Disclaim: I don't own Elsword. Just an author who wish to release imagination.
Main Character:
Elsword - Rune Master
Eve - Code: Sariel
Mio - Narrator
Kazuki - Soul Reaper
Note: "-Japanese-"
A/N: Most of the dialogs are japanese voice untill the training when Eve and Mio programmed to understand it with Elsword's note.
Act 2 - Chapter 1: Welcome to Gaia
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In a darkness hall where the blue haired knight stepped forward to present herself to the king as she knelt down on her knee, right hand on her chest.
"-Report.-" A deep voice ordered her.
"-Your Highness, I failed to capture the Former Valkyrur. I encountered heavy resistance by Red Magician, a man who can control fire on his will.-"
"-… I knew Red Magician is yet I didn't expect him to stand on my way." He spoke, his eyes now staring on her while frowning "-Legendary or not, I thought your Valkyria power can defeat him.-"
"-With all due respect, your Highness.-" Envy said "-Valkyria can barely hold back his reckless style with the help of El Resonance. Fighting in enemy's turf is a big risk without acknowledge.-"
"-… No matter, I will think about it later. You are dismissed.-"
"-Haii…-"
Envy stood up and bowed before she left the hall. The man looked to his left where a hodded man revealed himself from the wall. His face was hidden in the shadow that was barely seen.
"-What do you think?-"
"-As far as she told us, I believe it's true. According to our scout, Elrios is blessed with unidentified energy that harmonize the balance of their lives. Without it, the people can't live longer.-"
"-I see.-"
"-However, The Rebellion has made a move to bring Former Valkyrur and Red Magician to their side. There's chance that the source will be out of reach and will weaken them. Yet, I can't guarantee that they are as human as us. We will see about that.-"
"-I shall note it.-" The King nodded "-How's the preparation?-"
"-The military is ready on your go.-" The cloaked man said.
"-I already knew that, I mean that giant guardian.-"
"-About that, we still need something to activate it, which belongs to the Former Valkyrur, and creator of City of the Sky. Eve.-"
"We are here." Sakura told them upon arriving at the harbor.
The crew members were preparing to aboard, throwing thicks rope to the harbor where others caught and tied it to the pole before pulling the ship closer. Elsword jumped off the ship and held Eve's and Mio's hands to help them step out. Kazuki did the same to Lily. Sakura, however, stayed to help the crew organizing the cargoes back and told them to meet the HQ as fast as possible (ASAP).
When they reached the gate, two guards stepped up and blocked their way, hands holding their guns.
"-Halt, state your business.-" One of the spoke out in Japanese.
"-Kazuki Yuuki, Agent Hunter, Arriving to report the mission.-" Kazuki replied firmly, showing the badge on his arm. The guards recognized it and nodded before they stepped aside.
"Let's go. Try not to get lost."
Elsword nodded and pulled Eve and Mio with him, ignoring the faint blush on their faces. Once inside, the first thing they saw were talling buildings that made them raised their heads up. They never saw this in their place and could only awed in silence. As they followed Kazuki. They spotted a small sight of flying object that looked resemble to the one invaded Altera, one after one.
It's more modern than Elrios.
"Come on, Elsword."
The call from Kazuki snapped them out of their gaze and quickly walked after him. The hunter shook his head. They're like kid seeing something wonderful in their lives. They walked for a few minutes and arrived at gate, passing through it and saw a training field. Many people wearing uniform were doing training exercise under the command of one person who shouted rapidly.
Mio was a little startled by how he yelled at a person who slacked his training and grabbed Elsword's arm, to Eve's annoyance.
"We're here."
Kazuki stood before the small monitor and showed his badge to it. It turned out the monitor was scanner and swept the badge and called out in a mono tone.
Kazuki Yuuki
Agent Hunter 1-4
Rectical Scan Confirmed
Eve was interested in the technology and looked closely, only to be blocked by Kazuki's hand.
"I suggest you should stay back. The scanner will alarm whole army if it spots unknown personal."
Eve had no choice but to follow his words and stepped back near Elsword. The doors slid open and let the group enter. They stepped inside elevator and Lily pressed the 5th floor where they will meet the leader.
*ding*
The door opened again and revealed the room which was the office room, with many people doing their job in hustle. Kazuki told them to walk in quiet, not disturbing them as jobs in here required high concentration 24/7. They nodded.
"Code Ariel."
