A Summoner's Journey
Chapter 4: World of Awakening
Current Heroes: Alfonse, Sharena, Anna, Virion, Eliwood, Caeda, Odin, Niles, Maria, Robin, Chrom, Lyn, Olivia, Nino, Seliph, Julia, Abel, Serra and Lon'qu
I spent the morning training my new heroes in the Training Tower. Julia proved to be an overwhelmingly powerful mage, one-shotting many soldiers unfortunate enough to be caught in her nuclear bomb of magic. Too bad she was pretty slow and a wet napkin could take more physical abuse than she could. Seliph was pretty good as well. He could take hits, dish out heavy damage and took a LOT to bring down. When he was wounded, his sword, the legendary Tyrfing, pulsed with orange light and projected a thin protective barrier around Seliph, which weakened physical attacks. The problem was that Seliph is kinda slow and not great against mages. Abel was pretty cool. His lance, the Brave Lance, allowed him to execute two attacks in quick succession, making him a quick killer. I also bought him the skill called Swordbreaker which gave the cavalier the ability to shatter enemy swords when he attacks. Serra was Serra. A nuisance most of the time, but was a healer nevertheless. Finally, Lon'qu was abnormally fast. Like, he was on one side of the floor one second and deep in enemy lines, stabbing soldiers in the back the next. His sword, the Killing Edge, made his special attack, Night Sky activate faster. As I watched my heroes decimate the soldiers and enemy heroes on the Training Tower 5th floor, I decided who I wanted to take before going to the next world. I wanted to have Robin (of course), Julia, Lyn and Seliph as my main party. After the long training session that lasted about an hour and a half, I got my heroes to level 15 to 20 and made way back to the castle, where I received a disturbing report from Anna…
"Lucian! Embla has attacked the World of Awakening!", Anna cried.
"Seliph and Julia, wait in the lobby", I said, "I'll go fetch Robin and…". Suddenly, I stopped with a funny thought in my head. "Chrom and Robin are from the World of Awakening, right?", I asked Anna behind me.
"Yeah, so?", the redhead asked.
"Wouldn't it be funny if they met each other in their world?", I asked, "You know what, sub Lyn for Chrom. I want to see this".
"Lucian, I would ask that you take this more seriously", Alfonse said, a stern look on his face, "We're not warring again Embla for laughs and giggles".
"Don't worry. Bringing Chrom instead of Lyn will hardly make a difference", I smiled, "Besides, if things go south, we got our MVP Robin to make a comeback!".
"You put way too much faith in that guy…", Alfonse sighed, "Robin's in the library, as usual. Chrom's in the training yard, fighting a dummy in the MIDDLE of the yard".
I raised an eyebrow, "Hm? What's happened?".
Alfonse gritted his teeth, "Chrom accidentally smashed a jeweled jar that was nearby the training yard"
"Oh… that's a little clumsy".
"He also broke three training dummies already. I swear, the coffers are going to empty because of this man…", Alfonse muttered.
"Alfonse, don't speak ill of the Exalt prince!", Sharena smacked Alfonse's back, "He's a kind and great man. He actually kinda resembles you".
"Flattering…", Alfonse said, "Anyhow, if you DO bring Chrom, please remind him not to break anymore stuff in the castle".
"Duly noted. I'll go tell him", I smiled as I ran down to the training yard.
After assembling my heroes and going through the portal to the World of Awakening, we landed in a plain nearby a river and mountain passage. Three figures were on the opposite side of the river, which had a small bridge over it. One was a brown haired man riding a horse practically covered in silver armor. In his hand was a large Steel Axe. The one in the center had blue hair, a white cape… you know what? Screw it. It was a doppelganger of Chrom. Beside him was a girl with blond pigtails. In her hand was a Heal staff. Chrom drew his Steel Sword,
"So you're the invaders from this so-called Order of Heroes?".
