A Summoner's Journey
Grand Hero Battle: Lloyd
Team for this chapter: Nino, Robin, Abel and Klein
Not long after the expedition in the World of Shadows that ended in failure, I headed towards the summoning ruins with the latest summoning postcard in hand, titled "Rite of Shadows" featuring Celica, Mae, Boey and Genny. All the heroes I fought in the World of Shadows not too long ago.
"I'm only aiming for Celica on this one. We already have Robin, Robinne and Nino for blue and green mages, so we're in dire need of a strong red mage" I told my two escorts, Seliph and Julia along the way.
Seliph raised an eyebrow "What about Tharja? I've been hearing people praise her for being such a strong dark mage"
"Yeah, but have you seen what Tharja is wearing? I can never get comfortable with her around" I replied and Julia nodded in agreement "Plus, she's has a bizarre tendency to stalk Robin wherever he goes. It annoys Robinne and creeps out everyone else"
"So… what are you going to do with her?" The lord asked.
I shrugged "Might keep her around in case I don't summon Celica today. If I DO get her, Tharja's probably going to be sacrificed for her Rauðrblade+ tome or Darting Blow"
Seliph winced "I'm still uncomfortable about the whole sacrificing heroes for skill inheritance. What happens to the hero when you kill them off for skills?"
"They simply get sent back to their regular timeline as if I never summoned them at all. Simple" I replied and Seliph's doubtful expression didn't change.
"How do you know that Lucian?"
"Anna told me and she's basically the head of intelligence in the Order of Heroes"
"And how does Anna know?"
"Seliph, let's just drop this topic altogether. You're just going to confuse me, Lucian and yourself at this point" Julia interrupted and Seliph sighed.
"So since we're being sent into the unknown when sacrificed for skills, are all of us heroes prisoners in Askr?"
"Come on Seliph, prisoner is too harsh of a word to describe Askr" I gestured around myself "What kind of prison lets "inmates" freely walk around the castle, interact with their "warden" and protect the mastermind of this "prison" as he walks to summon more inmates?"
"Fair enough. I'll stop asking about it then" Seliph flicked a lock of blue hair out of his face "Besides, it's not me, Julia or any of my friends being sacrificed for skills, so I shouldn't worry, right?"
"Seliph's just worried about what would happen if you had to sacrifice me or him for skills. Don't worry too much about it" Julia told me in a low tone.
"Believe me, I was confused as well when Anna described it. Like most of the interdimensional shenanigans in Askr, I say "Accept and don't question it"" I shrugged "Anyway, here we are at the summoning ruins"
I slid the Rite of Shadows postcard into the slot on the floor as usual and the entire ruin lit up with blue light. The five dimmed orbs blazed to life, three orbs red, one orb blue and the last orb grey. The first two red orbs netted me a Selena and Fir. I planned to sacrifice Selena for Reposition and Fir for Glacies. Who I was going to give the two skills to, I had no idea. The blue orb gave me a Cordelia and the grey orb got me Lachesis. Only one red orb left.
"Well, these are the last three orbs I have at the moment. Let's pray to the goddess of luck that Celica comes" I latched three orbs into the Breidablik, pointed it at the final red orb and clicked the trigger. Blinding white light was unleashed from the orb and when the glare cleared, I grinned with joy at the sight I was given. Stepping off the summoning altar was the Caring Princess Celica herself.
"I am Celica, a priestess. Though I'd rather avoid bloodshed, I am prepared to fight if I must" Celica introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you Celica. I am the summoner of Askr, Lucian" I caught Celica staring at the tome in her hand strangely "Is something wrong?"
"I just find it strange how I have to cast Ragnarok by tome now" Celica replied, flipping through the pages of her tome absently "I've never done it before, so that's why I was staring at this tome while you introduced yourself. My apologies, by the way"
"What are you talking about Celica? Did you cast magic without a tome in the World of Shadows?" Julia asked curiously.
"Yes, I did. Back in my world, all magic spells were cast by hand at the cost of the the user's blood. Every spell we cast puts a strain on our bodies, physical and spiritual" Celica explained "I wonder if…"
Celica opened her Ragnarok tome and gestured us to stand back. Everyone stood far away from the fire mage as wisps of flame began gathering around Celica's hand. Seliph pushed a decently large boulder nearby into the ruins for Celica to test on.
