So. Are you ready for the next chapter of this disgusting fanfic with a self-insert Mary Sue, horrible grammar, and OOC characters? Too bad because it is coming anyway! I like writing and I'm still writing this garbage so you all have to suffer. But fear not, for I also fear despair as well. Anyway, let's get on with the torture.


Chapter Thirty One: Fractured Harbors and Rebels

So this is it. We've finally made it to Valm's shores. In front of us is a harbor armed to the teeth with trained soldiers and fortified like crazy. I didn't think we would make it this far, especially with that giant navy we had to fight. Well, what that assault team had to fight. All I did was save some Soldier from burning alive. But, I would have gotten a permanent limp if I had went with the assault team. At least that is what Lucina thought so. I thought I would have gotten a limp from those burning boards if it wasn't for that Soldier's quick thinking.

Anyway, I'm standing on deck next to Anna as we and the rest of the Shepherds gaze on the harbor. It's going to be a tough battle taking this harbor, but I think we can do it. We've been in worse situations before and we usually came out on top. We'll win this upcoming battle, like the last one. After all, we got the Robins as our masterminds! No one can match their skills! I dare those damn Valmese tin-hats to come and take us down! We'll send them back to their mothers, crying like babies!

"At last, Valm Harbor." Chrom says out loud, gazing on the harbor along with the rest of us. "Hmm... It appears well fortified... Prepare the troops. We'll— Huh? What's that?" Chrom squints at something in the distance, making me squint as well so I know what he is looking at. I think I see what appears to be a female Swordmaster, dressed in this weird purple armor, getting chased down by some Valmese soldiers. Oh snap! I think that woman just sliced one of those soldiers' chest open with her sword!

"An altercation? That woman—the Valmese dogs are running her down." Frederick says, pointing to more enemy soldiers joining the chase to capture the woman.

"Well what are we waiting for?" I ask, drawing my sword and pointing it at the woman. "Any enemy of theirs is a friend of ours. Let's go save her!" It makes sense. After all, she could be one of the locals and she could help us in the war by aiding our navigation through the land, telling us which cities are easy to take, and other important things.

"Aiden's right." Chrom says, gesturing the Shepherds to get ready for combat. "Come on. Let's go save our new ally!" With that order, we begin to prepare a smaller ship to sail to the shore.

As we prepare, Anna asks me "What do you think about Valm, handsome?" I bet she's going to try and find a business deal here. She's always ready to do stuff for more money. Well from what I've heard, I think Anna will be in for a bad surprise.

"Besides that we are at war with it, I think you'll find not a lot of deals here while Valm is under this emperor. It sounds like he has a monopoly in every market." I say to her while helping the others ready the ship.

"So we have another reason to go to war then! To liberate the oppressed markets from the emperor's totalitarian control on them! Capitalism for the win!" Sometimes I don't understand my wife. She throws around these weird words that just confuse me. But, I think she is more committed to fighting our enemies now. Which is good. Well, I think it's good at the very least.

Anyway, after a few more minutes of getting ready; the Shepherds and I set off to save our new ally. As we sail towards the shore, I see our friendly Swordmaster get cornered by some Valmese Knights. She's going to need some serious help seeing how she's going to have to fight those Knights. In fact, I think this is going to be a tough battle as I see a lot of Valmese soldiers swarm all over the harbor.

We land on the beach and immediately get out of the ship and into battle formation as six Valmese soldiers: two Knights, two Cavaliers, One General, and One Dark Knight; come charging towards us. The Cavaliers make it to us first but don't last long as Frederick, and this one Knight in white armor that suddenly appeared take them down with one good thrust of their lances. I roll to the side as a bolt of lightning comes crashing down from the sky, created from the Dark Knight's magic. I charge forward, dodging another bolt, and topple the Dark Knight from his horse; actually killing him with a quick stab to the temple.

I turn and see the Knights getting hammered by Vaike and Anna, my wife darting between their defenses with quick stabs while Teach just hits them really hard with his axe. Meanwhile, the General is being dealt with thanks to Henry and… Olivia? When did she learn how to use a sword? A ton of stuff must have happened while Anna and I were gone. Anyway, I join the others as they begin to push into the harbor itself; cutting their way through the enemy. While that is happening, our navy begins to close in on the harbor with our soldiers readying themselves for a battle.

I somehow manage to find myself at Chrom's side as we fight another Cavalier. Is Valm's armor composed of mainly Cavaliers and Knights? It seems like it to be honest. Anyway, I stab the horse's belly; making it throw off its rider as it dies. As the Cavaliers lays stunned on the ground, Chrom rushes in and decapitates the man with a heavy swing. He then dodges to the side as another Cavalier comes charging in, his weapon almost hitting Chrom. I am about to attack when Lucina jumps in and kills the Cavalier, making the horse flee in terror.

