The first thing that registered in Noah's mind is the feeling of wood in his hand.
The form was extremely familiar to him, a Bow. Though there was something different with it. He had never felt a wood of this quality before. Without opening his eyes, all of his focus was on the touch of the weapon in his hands. For several seconds he marvelled at the feeling of the instrument he was holding.
Until he finally realized something was wrong.
Noah was a hunter of the highest order, although he wasn't quite revered the same way a hero would be in his world, he was still one of the strongest person living and thus had garnered quite the amount of fame.
Mainly negative fame.
Despite the fact that his strength was respected, he was too out of control for the liking of the multiple sovereignties still standing, those that hadn't fallen to the demons yet, and thus these powers made their ultimate goal to slander his name through the dirt, painting him as a ruthless individual that had too much blood on his hands.
Not that they were necessarily wrong to begin with, but they simply went an extra step further.
Magic existed in his world, the possibility of an unexpected situations was never out of the window, especially for someone as dangerous as him, meaning he had several enemies out there.
Yet, the last thing he remembered was simply eating a magical deer he had just killed for dinner, and the next thing that happens is him having a bow in his hand.
Noah abruptly opened his eyes as his body tensed under the feeling of danger. Nothing indicated such a situation, but the unknown was enough of a threat for the experienced hunter. He was met with near blinding light and a vaguely familiar architecture.
"Ugh..." the sound of people around him seemingly waking up told the hunter that he apparently wasn't the only one in this situation.
The first thing that came in his mind was summoning, even if he had no idea how was he summoned without his knowledge nor why he wasn't enchained yet.
By the time the three other weaklings – Noah had already judged so using his experience- were regained their cognitive capabilities, the sound of arrows flying through the air had already started.
While Noah quickly realized that he was without a quiver or arrows, he used one of his spell to create arrows with magic, and aimed at the character that he deemed the most dangerous.
The mages exhausted on the ground nor the soldiers overseeing the ritual had time to react to the hunter. Their leader was already impaled on the wall, an arrow through his skull that was slowly disappearing.
"Oh honourable heroes- "That one didn't have time to finish, he was the only mage that wasn't spent on the ritual, and was the strongest one, so he was the second target on Noah's list.
By the time the hunter shot two arrows, he realized a noticeable tug on his magic reserve, and deducted that whoever summoned him somehow reduced the amount of Mana he had. Even if he didn't know how it was possible, it didn't change his situation.
Noah continued to shoot arrows while the guards finally realized what was happening and brought up their shields, not that it defended them from the hunter's might.
The Bow Hero gradually retreated towards a window and quickly looked through it between two arrows and dodging the spell of a mage.
"Stop the Bow Hero! "said one mage noticing Noah's intentions.
But that wasn't enough, deciding he had enough Mana to survive the fall, he jumped through the window, never to be seen in the kingdom again.
The surviving guards and mages were stumped, both by the death of their comrades and by the absurdity of the situation. By the time the other heroes stood up, blood already flowed in the room.
The Spear Hero, not noticing the situation, and quite frankly mildly irritated by the lack of attention these unknown people that, in his opinion, took cosplaying in a fantasy setting too far, called them out. "Hey! Can somebody tell me what is going on? "
An arrest order was put on the Bow Hero immediately, simply because they couldn't pull out a kill order on one of the four person that was supposed to save their world. The King didn't understand how the other countries were already aware of the summoning, but after promising in the back of his mind to do a little cleaning of the people surrounding him in order to kill the spies, he concentrated on the matter at hands, the escape of the Bow Hero.
Aultray Melromarc the 32nd didn't know what went wrong. The summoning of heroes has never failed in this manner in the past before, or at least not from what he knew. The heroes were supposed to have knowledge of what their goal was and act accordingly. The heroes, except the Shield one, were supposed to help the people of this world, and at the same time be malleable enough so that the country they were summoned into could manipulate them.
The King obviously executed every person present in this room except the heroes to stop the information flow, but it was useless as he already received messengers from the other countries that carried near war threat due to his action, and the order to find the Bow Hero rapidly.
'Damned Ritual. ' thought the King before returning back to the throne room, where the remaining heroes were to be summoned soon.
He had one hell of a mess to correct.
