HEY GUYS! I'M BACK WITH A NEW CHAPTER OF BRAVE FRONTIER: TALES OF THE ASSASSIN (GRAND GAIA)! I'M A LITTLE DISSAPOINTED THAT THIS STORY DOESN'T RECIEVES AS MUCH REVIEWS AS MY OTHER STORIES, BUT THAT IS WHAT'S MOTIVATING ME TO WRITE MORE OF THIS ONE! ANYWAYS THERE WAS AN INTERESTING REVIEW BY adistl ABOUT EVOLUTION. IT WILL BE EXPLAINED IN THIS CHAPTER, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. I'LL LEAVE A DETAILED EXPLINATION AND THE ENDIND A/N. SO... ENJOY!
Summon 4 - Egor Snowfield
"Brr... BRR!" Tilith shivered. Here she was waiting for Tatsumi to arrive to tell him about something important, but it seems that he either woke up late of is taking his sweet time to come here. Maybe she should start coming later if this was always going to happen.
"ACHOO!" She sneezed as she curse this climate. The low temperature always made her sick. She would sneeze all the time until she could go into a nice hot shower and then drinking some tea or even hot chocolate. Either of the two was fine, but she preferred tea.
"... Oh my, it's freezing" She muttered to no one. Even if this was the highest temperature this place could get, it was still to cold. Imagine herself in the middle of the snowfield? Never! She would freeze to death!
"Hey!" She noticed Tatsumi out in the far. He was wearing the same thing that he had at the Cave of Flames. But there is no time for that right now. "How dare you make a girl wait in such a cold place!"
Tatsumi's face, after hearing this, changed into a stoic one. 'Really...'. That simple yet understandable expression made it's way to his own face, telling Tilith something that she didn't persive... as always.
"Brr... It's to cold" Tilith, for the second time of the day, shivered because of the chilly wind that went through her body. She had to hold it. She couldn't just run away by a simple temperature change... But it was affecting her... badly.
"Aren't you cold by wearing those cloths at all?" Tatsumi looked at Tilith with a confused look until he remembered that she still doesn't know about his sword.
"Not really and besides... I have adapted to the cold" He reply with a small and simple smile that made the goddess's cheek to turn dusty pink, but he didn't noticed thinking that it was from the cold that she may have thanks to the cold.
"Anyways..." She fought the blush down as she looked for the map she had earlier at the cave. After finding it, she continued. "So, to get to the Tower of Mistral you'll need to cross Egor Snowfield and go through the forest... Then through the marsh, and then through the ruins..." She finished explaining to him as she marked the places they had to go through to get to the tower.
"It's far enough just imagining it, and that's before you even consider how extreme the weather can get!" Tilith explained a little bit of Grand Gaia atmospherical problems. Thank to how damaged Gran Gaia's atmosphere is, the weather could change from a blizzard into a heat wave in a matter of seconds.
"Oh really..." This piqued Tatsumi's interest. Maybe he could adapt to those climatic changes so that he may get some protection from being hurt. All he knew was that he was returning towards the Cave of Flames after this.
"Anyway, you've still got a long way to the tower..." Nodding, Tilith stated out making Tatsumi agree with her. "But be careful though. Enemies get stronger the closer you get to it. If you encounter an enemy you can't defeat, go and train for a bit before trying again" She worries about him. Not like a lover, but because she was his guide. She couldn't ignore him!
"Sure... Thanks" Tilith silently appreciated his thanks. She didn't spend a lot of time with other gods and goddesses, so hearing that her knowledge was appreciated was very welcoming. Until another chilly wind came through her making her shiver.
"ACHOO!" She sneezed once again. Ohhh, how she hated this place! She wanted to leave right away, but she can't not yet at least.
"Bless you"
"Thanks..."
They stared at each other. Both couldn't say anything else losing themselves into each other eyes.
Tilith saw his double colored eyes as hypnotic. His green human eye brought her calmness and protection, while his red draconic eye brought her fear and pain. But both eyes combined brought here hope. Hope for a future without pain.
Tatsumi, on the other hand, saw her eyes as flowers. Two blue flowers that had just bloomed and shined thanks to the moonlight that hit it.
Both turned away with blushes on there faces.
"Umm... Tatsumi" Tatsumi looked back at her. She was still trying to avoid his face, but he wouldn't say anything. He didn't want to see her at this moment either.
"What?"