"Yes we are. We're here to liberate you from Embla", I said boldly.
"Actually…", Chrom pointed his blade at us, "We've gotten word from Emblians soldiers that you're here to raze our realm. They also warned us that any relative or friend aligned with Askr is fake. So don't even try to distract me with your Chrom and Robin behind you".
"Ah crap", I muttered.
"I'm warning you now: no one will bring harm to the Halidom of Ylisse", Chrom said with a dark look on his face, "Not on my watch. Now you face me and my Shepherds. Frederick! Lissa! Prepare for battle!".
"I'll take care of this rabble", the cavalier, who I assumed was Frederick said and he charged at us, full sprint. He brought his axe down onto my head, but my Chrom jumped in the way and blocked it with his Silver Sword.
"Let me hear you PICK A GOD AND PRAY", Chrom pushed Frederick back with his sword and slammed his blade onto the knight's side. Frederick staggered back, allowing Robin to launch a follow up attack with his tome, taking down the axe knight.
"Hrrahh!", Chrom lunged towards my Chrom in the front of my group and clashed blades with each other.
"You're not the real Chrom!", the enemy Chrom shouted.
"Neither are you!", my Chrom shouted back and they broke apart.
"Milady Naga, let us see this day through. Show me the way, to purge my enemies!", Julia's Naga tome glowed with white light and a giant white vision of a dragon rose from the earth. Chrom stumbled back as the dragon roared, sending a powerful shockwave through the entire battlefield. Even though the attack wasn't aimed at us, I could still feel the power radiating off it. The enemy Chrom, on the other hand, got a faceful of godly dragon magic and got blasted to the ground, dissolving into light. Seliph dashed across the bridge to finish off Lissa. I surveyed the field to check for any other soldiers and gestured to my heroes to continue on. Before we could leave however, Chrom reappeared without a weapon.
"We will not admit defeat so easily. The rest of the Shepherds will stop you. Our bonds are strong that we will never submit to you, villains", he said.
"Oh come on, banging your sis is disgusting!", I said.
Chrom reared back in shock, "W-what did you say?".
I smiled dryly, "Nothing. Just going to see that we're not the villains, it's Embla and stuff like that. See you later!". Me and my heroes brushed back the exalt prince and moved on.
Heading forward, we ended up in a dark gray mountain fortress, with snow pouring all around us.
"Seliph, my feet are cold", Julia said.
"Umm, I could carry you in my arms if you like…", Seliph said, sheathing his Tyrfing and holding out his hands.
"Erm… alright", Julia allowed herself to be carried by Seliph.
"Ship, ship", I whispered sarcastically to myself.
Meanwhile, Robin and Chrom were gazing at the fortress up ahead.
"Oh, I remember this place!", Robin grinned as he pulled the hood on his coat up, "This is Longfort, the border castle between Ylisse and Regna Ferox!".
"Whoa, that was a long time ago", Chrom said, his left arm twitching from the cold, "Didn't we come here to negotiate an alliance with Ferox to fight the war with Plegia?".
"Yeah, and that knight Raimi mistook you for a brigand. Hah! The brand of the exalt is on your shoulder! How could she not see that?".
"She probably thought it was a tattoo…", Chrom mumbled, but Robin was still laughing about Raimi's apparent "blindness".
"Looks like this fort is deserted", I said, looking around the empty corridors of the fortress.
"Lon'qu… I'm cold", a small, female voice rang from the fort.
"You should of worn more clothing Olivia", a male voice hissed quietly.
"It's not that... I'm getting this weird chill and-"
"Who's there?!", I shouted and four soldiers emerged from the empty fort. There was two sword fighters, an armored axe knight and a bowman.
I wasted no time issuing orders. "Seliph and Julia, attack the right flank with the armor knight. Robin and Chrom, take the left side!".