"Ragnarok Omega!" Celica shouted and a wreath of wisps rushed in front of the priestess and began spinning rapidly around the boulder. Once the wisps collided together, a roaring inferno burst from underneath the boulder, burning it to nothing instantly. Everyone stared at Celica in awe after the fire died down. Nobody has ever shown more destructive magic besides Nino.
"Hmm, I don't feel anything. Maybe- Gah!" Celica dropped her tome in surprise and grabbed her wrist. Julia helped Celica take off her glove and we found a thin bleeding cut on her skin.
"Don't fret too much. It's nothing serious" Celica took her glove back from Julia and wiped up the escaping blood "The sudden pain just caught me by surprise"
"So everytime you cast Ragnarok, you hurt yourself in the process due to drawing the magic directly from your blood?" I asked, staring at the charred spot on the floor where the boulder once was.
"It seems like it. I don't see the point of this tome if Ragnarok operates normally" Celica took a deep breath and picked up her tome "Let me try it again just to see it's other effects. The pain I felt from Ragnarok is much less than usual, so there may be more"
"Go ahead. There's some trees outside the ruins you could torch" I said and Celica shook her head.
"I'd rather not risk a wildfire in the field if I do that. Another rock will do" The priestess replied and I nodded, gesturing to Seliph to find another boulder to use. The lord skulked in disappointment, but went outside the ruins anyways with Julia on his heels. Not long after, he returned with another rock for Celica to fry.
"Ragnarok!" Celica called and once again, the ring of fiery wisps circled the boulder before colliding together and erupting a column of flames from underneath. This time however, the flames were less intense and when the roaring bonfire died down, charred bits of rock littered the ground as opposed to the complete disintegration of the last boulder.
"I see now. So when I'm in perfect condition, Ragnarok is at its strongest and also hurts me like magic in my own world does. But if I have any sort of injury like this cut here, Ragnarok is weaker but doesn't harm me" Celica closed her tome and removed the glove on her injured wrist "Your name is… Lachesis, right? Can you please heal my hand?"
"Of course. Physic!" Lachesis's staff glowed briefly and the cut on Celica's wrist vanished. The warm orange glow emitting from the Ragnarok returned now that the fire mage was in top form.
"Anyways, we should be making our way back to Askr Castle since all my orbs are gone" I said, then turned to Celica "Celica, go talk to the man with short blue hair and wearing gold and white armor. He can explain to you everything here in Askr"
"Much appreciated Lucian" Celica smiled "By the way, is there anyone else from my world here?"
I shook my head as I took back the Rite of Shadows postcard "Sadly no. I tried to summon from the World of Shadows postcard for Alm, Lukas, Faye and Clair, but none of them came by"
"Oh… that's unfortunate" Celica sighed "So I'm all alone in this world, aren't I?"
"Don't say that. There's plenty of nice people here in Askr. Take it as an opportunity to make new friends" I said as we walked down the path back to to the castle "Me and you don't know how long you'll be here, so may as well forge new relationships while you can"
"I'll try to do that" The priestess nodded, then leaned in to whisper in my ear "It's just a hunch, but I wanted to ask: You know who I am, do you?"
"The summoning postcard referred to you as the "Caring Princess". You're royalty, aren't you?" I whispered back and Celica nodded "That explains your mannerisms and clothing"
"Do anyone else know this fact?" The fire mage asked and I shook my head.
"No. As far as I know, they only see you as the priestess with the most destructive magic tome they've ever seen in Askr" I replied and Celica giggled.
"Keep my secret safe, alright? I don't want this fact going around en masse" Celica said and I nodded.
"Consider your secret safe, princess" I whispered.
"Thank you. I feel that you are trustworthy, so that's why I asked about this. Looks like I was right" Celica smiled more brightly at me. Whenever she did that, I felt my face heat up, like Celica herself was radiating heat, not her Ragnarok. When we arrived back at the castle, my new heroes headed towards Anna's office to be assigned rooms in the barracks. Celica went off to explore the castle and find Alfonse.
"Hey Lucian! A new notice flew into the castle while you were gone!" Nino called, waving at me from Feh's mailbox. The sleek white owl cooed as Nino handed me the notice. I opened up the envelope and it was the postcard for Lloyd, the White Wolf's Grand Hero Battle.
