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Odd Discoveries

"Good for you Shield boy, you got some friends." Erhard smiles after the Gun Hero's party introduces themselves to the blacksmith. Ignoring the Shield boy's annoyance, he reaches his hand out to Misato. "The name's Erhard, you must be an interesting guy to have a good relationship with the Shield Hero." He says, Misato grins, shaking the blacksmith's hand. "Firm grip for a lanky young man."

"Got to have a strong body with this kind of job." The Gun Hero says.

"Mhm." The blacksmith agrees.

Meanwhile Naofumi groans, muttering "He's younger than me and yet the old man calls him a young man…" While Misato stifles a snort.

Erhard speaks to Raphtalia, the conversation was similar to the anime, while Naofumi processes how much his companion has grown, even after talking to Misato, he is still thrown off by Raphtalia's unnatural growth. After boosting the Shield Hero's budget, thanks to Misato, Erhard turns to his next customer. "How can I help you?"

"Well, any good upgrade for my team's current gear and some custom armor for myself, using Wyvern scales and magical threads" Misato says, pulling up a bag of scales that he got from killing those wyvern, magical threads, that he got when a tailor was making Ace's clothes, and some paper with drawings on them "I also had a design already in mind, but you're welcome to make any improvements, I'm no blacksmith so I wouldn't really know what's practical." The blacksmith grabs the paper, he looks at it then at Misato in comparison.

"I'm guessing you are more of a light armored quick fighter?" Erhard states.

"Yep"

"Well-

*DING*

The doorbell rings again, and a young woman with light brown hair tied up in a bun, brown eyes with some glasses over them. She is carrying some folded clothing, entering the shop. "Hey Erhard I got you the clothing you- OH MY GOD WHO IS THIS CUTIE!?" She yells, dropping the clothing, running up to the red and black Filolial boy, sliding onto her knees. "What an adorable angel!" She cries. "What's your name?"

"My name is Ace, what's your name?"

"Awww! My name is Ann, I must take you to my shop!" She says scooping Ace up but Misato grabs her shoulder.

"I get that he's adorable but don't kidnap children!" Misato yells.

"Ah!" The lady gasps, kneeling to place Ace back down. "Sorry I got too excited, I never got to dress a cute angel boy with red and black hair and wings before!"

"Yeesh…" Misato sighs, sure, Ace's appearance got some 'Awwws' and sore cheeks but this was too much.

"Ann, you could at least drop the clothing on the table next to you…" Erhard groans, picking up the clothing.

"Sorry…" Ann lightly chuckles, helping the blacksmith.

Misato turns to Ace. "Ace, why did you let her pick you up and take you? What if it was a bad person?"

"Bad person? But I didn't feel anything bad from her."

"But what if she was acting good?"

Ace shakes his head and smiles "Nope" he says popping the 'p'. "Ace was taught by the Queen to sense bad things from people. And if they are, Ace would kick them between the legs!" He says proudly.

"Ohhh…" That's right, Fitoria took time to teach Ace on using his above average senses. Wait did she also teach him about kicking the groin or is that a Filolial instinct?

Misato turns back to see the lady and Erhard talking, looking at his drawings of the custom armor.

Ann nods "An interesting design, it can work, I could use the threads to make the jacket and the cloak, but his shirt, and the pants though…"

"Would not be a good idea when in combat." Erhard says, shaking his head.

"What's wrong?" The Gun Hero asks walking up.

The blacksmith answers "Well, that's if you wanted to use the magic threads to make the pants and shirt."

"Yep." Misato nods.

"That's not a good idea, magic clothing by itself is not durable without a lot of mana put into it. While it can regenerate, it would be a waste of mana to do that, especially in the middle of a fight. It would be better to simply have durable, essential clothing and have the extra layers be made out of magic threads."

"I see." It makes sense, when he sparred against Fitoria, his bullets did rip her clothing a bit. It also explains Filo when she fought Fitoria in the Anime "Okay I guess I could have the jacket and the cloak made in magic thread though right?"

"Yes, Ann is a tailor, she could get the clothing, and I could make the Wyvern armor in two days, just enough time to prepare for the waves."

"So both Naofumi and I will be ready before the waves, and give us enough time to get used to its weight?"

Erhard nods "Yes, especially for him, but for you, the armor might actually be lighter than what you are wearing."

"I could also make a new outfit for Ace, his current outfit is cute but it could be cuter!" Ann squeals.

"That's great thank you but make sure it's practical for Ace, he might fight sometimes in his current form.." Misato says.

"Okay…" Ann says dejected and slouching.

"By the way, what weapon do you use?" The blacksmith asks, noticing how Misato seems lacking compared to his companions. "Could he be a hand to hand fighter?"

The Gun Hero blinks "Oh right." He pulls out the revolver out of his jacket. "I use a weapon called a Gun, it's like a Bow and Arrow but it shoots small metal pieces."

"Interesting weapon, can I take a look?" Misato nods, opening the chamber, empties the bullets into his pocket and hands the gun over to Erhard.

The blacksmith inspects the weapon, the quality was incredible, and black metal is not exactly common. "Never seen anything like this before, although I did hear about how the Kingdom Faubrey uses metal tubes to fire small metal balls. Is that where these weapons come from?"

Misato shakes his head "Same concept but no, I got them from a good person, he entrusted me with these weapons."

Erhard frowns looking into Misato's eyes, and nods "I see, well, is there anything else you want?"