Kazuki stepped before two guards and told the password. They accepted and stepped aside, opening the double doors and let them walk inside.
"-HQ, Hunter has arrived and report for the mission-"
Elsword and his girls now looked at the woman who was typing on her computer and then turned her eyes on them. She had brown twin-tails hair with red silk on her head and a dark blue business suit.
"-I guess the mission is finished, then.-" She spoke and stood up "Okaerinasai, Kazuki." (Welcome home, Kazuki.) Her eyes then shifted to the others "-You must be Red Magician. It's an honor to meet you.-" She paused for a moment when she saw their confused face and realized they didn't know what she said "-Gomen(Sorry), you don't know Japanese.-"
"-Iya iya(No no). I'm good, except Eve and Mio.-" Elsword replied with Japanese, shocking her. Alicia regained her composure.
"-My name is Alicia Gunther, Secretary of Military Adminitator.-" She introduced "-My apology for the sudden but we are at war right now and we need your strength to help us against the Empire.-" the woman bowed down "-I hope you can lend us your power.-"
"-Stand up, Gunther-san.-" Elsword told "-We have learned the situation here and also had invaded by the Empire. We will gladly help you.-"
"-Arigatou.-"
"… What are they talking about?" Mio was confused by the language Elsword was talking to Alicia "You know what he said, Eve?"
"Beat me, but I believe he will tell us after this." Eve noted "I'm gonna program a tranlation when the talk is done."
"-Kazuki, can you escort them to their room I have arranged?-" Alicia told "-The VIP one-"
"-Leave it to me, Gunther-san.-"
They arrived at another building close to the military and headed to the 15th floor, where they can view the city. Elsword, Eve and Mio entered their new room and was surprised by the big size. It had almost everything for them to live comfortably.
"I will return to the base and prepare for the paper. Finish your room arrangement then meet me at 7 tonight for your training."
"Training? We're good with what we are now."
"Normally, I wouldn't care, but you need a firepower to deal with the range personal." Kazuki explained "You will be in disavantage with just your sword alone."
"We got it."
Kazuki nodded and left the room, leaving the trio to do as they pleased.
"Well, let see what we have."
Mio went for the kitchen to see if they had enough material for lunch while Eve checked their furniture. Elsword chose to see their bedroom and found a large kingside bed, enough for 3 people to sleep. However, the problem is Eve and Mio. Elsword could only sleep with Eve if she allowed him to, and sometimes Mio pulled a trick on him when it came to sleeping together. The thought of him having those two in his arms was enough to make him smirk.
He put the bag down and proceed to sort his clothes inside the closet. He could have done the same to Eve's and Mio's but he wouldn't dare to risk his life, especially her divine slap. Once he'd done, he jumped on the bed and let out a sigh of relief upon feeling the soft of the bed, almost made him drift into sleep.
He raised his right hand and called out some of his runes before he continued his works on chanting fomula.
"… what the hell?"
He just started his works and he began to get tired, runes slowly fading sooner than he expected. He swiped them disappeared and looked at his palms, wondering why he felt little magic inside.
"That's because we are away from range of El."
Eve entered bedroom and told him, seeing his magic faded away.
"Our power are limited without the El Resonance. We can only do the basic magic spells."
"Damn… and here I thought we could wipe this Empire with just our own." He cursed "Seem like I will see him for the training to cover up my lost ability."
"It seems so."
"Aye… and by the way."
Elsword took out a small book in his pocket and threw it at Eve who caught it. She flipped it and saw many of the Kanji letters he had already noted.
"In case you don't know Japanese, you should use it to learn the communication." Elsword told "Give it to Mio once you are done with it."
"I will note it in my program."
Elsword nodded.
- Timeskip -
- Training Ground -
They took Kazuki's advice and headed to the training ground near headquarter. When they arrived, sounds of gun shots echoing the field. They saw some using range gun for practice and shooting at the target which was a human-shaped carton.
"Welcome to my training field, Elsword."
Kazuki stepped out and greeted.
"It's good to see you, Kazuki."
Elsword waved his hand at him. He then eyed on the second person beside Kazuki, who had dark blue hair down to her shoulder, wearing uniform with a gun holster on her right thigh. Her dark eyes were looking at Elsword and the rest of his members with calculating eyes.
"You must be the one Kazuki told you." The girl said "My name is Isara Gunther, instructor of Gaia's Training Camp. It's a pleasure to meet you, Sieghart-san."
