AN: First, I don't own ROTSH. Second, my writing skills kinda whacks. And finally, don't judge me.
"So this is another world…"
Right now, I'm in a different world than I used to.
My name is Tomori Riese. 16 years old. And a wielder of the Holy Bladed Weapon, aka the Bladed Hero. Around 3 years ago, I was summoned as a holy hero to fight the waves. I'm around 13 at that time. Due to that, the other summoned heroes don't take me very seriously.
But some stuff happens and the people in that world are gone due to the people who are behind the waves. And right now, I'm in another world after spending a few months thinking if my world could be saved or not. Even if I left there, I can still come back later if I found a wave rift connected to that world. But that won't be happening soon.
The waves are… I don't remember it. Are these some side effects from traveling worlds? How about guardian beasts… Yep, same. But I still remember magic spells and ki techniques I learnt. I'm feeling something weird about my body. So, I pulled a small mirror from my inventory and took a quick look at my face.
…
Yep, I looked like a 16 year old. I even feel taller than before. I noticed after staying a year in another world, your body stops aging. Not even a single strand of hair grows on my head for a whole year. What's causing my body to grow? Let's check my stats real quick.
Tomori Riese LV 1 (329)
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Race: Human (?)
Magic Affinity: Lighting, Water
Job: Holy Bladed Hero (?)
Equipment: Small Sword (Tentative)
Magical Clothes
Pac1f1er Mag1c 5teel Che5tp1ate
Ma6ma 5hark Sk1n C0at
Skill: Fake Profile
Spell: None
The question mark on the race is still the same as before, but it's new for the job. I was level 329 before coming here. I remember one of the vassal heroes said that if the waves between worlds are connected, all the stats from this world and another world will be combined. So I was level 1 but had stats of someone who is level 329.
And there's an EP there, which I assume is the Ki bar. So I can still use all 24 power-up methods that I've learned including my own. I should kill some wave monsters to increase my level a little bit. And my chestplate and coat name is glitchy except for the magical clothes. I wonder about my weapons though.
Small Sword (Tentative) Poor: Ability Unlocked
Equip Bonus: Attack 2, Defense 2, Agility 2
Mastery Level: 100
I can still use my base weapon normally. How about another one?
Bleep!
Holy heroes who wish to stay in another world beside their own will have their weapon forms restricted. Only 12 chosen weapon forms can be used.
Only 12? Welp, there goes all 500 weapon forms that I've already unlocked. All the stat bonuses I got just gone instantly. Beggars can't be choosers, I guess. My world is gonna get wrecked by wave monsters anyway. So staying here is my only hope in order to survive.
Weapons List:
Magma Shark Tooth Blade
Thunderbird Wing Sword
Ocean Serpent Fang Blade
Pacifier Excalibur
Bladia Executioner Greatsword
Black Turtle Carapace Greatsword
Venomous Serpent Fang Blade
World Dragon Hourglass Sword
World Currency Sword
World Companion Sword
World Map Sword
World Traveler Sword
Yes/No
Sigh… Yes.
Weapon Selection Complete!
All my stats decrease like it's nobody's business. Small price to pay to use op weapon forms. At least I could use all the skills that I've already unlocked. Anyway…
Magma Shark Tooth Blade X [Awakened] Divine 22: Ability Unlocked
Skill: Second Blade, Levitation Blade
Special Effect: Fire Element, Earth Element, Levitation Field, Life Recovery (Low), Soul Recovery (Medium), Ki Gathering (Medium), Soul Up, Ki Up, Gravity Resistance (Large), Water Resistance (Large), Nullify Soul Drain, Growth Power
Special Equip Effect: Comet Blade (Volcanic)
Accessory Equip Effect: Volcanic Strike
Weapon Synthesis: Soul Devourer, Heat Blade
Mastery Level: 100
Item Enchantment Level 30: Soul 50% Up
Hydra Spirit Counter: Attack 75, Defense 75, Magic Attack 75, Magic Defense 75
Status Enchantment: Attack 100
At least all the methods that I've applied to my most op weapons are still there. Time to kill some monsters.
There's a village near the wave rift I came out of. I've been a MIA hero for almost 6 months. Saving people here isn't my priority, but I can get some exp by killing monsters there. Two birds, one stone.
[Lute Village]
As I get there, I see a bandit with a shield aggroing some wave monsters while saving some people. Do bandits in this world help to fight the waves? Now I wonder, where's all the knights, battalion and some shit. They should be here instead of that single bandit. If this happened every time there's a wave here, then this world is fucked. He aggros a lot of monsters there.This is also the perfect chance to see whenever the spells that I've learned still work. And I have a perfect weapon for that.
