Grandia 2.1 : The Re-Awakening
Chapter 1
It was one calm night when Ryudo came back to the continent of Silesia after spending the last year of his life training and perfecting his sword skills with Gatta. Right from landing at port in Cyrum he could tell that something was wrong as the townspeople were not nearly as cheery as he recalled leaving them one year prior. He could see the true look of fear in their faces, this didn't really phase him too much though as he was finally back and able to meet up with the whole troupe after so long. Ryudo wondered who he should go and see first, Roan seemed to be the obvious choice as he was right at the back of Cyrum and he could easily meet up with Tio when he was leaving anyway. With this in mind he headed through the bustling bazaar towards the castle. It was only at this point he realised that it would be a bit more tricky to get in than first thought considering that a royal was hardly going to leave the front door unguarded so to save time he thought about the secret passage that Roan had shown him before when he came to the kingdom. He sneakily slipped past the guard who was supposedly watching the boat , however the guard seemed to pre-occupied with the bazaar to be paying attention to it. It had been the first time in a while that Ryudo had felt truly alive since slaying Valmar one year ago, it felt nice to have the thrill of sneaking around again seeing as how monsters had became very scarce since Valmar had been defeated, as such Ryudo couldn't help but feel his skills had slipped since then but he tried not to let it bother him. As he stepped into the boat he noted that it was beginning to rain which was unusual for Cyrum as it always seemed so warm and pleasant here, all these small things were beginning to make Ryudo show a little concern about the town and the people in it. With this he pushed off and headed the boat round the back of the castle. As he suspected there was no guard at the back entrance as so few had ever entered via this entrance. Smiling he prised open the lid cover with the "Maken Valborg" , the sword which he received off his brother when he defeated him, apart from being a very strong sword , he kept it more as a keepsake to show the appropriate respect for his brother. Shaking images of his brother out of his head he slowly climbed down the ladder into the musty basement of the castle. Surveying his surroundings he noted the place hadn't changed at all , it was still dusty and looked as though it was still out of use. Picking a torch off the wall , he lit it and moved on in the piercing blackness. After about 10 minutes he had managed to reach the other side of the dungeon. There was a well lit clearing which signalled that he had made it to the end. It wasn't until he entered the light that he heard a strange clicking noise....a noise like....footsteps! Stunned Ryudo swung around and saw what had made the noise, a strange creature with strange sickle like claws and a large toothed jaw, all in all it must have been about 9 feet tall and barely was able to stand straight under the low ceiling. Ryudo had barely made these perceptions when the creature swung at him with its claw and swiped the torch out of his hand. This was like a reality check for Ryudo and he drew his brother's sword from his back. Ducking yet another swipe from it's menacing claws he drove the blade a good 2 feet into the creature's chest, apart from a light shriek the creature remained unharmed. A look of panic graced Ryudo's face and before he knew it the back of one of the claws drove him into a wall a good 15 feet away, it was at this point that he noticed the sword was still wedged in the creature and it was still advancing towards him at a steady pace. Remembering he still had the mana egg that Millenia had gave him he cast burn towards the creature even to slow it down. In no time his fireball was ready, with all his force he launched it towards the creature, which just as easily swatted it away. Ryudo hardly able to believe what he was seeing tried to devise a plan. After a moments hard thought he starting charging up a "Zap!" attack and prayed it would work. The creature was almost upon him when he let rip the attack. The creature let out a yelp and went rigid apart from the occasional twitch. Realising this as his chance he grabbed the sword from the creature's stomach and threw it into the air before calling out "Sky Dragon Slash" and slamming it blade first into the ground. The effect was instantaneous and the blinding flash of light caused the creature to disintegrate and vanish. Breathing a sigh of relief he spat at where the creature once stood and walked through the secret passage into the main hall of the castle. This place hadn't changed either apart from a few cutting scars graced the expensive looking walls. Looking confused he decided to hold off questioning it until he met Roan to find out just what was going on...