"So we're facing Lloyd now, aren't we…?" Nino stared at the postcard in my hand with a mix of thoughtfulness and sadness "You know Lucian, Lloyd's my brother. I can tell you about his combat capabilities if you like"
"Sure Nino. I'm all ears" I nodded, although I largely doubted Lloyd and Nino were blood siblings, judging by the different skin tone, hair colour, face shape and everything "Lloyd doesn't look like your brother though. No offense, of course"
"Oh, I'm actually the adoptive sister of Lloyd and Linus. Sorry for not mentioning that" Nino apologized "But… Lloyd looks different than before. I remember his skin being less pale and having some prickly hair on his chin. Wait… that sword in his hand…"
"Noticed something Nino?" I handed the postcard to the mage for a better look and not long later, she nodded in understanding.
"That sword in Lloyd's hand is the Regal Blade. I think that sorcerer Nergal gave it to him when he resurrected Lloyd as a morph on the Dragon's Gate" Nino explained, handing the card back to me.
"So wait… we're fighting a zombified version of your brother and recruiting him into our ranks if we beat him?" I turned the card around to check if there was any indication "Wouldn't he just run around and bite people, making them zombies too?"
"Well… he has more expression than the common morph, so maybe he retained his morph look but kept his personality?" Nino guessed "I wish he didn't look like that though. Hugging him isn't going to feel the same…"
"I guess we'll sort it out once we recruit him" I flipped the card to the other side, where the map layout was drawn "Nino, I want you to be one of the units partaking in this fight. Is that okay with you?"
"That's fine with me!" Nino smiled "It hurts to strike down Lloyd a third time but… I'm past the misery and I know he'll come back if we win. Count me in Lucian!"
"Alright, alright, you're in" I laughed, patting Nino's head affectionately "Let me go strategize in the war room first. Meet me back in the lobby in… an hour and a half?"
"Okay! See you then!" Nino waved me goodbye as I headed towards the war room, postcard in hand.
"Let's see here… I can bait the bow cavalier over here and Robinne can strike the lance cavalier as he comes in to assist" Robin said as he traced his finger across the postcard, highlighting how the enemy may move "We can take an archer like Klein or Jeorge to shoot down the axe flier and another lancer to fight Lloyd"
"I requested Nino to partake in this fight and she accepted, so we won't need Robinne for this. She can deal with the lance cavalier easily" I said and Robin nodded.
"Alright, so we'll have me, Nino and Klein perhaps for the team so far?" The tactician glanced at Jeorge on the other side of the war table, who was casually picking at the limbs of his Silver Bow "Is that alright with you Jeorge?"
"One casualty means the failure of the mission, so you need to be 100% certain of the power of your troops. I'll gladly be outclassed if we're able to clear this in a more effective way" The archer replied and Robin smiled.
"I like the way you think Jeorge. Okay, so all we need now is a lancer to handle Lloyd. Who are our options?" The mage asked me.
"Our best option for a lancer is Abel" Robinne interrupted before I could reply "He's mounted so he can easily do hit and run tactics, he always strikes twice thanks to his Brave Lance and he has Swordbreaker to shatter Lloyd's blade. He's the perfect unit to take him on"
"Then it's settled then. Me, Nino, Abel and Klein to take on Lloyd's Grand Hero Battle. All in favor?"
Everyone nodded.
"Alright everyone. Take an hour to eat lunch and then meet me in the lobby. We'll be departing to the World of Blazing from there" I said and everyone streamed out of the war room towards the mess hall, definitely hungry after a morning of strategizing, training and shopping. I wasn't too hungry myself, so I grabbed a blueberry muffin and a cup of hot chocolate from the leftover breakfast buffet and headed to the castle gardens. Ryoma and Kagero were casually walking the path in between two long columns of flowers, Kagero taking in the scenery like she was finding inspiration for an art piece. Nino and Maria were making flower crowns nearby, with Sophia watching over them with a light smile.
"And here are the castle gardens, where most heroes go to unwind, talk and relax with others" I heard Alfonse's voice from the garden's doors and saw that he was giving Celica a tour of the castle.
"Hey Alfonse! You explained everything to Celica yet?" I called from the bench I sat on and Alfonse nodded before continuing his tour. Celica took it all in silently because she was too busy marvelling in the scenery to reply. She was even more enamored by the sights than Kagero was.
