I don's own rising of the shield hero or prototype.

As the morning sun shined in the room one figure could be seen.

He held a book on his hand. observing and memorizing it's contents.

Alex mercer had stayed up all night studying about melromarc and the world around him.

as he finished reading the book he closed it and put on the big pile of books next to him.

Having a body that constantly regenerates and has no need for sustenance or rest has it's benefits.

"So Melromarc is a matrilinear family." He said in amusement.

"It seems our king is no more than a child in a seat of power."

"And what more interesting is this." he said taking out a book from the pile.

'The great cardinal heroes' was the title of the book.

he opened the book and flipped to the shield section.

he would've read it's contents.

if there were any.

the pages were ripped and from the looks of it. only ones containing the shield. the only page of the shield that was left was the page that followed the spear's and had writing littered all over it.

"Scum"

"Demon"

"Scum-lover"

were a few of the words scribbled all over it.

"Atleast i was able to read some words off of it." Alex said

'the shield of the shield hero is arguably the most powerfull of the four cardinal weapons. as it is the most versatile and usefull of them all.' was the first part he could understand

"The shield can 'absorb' the powers of anything put in the crystal of it. and can replicate said aSCUM of absorbed objects"

was the second understandable part of the page with the word "Scum" written over the "abilities".

that was about all he understood before the insults filled the page

"seems i am not welcome here"

he said before taking his left hand off the table and moving it down.

then he rolled his sleeve revealing his bare wrist.

taking his right index finger and turning it into a claw.

he injected the claw in his wrist. then proceeded to slice it open

from the hole crawled hundreds of spider-like creatures.

these were known as crawlers. spiders that had been taken over by blacklight.

"Sneak around the castle and gather as much information as possible. and take one of the maids while there." he ordered as the spiders crawled under the door. through the cracks and out of the balcony onto the walls.

as the spiders crawled on the walls one entered the room under them.

there several maidens were preparing breakfast.

as the maidens finished the head maiden spoke.(i forgot what they're called)

"Im going to stay here and clean you go ahead and take the food" she said as she went to grab a broom. she was a woman of slightly above average height.beautifull long black hair and curvy body.and slightly visible bust.(this is important for later.im not a pervert. also 'visible bust' means her boobs were covered but their size was still visible. k?)

the crawlers snuck through the window and latched onto the ceiling waiting to attack.

the head maiden went to the fridge and opned it to go in and check what ingredients they were running low on

as one spider landed on her it slowly crept up her dress

The maid did not notice in the slightest the spider nearing her ear

until it got to her neck

"eww" she said as she slapped her neck to kill it

only to realise there were hundreds.

"Eep!" she shrieked trying to run away.

once she got to the kitchen door door she was stopped at the horrifying sight of even more spiders.

they covered the door from top to bottom not allowing her to escape

"Get away from me filthy pests!" she said as they surrounded while swatting them with the broom

only for it to be grabbed and for them encroach even more on her.

outside the room. only a silent scream was heard but only by those blessed with good ears.

the head maiden was covered in biomass. her mouth was sealed using said substance. rendering her incapable of calling out for help.

suddenly the door opened. revealing a second maiden. she was a young woman with beautifull golden hair and blue eyes.

"K-katia-san" she shouted. seeing the spiders nearing eber so quixkly

she tried to run as far as her legs take her.

which was nowhere, as her legs were trapped in biomass and her mouth was covered.

"hmmm hmm!" her muffled screams rang across the room

The creatures crawled over her body covering her from head to toe.

"hmm hmm" the head maiden shouted for her.

"HMMM HMMM!"

"HMMM hmmm"

"Hmmmm..." the blondette's muffled screams were silenced as the crawlers covered her.

suddenly. the creatures started backing away from her body. revealing her.

the head maiden layed on the floor. she panted heavily desperately trying to shove the biomass from her mouth using her toungue.

Surprisingly the blondette stood up.

Katia's(head maiden) eyes had started glowing in relief as she thought she was saved.

she was wrong.

finally the biomass on her mouth started to fall over revealing her mouth.

"Thank the heroes!" she exclaimed

"Eliza. help me!" she called to the blond Eliza

the aforementioned Eliza turned around to stare at the head maiden.

her movements creeped Katia.

they were more akin to that of a corpse. than a living being.

Eliza slowly made her way to katia.

as Katia stared into her eyes. she was creeped beyond belief. she hadn't noticed the crawlers backing away.

Eliza's eyes. they were dead

Eliza Slowly knelt down infront of Katia.

what she saw made prugatory look like heaven. she was a crawler slowly emerge from her ear.

it crawled all the way down her neck. to her shoulder. arm. forearm. then finally hand.

"Don't worry Katia-san" Eliza said.

"I was also scared when my little friends crawled up my ear."

"But i assure you. they mean no harm.they are master Alex's loyal friends"

Katia squirmed trying to run away.

"So stop squirming and let me put this in your ear" Eliza said creeping her hand near Katia's ear.

the crawler leapt from Eliza's hand and onto Katia's ear.

"NOOO" Katia screamed

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

Back in the hero dorm*

"Uughh morni- wait hold on. when the hell did you wake up?" Said Motoyasu exiting the room

"I just woke up" Replied Alex.

