A Summoner's Journey
Chapter 8: Return to Awakening
Team for this chapter: Eliwood, Jeorge, Nino and Robin
EDIT: Realized I completely forgot about World of Blazing T_T I'll include it as extra dialogue in Heroes Invade next chapter and then Lucian will liberate it after. Sorry about this! Anyways, enjoy the story!
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"Lucian! Are you awake?" Sharena called, then she knocked the door again. I groaned, dragging myself out of bed and went to open the door.
"Lucian? Are you here?" Sharena was about to knock again, but I opened the door, bags under my eyes and my jet black hair messed up "Oh, there you are"
"What is it Sharena?" I asked, my eyes struggling to stay open "It's too early for an attack on Askr"
"Nothing's happening right now, but Embla killed the Askrian knights we sent to the World of Awakening!" Sharena cried "The spies report that they seized control of powerful heroes in the World of Awakening and are approaching fast to Askr!"
"Damn those Emblians. Alright, I'll be down as fast as I can. Notify Jeorge, Nino, Robin and Eliwood to meet me in the lobby ASAP" I said and hurried to take a shower, get a change of clothes and grabbed a muffin from the mess hall. The lobby was empty as the morning sun rose over the horizon through the giant front door of the castle. My heroes had the same bags under their eyes as mine, with disheveled hair and sleepy expressions.
"Look alive everyone! We're heading to the World of Awakening again in order to free it from Embla!" I said, taking a bite out of my carrot muffin.
"Could you at least… fetch us a snack or something?" Nino yawned "I'm hungry"
Eliwood ruffled Nino's green hair "I'll go grab us some food before we go. What would you like?"
"Ooh, could I have a blueberry muffin and a banana Lord Eliwood?" Nino asked, cutely tugging at the edge of Eliwood's blue cape.
Eliwood smiled warmly "Yes, of course. Would you like anything Sir Jeorge?"
"An apple would be fine. I'll have a formal meal after the mission" Jeorge said, adjusting his arm guard and archery gloves.
Eliwood turned to Robin "And you, Grandmaster?"
"Guess I'll take an orange and a raspberry muffin" Robin said, reading a small tactical codex that was in his pocket "Thank you"
Later, we arrived through the portal in the World of Awakening. Next to use were old brick walls, like the remains of a village barrier. A river stream rushed nearby. Ahead were a Lance Knight and an Axe Cavalier, but the most notable enemies that were facing us was Robin and a tall woman wearing very transparent clothing. Her bottom was sorta like a kilt, similar to the one Lyn wore. She had silky black hair, somewhat oily in feeling and was holding a dark red magical tome with three swords crossed over the cover.
"Greetings strangers. I hear that you are this "Order of Heroes"?" the enemy Robin asked politely.
"Yes we are" my Robin responded "I'm sure you already heard from Chrom that Embla's the evil force at play here. So please, lay down your weapons"
"I'm afraid I can't do that. Chrom has been missing for several weeks and now you come here announcing yourselves as people from another world?" Robin pulled a Thoron tome out of his pocket "That sounds pretty suspicious to me. How I wish my sister was here to fight with me but…" the enemy Robin stopped abruptly, then turned behind him. The woman was sneaking behind Robin, attempting to put her arms around his neck.
"Tharja? Are you following me around again?" Robin asked.
"Of course, my dear. You are, after all, the perfect man for me" Tharja said seductively.
"Umm...you can help me clear these enemy troops and then we'll see about the "perfect man" part" Robin said, uneasy.
"Whatever you say, darling" Tharja's tome pulsed with red light and a cluster of miniature red blades appeared "I will eradicate your enemies with this new magic I found: Rauorblade!"
"That's… great to hear" Robin smiled faintly "Anyhow, to battle! Drive these Order of Heroes scum out from Ylisse!"