"I forgot at the cave to tell you about the Sacred Phantoms of Gaia" Tilith said with her face looking at him. And if you got close enough, you could see a little blushed face.
"Huh?"
"The Sacred Phantoms of Gaia, or Nature Phantoms as we gods like to call them, are spiritual beings that live in Grand Gaia and Elgaia. They can bless a Unit you may have, giving him or her power. The spirit must like the Unit for them to give them it's blessing, so don't force them ok?" She stated. "They are also divided into different kind of phantoms like the nymphs, the spirits, the idols, the pots, and the totems. There are also some Phantoms that resemble treasure chests, but in reality are mimics. Be careful around them, if you aren't considered strong enough they won't be able to be opened, and if you force it can bring disaster" She finished informing Tatsumi of the Sacred Phantoms of Gaia.
"Wow..." He couldn't help but be impressed by this. Phantoms were more related to ghosts, but here they were more like idols.
"The gods have told stories of a totem that surpassed any totem ever and that gaining his blessing was near impossible, but if you got it you can consider yourself glorified" She stated out loud.
There was silence until-
"ARGH!" Tilith snapped. "I can't take this anymore! I'm going home!" Without thinking of disappearing, she turned towards the Cave of Flames and started to walk away.
"Ah, I almost forgot!" And just like that, she came rushing back to where she was. Tatsumi sweet dropped at Tilith's actions. Was she really that forgetful?
"It seems that a knight summoned by Maxwell has been creating chaos somewhere near the end of the snowfield. He seems to be quite strong. Take care!" Now Tilith thought of simply disappear and reappear on her house... And she did just that.
Tatsumi looked at the place that Tilith was and couldn't help but sigh. Her pink tints on her hair reminded him of Mine to much. Mine. How was she now? Last time he saw her she was at the Revolutionary Camp recovering from her mind exhaustion that cause her to go into a coma. He couldn't be thinking about his past, that was just that... his past. He focused on his present and his future.
He summons Selena and Shion for company. They were reliable in their own way, especially Shion.
Selena gave her summoner a bow as always and Shion just scoffed and turned around to see if he could start killing pitiful creatures.
"Shion..." The Unit looks at his summoner with a little glare that wasn't very noticeable. "You may kill the next horde of monsters on your own" Tatsumi didn't exactly like this, but Shion did... and it was the enemy. He had to show no emotion while dealing with them. This was kill or be killed.
Selena and Shion were shock to Tatsumi's words. But their shock changed, Selena adapted her stoic expression and Shion had a grin plastered on his face.
"Gladly..." Shion even did a mock bow, but he didn't care. Right now, all he cared for was to see the bodies of the enemies that he was going to massacre.
After that was said, they started walking forward. Shion was really happy to be able to vent off the disappointment that was the Cave of Flames.
Time Skip
They have walked for a few minutes and nothing, until something began to appear in front of them. It was a blue nymph! The nymph was in front of Selena and before any of them could move, the nymph moved it's wand that touched Selena, before fading away.
Nothing occurred for some seconds until Selena started to glow. Tatsumi and Shion closed their eyes. When opening them, they saw a slight change on Selena that in Tatsumi's opinion, made her look more beautiful.
"Wow..." Selena stared in shock at her new appearance. She couldn't believe that this has just happened. That nymph came out of nowhere and blessed her just like that.
"A Sacred Phantom..." Tatsumi muttered. He expected something more than this, but he wouldn't judge. If that little thing could hold that kind of power to make Units stronger, he didn't want to see if a Sacred Phantom blessed a human or a summoner.
"Is it possible at all?" Tatsumi thought.
"Hehehe..." Shion's grin grew wider. If a phantom were to bless him, he would change and grow stronger. He didn't want to miss that chance at all, but he felt that this kind of nymph wasn't suited for him. Maybe one darker!
They kept walking forward. Tatsumi wanted out of this place as soon as he could. The faster that he could go home, the faster he could plan to go back to the Cave of Flames to adapt to the heat and the fire that occasionally sprouted out of the rocks in the cave.
And his prayer was answer in a myriads of monsters that were lead by a blue haired woman that was holding a staff. Shion's grin widen at seeing his prey and without wasting time, he dashed right at them.
Shion didn't hesitate to hack and slash every single monster in sight. He was enjoying htis to much if his grin and laughs could be anything to go by.
Time Skip
To say that this was disappointing was saying a lot, but Shion was happy either way... He got to spill blood on the now redden snow.
