Side Mission: Humiliate the Spear Hero
"Do it now Raphtalia!" Naofumi shouted.
With a war cry the demi-human thrusted the sword in her hands forward, steel met flesh as she sliced through the neck of the beast. The monster gave a pained and gurgled howl before finally toppling over dead. Easing up Naofumi walked towards the beast while holding a knife to cut a part of the beast. Meanwhile Sanmaru had just finished up her part – killing the beast's underlings.
Raphtalia stood still, she used her ears to listen to any noise that would tell her that there were more enemies coming. When nothing came to she eased up, walking up to Sanmaru she watched with rapt attention as the Jumper sliced a piece of the monster she had defeated.
Ever since the day she was bought the person that looked out for her was none other than Sanmaru Hachiko, when she asked about the why she simply responded with a sweet smile and left it at that, frankly speaking she didn't care what her motive was, one look from that smile even her animalistic instincts tell her that she had no other ulterior motives then to take care of her. Sanmaru acted as her temporary crutch throughout the whole month. Whenever she had a nightmare of her parents dying she was there to comfort her, she was also there to help her brave the two headed dog that awakened some her fears.
Aside from taking care of her she also trained her how to use a sword, initially she had used a short sword due to her weak physique but now that she gained more muscle and height from all the healthy food that she had been eating. When Naofumi noticed her rapid development, he went out of his way to buy her some proper equipment, a proper dress for fighting, a pair of lace-up boots, gloves and a leather breastplate. Whenever they had time the pair would train while her master would stay in the inn making health potions.
Speaking of potions, she was also shocked at the quality of potions that her master makes, it was strong enough to even kill the disease that was festering inside her ever since she became a slave, after that she resolved herself to serve under Naofumi with utmost loyalty. After curing her disease Sanmaru had also suggested to him to make potions and sell them to the local potion shop as a way to earn extra coins, suffice to say they had heavier pockets ever since he started selling the potions.
With their looting finished they left the area and made their way back to the kingdom to sell the items while completing a quest that they took, despite Naofumi's distaste. The false allegations still haven't left the city and the citizens still looked at him with disgust at this point though he didn't care – they didn't know what truly happened so why should he care about their biased opinions.
They walked back to the inn that they have been residing ever since he and the Jumper met, once in they made their way to the tables that served as the place where the residents ate their food. Sitting down on one of the tables they waited for the only waitress in the place to take their order.
"May I take your order?" she asked.
"I'll take what the chef recommends today," Sanmaru said.
"I have my usual and the kiddie meal for her," he said while pointing at the Tanuki demi-human.
"Mr. Naofumi, I'll have you know that I'm not a kid anymore!" she said while standing up from her seat, tail wagging in annoyance, frankly the Jumper found it cute. She gave a determined look at the waitress who flinched slightly. "I'll also have what Mr. Naofumi's will be eating,"
After giving a polite bow she walked away from the group and told the chef their orders. A few minutes passed with some idle conversations here and there mostly between Sanmaru and Raphtalia with Naofumi joining in every now and then. Their food finally arrived and they ate.
This monotonous cycle repeated itself as time passed. They would wake up, look for potential places to level up, after hours of fighting they would go home and sell the loot that they have gathered, they would have their dinner at the same inn with changing to eat at the bar every now and then. The only things that were changing were Raphtalia's skills in the sword and her appetite, much to her embarrassment. Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months, finally the day of reckoning finally arrived.
Six months later…
Naofumi looked outside of the perimeter of the kingdom's walls with a determined look. The sun has already reached its peak and was about to go to its descent not long after, on his sides were Raphtalia and Sanmaru. The reason for why they are here is due to the words that Sanmaru had said minutes prior.
"Mr. Naofumi, ready your shield. The First Wave is coming!"
When asked about the how all she said that she would reveal it later on. Not one to question her he ignorantly left it at that. He looked behind him to see the city living their normal lives, not one of them knowing what will be coming, heck even the guards were anything but active the one guarding the left side of the gate can attest to that what with his head constantly dipping down.
And he was supposed to defend this kingdom?
"It's almost time," Sanmaru said.
Again, he would have to ask her how she knows things, of course he could just chalk it up to it being a Jumper thing but at the same time he felt that it wasn't just that and that it was something more.
