A Collection Of Other Adventures
Blasts From The Past
Date: December 4th, 2022
The sun shines brightly on us as if giving us all a smile of encouragement when I end up waking up. I still don't know the names of the swordsman or acolyte. I'm sure I'll find out eventually. It just hasn't come up in conversation. Speaking of, I hope the swordsman is doing well after I essentially wore him out by training him. His muscles might still be sore. When you go to a bouncy house event and do a lot of bouncing for 3 hours despite not being someone who exercises much, it leaves you sore and hurt for the next day even. At least with a sword, swinging is a much more gradual process. Much more graceful and requires less force than say, lifting weights. We took breaks when he needed it but if he's sore, it's a good thing we have Herbsalvin, 2 Peco Pecos, and some horses with us. Again, I wake up before anyone else. This time, the tents are more crowded. I ended up sleeping with the 2 other knights this time around. They also didn't take their armor off. We should get washed up once we arrive in Geffen. I carefully got up and set up breakfast. To do this, I teleport to Twisted Land to gather some food from the park. It's time to show them all what kind of food exists outside of their universe. The only reason I was able to teleport to Twisted Land is that the barrier that surrounds the universe where Midgard is was destroyed by various BRAINS members as I found out from a text I saw upon getting up. I put all of the food into a big reusable box. We have many of them stocked up in Twisted Land now. I return to Midgard relieved that I can actually leave it with just my Quantum Leap band. After I get back, I get it all out. I even brought some glasses and jugs of the water of Twisted Land's Kanoka Bay. That should do it. Just trying to save what we already have. My comrades in the park were happy to provide the food.
Because I don't want the food to get cold, I wake everyone up by pulling out my guitar and strumming a powerful rock n roll rhythm complete with long guitar solos. This wakes everyone up rather quickly. And each and every one of them except Swiftdrawer, Seyren, Raygene, and Lillah(acolyte mercenary) are very confused by what I'm doing. I turn to them: "Good morning, everyone. Sorry for waking you but I brought breakfast from a different world entirely. We must eat it before it gets cold. After that, we'll need to get back on the road towards Geffen. The sooner we get there, the better. My body must really stink by now." So with that, we eat and I explain where I got the food from and what the hell I was doing to wake em all up. Things went without incident. We packed up our things and get on the mounts before heading towards Geffen again. As we get going and ride close together, Roan asks me: "Hey so what's your world like?" My calm expression turns serious and intense. My body shakes a bit: "I've explained some of it before now. Words cannot truly put how miserable it is. You think the Dark Lord is bad? Oh please. At least he isn't making millions die from a pandemic that could have ended long ago. My family is barely doing anything to my knowledge about all this crap. And it makes me angry. They're fools. Hate infects societies like a sickening affliction. There is happiness and hope in so many places but truth be told, most people aren't doing anything about what's going on. They work and play all day without addressing the raging pandemic. A nasty disease has been allowed to spread out of control and mutate many times, killing millions and disabling millions more. Herd immunity my buttocks. But that's not the only problem. There are countless man made problems. Poverty, inequality, climate change, hunger, fascism, capitalism, school shootings, you name it."