Thunderbird Wing Sword X [Awakened] Divine 24: Ability Unlocked
Skill: Hundred Volt Blade, All Stun Blade
Equip Effect: Lighting Element, Life Recovery (Low), Mana Recovery (Medium), Magic Up, Gravity Resistance (Low), Earth Resistance (Large), Nullified Mana Drain
Accessory Equip Effect: Thousand Volt Blade
Weapon Synthesis: Mana Drain, Lighting Blade
Mastery Level: 100
Item Enchantment Level 30: Lighting Magic Up 50%
Fallen Witch Spirit Counter: Magic Attack 100, Magic Defense 100, Magic Up
Status Enchantment: Magic 100
I rushed to the group of monsters that the bandit led.
"Oi, what the hell are you doing?!" He said. But I ignored him.
Okay, the spell chanting…
"I, a sole defender, asks the weapon spirits to lend its power. Oh the power of the lighting core, reinforced me with your might. I command you to cover the sword with a veracious lighting and release it towards the enemies!"
I tweaked the chanting a little bit to make sure I didn't say "Bladed Hero".
" Rising Volt Sword X!"
Volt Sword is a lightning spell that normally summons a lightning sword on the caster's hand. But for heroes, it just reinforced the sword to the weapon. The " Rising" is the magic level that only a hero can by asking the weapon spirit to lend its power and fuses it with your magic affinity. My magic affinity is Lightning and Water. So it's Lighting Core and Water Core for me. It uses both Mana and Soul. You can also use some Ki to increase the damage and whatnot. And the X comes from the Holy Magic Tools power-up method. It increases the magic efficiency and effect.
I whack my sword to the group of monsters. The monsters instantly evaporate into thin air. What level were they? Around 25? I'm like 14 times stronger in terms of level. But there's one thing to be concerned about… Why don't I get any exp? Usually if the holy heroes stay near each other, the weapon exp will be cancelled. Which means there's a holy hero here. But where? I don't see any sight of a hero anywhere.
"Hey! I know you think that you're strong and all, but charging at a hoard of monsters like a crazy guy is not sane." The bandit said.
Oh, the bandit came to check on me. Now that I have a closer look at his face, he looks like a Japanese person. It's rare to see someone with a Japanese face back in my world. Usually they have a asian genes or a descendant of a summoned hero. And his shield has a green gemstone in the middle. So that means he's one of the…
"Don't worry about me. I'm still in one piece. Thanks for asking though, Shield… Hero?"
He was confused when I said that. Is he not a Shield Hero? Maybe he's a Defensive Weapon Hero or something.
"Sure…"
Well, I guess that's not the problem. But why is he acting like that?
"Hero!" Someone yelled.
"What the hell? What are you doing here? You're in my way! Get the hell out of here!"
There were a number of men armed with farming tools. I guess those are the village residents.
"But you are all by yourself, Hero!"
"This is our village! We can't just leave it!"
"Fine then! I will be the shield. Help me defend the line until the evacuation is complete! Get into a proper formation so that I can protect you, and let's get them!"
"Yes sir!"
Wow, it's the first time I met a holy hero besides those foolish ones that can command people.
"What the hell are you daydreaming for! Move your ass up and help them!"
"Ah! Yes, Shield Hero!"
This is the first time I was ordered by another hero. Man, this world slowly and surely keeps surprising me.
With the Shield Hero's help, we were able to evacuate all the villagers here. The only downside here is that I don't gain any exp from killing the monsters. I still get drops and monster souls though.
"Naofumi-sama!"
Huh? Naofumi? Is that the Shield Hero's name?
"Raphtalia! Have all the villagers been evacuated?"
"Yes."
The one that said the Shield Hero name is the raccoon beastmen named Raphtalia. If there're beastmen here, then there must be elfs, orcs and other races here.
"Okay, your job is done here. Join the ones that have evacuated to the nearby mine." The Shield Hero said to the villagers.
"Yes, Sir Hero!"
The remaining villagers left.
"Don't you want to evacuate too?" Asked the raccoon girl.
"Nah. Just wanted to level up a bit. I heard wave monsters give more exp than your usual monsters."
"Is that so…"
"If you wanna level up then you can surely take those monsters outside the village, right? From what I see, your level is higher than both of us."
"Yeah, I can do–?!"
AOE magic is coming here. From what I sense, this magic covers the whole village. Better summon a defensive spell right now. Time to switch weapons.