The Axe Cavalier galloped towards us, Emerald Axe gleaming in his hand. I sent Eliwood to intercept him and his sword met with the enemy's axe. Eliwood gave a hard push with his blade and slammed his sword onto the cavalier's chest, shattering his axe in the process thanks to his skill Axebreaker. Left helpless, the cavalier galloped away to retreat, but Nino sent three Gronnblade swords flying down and blocked the cavalier's exit. Before he could stop his horse, the cavalier rammed headfirst into the wall of magic and the blades exploded, taking him out.
"Rauorblade!" Tharja called and a similar cluster of red blades came flying out of the sky towards us. Robin countered with Blarraven and the swords shattered in midair. The enemy Robin launched a bolt of Thoron towards Jeorge, but he jumped to avoid it and shot an arrow into Robin's chest, making him stumble back.
"Finish him off Nino!" I commanded and the mage obliged, sending a wave of green magic swords towards the tactician. Gronnblade crashed into the enemy Robin, making him dissolve and fade away in gold light.
"Vengeance!" Tharja came out from behind the wall, glowing with dark red light and sent down a storm of swords towards Nino. Before Nino could get away, my Robin pushed her out of the attack and took it himself. His weapon triangle advantage reduced the damage he took, but the magic attack plus Vengeance hurt him real hard. Tharja sent down another volley of blades, but Nino drew back Robin before he could be struck again.
"Here's how it's done!" my Robin's body blazed with orange flames and he launched a Bonfire-charged Blarraven towards Tharja, making her collapse to the ground. Jeorge finished her off with a quick arrow to the chest. The remaining Emblian Lance Knight slowly trudged from behind the wall and raised his Silver Lance to attack, but Nino easily struck him down with two Gronnblade attacks.
"Armored knights are far too easy to take down" Robin smiled and patted Nino's head "Good job there Nino"
Nino blushed and smiled back when the enemy Robin reappeared in a flash of magic, without his tome.
"You circumvented my strategy? Incredible" the enemy Robin acknowledged "I guess your tactician isn't half-bad. But I've got more tricks and tactics to trip you up, along with many more allies to keep you from going further!" and the enemy tactician teleported away in a flash of yellow light. Heading up the hillside nearby, we found ourselves in a passageway surrounded by two cliffs. Jeorge spotted a green mage on the left cliffside, an archer on the right and two non-Emblians at the bottom.
"One of the non-Emblians is a white haired red mage with a Rauorraven tome" Jeorge reported "The other seems to be a child, with light gold-blue hair . She doesn't seem to be wearing much armor, if not any clothes at all"
"Uhh… okay" I said, uneasy about the "clothing" part "Did you spot anything in her hand?"
"It was a glowing blue stone" Jeorge replied "Something the matter with it?"
"Yeah, I remember seeing that kind of stone back in the World of Mystery" I said, remembering how Tiki used the dragonstone to transform into a dragon "It's probably a manakete's dragonstone, so approach her with caution, despite her looks"
"Thanks for the warning", Jeorge smiled, "Now then, shall we attack?"
"Yes, of course. Let me just convey orders to Robin, Eliwood and Nino here" I turned to the three heroes, who were talking beside me "Robin, head to the forest on the right that goes up to the west cliffside. Eliwood, take your horse to the left cliff and deal with the green mage. Jeorge and Nino will stay behind until you two have dealt with the enemies there"
"Understood", Robin and Eliwood nodded and they separated, Robin heading into the forest and Eliwood galloping up the left cliffside. Robin trudged through the forest obscuring the way towards the left cliff. Tons of logs, branches and trees slowed his attack and by the time he reached the top, he was covered in branches, scars and blood. The archer atop the cliff noticed the tactician immediately and launched an arrow from his Silver Bow towards Robin. The mage deflected it with a wall of spirit ravens and sent the cloud of ghosts towards the archer. The ravens crashed into the archer, skittering him just near the edge of the cliff. While the archer was recovering from the attack, Robin rushed forward and threw his fist to punch the Emblian off the cliff, but the soldier managed to smack Robin aside with his bow. The archer drew another arrow and fired, this time landing a shot on Robin's arm. Back down the cliff, Jeorge noticed that Robin was struggling and ran down the passageway to help him.