The others are appalled even more when I explain each problem in decent detail. They're horrified at what they're hearing until I also tell them about the good that's actually being done to balance it out a little. This occupies quite a bit of time. But then, some people dressed in flashy outfits shows up with thickly padded shoulder pads. I curse under my breath again. They're singing BIM All The Way. And emerging from behind them is my Miitopian counterpart, Kind Warrior Adam. Maya asks: "What's going on? Who are they?" I dismount from Herbsalvin as the others come to a stop too and draw my sword: "Brainwashed members of a strange cult. And look at that, they're all wearing their BIM marks. Great. What do you want, Kind Warrior Adam?" "All of you should join us! We're bringing BIM all the way to this world because our master told us to!" "And we cannot allow that. Look, I've seen and heard enough wild things from Midwest Furfest. Convention War Stories was a treat. Got home really late. But you won't leave until we give in or make you leave by force. That's how it's going to be, huh? Well, I'm glad we're not dealing with any matters elsewhere. But also. *turns to Lord Knight Swiftdrawer* Much of Glast Heim has been put under a time freezing spell so your investigation of it won't be totally messed with." "I can never get anyone to join us willingly! I don't want to hurt you but I will to make you submit to BIM and the sacred apple!" The other BIM followers stop singing and pull out weapons just as my Miitopian counterpart pulls out his sword(talk about not realizing true gender identity). Our sides are even in number. Every individual can fight someone else. "I'll take on my counterpart. We have a history together after all." With those words said, the battle begins. I lead Warrior Adam away from the others and we begin fighting. "Super Spin Slash! Take this!" I pretend to be hurt by this and be defeated just to crush the confidence in my mii who isn't himself anymore. "I won already! Fus Ro Dah!" I get back up: "That was too easy. You didn't even scratch my armor. You'll have to try better than that, my mii lookalike. Just try and hurt me. I'll wait. I'm in no hurry considering my teammates are also fighting."
"Grrr! Please just join us, I don't want to hurt you! Darkeye Slash!" "That attack does nothing against me. You aren't putting your heart into fighting. Kind individuals like us often have that weakness. We refuse to show no mercy to our opponents. You spared quite a few monsters back in Miitopia. It isn't so bad when they don't really hurt anyone but this battle is very different. I don't want to hurt you either but if I have to make you bleed just so you finally realize you've been brainwashed, I will make you bleed. I can't afford to be soft in battle. Take this! Risky Spin Slash!" "That hurts! Why would you do that to me?!" "You leave me no choice. I can tell that my words won't sway your allegiance. Naturally, I'm forced to use force and that's not very good news for you. I don't want to kill you but if it comes to that, I will weather through the consequences. And I will try what I can to bring you back as you once were. Stop holding back. *Artist's Eye activates* I now see your full strength. It is greater than it used to be. You have grown beyond the maximum I helped give to you by feeding you so much food and more in Miitopia. But you're not the only one who had exceeded the limits of the Warrior job." "Grrrrr! Rwarrrrr! I'll defeat you! I don't want to hurt you but take this! Darkeye Slash! And this! *transforms into mage* Tower Of Flame!" "Much stronger this time but not good enough. You haven't even broken a sweat nor have I. At this rate, I might as well just let you try to use me as a punching bag as you run out of magic. You can eat as many MP candies as you want. I'll let you if it comes to that." Kind Warrior Adam shows off the ability to change jobs really quickly a lot more from here on out: "Super Spin Slash! Flambé! Righteous Anger! Monster Dinner!" "And nope. Risky Spin Slash!" "I won't lose! I have to make my master proud and make everyone be happy! Double Slash! Double Slash! Double Slash! *Huff puff* So exhausting. *eats MP candy and HP banana*"
"This is really boring. I thought you'd be a much bigger challenge. I might have been wrong. Okay then. No more mercy. Extremely Risky Spin Slash! Haaaaaa!" The attack is enough to make him almost dead. He would have run out of HP if he hadn't refused to give up. "I have to keep going for master! Bat Tornado! Dancing Arrow! Glitch! Black Hole! Giga Explosion! Giga Lightning!" "Oh good for you, my counterpart. You slightly dented my armor. And you're badly hurt but unwilling to give up. I don't technically have to kill you. After all, you haven't caused me any true pain. Those who selfishly inflict pain onto others are the only ones who deserve pain. You helped force Pmurt Nedib to kill Yappa Yappa last month but I'm not interested in killing you for messing with my own enemies. They deserved what you put them through. Just surrender already. Let me show you the lessons you haven't learned or managed to unlearn. Take my hand. I'm offering you mercy because you're just a pawn in Boogaloo's game. And you hesitate to even hurt me. Why should I bother putting in the effort to get rid of you for good? Your threat level is much lower than it could be." "I won't give up! Not when my new friends are counting on me! Fus ro dah! Tower Of Flame!" "Your conviction and care is just as I remember it. I want you to become better but your unwillingness to yield is annoying. You're sabotaging yourself by not allowing yourself to grow into a truly kind person. A truly kind person goes as far as to fight against cruelty. They make assessments of what they're doing or could do could cause in the end. I hope the others are hearing this. A truly kind person also knows that killing someone is a tough pill to swallow but does it if it means less individuals suffer. Additionally, they are angered by the unfair state of things. You're not truly kind yet."