"On it!", Seliph gently let Julia down and dashed towards the left side of the castle. Julia yelped when her sandals touched the cold snow, but made her way towards Seliph, who was dueling the axe knight. The Emblian soldier swung his axe down in a heavy blow, but Seliph dodged to the side and drew his Tyrfing. When Seliph dodged, the knight got his axe stuck in the ground, so while he was trying to pry it out, Seliph did a quick swipe to the neck and ended the soldier's life. The archer shot an arrow into Seliph's stomach, so the swordsman pulled back and let Julia fight the bowman. A large vision of a white dragon sprang from Julia's Naga tome and blinded the Emblian soldier. The dragon roared and a powerful shockwave incinerated the bowman on the spot.
"Impressive as always Julia", Seliph smiled, although his face was pained because of the arrow sticking out from his stomach.
"Oh! Let me help you with that Seliph", Julia's tome pulsed with light and she said gently, "Breath of Life!". Her tome let out a short jolt of healing magic towards Seliph and the blood stains surrounding his wound faded. Seliph gave his half-sister a weak smile, but his face was still pained,
"Thanks Julia. I feel a little better now", he said.
"You're welcome. Let's check on our comrades on the other side", the mage lent Seliph her hand and they went to check on Robin and Chrom.
"Shame we're on opposite sides here. I hate to harm a fellow Shepherd", Chrom said as he drew his sword to face Lon'qu.
"Hmph. Let's see if your swordsmanship holds true. En garde!", Lon'qu drew his blade and charged at Chrom. He swiped twice onto the Ylissean prince, one of the strikes connecting on his chest and the other hit blocked. Chrom slammed his sword onto Lon'qu's arm, nearly taking it off. Lon'qu stumbled away, clutching his arm and gritting his teeth in contorted pain. "You're finished!", Robin began to cast Blarraven, but Olivia danced for Lon'qu behind him and the swordsman rushed to Robin before the tactician could cast. Lon'qu launched three consecutive strikes before glowing with purple energy.
"Night Sky!", a vision of a full moon burned into the air and Lon'qu jumped into the air, slamming his sword onto Robin's head. He then slashed at Robin's waist and again at his face.
"Robin!", Chrom had to stop before Robin got defeated. The prince smashed his Silver Sword onto Lon'qu's chest as Robin staggered away from the onslaught. The Feroxi myrmidon tumbled into the snow before Chrom stabbed his stomach with his sword, ending Lon'qu's life. Chrom breathed a sigh of relief after drawing his blade from the already-fading Lon'qu. Seliph and Julia snuck behind Olivia and finished her off. Chrom went to check on Robin.
"Robin, are you alright?", Chrom asked as he and I ran over to him. The tactician's body was marked with seemingly a million bleeding cuts. His face was covered by two long slashes that formed an X.
"I… I think I can stand…", Robin tried to stand up, but he fell back onto the snow pretty quickly.
"You were lucky to survive that. Robin, you are not going to participate in battle any further until you're healed", I said.
The mage rubbed his head, "At least allow me to support from the back with my magic. As tired as I am, I can't let the others fight without me".
"If the magic doesn't exhaust you too much, then go ahead", I smiled at Robin's dedication, "But be careful. In your condition, it looks like one touch could kill you".
We continued on our way. Chrom offered to carry Robin like Seliph was doing to Julia, but the tactician denied, despite having a hard time walking and bleeding all over his clothes.
"If you have blood on your hands, it'll be hard to hold your sword, right?", Robin tried to give the prince a smile, but the blood dripping down his face didn't help.
"You're practically bleeding out at this point. Continue on and you'll be too weak to even breath", Chrom said, then he leaned in, "That Lucian doesn't care for his soldiers at all if he's letting you do this".
Robin laughed weakly, "He told me before that heroes summoned by the Breidablik can't be killed by blood loss, at least according to a book he read. The hero must be stricken by a blade, arrowhead or magic in order to be slain. I'm fine".