"When I get into melee, I also like to do kicks. I recently discovered that my leg armor is not designed for that and kicking someone with higher defense stats than yours can hurt... '' Misato says.

"It's a common mistake for newbies, what level were you when you got that armor?" He asks, pointing out the Gun Hero's current outfit.

"Around 15."

"What level are you now?"

"41"

"Wow, you did a good job maintaining that outdated thing, especially with your current level."

"Why is that?"

"Armor and weapons have to match the wielder or else it could cost the person's life, for example someone at level 30 could use a bronze sword only for it to shatter instantly from the person's strength. Or someone level 10 might try to use a sword with stronger material only for the sword to be too heavy for them to even lift or fight effectively."

"Oh…" This explains quite a bit…

Earlier…

Misato points his gun and fires but Fitoria's hands grab his, moving the gun away from her head at the last second. So he repositions his footing and kicks Fitoria.

THUNK

"FUCK"

Present

Misato looks at his right leg, missing the armor plating. "So ya, please feel free to alter the armor for me to kick something and not get hurt."

Erhard nods "You did give me a good base to start with, having leather or something just as padded and light underneath the wyvern scales is good."

After that, they talked for a bit, telling each other some stories they experienced. Then the two parties left to train more and explore.

"Erhard, why do you call Misato a young man and Naofumi, a kid, even if Misato looks younger than him?" Ann asks, looking at the designs.

The blacksmith ponders, recalling his initial impression of the strange foreigner. "It's his eyes… It tells me that something changed his life, something major." First impressions are important, the Shield kid's eyes used to be innocent, filled with wonder and excitement for an adventure to the unknown, just like the many rookies he has met during his time as an adventurer. Hence why he calls him 'Kid', even after Naofumi changed, some habits are hard to break, especially since the Shield Hero is still new to a lot of things.

But Misato… Something about him is different, where Naofumi's eyes are sharp, Misato's gaze is more piercing. "When we first met, it felt like the young man knew something about me the moment we met…" And his Gun, the weapon is strange, not because of how it functions but rather his gut feeling, his instincts tell him that it was different, it tells him that the weapon is special and there is only one other weapon that gave him a similar feeling… Could it be? Erhard shrugs, he should focus on feeling relieved that Naofumi and Raphtalia have more good people watching their backs now.

The two parties sat near a tree underneath its shade from the sun, Fitoria was training Ace, Rifana, Keel and Raphtalia were chatting, and the two heroes were discussing methods of strength.

"Misato, I still can't find the strengthening methods no matter how hard I look at the help menu." Naofumi says, frowning at the screen.

"That's because you don't believe me or consider it as a possibility for your weapon." Misato answers, sighing, frustrated with how difficult it is to get strengthening methods from people who don't trust each other. Come on Naofumi saw the recordings of Mamoru and Forrest explaining their methods! Why can't his stupid Shield accept them instead of relying on Naofumi to accept it? Mamoru was one of its previous wielders, it SHOULD KNOW, why did it forget?

The Gun Hero's opinion on the idea that trust or belief is needed to gain or in this case regain the methods is… Dumb. "It would be so much easier if I could just shove my weapon against his weapon so they could transfer information or energy to gain the methods instead of listening to words that other heroes would refuse to believe."

"What do you mean by that?" Welp, guess he's got to convince Naofumi with logic because Misato doubts he would be lucky enough to have Mr. Protagonist come around to the idea like he did in the Anime.

"The Legendary Weapon, despite its questionable limitations, is perhaps the most adaptive and versatile weapon, we can absorb pretty much anything and the weapon would transform based on the material. We have endless possibilities and options to use if we absorb pretty much anything. For example, you got a pickaxe shield right?"

Naofumi nods

"Well, your shield could have absorbed it and simply made a wood and iron shield, but no, You intended that the shield must absorb the pickaxe to help you mine resources better. Naofumi, these weapons are based on our perception, you don't trust me and because of that the shield will not accept these methods unless you believe in what I am saying."

Naofumi's brow raises, skeptical of Misato's claim.

The Gun Hero sighs "Ya I know it's stupid but considering how our lives are connected to these things it does make sense." He says patting on his holster. "If there is one method of becoming stronger, who's to say that these weapons can't utilize more methods? Things that game designers would not put into games just to make it fair does not apply to where we are because this is REAL. Despite how this world is like a Video Game, it's REAL. Think about it, and remember that there are things worth fighting for in this world. Things that would make you open your mind to possibilities to become stronger for those you fight for…" Misato says walking away.

Naofumi pauses looking at the green gem on his shield, and looks back to see Misato with his hands up as Ace punches his hands, meanwhile the three Demi-humans encourage the little boy, and Toria observes giving advice on his form.

He looks back at his weapon, remembering how he gained the alternate shield forms, the things Misato said does make sense so why can't he see it? "Remember there are things worth fighting for in this world…" Naofumi looks at Raphtalia, who sees him and smiles, "I trust him with my life, I promise to always be by his side."

"Worth fighting for huh?" The Shield Hero mumbles standing up unaware the orb on his shield is glowing.

Strengthening Methods Unlocked!

After some discussions and some unlocking, the gang then begins training. Fitoria stands in a bigger Filolial form acting as a Wave boss for the Shield and Gun Teams to work together.

"Hah!" Raphtalia cries, thrusting her sword but Fitoria pushes it aside with her wings and lifts her foot up to kick the swordswoman. Raphtalia backs up, dodging the kick, but the Filolial Queen dashes forward with a roundhouse kick.

"Raphtalia!"

