A/N: Welp chapter 30... this is strange ain't it? you know the shtick but it doesn't matter I gotta say it as I feel you guys deserve it
thank you all of you I am not gonna pull up statistics as we all know this by now I do have one thing to state about this we are the 3rd if you sort by comments for Rising of the shield hero fandom so let's gooo! let's see if we can get to number one. Nah I am joking I just found that cool so again thanks
now onto the story stuff I am attempting stuff with P.O.V let me know how you like it
'I guess he isn't here yet weird you would think he would be the first one to arrive but I am not complaining if that creep isn't here' Naofumi thought while rubbing his wrist then the rest of arm while he couldn't feel the pain when it happened that didn't mean anything as it still showed his powerlessness Naofumi clenched his teeth at the thought of his lack of power in this world while he walked further into the room, standing side by side to the other heroes and of course even before he walked into The Thorne room he heard the voices of the always apparent audience but here walking to the other heroes they were louder, more apparent it felt like he was in one of those boxes that you always see in magic shows and each word that was spat out was a sword that stabbed the box or simply it just felt constricting it was all same noise too it was all the same opinion or insult never changing which Naofumi couldn't tell was worse while thinking of that Naofumi soon arrived and now he was standing near the other heroes and he and everyone now began to wait in silence…
It was what felt like an entirety later or more likely only an hour or two before Naofumi began to hear any sort of noise that wasn't the annoying voices of the audience which thankfully slowed down with their insults and complaints after a while most likely as they had used up everything they had against him but he did still hear an insult here or there but the noise he heard wasn't them it was instead the noise of heavy footsteps which then stopped and a knock came echoing throughout The Throne room, The King who seemed almost bored out of his mind answered
"Come in" and with that, the doors opened and with them, a group of 4 knights the one in the front had a red feather atop his helmet most likely a sign of his status in the hierarchy
The King looked at the knights that entered then a confused face appeared on his face
"Commander, Where is Sir Spear hero?"
The Commander bowed down onto his knee and answered the order
"I am Sorry Lord But we couldn't find him anywhere we even went to Lute and the area surrounding the area and still couldn't find him anywhere"
"I see. You are dismissed." The King said with an irritated tone
The King then faced Itsuki and Ren
"I am sorry for making you wait but I shall explain why I brought you all here, I was planning on handing to hand out a parting gift for you all as I knew that will be leaving for adventures soon so I wanted to catch you before you leave but it seems Motoyasu decided to leave early. I will have to give him his when he returns but I shall give yours" he said with a snap and with that 3 people came forward hold what seemed to be a stereotypical crystal ball
"I assume you know but these are crystal balls they will let you learn a magic spell instantly" he informed them as a person stood above Naofumi they then handed the crystal ball to Naofumi,
Naofumi was glad he dropped his egg in his Inn room which at first he didn't feel great about doing but now he was grateful as he wasn't for sure how he was gonna bring back this crystal ball to his room Naofumi then looked into the crystal ball wondering how to activate and as soon as he started to concentrate it happened…
Suddenly without warning information came blasting into his mind he learned how to feel the magic in the air and how to weave it to spell he then learned the chant and then… it stopped
Coming back to reality the crystal ball that was in his hand started to crack and then broke into tiny microscopic pieces that were blown away it was like it never existed and no one reacted to it doing that
"-now you are dismissed I will see you after the wave." The King spoke he seemed that he was talking to the other two heroes while he activated his crystal ball
Naofumi of course was confused but he shook himself out of it and started to leave the Throne room and started to walk back to the Inn as I had many things to do now
-Change Of P.O.V-
"Hey Itsuki, can I talk to you?" a voice said behind me turning around I saw Ren he had his typical blank face
"Yeah Ren what is up," I asked him my voice echoing off the stone of the castle passageway we just finished the meeting with the king we all split up after that
"Can I ask you some questions and confirm something with you?" He said his voice creepily changing tone going from monotone to sympathetic in an instant
"Uh Yeah sure" I answered
"Good, okay first question, is it just me or is Naofumi… kind of strange?" he asked me once again switching rapidly back to his monotone voice
"What?" I asked confused
"It's hard to explain but their actions I mean have you seen any of them?" he asked again
"No can you explain yourself more" I push further still not understanding what Ren was trying to say
"They act like a newb right?" He said slowly
I nodded
"But yet they have a Demi-Human avatar right?"
"Yeah but I am not understanding what you are trying to say"
"I am trying to say why" he stated plain as day but I was still not putting together what Ren was saying I think I was getting what he said but I wasn't for sure
"Why what?" I ask
"If they are what they appear to be which is a newb why do they have a demi-human avatar cause if they have a Demi-Human avatar in general that means 3 things" he stated
He then raised up a finger
"One they hacked the game to get access to that but then why?"
Then he raised a second
"Two somehow the game glitched and somehow they got that body but how did that glitch happen?"
And then he raised a third
"And Finally the third thing which I feel insane for even thinking but with all of the evidence it seems totally possible and I want to know your thoughts" and with that Ren told me something totally insane
-Change Of P.O.V-
I stabbed another…. I stabbed another….. I stabbed another….. I stabbed another
"Level 8 Reached" popped in front of my face I quickly swiped it away
I stabbed another… I stabbed another …. I stabbed another …. I stabbed another
I am a monster…. I stabbed another…. I stabbed another…. I stabbed another
I stopped I was out of breath Exhausted and cold but it was alright I deserve it
"Lord Motoyasu there is a town this way if you wanna stop and rest" Myne voice came forth she found me early I told her to go back to Naofumi I felt bad when I called her Nao-chan now after what I did, after telling Myne to head back to Naofumi as she would need the help more than me but she insisted so I let her stay with me
"You can go and rest I'll continue grinding," I told her as I stabbed another
"You sure Lord Motoyasu?" she asked
"Of course," I said as I stabbed another
I shall redeem myself… I stabbed another… I shall redeem myself
-Change Of P.O.V-
That isn't possible, why would they do that?" I asked Ren
"I am not sure but it makes sense doesn't it?" he said once again with a monotone almost bored tone
"Yeah with all the evidence it can be true but why?'
"Again I am not sure but if you find any more evidence let me know," Ren said turning around leaving
I stared at the seconded youngest of your group as he left
But some of his words were still ringing throughout my mind
"Isn't it possible that Naofumi is an NPC?" it was totally impossible but it still rang throughout my mind. I shook my head and started to walk to the Inn hoping sleep would get Ren's Ridiculous ideal out of my head after all if anyone was an NPC here it would be Ren with his weird expressions.
A/N(2):so I have to say good job to xered on the only person to guessing correctly I wasn't for sure if I wanted to reveal what Ren's 3rd theory was but sense it was the 30th chapter I deiced to do it I will admit the other theories were good and was tempted to change it to that but sense someone guessed it I deemed it not impossible to come up with reasons again Ren has that as a theory and he doesn't believe it 100% but still finds it one of the more likely one as reasons will begin to appear later but you can guess the reasons already other then that I don't think I have much more