"Still though, looking at you just makes me uncomfortable", Chrom frowned, "But if you say you're fine, then I'll not argue any further. Let's just pray to Naga that you'll survive this expedition".
"I'll be fine", Robin assured, "See, there's our next battlefield". Robin pointed down towards a mountain path surrounded by a deep chasm. Arranged in a square formation were four pegasus knights.
Down by the chasm, flying in the air, Cordelia sucked in her breath. Hiking down the mountain was the man of her dreams himself. "Snap out of it", Cordelia mentally slapped herself, "This Chrom isn't real. It's that upstart imposter from Askr". Still though, she couldn't take her eyes off of Chrom. The Chrom in this world has gone missing ever since the fight with Grima and she was wondering where he went. Now Cordelia saw him alongside Robin leading Askr's troops against the World of Awakening. Cordelia glanced around her. The Emblian pegasus knights Princess Veronica sent were emotionless. They just stared at the Askr heroes and gripped their weapons tightly. Cordelia sighed and steeled herself, keeping her grip firm on her Steel Lance. This Chrom was an imposter. She had to remember that and not let her emotions override her skill in battle. That was something Phila often told her before she died. Cordelia sighed again and got ready to fight.
"My arms are tired. Can I let you down now?", Seliph asked.
"Oh! I'm sorry Seliph", Julia gently let herself out of Seliph's arms and Seliph swung his arms around, to loosen them up for the coming fight.
"Look at that giant crevice… let's be careful not to fall into it", Julia advised.
"Those pegasus knights might make that a problem", Seliph said as he drew his Tyrfing, "I say we stick together and try to not get knocked into the chasm".
Behind them, Robin suggested the exact same plan.
"So all of us stick together in the center to avoid getting knocked into the chasm", Robin said, "Chrom and Seliph will hold the line while me and Julia will stay near the mountain and snipe with magic".
"Uhh, I don't mean to question your logic, but maybe we should hang back at the mountain and protect you frail mages", Chrom pointed out.
I snickered, "Chrom's just afraid that he'll fall into the chasm. See those pointed lances? They can knock you down good".
"Excuse me?", Chrom looked back at me, "I'm by no means afraid Lucian. I just think that this is a more safe tactical plan".
"Chrom has a good point. We should lure the pegasus knights in with Chrom and Seliph, then they will retreat back to us and we'll shoot the fliers out of the sky with magic".
"Alright, that's cool. I'll go notify Seliph and Julia", and I made my way down the snowy mountain.
When we arrived at the base of the mountain, the fliers immediately rushed us.
"Holy Mila! There's coming right at us! Everybody, get into formation!", I cried.
Seliph and Chrom quickly got in front of Julia and Robin and walled the pegasus knights coming towards us. One Emblian Lance Flier vaulted towards Robin, but Seliph smacked her away with the flat of his Tyrfing and Robin knocked her out with a quick Blarraven. An Axe Flier slashed her Steel Axe onto Chrom's head, but the prince dodged and countered with his sword, taking the flier out in one blow. Cordelia came in just as the Axe Flier fell and nearly impaled Chrom through the chest. "Ahh!", Chrom quickly parried her lance with his sword and forced Cordelia back.
"I get it that Embla told you I'm a fake, but are all you so cold that you attack fellow Shepherds without hesitation?", Chrom asked.
Cordelia shut her eyes tightly, "Just kill the enemy. Nothing more, nothing less".
"You are a fake. I have no business talking to you, Chrom", and Cordelia lunged with her lance again, nearly taking Chrom's arm off in the process.
"Gah! Okay then, fine!", Chrom swung his sword towards Cordelia, but the pegasus knight darted upwards and began to rocket down onto Robin.
"Julia, attacker from above!", I called.
"Huh?!", Julia looked up, then tried to cast Naga as quick as possible, but it was too late. Robin was too busy taking care of a Sword Flier to notice Cordelia vaulting down on him. Cordelia speared Robin through the head, making him drop dead onto the ground.