Naofumi intercepts the kick with his shield, a loud clang rings from the impact, he winces at the sound of ringing. "Now!" He yells, Keel and Rifana appear leaping at each side of Fitoria, swinging their weapons downwards. The Queen leaps high up.

"Damn it." Keel growls, she and Rifana remove their weapons out of the ground and try to see the Queen from the blinding sunlight. "Incoming!" Keel yells out, raising her shield. The four look up to see Fitoria diving towards them feet first.

Bang

Fitoria whips her wings out, slowly her descent as a bullet shoots past her. She turns her head to see Misato with his Repeater Rifle aimed at her, the muzzle flashes and she flaps her wings to dodge another bullet mid air.

Ace in his Filolial form leaps up behind Fitoria with a kick but a blue magic shield blocks his attack. She spins, smacking her wings against Ace, causing him to hit the ground. "Oof!" Ace cries.

Bang

Fitoria kicks off her own shield, dodging the bullet again. Misato groans "She's reacting quicker than before. Maybe we can regroup and surround her so she wouldn't be able to dodge so easily."

Naofumi's eyes widened. "Actually, I got an idea but I need Keel to come over here. You distract Fitoria!"

The Gun Hero nods. "Ace attack and block her view of Naofumi!" He commands and he briefly sees a red and black blur crashing into Fitoria. "Keel go back to Naofumi, Rifana lets go!" He says running up towards the two filolials.

"Right!"

The Filolial Queen knocks aside Ace, now clear of friendlies, Misato dashes forward with his double barrel shotgun out firing. She blocks it with a magic shield. Rifana flanks attacking with her spear but Fitoria back hands it with her wings. Misato runs to the other side transforming the gun into the Filolial Magnums, now equipped with wing shaped knives at the barrel, and slashes her, cutting a few feathers off.

Fitoria gasps and leaps back dodging Rifana's Spear.

"Ready!" Naofumi yells, Misato nods, leaping back from Fitoria as she tries to stomp him. He aims his gun at her point blank.

"Wind Piercing Shot!"

A green drill-like projectile launched towards the Filolial Queen, she raises her shield up blocking the attack, her shield cracks and she leaps away as the bullet destroys the shield. Fitoria lands, hearing two battle cries she turns to see Keel and Raphtalia attack her, she leaps-

"Air Strike Shield!"

Only to hit something on her back, she turns to see a translucent green shield behind her. She gasps and turns back to the two demi-humans. Suddenly a blue light flashes blinding Raphtalia and Keel mid swing. They open their eyes to see Fitoria in her human form, catching their blades with her bare hands.

Keel growls "What the f-WOah!" The Filolial Queen interrupts Keel and casually tosses them aside with deceptive strength.

Naofumi gasps and raises his shield up, Misato raises his gun, Ace leans forward ready to charge, and Rifana points her spear at the 'Wave Boss'.

"Well done, it is my loss. I moved faster than what I limited myself to and transformed." Fitoria says, clapping her hands. The two parties lowered their guards and sat.

"So Misato, why are we doing this if the plan is to focus on evacuating the civilians to safety?" Naofumi asks in between breaths.

"Never know what could happen in battle, plus it doesn't hurt to practice on our teamwork." Misato says before drinking his water pouch.

"Which was excellent, you have all taken every opportunity to hit me without hindering each other." Fitoria compliments, sitting with everyone else. "I believe you are now ready for the Second Wave."

"That's good." Keel nods

"So what happens in the vision again?" Rifana asks.

"Well…"

After Misato explained and after some brainstorming they decided their next move. Since they were near the village, Naofumi, Raphtalia and Keel went into the mines to make sure it was clear of monsters for certain so they could get the villagers to safety in the waves. Misato, Rifana, Ace and Fitoria went through the village to see good areas to fight. The Gun Hero's group left the tree they camped nearby, leaving almost nothing.

Nearby the tree is some rolled up paper with a rock on top of it. A black gloved hand picks up the paper and rolls it open.

The Two Parties returned to Erhard to suit up. Naofumi frowns at his armor, uncaring of Raphtalia's praise. Meanwhile Misato was pleased with his armor.

"I'm supposed to be a hero, I look like a bandit." Naofumi says.

"The armor is good, and bandits don't typically have armor in this good quality." Misato compliments, it was a pretty good look, just like the Anime. The Shield Hero's eyes narrow looking at his fellow hero's outfit.

"Easy for you to say your armor makes you look cool." Naofumi sighs. He should have made his own designs instead of trusting the old man with his armor.

Misato's outfit aesthetically was like a reskin of his old armor, but stat wise it was a MASSIVE improvement. The dark gray Wyvern armor is tough as the steel gear but so much lighter, the only problem is taking a hit by blunt force weapon would hurt a lot more since it's thinner. There's leather underneath the wyvern shin guards so he could kick without hurting himself. He now wears a light gray shirt so it would contrast well to his dark colored clothing.

Finally the most interesting addition was his gold trimmed black jacket, it's made out of magical threads that Misato himself got made using his own mana. Apparently the jacket is fire resistant because of his affinity, something he didn't know until now. Ann mentions that the jacket can shorten or lengthen certain parts, so now his arm guards will be directly on his body not over his jacket. His first outfit made it a hassle to remove his jacket if he wanted to cool off.

"Ace wants to look like Big Bro!" Ace says, admiring Misato's appearance. Ann smiles holding up a small red trimmed black jacket, it's the same as Misato but instead of gold it was red.

