Shield of Destiny ch8

I don't own Destiny 1 or 2

I also don't own rising of the shield hero

Guardian/organic "hello"

Ghost "hello"

Boss "hello"

Shout "HELLO"

Mental conversation'hello'

Emphasis 'hello'

A reminder that Rino will be going by the name Ino to conceal her identity from Malty

Story Start

"If it is compensation that you want I offer all the knowledge and connections I possess!" spoke the merchant

After that the merchant taught be different ways of processing precious metal using certain tools as well as shaping gems. I noticed that if manually create items by hand instead of using my light to shape it which is what I had been doing up to this point they gained a number of bonuses. Once I learnt this I went over the gifts I had made for Raph, Filo and Ino as well as all of our armour and worked on them manually, doing this increased their benefits immensely. Also the quality and grade of the instruments used affected how much of a benefit there was.

He also gave me a connection into the world of merchants and the information that they had access to where I was able to learn what the others where up to. But the most important thing he gave us was the name of a merchant that dealt in rare or hard to find gems, which brings us to our current situation.

"Yes, this deed is genuine. I amazed that grumpy money-gruber actually gave this to you! Anyway, if there's a gemstone you want I can arrange it for you to get it. At a discount of course."

"The gem that we are interested in getting is the one used to make magic thread."

"I don't have any with me...but I know where you can get one."

And with that we made our way to a remote area where we were joined by Mahoya

"I have to say that I'm surprised that you were able to find a gemstone so quickly! The best estimate I had for getting a gemstone was at least a month or more." said Mahoya

"Unfortunately that is probably because this gemstone isn't exactly in a nice location and is hard to get to."

"Callum, the location is just ahead."

"This temple was once a base for a notorious evil alchemist and his operations. But I never knew of a tunnel here!"

"According to the chief mining chief, no ones dared to approach this place since some monsters nested here. So its safe to say that we will be attacked."

As we journeyed onwards we came across an open chest.

"There is some ancient text here "We pray that this seed never makes it out of here. It is a horribly twisted manifestation of our wish that nobody faces the pain of starvation."

"So it looks like our evil alchemist wasn't that evil!" I said

"It also looks that someone's been here and removed the seed." said Ar'na

"Hey dad, there is a path down this way." said Filo

"Ok lets go...you coming?" I ask as Filo hangs back before I suddenly stop "Hold on, something is wrong here!"

"What would be...oh now I see it now, there are monsters here that will provoke you by saying the last things you want to hear from the last person you want to hear it from." said Mahoya

"So that what it was, I felt like something was buzzing around. Can you get rid of them or should I?"

"As source of thy power, I order thee! Decipher the laws of nature and restore our sight! Fast Anti-Bind!" and with that dozens of bat-like monsters appeared before me

"I'll blow you away you meanies!" cried Filo angrily as used her wings to blow them away with a wind blast

"Filo, are you ok?"

"Dad...you wouldn't leave me would you?" asked Filo nervously

"Of course not, what ever you heard was nothing but a lie." I said reassuringly

"Is everyone ok, those types of monsters can easily mess with your emotions." said Mahoya

"I'm fine." said Raph

"I'm good." answered Ino

"Same with me." spoke Ar'na

"And it also looks like I got a new shield, from the looks of things it can amplify or change my voice."

Continuing to walk further into the mine we reach an area full of gems

"Dad wait, there is something in there." said Filo

"There is the gemstone, unfortunately there is a nue between us and it. While it is just on the small side but it is still dangerous." said Mahoya

"We're going!" cried Raph as she and Filo charged before being stopped by Ar'na

"Actually its been a while since I had a one on one fight, so why don't you hang back and I'll show you how its done."

Summoning her sword quickfang she charges at the nue slashing at it as she goes past, it tries to dodge but still ends up with along thin cut along its side. It then tries to kick her with its hind legs only to get another slash for its problems as she roles to the side. At that the monster starts to arc electricity coursing Ar'na to leap backwards to avoid a circle of lightning forming around the monster, crouching down the beast preparing to leap at Ar'na only to realise that she was nowhere it sight. Not knowing that she was sneaking up behind her...though judging from the twitch it just made it does know and its snake tail strikes at her only to get nailed to the floor with the knife going through its head into the floor. When the lions head came trying to take a bite out of her she summoned her golden gun she jammed it in its throat and pulled the trigger blowing a hole through its entire body.

"Holy" started Ino

"Shit" said Raph

"That was amazing!" finished Filo

"She is good, now Mahoya which gem is it?"

"This one will do fine." said Mahoya as she collected one of the gems while examining other to take with her

And with that we journeyed back to Mahoya shop to create the thread for Filo

"Daddy I'm tired!"