"But I don't want to hurt you!" "Then why the hell do you remain with BIM? BIM hurts people who don't listen to them! They may even arrest and beat people up fir standing against them! They're a symptom of capitalism! That despicable system that holds me and so many others back! It makes the harm caused by Gunnr, Morroc, Baphomet, and the Dark Lord in this world seem like nothing in comparison!" "They've been hurting people? That's a lie, they wouldn't hurt anyone!" "You haven't been paying attention. It's like you're living in a false reality! Snap out of it! Think for yourself!" "No! You snap out of it! You're hurting me! Snap Out Of It!" "That move does nothing to me because I'm not under some spell. But you are. Watch. Snap Out Of It!" "My mind.. It feels so foggy. I'm so confused. Wait, no I'm not! Master has sent me a telepathic message! BIM! BIM! BIM!" "I should have known that wouldn't work. I'll just have take you on a little trip down memory lane. Duel disk go! I activate the action field Crossover! And now, it's time! Let me sum this up! I'll compose a Pendulum scale to start my composition with these 2 monsters! With them in play, I can Pendulum summon these artists to add to the design with the powers of the 2 in the Pendulum zones! Look at me! I'm quite lucky! I have what I need. 3 level 5 monsters. Perfect. With these 3 monsters, I won't create an artistic overlay network. Instead, I will summon a overlay network lit up in flames! I now Xyz summon! Return to battle and show our misguided friend the power of swordsmanship and fire! Rise again, Smokeflare!" "Smokeflare?! I haven't seen him in so long.. But my mission is clear! I will serve Boogaloo!" "That's not enough, huh? Okay then. Chaos Xyz Evolution! Show us your 2nd form, Smokeflare! We don't have time for detailed summoning chants!"
"..I remember everything. But I won't leave my master! Bat Tornado! Dancing Arrow! Wild Shot!" "You're a tough one, just like me. But I will crack you somehow even if it requires a lot of help from others. But for now, I will tell you of our friends. Dominic can warp reality now. He's as chill as ever. Don't you miss him? What about Austin? Your son and first teammate on your quest to defeat the Dark Lord Melvin? *deactivates duel disk* Let's not forget Lauren and Madison, your other teammates while in Greenhorne. Then you were forced to become a scientist as Melvin took your teammates and sealed your powers away. What about Brayden who now goes by Bray as she's transgender? Ya know, the sage you saved from the Dark Curse who is your child while on Pizza Island? What of the Fab Fairies? When I told them of your brainwashing, they got worried for you. Everyone in Miitopia misses you. I might have been instrumental in solving the SDL, Gorganan, and Tomapie problems but you were key to defeating and saving Bray, Melvin, and Ex Dark Curse Nathan. Come back to us. We need your strength. I'm not attacking you because at this point, I just want to talk." "They miss me? But why?! I'm so happy as a follower of BIM!" "Your happiness there is false! It's not legitimate because it is derived from lies and greed! You're questioning things. Good. They miss you because we haven't really seen you anywhere in a long time. Return to us. Again, we need you. From the silence around us, I surmise that your friends have been utterly defeated. And look at that, my teammates are now headed in our direction as you hopelessly attack me over and over without leaving anymore scratches. This is sad. What did they do to you? Please, we care about you. I might have something that'll give you a little push. I carry quite a few number cards gathered in the aftermath of dealing with Pmurt Nedib's forces." I give the mii some of those cards after restraining him with ease myself. The power of the numbers creates a dark aura around him that just vanishes after 4 seconds because of the whole brainwashing thing.
