Well then, it seems like a LOT of you guys wanted me to go save Mozu first.

You all must really like her for one reason or another, wonder how many of you got her to marry (M) Corrin in your playthrough's of the game.

Well anyway let's start the chapter and I think I'm going to make some people very happy.

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"So where's our next destination?" I asked Corrin as we walked through the Hoshidan plains, "I mean no offense but we all kinda look like Nohrian's here, save for Azura."

"He's right." Gunter said, "We need a plan Milady."

"I don't think word should have spread throughout most of the villages yet." Jakob said, "Word spreading of war starting would spread like wildfire, but I doubt they would want to spread word of Princess Corrin's apparent betrayal."

"So that leaves us open to get supplies and such from the local villages." Camilla said as she walked next to us, having dismounted her Wyvern.

"Camilla will have to stay a distance away from the villages though." Azura said, "I'd recommend Jakob and Gunter stay with her, as they standout much more as Nohrian's than we do."

"SO where does that leave me?" I asked.

Corrin opened her mouth to speak when we heard a shout of agony rip across the field, followed by another shout.

"NO! MOTHER!" A young female voice shouted.

"Did you hear that?! Those screams! Something terrible is happening!" Corrin shouted as we all raced toward the source of the shout, Camilla seamlessly leaping onto her Wyvern and following us.

Pretty soon we reached the source of the shout, a destroyed village.

"We've got trouble, all right! This village is under attack by the Faceless. But this place has been ravaged. We're too late!" Jakob announced.

He was right about one thing, there are dozen's of Faceless in the area, but he was wrong about survivors.

Young little Mozu is hiding out in the forest at the moment, but the Faceless are gonna find her soon.

"Those woods over there." I said pointing my Iron Lance at the tree's, "If anyone is going to be hiding out it's going to be in there, it's where there's the most cover."

"Irwin, come with me to check the woods." Corrin said drawing her Yato.

'Looks like I'm the lucky one to go and aid Mozu with Corrin.

As such I switched to my Javelin and followed Corrin, and promptly encountered our first Faceless in the area before we crossed the river.

[Faceless Lvl 6]

[HP: 21/21, STR: 5, DEF: 9]

[Weapon: Shackled Fist- MT: 8]

"Hyah!" Corrin shouted leaping at the Faceless and slashing it with her Yato, dealing 13 damage to the creature.

I twriled my Javelin and threw it at the Faceless, aming for the head and dealing 10 Damage to finish it off.

[+21 EXP]

Before we could recover another Faceless charged toward us, while a third ran toward the others.

[Faceless Lvl 6]

[HP: 21/21, STR: 5, DEF: 9]

[Weapon: Shackled Fist- MT: 8]

I threw my Javelin at the hulking beast to deal 10 Damage to it, while idly wondering why it's stats were identical to the previous ones.

Corrin jumped over and slashed at the Faceless to finish it off.

[+10 EXP]

'So close.' I thought... or was I? Maybe next time we head to Corrin's Astral Plain I can see if I can see an EXP Total after my gain.

And Corrin leveled up too, which is great really.

Now, the area around the village is divided into three sections by a river, The Village itself, the forest, and the area we arrived.

If I recall right there are a total of 7 Faceless in the Forest section of the area, split between three on our side of the woods and four on the side closer to the village.

'Irwin focus there's a Faceless right in font of you!' Some rational part of my mind shouted in my head as one of the uglies barreled toward me and Corrin.

"This ends now!" Corrin shouted, her body making it's partial transformation like she did against Hans, headbutting the Faceless, then stabbing it with her Dragon Lance, then turning it into a maw that blasted the undead creature with water, dealing exactly 21 damage to it.

"Try not to do that suddenly in front of any survivors." I told Corrin as the next Faceless coming at us was still a good distance away, "We wouldn't want to scare them too much."

"Right." Corrin said nodded, "That would probably be a good idea."

The Faceless swung at me, but I quickly let the fist bounce off my shield.

[Faceless Lvl 6]

[HP: 21/21, STR: 5, DEF: 9]

[Weapon: Shackled Fist- MT: 8]

'Same thing again.' I thought, did all the Faceless in this level have the same stats? I didn't exactly pay attention to enemy stats when I played the game, just made the general assumption of their general weakness based on weapon. Like a Knight against a Mage, Knight's don't exactly come with a lot of Resistance after all... usually.

I held out my Javelin to the side as a glow flashed on my arm.

[Critical Hit activated!]

I smirked and spun my body and Lance before taking a step back and lunging forward, my lance cutting through the Faceless and dealing a total of 30 Damage.

