As louis, Melia and I headed out of the castle and into the busy and bustling street. The crowded street reminded me of Tokyo during my visits as I weaved my way through the people while I followed Melia with louis trotting behind me.
There where so many people enjoying themselves even with the threat of the waves hanging over their heads like the sword of Damocles, that it both…confused me and made me happy and I couldn't explain it.
We then came to a stop, snapping me out of my thoughts as Melia turned to Louis and I as she presented us to a shop with a red banner to one side of the door and a green sign on the other with a needle etched into the wood.
"This place makes really fine clothing for casual wear and combat purpose, and a bit of a warning, the woman that runs the shop can be a…bit…overbearing." Melia admitted as we enter the shop, to see different materials all over the place neatly organised with mannequin torsos with dresses and other clothing, giving off a passionate and professional feeling.
"Hello, Taylor, are you around?" Melia called out and we heard some noise in what I presume to be the backroom with a yell of "I'll be out in a second darling!" and a loud crash was heard, causing the three of us to rush into the backroom to see a woman with grey-brown hair and amber coloured eyes with a brown apron over a pink jumper.
"Ah, Melia darling! It's good to see you again!" the brunette yelled out as she got up and hugged the violet-haired woman who squeaked for a second before giving a hug back to the brunette for a bit before separating.
"It's good to see you Taylor, it really is." Melia said as she introduced Louis and I to her friend.
"Taylor, this is Louis Kaine, a priest of some sorts and Thomas Anders, the spear hero that was summoned yesterday." I gave a two-finger salute with my other hand in my pocket while Louis bows in respect.
"Ah, Melia darling, I take it that you are here for business?" Taylor asked Melia with the violet-haired nodding her head.
"I am. The spear hero needs to be properly fitted to fight the waves, and you are the right person to do the job with basic layers." And with that, Taylor promptly grabbed my forearm and lead me to a changing room.
"Alrighty Darling, first things first, I need you to strip off your jacket and shirt." Taylor asked me as I knew better than anyone to question a professional's direction. I then slipped off my blazer and took of my shirt, causing Taylor to quickly blush before shaking her head and grabbed a length of sewing tape and measured my body.
"Hmm…let's see…broad shoulders with toned arms…a slim physique with narrow hips…" Taylor muttered as she worked as she measured my body before going to an open notebook and writing something down before returning to work. After about five minutes, Taylor had finished measuring and headed toward the backroom and grabbing something before returning to me with a medium roll of black material.
"This material is great for making clothing for adventures as it's resilient to the elements and can withstand basic spells and basic weapons and has a neat feature of self-warming and self-cooling for when you journey to either a really hot place or a really cold place." Holy shit, this sounds amazing.
Thank you, Melia.
"So then, darling. How would you like it?" Taylor asked me as I thought about a style, it then struck me.
"I think I would like the garment to be sleeveless and to cover most of my neck but leave the front of it exposed…" I rattle off my ideas to Taylor who nods her head and furiously writes into her notebook.
After about two hours, Taylor had gotten my outfit ready and I paid her, I went into the changing room and stripped off my blue and red suit and changed into a slim, sleeveless shirt that covered my neck, dark grey gloves with metal bands around the wrist, grey pants tucked into grey boots.
"Anyways, thanks for the clothes, Taylor." I told the tailor as I held out my hand and my spear materialised into my hand and holstering the bladed stick onto my back and allowing myself to feel the warm comfort of the ruby red gem.
"Anytime darling, and remember, my door is always open." Taylor told me and went back to the backroom, but not before giving us a little wave.
I turned towards Louis and Melia, who nodded, and the violet haired girl lead the way once more. While we walked to the next destination, which was an apothecary shop.
When we got there, we where greeted by an old man with grey hair wearing a pale green robe over a white shirt.
"Hello there, youngsters, looking for something in particular?" the old man asked us as I walked up to the counter while both Louis and Melia walked around the shop, looking at the items which included simple potions, status healing items and one reviving seed in the corner of the small shop.
"Were just looking for basic medical supplies." I said to the old man as he nodded and gave me a list of recommended medicines for beginning adventures like myself and my other two-party members.
After grabbing everything that we needed, we started to head out of town towards Melromarc fields.
When we got out to the fields, I took in the scenery, the bright green grass with the occasional tree and the endless blue sky that would be a great location to take photos.
Man, I wish I had my camera with me at the moment.