Noah had already realized that the Bow he had wasn't exactly the most discreet weapon in the world, but he was quite pleased when he tried to hide the weapon with a basic spell that would make the bow invisible and the weapon just absorbed the spell.
Requirement met: [Invisible Bow (0/50) Unlocked – Base Power: 5 – Equip Bonus: Invisible weaponry (weak) (unmastered) – Proficiency: (0%)]
He had no idea what that whole thing was, but nonetheless the bow now went invisible without him having to use the spell. He had to experiment a bit with this weapon, having finally felt the numerous seals on it, he realized this bad boy was way stronger than it seemed to be at first glance.
Noah didn't doubt that the stunt he pulled would gather unwanted attention, since it seemed that the people he killed were apparently quite interested in him in the first place, and he was summoned in a castle.
He had to leave the country, or at least whatever town he was in, and he had to do so quickly. He bought the necessary equipment for a hunter before he was recognizable in the town and decided to leave for the nearest forest.
Although the moment he tried to buy two daggers as a safe alternative he realized that maybe he wasn't in such a good position to begin with.
The technological level of the country he was in told him that he was either in a different world altogether, or that he was summoned in one that was so behind it should have been erased by the other major power already, so as ridiculous as it sounds, he opted for the first option. Magic was truly a wonder.
His entry in a blacksmith shop, supposedly the best in the town, confirmed his doubts. No hot weapons, no guns, nothing of the sort. It was a complete medieval era.
"Hello there customer, can I help you? "called a tall man at the counter.
"I'm just looking at your products, I'm searching for two simple daggers and bows. Apparently you are one of the few merchant in this town to sell bows, surprisingly enough for a blacksmith. " answered Noah as he kept his eyes on the weaponry.
"Ah… yes, although not as popular as other weapons, bows are still bought enough to make some profit out of it, and since there was no competition I decided to use that opportunity to widen my range of products. For the daggers what length would be preferable? " the tall blacksmith said as he pointed at his bow armoury.
"Uhm… What about a third of a meter? " said Noah whole going through the bows, analysing each of them.
The Legendary Bow, a lacking name for a weapon of its calibre, could actually give precise information over a variety of stuff. An aspect that Noah would not hesitate to abuse.
On the other hand, the weapon copy ability that the Legendary Bow had was even more of a cheat for the hunter. Although it seemed like he was looking through the numerous bows in the shop, he was actually copying each of them.
'There isn't a better feeling than ripping people off. ' chuckled Noah in his mind, while complaining about the overpricing weaponry in this smithy, even though he wasn't buying anything.
[Weapon copy – complete: Acacia Bow (0/10) - Base Power: 12 – Equip Bonus: None (unmastered) – Proficiency: (0%)]
[Weapon copy – complete: Redwood Bow (0/10) - Base Power: 11 – Equip Bonus: None (unmastered) – Proficiency: (0%)]
[Weapon copy – complete: Oliwand Bow (0/10) - Base Power: 9 – Equip Bonus: Pure Magical Damage (weak) (unmastered) – Proficiency: (0%)]
[Weapon copy – complete: Griffin Bow (0/10) - Base Power: 19 – Equip Bonus: Air Damage (medium) (unmastered) – Proficiency: (0%)]
'They have magical weapons in here? Interesting. ' Thought Noah. In his previous world, magical weapons were scarce, no matter the grade so he was surprised to find some in a relatively small shop.
He finished copying every bow here when he turned around to face the smith. " Uhm… What is a meter? We don't use that measure around here that's for sure. " Said the smith.
"Never mind, just show me the daggers I'll choose from there. " Said Noah.
"Well… "started the smith as he gestured towards the part where daggers and sword were. "Here are the normal ones, nothing too expensive, but they get the job done. There is every length possible so you'll find yours. If you want a magical dagger, I'll just show you the ones I have in the back. "
Noah walked towards the dagger before picking up one that approximately matched his perfect length, but the moment he fully held the weapon, he felt an electric pulse pass in his hand. It forced him to let go of the dagger that fell to the ground as he held his hand in pain. It wasn't unbearable, but he still didn't know what happened until his vision was covered by a message from whatever system was monitoring him.
Legendary Weapon Rule Violation: Contact With Unauthorized Weapon
A Hero Cannot Fight With Anything Other Than The Legendary Weapon In His Possession
'… shit'