In the end, I take back the numbers easily as my mii falls unconscious. A minute later, he wakes up: "I don't know who I am anymore. I'm so lost. Have I been living a lie this whole time?" "You're Kind Warrior Adam, hero of Miitopia who led the effort to end the terror of Dark Lord Melvin and Darker Lord Brayden. You haven't been yourself but now, it's time for you to return to who you truly are in your heart. Be free of the nonsense that controlled you. Break from BIM." "I don't know what to do anymore. I'm so sorry for everything, I've been so selfish!" "We're all selfish. Let me contact Dominic to come get you. I have to stay in this world. Your healing will begin in Miitopia. It will be a while before you're okay again. Be patient with yourself, it'll take a lot to unlearn all the lies embedded into you." I contact Dominic and he comes right away. Upon seeing Kind Warrior Adam, his chill demeanor breaks into tears: "It's really you! I thought my leg was being pulled! I no longer want a nap! But I can't stay for long. I have to take you back to Miitopia right away. Don't worry about the people that came with you to this world, the Wacky Clowns have already taken care of them. We're at war in Miitopia. You won't be fighting with us for a while. It takes a long time to get over years of brainwashing and manipulation. For those of you here now who don't know, this is Lord Knight Swiftdrawer and Adam the artistic knight's counterpart from Miitopia. That is all, we have to go now." Dominic puts a hand on Kind Warrior Adam and they teleport over to Miitopia in an instant. I sigh: "I'll explain all that later. Let's just get back on the road to Geffen." Roan speaks up: "I want to get stronger to protect Yufa better. It is my duty to protect." Seyren replies: "I relate to your ambition. There are two ways you can get stronger right now. Spending more time training or.. You're a Crusader. Father Bamph's information was correct. You can become a Paladin." Lord Knight Swiftdrawer adds: "It's a long journey to go where you need to go to become a Paladin. You have to go far Northeast to the location of the Book Of Ymir."
"But that means we'll have to abandon our trip to Geffen." "Seyren and Swiftdrawer are right but you're missing some information. Why are we even traveling by mount to Geffen anyway? Lord Knight Swiftdrawer over there can use Kafra services for free and travel with wings wherever. They and I even have bands that can send us millions of universes away from here for any reason whatsoever. Herbsalvin can fly around Miitopia extremely quickly. Somebody can just take you to the Book Of Ymir but you'll need a lot of zeny to be allowed to see it. Not even Maya has the amount you need." "Then where will I get enough zeny?" My counterpart hands him a big bag of zeny coins: "This will be enough. Seyren can set you up to get there immediately with a Butterfly Wing." Yufa adds: "Roan, you aren't getting stronger again without me! I heard about what happened in the Undersea Tunnel! I'll join you!" Seyren replies: "That is the best course of action. You too can change your job again but to a High Priestess. Here are some Butterfly Wings. There are enough to get there and back. Let's meet back here. We've entered East Geffen." Roan and Yufa accept them and we watch them head to where they need to go after Seyren tells them where to go. We decide to stop here so as to not go too far. I turn to Maya and Judia: "You two should change jobs too. I don't know much about what you can change to to be honest. But Seyren can help with that too. Also, I'm surprised that Iruga Jr. hasn't cried or anything." "You're right. We can change our jobs but I'm more concerned about my sweet little baby. He didn't wake up because of you playing whatever that thing was. He woke up as we were packing up but he's well taken care of now so he's been asleep ever since." "That's good. I think we should all besides Judia do some training while we're out here. Judia, you need to take care of your child. Actually, nevermind what I just said. I sound like an arrogant fool who underestimates women. We should all train. Herbsalvin, can you look after Iruga Jr.?"