"Jeorge! What are you doing?!" I yelled, but the archer ignored me and drew his bow to fire. Jeorge nocked the arrow into his Silver Bow and let it loose, killing the enemy archer from behind. Robin poked his head over the cliff "Thanks Jeorge!"
"No problem!" Jeorge shouted back, then a gale of wind sliced his right arm, drawing a line of blood.
"Nino! Draw back Jeorge!" I commanded and the mage grabbed Jeorge by the shoulder and dragged him back towards me, out of the green mage's range. While the Emblian was attacking Jeorge however, Eliwood snuck behind and stabbed the mage in the back with his Silver Sword, killing him instantly. Now all was left were the mage and dragon below. I called Robin and Eliwood back down the cliff and we marched through the passageway. Finally, we spotted the two. The red mage was just as Jeorge described: short white hair, a thin dark mage robe and a Rauorraven tome in his hand. The girl next to him was well… it's hard to describe a loli that wears next to nothing.
"Good god what is with the people here in the World of Awakening?" I thought to myself
"They're looking at me funny" the girl said to the mage "They think I'm a child!"
Nino looked at her, dumbfounded "But you ARE a child"
"Oh yeah? Look at this!" the girl gripped her dragonstone tightly and she was enveloped in bright blue light. When the light faded, the loli was replaced by a huge, bulky yellow dragon.
"Whoa! I always wondered what it felt like to be a dragon!" the mage exclaimed next to the dragon "You think you could lend me your dragonstone next time Nowi?"
"Come on Henry! You should know that it doesn't work for everyone!" Nowi replied back in echoing voice "Anyway, let's get to the fight! I didn't transform just to show off!"
"Right away Nowi!" Henry said with a little too much enthusiasm "I'll have them cawing for mercy at the hand of my crows and ravens! Ha ha ha!"
Robin sighed at the pun and readied his tome "I'll show you ravens. Blarraven!"
The tactician shot a storm of ravens towards Henry, who countered with his own Rauorraven. The red and blue spirits clashed in midair and dissipated in a spark of red and blue light.
"Dragon rampage!" Nowi reared back and blasted a large bolt of lightning from her mouth towards Robin. Robin staggered back, clearly taking the attack hard.
"Gronnblade!" Nino sent a volley of swords in Nowi's direction, but Henry blocked it with a wall of ravens, then he had them fly towards Nino. The ravens crashed into the mage and made her collapse to the ground. Nino's Gronnblade flew in the air and the ravens swarmed over it, shredding the tome into pieces.
"Nino! Just use your Elwind tome for now to distract Nowi! Only Robin is able to defeat Henry!" I called while Jeorge launched arrows at Nowi's dragon body. Nino pulled out her another tome from her bag and summoned a small tornado of wind towards Nowi, hitting the dragon hard. Nowi retaliated with a blast of Lightning Breath, but Nino took the attack much better than Robin. Meanwhile, Robin recovered from Nowi's attack and unleashed a Bonfire-charged Blarraven towards Henry. Henry countered again with his own ravens, but the sheer power of Robin's magic blasted through Henry's attack and the fiery spirits smashed into the mage, taking him down in one hit. Nowi shot Lightning Breath at Jeorge and struck him in the chest, but Nino finished the dragon off by surrounding Nowi with sharp Elwind gales and having them slice her apart. The manakete collapsed to the ground in a loud thud and reverted back to a small girl before fading away. We healed each other's wounds and continued on.
Not before long, we found a huge mountain that looked difficult to climb up.
"Well, this'll take a while to climb" Eliwood remarked.
