AN: I do not own Touhou Project or Fire Emblem.
Now, anyone who's played fates and used Benny (Why wouldn't you he is the ultimate tank apart from Effie) will know that he's got quite a lot of feats to his name. The greatest of which is him versus ten thousand soldiers. Most are just rumors, but this chapter shows Benny at his finest. He's lost his father, he's supported Celsius and gave her a shoulder to cry on, and now he is the one who defends Nohr in the openings of the first war! Against who you may ask? Why you'll find out in just a moment.
But without further ado!
Let the Conquest begin!
Unit Roster
Benny (Finest hour)
Class: Knight
Skills: Natural Cover, Wary Fighter, Eclipse, Black Breaker (All Breaker skills) Lance faire
P.S: Fierce Mein
Inventory: Zelgius's Lance (+10 Str, +10 Def, +10 Res, Rng 1-3)
Chapter 2: Son of the Black Knight
BGM: Coming Demise – Fire Emblem Fates
Benny walked the halls of the border walls, soldiers passing him by, most staying away from him out of both fear of his looks, and a few out of sympathy since the news his father had died in combat. He had wanted to avoid his father's quarters for as long as possible since Garon and Celsius had left. But he knew he would have to return, he just hoped it wasn't soon.
Walking to his post on top of the walls he watched the land outside of Nohr, holding his lance high, yet his face was somber as he watched the world, a sense of foreboding almost creeping into him for some reason, he just didn't understand why.
Nearly a mile away a man in red armor sat atop his armored horse. It had been too long, and he a deal to fulfil, lest he fall back into death. An army stood behind him, emotionless and battle ready as the man in red, who had returned from the dead once before stood ready to conquer once more.
"It's been years since I made that deal… now I have no outs but going through with it." The man said, closing his eyes as his face hardened, gripping his axe tight, the red and blood stained axe a memento of things long past, and of things to come. "I was once the villain, then a hero, and now I return to being the villain… And I am going to enjoy it." The man said a smirk on his face as he raised his axe.
"TO ARMS MEN!" The man yelled before pointing his axe at the border wall of Nohr. His men shot past him, weapons are the ready as those on the wall spotted the army.
"Everyone! Man the cannons! Man the ballistae! We've got incoming! A lot of incoming…" A solider started yelling before ringing a bell to alert the entire fort, other bells ringing along the border wall as Benny looked down at the army below. "Father… we need you now more than ever…" Benny muttered as he looked at the massive army heading for the gate of the fort.
Running down the stairs of the fort Benny was running to get to the gate, he knew he had to try to hold the line. Like his father before him. As he was running he was about to pass his father's quarters, stopping for a moment before looking at the hallway and back at his quarters. 'Please father, tell me you've left something to help us.' Benny hoped, pushing open the door and looking at the empty quarters.
His eyes fell on the picture once more. Walking towards it he picked it up and looked around the room, he couldn't see anything that could help him defend the walls as he rubbed the picture with his hand before stopping, feeling something under the paper of the picture.
BGM: New Power – Fire Emblem Fates
Gently pulling the picture out of the frame Benny looked inside the tiny frame. A small key and a note hidden behind the picture. Pulling the key out and setting it on the desk he pulled out the note before opening it.
"Benny, if you are reading this, them I'm dead. I'll have forced my apprentice's hand to kill me to end the cycle of the Black Knight. I'm sorry but it has to be done, I could never bare forcing you to kill me, or having you force your own child to kill you. I'm sorry, for both you and my apprentice, for the grief and sadness you both must feel."
"To you, Benny, I leave you the key to my weapon safe, hidden behind the cabinet, inside you'll find something I made many years ago, it's yours now, use it well. And to my apprentice, I leave them my sword. I knew it from the moment we spared that she would be the one to end it. Tell her not to feel grief, or pain. I wanted this, I wanted her help ending the legacy of bloodshed."
"Both of you I can tell are my prides and my joys. For the things I have done with you my son, and the experiences I'll have shared with my apprentice. And for that I thank both of you. You two are the legacy of not the Black Knight, but of me. I was General Zelgius the Brave, and now I pass on, into oblivion."
"Father…" Benny said gruffly clutching the note before placing it back on the desk and taking up the key. Now was not the time for tears. He had a country to save. Push away the cabinet Benny looked at the safe before putting the key in and turning it, pulling the safe open and looking inside.
Inside was a simple spear, nothing that seemed out of the ordinary about it as Benny grabbed it. "You are with me father… give me the strength to protect our country." Benny said quietly as he left his father's quarters, leaving the door open as he grabbed his shield on the way out before walking towards the gate.
The doors of the gate were closed, but Benny pushed them open by himself, throwing the gate open as the army was charging towards the gate, emotionless and like a wave of force. Standing tall and with his shield and his father's spear Benny closed his eyes before breathing in and letting go. Opening his eyes, they were filled with determination and strength, the will to live up and surpass his father. "If you all want to invade my country; you will have to get through me." Benny said quietly as the first soldiers approached him to attack.
BGM: Stalwarts Unite- Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
The first soldier ran at Benny, already swinging his lance when benny raised his shield, deflecting the blow before stabbing the man through with his father's lance, killing him in a single blow and sending the man flying backwards as soldiers actually stopped moving upon seeing it happen.
"Do you dare face me now!" Benny yelled, the soldiers shifting for a moment before trying to charge Benny with sheer numbers. Benny had already raised his shield once more before swinging his father's lance horizontally, knocking several soldiers flying from the sheer force as he blocked an axe swing from a fighter before spinning his lance and running it straight through the axe fighter… and the three guys behind him as well before pulling it out.