"With this jacket you can!" The Tailor says. The Royal Filolial gasps and smiles like he just got a bag of candy, he grabs the jacket and puts it on. He runs up to Misato. "I look like you now!"

"Yes you do." Misato smiles, lifting Ace up, with his hands underneath Ace's armpits and the boy giggles.

Ann and Rifana both coo at the sight, little brothers copying their older brother's fashion is always adorable. Meanwhile Naofumi…

"This is what you get for making me look like a bandit!" Naofumi cackles with a sinister grin on his face, copying Shields left and right. While Raphtalia sighs at his unheroic behavior.

"Oi! Stop stealing all of my hard work!" Erhard yells in vain trying to stop the Shield Hero.

The Shield Hero entered the Church with Raphtalia alone, meanwhile the Gun Team stood from a distance within sight of the building in case things go wrong. They stood nearby a tree, trying to not stand out.

"I sense the presence of the other Cardinal Heroes, they are all here." Fitoria says. "Shouldn't we go in now and try to change them?" She asks, staring at the three parties entering the church one by one. Misato has mentioned that the earlier they change their minds the better.

"No, trying to change them inside the church is dangerous, it would only paint a target on our back for someone to try and kill us later."

"I will not allow them to exist." Fitoria states as a fact, releasing some killing intent which sends chills into the spines of the entire party.

Ace shakes it off and nods "Ya, Ace will send them flying if they come near!"

"Good to know, but don't worry, if things go like my vision, there is a perfect opportunity to make the heroes realize that Naofumi is not bad after the waves. We just have to save lives and make sure the heroes make it through." Misato says, eyeing the church with a telescope.

"Got it." Rifana says and Keel nods.

"Strange…" Fitoria mutters

"What is it?"

"Now seeing the heroes and their weapons, their aura or presence seems weak compared to Misato."

"Might because they think this world is fake, making the weapons not reach their full potential." Misato says, looking at his weapon.

"What about Naofumi?" Keel asks.

Fitoria shakes her head "While the Shield Hero's aura is now stronger than the other three, it still does not compare to your aura."

"Any ideas why?" The Gun Hero asks, staring at Ace who sniffs him and shrugs. Probably not strong enough to sense it like the Filolial Queen.

"No, but your aura does seem to become stronger when you fight."

"Weird, guess we'll figure it out once we help the other Heroes break their delusions." Could Fitoria be sensing the Cardinal Heroes's presence affecting the Waves or is it something else? And why is it stronger when he fights?

The Shield Hero's party went out of the Church safely, Misato was informed that the meeting was quite similar to what he foretold. Thankfully through the Shield, Misato was able to indirectly link up with Melomarc's Dragon Hourglass. Which means the Church doesn't exactly know about him, yet.

Then Naofumi and Raphtalia went to get some supplies and medicine for the waves at Castle Town's Inn, meanwhile the Gun Team went to Riyute village for the night to be the first line of defense.

"I can feel the cracks becoming larger in the air, the Waves will certainly occur near here." Fitoria confirms.

"Is that why this place feels wrong?" Ace asks, looking around, frowning. Misato pats Ace's head, trying to comfort him.

"Yes, the Waves are unnatural to this world, it is why the air feels wrong."

Keel frowns, her ears twitching. "I don't feel anything though."

Rifana nods "Same, it's probably because Toria and Ace have better senses than we do."

"Alright team, we need to rest and be ready tomorrow morning. Let's go." The Gun Hero says, walking to the Inn. Ace clings to Misato's hand.

"Um, can I sleep with you Big Bro? I think I would struggle sleeping in this place." Ace asks.

"Sure thing." Misato says, smiling. Fitoria, who is in her Royal Filolial form, walks up to him.

"I wish to come as well, my prescence might give Ace some comfort" Fitoria whispers, it's a good point, Ace grew up under the kind rule of Queen Fitoria but…

"That's going to be a problem."

"Why is that? Ace has transformed multiple times in public and I do not sense the Spear Hero nearby." Fitoria asks.

"Fitoria, with the way you act and what you wear, you look like a Princess, you would catch a lot of attention with how pretty you look." Misato deadpans. The Filolial Queen blinks, looking surprised? He couldn't tell because she turned her head away, and why is Rifana smirking at him?

"Lots of the children that were rescued thought Fitoria was a Princess." Rifana points out raising her finger, still smirking.

"I see," Fitoria stiffly nods. "But I do have more simple clothing to wear other than my dress."

"What does it look like?"

"A plain white shirt and a brown dress."

The Gun Hero nods "Okay then, you can come along."

Fitoria hopped into the carriage, her body glowing with blue light, and hops back out, instead of her usual dress, she wears the plain white shirt with some small buttons at the collar and dark brown colored skirt that thankfully isn't Anime levels of shortness. It's a good look for her and the clothing looks like it belongs to a commoner but…

"So pretty…" A young girl says.

"Is she a noble's daughter?"

"Can't be, look at her wings why would she be here instead of Silvelt? And look at her dress. It is interesting but it is too plain."

"They are definitely not from Melomarc, look at that youngman holding the girl's hand, the black hair and yellow eyes, never seen anyone with those features."

Misato sighs, holding Fitoria and Ace's hands. Despite wearing more plain clothing, Fitoria still got quite a few stares from the locals due to her exotic looks and beauty.

They entered the Inn, and one by one, all the residents stopped to stare at Fitoria. The Gun Hero clears his throat and walks to the attendant. "Two rooms please, any big bed to fit me and the children? They are nervous about the waves tomorrow." He asks, rubbing both Ace and Fitoria's heads.

