And here's a second chapter today
I don't own Fire Emblem
Grima P.O.V.
"And that should be everything, master," Validar states as he finishes the explanation. It's a good plan, for being concocted by a human, but it succeeds, so I'll see it through.
"Alright, continue as scheduled until I say otherwise," I order.
"As you command," Validar complies.
"Now I need a place to work and tome supplies," I command and the insect scurries off to fulfill my request.
After fulfilling my orders, I had Validar leave in order for me to work in peace.
I take the quill and start inscribing magic words and symbols to the blank tomes. I have only briefly studied the art of making tomes, but as a master of dark magic, I know enough to make some dark tomes.
As I'm working, I am shocked of how easy it is. The necessary symbols and words seem to come to my mind as I need them.
After a while I finish my first tome, and then proceed to work on two more. The first tome I made was a replacement for my personal tome. The other two I inscribe with communication magic.
I still need to travel to Thebes to destroy the objects that allowed those children to travel through time. But I also need to keep the plans for my past self's awakening on track. So the simplest solution is to create a way to keep in touch with the Grimleal as I travel.
"Some are asking about you. What should I tell them?" Validar asks as he returns.
"You were smart not to run your mouth," I compliment and after thinking for a second decide on a response, "Simply tell them that I am an important Grimleal named Reflect."
"And if the elders ask? They won't believe that; to them you have come out of nowhere," the bug questions further.
"Kill them. They're unnecessary fools," I respond. "Also, what is the fastest method to reaching Regna Ferox?"
"Uh, I would say simply heading north by wyvern would be the fastest method, Master," Validar answers.
"Then prepare transportation and supplies for me," I order.
"Yes, Master. Please follow me," Validar replies.
"This is the supplies room. What do you need?" Validar asks.
"Father, there you are! What are you doing?" a Grimleal shouts as they run over. They have black hair and look familiar. Oh, right! Validar had another son besides my Avatar. Daraen, I think his name is.
"I'll get them myself," I say as I walk away to get tomes, gold, and some water as Validar and the failed avatar talk.
"Here's the wyvern keep," Validar states as we enter the stables full of wyverns.
It disgusts me.
Poor creatures; they used to be powerful sky dragons. However, degeneration had an unusual effect on their tribe, turning them into tamable animals rather than destructive monsters. I know that these are all descendants, so they were born like this, but it is still a terrible sight.
"Aw, Lord Fauder! How can I help you today?" a Grimleal asks, from his outfit I can see that they are likely the stable keep.
"It is Validar now. Grima themself has spoken to me and bestowed me a new name!" Validar exclaims to the Grimleal.
"That's amazing, sir!" the Grimleal states.
"We need your fastest wyvern," Validar informs the stable keep.
"Ah, it's right here sir," the keep replies. The wyvern mentioned is definitely a strong looking one. The wyvern has green scales and bright red eyes.
"The green variety is not as good in battle as the black variety, but they are faster," the stable keep explains.
"That's fine," I decide. I don't know how to fight on wyvern back; all I need it for is transportation.
"You heard her. Prepare this wyvern for travel," Validar orders the keeper. The keeper then runs around getting various supplies and a saddle. The keeper then opens gate and leads the wyvern outside and we follow.
"Here you go," I tell Validar as I hand him one of the communication tomes. "Contact me with this if there are any complications with the plan."
"Of course, Master," Validar says softly so that the keeper can't hear. I then walk over to the wyvern and mount it.
"Please take me north," I ask the wyvern in Dragon's Tongue. I have never ridden any mount before, but I'm hoping that the beast will respond to their ancient language.
It seem to work as the wyvern takes off from the ground and starts to fly away.
We've been flying north for a long time. The sun is actually starting to set and I notice that my wyvern is starting to tire out.
"Take us down. Time to rest," I inform the wyvern. The creature responds to my order and we start to descend.
We reach the ground and the wyvern seems to fall asleep immediately. I jump off it and observe our surroundings.
The desert of Plegia has only sand for miles. Very few creatures can survive out here with the little water available. Not to mention the extreme heat during the day and extreme cold during the night.
Lucky, both me and my companion are dragons, so we can survive the extreme temperature of this terrain. And we have plenty of water in our supplies.
I sit down next to the wyvern and close my eyes.
"Well, what do we have here?" I hear a person ask. I can't fall asleep and it seem that someone has approached us while I had my eyes closed.
I open my eyes and stand up. Looking around I notice that we are surrounded by brigands.
"So, you're awake. Hand over your goods and we might let you live," one of the brigands shouts as he holds his axe in a threatening manner.
It seems these bandits decided not to migrate to Ylisse and instead chose to continue to pillage the dessert. It's now going to be their biggest mistake.
I use my magic and call to my servants. And I feel them respond to my command.
"What the fell's going on!" I hear multiple bandits shout as my servants rise from the ground. The Risen, as the humans call them, are my faithful servants and obey my every command, even in my weakened state.
"Kill them all," I say. The Risen obey and engage in combat with the brigands. Some charge towards me and I pull out my new Arcfire tome.
I cast the fire magic and the flame charges toward the incoming enemy. Most catch aflame, but one able to dodge the fire and another survives the blaze. I quickly change my Arcfire tome for an Arcthunder one.
The one who dodged reaches me first and raises his axe to strike. I barely dodge the incoming attack. The steel slightly touches my skin. I retaliate immediately and blast the brigand away with lightning magic.
The second bandit, having recovered, moves in to attack with his sword in a straight strike. I avoid the attack and trip the man. I step on his back and pull out my bronze sword; I take the blade and stab him through the neck.
"Monster!" the final brigand shouts and charges straight at me with his axe raised. I simply charge my Arcthunder tome and zap the charging bug with lighting magic. He falls to the ground, dead.
With the battle now over, I dispel my Risen. I grab my sword and pull it out of the corpse's neck and sheath it. Oh, almost forgot. I summon some thanatophages and have them turn the dead humans into loyal Risen that I then dismiss.
With that all done I return to where I was sitting and close my eyes.
I feel the sunshine on my face and open my eyes. I walk over to my wyvern companion's face and start tapping it.
"Time to get up," I say. The wyvern wakes up and tries to bite me, but I moved my hand away before it could. I climb onto the wyvern's back.
"Continue North," I order and we take off. After a while I realize that the wyvern does not have a name, or at least not one I know.
"You know, I should give you a name. Do you have a name?" I asks the wyvern. The beast shakes it head no, I think. I brainstorm some names until I think of a good one.
"I'll call you Euden," I inform the wyvern after deciding on that name.
"Take us down there," I ask Euden. We have reached the border to Regna Ferox. Euden descends in front of the wall.
"I would like entry to your country!" I shout towards the wall.
"State your business!" a guard shouts back.
"A simple traveler wanting to observe the upcoming tournament!" I respond back.
"You may enter," the guard responds. It is a good thing that the fake 'Ylisse' attack on the board is happening today, and that news has not reached this part of the board yet. Otherwise it would have been much harder to enter the country.
"Let's go," I tell Euden, and we take off to travel to Thebes.
I hope you enjoyed both the new chapters.
And I'm sorry about not updating for two weeks.
I will be updating on Saturday again, so I'll see you all next week.
