Chapter 27
I do not own Destiny
I do not own Rising of the Shield Hero
10 silver = 1 gold
10 bronze = 1 silver
9 bronze = kids meal
5-8 silver = prime rib steak at fancy restaurant
1 bronze = 1.30 1 silver = 13 1 gold = 130
Characters in party
Callum and his ghost Casper
Ar'na and her ghost Ena
Raph or Raphtalia
Filo
Ino, previously Rino of Motoyasu's party
I've done some estimations a kids meal would cost 8 to 12 dollars so one bronze coin should be worth between 0.89 to 1.33. I've decided to use the later, next it says in the manga that 1 silver equals 100 bronze this to me is too much as it either means a single bronze coin is almost worthless or that a silver is unbelievably expensive so instead it will be 1 silver is 10 bronze.
Naofumi bought Raphtalia a small knife and maybe an outfit for 6 silver, so that means it would either cost 78 or 780 (41 or 480 if 1 bronze = 0.86) since both the later seems too expensive for basic and starter gear I've gone for the former as it seems to a fair price for both Naofumi and the shop keeper.
Also as a test, I used my own knife which is called Red Rock Rapter from down under knives which cost me 300, its nothing special (not hand forged, material is 440C so decent but not high quality metal) but it is a semi-decent knife. If it was in anime I would expect it to cost around 30 silver. 300 divided by 13 equals 24, 24 silver for the knife seems a good price so I'm happy.
There are some complications though, such as in the village of Lute a room costs 1 silver which equals around 13 a night, this seemed odd but then I remembered two things, 1 price changes due to demand a 60 dollar room in a small town would go for at least double in a city, 2 its a different world so prices will be different for certain things as the economy is different. I remember hearing places in other countries where you could buy food like lobsters for 2 while xbox's still cost 300
Finally, I wanted this chapter to be longer but it has taken longer than expected to right this much so its going to be a short chapter sorry
Story start
While everyone was mingling I approached Ar'na and told her who I encountered.
"Are you sure that their from another world?" asked Ar'na
"Yes, the only thing is that I think that there might be something going on that we are not aware of, Oryx said that these were Medea's games. and as they left they mentioned that they needed to win, they also seemed familiar with the destruction caused by the waves. That has me thinking, maybe they and Glass aren't willing parties but are somehow being forced into this like we are. If that's true then we have some options available, the cardinal weapons were made to either deal with the waves and Medea as an extension or this Medea made them for one reason or another, likely to collect energy. However, they were made they can defiantly be used against Medea. If there also facing waves in their world then it is likely they also have some version of the cardinal weapons. Hopefully, their wielders are more competent than the idiots I have to put up with and we can deal with Medea together."
After everyone said their farewells with a three-way hug between Raph, Reel and Rifana everyone was on their way. We arrived at the port town the next morning and surprise surprise the rest of the stoges had been waiting there since the previous afternoon. As expected they quickly began hassling the captain to set sail and while the captain had prevented the ship from leaving...he hadn't been able to stop them from hogging all the best rooms. As such their was only one room left and we had to share it with two strangers, not ideal but I think I had a solution.
"Again I'm sorry for making you share a single room with so many people, if needed I could ask around and you could use the staff beds that aren't being used, or sleep on deck with some bedding?" asked the man showing us to our room
"They had to wait so they took all the rooms...they really are childish aren't they?" asked Raph
"Puts a dim outlook on our future working together doesn't it? Then again I never had much hope for those guys, why you didn't push to have the Queen take their weapons I have no idea." said Ar'na
"A couple of reasons, 1 they were forced into this and deserve some leeway, leeway that they already used. 2 Their the cardinal heroes, even though their rubbish at it replacing them would cause an upset. Considering that the Queen barely managed to avoid a war I thought it was best to wait and give the other countries a chance to get up to speed with things and start looking for replacements as things calm down. 3 I think Ren actually has a chance at becoming someone worth calling a hero, Itsuka's head is too far up his own ass and Motoyasu is dumber than a pile of bricks not to mention harder to work with, so its a good chance that their going to be replaced." I said
"Wait a second, if it's like that why not swap out Itsuka and Motoyasu now? This is a limited exp bonus event we're going to why wait?" asked Ino
"The Queen said the same thing, that they can either get along now or be replaced. What she didn't say and what they don't know is that the other countries are sending their replacements as well to Carl Mira, hell they could be on this ship as we speak. Once everyone is there the Queen's shadows will make sure that they don't meet. The only one who will even get close let alone meet their replacement is me, I doubt Motoyasu will see it coming but Ren and Itsuka are smart enough to put it together if they see enough evidence." I said as our escort arrived at a door
As he opened the door, revealing two familiar faces.