[+21 EXP]

[+1 HP]

[+1 STR]

[+1 DEF]

[+1 RES]

'Okay, that could have been better.' I thought, 'At least it's the stats I'd like to have a lot of at the moment.'

"That one's heading into the woods!" Corrin called out, causing me to look at the third Faceless on this side of the forest shambling into the woods.

"If anyone's in there we better find them before it does." I said as Corrin ran past me, with me starting to run as soon as she passed me.

"Ahh!" A young woman's voice cried out from ahead.

'Shit.' I thought as I saw the Faceless that ran into the woods lumber toward the young, brown haired girl that had a pair of white flowers in her hair known as Mozu, a simple village girl.

She may have a Brass Naginata in her hands, but having a weapon can only get you so far in a fight... Kinda makes me wonder how I can use a Lance so well now that I think about it.

[Mozu Lvl 1]

[Villager]

[HP: 16/16]

[STR: 6]

[MAG: 0]

[SKL: 5]

[SPD: 7]

[LCK: 3]

[DEF: 4+1]

[RES: 1+1]

[Weapon: Brass Naginata- MT: 4]

Yeah, Mozu is really frail, but she has some damn good growth rates and can easily become a terror on the battlefield if she can get stronger.

After all thanks to her Aptitude ability giving her an extra 10% in her growth rates that puts all her stats, save for magic, near or above 50%.

Continuing that thought later I made an really stupid and impulsive decision.

I switched to my Iron Lance and used it to pole vault onto the Faceless's upped back and dug my Lance into it's back, dealing 11 Damage.

[Faceless Lvl 6]

[HP: 10/21, STR: 5, DEF: 9]

[Weapon: Shackled Fist- MT: 8]

I held my Lance tight and kept it in the undead creature's back, distracting it from Mozu as it tried to grab me, but it's body tilted up on the side of the arm it tried to grab me with so I simple spun on my lance to the opposite side of the creature.

"Hey kid, now's your chance!" I called out.

Mozu jumped as I called out to her but nodded and stabbed the Faceless in the side with her Naginata, dealing only 1 damage to the creature... But she's still learning how to use her weapon, if she keeps this up.

Nine more stabs later the Faceless went limp and tumbled over toward Mozu, who squeaked as it fell over.

[+15 EXP]

I smirked because all that stabbing did in fact earn Mozu a level.

"Are you OK?" Corrin asked runnign past me and toward Mozu, lowering her sword and holding Mozu by her shoulders.

Mozu was still trembling and dropped her Naginata and hugged Corrin like a lifeline, "Waugh! No! My mother... My friends..." Mozu sniffed.

"I'm here to help. Where are they?" Corrin said.

"My mother wouldn't take my hand." Mozu sniffed, "She's... she's..."

"I'm so sorry. But there's no time to grieve, not now. Stay behind me. I'll keep you safe." Corrin said picking Yato back up.

"No! I have to fight! For Mother! For all my friends! For everything those monsters took from me!" Mozu said letting go of and picking her Naginata back up.

"You did good with this sucker." I said pulling my Iron Lance out of the Faceless's back and getting off it's corpse.

"Thank you." Mozu said, "But you were the one who distracted it."

"Yeah, but you killed it." I said pulling out my Javelin, "Here, use this instead of that Naginata of yours, it's a Javelin modeled after the ones from my homeland."

Mozu strapped her Naginata to her back and took the Javelin carefully, "Thank you, again."

"Two more!" Corrin said as she grabbed her Dragonstone, "Don't be afraid."

"I'll try." Mozu said, only the yelp when Corrin turned into her Dragon Form and charged one of the Faceless, knocking it away from the other.

[Faceless Lvl 6]

[HP: 21/21, STR: 5, DEF: 9]

[Weapon: Shackled Fist- MT: 8]

"Take this!" I shouted stabbing the Faceless in the gut, dealing 11 Damage to it.

Mozu carefully shifted her grip to below the Javelin and threw it in a slight arc, nailing the Faceless in the shoulder and dealing 5 Damage.

The Javelin reappeared in Mozu's hand and she threw it again, killing the creature with another 5 damage.

[+15 EXP]

"Nice job kid." I said stepping over toward her, "What's your name anyway?" I asked, that way she can't ask me how I knew her name.

"Mozu." She said.

"Alright Mozu, you're doing great right now." I said.

Okay so we took out 5 of the Faceless out here, that leaves 2 more in the forest section of the area.

"Come on, there are more Faceless out of these woods." I said.

Mozu nodded and held her Javelin in a way she was ready to throw.