Chapter 1
It was one calm night when Ryudo came back to the continent of Silesia after spending the last year of his life training and perfecting his sword skills with Gatta. Right from landing at port in Cyrum he could tell that something was wrong as the townspeople were not nearly as cheery as he recalled leaving them one year prior. He could see the true look of fear in their faces, this didn't really phase him too much though as he was finally back and able to meet up with the whole troupe after so long. Ryudo wondered who he should go and see first, Roan seemed to be the obvious choice as he was right at the back of Cyrum and he could easily meet up with Tio when he was leaving anyway. With this in mind he headed through the bustling bazaar towards the castle. It was only at this point he realised that it would be a bit more tricky to get in than first thought considering that a royal was hardly going to leave the front door unguarded so to save time he thought about the secret passage that Roan had shown him before when he came to the kingdom. He sneakily slipped past the guard who was supposedly watching the boat , however the guard seemed to pre-occupied with the bazaar to be paying attention to it. It had been the first time in a while that Ryudo had felt truly alive since slaying Valmar one year ago, it felt nice to have the thrill of sneaking around again seeing as how monsters had became very scarce since Valmar had been defeated, as such Ryudo couldn't help but feel his skills had slipped since then but he tried not to let it bother him. As he stepped into the boat he noted that it was beginning to rain which was unusual for Cyrum as it always seemed so warm and pleasant here, all these small things were beginning to make Ryudo show a little concern about the town and the people in it. With this he pushed off and headed the boat round the back of the castle. As he suspected there was no guard at the back entrance as so few had ever entered via this entrance. Smiling he prised open the lid cover with the "Maken Valborg" , the sword which he received off his brother when he defeated him, apart from being a very strong sword , he kept it more as a keepsake to show the appropriate respect for his brother. Shaking images of his brother out of his head he slowly climbed down the ladder into the musty basement of the castle. Surveying his surroundings he noted the place hadn't changed at all , it was still dusty and looked as though it was still out of use. Picking a torch off the wall , he lit it and moved on in the piercing blackness. After about 10 minutes he had managed to reach the other side of the dungeon. There was a well lit clearing which signalled that he had made it to the end. It wasn't until he entered the light that he heard a strange clicking noise....a noise like....footsteps! Stunned Ryudo swung around and saw what had made the noise, a strange creature with strange sickle like claws and a large toothed jaw, all in all it must have been about 9 feet tall and barely was able to stand straight under the low ceiling. Ryudo had barely made these perceptions when the creature swung at him with its claw and swiped the torch out of his hand. This was like a reality check for Ryudo and he drew his brother's sword from his back. Ducking yet another swipe from it's menacing claws he drove the blade a good 2 feet into the creature's chest, apart from a light shriek the creature remained unharmed. A look of panic graced Ryudo's face and before he knew it the back of one of the claws drove him into a wall a good 15 feet away, it was at this point that he noticed the sword was still wedged in the creature and it was still advancing towards him at a steady pace. Remembering he still had the mana egg that Millenia had gave him he cast burn towards the creature even to slow it down. In no time his fireball was ready, with all his force he launched it towards the creature, which just as easily swatted it away. Ryudo hardly able to believe what he was seeing tried to devise a plan. After a moments hard thought he starting charging up a "Zap!" attack and prayed it would work. The creature was almost upon him when he let rip the attack. The creature let out a yelp and went rigid apart from the occasional twitch. Realising this as his chance he grabbed the sword from the creature's stomach and threw it into the air before calling out "Sky Dragon Slash" and slamming it blade first into the ground. The effect was instantaneous and the blinding flash of light caused the creature to disintegrate and vanish. Breathing a sigh of relief he spat at where the creature once stood and walked through the secret passage into the main hall of the castle. This place hadn't changed either apart from a few cutting scars graced the expensive looking walls. Looking confused he decided to hold off questioning it until he met Roan to find out just what was going on...