"That was my kill!" I complain out loud before I am forced on the defensive thanks to an attacking General while Lucina is forced to fight another Cavalier. I hate Generals. Their tough nuts to crack and they dish out some pretty serious wounds. I'll have to be careful with in this fight. I dodge the enemy's stab and get in close. He can't hope to attack if I'm too close to him. I hit the General a few times, giving him a few good wounds, before my earlier statement gets shit on. The General swings his spear and hits me with the wood handle, making me instinctively grab it. With this, the General lifts me into the air and slams me into the ground.

I let out a groan as I lay dazed from the move, not really knowing that the General is rearing his spear back to skewer me. Thankfully, the General was too slow as Chrom comes back into the picture and slices the enemy's back wide open. The wounded General stumbles to turn around, but is sadly unable to as Lucina rushes in and stabs him in the chest. At this point, my dazed state is gone and I scramble to my feet.

"Are you okay Mr. Aid- I mean Aiden?" Lucina asks me as she looks around for an incoming enemies. By now, our navy had landed and our warriors are now swarming the harbor; helping the Shepherds take down the remaining Valmese soldiers.

"I'll be fine, kid." I say, dusting myself off before joining her. "Now let''s get to it! Let's kill us some Valmese bastards!" We then charge back into battle, crashing into an enemy group's flank while they fought Donny, Sully, and Lon'qu. With our flanking attack, we quickly decimate the group and continue on our warpath; now joined by the three other Shepherds.

"Long live the emperor! Death to all who oppose him!" I turn and see a Dark Knight, obviously the leader of the Valmese forces, kill a few of our warriors with some Arcfire. I bump Lucina's arm and gesture towards the Dark Knight, to which she nods and charges forth. I follow after her and we begin to attack the Dark Knight while dodging his magic. This guy and his horse has some skill as they are nimbly skipping around Lucina and I's attacks.

"Fools! You can't hope to defeat me, Farber! I am one of my glorious emperor's generals! My power is above you!" The Dark Knight, apparently called Farber, says as he casts a wall of fire that stop Lucina's attempted attack. I charge in, hoping to have better success, but I am forced to dodge out of the way as he casts some more Arcfire towards me. We got to beat this guy! If we beat him, the Valmese forces will have to either surrender or flee!

"Let's kill this fool!" I shout as I throw my sword into the air and run towards Farber. I hope Lucina knows what I'm doing! This can only really work with two people!

She looks up and nods at what I did, before rearing back and saying "Together!" She then rushes forward and slams the other Falchion into the horse. As the Dark Knight goes down, I propel myself up by using the dead horse and grab my falling blade. I flip around and slam my blade into Farber's collarbone, my sword sinking deep into his flesh.

"I may fall...but we are legion... You cannot stop...the Conqueror…" Farber whispers out before he goes limp, gone from this world. I rip my blade out of him and look at the remaining Valmese soldiers. It shouldn't be long before they retreat. Their commander is dead so they don't have any reason to stay here. But when a javelin is slammed into the ground next to me after being thrown by a Knight, I begin to think otherwise.

"Glory or death! For the Conqueror!" Yeah I don't think they're going to retreat any time soon. Looks like we are going to have to route these bastards completely for us to win the battle. I wonder what this Conqueror has done to inspire such courage in his men… Probably something for the legends, but history is written by the victors. I plan to be a victor over him.

Anyway, I step to the side as another lance comes flying towards me. I then charge forward and quickly overwhelm my opponent by cutting his jugular open. I brace myself and block a charging Cavalier's sword swing, which the impact of the strike forces me back a few steps. When he comes around for another attack, I duck under his next swipe and topple him from his stead. I quickly follow it up with a slash across his chest, killing the Valmese soldier.

I'm starting to breath rather heavily now. I'm not used to this long of a battle, nor how much fury these Valmese soldiers have. They just won't stop! Their general is dead, they are outnumbered, and they will die if they stay here. They're like the Risen with this tenacity! But, that just means I have to match them or I'll be the one going to the grave.

I go back into the battle and catch a Cavalier fighting Jack off guard. I quickly take out his horse and Jack takes his head. I then wildly slash behind me as another goddamn Knight comes charging up. My blade shatters his spear's handle and I finish him off with a stab to the neck. I look around for another enemy to fight, but I can't find any. I think they're all dead. I don't see anyone running away so they have to be dead.

"I think we're done, Jack." I say, wiping my blade clean from all of the blood on it.

Jack, breathing heavily from the battle, says "Indeed. I hate to imagine what will await us further into the campaign."

"Yeah. But I doubt that we're going to lose with your skills." Jack smiles at me and I smile back, glad to be alive and glad that I'm around friends. I could have died back when the Shepherds came to rescue that Ylisse village. Instead of dying though, I'm fighting alongside them. Fate's got a strange way of working, though the Robins would have to disagree with that concept.

Which I don't mind. I bet our bonds are strong enough to shatter Fate!


So. I bet you all enjoyed this chapter to some degree, despite being absolute torture. You all must be masochists for still being this far into the fanfic. I guess this makes me a sadist for writing this all for you. I… Don't know how to feel about this revelation. Makes me feel weird, not the good weird but the bad weird. I'm going to think about this later, probably in the shower. Anyway, go and read something better than this. Like the Records of the Valiant. It's a pretty good read.