AN: The boys are back in town sorry about the longer wait. I wanted to take a break from writing. I don't want to suffer from burnout. I'm thinking of doing a completely different story. It's a Mega Man and Legend of Zelda Crossover. It's still in the concept stage. If you guys are interested let me know. Now onto the story.

It was late in the night and I wanted to bang my head against the wall because of these stupid fuckin meetings and Zinnia looked at me with sympathy from across the room. They finally mentioned that the preparations for transporting me to Zeltoble were finished and leaving late evening tomorrow. That at least gave me some time to get the custom orders from Midna. " Alright people, that's a wrap-up if we need to meet again then we can contact each other through crystal balls until then let's fight the waves." Lord Craven concluded the meeting as the representatives headed for their quarters for the last time.

I groaned and decided to just go straight to bed. I was done with this shit I ignored the maids calling for me and just flopped on the bed " Uhhhg I fuckin hate politics." [Yeah I get you even if it was two days of meetings, Two days too long] " Well I don't know about you but I'ma fall asleep." [I understand we're under a time crunch for the next few months fighting monsters] " Yep and I'm the one who's going to have to do the leg work while the three cardinal Idiots burn Melromarc to the ground." We both laughed because we both know without my help Melormarc is fucked. I decided to talk with her for the next few hours about the manga this world was based on and just random shit until I fell asleep.

Zinnia And I were in front of the shop the next morning. " Alright Let's get my custom orders." We opened the door to see Midna finishing off the varnish for a stock of a lever action rifle and on the table were a couple of revolvers "Hey kid your back, that's good it turns out the language in the book you gave me is very similar to Faubren so I was able to get a fuck ton more out of the book. Honestly, these designs could go for hundreds of gold pieces so I'm going to give you those custom orders for free." I wanted to bang my head against the wall but my defense was so high I wouldn't feel anything. " Ha I knew you'd have that reaction, I'm serious about the money does a hundred gold sound fine I'll give you more money from the other designs I sell-off." I sighed "That's fine with me, what about my armor?"

" I think you are going to like this." She brings out an armored duster. It reminded me of NCR Ranger armor but without the helmet. " Damn, this is some fine work. Thanks, I'll get this on pronto."

As Zinnia saw Andrew go into the changing room her aunt waved her hand to get her attention " Hey Zinnia I know we don't talk that much anymore but I wanted to let know I still love you and please stay safe, I don't know what it's like being with a hero but It's gotta be dangerous. So I have a farewell present for you." She took out a crate and opened it to show an old armored skirt, a mage robe, a golden staff, and a mage hat.

Her eyes widened "Wait these are Mother armor how?" Midna gave a soft smile " Your mother asked me to make a second one for her in case she needed it, she also wanted to pass it on to you before she passed. I thought it was a good time to give it to you for your journey." Zinnia went to give her a big hug " Thank you, Aunty." Midna smiled, "No problem, just stay alive ok." She nodded "I will"

I finished up fitting my armor a bit loose and big on me but I still have time to grow. " Hey, Zinnia I'm done woah your armor looks cool." " Thanks here I've bagged the custom orders my Aunt made." She handed him a huge bag of equipment, so I just shoved it all into my shield. [ Yeah this is going to take a while to process all of this. All I'm going to say is most of these shields you can't until you get into your LV40s] ' Yep that sounds about right.' As I finished checking my status " Well let's get going thank-" Then got hit by a huge back of coins to the head " You forgot about this idiot."

I thanked the very nice gunsmith who gave me the money. If I had to be hit with anything, Money is in the top ten. When we finally got back to Castle a good amount of representatives were boarding their carriages and one of them waved at me " Shield hero over here we're about to leave." said a representative from Zeltoble " Alright I'm on our way." Me and Zinnia got in the carriage and heard the whip crack of the driver as the carriage started to move and we started to leave the polluted city of progress and crime.

Over the past few days, Zinnia and I had been fighting off monsters we encountered both getting levels. We may have the equipment but we don't have the experience and levels. On the way to Zeltoble, I unlocked the [ Bladed Shield]. It provided slash resistance and 10 points of attack damage. It made protecting and dealing out damage a bit easier but I know It'll get harder as my level increases. I decided to check on my status.

[Andrew masters] LV 10 Shield Hero

HP: 290

ATK: 12

MTK: 4

DEF: 302

MAG DEF: 230

MAG: 120

That's better than I thought, fighting monsters on the move is a struggle but we worked well as a team. I take the brunt of the attacks while Zinnia covers me with offensive spells. We killed off some wolves, And I cut up the body parts to get the shields. It was awful and disgusting. There's a difference between seeing in the media vs real life you're not supposed to smell it and the bloody mess. I still didn't get better with the cutting after killing many monsters. It sucks.

I washed my hands in a nearby stream and took a moment to think. 'If I remember correctly the three cardinal idiots will be in Zeltoble soon, honestly I don't want to deal with them especially when they think they're hot shit at the moment. This is going to be a headache at least I'm doing my job properly so the big bird queen won't be mad at me.'

" Hey Andrew, do you think we leveled enough for the upcoming wave?" I looked back and shook my head " Nope we don't know how tough the wave monsters will be, unfortunately, these hunting trips have to be short if we want to be at the wave in time. I'll be making medicine with my shield on the road so if we get hurt it won't be a death sentence." Zinnia grimaced, "That's one silver lining, let's get back to the caravan the faster we get to Zeltoble the better." I nodded and we both walked back.

As the days passed It got warmer and warmer. It wasn't unbearable as a former desert dweller; this wasn't so bad, like the Mediterranean described in the manga. Zeltoble's capital slowly grew in the distance " Damn that's one big coliseum it reminds me of Rome." " What's Rome?" asked a Zeltoble delegate " It's a city from my world. It was the home to a Grand empire." The Zeltoble delegate smiled " that's definitely a compliment I'd say so we'll be arriving by night fall so get your affairs in order Sir Masters."

I took a moment to gaze out the window. 'This is going to be one hell of a time.' [Are you worried about the other heroes?] I sighed 'Yeah I Am, Motoyasu only can think with his lower half while a bitch is speaking poison in his ears, Ren I could probably get along with but he's still very closed off, And Itsuki has a hero complex and people feeding his ego.' [There's a reason I chose you, the other spirits only had second pick from their options] ' I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, only time will tell. Tomorrow is another day, time to get some rest.'

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Aultcray was at first happy with the summoning the shield devil was gone now the world will be safe from his evil. ONLY TO FIND OUT THE FUCKIN SHIELD DEVIL WAS IN FAUBREY. It probably would've been better for the shield devil to be in Shieldfreeden or Zeltoble but his wife and all the delegates were in Faubrey. And how did he know his wife sent him a letter saying she was pissed and she was coming back quickly because that shield broke the deadlock, and got everyone to work together. His wife's wrath was the least of his worries. He's going to lose his Royal title and he's glad he sent his daughter with the spear hero, hopefully she'll avoid her wrath. For now he's going to be the sacrificial Lamb, maybe Pope Balmus can help him; they must prepare for his wife's arrival.

An: I like this chapter and the last part well I'm sure you were wondering what's Autcrays reaction so I decided why not. The other reason I took so long was because I had really bad writer's block. Anyways stay safe and until next time children Lone Ranger out.