It felt like someone as put him on a moving cart. He could hear voices aswell, but could barely hear them clearly.

He opened his eyes slightly and noticed he's inside a moving wagon.

He looked around to see his surroundings and saw a human figure sitting at the very front of the wagon.

And at the driver seat there was another figure, long hair with a very animal like ears on top.

He couldn't make out anymore details as his visions are still blurry, but he can hear, yet barely, the conversations between the two. One female and the other one male, but he can't tell which voice belongs to who.

Then there's another voice, this one sounded like a little girl but he can't seem to see any child around.

But he felt too tired to figure out what's going on. He just accept that this was all just a weird afterlife he's seeing and just closed his eyes, waiting for the final resting place.

Once again, he woke up. This time he can see and hear clearly now. As he got up, he found himself inside a wagon. A similar wagon he remembered in his weird afterlife dream.

"Was this the same wagon?" he thought to himself.

Inside the wagon there were large number of supplies, and his helmet just sitting on top of one of the crates. He grabbed his helmet then stepped out of the wagon. Outside, he found himself in a very large populated town.

"Wait, I didn't die?" he realized. Someone must have picked him up and carried him along. Must be the people he saw while disoriented.

But atleast he reached civilization. Perhaps he can find answers there.

"Hey! You're awake!"

He heard the voice of the little girl he heard before behind him. He turned around expecting to see a child, but what he saw instead is a large white-featherd bird.

Marius recoiled by the sight of another monster, slowly backing away to gain distances.

"What's wrong? Are you okay, mister?"

Did he heard that right? Did that voice just came out of that beast?

While it doesn't seem like she's looking for a fight, Marius won't take any chances.

He bolted out, running towards the crowd hoping to lose sight of the bird.

"Wait! Come back!"

She didn't know what she did to insulted him. He looked like he was afraid of her, but no one as ever been afraid of her.

Well, except her enemies. And probably the Spear Guy.

But she can't loose the stranger now! Master said to look after the stranger and make sure he stays in the wagon!

She transform to her human form and headed out to find the stranger.

With his back against the wall, he peeked out to see if the creature was still around.

With the beast now absenced, he started walking around the town feeling relief.

It's been a along time since Marius went to a market. He had the same feeling he had of his old home.

But the sight was much different, and so was the smell. The air he breathed was filled with delicious smell of foreign food he never seen before. Merchant loudly promote their merchandise to passerby and people browsing the market for goods.

Everything just seems... Peaceful.

As he admired this foreign place, two knight guards took noticed of his presence.

With his foreign looks and strange armor, they assumed that Marius could be a threat.

"Report this individual to the nearest hero you could find!"

"Yes sir!"

The second guard ran to find any hero he could find, while the first one stayed behind to observed the stranger

Marius walked up to anyone he thought can tell him where he was, but all of them either ignored him or ran away before he can got closer.

"YOU!"

Marius heard a loud unfamiliar voice, but dismissed it. Thinking it probably wasn't for him.

"YOU IN THE ARMOR!"

Now he thought it was for him. He turned around to see a young man with blonde hair and red outfit with armor fittings.

Having the stranger's attention, the spear hero pointed his spear at Marius.

"You think you can come here causing trouble!" Motoyasu threatened Marius but this could hardly fazed the war veteran.

"I am not here to cause any trouble! I just want to know where I am!" said Marius as he explained his intention.

"You're in the Capital Town of Melromarc! I suggest you show some respect around here!" said Motoyasu.

"Melromarc? Never heard of this kingdom before."

"Thank you. I best be on my way." Marius turned around to continue his journey but was stopped by the knight guards who drew their weapons at him.

"I'm not gonna let you walk away like that!" Motoyasu dashed towards Marius and swung his spear to attack Marius.

But with quick muscle memory Marius blocked the attack with his arm, protected by his vambrace, then shoved the weapon away with one quick move.

"I don't want trouble. Just let me go.", Marius warned Motoyasu not to continue his foolish hero act, but it fell on deaf ears.

Motoyusa continued with more attack but every attack Marius blocked easily.

Furious, Motoyasu lifted his weapon up to unleash a powerful skill.

But before he can delivered a finishing blow, a painful blunt force hit him on his genitals.

He fell on his knees in pain then Marius grabbed the back of hair and delivered a strong uppercut, sending Motoyasu flying backwards.

The spear hero landed on the ground, knocking him out.

"I've warned you. But you would not listen!" Marius turned around to face the knight guards, now trembling in fear after he defeated the Spear Hero with only his bare-hands.

"Step aside or I'll-"

A sudden burst of electrical energy struck Marius from above, sending painful shock across his body before falling on his back to the ground. His body ached as he tries to lifted his entire body when a another hero in black outfit placed the tip of his sword on Marius's chest.

"You shouldn't come here." said the Sword Hero, followed by the Bow Hero aiming his weapon at Marius.

Not giving up without a fight, Marius ignored his aching body to pushed the sword up.

"You've made... I terrible mistake.."

Ren stepped on Marius chest inresponse and he ordered the knight guards to arrest Marius.

Hearing the commotion, Filo rushed to the scene thinking it might be caused by the stranger but she's too late.

The guards were already carrying Marius away. She can see all of the three heroes, and assumed they are responsible for this.

She quickly ran and grabbed Marius's helmet which was dropped during the fight, before she was seen by Motoyasu.

"Master's not going to like this!"

It seems luck is playing a horrible joke on him. Everytime a hint of hope appeared, something else just came and put Marius on the ground. Literally.

The guards violently threw Marius inside a jail cell and the sound of his armor hitting the floor echoed in the dark room

"Welcome to Melromarc, filth! Hope you enjoy your stay!" the guards laughed as they left Marius to rot in his jail.

Marius just sat there, wondering how his life ended up like this.

Few days ago, he had absolute power and a large army to conquer every land he desired. Now here he is, locked up for no reason in a land he hardly knew.

"Damn this place to Hades!", he cursed in his head.