Prologe: The Shielded Wrath
Naofumi wakes up looking around his room. He get's up and opens the curtains, letting in the bright morning sun.
It sure is bright outside, he thought, covering his eyes from the sun. He was being let stay at his parents house after he stoped his little brother from getting into a bad croved. And with alowance to boot.
With nothing else to do, he goes outside to visit the local library to pick out some books. He might be what some consider an otaku, but he isn't a shut-in-otaku. He doesn't just sit around all day every day in his room, playing games and reading manga. He too needs fresh air once in a while.
As he walks to the library, he passes a girl running out of a store, towards some friends.
Man, I wish I had a girlfriend, thought Naofumi. But alas, he didn't.
Whenever he visits a library, he makes sure to browse the light novels, just in case he finds something interesting. And something does.
An old looking book with apears to be a group of four warriors, each with a weapon.
A spear...
A bow...
A sword...
And a shield...
"Records of the four holy heroes...", whispered Naofumi as he opened the book. "Hey, but isn't a shield more like armor? Man, I would hate to be that guy."
*COUGH, sorry...
As he turned to the next page, a bright light came out of the book, enveloping him. But he also saw a strange black and red flash as the light covered him.
The next thing he knew, he was lying on the floor, as 5 clothed men stood in front of him, speaking to him, and the three others next to him. They all had a weapon in hand. But Naofumi had a shield with a green gem in the center.
"Oh great heroes! Please help us in our fight against the waves of calamity-"
One of the three other men standing next to Naofumi, a blonde, tall one, pointed his spear at the men. "Isn't this a little abrupt! You haven't even given us a chance to think."
Then a black haired guy stood forward, lifting his sword. "Yeah! How would you feel if you got summoned out of nowhere and told to fight."
"W-We understand. Excuse us, let us bring you to our king", the clothed man said, jesturing them to follow.
These guys are really gun-ho about this, huh?
As the four heroes began to walk towards the exit, a faint red glare shines from the green gem.
While walking up a spiraling staircase, Naofumi took in the view of a castle town. One of the others, Itsuki, theorised that they must've been transported to a midetaranean area.
As they finally entered the throne room, Naofumi felt a form of un-easienes coming from something.
"Oh great heroes! We have summoned you to aid us in the battle against the waves", the king said, sitting on his throne, continued to explain how the storms worked.
But as he did, he never gave attention to Naofumi. And all that time, Naofumi kept getting an odd fealing from something.
After they were given the informaation on the waves, they were brought to a separet building where they were each given a separet room. They discussed the waves, their roles and finally...
"The shielder is a low-class crap-fest!"
"Yeah nobody plays it unless they want to be bottom tear trash."
"Completaly useless!"
This continued on and on. And while Naofumi did get frustrated, he never got mad, but something was.
Writers Notes:
Sorry if this was really short, but I'm almost burned out. I have an exam week coming up and I am not taking the stress well. Besides that, same thing as always. Comment, send questions, , blah, blah, blah...
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FROM: KarionProductions