"The pleasure is all mine, Gunther-san, and call me Elsword. I don't like former much." Elsword grinned.
"Elsword, I will come back to report other things to HQ. You will be under her instruction for a time being. Oh and try not to flirt her. Her brother doesn't like it when someone try to hit on her."
"Kazuki!"
"Will do." Elsword chuckled, ignoring the glares from the two Nasod girls.
With that, Kazuki left the field. Isara led them to the armory where contained various weapons, sorted in categories. They awed at how large the containment was and looked around with interest.
"What you see here is the weapons we have reseached, each has its unique rate and firepower. It depends on the capable of the user to decide which weapon they can use. On the wall has weapons sorted from light to heavy."
Isara took a handgun on the wall and showed it to Elsword and the girls.
"This one is used commonly by the army. We call it FNH Five-Seven MK2, or just call it Five-Seven. It has low recoil and its weight is light to carry around." Isara explained and inserted its magazine inside the gun before she pulled the upsisde of the gun to load the first bullet. She reached the shooting booth with the gang following after her and watching her.
*Bang*
First shot unleashed the loud noise and hit the target's left shoulder.
"There." Isara turned to Elsword and handed the gun to him while saying "Why don't you try it?"
Elsword hesitated at first. He knew he had seen the way the members of Black Crow shot during the fight on the ship, which was under Raven's command, but he never tried. He walked to the booth and raised the gun.
"Left hand?"
Isara was interested in Elsword who held the gun on left hand only. Rarely anyone would use their left hand to use gun. Elsword thought to himself that using is just like launching rune, and he's perfect at launching it. He recalled the way Black Crow aimed and raised the gun up to the level of his left eye. His index finger touched the trigger and slowly pulled it before another shot unleased.
"!?"
Isara checked the target and surprisingly, the bullet hit the head.
"It's… light…"
Another shock to Isara is that she didn't see the gun recoil, or his hand held the gun too firmly that he didn't flinch by the gun.
Elsword then kept shooting at the target with remained bullets till it's empty. The final score recorded with 4800/5000. Elsword heard low whisper "Rossa wa kore ni manzoku shinaideshou (Rossa won't be happy about this)" before she told "Nice shot on your first time, Elsword. Have you done this before?"
Elsword just simply shook his head and replied "Nope, the gun is too light. I can use it steadily, like I launch my rune."
"Rune?" Isara tilted her head before she realized that Elsword is Red Magician from Elrios "Oh right, I forgot."
Isara then asked other girls if they were interested in gun. Mio denied because she preferred working as Narrator, which Isara noted, leaving Eve who held Five-Seven in her both hands and shot the dummy. She got 3900/5000, lower than Rossa and Elsword. Elsword went to the armory to see if he can find any other weapon he's interested. His eyes scanned on the wall for a moment till he noticed a white large handgun with roulette core. However, it's placed on the top.
"Isara, what's that gun on the top one?"
"That…" Isara was about to explain only to pause for a short time as she saw weapon before she told "It's the Dual Barrels White Python, the most recoiling handgun we have. I wouldn't recommend using it because of its recoil that likely breaks the arm. So far we haven't found anyone with strong capable to handle it."
"Then, can I try it?"
"Elsword, no, I can't-" / "Please…"
She was stopped by Elsword's plead. She saw him clasping his hands while begging her to test it, and sighed in defeat. She told the man in charge of armory who nodded. The man placed the gun on the table with tiring sigh escaping his mouth, saying that it's quite heavy.
"You don't change your mind?"
Instead of answering, Elsword raised his right hand over his should and called out the sword through a small flash, to Isara's surprise, and pulled it to show her.
"Here, try holding it."
Isara didn't know what he meant but did as he told. Elsword placed the sword on the floor and told her to lift it. She was confused what he meant but did as he told, until she found out it didn't budge. She tried to pull the handle up yet no use. She released the sword and stared at Elsword to ask him, only to find him lifting the python at ease, scaring the man.
"I have trained heavy sword for years. That one was casted with weight rune for stamina training." Elsword looked at the Python and tested it through aiming "Compared to the sword, this one is nothing."
Isara couldn't believe what she just heard. The White Python is light? She looked back at the sword before attempting to kick it, yet no movement was made. Elsword chuckled at her before he called the sword back. He pulled the empty roulette on the left and inserted 6-round mag' into it, closed the roulette and spun around, making chains of clicking sounds. He walked toward the shooting booth and aimed the Python at the dummy before he unleased first two bullets at it, which were floating parallelly and broke the target. The gun recoiled hard as he flinched a bit.