Suddenly, an Emblian Sword Flier came rocketing down from the mountaintop and nearly cut Nino's face if Eliwood didn't block the blade with his own and then stab the flier in the chest.
"As I thought. Enemies are waiting for us atop this hill" Robin readied his Blarraven "Everyone be vigilant and careful for any more ambushes"
"Ah how disappointing. The flier ambush tactic didn't work" an enemy Virion sighed atop the hill "What if we send the knight down south the strike them from behind?"
"The knight makes too much noise. They'll easily notice" a wyvern rider with long pink hair said "I think it's best that we wait until they come up, then we'll ambush them"
"I know! We'll send the mage knight and the knight on the pathway up the mountain to weaken them! Then me and you will finish them off! It's genius!" Virion flipped his teal hair proudly.
"Remember what Robin said about your tactics?" the wyvern rider reminded the archer "He said that you sacrifice too much to win a fight. If the knight and mage cavalier die, we'll be outnumbered four to two!"
"My dear Cherche, you underestimate the might of these Emblian soldiers" Virion said with no concern in his voice "I'm sure they'll be able to handle the Order of Heroes just fine"
Cherche sighed "Whatever you say, milord"
"Anyway, let us do it before the enemy reaches us" Virion turned to the mage knight and armor knight beside him "You two go down the eastern mountain path to block the Order of Heroes. Attempt to finish them off and if you can't, at least weaken them. Understand? Then go, my lovely soldiers!", and the two Emblians left.
The mage knight galloped to atop a cliff right above my troops and cast his Blarblade spell, raining spectral blue blades onto Robin. The blades smashed onto Robin's head and he was defeated instantly.
"What the hell?" I looked up and saw the mage knight preparing another attack "Nino! Strike him down!"
"Gronnblade!" Nino fired back her own swords and they clashed with the Emblian's in midair. Nino launched another volley like cannon fire towards the knight and he was too slow to attack back. The magic blades pierced the mage's chest once, then another impaled his face. The Axe Knight came trotting down the hill towards Eliwood. The sword cavalier noticed and slashed his Silver Sword down onto the knight's helmet. Eliwood's skill, Axebreaker kicked in and his second strike came in, shattering the Killer Axe the knight held. Without a weapon to fight with, the knight tried to retreat, but Eliwood slammed his blade into the knight's head, cleaving it in two. We rushed up the mountain and was met with Virion and Cherche. Cherche charged first with her Hammer while Virion stayed behind and launched arrows from his Silver Bow. Cherche slammed her heavy maul onto Eliwood, but the cavalier darted backwards to dodge and countered with his sword. Virion's arrow caught Eliwood's waist though and he staggered back, preventing his Axebreaker from destroying Cherche's weapon. As Eliwood fell back and knocked away Virion's arrow with his sword, Jeorge stepped up and shot his own arrow towards Cherche. The arrow impaled through Cherche's chest and she fell off her wyvern, dead on the cold ground. The dragon, outraged at Jeorge for killing it's rider, charged in a berserk rage towards the archer.
"Sorry about this" Jeorge calmly unleashed a flame-wreathed arrow and upon contact with the raging wyvern, it exploded into a line of fire, striking the beast dead and wounding Virion in the process by burning his chest.
"Ahh! Ahh! Someone get water!" Virion dropped his Silver Bow and frantically patted his vest, trying to douse the flames. That left him wide open for Nino to blast him with several magic blades. The first impaled Virion on the shoulder and the other skewered his face, leaving the archer bloody and dead on the ground. Moving past the gore and defeat of Robin, we continued on.
Atop the hill was a large clearing with several trees in our way. Five enemies were in our way this time: an Emblian Lance Cavalier, an Emblian Red Mage Cavalier, an Emblian Green Mage Cavalier, some girl who looks like Marth and a busty green haired woman who looks suspiciously like Tiki from the World of Mystery.
"Lady Tiki, the Order of Heroes are approaching. Please retreat. The Voice of Naga doesn't need to see this battle" the girly Marth said.