The man attending the Inn nods with a look of understanding. The attendant's daughter guides them to their rooms.

The party all went to bed thanks to some sleep potions to help them rest through their last night before the battle. Keel and Rifana slept in one room with two beds, while Misato slept on a bed with Ace clinging to him and Fitoria nearby.

Naofumi's eyes widened looking at the sky. He turns back to see his fellow heroes, only to see them running towards what looks like a Chimera.

"Naofumi-Sama we must hurry to the others!" Raphtalia cries, swinging her sword, decapitating a skeleton.

Naofumi nods, his weapon transforms to one of the shields he copied. "Shield Charge!" His body is enveloped in green light and dashes through the horde of monsters. His companion swiftly follows behind him killing some of the stunned monsters while running.

"Why am I following Misato's plan to help some people I don't even know?"

"Over there!" Raphtalia says pointing. Naofumi turns to see a familiar red figure running through the village, running over several monsters with someone on his back. It must be Ace and Rifana!

"Let's go!" Naofumi yells running towards the Filolial. He hears a scream and turns to see a villager dropping his broken pitchfork, cowering before a skeleton holding a sword up. He blocks the attack and Raphtalia immediately slices the monster in half, killing it. The two of them turn to the wasps flying towards them but a spear pierces through one and the others get crushed by a familiar bird.

"Rifana, where are the others?" Naofumi asks, while Raphtalia checks on the villager.

"They're with the rest of the villagers at the opposite end of this village defending them!" Rifana answers.

"This is the last guy! Ace and Big Sis checked all the houses!" The Filolial says.

"Alright then." He turns to the man. "Stay close to us." The villager nods to the command. Naofumi turns to the blonde and Ace. "You two clear the path to the others!" They nod and charge through the horde.

Ace and Rifana damage most of the monsters, leaving Raphtalia to finish them off while Naofumi protects both her and the villager with them. The sounds of gunshots grew louder as they got closer, seeing a mass of people up ahead.

Keel chops through the rusty helmet of a skeleton and backhands a wasp with her buckler shield. The wasps above her fall with every thunderous sound, Naofumi looks up to see flashes of light from a wooden tower, Misato must be up there providing cover fire. Meanwhile Fitoria was nearly a white blur preventing any monsters from getting anywhere near the villagers.

"It's one of the Heroes!" A woman yells pointing at him.

"It's the Shield Hero!?" A man cries out somewhat confused.

Naofumi clicks his tongue at his identity being revealed but inhales. No, he needs to focus for the next part, "EVERYONE! We will distract the monsters, go to the mines, I cleared it of monsters before the Waves started, GO!" He roars as punches a skeleton. "Rifana and Ace will escort you there!"

"We will clear the path!" Rifana says, raising her spear in the sky. "Anyone who can wield a weapon will cover the rear, we must move quickly!" Ace then jumps and crushes another skeleton and runs through the horde, while Rifana skewers a few monsters along the way. The villagers quickly follow, leaving Misato, Naofumi, Keel, Raphtalia and Fitoria in the middle of the village fighting.

"Look out Misato! There is a swarm flying towards you!" Fitoria yells. Naofumi turns to see a large group of wasps fly towards the tower. Some were dropping from his gunshots but it still wasn't enough!

"Air Strike Shield!"

A green translucent shield appears in front of the swarm stopping most of them but some went around still intending to attack the Gun Hero. "Misato!" Naofumi yells. He hears a loud clicking sound and wood snapping, and he sees the Gun Hero leaping out of the tower holding on to some rope."Wait, that's a grappling hook!" The Shield Hero realizes, seeing his fellow hero swing around the tower like a certain comic book hero he read before.

Still followed by the remaining wasps, Misato unhooks his gun and rolls on the ground, the glass orb on his hip flashes, he then holds up a black revolver and fires at the swarm, sliding across the ground on his knees. But then Fitoria appears over him and crushes the wasps, she even bites one in half!

"Thanks." Misato says and fires at the skeleton right next to her, she stoically nods.

"I should get a Filolial after this." Naofumi mutters. Fitoria and Ace are fierce and fast, like pulling carts and his Party could use a new member.

"Toria, I need you to go and check on the other heroes, make sure they don't die and secretly help them finish the wave boss quicker." Misato says.

"Very well, yell if you need any help." Fitoria nods before disappearing in a blink of an eye. Naofumi's eyes widened seeing the line of dead monsters going up to where the other three heroes were. Damn.

The Gun Hero turns back to the Shield Hero and nods.

Misato Morgan and his Party requests to join you!

Accept

Decline

Naofumi accepts and nods back to him. They continued the fight.

Naofumi wrestles with a giant hand from a large undead monster, Raphtalia leaps on to its arm, running up and slices its head.

"On your left Naofumi!" Misato cries out a warning, firing right next to the Shield Hero. A Skeleton soldier falls but the second thrusts its spear.

Clang

A buckler shield intercepts the spear and a small axe cuts the head of the weapon. "HAH!" Keel roars, swinging her axe upwards, removing a chunk of the monster's skull.

"Thanks." Naofumi says

"No problem." Keel grins, she faces forward, her eyes widen and she runs. The Shield Hero follows her line of sight seeing Raphtalia being flanked by a monster!

"Raphtalia duck!" Misato yells.

She stabs a Wasp to death, turning her head to see the Gun Hero running up to her, and she crouches down. Misato swung his leg over the girl, an audible crack of bones breaking was heard as his kick removed the skeleton's head of its body. The glass orb flashes and his gun is now a double barrel, and fires it at the horde taking a good chunk of the monsters out.