"… COOL!"
Both Isara and the armory man were dead silent by the strength Elsword showed on holding White Python, which destroyed a target.
"I think I will call it Blue Rose."
A grin crossed his face as he spun the gun around his index finger.
"… Then I will report this to the HQ that we have someone capable in using it." Isara got over her shock and nodded.
The blue haired girl then led the members to another training field. They stepped down to the lower ground through the tunnel and saw another one lean his back on the wall.
"Barney!" Isara greeted.
"Isara, welcome back to the pit." The man greeted back and found new comers behind her "Newbies?"
"Not exactly but you will know soon." Isara said before introducing "His name is Barney. He's in charge of the Pit, where you will put your skill in action through the course. Depend on how skillful you are, he will decide which rank and position you will be in."
Barney stepped to the cargo and opened up to reveal another guns inside.
"Alright, I see you without your primary weapon so pick one you like."
Elsword took a look at the cargo and found various kind of guns inside, submachine gun(SMG), light machine gun(LMG), heavy machine gun(HMG), each of them attached with optics. He reached for a white Scar Light and picked it up, inspecting it. Like Isara, Barney was quite surprise to see him using left hand. Elsword asked him if he can try first shot which he accepted.
However, those first shots were unfamiliar to him as when he pulled the trigger, chains of bullets released rapidly.
"Hold it right there, young man." Barney halted him "You need to aim down your sight first before you can shoot. No offense, but the way you shot looks like an ass." Which earned a tick mark from the said man.
Elsword followed his words and raisedd the gun to aim down sight. He put a few shots to the wall and adjusted the optics red dot until he found it good.
"All set."
Barney nodded and instructed "Go to that gate and prepare under my instruction. Shoot down the target on your sight, but beware of civillians. Your final score will decided base on your action and shot."
"Roger."
Elsword walked to the said gate and waited for Barney.
"Go!"
Elsword entered the gate.
"Pick your target!"
Elsword aimed down sight and shot first targets, then jumped over the barricade to shoot another on on the top of the damaged vehicle. Rushing past few obstacles, another dummies popped up, except among of them were civilian posters. Some of the targets were moving and one of them was behind civilian. He made his shot carefully and put a lead past near the civilian's shoulder and hit the target's head. Then he proceed with others.
"Enter the building!"
Elsword kicked the door, breaking hinges and shot the targets.
"Melee with your knife."
"Uh oh…"
Barney didn't hear Isara's gasp and Eve's sigh when he said it and was too late to stop him as Elsword grinned. Instead of a knife, his right hand reached the sword which was called out and slain the target into half, shocking him.
"What the F-"
Elsword ran and shot the last bullets of Scar Light to the targets, ignoring civillians, and put the gun aside to reach the last section. He looked around to see a lot of targets. He grinned deviously and began slaying them while his left hand holding Blue Rose and shooting.
"Alright, head to the finish line! Go!"
Elsword dashed to the line and stepped on it, thus stopping the clock time.
"19s, you make this training field like your playground."
Barney stepped to the red haired man, staring at the sword on his back. He never expected someone to use a large sword in a battle.
"I went through something worse than this." Elsword said.
Barney looked at the score and timer to decide the rank.
"Well then, you should be in the Sergeant." Barney criticized "Your style is quite unique so I'm not so sure if I can rank you more, and that White Python, I wasn't mentioned you can man it. Your strength must be very high to use it without any injures."
Elsword chuckled. They waited as Eve was next to do the training pit. She got the same rank as Elsword. As soon as it's done, they headed back to the HQ to finish the training program.
"All done." Isara reported.
Kazuki took the file from her and took a quick glance at it before he closed it.
"Welcome to Gaia Army, Elsword, Eve, Mio, or should I say… Elrios Team."
Yuu: First chapter of act 2... Ah... i hate food in hospital...
Lu: You have to eat it if you want to get better... And what's this? You added those characters from Valkyria Chronicles?
Yuu: Can't help it, i like that game much. And it inspires me to write this one.
Lu: Ho... I would like to try it when i have my own time.
Yuu: Anyway, Read n Review, please OwO /
Note: After this chapter, Elsword and Eve will not be able to use much skills due to El Bless out of range.