The CPU Fencer
Disclaimer: I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia or Fairy Fencer F
Chapter 3
The trio of Viridis, Ethel and Karin were walking along a path. "Where are we going?" Karin asked the blonde of the group.
Looking towards her he shrugged. "Wherever the road takes us" He said.
Ethel looked up at the blonde before looking back down the path, as the three walked Viridis patted the blue haired girl's head.
"Don't worry Ethel" Viridis said. "We will find a place to rest soon"
Ethel nodded as she held her stoic expression as Viridis was lost in his own thoughts. "Why am I feeling slightly more powerful than before?" The Candidate thought. "I'll figure it out later. Right now I should just relax"
Viridis stopped as did Karin and Ethel, the blonde turned to the white haired fairy. "Did you notice that?" He asked as they both nodded.
Viridis got out his spear as Ethel grabbed hold of her fury that contained Karin as she transformed into a bow. "Something is watching" Karin's voice could be heard.
"I know" Ethel and Viridis replied at the same time.
Suddenly a giant red and black bear appeared from the woods and it was not alone, there were two more bears with it. "A Callisto" Karin said as Viridis spun his spear before getting into a position.
The Callisto charged at the trio as Ethel shot an arrow at the bear as Viridis ran past the bear and stabbed the second Callisto behind the first one.
The third Callisto ran towards Viridis and the other Callisto and swiped at them. Viridis easily pulled the spear out and jumped back causing the third bear to attack the second one. Ethel then pointed her bow to the bear she shot.
"Shooting Star" Karin said as Ethel shot an arrow made of some sort of energy or magic as three more arrows circled around the first arrow. It went straight through the bear before as a second later an explosion occurred from the Callisto.
The first Callisto was down as Ethel turned her attention to other two bear enemies. Viridis looked at the monster he stabbed. "I guess I should try out some skills and magic as well" Viridis then pointed his left palm towards the Callisto. "Convergence" A white circle and two white rings appear in front of Viridis' hand as three rings surrounded the Callisto that he stabbed.
The three rings then exploded as the light magic attack killed the Callisto while the rings hugged the bear before exploding. The last Callisto looked at the two fencers who easily defeated his partners as a look of rage covered the bear as it charged wildly towards the two.
Viridis raised his right arm as his spear pointed towards the charging bear. Ethel shot an energy arrow at the Callisto causing its head to get knocked back as Viridis charged with his spear as he stabbed the Callisto in the chest.
Pulling out his spear he kicked the bear causing it to fall over and as it fell, Ethel shot another arrow at the bear monster.
"Done" Ethel said as Karin was now standing next to Ethel smiling.
"And it took less time now that Viridis is with us" Karin said as she smiled as Ethel nodded.
Meanwhile Viridis had his spear away. "Now that I think about it Vert also has a spear…" He thought as he realized. Viridis looked over to his partners who were talking about him, his stoic expression still on his face as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Hey you two we're leaving!" Viridis called out to them as he walked away while Ethel and Karin caught up to him.
Viridis wasn't used to praise as he never really got any, he looked at his travelling companions. A cheerful fox eared girl, a stoic and emotionless former killing machine that is just learning to be human or at least emotions and properly show them and finally himself, a god with a stoic expression that is starting to show his emotions and feelings in this world.
Sounds like something you only read about huh.
"So Ethel, what element are you?" Viridis asked the blue haired girl.
"Ice" She replied.
"What element are you Viridis?" Karin asked.
"Light" He told the fairy. "My element is light"
Viridis looked up at the sky as the sun was starting to set. "We should finish up here and leave" He said to his partners. "We have a few quests to do here as well as Fury searching"
"Um, why aren't we collecting the Fury?" Karin asked.
"It's for my partner" He said. "She is a bit of a…fan of money" He told the two as they nodded.
"I have to intention of collecting them so I decided to give the information to her for her job as a merchant and informant"
"What is the other quest?" Ethel asked.
"Just to slay a few thunderbirds" Green Brother said. "We should see them soon"
The trio walked through the dungeon known as Bui Valley. "How much is a few?" The fox eared girl asked the blonde fencer.
The blue eyed blonde looked at the white haired girl. "This quest says that we need to kill six of them"
Karin nodded as the three continued as they found some useful items like a few potions and a few energy shards. They also found some items that could use for synthesis or just to sell just as herb sprouts, decent fur and a bunch of other stuff.
The team eventually encountered a thunderbird but it was not alone, the thunderbird was also with an Aquairius and a land shark.
Ethel held the bow that contained her fairy partner. She pointed her palm as a blue version of what Viridis did when he cast the spell, for now let's call them glyphs.
"Hailstone" Karin's voice said as a giant shard of ice appeared over the Aquairius as it smashed into the snake-like monster.
"Brr" Ethel said as she readied her bow.
Viridis ran threw some stabs at the Land Shark as it flew around him as the Thunder Bird went in for an attack. Viridis dodged the Thunder Bird's attack but the Land Shark used this opportunity to slam into the CPU Candidate.
Viridis grabbed the Land Shark with his left hand and threw it into the sky. "You're annoying" He said as kept the hand he threw the shark into the air as a white glyph appeared. "Lightfall" Viridis spoke as rays of light came from the sky and slammed into the Land Shark.
While Viridis was busy with the Land Shark the Thunder Bird swiped at him dealing some damage. Viridis however just stared at the Thunder Bird as he held up his spear. He charged at the Thunder Bird but immediately changed course to the Land Shark catching both monsters off guard.
Ethel pointed her bow towards the Thunder Bird. "Shooting Star" The arrow went straight threw the Thunder Bird as the ice explosion occurred a second later.