"No Lucina. These foes are strong and I am strong enough to stand in battle" Tiki replied "Please do not worry about me"
"I'm not doubting your power Lady Tiki, but what would happen if you fall in battle? It'll be the ravaged future Grima created all over again!" Lucina cried "I came here to prevent apocalypse and I cannot allow Grima to succeed again!"
"Lucina… as stubborn as ever" Tiki gave her a faint smile "But you make a good point. I'll fight, but I will remain in the backlines. Until I am needed"
Lucina sighed "If that's the best we can come up with, then fine. But don't expose yourself to danger. I'll protect you with my life"
"Very well"
"If we still had Robin, this would of been so much easier…" I gazed over the battlefield, trying to think of a strategy. The red mage cavalier and lance cavalier guarded the right pathway while Lucina defended the left. I could use Robin to lure and attack both, but he was defeated in the last battle, so I had to think of something else. I decided to have Nino take down the lance cavalier behind the woods to bait the red mage, then use Eliwood to kill him. Lucina and the green mage cavalier should follow through the left path and I can use Jeorge to weaken them before they catch us. If Jeorge fails to kill Lucina, Eliwood can finish her off while Nino deals with the mage cavalier. I didn't know how to deal with Tiki yet, but I'll think of something once everyone's been defeated. I told my troops their orders and the battle begun.
"Gronnblade!" Nino fired her swords onto the lance cavalier and killed him instantly. The red mage saw his companion go down and galloped forward, summoning an eruption of lava with Bolganone, but Jeorge pulled Nino back and Eliwood galloped behind the mage. Eliwood's Silver Sword pierced the mage's back and he fell to the ground dead. The green mage cavalier trotted towards Eliwood, firing a giant green wolf head with Gronnwolf, but Nino's Gronnblade intercepted the magic and both of them shattered. Nino launched a follow up attack and the mage staggered back, injured. Lucina rushed towards Eliwood while dodging Jeorge's arrow with a front flip. Lucina's Silver Sword clashed with Eliwood's blade and her sheer power nearly knocked Eliwood off his mount. The two lords pushed their swords against each other for a while longer, trying to break each other's guard. Suddenly, the mage cavalier shot Gronnwolf at Eliwood from behind Lucina and he got knocked back, allowing Lucina to leap with her sword and deliver a finishing blow. However, she forgot about Jeorge. The archer launched an arrow at Lucina while she was in the sky and shot her down by the armpit. Eliwood quickly charged and brought his blade down on the princess's head, but Lucina was trained very well and blocked the sword with her own, despite her injury.
"This isn't going well. I need to help!" Tiki gripped her dragonstone tightly and divine white light enveloped her body. When the light faded, Tiki was replaced with a giant gray dragon with silver scales. The manakete stomped over towards Eliwood and Lucina and shot a powerful Lightning Breath at the Lycian lord. Eliwood staggered back, extremely injured with blood staining his mouth and clothes. Lucina rose to attack, but Nino sent down a Gronnblade attack from the sky, stopping Lucina from striking Eliwood down. Jeorge followed up with a shot from his bow, but she swiftly dodged it again. While she was distracted by Jeorge's bow fire though, Eliwood managed to strike her with the flat of his blade on her chest. Once she landed, Jeorge fired again, finally catching her in the chest. The future princess laid on the ground, finally defeated. Nino struck down the green cavalier. Now all that was left was Tiki. The manakete blasted another shot of Lightning Breath towards Eliwood, but the cavalier managed to dodge despite his injuries and fatigue. His brought his sword down onto the dragon's arm and left a bleeding cut. Jeorge shot a volley of arrows at the dragon, with the four shot being wreathed in the inferno of Rising Flame. The arrows collided with the rock solid scales of the dragon and a few bounced off, but some found their mark and stuck themselves inside dragon Tiki's body. The Rising Flame arrow hit her in the face and exploded, creating a burning line of flame, charring Tiki's face black. Nino continued the onslaught with her Gronnblade and Tiki countered back, sending a bolt of lightning from her mouth towards Nino.