Herbsalvin nods and we get to training after dismounting(though Seyren and Swiftdrawer stay on their Peco Peco as Peco Peco are combat mounts). As of late, my growth in strength during training has begun decreasing. It's like I've hit a learning curve. Yay. All the more reason to teach the kid swordsman how to better fight. I get the kid's attention: "Hey kid, would you like me to help you train to become stronger more? I don't have the same or similar experience as say Roan and Seyren but that being said, I have learned a lot in different ways from them. Now that you know the basic swordsman pose and have a stronger understanding of how to effectively swing your sword, do your footwork, and foresee some movements, it's time to test you on what you've learned. I'm sure you gained more experience when we were fighting followers of BIM. It will be a series of quick and simple tests. Since Roan isn't here, I guess I'll be the one who faces you so be ready. I'll teach you some more after the tests are over." It takes some time but I test him on individual tests of attack speed, dexterity, intelligence, and reflexes. "Now that that's done, let me begin teaching you more. Have a rest on the ground. You look exhausted. You aren't used to this level of physical activity yet. It takes a lot of work to get used to it. But I can't push you as hard as I could push Roan for example. Your body hasn't developed enough to hit peak performance just yet. If you chose to become a knight or crusader when you were ready, you'd have a more ideal physique for intense training. I wonder why you haven't been sent to the Eden Group or really mentored by Orbis Sha." "Umm.. He's been too busy and recommended Roan and his party.." "I see. That makes sense. Seyren and Swiftdrawer should have better information on what he's up to. Anyway, we should focus on your balance for now. Your form is becoming more and more solid as time goes on. But just like with Lord Knight Swiftdrawer when they were a swordsman before becoming a knight, you have a long way to go to become really fast and strong. Swordsmen don't get mounts unfortunately so you must absolutely increase your balance."
I notice that the Lord Knights are sparring for what looks to be their first time. I then refocus my attention to the swordsman: "Since swordfighters tend to be moving around a lot, dexterity is more important but that's just in general. Sometimes, you'll probably end up finding yourself slashing at a giant boss within very close range without moving around unless you have to. Balance is key to staying up in battle. It's directly related to your stamina. You need to make sure your legs don't give in after breaking into a sprint before stopping and that sort of thing. Standing for hours is a great way to build it but it's not the only way. For an extreme way of building your balance, you can try to lift one foot off the ground. But I personally don't recommend it. In my world, I've tried it here and there. It never works out and I almost fall. You'd need to make a very regular effort to pull something like that off. I haven't tried it outside of my world because I didn't need to go to those lengths to increase my balance. Another element of balance is how you're feeling. If you're dizzy, your sense of balance is off. When you're moving around fast and swinging a lot, you can get very dizzy from how disorienting that can be. We'll start by having you keep swinging. But don't be hasty. Be take your time swinging. Be precise and control how much force is applied. Also do your best to look around as you swing and keep your body steady as you do this. If you fall, I will catch you. You especially need to be careful because you're a kid who is only just now getting some experience. When your muscles start to burn a little, you need to stop just as I told you last night." "Woah.. You know a lot about this." "You pick up a thing or two if you consume enough media and train for long enough. That and I went through over a decade of schooling. It's over now but I learned a lot. But before you do that and I watch you, do you understand what force is?" "Sadly, no. At the academy, we were more focused on attacking monsters and dummies."
"I'm aware. Force is the product of the amount of effort put into a action of some kind such as lightning striking a tree or you swinging your sword. It measures the energy unleashed when you do something and the work you do. The faster you are, the more force you create. The more mass which measures how much space your sword for instance takes up, the more force you create as well. That's the lowdown. Now, are you ready to put all that I told you into action? Make sure to pretend there's a large monster in front of you as your practice. Let's not hurt any plants out here." He nods and begins the process of further training his body. Chaos speaks up. It's been 3 days now. I can't remember if I actually at first brought them along or not but they're with me now. "Why haven't you let me have some fun yet? We're here in a whole different world now after all!" "Because I don't want to have to explain you too yet. That and I accidentally forgot about you." "What?! You forgot about me?! What kind of a B shot are you?!" "One who makes a lot of mistakes. Too many. My world is in peril and here I am, spending more time about my adventures outside of that world than worrying or doing much of anything to do something about what's going on there. The others are very focused on their training. Let's cease this conversation before I have to explain you too today. I really don't want to. I've done so much explaining lately that it's laughable." "I understand. That sounds too chaotic, even for me! And I love chaos!" "Of course you say that." I get my attention back to the swordsman and wish I could help train the acolyte. But I can't because I haven't felt the power of magic flow through me for real in so long. That and I never used light spells to the extent acolytes do. I have no pointers to give the swordsman for a while. He's a very good learner. He'll grow up strong. Also, I'm certain that my elemental nature is not fire. Despite Smokeflare, my use of fire spells in the past, and several fire attribute familiars, I really don't think so. I think the element of fire was a gift from the Egyptian god Ra back when I was me of his chosen ones.