Stepping out of the woods I noticed Corrin was in a slight predicament... She had three annoyed Faceless attacking her, I guess she didn't kill the one she rammed like I thought, thankfully the defense boost she gains from being in her Dragon Form protected her from damage.

First the one to her left-

[Faceless Lvl 6]

[HP: 2/21, STR: 5, DEF: 9]

[Weapon: Shackled Fist- MT: 8]

On her right-

[Faceless Lvl 6]

[HP: 2/21, STR: 5, DEF: 9]

[Weapon: Shackled Fist- MT: 8]

And directly in front of her-

[Faceless Lvl 6]

[HP: 21/21, STR: 5, DEF: 9]

[Weapon: Shackled Fist- MT: 8]

"Mozu, the ones on Corrin's let and right look like they're about to drop." I said, it was true, they were wobbling more than normal.

Mozu nodded and threw her Javelin at the left most one as I ran to assist Corrin.

I saw Corrin bash the Faceless in front of her with her horns at the Faceless on her left dropped, right after this happened I pole vaulted onto Corrin's beck before jumping off the base of her neck and slashed down with my Lance, killing the Faceless in front of us.

[+19 EXP]

"There we go." I said as Mozu took down the Faceless to our right, "You okay Corrin?" I asked turning to the dragon.

"Irwin, don't jump on my back so suddenly next time." Corrin said revering to her normal self, "I almost tried to throw you off if I didn't know the only enemies here were Faceless."

"I'll try to warn you before I do that against human enemies." I said as Mozu walked over... now Level 3.

That's when Camilla, Azura, Jakob, and Gunter came down from the village.

"We've cleared out the village." Camilla said, then she noticed Mozu, "Who this poor thing?"

"Her names Mozu." I said, "She's the only survivor we could find."

"Camilla, how many Faceless did you see when you flew over head?" Corrin asked her sister.

"Nineteen in total." Camilla said.

"We took down ten in and around the Village." Gunter added.

"And we took down nine." I said.

"All right. We've finished off the all of the Faceless in the area." Corrin deduced.

"... Um, but what do I do? They took my Mother... My life." Mozu said sadly.

"Oh you poor thing." Camilla said as she dismounted her Wyvern.

"You must have some family near here. We'll be glad to take you there." Corrin said, "Uncles or Aunt's or someone."

Mozu shook her head, "There's no one, my Uncle lived next door, and I couldn't even start over here by myself. All the homes, fields... It's all destroyed. But I wouldn't want to stay here even if it wasn't. Everyone I called family is dead. Every house... a grave."

"Listen, we'll take you in. We can't replace all those you've lost. But we'll take care of you." Corrin said.

"I can join your group?" Mozu asked hopefully.

"Of course we can." Camilla said, "If only as long as it takes for us to find someplace safe for you to live."

"Our group... a family of sorts... is bound by a dangerous cause. We go from one battle to the next, ever in peril. That's no life for you." Corrin added.

"I'm not afraid. I can help. I might even save you or your friends. Let me join your cause, whatever it is. I'll keep your family safe." Mozu said gripping her new Javelin tightly.

"Yes, of course. I have to admit, you sound just like one of us already." Corrin said letting out a slight chuckle.

"Well... maybe not the grumpy butler over there." I said jokingly.

"Excuse me!?" Jakob demanded somewhat indignantly, causing everyone to chuckle, Mozu included.

"I'll do my best. And I'll stay safe. After all, Mother's watching over me now." Mozu said quietly.

I then walked over to Mozu, and gave her a pat on the back, "Next time we stop for a rest, I can help you practice using a Lance if you want." I offered.

"That would be nice." Mozu said, "It would help us both in the end."

"Mozu, would it be okay if we searched for supplies in the remains of these houses?" Azura asked, "If you don't want us to we'll understand."

Mozu nodded, "Of course, take anything you need, I'd rather what food we have to go to use feeding people instead of rotting away here." Mozu said, "But... let me search my own house."

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It took several minute, but we found several crates of food, mostly potato's really, and Corrin took them to her Astral Plane to put in a storage room Lilth had set up.

After assuring Mozu, Camilla, and Gunter the supplies were safely stored away we continued on, Mozu stopping and looking back one last time before following us.

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Okay folks, Mozu has been saved.

Now before you all start getting on my about being lazy and having all the Faceless have the same stats I just want to make something clear.

First off, I couldn't find a Faceless's growth rates on the wiki, so I had to go to Youtube and check the stats of the Faceless in this Paralogue... as well as their positions.

Now, as he was making his way throughout the level I noticed that every single Faceless that had their stats up long enough for me to actually pasue the video and had their stats visible were exactly the same, save for the boss.

Now then, have a nice day everyone.