"AHH!", both me and Julia cried in fear, but anger quickly replaced Julia's terror, represented by burning white light gathering on the pages of her Naga tome, "O mighty Naga… grant me the power to avenge my ally that has fallen. Naga!". Seliph was dueling with Cordelia when blazing light flared out of Julia's tome and the shock wave emitted from it was so powerful, it blasted Cordelia off her mount and both of them dropped into the chasm.
"T-that was gruesome", Julia sat down and tried to control her breathing.
"Yeah… gruesome indeed", I also sat down and attempted to restrain the urge to throw up. Despite seeing blood and gore before, seeing Robin speared through the head by Cordelia's lance was too much. Thankfully, heroes fade after being killed and respawn in the castle lobby, so Robin wasn't dead and we don't need to see his disemboweled corpse.
"Well…", I got up and got my shaking arms until control, "Let's hurry and finish this. There shouldn't be much more battles after this one".
We continued through the chasm before arriving at an old looking farm, with crumbling pillars and cracked walls nearby.
"Huh, looks like this is Donnel's farm", Chrom remarked, looking around himself.
"Ah, looks like this here Order of Heroes have arrived", a guy wearing simple villager clothes and a pot of on his head emerged from a pillar, Steel Lance in hand, "How ya doing? Good to see you again, Chrom, although it's darn bad that you're on the wrong side".
"Wrong side? You're the one on the wrong side. Who put you up to this?", Chrom asked.
"I did", a familiar female voice said behind Donnel.
Donnel stepped aside as a girl wearing the exact same clothing as Robin appeared. In fact, they were nearly identical in everything. Hair colour, clothing, build, eye colour and everything else. The only difference between my Robin and this gender swap was the hair style and voice. Female Robin had two pigtails on the sides of her head and her voice was gentle, but at the same time, stern, contrasting Male Robin's suave and almost careless tone. However, both were serious when it came to directing battle.
Female Robin turned to Chrom, "Well met milord. I'm guessing you and my brother turned to the dark side?".
"I…", Chrom glared at Female Robin, "You're the one on the wrong side. What happened to you? Do you know that Embla is attacking Askr for the sole purpose of…", Chrom paused, "What was Embla's purpose to attack us again?".
"Don't remember. Probably to possess all the legendary heroes in the world for global conquest or something cliche like that", I shrugged.
"Anyhow, Embla is attacking the Askr kingdom. Why would someone like you join them? Your twin brother is already in our ranks. Please, join Askr for the benefit of the world", Chrom pleaded.
"Somebody's fond of Robin's sister", I murmured.
"Heh, heh, alright then", Female Robin's gold eyes turned dark red. She glowed with a dark aura, "Show me your true power, Prince Chrom!".
"What the-? We already sealed Grima! How are you still possessed?", Chrom backed up.
"You "sealed" me. Not "kill" me. There's still a small fragment of my soul in this girl. Foolish decision to let this girl stay alive to let your descendants deal with me. How incredibly selfish!", Female Robin said in a dark and ominous tone.
"I…", Chrom instantly regretted his decision now. He left Falchion in the training yard in the Ylissean castle and was training with a Silver Sword when he was summoned by me. Now he has to refight Grima, but without the Falchion. Was it even possible?
"L-lord Chrom?", Julia asked nervously.
"Yes Julia?", Chrom said.
"Is Robin possessed by some kind of dragon? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can sense it", Julia said.
"Yes, Robin here is possessed by the fell dragon Grima. Why you ask?", Chrom asked.
"My Naga tome has the power to dispel dragons, so I should be able to take down Robin", Julia said, fidgeting with her tome.
Chrom grinned, "Oh, you're a lifesaver Julia. Alright then, me and Seliph will guard while Julia launches Naga attacks. Is that a good plan Lucian?".
"For sure. Ready everyone? Let's do this!", I shouted.