"Ahh!" Jeorge grabbed Nino, who was paralyzed with fear and pulled her behind him as the Lightning Breath struck down a tree, lighting it ablaze. Eliwood struck Tiki another two times with his blade and Jeorge continued launching arrows. Tiki tried to counter with her breath, but Eliwood did all he can to dodge the bolts, pushing his horse to the maximum limit. Suddenly, Tiki glowed with orange flames.
"BONFIRE!" the manakete roared and blasted an extreme bolt of lightning covered in fiery orange flames towards Eliwood. The cavalier's fatigue and injuries finally caught up to him and he couldn't dodge as Tiki's Bonfire bolt smashed him in the chest. Eliwood collapsed to the ground and faded away, the screams of frustration and agony from me, Nino and Jeorge resonating through the mountain.
"I've had enough!" Jeorge attacked with Rising Flame once again while Nino rained down Gronnblade with him. The arrow burst into an inferno of fire while the Gronnblade swords surrounded the dragon beast. The blades exploded, dealing an incredible amount of magic damage to the dragon. When the dust cleared, dragon Tiki swayed, lurching forward and backward before collapsing on the ground with a mighty thud, transforming into a beautiful woman before fading away.
"I think it'll be a good idea if we head back to Askr" Jeorge said as he slumped down onto the ground, his fingers gnarled and raw from shooting so many arrows.
"Yeah, Jeorge is right. This fight was so… so intense. Lord Eliwood and Sir Robin are gone and we're really tired. I don't think we can take on another squad" Nino continued "Please Lucian. Can we go back to the castle and get help?"
"Yeah… that's a good idea. Embla is strong. Too strong. If Robin was here, the fight could of been so much easier. Now, Eliwood is gone too. We don't stand a chance with two ranged attackers" I said "Let's go. The faster we move the faster we can finish this"
"This will… probably take a while then" Jeorge said as he stood up "My arms and fingers feel broken and it's hard to even walk"
"My tome suddenly feels so heavy now…" Nino panted "I don't think I can walk…"
"Nino's clearly spent, so I'll leave her at the castle. Jeorge, are you able to continue fighting?" I asked the archer.
"Forgive me, but no. Like I said, every bone in my body feels like it's broken. I will only hold you back" Jeorge replied.
"I'll leave you at the castle then. Go get some rest. You deserved it" then I faced Nino "Nino, is it okay for me to carry you back?"
"S-sure. That's fine…" Nino looked so woozy, she looked like she was about to collapse, so I put one arm on her legs and another on her back and picked her up. She was surprisingly light for her age. I had Jeorge hold her tomes as we walked back towards the portal leading to Askr.
When we came back, Anna asked us if the World of Awakening was liberated yet.
"I don't think it is, so I'm heading back in there with another squad" I said as I put Nino back on the ground. Lyn escorted the mage back to her room in the barracks.
"Who are you planning to bring?" Anna asked.
"Robin, Eliwood, Jeorge and Nino are all tuckered out, so I'm picking Lyn, Julia, Abel and Sophia to continue the fight" I said "Can you tell them to meet me in the lobby? I need to go get a snack"
"Sure thing Lucian. Good luck" Anna smiled and left for the barracks.
Later, we were back on the mountain peak in the World of Awakening. The sun was setting behind us as we made our way down the hill. Up ahead was an arena, made of sturdy wood and had painted yellow bands around it.
"This must be our final battle in the World of Awakening. Get ready everyone" I said and then I pushed the arena doors open. Inside the arena was a circular dueling grounds with a layer of breakable walls in the middle. Above us was an audience chamber, but it was empty. On the opposite side of the arena were five enemies: Lucina, Robin, an orange haired thief sucking a lollipop, an Emblian Axe Fighter and a Emblian Troubadour.