Viridis stabbed the Land Shark multiple times before kicking it towards the snake monster. Ethel shot a few arrows as she ran towards Viridis. The arrows hit both the Thunder Bird and the Aquairius while Viridis used his spear to block a few swipes from the recovered Land Shark and with one last hit the Land Shark went down for good.
The snake monster and Thunder Bird looked severely weakened at this point. Ethel and Viridis raised both their hands as the two monsters where next to each other.
"Hailstone" Karin said as the giant ice shard appeared over the heads of both enemies.
"Convergence" Viridis said at the same time as the three rings surrounded the two enemies also.
Ethel and Viridis shared a look and nodded, it was time for a combo attack. "Converging Hail" The voice of both Ethel, Karin and Viridis said as the rings constricted the two monsters together as the ice shard smashed onto the enemies while the rings exploded with light shortly afterwards.
Both the Thunder Bird and the Aquairius were dispatched after the combo attack. They gathered their spoils and continued onwards.
"That was a good first combo attack" Viridis said as Ethel nodded at his words.
"It felt…nice" She said.
Karin put a finger on her chin. "I wonder what other combos you two can do" The fox eared girl wondered as did the other two.
They slew a few more Thunder Birds and they finished the quest and they also found a fury that was behind a wall of wind.
"Lola?" Viridis thought contacting his fairy partner.
"Hello Viridis!" Lola answered cheerfully. "How may I help you?"
"Well for starters I found a Fury at Bui Valley" He told the information broker.
"That's great!" Lola said as Viridis could feel her eyes becoming money signs. "What is the other thing?"
"We are going to talk when I get back" Viridis said as Lola was confused.
"What do you mean?" Lola asked.
"I don't know" Viridis said. "No Fairy Fencer"
"Uh, I can explain" Lola said.
She heard her partner sigh. "Lola…you're not in trouble" He told her. "I just want to know why you didn't tell me that you're spreading rumours and telling people about me and my ability to transform without a fairy"
"I…If I spread rumours of a person that was able to transform without a fairy people would come to me hoping to get information to meet the person" She told the other blonde.
"I see" He said. "And what of my safety"
"Huh?"
"Even if you are doing this for money, someone with a wicked heart that for some reason wants to kill me would come along…what then?"
"I...I…It would be my fault you got injured or…killed" Lola said as her tone sound sad and depressed.
"Shh, shh, it's okay" Viridis said through their telepathic Fury connection. "I just wanted you to know and be careful who you sell that information to okay?"
"Okay" His fairy partner said as her cheerful tone returned.
"I also finished the Thunder Bird quest" Viridis told his partner.
"Okay!" She said. "I'll hand in the quest and put the money in your account"
"Thanks partner" Viridis said. "I'll see you later"
"I'll see you too"
Viridis shook his head as he cut off the connection with Lola. "That girl" He said.
"Viridis" Ethel said his name as she poked his cheek.
"You seemed zoned out" Karin said. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine" He assured them. "I was just communicating with my partner"
"Your fairy partner… right?" Karin asked.
Viridis nodded. "Yeah"
Ethel titled her head that made her look cute. "I thought she was in Zelwinds"
"She is but I can communicate telepathically with her"
"Wow" Both of them said in awe.
"I think we should leave, it's getting pretty dark" Viridis said as he looked at his companions. "We should stick together closely. We don't want to get spilt up"
Ethel and Karin both agreed and they stay closed to the blonde god. "I assume we are going to find some sort of accommodation for tonight?" Karin asked.
"That's right" Green Brother said. "Zelwinds is a bit far away so we will find a nearby town or inn"
"Is there any towns that are close?" The fox eared girl asked.
"There is one nearby and it is a small town close to where we are"
"How are we going to quickly leave the dungeon?" The white haired girl asked.
"We can walk or run" He said. "But I have a spell I can use"
"Do you really?" Ethel asked.
Viridis nodded. "It will take us outside the dungeon" Viridis surprised the two when he wrapped his arms around both Ethel and Karin like the hug they had before. Viridis then said a single word as the disappeared in a flash of light. "Backtrack"
The three appeared outside of the dungeon as Viridis let go of the two. "Are you two okay?"
Ethel nodded as did Karin with a blush at the sudden contact that she wasn't expecting. Viridis gave a small smile. "Let's go and rent a room for the night"
When they came to the town they entered and found the inn. "Welcome" A woman said as she greeted the three.
"Hi, we would like a room to stay for the night if that's possible" Viridis asked.
"Yes we have a room, but we only have one" The woman said as Viridis nodded.
"I understand" Viridis said. It was common for smaller towns to have less room for inns due to bigger cities like Zelwinds getting more tourists and travellers passing through thanks to companies like Dorfa.
Viridis paid for the room and gotten the room key and the three headed to the room, while Karin blushed at the fact that they were sharing a room.
The room was fairly large as it had a few beds in it which was really lucky for the three. They decided to get some sleep as they changed into their sleeping clothes and Viridis was thankful he brought spare clothes.
Viridis was just wearing a pair of dark green pants that went past his knees. It was amusing to see Karin's face light up and trying to turn away but still looking until she managed to turn herself away.
Viridis yawned as he got into his bed. "Well I'm going to sleep, goodnight"
"Goodnight…" Ethel said as she went to sleep as well.
"G-Goodnight" Karin stuttered as Viridis had an amused smile with his eyes closed as he drifted off to sleep.
Tomorrow will be another day they would continuing travelling the world and maybe met a few interesting individuals.
One thought lingered in Viridis' head as sleep finally consumed him. "Does she even care? She probably hasn't even noticed…I should stop thinking of stupid things, these people are the ones I should worry about…I will protect them. I wonder if Lola is safe" This was Viridis thought as he drifted into blissful sleep.
I'm planning on making Viridis and Lola having a brother-sister relationship.