"Well, well, what do we have here,"
The voice alone was enough to boil the Shield Hero's blood as he tried to ignore the owner of that god-awful voice. Motoyatsu walked towards him with several of the girls that had joined his party ever since they had arrived in this world. Said man locked eyes with the Jumper then followed his eyes to the newest addition to the Shield Hero's team.
"What's this? I never thought you would stoop that low, Naofumi, to bring a child nonetheless!"
This seemed to strike a nerve at the demi-human and glared at the Spear Hero, "I'm not a child! I consider myself to be an adult,"
"If you are an adult then please do tell why you have joined this disgrace, why not join my side?" Motoyatsu said while raising his finger to point at Naofumi.
Naofumi didn't say anything but judging by how his fists clenched and how he trembled in rage, Sanmaru could tell that he was already reaching his peak… unfortunately, it won't be enough to unlock the Curse Series which could help him along his path of righteous revenge.
"And it seems that you still lack the chromosomes to register who's the dumbest one here right now," Sanmaru quipped.
Motoyatsu ignored her quip and walked up towards her and held both of her hands with his while looking at her with a very serious face that would've made most 'maidens' in this kingdom want his kids. "You will have to wait longer. I will soon find a way to remove the spell that he has casted upon you,"
From the looks of it and from the number of pheromones the man was secreting it was obvious that all he wanted from her was to be in between her chest or her legs, the look on his face told her that he expected her to blush, to look away from embarrassment or even just to stutter.
"Gross, keep those hypocritical hands off of mine," Sanmaru said while showing a scowl that rivalled that of [Kratos].
She swiftly took her hands off and began rubbing it on the marble that made up the castle's walls, this action seemed to make Motoyatsu flinch as his essence was practically being scraped on the rough surface of the marble.
This action seemed to calm the Shield Hero to the point that his lips curved upwards slightly, "Mr. Naofumi, let's leave this place. I already feel like throwing up whenever tall, blonde and ignorant is within a hundred metres from me,"
Too eager to leave their presence, they left only for the tall, blonde and ignorant to grab her hand. She sighed in complete annoyance, garnering the attention of both Raphtalia and Naofumi. When they were about to help her, she smiled at them causing them to freeze up.
Unknown to most, even in the Jumpers, 0008 rarely 'smiled'. The emotion only shows up if two prerequisites were met; one of them would be completing a contracted mission without even the slight hiccups – a perfect mission. On the other hand, there was that one smile that every Jumper became acquainted and knew her by.
She wasn't called the 'Scythe of Men' for nothing.
She turned her head at the idiot that was still clutching to her arm. His grin widened when he thought that she was finally swaying to his side. That grin will disappear, once it's gone, she's going to put it on a chest, lock said chest, throw the key inside a black hole, then drown the chest inside an active volcano. Motoyatsu was about to place another arm when all of a sudden it was stopped by one of her hands.
She muttered something under her breath that was not heard from everyone but was misheard only to the Spear Hero, "You want me to save you?!"
0008 looked up with the most sadistic smile, her once beautiful features now marred by the ever-darkening grin, "Only my boss would help you out of this now,"
Confusion overcame the Spear Hero only to be replaced when she shoved him away, with his footing off, 0008 moved in removing both the sword that was on her back and the dagger that was attached horizontally to her hip but she unsheathed them immediately as she thought of another way to embarrass the Spear Hero. She used the Core and accessed [Barry Allen]'s speed from [The Flash]. Time slowed down for her as the look on every girl's faces were one of shock, one of them was even unsheathing her weapons.
But she didn't care about them, they didn't do anything to her. Her main target of frustration is the blonde, thirsty teen in front of her. 'Walking' towards the frozen man she used her Core yet again to conjure up a SPAS-12 shotgun with rubber bullets. Once getting a good feel for the weapon she shot it in vital spots. Of course, she also shot that thing in between his legs, not once, not twice but three times.
Just to make sure she hits it, can't be too cautious.
Still moving too fast for anyone, she removed the shotgun and conjured up another weapon.
"Once held by the ruler or the underworld, it is now in the hand of the one who wanted nothing but to murder his father, whom was responsible for killing his child and beloved. This weapon takes away the souls of man, woman and animal, a ghost that hailed from the empire that bred the strongest warriors at the time, Sparta"
Core has completed the construction of [Claws of Hades – God of War 3]
She held her arms forward, admiring the weapon that killed the king of the underworld, chains with a sick purple aura wrapped around her forearms, the claws itself released an aura of millions of screams from its victims. She had a dark thought of just pulling Motoyatsu's soul then and there but held herself when she realized that he was still needed for Naofumi's motivation to unlock the Curse Series.
