Waking up to a glare from the stun beating down on Hayden's eyes, he decided to get up. Looking around the room he realised that the day before was not a dream. He touched the wooden stand that stood inside the room. It looked finely crafted but was not as fancy as the standard drawers on Earth.
There was a knock on the door. "Hayden are you up already?" Sarah asked.
"Yes." He replied quickly.
"Come out we're having breakfast then going into the city."
Hayden did some stretches in the room then proceeded to follow Sarah to the dining room.
"How was your sleep? Sorry I couldn't summon you back." Liri said.
"Just fine." He thought about that second sentence for a while.
'Summon me back? Like to Earth? Is that possible?'
Hayden took his seat and started to eat. "This is good, what is it?" he asked.
"Nian Gao. It is usually served during the festive season but we have a lot here. It also has benefits lik-"
"Healing over time and being sturdier?" Hayden interjected.
"Yes~." Sarah replied a bit quitter.
-Time Skip-
As they finished eating he gave the plate to Sarah who insisted on letting her do the work and him just being there. They cleared the table and then Liri disappeared into a room and came back with the same clothes she had when Hayden first met her.
"Shall we go?" Liri asked.
They walked outside and followed a road paved on the ground that seemed to cut through a field of grass with seemingly dense forests and mountains.
"Where exactly are we going?" Thinking back again to the game he remembered what the main city was called. "Imperial Capital Randall?"
Sarah and Liri stopped walking in shock.
"It's called Imperial Capital Bariura. That doesn't exist. Although it is weird that someone doesn't know Barirua, it's quite famous" Replied Liri as she continued to walk forward.
"Oh."
Walking behind Hayden, had thought more about what Hayden was.
'He didn't know about Bariura but he knows about that ruined city? What are you?'
Taking a break from looking at the scenery Hayden noticed that Liri was up in spirits, skipping along the way and having a big smile on her face.
"You seem very happy today."
"Well that's because I properly summoned you, now we're off to power you up."
"Oh~… Wait what?" he said in a confused tone.
"We're going to Bariura to increase your level."
-Time Skip-
Looking around at the city it barely resembled Bariura as it was shown in Brave Frontier. The city was filled with peoples and buildings. The trees bright green outside the city. The water was so pure you could almost completely see through it. The giant mountain was filled with stalls and what seemed to be an entrance to a hole on the top. The giant crater was still there. There were all kinds of people in the city. Those with animal traits, demon like appearance, mechanical robots and what looked to be some kind of monster. Weapons were everywhere. Some people even had auras that they were emmiting.
"Over here" Liri directed Hayden.
It was a moderately sized place. There was a sign outside that had a picture of a crystal god to symbolise what they sell. As Hayden headed in side he saw Liri give someone a couple of coins.
"One light god please."
The man on the other side of the counter gave Liri a small figure that looked like a light god. In the game they were big compared to the units so Hayden was slightly confused. Liri approached Hayden and handed him the small light god.
"Here you go, level up."
"Oh… okay." Hayden didn't know exactly how this worked since it was done in a separate menu but he was still willing to try. He held the light god and imagined the screen and leveling himself up. The light god in his hand vanished and Hayden felt a little bit stronger.
"It worked. Quick lets go see Bariura some more."
Liri left the building and disappeared from Hayden's sight. He was still in shock that he was able to do such a thing. He looked up at Sarah and she just gave a smile. They followed Liri outside and she wanted to go sightseeing.
"We can't go to the city that often, that's also part of why she's like that." Sarah told Hayden as she leaned close.
"Let's go up the mountain. The view is quite pretty."
They had went in a car and drove up the mountain to enjoy the full view of the city and the surround place. They had reached the top and stepped out to a viewing spot with a safety fence. The sun was bright up in the sky, unhindered by clouds. The city looked even busier than it did on the ground. The winds had a nice could breeze to them.
"It's beautiful." Liri commented.
"It is." Hayden replied.
Something seemed to call out to Hayden. It felt like there was ringing in his ear. He figured out it was coming from the mountain. He walked towards what looked like a giant hole leading into the mountain, but apparently it is just smooth black rock. Rumors had it that rock was impossible to break. Hayden still being called out to extended his hand to the rock and his hand went through the rock.
"Hayden wait!" Sarah yelled at Hayden.
Hayden walked inside, ignoring what Sarah said.
Inside was a cave with two swords imbedded into a rock and red jewel with a flame engraved. One of the swords was slightly smaller than the other. The cave was brightly light despite a visible source of light.
A mysterious sound came from the air with a slight echo.
"Hello person."
"Who are you?"
"Who we are doesn't matter now."
"Why did you call me?"
"We want you to bear our arms."
"Your what?"
"We could not finish what we started to do. All we can hope for is for you to save the future."
"Why? What did you start to do? What will happen in the future? I can't do anything, I'm just some high school kid that got sent here I can't save the future."
"The answers you seek will be shown at the future. There is a reason why you were pulled here. There is a reason only you can hear the sound. There is a reason why you, are special."
"That doesn't help, like, at all. Who am I supposed to save the future from? At least tell me that."
"The one you will have to stop, are those beaten off the right path. Do not be misled like we were. Now take up our arms."
Hayden decided that asking more questions is not going to get him anywhere in this conversation. In Hayden's mind he thought of himself as weak. Compared to some of the things that were in the city he felt inferior. He casted the thoughts aside and looked towards the sword. One of the swords were black with silver accents. There are two purple gems imbedded into the swords and a pattern of sky blue. The shorter sword was golden with silver accents. There was two smaller red gems imbedded. He placed his left hand in on the black sword and his other hand on the golden sword and pulled it out of the rock. The flame engraved jewel popped out of the rock and was just lying there. Hayden placed one of the swords on the floor to touch jewel dropped but then the jewel transformed into bangles around his arms. As the jewel disappeared he felt something about himself change, it seemed he had gotten a bit stronger.
"This looks very familiar." Hayden thought to himself. The word overpowered rolled around in his mouth as he thought about where this was from.
His thought was interrupted as the ground he stood on started to shake. He remembered Liri and Sarah was outside the cave and he just left them there. He rushed outside with the new weapons to see what was happening.
"Hayden you're okay." Liri said.
'Aren't I a summoned unit? I've died before, couldn't she just summon me again?'
"Hayden what happened in there, and what are those weapons." Sarah quickly asked in a harsher tone.
"It's a long stor-." Hayden stopped as he looked at the once wonderful view above the mountain turn harsh. There was bright blue light coming from the grand gaia crater and clouds formed above the crater, sparking with electricity. A bright green light can be seen rising from the crater. The source of the light looked small, but the green light was brighter than what the crater was emitting. The light emitted a voice that could be heard throughout the city clearly.
I AM LUCIUS.
THE GOD OF THIS GATE.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR THE DAY OF
YOUR ARRIVAL.