
"Until we get our hands on them, this is our symbol." Each of the members took out their black daggers.
"Real or fake has nothing to do with it." Lukrut unsheathing his symbolic dagger. "These represent the creation of our team, either way."
"Yes. Lukrut said something surprisingly good." Dyne commented on his friend's speech.
"Hey! Isn't that pretty mean?!" Lukrut felt offended for it.
"We have to praise him every once in a while." Peter says.
"YOU GUYS TREAT ME WAY TOO BADLY!" He yells
I laughed at this team represents but then looked at Momonga, a silent imaginary smile under his mask is all that I could see on his face.
"You guys really get along well. It reminds of times long past." Momonga said to them.
"You also had a team before, Momon-san?" Ninya asked him.
"Yes, well one of them is here." Pointing at me.
"You were his teammate? No wonder, you guys work well together." Peter said surprised.
"We had all types of adventurers: a holy knight, a swordsman, a priest, an assas- I mean rogue, a dual-wielding nin-rogue, a sorcerer, a cook and a blacksmith, they were the greatest companions I could ever hope for. I was the student like but mostly I was a magic caster." I counted proudly of our old comrades.
"I'm sure that you'll one day encounter people just as great." Ninya said confidently but that Momonga got triggered for what he said.
"Such a day will never come!" Momonga stated abruptly something that the group were surprised meanwhile Narbarel and I were silent for understanding him, he then stood up and said. "Sorry, I'll go eat over there."
"I shall join you, come Nabe." I stood up too following Momonga to a safe distance of the camp.
"Yes."
-While we were leaving, in the camp-
"I said something I shouldn't have." Ninya mumbled that he did say something that he must not speak of.
"Yes, something must have happened." Dyne agreed on that.
"They are probably all gone. People who've lost all their comrades in battle give off that aura." Peter added.
"That's a hard thing to deal with." Lukrut joined the chat.
"Those words you've said cannot be taken back. So you must take action to paint over what you have already said." Dyne with a teaching tone said to his teammate.
"Yes, I will do so." Ninya said and thought. I know the pain of losing loved ones. I wonder how I could have been so thoughtless. Big Sis, I pray for you safety.
Nphirea tried to change the mood and said. "But, Momon-san and Iden-san's strength today was amazing to see."
"Yes, I never thought they would be that strong!" Peter agreed.
"How skillful must one be to take down ogres in one swoop? And cast those types of magic?" Nphirea asked to the team leader.
"To be honest, I believe Momon-san and Iden-san are at the Royal Head Warrior level."
"Huh?! That would mean Adamantite class..." Nphirea shocked at the level of our power. "In other words, they are at the same level as the strongest adventurers?"
"That's right." Peter answered and everyone else agreed on it.
And then they continued talking about us and everything else. Meanwhile us.
"Momonga-san, you shouldn't have been mad about it. I understand that we may or may not encounter again with them but to be mad at someone who didn't know about our life, it's wrong." I said after changing back my original form, since illusion can be somehow exhausting.
"I'm sorry for it, but yes, I shouldn't have made a scene in front of them." Momonga, feeling guilty, apologized for it.
"And you Narbarel, it's good to see you." I said to her, trying to change the mood.
"I'm sorry for the late celebration, Lord Dark Identity. I am the first to congratulate you for your return." Narbarel then kneeled down in front of me but I stopped her.
"Narbarel, here you and Momonga are Momon and Nabe, and I am known as Iden Mak an adventurer and bodyguard. You understand?" I said.
"Yes."
"You haven't changed at all." Momonga spoke to me.
"Well, you could say that Touch Me-san's personality rubbed into me." I laughed.
Momonga and I laughed at what I said and Narbarel close her eyes happy for two of the Supreme Lords be rejoined.
But then I said with a menacing tone. "So... what did she meant by Albedo, Momonga-san?" I gave him a chill that I know everyone of you understand for what happened.
"I mean, I understand it was my fault but..." Momonga stuttered for my question.
"BUT?"
"Tabula Smaragdina-san put her the information that she was a 'slut', so I thought that doing a last change after the end of the game." Momonga whispered to me.
I sighed and said. "What would Tabula Smaragdina-san say to you now?"
"I don't know." Momonga put his head down as if he had done something really bad.
Then I talked to Momonga about what I have been doing since I arrived at this world, and Narbarel heard it too.
"So you and Nadia been working for those royal family until now?" Momonga wondered.
"Yeah, you could say that. But remember that I'm still loyal for the Guild and nothing else."
"Yeah, you're right. For now, let's rest and continue tomorrow." Momonga informed, and we agreed.
TO BE CONTINUED