"Fancy seeing you again so soon." said the man
"Do you know this man Callum?" asked Raphtalia
"We met briefly at your village." I answered causing Ar'na to examine them covertly
"That was your home? Sorry to hear that, my name is L'Arc Berg and this is Therese." said the man
"It's nice to meet you." said the girl politely
As I was going to open my mouth to reply Casper suddenly spoke up 'Don't say anything! She's not speaking a language you understand, the shield is translating for you.'
"I'm sorry I didn't understand that." I replied 'Thanks Casper''
'Your welcome, how do you want to play this?' asked Casper
'I fucked up, I should have told everyone who I encountered instead of just Ar'na but I didn't expect to run into them this soon. Last time we encountered someone from another world they were interested in me, tell (Ar'na ghost) that we'll neither be denying or confirming that I'm the shield hero. With my replacement in Carl Mira it will hopefully buy us some time to work out their intentions.'
A second later Ar'na's eyes widened slightly before putting her hands on Raph's and Ino's shoulders.
"How about now?" asked Therese
"We can understand you perfectly now." replied Ar'na, never once hinting that she just passed on a simple message through squeezing Raph's and Ino's shoulders, one firm, two quick. The message simply said 'Do not give information' , it was simple but it got the point across, if we were in a crowded room it meant someone was paying too much attention to us, if we were alone it meant we weren't really alone at all and in a situation like this it meant don't trust the people in front of you...at least fully. Ar'na came up with it and a handfull of other signals back when we were starting out when it was apparent we had a lot of enemies.
"I'm Ar'na and this is Raphtalia and Ino." continued Ar'na
"But everyone calls me Raph." she said with a smile
"And my names Callum, I'm Filo's father." I introduced
At that Therese and L'Arc looked at each other and started laughing
"Oy oy, man if you wanted to use an alias surely you could have chosen a better one than the shield hero?" asked L'Arc still laughing
"But daddy is the Shield Hero?" asked Filo
"Hahaha, sure he is kido." said L'Arc
"Don't be mean." chastised Therese "But he does have a point, surely you could have chosen a better alias," she added, almost reluctantly
"Yeah, there's a lot of rumours about the Shield Hero, some say he's nothing more than a thug who runs scams and kidnaps innocent women for money while others say that he is a saviour to those in need. It's confusing but I bet the guy is no good, you should pick a better alias." suggested L'Arc
"Or maybe the lady's just need a believable story to tell their husbands after they run away with that handsome stud for a few days because they need a man who knows what to do? And maybe I want to use that reputation to get lucky with some beautiful women" I smirked
"HAH! Your alright man." laughed L'Arc patting me on the back
"Callum." said Raph disapprovingly with Therese also showing disapproval
"Well if you want to you use that alias so be it, nice to meet you Shield man." said L'Arc
"Are you heading to Cal Mira to level up too?" asked Therese
"That's right!" smiled Filo
"Hey since were going to the same place do you want to team up?" asked L'Arc "We'll have plenty of time to talk till we get to our destination, unfortunately not much room."
"If you're worried about the cramped conditions I might be able to do something but I'll need everyone to leave for a bit."
"..okay?" wondered L'Arc before they all left and I got to work
A short time later
"How is this possible?" asked L'Arc as he stared at the Calus's Tribute Hall which had received multiple changes since I first entered it all that time ago from a room full of simulated enemies to a wall covered in all my favourite weapons or weapons that I had simply earned in one way or another as well as a large number of other changes.
"The principle is simple, all I have to do is connect two places together. I've actually been working on this for a while ever since Filo and Raph enjoyed the hot spring."
"Wait, does that mean?" asked Raph hopefully
"You bet! See that door down to the left? Go through that and you'll come to a divided hot spring."
Before Raph could run through the door everyone's attention Filo asked "Hey daddy what's with this weapon?" as she pointed at a particular weapon hanging on the wall easily distinguished from the others by its more elaborate plague.