Maybe she'll do it after her client unlocks the Curse Series.
Still moving too fast for them to perceive what she's doing, she casually latched both claws on the Spear Hero's shoulders. With one tug an ethereal form similar to that of Motoyatsu's was pulled out of his body. She grinned sadistically as she casted a spell called [Bound Sword] from [Elder Scrolls V Skyrim]. An ethereal blade came from the depths of the void. Without any hesitation she slashed the weapon to the Spear Hero's soul over and over again until the blade expired and since it expires in two minutes, considering the fact that time still continues despite her moving extremely fast.
She had a lot of time
Everyone's eyes widened when all of a sudden Motoyatsu screamed in pain, and its not just any kind of pain, it was the pain of being tormented. What made it unsettling was the fact that Sanmaru was just standing in the same spot – glaring at him.
Motoyatsu on the other hand, felt like millions of blades just attacked him yet at the same time it didn't, the pain was so unbearable he felt like he got slashed with a blade, stabbed with said blade, impaled with said blade, disembowelled, bisected, decapitate, and everything else that's relating to extreme pain. He didn't move, instead he used the remaining of his energy to groan in pain.
Sanmaru finally got her emotions on hold, it was never good for Jumpers to show emotion in the middle of missions. Though she's pretty sure she'd done her buyer a service, with an uninterested look she brought her hand up while Motoyatsu was looking at her, she raised a middle finger and walked away.
To the others it might just be some gesture but to the Shield and Spear Hero, they knew completely what it means.
A/N: I'M BAAAAACK!
Terribly sorry for the long break, I sort of lost interest for a while but that's fine because I'm back! For those who are starting to lose hope, I'm here to reassure you that I won't be abandoning this story. Not by a longshot!
Now back to the story, yes, there will be chapters that are called 'Side Missions' its just mission for Sanmaru to do, it can be as simple as doing chores or even embarrassing one of the Heroes bar Naofumi. Think of this as nothing more than a filler; a way to build more character for the protagonist. Anyways with that out of the way, I'll go right into the reviews!
trangbui156: Thank you for your compliments and here's the newest chapter! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!
Shield Bro (February 17, 2019): I hope this chapter answers your first question on whether they're going to take care of Raphtalia. For the race?
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Just you wait! I'm going to make sure Motoyatsu will regret cheating in this race. Finally, for the last question… well… you're going to have to wait for the next chapter as it will answer that.
Shield Bro (February 18, 2019): Thank you, I sincerely believe that Erhard has the best interest for Naofumi. Again, I hope this answers your second question on whether Sanmaru will be a mentor figure for Raphtalia to follow.
ThelonewolfNT: Yeah, sorry about that I kind of forgot that they only have a month before the next wave starts. I have no excuse for this ignorance and will try to better myself in future chapters. Unfortunately, I will not be changing the whole 'six months before the next wave' as I have already used the reason why it will take six months – Raphtalia's training.
Yes, she is strong after being trained by Naofumi but then I thought to myself, wouldn't Sanmaru do better if she would be the one training her? Don't worry the next waves will now stick with the one month time limit.
Have a little Feith: Yes, in the animation series and the manga, Naofumi – after buying Raphtalia, was portrayed to be distant but that didn't mean he didn't care for her, after all at the time all he thought about was her becoming her 'sword' as he couldn't fight. After unlocking the Curse Series right after losing to Motoyatsu did he finally realized that she cared for him.
I'm very happy that you have given my story a chance I'm sorry if the summary was a little underwhelming. Hopefully the entire story would change your mind!
For Sanmaru's name… it was a spur in the moment when I was making it. I watched a YouTube video of a compilation of the anime 'Oregairu'. In one of the comments they mentioned the protagonist, Hachiman, as '8man', with 8 being Hachi in Japanese. Thinking like that I decided to google the Japanese for zero and I got is 'maru' and since she has 3 zeroes, I placed 'San' thus the name 'Sanmaru', with Hachi being the number 8.
But you're right, Hachi does sound like it's missing one more syllable. I'll correct them after posting this chapter.
Guest: Thanks for the compliment!
With all of that said and done I bid you all adieu!
Peace~