"Hey Lucian! You got a little time on your hands for something?" I heard Fir's voice beside me and I gently sat down my hot chocolate cup to face her. Sheathed on her hip with her usual Killing Edge (which told me this wasn't the three star Fir I summoned earlier) and she held two wooden, blunt-tipped training towers in both hands. I understood what she wanted immediately.
"You want to spar with me? Isn't there like, fifteen more heroes more competent than me in swordplay?" I took the training sword from Fir anyways and got into a self-made stance. I used to do swordplay myself back at home, but I've never actually fought someone else with a blade.
"There are and I sparred with all of them. Ryoma, Lyn and Navarre are all amazingly strong swordsmen and beat me, but I managed to defeat Eliwood and Alfonse before. I tied with Lon'qu and Seliph" Fir replied, getting into her own stance "I want to spar with Xander and Chrom, but both of them are out in the castle town today, so you'll have to suffice"
"Alright then. Go easy on me, alright? I have to command another Grand Hero Battle in an hour" I said and Fir nodded.
"I'll try my best. Let's go!"
Needless to say, Fir destroyed me. I didn't practice with my own sword at home for ages, so my strokes were too slow and predictable. Even if it was a wooden training sword, it still hurt like hell when Fir slammed it into my leg. She dodged every attack I thrown at her like a dancer and then thrusted towards my chest, knocking me and my sword to the ground. Before I could rise, Fir held her blade at my neck.
"Yield?"
"I yield" I held my hands up in surrender as the swordswomen retracted her blade from my neck. My entire body felt sore from the match, but Fir looked like she enjoyed it, so I was happy nonetheless.
"Thanks for the match Lucian. Although… I'm pretty sure I embarrassed you in front of a lot of people" Fir rubbed the back of her head sheepishly "I could tutor you in swordplay if you'd like. Then you can join in the battle with us!"
"Thanks for the offer Fir, but being the "legendary" summoner and main tactician of Askr is a lot of work" I replied, glaring at the other heroes who came to watch the sparring match to go away "I doubt I'll have the energy to train with you after a day of work"
"That's alright. You can come to me whenever you feel like having a go at it" Fir smiled brightly, then glanced past me "Oh, Xander came back. Good luck on the Grand Hero Battle by the way!"
And the swordswomen dashed off towards the Nohrian prince, who was taken aback slightly by Fir running at him with two swords in hand. I watched the scene with an amused smile, although I wondered what made Fir want to spar with me like that. It wasn't like I was good at swordplay and the offer came up out of the blue. Maybe Fir was just intrigued by me for a while and decided to make a move. I shrugged and headed back to the castle lobby. It was time to take on Lloyd.
"Everyone ready to leave?" I looked over my four heroes who were coming along with me, Robin, Nino, Abel and Klein. Robin casually flipped through his Blarraven tome while a faint yellow aura danced around his boots. I recently sacrificed a Matthew to give Hone Speed to Robin to expand his versatility and power up Nino, who's Gronnblade gets stronger the more boosts she gets. A similar red aura circled Nino, indicating her Hone Attack.
"We're all set to go. We're just waiting for you to give us the command" Robin smiled jokingly at me, closing his tome and sliding it into a specially-made case on his belt.
"Very well then. Off to the World of Blazing!" I grabbed the Lloyd Grand Hero Battle postcard off the castle mailbox and headed out to the portal courtyard with my four heroes. Strangely, the World of Blazing portal now showed an ancient-looking story in the ripples of water, like someone reworked the magic on the portal.
"That's weird. The portals didn't look like this before" Nino pointed to the World of Holy War's portal, which had an intricately-designed wheel shimmering in the light "Do you think Anna reworked the portal's magic to make them look better?"
"Who knows? Alfonse and Sharena claim that Anna is still full of mystery even to this day" I shrugged "Although I'm sure the portals still work like usual. Let's get going"
Together, we leaped through the World of Blazing's portal with the Lloyd card in hand. As we passed through dimensions and into a random timeline, the postcard glowed blue and we ended up in a mist covered battlefield with a river splitting the two lands.
"Ah, I remember this place. I was sent here to deliver another mission to Jaffar before treating his wounds" Nino pointed to the land right of us, which was shrouded in deep mist "I was staying in a rented house over there nearby a village"
"This place seems devoid of people though. I hear nothing but the wind and the rush of the river" Abel noted as he tightened his grip on his Brave Lance, as if waiting for an ambush "I hear and see nobody here, but I don't know…"
"Hmm… did the portal send us into a point of the timeline after Eliwood's army defeated Lloyd and moved towards the mountains of Bern Castle?" Robin wondered aloud "It would explain the lack of enemy soldiers around here"
"Then… how are we supposed to fight Lloyd and recruit him into our ranks?" I clutched the postcard as I peered into the mist as hard as I could. Still couldn't hear or see anything.