"Thank you!" Raphtalia says, standing alongside Misato. He nods, taking quick breaths.

Naofumi sighs in relief, he and Keel move next to the others in a wall-like formation. Seems like their training against Fitoria is paying off. He deflects another monster, Raphtalia would then counter attack for him, they would repeat this pattern multiple times. He turns to check on the Gun Hero's team.

Misato's gun clicks, the skeleton groans, raising its sword, Naofumi moves to cover him from an attack but Misato sweeps its legs in a spin, he 'pulls' out his Musket rifle and kills it with one stab. He turns to knock aside another sword with the butt of the rifle and pierces its head with his bayonet, all in one motion.

"What the hell? I thought Misato was a nobody like me in his world, what is with this guy pulling off these moves?!" Naofumi thought to himself. He knows Misato is trying to act like a Foreign Adventurer with Guns rather than a Hero but he leaped out of the tower and swung with a Grappling hook, and now he just deflected an attack and countered in a single move!

"Normal guy who enjoyed the same hobbies? Ya right." From how Misato behaved before the fight, the guy seemed humble about fighting, despite being here for the same amount of time, and despite Naofumi's limited knowledge of gun wielding, Misato looks like a trained professional to him.

"Alright, Ace and Rifana should return soon but just in case stay close!" Misato says firing a silver looking musket right before the large skeleton crushed him with its mace, causing the monster to fall on its knees. Keel then finishes it off by chopping its head.

Meanwhile, Ace went inside the mines to check for any monsters while Rifana stood outside with the villagers.

"There are no baddies here!" Ace yells running out of the mines in his humanoid form.

Rifana nods "Good, let's go back to Misato and Naofumi and help them." Ace grins and transforms, the Spearwoman hops on his back.

"Wait! We wish to come with you to help the Shield Hero fight for our home!" A man says holding up his pitchfork. The other men behind nod holding up their makeshift weapons.

"But why?" Rifana asks, confused.

"It's our home, it's our village, the Shield Hero and that Young man in black should not face the monsters alone." The man says, and the other able bodied people yelled with courage.

Rifana eyes widen surprised but she then scowls, gritting her teeth. Seeing these villagers reminded her of her people during the waves. Rifana hops off of Ace's back and slams the butt of her spear on a rock.

CLANG

The sound echoes in the area silencing the villagers. "NO YOU STAY HERE y-you you idiots!" She says pointing at village fighters.

"But-"

"NO! We just got EVERYONE away from the monsters! Not many people have died right?!" The Villagers pause looking at each other, trying to determine if anyone was missing.

"Yes." An elderly man nods

"Do you have any idea how INCREDIBLE it is to not have that many people survive the waves?" It's all thanks to the party's efforts against the monsters when the waves arrived.

"But it's our home, we should be the ones to defend it!"

Rifana growls "Then STAY HERE, fight off any monster that comes near but don't go rushing into battle like fools!" The blonde roars pointing at the village "Those houses can be rebuilt and easily replaced but people can never be replaced like some tools!" She remembers the First Wave, they lost too many lives that day. There was no Hero to help them but now there are and two of them are fighting to protect these people.

"The Shield Hero and Misato are fighting those monsters in the village, keeping the monsters' attention on THEM NOT YOU! That's why you are all here! I refuse to let anyone else die in this disaster!" She yells slamming the spear again to emphasize her point.

"Hah… Hah…" Rifana breathes in and Ace walks over rubbing his head against the girl, comforting her. The villagers stare at her silently, then they all look at eachother and nod.

"Very well… Go to them, we will stay here, anyone who can fight will hold the line here for those who cannot. We will not let their efforts be in vain."

"Thank you…" The Spearwoman says doing a small bow.

"What is your name?" A woman asks curiously.

Rifana lifts her head up with a confidant smile. "I am Rifana of Lurolona, and I am a survivor of the FIRST Waves…" She says hopping on top of Ace. "I command you all, to LIVE! When the waves are over, you can personally thank them for protecting you!" She yells as Ace runs towards the Shield and the Gun Heroes. Rifana hears yells of encouragement from the villagers, she smiles, placing a hand on her burning heart as they go off.

Misato grins seeing Ace and Rifana bulldoze through the horde.

"Sorry we're late!" Rifana says hopping off of Ace.

"Okay, now get ready in case it starts raining fi- HUH?!" Misato yells looking at the sky, which begins to clear. The waves ended that fast?! This didn't happen in anime!

"Was this supposed to happen?" Keel asks, glancing at the, no longer endless, horde of monsters in front of them. The monsters explode, they turn to see Fitoria running right through it.

"No…" Misato mutters, are the heroes stronger than expected or did Fitoria overestimate the boss when she assisted them? A familiar cannon-like sound breaks his thoughts, he looks up to see several flame-like pillars shoot up towards the sky. "Naofumi, Fitoria!" He yells running towards the Shield Hero and pulling out his magic cloak, which is fire resistant like his jacket.

Naofumi hugs Raphtalia and hides her under his cloak, Misato quickly dives in the green cloth hiding next to her. Fitoria quickly picks up Rifana, Keel and Ace and hides them with her magic shield. The Gun Hero glances at his hud and sighs in relief, seeing everyone's health points not dropping. "Everyone is fine." He says to Raphtalia and Naofumi. The girl next to him smiles.