Ocean Serpent Fang Blade X [Awakened] Divine 26: Ability Unlocked:
Skill: Caribbean Blade, Serpent Bite
Special Effect: Water Element, Life Recovery (Low), Mana Recovery (Medium), Magic Up, Levitation Resistance (Low), Fire Resistance (Large), Nullified Mana Drain
Accessory Equip Effect: Blade of The Seven Sea
Weapon Synthesis: Mana Drain, Icy Burst
Mastery Level: 100
Item Enchantment Level 30: Water Magic Up 50%
Fallen Witch Spirit Counter: Magic Attack 100, Magic Defense 100, Magic Up
Status Enchantment: Magic 100
"I, a sole defender, asks the weapon spirits to lend its power. Oh the power of the water core, reinforced me with your might. I command you to summon a shield made of water and protect the ones surrounding me!"
The raccoon girl is confused but the Shield Hero knows something is going to happen.
" Rising Aqua Shell X!"
A large turtle shell made out of water spawned at top of me. Moments later, flames rained down on us. But the thing is that there's no monsters here except outside of the village. Then, a group of knights started walking towards us.
"The Shield Hero, eh? You're tough."
The mustache knight who appeared to be the leader of the knights spat in Shield Hero direction as he approached. Raccoon girl sword flew from her sheath and she pointed at the knight who'd spit at him. But there's another knights who managed to block the attack.
"What are you planning to do to Naofumi-sama? Your life depends on your answer!"
"Draw your swords." The scarface knight said.
Soldiers started to surround us.
"You with the Shield Hero?"
"Yes, I'm his sword! Show him the respect he deserves!"
Okay, there's the Shield Hero as the shield and the raccoon girl as a sword. This day couldn't get any better than this.
"Ah, a classy demi-human wants to fight with the kingdom's knights?"
"You spit on the people you have swords to protect and hurl flames at Naofumi-sama, who is supposed to be your compatriot! I don't care if you're a knight, I don't respect behavior like that!"
"Well, you survived just fine."
"Just fine?!"
Okay, from now on, I'm gonna call him Mustache.
"Really? To be honest, I don't see this as fine at all." I said to Mustache.
"Huh? Who are you, peasant?"
Peasant?! Oh, this guy is toast, I say!
"Are you blind? Does your mustache block your view or something? This village is burning down because of you, Mustache."
"How dare you insult me! You–"
" Shield Prison!"
The Shield Hero summoned a cage made out of shields and imprisoned Mustache inside of it.
"Y-You!"
"The enemy is coming from those waves. Don't get confused about who you are fighting!"
"Pretty self-righteous for a criminal."
Wait a minute, criminal? I was right about him. He's a Bandit Hero then. But I've never seen a bandit using a shield before.
Oh yeah, the village building is still covered in flames. Should put it down now.
"I, a sole defender, asks the weapon spirits to lend its power. Oh the power of the water core, reinforced me with your might. I command you to summon a cloud that will put out those flames!"
" All Rising Water Cloud V!"
A few clouds spawn in the air and rain starts pouring down on the building that was covered in flames. If I think about it, who looks like a criminal to you, a bandit who saves people or a knight who fired off AOE magic at a village?
"Squeee!"
Shit, the monsters outside the village and the one fallen from the rift have increased.
"Shield Hero, I will exterminate the monsters outside the village. Would you mind taking down these monsters here yourself?"
"Do whatever you like."
The flag has risen. Time to get some exp. I dashed to the outskirts of the village and started slaying everything on my way.
" Vorpal Strike X! "
" Comet Blade X!"
" Dragonic Rising Blade X!"
EXP 518
You have levelled up!
EXP 486
You have levelled up!
EXP 544
You Have levelled up!
As I expected, I can still use skills that I've learned and upgraded. I have a lot of skills that I haven't used or upgraded. Maybe I can check the effect later.
Soon enough, the rifts in the skies are going to be close. There's still monsters roaming around. Better finish this up before I lose the power of level 329.
" Second Blade!"
I summoned the Thunderbird sword on my left hand and started enchanting.
"Lighting and Water. If the two natures combine, catastrophe will arise. I, a sole defender and the weapon spirit, command the lightning and water core to defy the laws of nature to summon a veracious thunder storm, and strike down all the enemies!"
" Combination Magic! Vortex Thunderstorm!"
To cast a combination magic, you need two or more people. But there's a technique only heroes from my world can use to cheat out a little bit. But only a hero who has two elemental nature can use this technique.
And since the magic counts as both a lightning and water element, the effects from my weapons will be applied to the magic. Making it stronger than a normal one. And the neat part is that the magic only hits living beings. So no need to worry about buildings getting struck by lightning. Hours of killing the leftover monsters is done around a few minutes. And the exp from monsters killed by this magic will go to me. Grinding for exp is super easy these days.
The rift is fully closed. I feel power surging down from my body. And my equipment stats except the magical clothes that i wear go down to zero. It feels like I'm wearing a leaf chestplate and a leaf coat because of how light the equipment is. And thankfully the rest of the power-up method can be used normally. I know it because I gained a stat, magic and skill points when I level up.