"Your nearly done Filo, you can do it just a bit longer." I said supportively

"Your getting tired because your converting mana into your thread, and your father is right, in about 20seconds you will have all the thread you need."

"And when your done we should have Ino make some thread too for a mask."

"Why would I need a mask?" asked Ino

"In the last fight I got a new shield that can change your voice, which has me thinking that it would be a good idea to have Ino wear a mask that can change her voice just in case we come across Motoyasu or any of his party run into us."

"That is a good idea, okay I guess ill make some thread too."

Later on

"So where is this woman that can make these clothes."

"Her name is Aaliyah and she works just down the street, but just to remind you she can be a bit...eccentric."

"So cute! She is like an angel...wait she has wings so maybe she is an angel?"

"Daddy am I cute?"

"Yes you are dear."

"Its so good to see such a supportive father, young girls need all the complements they can get so they can become even cuter as they get older!"

"Be as that may, we need some clothes that won't rip apart when she transforms."

"I can do this, did you bring any magic thread?"

"Yes and plenty of it!"

"Great, now I can make the cutest dress ever!" Aaliyah cried with a maniacal gleam in her eye...wait what "Just give me a couple of days and I will have the cutest dress ever!"

A couple of days later we went back to the store, a couple of days that I had spent crafting Ino's new mask that changed her voice slightly. Not enough to make us wonder who the hell was talking but enough to that anyone she knew before wouldn't be able to recognise.

"How do I look dad?"

"You look amazing Filo, thanks for doing this Aaliyah."

"It was really no trouble it was such a pleasure to make such a cute dress for such a cute girl. I did my very best to bring out every bit last bit of Filo's angelic charm! I used white as a base colour to go with her beautiful wings! And to go with her hair I decided to go with a lovely blue for the ribbon!"

"Its lovely, say thank you Filo."

"Thank you miss!" said thankfully, the only negative is that she transformed while she was doing it

"Awww she looks cute even in monster form! Doesn't she?" she asked while getting way too close to me

"Yes she does...anyhow we'd best be on our way."

After that we met up with the speciality merchant Hickwaal who asked if we could deliver a 'lot' of herbicide to certain village. 'What is strange is that they need so much herbicide and so quickly?'

"Dad the plants here are so amazing!" said Filo

"What the hell, no wonder they need so much herbicide."

"Look there's a fort ahead of us." said Ar'na

"Take us there Filo."

"Okay dad."

"Wow things have gotten really bad."

"Excuse me but are you the one that Hickwaal sent? I'm the leader of this town."

"Yes I am, we got a lot of herbicide for you."

"Oh thank you so much! The vines were about take over this place to."

"Why can't you just burn or cut away the vines?" asked Raph

"We tried everything we could think of, nothing worked! We even hired adventures here but that didn't work and the situation is quite grave. Our village was overrun a while ago and any day this place will become the same, what is even worse is that the plants have been turning into monsters and attacking us!"

"What really?" asked Ino

"I'm afraid so, some adventures left to level up but they haven't been back since."

"Filo I want you and Ar'na to go and bring them back."

"Sure thing." said Filo as she was chewing berries

"Was she just eating the monster berries? Is that safe?"

"Oh don't worry the berries are quite safe to eat, its collecting them that is the real danger."

Filo and Ar'na quickly came back with a number of would be adventurers

"There were plant monsters all over the place, some even could spit acid and poison. Why these guys would even go out there when they are so weak? They must be stupid." said Filo

"You didn't have to say that last part." reprimanded Raph

"She is not wrong Raph, its one thing to go out to make a difference...its a total different thing to go out without bothering to make sure they were ready. In fact the last Lord of Iron, Lord Saladin once told me that if someone merely hopes they have what it takes, they probably don't. These people went out and got defeated, whether these guys were arrogant enough to think that they would be fine or if they desperate and wanted to help determines if they are actually fit enough to be heroes. If there is one thing I despise its those that seek to heroes for the glamor and popularity. They simply do not realise the dangers and hard work that is needed in order to succeed. But that said, if one must die it is best to die to for a noble cause. The Iron Lord were once called to sacrifice everything that theyhad for the sake of others, a call that they gladly answered. I don't know if these guys got this injured because they were self absorbed fools or a just a noble fool. But Filo it isn't right to judge until you know."

"I guess you have a point." Said Raph

"But what if you do know if they were being arrogant?" asked Filo

"Then you call them on their shit, why do you think that none of us like the other heros." said Ar'na with mirth

While this was going on I noticed that Filo had gotten the attention of everyone nearby, the only words I could hear were saviour of the heavenly fowl

"Are you the saviour who travels in a carriage drawn by a heavenly fowl?"

Behind me I hear Ar'na fall over laughing