"Good." Raphtalia says but her ears twitch and she frowns at a sound. Misato then groans, now hearing obnoxious laughter. Here comes the douchebag, what's with people with mustaches being so damn annoying?

It went similar to the anime. The only surprising parts to Misato was Raphtalia's killing intent and how sharp her eyes looked when trying to leap out of Naofumi but Misato stopped her.

"But-"

"No, we don't want to give them a legitimate reason to attack us." The Gun Hero says firmly.

"He's right. Not that I would allow them to hurt you" Naofumi adds in. Raphtalia frowns and hesitantly nods. Misato takes a deep breath and steps out of Naofumi's arms.

"Hey! What would you have done if the villagers were still here! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED THEM WITH THAT!" Misato yells, while he wouldn't let Raphtalia physically attack the commander, doesn't mean he won't verbally beat this smug asshole up.

"I sent a soldier to make sure you peasants were evacuated."

"Really?" Misato skeptically asks.

"Of course." The commander spat out.

"Hey Rifana, Ace did you see any knight nearby the villagers when evacuating them?" Misato asks.

"I never saw any knight nearby."

"Ace saw no one shiny."

"Is that so? To think the Commander of the Royal knights would be a coward and a liar too"

"How dare you claim such an idea!" The man growls.

"Well what other excuse do you have? Ace is a very fast filolial, Rifana was with him and they were evacuating the villagers to safety, the time gap between the mines and the village is too short for a single knight to communicate even when traversing with an animal, especially with the monsters in the way. So if they didn't see anyone, then that means you lied." Misato shrugs. He can tell, mostly because of the frowns some of his knights had when they stared at their leader about his lies.

"I am the heir to a noble family, you commoner!"

"Exactly, I am a man with common sense and basic morals for my fellow people. So again, what were you going to do if you killed a villager? Hide it and blackmail your soldiers to not say a word?"

"What kind of Knight neglects the people he's meant to defend?" Raphtalia says standing next to Misato.

"Answer us!" Keel yelled with her weapons raised and Rifana stood near with her spear up. Ace transforms and growls at the knight with Fitoria stoically standing next to him.

"You…" The commander growls.

"Enough…" Naofumi says.

"But…"

"Drop it."

"That's right. So long as you behave yourself, we won't be forced to make any mistakes."

"You seem to be doing alright with part already…" Misato retorts "But if you want to fight, we'll stay back..." he says with his hands behind his head.

Naofumi nods "Ya, sit back and watch you morons become monster chow." He says grinning viciously.

Just like the show, the knights panicked at the sight of the large monster with a huge mace. Naofumi blocked it and Raphtalia then sliced it.

Naofumi then said "Listen here! We'll buy you time to get in formation!"

Misato wordlessly blasts the monsters apart with his guns, which stun the knights, staring at how quickly the monsters drop from the loud weapon. Keel took the hits with her shield and sliced them apart with her axe, while Rifana stabbed several monsters in a row with her spear. Ace and Fitoria were bulldozing through the monsters. Naofumi and Raphtalia time together made them perfectly in sync with their attacks, like they were one being.

Some of the knights left but the second in command took charge of the others and they attacked, helping the two parties finish the remaining monsters. At some point when the numbers dropped to a less dangerous amount, Misato's group moved to the other half of the village to grind for EXP points.

After some grinding, the Gun Team went back to the Shield Team, Misato frowns seeing Naofumi acting closed off again, turning around from the villagers who are thankful. Even after realizing Raphtalia's loyalty, he is still having a difficult time accepting genuine gratitude. "Guess I gotta pull a James…"

"Come on man, don't be like that." Misato says facing Naofumi.

"Be like what?" Naofumi retorts, lightly glaring at him.

"Being damn paranoid from people that are actually grateful for saving their lives." Misato says.

"But it's only because your plan worked so well."

"Yes but during the early part, the Villagers were doubtful of the idea that the mines were clear of monsters."

Keel jumps in "Until the Shield Hero came in heroically ramming through the Horde of Monsters, is when they actually listened with no hesitation." She says with a smile.

Misato then grabs Naofumi's shoulders, forcing the Shield Hero to face the villagers again. "Now look at them, look at their eyes… After your experience with the bitch and those thieves who tried to rob you, can you really say they had the same deceitful look when you met Myne?"

Naofumi furrows his eyebrows seeing the grateful looks the people had, and the children… They were smiling at him. Could Misato be right?

"Maybe…" Naofumi says, almost sounding dismissive about it, removing Misato's hands from his shoulders to face a different direction. But Raphtalia smiles and knows he does see it or at least is starting to. She sends Misato a thankful look.

"Young man, is your name Misato?" The elderly man says as the group walks towards him and his team.

"Yes." Misato nods. The man bows, the people behind him follow the action.

"We are thankful for your efforts as well. If you and your team weren't here during the waves, we would have lost so many lives before the Shield Hero could come."

"I'm just glad I was at the right place…" Misato humbly says.

"To think that Lady Rifana was a survivor of the First Waves here… We heard rumors that the village was wiped out by the First Waves."

Rifana, Keel and Raphtalia frown. "That's a lie, Slavers took advantage of the aftermath and took all the survivors…" Keel growls, Rifana nods, scowling at the memory of those knights.

"To think the Royal Knights would do such a thing…" A young man says frowning.

"Not all of them, these guys stuck around to help us…" Misato says, pointing at the second in command and his knights.

"I see…" The elderly man says looking at the knights who are regrouping with the others. "You and the Shield Hero are always welcome to our village." He says bowing again.