Picking it up I began talking
"That's helo by moxie, it was my first bow and you can say I literally woke up with it my hand. It's ninety pounds of pure force that can even take down cabal, not bad for a pre-golden age...don't touch that." I said suddenly as L'Arc reached out his hand to touch one of the weapons only to recoil as it lunged towards him.
"Eluim's Frenzy, its a bit touchy, very touchy." I said as it settled back down
While this was happening I noticed Ar'na eyeing another weapon, Defiance of Yasmin.
"It's yours if you want it." I said
"You sure? It is one one of your more unique weapons?" asked Ar'na "And it is pretty much one of a kind."
"I'm sure, besides it's customary to give your apprentice a gift when they're ready to graduate, I think you're more than ready." I said
Omake
Ascendance of Raphtalia (ascendence of a book worm and raphtalia crossover)
"Callum? Filo?" asked Raph as she entered Callum's work shop
"Funny I thought they were here." thought Raph outloud as she approaches the device that Callum's been working on. "So this is the device that supposed to allow travel between worlds...I wonder how it works?" she said, gently touching it...only for it to start glowing.
"Oh oh." was the last thing she said before their was a flash and he body hit the ground
...
The first thing Raph felt when she came to was weakness, weakness that she hadn't felt in ages.
"What? W-where am I?" looking up Raph saw an unfamiliar room and though it took longer than it should she also realized how small she was.
'What happened?' thought Raph to herself
'Hello? Who's there?' asked a soft voice, almost non-existent
"Who said that were are you?" said Raph looking around
'Myne.' answered the voice
"Myne!" said Raph angrily
'I'm sorry, please don't be angry.' said the voice weakly and Raph instantly felt bad
"No I'm sorry, it's just that you have the same name as someone that's not very nice. But that's not your fault and shouldn't take it out on you." said Raph apologetically
'oh okay.' answered the voice
"Where are you?" asked Raph
'I'm in my room but where are you? I can't see anyone else?'
A horrible relisation reached Raph and she put her hand infront of her face.
"Is your hand in front of your face?" asked Raph
'Yes but I...I can't move my hand...why can't I move my hand?' asked the voice terrified
Filo does it again
"You were tracking a company of 13 Dwarves." asked the elven king "Why?"
"Not 13. 14, though not for much longer. The young one... the little girl with wings... we stuck her with a Morgul shaft. The poison's in her blood. She'll be... choking on it soon if not already." said the orc with a laugh
"Answer the question, filth." threatened Tauriel with her dagger against the orcs throat "Or your last moments will be my dager tasting your flesh."
"I would not antagonize her. You like killing things, Orc? You like death don't you? Then let me give it to you." warned Legolas, hand on his own blade
"Enough! I do not care about one...dead girl. Answer the question. You have nothing to fear. Tell us... what you know and I will set you free. You had orders to kill them. Why? What is Thorin Oakenshield to you? The Dwarf runt will never be king. King? There is no King Under the Mountain, nor will there ever be. None would dare enter Erebor... whilst the dragon lives. You know nothing. Your world will burn. What are you talking about? Speak!"
"Our time has come again. My master serves the One. Do you understand now, Elfling? Death is upon you. The flames of war... are upon you." said the orc with a demented grin, only for his head to be removed
"Why did you do that? You promised to set him free." questioned Legolas
"And I did. I freed his wretched head from his miserable shoulders." dismissed the elven king
"There was more the Orc could tell us." argued Legolas
"There was nothing more he could tell me." the king dismissed
"What did he mean by "the flames of war?"
"It means they intend to unleash a weapon so great... it will destroy all before it. I want the watch doubled at our borders. All roads, all rivers. Nothing moves, but I hear of it. No one enters this kingdom. And no one leaves it." said the elven king with finality
Elsewhere
"Da! Where have you been?" asked a young boy
"Father! There you are! I was worried." said a girl in her early teens holding her baby sisters hand, ignoring them there father headed to the...bathroom?
"Here, Sigrid. Bain, get them in." spoke their father as a head appeared from their toilet
"If you speak of this to anyone... I'll rip your arms off." threatened one of the dwarves as they climbed out of the water
"Da... why are there Dwarves climbing out of our toilet? Will they bring us luck?" asked the boy
"Wait...where's Filo? she should have been before me." asked Kili
As if to answer him Filo appeared leaping from the toilet holding a large fish...and completely naked.