The battle begun as an Emblian Bow Cavalier and a Troubadour galloped onto the battlefield. Chrom went ahead and smashed a pillar nearby, revealing Donnel behind it.
"Sorry bout this chief!", Donnel charged and thrust his Steel Lance at Chrom. Chrom sidestepped and banged his sword onto Donnel's pot helmet, making the villager stumble back.
"Julia, finish him off!", Chrom shouted.
"Naga!", Julia's tome blazed with light and a powerful pulse of draconic energy blasted Donnel off his feet.
"Chrom, arrow from the left!", I cried. An arrow launched towards Chrom's face and he blocked it with his blade. However, a giant spiritual green wolf head smashed through a broken wall and knocked Chrom to the ground. The dust settled and female Robin stood there, her Gronnwolf tome pulsing with dark green light.
"Gronnwolf!", Robin shouted in an echoing voice and the giant wolf head reappeared again, rushing towards Chrom and battering the prince over and over and over again.
"Julia, we have to stop this! I'll distract Robin and you launch Naga shots!", Seliph charged and slashed Robin in the shoulder with his Tyrfing.
"What?! Who are-"
"NAGA!", a huge transparent dragon rose behind Seliph and roared, louder than ever. A ball of white electricity formed in the dragon's mouth and it launched it at Robin, smashing into her chest.
"Gah!", Robin toppled to the ground, her dark aura growing weaker and flickering, "You… YOU…".
"Julia, end this now!", Chrom shouted weakly as he parried away arrows from the Bow Cavalier.
"Grima… the king of dragons Naga commands you to stop! If force is required, I will not hesitate to use it. NAGA!", the dragon rose again and roared, blasting Robin further away and weakening her aura.
"GAH! Naga… you always ruin EVERYTHING! I WILL PERSONALLY END YOU!", Robin got onto one knee, her face contorted into pure hatred, "But not now. I'll personally attend Naga's death later. Worst of luck to you!", and Robin vanished in a puff of dark smoke.
The Bow Cavalier turned his head in shock when Robin was defeated, but that gave Chrom the chance to slash the cavalier's horse in half and stab the archer through the chest, ending his life. The Troubadour began to retreat, but Seliph chased after it and killed her.
"Our last battle approaches", I said firmly, with false confidence in my voice, "Come along everybody. We're almost done here". Truth be told, I was glad that my Robin was defeated before coming here, as hard as that was to say. If he saw his sister like this, it will not go well.
Crossing Donnel's village to the north, we found a chasm with multiple bridges running over many ravines. Surrounding us by the right and north were two cavaliers, Chrom and Female Robin.
"You made it all this way? What a shame that people with your skills are fighting on the wrong side", the enemy Chrom said.
"Wrong side?! You're the one with Grima of all people on your team. How can you not see that?!", my Chrom shouted back.
"I do this to protect the Halidom of Ylisse. You'll get no further—not even with that talented tactician of yours. Because we have our own. Robin, lead us to victory. The Shepherds must get these villains to reverse course!", the enemy Chrom called.
"You are no way rational", my Chrom glared at the enemy Chrom, "I'm the protector of Ylisse. Not you, some imposter wannabe teaming up with Grima of all people!".
"Come at me then. Is this how you protect Ylisse? By getting summoned by an inferior tactician? Show me how you fight to protect your home, "imposter"!, the enemy Chrom shouted and drew his Silver Sword, "Sully, Stahl and Robin! Let's give them a fight to remember!".
All four of them charged at us at once. Julia blasted Naga all over the battlefield, making Sully topple like a bowling pin and Robin clutch her chest and head with pain. Stahl and Chrom weren't affected too hard by the attack though. The enemy Chrom dueled with my Chrom, but my Chrom was already weakened by Robin's Gronnwolf attacks from the last battle. The enemy Chrom slashed my Chrom in the chest, then stabbed him in the stomach, making him fade into gold light.