Misato smiles, it's one thing to see it, it's another thing to be given thanks by people that he helped save. It's a great feeling to have. He turns around, now frowning seeing Commander asshole approach Misato, after speaking with Naofumi.

"Next up… Episode 4."

Meanwhile

A purple haired woman in her thirties, traces her hand on a painting of a middle-aged man with a white beard, the man in the painting had a regal look and eyes that were filled with wisdom. Next to the man in the painting was a beautiful red-haired young woman with a pure smile that would enrapture many hearts. If only they knew the truth…

The woman grabs the frame of the painting, removing it off of the stand and then slams it on the ground, snapping it in half. "RAAAGAGGAGAHH!" She screams as she takes a piece of the broken frame and slams it repeatedly right onto the face of the man in the painting, each blow destroying its authenticity to the real person, and the fragile weapon in her hands. She then stomps her shoe on top of the red haired lady's face, ripping the paper with a single twist of her foot.

The woman takes deep breaths and leans up to the ceiling "Damn YOU!" The Ruler of Melomarc, Queen Mirellia screams. Years of negotiating, planning, compromising, all that hard work to ensure peace between the kingdoms ONLY TO NEARLY DESTROY IT IN ONE WEEK!

She was informed about the accusation and the framing of the Shield Hero committing a horrible crime. This has her daughter's work written all over it. Of course, her foolish first child would jump at any opportunity to throw someone under the carriage for a reward! Because the lesson of the consequences of one's actions was NEVER LEARNED!

Then her husband, she had her suspicions but now he has only proven that he is indeed a former shell of himself. Jumping at any opportunity to lash his anger on a man that HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS PAST! And now because of Malty and Aultcray, they had given more credibility to the damn PARASITES in her Kingdom! She had heard that public opinion has now weighed even more towards the Church of the Three Heroes rather than the Four because of that false trial!

The sound of a hand tapping the window breaks the Queen's internal rant. "Is now a good time your highness? I daresay I have some important and interesting news about your Kingdom."

The Queen sighs, calming herself "Very well, report."

The Shadow would then inform about the Heroes and the aftermath of the Second Wave.

Mirellia sighs, thankful that the Second Wave was far less destructive than the first. "Is there anything else?"

"I dare say… The shadow you have assigned with Lord Reichnott was captured but was then freed by their captors."

"Why is that?"

"For the Shadow to send a message to you from their captors."

"Tell me everything that has happened to the Shadow…"

To think that the Ruler of the Filolial that she adores is indeed real but not only that… The Queen Fitoria, KNOWS HER NAME! If only she met Queen Fitoria in person. It is an incredible honor to be acknowledged by THE Queen of Filolials! Mirellia squeals, seeing the recording orb of the beautiful filolial standing tall as her Castle. She wants to sit on top of her head so badly!

"Your Highness?" The Shadow dare asks, capturing Mirellia's attention.

The Queen clears her throat, regaining her composure. She continues the recording, seeing a young man, about the Bow and the Sword Hero's age with black hair and yellow eyes staring into the glass ball. Misato Morgan… The man who killed Idol Rabier and freed those children. The man who has gained the trust of the Shield Hero through the friendship between his companions and the Hero's slave, the man who wields similar weapons to a Kingdom that she is most wary of, the man who has the support of Queen Fitoria, and he claims to have knowledge of the future and wishes to help her.

When the Shadow said these exact words, Mirellia was skeptical, but then her Shadow mentioned the proof Misato had, which is proven by her own actions by destroying the paintings of her damn husband and daughter, and now… The Second Wave did happen near Riyute Village. Could he truly know the future? Is that why the Queen of Filolials supports and suggests she comply with his requests?

"After the field magic was dropped, we saw Misato's group and the Shield Hero split up. Misato had left a piece of paper at their camp, when we read the paper, we suspected it was another request for you."

"Show me." The Shadow nods and hands the Queen the paper. She rolls it up and reads it.

"Very well, if the future becomes true, see that his request is done and approach him. In the meantime, send an Agent to gather what they can find about this man."

"It will be done." The Shadow says before disappearing. Mirellia sighs and turns to the glass recording of the young foreigner.

"Who are you, Misato Morgan…"

Thank you for reaching the end, sorry for taking a while, I had a lot of personal things going on in my life. Plus I had a blast playing the Resident Evil 4 Remake, in case you haven't noticed throughout my chapters, I am quite a fan of the original. I also played Jedi Survivor, I enjoyed it especially when I first played it and avoided most of the glitches.

(8/20 Edit: Ace clung on to his big bro Misato for comfort from the unnatural presence of the Waves cracking the sky. Fitroia slept in the same room to help calm Ace. Instead of clinging to Misato. Still too soon for her to be clingy.)

Also I had some ideas of different fanfiction, not the ones in the about me but brand news ones that I might work on. I need a break from Rising of the Shield Hero, my drive for it is dying. Can't write fanfics about the same source forever.

Like the Shadow Fight 3 Protagonist ending up in My Hero Academia. As a vigilante and much more.

Devil May Cry x Gate Jietai. Dante and Vergil return from Hell after DMC5 only to end up in front of the gate in the middle of the invasion from another world. DMC Earth and Gate Earth are the same worlds btw.

MHA Society reacts to the MCU. Because we had students and the league of villains provide us reactions, so imagine what the entire world would think of these heroes instead?

Some of these might come true or might not be due to my lacking knowledge of some of these fandoms.

Please give me a review, any constructive feedback is good! Thank you again and have a wonderful day!