"Recruit me? You must be joking. You're the army led by the the pompous noble Eliwood, correct?" Someone said from the mist. I looked all around us in search for the owner, but I still couldn't see four feet ahead of me.
"Who are you? Come out of the fog and talk to me face to face!" I called and the voice laughed lightly.
"Talk to you face to face? An assassin doesn't show himself, nor even speak. I'm giving you a chance to discern my location right now" I could feel the voice come closer and a tip of a blade nicked the back of my neck "Though in this mist, it seems like you can't see me-"
"Lloyd! It's me, Nino!" Nino called and the point retracted from my neck in surprise. Finally, the voice showed himself in front of us, revealing a fair skinned man with short blond hair and sporting a stylish purple coat with green belts. In his hand was a menacingly black and sharp blade. Lloyd and his Regal Blade.
"Nino?! What are you doing here?" Lloyd's eyes darted to the rest of us "Aren't you supposed to be waiting in the house to give Jaffar his next-"
Suddenly, a pegasus knight holding a Silver Axe flew down to Lloyd and whispered something in his ear. Lloyd's expression soured instantly.
"So the strange occurrences continue it seems. First I chance upon this Regal Blade, next we recruit a battalion of highly talented soldiers and now we're fighting interdimensional invaders. Wonderful" Lloyd took a step back, gripping his new blade "Let's dispatch them quick and efficiently before Eliwood's army arrives. They'll be due here in half an hour according to the scouts. Go!"
The pegasus knight flew off to relay Lloyd's command to the other soldiers while the swordsman ran back into the fog. After he left, I turned to my own heroes.
"Really? None of you thought about attacking him and ending the fight then and there?" I pointed to a small cut on my neck where Lloyd's blade grazed me "He tried to impale my throat!"
"Well… I heard Nino was Lloyd's adoptive brother so I wanted to see if she could negotiate with him" Robin drew his Blarraven tome and opened it, letting faint blue light reflect off his face "Rest assured, we won't let that again. The moment we get into a Grand Hero Battle, we fight first and foremost"
"Thank you. At least you'll value my life more that way" I sighed, then peered into the mist "Looks like the fog is clearing away. We'll be able to get a better view of the battle this way"
When the fog cleared, we found the pegasus knight flying patiently above the nearby mountains while a bow cavalier, lance cavalier and blue mages were huddled in the right corner. At the fort's gate up ahead was Lloyd himself.
"Alright everyone, follow through with the strategy. Robin, lure out the bow cavalier by moving nearby the mountains, but avoid Lloyd and the axe flier. Nino, prepare to take down the incoming lance cavalier and Klein, stand nearby Robin to snipe the flier" I commanded and my heroes moved into action, moving into position like a well coordinated unit.
"What should I do Lucian?" Abel asked me.
"Stay a bit close to Robin, but not so close that the other soldiers see you. Be prepared to rescue him with your horse if things don't go as planned" I replied and the lance cavalier nodded. He made it to position just as the bow cavalier fired his first arrow at Robin. The arrow from the Silver Bow was glowing with the red aura of Death Blow, piercing Robin's wall of Blarraven magic quite easily and striking the tactician hard in the elbow. Robin ignored the pain and retaliated with a double blast of Blarraven courtesy of Quick Riposte, shredding the bow cavalier with ease. His lance cavalier comrade rode in to assist and Nino took him down while Abel pulled back Robin.
"Nino! Watch out for Lloyd!" Klein shouted as he let loose a double shot of arrows with his bow, clipping the axe flier. Nino was busy duelling with the blue mage and didn't notice Lloyd rushing towards her until Abel intercepted him with his lance.
"Back with you!" Abel pushed back Lloyd's Regal Blade with his Brave Lance and stabbed twice through his guard, piercing his chest. Lloyd staggered backwards, hacking up blood before Abel finished him off with a thrust to the heart, killing him instantly. Meanwhile, Nino deflected a Thoron bolt from the blue mage and willed a ring of magic swords to surround him just like Celica's Ragnarok. The swords collectively stabbed the mage in the torso, slicing him in half instantly. With the last enemy down, the battle was over.