"Robin was right about the Order of Heroes being tricky to take on" Lucina acknowledged as she drew her sword, the legendary Falchion "Robin noted your tactician to be clever too, which is high praise from him. However, we'll stop you, with or without my father's help. Let's do this!"
"I'm right behind you Lucina. I've been waiting to test my tactics against their tactician again" the enemy Robin looked at me in the eye.
"Then let's go. For the future of our world, we will destroy this evil that has invaded our land. All troops, attack!" Lucina's Falchion glowed bright blue as she rose it into the air, signalling the battle to begin. I positioned Lyn to lure the Axe Fighter from the left side of the arena towards her, but Robin knew exactly what I was doing and charged towards Lyn's side, eager to take the weapon triangle advantage. But I knew how to layer my strategy too and sent Julia behind Lyn to blast Robin with powerful Naga magic. Turns out, Robin had the same plan as me and had Lucina shield Robin with her Falchion.
"Got you!" Abel came in charging and jabbed his Brave Lance twice onto Lucina. The second strike of his lance broke the Falchion in half and Abel went for another double strike, severely injuring Lucina. Before Lucina could counter with her broken Falchion, Abel galloped away. The troubadour however, came over and healed Lucina of her wounds.
"We have to stop that healer before she drags on this fight!" Lyn said "I'll distract Robin. Julia and Sophia can attack the healer behind the walls!"
"Good plan! Julia, Sophia! Attack the troubadour behind the walls in the center. We have to stop her from healing!" I called.
My mages stopped attacking Lucina and Robin and focused their magic on the troubadour. Before long, the troubadour fell from her horse and faded away, defeated. Now, nobody could heal Lucina's team. Abel attacked with another quad-strike on Lucina, slaying her on the third strike while Robin got blasted in the face by Julia's Naga, taking him down easily. Lyn finished the axe fighter in a single strike of her Sol Katti, then ran to defeat the thief, Gaius. Gaius threw his Rogue Dagger at Lyn and a thick blue shield wreathed around his body, softening Lyn's blows.
"The Rogue Dagger… raises defense and resistance. Don't… let him hit you…" Sophia advised.
Gaius continued weakening Lyn with his dagger throws until Julia came in and cried "Dragon Fang!". She cast Naga and the force of the attack seem to be amplified by 100. The Naga spell blasted Gaius through the arena wall and he landed on the ground hard, defeated. The World of Awakening was liberated, once again.
Lucina reappeared to us without her weapon as usual "Wait a minute, you were fighting to free us?"
"Yes we were" I replied "Sorry if we hurt you and your friends"
"It's fine. My head… feels so clear now. I wish to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Now, I can continue my quest to stop Grima" Lucina smiled fondly.
"By the way, did you happen to meet someone named Zacharias? He went missing from our realm a few months ago" I asked.
"Sorry, I don't believe to have met him" Lucina replied sadly "I know more than most what it feels like to have lost a beloved friend. I hope you and Zacharias are reunited soon. Now, my friends, farewell" and Lucina left the arena.
We went back to Askr, where Anna gave us some disturbing news.
"According to the spy reports, the attack on the World of Awakening was a diversion" Anna said "While you and your troops were in there, liberating the world, Embla would sneak in and attack our weakened defenses"
"Fortunate for us to come back so quickly" I breathed a sigh of relief "But when is their attack scheduled?"
Loud war horns blared in the distance.
"Right… now" Anna dropped the spy's report as legions of Emblians appeared marching towards the front door.
Author's Note: Wow, this took forever. Sorry for taking so long on this part. High school work has really made me unmotivated to continue working, but I'm glad I finished it. Please enjoy and be patient for the next part of A Summoner's Journey! (Also, what team are you going to be on in Long Hair vs Short Hair gauntlet? I'm picking Team Katarina)