"Morning" Said Ren and Itsuki as they exited their rooms

"Did you legitametly sleep with your clothes still on" Asked Itsuki

"yes. since they accidently forgot to give me anything to sleep in" replied Mercer

Itsuki just nodded and sat on the couch with Ren

"the maids should be here any minute now" Alex said receiving nods from Ren and Itsuki

"Ooh are they ho-"

"I swear to god Motoyasu. one more fucking perverted line and ill force my blade down your throat" Said Ren as he pointed his sword at Motoyasu's throat

"jeez someone's woke up on the wrong side of the bed"

"Says the guy who wouldn't stop snoring last night" Replied Itsuki

"I don't snore"

"Yes you do"

"yes you do"

"yes you do"

"What makes you so sure?! for all we know mr. shield over here could have been the one snoring"

"The only sounds i heard from the shield were just him moving from this room leaving it. and coming back." Replied Ren

"By the way? where did this pile of books come from"

"I stayed up after you guys slept and went to the library" Replied Alex

"And you brought all of these?" asked motoyasu

"well you are a doctor" stated Itsuki

"i researched a bit about our shields and ill tell you the most important info i learned."

"First:sword" Alex said as Ren directed his attention towards him.

"your sword can use the abilities of anything it absorbs. like water and other elements. and turns them into a energy attack in the form of a slash that shoots out of your sword. it also has different effects and looks depending on what element or form it is in"

"Bow." Itsuki focused

"The bow of the bow hero can use monster abilities in the form of arrows and just like the sword, will change shapes and abilities depending on what form it is on"

"Spear" Motoyasu grinned thinking he got the coolest powers

"You piss on people"

"Pfft. ahahahaha Motoyasu *hysterical laughter* yo-you should have seen your face" Said Itsuki

"excuse me?!"

"that is legitametly what your spear does. it gathers beams of concentrated energy and shoots it out of the tip"

"WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH PISSING?!"

"Urine is concentrated waste in liquid form. next time. pay attention in biology class"

Motoyasu was now livid. he wanted to strangle Alex right here right now untill

Knock*knock*knock*

"Excuse our intrusion great cardinal heroes but we have brought breakfast" said the voice outside the door

"Ill open up for you ladies" Said mr.my-brain-is-a-dick

"thank you master spear hero" said the woman on the other side

she was a woman of above average height. with beautifull black hair and a slim figure.

behind her. a young maid with blond hair and blue eyes entered with a trolley.

both maids started putting the dishes on the table

"Hey why are there so many eggs and fish?" Asked Itsuki

"Oh last night the shield hero asked us to make him more eggs"

"and why is that shield Hero?" replied Motoyasu

"Well since i have a condition where my body requires a large and abnormal amount of protein and fat"

"That doesn't exi-" said Motoyasu

"are you a dietitian or a doctor perhaps?"

"N-no i study japanese literature"

"then shut that air wasting hole of yours"Alex said before digging into his eggs and fish

Snicker*

Snicker*

"Who are you laughing at?!"

"nothing. oh great spear hero" said Itsuki

"or should we say. oh greatly incompetent spear hero" replied Ren

"Fuck you"

" yeah i'd bet you want to do that to the maids huh" Said Alex

"That's it i will fucking murder you shield cu-" Said motoyasu before a hand abruptly held his neck

"you were saying?" Alex said tightening his grip on Moto Moto's neck

"Iughh am soghy"

"there. good boy" Alex said releasing Motoyasu from his grip

"*Snicker* good boy *snicker*" Itsuki said as he was trying to hold his laughter

after breakfast*

"now then great cardinal heroes." King melromarc said

"We have prepared party members for you.now normally you would pick party members. but under melromarc tradition. the party members choose which one of you they want to go with" said Aultcray as he waved his hand toward the members standing infron of him.

as all memebers chose their leader. the spear hero ended up with four members. who were coincidently all female

the bow hero got five.

and the sword got 4

leaving Alex with... no one

"oh? no one picked the shield hero?" the king said. grinning on the inside

"not jealous are you? i mean. who would pick someone as rude as you" said Motoyasu

"It's ok. i prefer to be alone. i work better alone anyways." Said Alex

"Oh don't pretend to not be jealous i know you're crying like a baby on the insi-"

"Spear hero. need i remind you that i picked you like a fucking paper clip five minutes ago?" Said Alex slowly lifting his hand

"N-no sir"

"Alright then. i will be leaving"

step*step*step*step*step*

Door closing*

"Did that guy just... leave?" Asked Motoyasu

"yes. yes he did" Replied Ren

"to leave without being dissmissed such rudene-" Said the king before being interrupted by Ren

"Trust me. your highness. that guy is more than ready to disrespect you and all who come after you if need be" he Said making Itsuki chuckle at remembeing what happened in the room

Outside the room*

Once Alex exited the room and made sure the door was closed behind him rhe two maids from before arrived and bowed respectdully to him.

"Never thought my 8-eyed boys chose you two"

"Master Alex. we exist to serve you with our lives. give us our orders" said Eliza

"Make more and spread throughout the castle.gather Information and try to get to the parties of the other heroes. well. Motoyasu mainly.the other two are on friendly terms with me."

"Master Alex. one of ours has already infiltrated the Spear's party" Katia said

"Good. have her meet me at midnight"

"Yes. master" Katia Said before leaving taking Eliza with her

"let's see how this will play out" he said as he started giggling while walking out

(AN: im telling you right now. idk wtf im doing nor do i know what the fuck to do. so yeah)