"Seliph! Hurry before Chrom attacks Julia!", I commanded.
Seliph cut his Tyrfing onto Chrom's shoulder, then kicked him in the chest, Sparta style. As Chrom backed away, clutching his shoulder, Stahl galloped forth, brandishing his Ruby Sword. Stahl's speed on his horse caught Seliph off guard and he was cut twice in a row by the sword cavalier. Stahl went for a third strike to the face, but the Tyrfing pulsed with orange light and a thin shield of energy enveloped Seliph, protecting him from Stahl's attack.
"Dragon GAZE!", Julia's Naga tome blazed with purple light and a gigantic, transparent, demonic-looking dragon rose out of the earth. It roared and the force was equivalent to an atom bomb. The Naga attack completely blew Stahl off his horse and he tumbled into the chasm. Chrom jumped in front of Robin as the attack was about to reach her and he crumbled to the ground, lifeless.
"NAGA, YOU END HAS COME!", Robin's dark aura growed bigger and darker, "GRONNWOLF!".
A huge green spirit wolf head lunged towards Julia, but the green mage took the hit well. Julia retaliated with a quick bolt of draconic lightning and Seliph finished the attack while Robin was stunned. Female Robin fell to her knees, the dark energy surrounding her weakening and fading.
"NO… THIS ISN'T THE END…", Robin growled.
"Give up Grima. Naga orders it", Julia said sternly, "Return to where you belong".
"KNOW THIS CHILD… I'LL… NEVER… DIE…", and Robin collapsed onto the ground, the dark aura finally expelling from her body and her red eyes returning to the normal gold.
"Finally… it's over", I said with a sigh of relief. We were about to leave when Chrom and Female Robin reappeared.
"I must thank you all for breaking the contract", Chrom said, "That witch of a princess, Veronica forced me to seal Grima instead of kill him and made me cooperate with it. Robin, I'm so sorry that you had to deal with all over again".
"Chrom… it's alright. You didn't have a choice, didn't you? I believe a thanks is the least we can give for these heroes", Robin said, "Order of Heroes, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for freeing me from Grima and freeing Ylisse from Embla's control. Now then, I must go… to find my brother".
"Wait, your brother is with us…", I began, but Robin and Chrom already disappeared magically.
When we made it back to the castle, Alfonse, Sharena and Anna greeted us.
"How did the mission go?", Alfonse asked.
"Embla is getting more powerful than ever", I said, "They even managed to enslave gods like Grima".
"This is worrisome, especially since…", Anna began, but decided not to mention it.
"Hm? What's going on?", I asked
"Well, I received a report that Embla is targeting the World of Mystery again, and they managed to capture the Scion of Naga, Tiki", Anna said gravely.
I sighed, "I'm going to take a nap. Seliph, take the orbs from the quest fountain and bring them up to my quarters. After that, feel free to rest and do whatever you want".
"I'll do that, sir", Seliph bowed and went to fetch the orbs from the quest fountain.
I went upstairs and flopped onto my bed. What a day that was. We began our expedition to the World of Awakening before noon and now it was sunset. Embla's power was increasing and I could feel it. We needed much more firepower than that we have now. But I don't have enough orbs to do a full summon session. Counting the daily two orbs from the delivery service plus the five Seliph was going to deliver meant I only had 7. If that wasn't bad enough, we had to go and fight this "Scion of Naga" Tiki tomorrow. I saw Naga's power through Julia's tome and if Tiki was the scion to Naga, she must be unimaginably powerful. I sighed, the stress was too much for me. I forgot to take a shower and laid down on my pillows, falling into a deep sleep.
Author's Note: So that's how I think the twin Robins would go down if it actually happened in Awakening. Both are born as a Heart of Grima, one is used and the other is taken by the mother to save them from being possessed. I know it sounds confusing, but that's what happens when avatar characters exist in the same game.