Louis, Melia and I walked around the fields, collecting anything that could be sold or something that might be able to upgrade my spear.
While walking around, I heard the grass rustling as I made a motion, allowing my spear to materialise into my hand and got into a position while Louis unsheathed his sword while giving off a quick prayer, Melia grabbed her staff from her hip which extended to full length.
I saw these red arrow-like markings pointing below to something in the grass, which seemed like an orange balloon with pure white eyes and a jagged mouth.
"Thomas, these are balloons, weak monsters, but they compensate with aggression and numbers, but a well-placed hit with any weapon should kill them out right." Melia told me as I nodded at her words as the balloon-like monster popped out from the grass as it rushed towards me.
I took a step forward while giving a quick jab of my spear, causing the balloon to burst, giving me around 1 to 4 EXP. I quickly turned around to the sound of growling, seeing about four more balloons, a grin made its way to my face.
"Give me a good time, ya hear me!" I yelled out as I rushed towards the group while giving a broad swing of my spear, killing about two of the balloons with another one rushed towards me as I brought up my spear then slashed diagonally, causing the orange monster to pop then lunging towards the last one, thrusting the bladed stick in-between the monsters eyes, causing the monster to look shocked for half a second before bursting.
I turned towards Louis who was swinging his sword and countering with expert-like positioning, as if he where dancing to a tune.
"Mazio!" I heard the sole female of my group yell out as a weak lightning bolt came from the top of her staff, then hitting a small group of three balloons, causing them to explode with a satisfying pop.
After about two hours of collecting materials and slaughtering weak balloons, we reached to a tree to take a quick rest.
"Man, I enjoyed that." I told my group as they were going through the materials of the thing we have collected.
"I do have to agree with you, Thomas. defeating monsters that threaten the livelihood of any person, whenever they are Demi-human or not is a great feeling." Melia replied as she gave me a shred of balloon skin as I accepted the shred and held it towards my spear, causing the material to be absorbed, giving said weapon a new form and some stat bonuses.
Hmm, this could be very beneficiary as if what the manual said is indeed true, the multiple forms many stat buffs can carry over. A grin that was threating to split my face in two etched onto my face, giving both Louis and Melia a creeped-out feeling.
"Excuse me Thomas, I think that you're starting to enjoy fighting a bit too much." Louis told me in a hesitant tone, snapping me out of my blood-thirsty thoughts, I gave an apologetic look to Louis.
"Ah shit. Sorry 'bout that Louis." I said to the young priest who only smiled and took in a breath.
"No need to apologise like that Thomas, about three members of my family are blood-thirsty like yourself. But mainly my eldest sister was the most blood-thirsty out of my siblings and she was scary when she got angry." Louis told me as he shuddered at what I presume to be bad memories.
I only nodded at Louis as I went over to Melia who was checking our supplies.
"Hay Melia." I called out to the spellcaster as her head sprung up before taking a deep breath, then turned towards me.
"Hello Thomas, did you unlock a new form for your spear?" the violet-haired woman asked while looking at the supplies before moving onto the scraps of balloon skin.
"Yeah, I unlocked a new form for Krishna, a simple orange spear that gives about two points to attack." I stated as I went through the scraps and counted each scrap, seeing how many I had gotten, which resulted in about nineteen balloon fragments all together.
Melia stopped for a moment, took a deep breath before asking, "I take it that your spear's name is now 'Krishna'?" I nodded at her words as I explained the origin of the name 'Krishna'.
She nodded at my explanation, before a question popped into my head.
"Hey Melia. How much do these balloon fragments sell for?" I asked the violet haired woman who went quiet for a second before answering.
"I believe that a fragment will sell for about one bronze coin." Melia told me as she got up and dusted herself off and headed towards Louis who was clutching his golden cross, muttering a prayer of some sorts.
"Louis, were heading back to town to sell the items we had gotten from the balloon fragments and to grab something to eat." I told the priest who nodded his head, packed up his things and walked along my side with Melia.
The day has been great so far. I've received base lairs, gave my spear its new name in the form of Krishna, and we got some fighting done.
AN: And that's the fourth chapter of my Dragoon hero story, hope ya guys like it.
Also, this was my first fight scene, hopefully, I didn't screw it up.
Also, the spells Melia are going to use are mostly from Shin Megami Sensei IV apocalypse
Anyways, as I had previously stated, The rising of the shield hero doesn't belong to me, only my characters belong to me.
Anyways, see ya next update.