I have a strong feeling that my true elemental nature is not darkness either. It must be wind. It just has to be. I already know that I'm going to gain the ability to use ninjitsu and genjitsu in the future. We'll find out I guess. Tangent over. The swordsman starts seriously wearing himself out. I can't allow that to continue because that's not good. "Kiddo, settle down! Take a break! I know you want to go stronger but this is going too far for what your body can handle! Your bones aren't solid enough yet! Once you grow older, you'll be able to push much further! I promise! Just please stop doing this right now if you don't want to seriously hurt yourself!" He stops: "I'm so tired but I want to protect my sister from everything! I must getting stronger, I have to!" "I get that but you don't want to end up like Roan did once. Before he became a holy crusader, he went insane looming to become stronger. Roan gave up on living at one point. He didn't care what happened to himself for a time. That's not healthy, avoid making the same mistake by taking a full rest. You'll thank yourself after you change your job to a knight or crusader." "Don't worry, I won't push myself too hard just like you said to!" Yufa's voice is heard: "That's good to hear. I don't want to have to keep healing you as you train." I smile: "Oh you and Roan have already returned? I thought it would take longer if I'm being honest." Roan replies: "The tests weren't that hard. We just needed to believe in ourselves and remember what got us so far." The others stop training. That means Seyren and Swiftdrawer stop sparring for now. I don't pay much attention to the new looks for Roan and Yufa, I even barely glance at their outfits. Instead, I focus on their faces and such. They look older and taller now. Maya looks amazed: "You two look all grown up and so awesome! Nobody will be able to defeat us now." "Theoretically, yes Maya. Unfortunately it's never that simple. Many enemies still can't be mowed down by our combined strength. Fighting the likes of Yappa Yappa proves that point. But what can one do in the midst of all of this?"
We talk some more before heading towards Geffen once more after having lunch together. I sent all the garbage from breakfast and such away to another dimension earlier. Now it's time to reach Geffen. We won't until tomorrow but we are ahead of schedule because the mounts are moving faster than expected. That's why we got to East Geffen sooner than expected. As we get back on the road or whatever passes as a road at this point, I see someone very familiar. "Herbsalvin, can you get the others to stop along with us? There's someone who shouldn't be here alive." "I don't know of who that is but they don't look friendly. I will do what you asked. Just dismount right away. You have a history with them." With that, I run to that someone who grins upon seeing me: "Well well well, if it isn't the human whose fursona is the wolf who ruined everything for me! It's delightful to see you! I had Kohnanix and many universes under my fingertips but then, I was defeated by myself and them! I'm going to get my revenge and so much power one day! Those freaks will finally get what I've wanted to do them!" "Cut the crap, Freddie. What do you want?" "I'm just here to make sure my friend and I's experiment goes smoothly! Just tell me how the Dark Lord is doing and I will let you live with all of your skin cells!" "Threatening me with assimilation? I know for a fact that your friend could easily watch over this world with ease. They even got Ultimate Shaggy on their side. Why do you have to ask for that information?" "Because my friend is too busy planning a very entertaining and deadly experience right now! That and I'm bored!" "You aren't getting any information out of me. Try to assimilate me. I DARE you. Naturally, it won't go as easily as you think and that's very bad news for you." "Oh. I DARE!" "Not so fast! Holy Cross!" "Holy Light!" "Charge Arrow!" The attacks do nothing to him but he looks annoyed: "Adventurers. Always getting in my way. It's never easy for me. I'll leave for now. Besides, I suggest you hurry to Geffen! Some of my assimilated monsters will flatten it soon enough!"