After finding things to sell in the village, they found a group of pirates lead by a beard one. They had an open coffin that had a lot of Zel in it. Tatsumi's eyes widen at this. That money could help him with paying the food and things that he may need to buy for the house.
"Selena... please" And with a nod. She rushed at the distracted pirates. He noticed that her footwork was better than before. Maybe there was something else than just a power and an attire change.
Swift and precise slashes were made by Selena onto the unfortunate pirates. Not even a minute later, the pirates were dead and one by one began to disappear. Tatsumi and Shion approached Selena, and then the three went towards the treasure chest filled with Zel. After guarding the chest in his Soul World for the moment, the three went forward.
Time Skip
Tatsumi was now alone walking through the snowfield. He sent Selena and Shion back to the Soul World, saying that 'he could handle the knight alone that if he needed help he would call them'.
Now Tatsumi was in front of the spear wielding knight. Tatsumi scowled a bit a this. He knew that he wasn't the only person that may use a spear as a weapon but he felt insulted that a spearman was being controlled by a goddess to cause chaos.
"INCURSIO!" He didn't wait long to use his Teigu and don it. He summoned his own spear as the two began to slash at each other.
Tatsumi went for the stab at the knight, but the knight jumped back. Without waiting for the knight to capacitate, Tatsumi did an horizontal slash with Neutone that sent the knight a few feet away. Thanks to the armor the knight had, the attack was weakened a bit, but it still hurt him.
The spearman began his attack with wild slashes at Tatsumi who dodged and parried his attacks, but was caught off guard when the knight hit him with the end of his spear on his back. It was so strong that it sent Tatsumi sliding down the snow.
Tatsumi looked at the knight that was in front of him and then at the surrounding area. Icicles were all around the place. Snow kept falling down at them. And the wind kept it's chilly nature.
They both sprinted towards their foe with their weapon on hand. Both spear interlocked making both of them to lock at each others face for a bit. They jumped back to capacitate their movements, but rushed at each other just as fast.
Tatsumi slashed the knight at his ribcage. The knight cut Tatsumi's left knee. Tatsumi and the knight attacked each others back.
Both were on the floor thanks to the hit on the back. Tatsumi began to stand up slowly, but the knight was still on the snow.
"This is it!" Seeing his chance, Tatsumi ran at his fallen opponent with spear in hand. Although the knight stood up fast, he wasn't fast enough to dodge a stab to the chest from Neutone. His hands went and grabbed the spear, and to the surprise of Tatsumi, pulled himself towards the spear.
The knight let a handful of blood out of his mouth. The knight slowly moved his head to look at the armor clad Tatsumi.
"Ze... *COUGH* phu..." And with that, the knight Zephu died and disappeared.
Incursio left Tatsumi, and now you could see a widen eyed Tatsumi staring at the place where Zephu once was. He was told about the manipulation, but to regain consciousness after being barely dead and finished killing himself... was to much for Tatsumi.
But his expression then changed to one of anger. He will liberate this heroes one way or another! Even if that is the last thing that he may do!
A/N: YAY! ANOTHER CHAPTER DONE! NOW EXPLAINING A BIT MORE THE SACRED PHANTOMS IS A NAME THAT OCURRED TO ME SO THAT TATSUMI AND GANG DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT THEM. NOW EACH PHANTOM WILL DO THE SAME AS THE NYMPH DID HERE. AND WHEN THEY HAVE THE BLESSED POWER OF THE PHANTOM NEED, THE UNIT WILL EVOLVE. ALSO WHILE IN GAME YOU MAY NEED TO LOOK AGAIN FOR NYMPHS, SPIRITS, OR IDOLS, BUT HERE WITH ONLY ONE BLESSING IS ENOUGH TO HELP YOU EVOLVE LATER ON. EXAMPLE SELENA*4 WANTS TO EVOLVE INTO *5, IT WILL ONLY NEED A TOTEM TO EVOLVE HER SINCE SHE ALREADY HAS THE REMAINING BLESSINGS IN HER. ALSO DON'T FORGET TO TELL ME WHICH FIRE UNIT YOU GUYS WANT... IT WILL APPEAR ON NEXT CHAPTER! ANYWAYS... FAVORITE AND FOLLOW IF YOU LIKE THE STORY. DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW AND HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS NEXT TIME!
Zeckromizder out!
Summon 4.5 - Trials of Fire and Flames