"So you say the moment I leave this world to go to Askr with you, another Lloyd will take my place to continue the timeline?" Lloyd scratched his chin thoughtfully. A Silver Sword was sheathed at his waist, indicating his rarity "I find that hard to believe yet…"
"Yet..?"
"I have the strangest feeling that I can trust you. It's odd. I don't even know your name, origins and capabilities, yet I feel that I can trust you. Maybe it's the fact you have Nino at your side that makes me want to join up" Lloyd smiled at Nino warmly, who grinned back "So I'll take your word for it. Don't waste my talents now, yeah?"
"I'll do what I can. Welcome to the Order of Heroes Lloyd!"
Later into the night…
"Lloyd! Lloyd! There you are!" Nino called as she caught up with the swordsman in the barracks "You finally got out of the explanations with Prince Alfonse?"
"Yes and it was a lot to swallow" Lloyd rubbed his forehead with a sigh "This entire world has air and physics completely different from our own and here we are in the center of it. It'll be hard to get used to"
"Not really. I got used to Askr pretty quickly myself. It's a wonderful place!" Nino reached into her pouch and brought out a hand mirror "But anyways, I want you to look at your reflection. You look different than usual"
"I do? That's odd" Lloyd took the hand mirror from Nino and stared at his reflection "You're right. I DO look different. Why is my skin so bleached out? My eyes are dry and wrinkled and my hair isn't as brightly blond. The stubble on my chin's gone too"
"You look like how you did when you became a morph" Nino said and Lloyd stared at her strangely as he handed the mage back her mirror "Oh… I suppose you don't know what a morph is"
"I've only heard rumors among the other Black Fang assassins. Whenever a soldier is newly dead, they reappear as if nothing happened" Lloyd scratched his head, as if searching for memories "However, they reappear with pale skin and usually don't say anything. Some would say it's post-traumatic stress from being captured but others claim they're being resurrected from the grave"
"They ARE being revived from the dead. You know my mo- Sonia?"
"That wit- woman "married" to my father? Yeah, I remember her"
"And do you know Nergal?"
"The sorcerer who does nothing for the Black Fang and just sits around in the shadows? That Nergal?"
"Yes, that Nergal. He's the one creating the morphs and created Sonia to take control of the Black Fang by marrying father!"
"I knew there was something up with that woman. Why didn't I realize it sooner?" Lloyd locked his hand into a fist "But if the whole morph creation is true, does that mean Nergal revived me as a morph after Eliwood's army defeated me?"
Nino nodded "We fought you alongside Linus and the other elite Black Fang at the Dragon's Gate. All of you looked like yourselves, but you all have pale skin and dry eyes. Like… you right now"
"That's strange. So if they were morphs, they usually don't speak, right?" Lloyd rubbed the hem of his coat with his fingers, as if testing to make sure his fingers didn't crumble.
"Some do, but the ones we fought didn't" Nino answered "So I guess you retained your look as a morph but still have the same personality as before?"
"I suppose that's the case. I'll have to work on restoring my appearance now" Lloyd sighed, then crouched down to Nino's height "Do you still love me as a brother, even if I look this… grotesque?"
"Of course Lloyd! You're still the same old you, so it doesn't matter how to look like!" Nino hugged Lloyd tight and he patted the mage's back in response "Although… you'll look a little repulsive to the others here so you might want to fix it up"
"I'll try. I don't know how I can restore my skin colour though" Lloyd touched his cheek "With all the strange wonders of this world, I'm sure I can do it someday"
"Maybe so. Okay, I'm going to be heading to sleep now, so see you!" Nino hugged Lloyd again, then bound off towards her room. Lloyd smiled and then headed off towards his own room.
"This world isn't so bad. I could get used to this" Lloyd thought.
So in case you're aren't following me, I'll explain myself. First of all, I'm not dead and neither is this fanfic. I've been spending most of my time writing a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky novelization and I usually like to complete a fic before moving on to another one. Because this Heroes fic will go on as long as Heroes remains alive, the same drive doesn't apply here. I'd like to apologize for leaving you guys without a chapter for so long and I have a lot of work to do now to catch up. If you like the story, favorite and follow so you can be notified when a new chapter comes out and review if you want to give me constructive criticism or praise. Until next time summoners!