He disappears as a state of panic sets upon all of us. "No one ever answered my question of why we're even traveling by mount still. It doesn't matter now. Everyone, prepare for teleportation. Connect yourselves physically with Lord Knight Swiftdrawer or I. Make sure your mounts are touching you to some extent too. We're going to teleport straight to Geffen. Another counterpart of mine fought against that individual who just disappeared for months. He's a big problem we thought would be done forever. But we were wrong. He's back and that can't be good." Seconds later, we're all connected and teleport to Geffen. To our horror, there are mechanical nightmares attacking the whole city. Not even the Mage Guild is equipped to deal with all of them. Some monsters are being defeated but not all of them. Roan says: "We should split into groups!" We agree to that. Maya, Poi Poi, the kid acolyte, Iruga Jr., and Judia go as one. Seyren, Swiftdrawer, and I are another group. Roan and Yufa stay together but bring the kid swordsman along with them. With that said, we all head in different directions. Soon after, I almost get lost in watching Swiftdrawer and Seyren being Lord Knight whirlwinds of death. But I shake it off and join them in fighting. Freddie was tricking us by making us believe there were only a few monsters but no. There's a lot of monsters. "Be careful! They have been robotically enhanced! And you two don't have much experience with robots. I have some experience. The theme park I created is guarded by hundreds of robots. Unlike normal monsters, these ones will take a lot of beating to beat. Half of their bodies are made of metal now. Be careful. You must watch out for energy coming out of them. Robots are generally run on energy called electricity or magic. It just depends on a variety of factors. Stay alert. Our enemies are very dangerous and powerful. It'll take a lot to bring them down." They hear me loud and clear. Swiftdrawer's entourage are a huge help in killing some of the monsters.
After some time, I get sick of just slashing at the mechanical nightmares. So, I stop attacking and yell as my body falls apart: "Be careful, you all! This attack is going to hurt a lot of monsters and crush them in the process! Haaaaaaaa! Great Infernal Tornado Slash!" As soon as I unleash it, I watch many monsters get destroyed while pulling out and eating an entire HP banana in a very short time, preventing me from dying from my very own attack. Seyren is shocked: "How did you do that? I've never seen anything like that." "Training. So much training and pain. I almost died due to using it. But I'm okay now. If you join the secret collective Swiftdrawer and I are a part of, you will see this a lot probably." Minutes later, the area we're in is cleared of monsters but a kid is running towards us in a panic. The kid looks at Seyren: "Noble Lord Knight and leader of the knights, you have to help me! My mom is trapped under our house and it's on fire! I don't know what to do! There's no one else who can help!" We look around and detect no indicators of a house fire: "Are you sure of this, young child? It is my duty to help out in times of crisis." "I'm sure of it! Just look behind you!" Seyren does and we feel compelled to as well. That's when we hear something and see or hear no fire whatsoever. Seyren collapses to the ground. I look and see that there's a knife jabbed into the back of his neck. And the kid is gone. But then I hear a identical sound as my counterpart also collapses to the ground. "Damn it, an assassin! That is no simple kid! Crap! I'm next. Extremely Risky Spin Slash!" My attack catches the "kid" who is revealed to be actually a man in a cult mask originating from Arunafeltz. "You stay right the hell there or I will stab you, Arunafeltz agent! I'm going to save my comrades' lives now!" "No, you will die!" "You made your choice. You selfishly inflicted pain. You must suffer." I stab the man but don't push on enough to kill him yet: "I'm keeping you alive because I want answers and you're just a pawn. Stay still and don't think about removing my sword from your body. If you do, you will bleed out. I avoided any vital areas but you will bleed out if you remove my sword."