Bodies started piling up and flying as Benny held the line, Nohrian archers at the top of the wall mesmerized upon seeing the bodies flying as Benny held the one gate, like his father had many years before him. Yet here he was, facing down a force a ten times the size of the one his father had pushed back, and he was WINNING.
Archers from the enemy army tried firing at him from behind their allies, yet Benny just raised his shield, blocking the arrows before throwing his lance at them, impaling an archer before pulling the lance back by the chain he had wrapped around his arm, knocking several soldiers aside just from being hit by the lance.
Foolishly the soldiers kept coming, magic users, sword fighters, cavaliers, other knights, even a few mercenaries, but they were all knocked asunder as Benny forced his way out of the gate, standing just before it, holding his lance high.
Up on the hill the man in red armor watched as his forces were knocked aside like flies, being sent flying by something that was pushing them back. 'Ten thousand men and they can't even capture a single fort! Or do they have someone better than me…" The man thought. It was time he rid into battle himself.
For hours Benny fought long and hard, never resting as soldiers from the walls all lined up behind him, cheering him on and troubadours kept trying to heal him with physic staves, but found themselves unable to for one simple fact. He had yet to take more than scratches on his armor and shield.
Several times throughout the battle Benny's lance had glowed with what the soldiers thought was Luna, but they were wrong. It was as skill from his father, Eclipse, which made Luna look like nothing. "I am the son of General Zelgius! And just as he has done before me! I SHALL HOLD THE LINE!" Benny yelled as more soldiers tried to charge him, only to get knocked away like flies as the man in red armor slowly approached, watching from atop his horse at the one knight that was single handedly handing his army their collective asses.
Slowly the numbers of living soldiers dwindled to a mere tenth of their former number the man in red stared at the knight, taking in his gruff features and stern demeanor. The lance he held was practically ordinary in every way, there just didn't seem to be anything special about this one knight apart from something he had heard him yell.
'General Zelgius… I'll have to find out who that is.' The man thought before clutching his axe tight. His soldiers had failed him, and once they all fell it would be his turn to engage this… monster of a warrior.
Within minutes the numbers of his once great army had dwindled to a mere hundred, only a fraction of the forces he had started with before this one knight had taken to the battle field. "Everyone! Retreat! I'll cover your escape." The man commanded, his forces finally running away from their suicidal charge as the man in red rode up to before Benny.
"Who are you that commands this army to invade Nohr!" Benny yelled, adrenaline flowing through him as the man in red scoffed. "I am Walhart, the conquer, and I shall do what my army has failed to." Walhart proclaimed, ridding up the Benny with Wolf Berg in hand, the demonic looking axe already swinging as Walhart rode up to Benny.
Benny jumped out of the way of Walhart's swing before spinning his father's lance in hand, the lance glowing with Eclipse's power as Benny proclaimed something that Walhart would soon learn was something many were willing to fight for. "FOR THE GLORY OF NOHR!" Benny yelled, swinging his father's lance hard and fast at Walhart's horse.
Walhart's horse jumped out of the way, only for the lance to extend on it's change and stab straight into his horse's stomach. Walhart jumped off his horse as it fell over, dead. Walhart growled as he looked at the one soldier that had fended off an army of ten thousand men, and had just killed his horse. "Who are you!" Walhart yelled, pointing his axe at Benny as the gruff man stood tall and proud.
"I am Benny, son of General Zelgius, who once held this fort against a thousand men! And I shall continue to do my father proud no matter how many forces you bring Walhart!" Benny proclaimed, pointing his father's lance at the would be conquer. 'That is the last time I send in anything but the best of my troops first.' Walhart thought as he raised his hand, glowing red with power before slamming it into the ground.
From the ground burst another horse covered in red armor, it's eyes glowing red as Walhart mounted the steed from below. "I will return Benny, mark my words, and it will be with an army of a million men." Walhart proclaimed before his horse reared up and started riding away, Walhart riding away as Benny dropped his lance in relief. "That was tough." He said quietly as the soldiers of the border guard cheered behind him. "It isn't over you all, he'll return again, I'm sure of it. Now do your general proud and get back to training, we'll need everyone ready for when he returns!" Benny commanded, acting like his father as the soldiers all saluted before heading off to the training grounds as benny looked at his Father's lance. "Thank you… father." Benny said quietly.
(Stage Clear)
Unit Roster
Benny
Class: Knight
Skills: Eclipse, Natural Cover, Defense +2
P.S: Fierce Mien
Inventory: Zelgius's Spear (Worn) (Str +2, Def+2, Res+2, range 1-2)
AN: Yeah it's extremely short, but it's meant as a prelude to things to come, so think of it more as a Gaiden chapter that plays a role in the story. It sets up our main villain for the arc, Walhart, yes THAT Walhart. I always found it odd how he just came back to life after CLEARLY being killing, so I made a little retcon. He made a deal with a devil, and the deal was life in return for conquering Nohr. But who did he make a deal with? I bet most of you know if you've played Fates.
Also, this was Benny's finest hour, his ultimate act. So yes while in game he is a normal unit, this 'Gaiden' chapter shows his resolve, behind his gentle heart hides the soul of a lion, and the power of the Black Knight himself. Don't worry, Walhart is going to be back, in full force. After all next chapter shows us what two old friends have been up to out in the neutral lands.