Tomori Riese LV 29
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Race: Human (?)
Magic Affinity: Lighting, Water
Job: Holy Bladed Hero (?)
Equipment: Ocean Serpent Fang Blade
Thunderbird Wing Sword
Magical Clothes
Pac1f1er Mag1c 5teel Che5tp1ate
Ma6ma 5hark Sk1n C0at
Skill: Fake Profile, Second Blade
Spell: None
All the monsters I killed and my level is 29? This wave may be on the weaker side. I usually have a hard time soloing a wave. Considering I'm level 329 a few minutes ago, those monsters are just like an ant for me. Better check out the Shield Hero and see if he's already.
[Few Minutes Later]
"Yo, Shield Hero! How's the fight back then?"
"Not great. Hey, are you the one who summoned a thunderstorm back then?"
"Yeah. But it doesn't touch either you, the raccoon girl and the knights, right?"
"Yeah… How do you summon the thunderstorm?"
"Magic."
"Magic, huh…"
I can hear that he says "This is another world after all, of course magic exists…"
"And also, how do you transform your sword? I remember that you transform your sword before you cast that water shell. And there's two of them on your back"
The reason he doesn't suspect me as a hero the first time we met is that the maroon gemstone is covered by the accessory attached to the weapon. Time to use the "excuse".
"These are special swords that are imbued with some magical properties. I can change its form and summon them at will using magic."
I deactivated Second Blade and switched my Ocean Serpent sword to the Thunderbird one.
Showing him the "excuse" to make sure he doesn't suspect that I'm a hero.
He was in deep thought for a while, but then left it off with a small sigh.
"Well, I suppose I should thank you for exterminating all the monsters here. Save some time to kill them one by one"
"Your thanks are appreciated, Shield Hero."
Now then, time to absorb some monster parts. I go to some of the monster corpses and silently absorb them.
Conditions met:
Inter-Dimensional Locust Sword
Inter-Dimensional Lower Bee Sword
Inter-Dimensional Zombie Sword
Bee Needle Sword
They give some stats. The Bee Needle one is the one that catches my eyes. I can use Weapon Synthesis to combine it with other weapons from this world. Awakening it and increasing its rank a bit will do the job. And where's the boss monster?
"Shield Hero, do you have any idea where the boss monster is?"
"Why do you want to know about that?"
"I can use its bone to apply magical effects to my armor."
"Yeah, you can do that. I think it's around there." He pointed to the forest.
"Okay, thanks."
The boss's corpse is far from here. I went into the forest and checked for a place where no one would go. I set the Gate Mark here besides the bushes.
[Few Minutes Later]
So it was a chimera. And three of their heads have already been cut off. I assume the other heroes already absorbed the head. The body hasn't been touched. Anyway, absorbing time.
Conditions met:
Undead Chimera Sword
Chimera Sword
Chimera Meat Sword
Chimera Bone Sword
Chimera Leather Sword
So I was right then. Put some of the skin and bone into my inventory and that's that. There's a snake tail of the chimera, but I think the Shield Hero needs it more than me. Time to go back to the village.
" Gate X!"
A window pops up in my vision.
Gate location mark.
Be conscious of the gate.
Forest.
It usually says the name of the country first but I don't know what country this is. I picked the forest and the Gate spawn in front of me. This skill allowed anyone including non-party members to walk over to marked destinations. But there's a limit on how many people can pass the Gate.
I dragged the headless chimera by its tail and went through the Gate.
[Lute Village]
"Hey, does anyone want a chimera here?" I said while dragging the chimera.
"Is that the boss monster?" The Shield Hero asked.
"From what I see, it seems like it."
He picked some of the parts and the tail from the chimera and absorbed it to his shield. He left out a sigh.
"Is there anything wrong?"
"It's nothing…"
Maybe because he doesn't have enough Chimera Series weapons to use the shield.
"Okay then, seems like there's nothing for me to do here. I hope we can cross paths with each other again, Shield Hero."
I pulled my right arm to give him a handshake.
"Um… Yeah… Sure…"
He hesitated, but accepted my handshake. I wonder why he's hesitant to receive a handshake.
After that, I left the village and scouted the area. That seems like a generic castle town from every isekai anime that i watched. It's a little bit far, but using some speed magic, I can get there in no time.
" Lightning Dash V!"
I could use Rising Lightning Dash X, but it's cost a lot of mana and soul. I know that mana recovery potion from another world will give me exp. The stock of my world Mana Elixir is low. Unless I can find a way to recreate the potion using this world's materials, I can't just use magic as much as I like anymore. Time to sell these parts at the castle town.