Crap. Seyren and Swiftdrawer don't have long. "Stay still, both of you! I will save you. I can't leave you here like this. I see you're both still conscious. Good. I don't need to perform CPR. Don't talk or move. Stay still." I tear off part of my cape and start using that piece as a makeshift way to stop the bleeding for Seyren. I help Seyren first because he was stabbed first. After I start, I slowly pull out the knife where the stab wound was made. Then, with that piece of my cape, I close it up temporarily until healing can be administered. Aka when I can get them both to eat some HP bananas. After that, I do the same thing for my counterpart. Okay, they aren't bleeding out now. With one hand, I restrain and lift the man who is trying to escape with my sword still lodged into him. With the other, I give the Lord Knights an HP banana each. "Eat these and the bleeding will stop. You'll be healed." They do so and are finally able to stand back up. Because of how deep the wounds were, the bananas didn't grow new skin cells where they were. The HP bananas aren't perfect. I remove and put away the pieces of my cape I used to save them from them before saying: "I'll question this man. You all go help the rest of Geffen." They nod and leave to help with the mercenaries and pet still following behind Lord Knight Swiftdrawer. I turn my attention to the man: "Now then, who the hell are you and why did you try to kill all of us?" "I won't say anything to you, heretic!" I tighten my grip on him: "You're lucky I don't like killing pawns like you. The ones I want to kill because I have to kill somebody to stop stuff like this are the masterminds of cruelty. Tell me what I want to know and I'll let you live. If not, you die. If you value your life, you'll spill everything." "Ha! I'd rather die than tell anything to a heretic like you! I will serve Freya by dying for her!" "You're also lucky that I really want your information. Who are you and who sent you? I can make your mind conjure up the most horrifying displays of imagination possible if I do chose."
"I will never tell you!" "Then I will call for my comrades to destroy the effort to revive Morroc and help obliterate what's left of him myself. You must be with Gunnr. Why else would you first try to kill Seyren then Swiftdrawer then me?" "You know of Gunnr?! But that's impossible! And you and what army? No one can stop Morroc's revival! No one!" "His return is inevitable at this point but the fact remains. Do you know about what happened yesterday in Prontera and how just one person destroyed a huge egg laying creature?" "I've heard rumors but nothing else! Wait, you know someone who can do that?" "That's right. Gunnr would probably not survive him even with all of her magical power. I've seen what he can do for myself. He's a dear friend of mine, a scientist even. But we don't want to intervene in this world's timeline more than we have to to get it back on track by defeating the Dark Lord who should have never been able to return after Baphomet crushed him after he was sealed away again. Just be glad you're not facing Ibiki from the village of Konoha in another world. He'd break you easily. Remember, I can make you suffer a lot more and easily kill you right now. I suggest you talk or else." He finally starts talking. He's an agent of the White Masks, an organization in Arunafeltz that Gunnr is a part of. His name is Reberkhal. He was sent by Gunnr to kill Seyren, Swiftdrawer, Bonnie, Varmundt, Father Bamph, the Captain Of The Knights, Loyal Knight, Orbis Sha, and any witnesses. That's all I got out of him. With his fearful expression still colorful, I smirk: "Thanks for your information but I'm not going to let you go. As you talked, I called in a friend of mine from another world. They'll be here soon to continue questioning you. And it won't be fun for you, I promise you!" Just like that, the individual I called comes in. It's Spectre of the Knights Of Hanoi. "Good to see you again, Spectre. Thank you for coming on such short notice. I can't get this man to talk any further." "It's my pleasure, friend! Now Reberkhal. That's your name, right?! Are you ready to see what I can do?" Spectre's wide grin scares the man. He leaves with Reberkhal once I carefully remove my sword from him.
After that, I look around town and see that the monsters have been eliminated. I join back with the others as we help rescue and treat all victims of the incident. Once it got dark enough, we ate dinner and checked into one of the inns that wasn't damaged in the attack. Tomorrow, we will stay to rebuild Geffen until such a task is done. For now, I enjoy a long awaited shower in the room I'm sharing with the Lord Knights. After my shower, I put my knight robes and armor back on before falling asleep in a soft and fluffy bed. Outro: Now you really know for sure that this arc is definitely of my creation with the random drop ins from BIM and Freddie the Anti Wolf! I hope you enjoyed reading this one! I didn't have much planned, I just rolled with things as I thought of them. I think I'm going to shorten the length of the BIM arc which will be featured in this story after this arc is done. It's going to be weird. Anyway, that's all I got for now. See ya in the next one!