"O brave heroes please save our world!" the priest shouted as he looked at the summoned heroes, he looked at the sword, spear and bow wielder for a moment as a grin of pride appeared in his face... Before confusion hit him as a new individual wearing a black skin tight suit with a blue bird in the shape of a V and wearing a blue domino mask was found by his eyes, most importantly was the fact that a star weapon was on his right hand. The vassal projectile, this was confusing but the priest thought it was a good sign as the shield's part must have failed and the vassal of the spear came in his place, a reason to celebrate.

However, when he looked at the shield hero that his grin quickly faded away as he saw a tall black figure with completely white eyes and tiny horns look back at him, the only human aspect to his appearance was his chin that was only visible thanks to the white glow from the seal which quickly disappeared.

"Woah, this is new." Nightwing comments as he looked at the throwing dagger by his hand, confused as to how he got it but also for the fact he couldn't let go of it. While he assumes it was magically bound to him considering the whole atmosphere around them, he looked over to Bruce who was doing his whole 'scanning an entire room for the minute details' which was fitting considering the suspicious situation.

"You can forget it" a blond teen with a ponytail and red eyes, on one hand he held a long spear with a red jewel that seemed to glimmer under the dull rays of the sun that barely illuminated the room they were in.

"I also refuse myself" spoke the other young blonde haired kid, he had a bow and used a school uniform of some high caliber institute

"You brought us here without our consent, don't you feel the least guilty about that?" The one with a sword and black hair said,

"Not to mention, if you throw us out as soon as we restore peace we would've done all that work for nothing" the bow wielder added.

"How willing are you going to accommodate our requests?" The spear wielder asked as he pointed his weapon to the robed man as if to threaten them, however Dick moved in between them to defuse the situation.

"I'm sure getting a prize would be nice and I'm not saying we shouldn't ask for a way back, but let's maybe ask some better questions first, alright?" He talked and tried to calm down the other summoned individuals while making sure their summoners didn't get the wrong idea of attacking them, although Dick was hoping that communication between both groups would be smooth since usually in these situations, someone tends to act desperate before things can be fleshed out

"Starting with how and why you brought us here" Batman spoke with his face expressing a seemingly blank and unsurprised look, it didn't feel like he was asking a question out of confusion but rather to get confirmation of some kind. None of the summoners could read his expression in any way, some were avoiding eye contact due to his intimidating appearance, even the other three heroes that were summoned by his side were getting a chill in their spine, the Batman was just the person with the most presence in the room and everyone there felt intimidated by his overall vibe.

Dick didn't really get any of that, he was used to Bruce's whole intimidation thing and knew that he was using this because this whole place felt sketchy, Bruce must be assuming this is an illusion or maybe a trap set by any sort of villain, Although the whole magic on the dagger felt real to him.

"O-our king will a-answer your questions and y-your demands, i-if you all c-could follow me" the leader of the robed man stuttered while motioning them to follow, they had to follow the original plan for now as none of the robed man had strength to kill these heroes and restart the summoning.

The dark knight didn't respond, this only made the summoners more scared but in reality Bruce was thinking and analysing the situation at hand, it would be best to follow them for now and get answers but he was prepared to make an escape route as soon as he noticed any killing intent towards them, more importantly he was curious about this shield that seemed bound to his arm

"I think I speak for everyone when I say this works for us, but you better give us answers" Nightwing responds as he puts a hand on Bruce's shoulder. Dick was much more chill than Batman in the summoners eyes but he was also a strange oddity, a wild card they didn't plan for in the slightest, and while they could know for sure he certainly had some form of connection with the shield as they seemed to know each other. The fact he didn't really react or show displeasure when Dick approached made it seem that way

"Fine I guess" the sword hero said seemly not bothered by the presence of the dark knight, internally however he was trying his best to not get into a panic attack or at least not show that to the others

"We can see what they have to offer" the bow hero spoke and the spear wielder nodded in agreement, soon the five were being guided through a flight of stairs for their meeting with the king

"Any theory? I feel like this is some form of magic time travel" Dick whispered to Bruce as to not get the attention of either the other heroes or their guide, from a brief look from the window he got it seemed that they were on Earth but much more similar to how it was in the medieval period, if that was the case then it shouldn't take long before they see someone like Booster Gold coming looking for them by request of the bat family, maybe Tim would be with him to guarantee the search wields any result.

Or this could all be a prank from Bat-mite, but it usually wasn't hard to tell when he was involved.

"Interdimesional transportation across universes against our will, the weapons seem to be the catalyst. Look at the corner of your eye, focus on the small white square" Bruce responds as that was his best guest at what was developing, he also instructed Nightwing on how to open the status magic which Dick followed and he was shown a translucent screen with information about him.

[Name: Richard John "Dick" Grayson]

[LV 1] [Race: Human]

[Class: Projectile Hero ]

[Equipment: Seven Star Projectile (locked), otherworldly clothes, otherworldly mask, otherworldly esgrima sticks]

[Health Points: 150]

[Magic Points: 30]

[Soul Points: 48]

[Attack: 37]

[Magical Potency: 26]

[Defense: 20]

[Magical Defense: 19]

[Agility: 40]

"Looks more technological than magic, with all the statistics and all that." he said while analyzing the screen for as much as he could before closing it as they arrived at a large door, the two knights at the entrance were in shock when seeing the shield but also confused as to why Nightwing was there before seeing his weapon. They receive an explanation from the Heroes guide, as afterwards both regained their guard posture tapped their spear three times

"Now entering the cardinal heroes!" a voice from the other side called out as the large doors of the throne room opened and the four entered, all eyes were in the shield hero as his cape hid most of his body as it dragged across the ground, but some did notice the fifth hero which intrigued them for more pleasant reasons than the shield. Looks of shock, disgust and fear could be seen across the entire room towards Batman while he and Nightwing focused on the man sitting in the throne

"So... these are the summoned legendary heroes?" the voice of an older man speaks, catching the attention of the three heroes as they looked at the direction of the throne, the king was very observant of the shield but he did show a slight surprise by seeing the weapon Nightwing had, but he put on a stoic posture.

"Very well... I'm king Aultcray Melromarc XXXI" The king was donned in robes of cream and navy blue with detailing and trim of gold. Over that was an elegant cloak of a rich purple, his grey hair reached down to his shoulders with a trimmed grey beard, each of his fingers except for the pointer fingers was a gold ring with only the right index finger sporting a gem, purple in color. Upon his head was a gold crown with a lone purple gem in the center of it, Nightwing and Bruce could tell by the large throne by his side that the queen was either missing or dead.

"Now, could the heroes name yourselves." He spoke while looking at them from his throne, his tone was very dominant and commanding as a king of a nation would have but it didn't give much of a reaction from them

"I am Amaki Ren, age 16, a high schooler" The first was the sword hero, as he held his sword with his left hand.

"I'm kitamura Motoyasu, 21 years old, college student" The spear hero went next, taking a step forward and placing his spear on his shoulders to impress everyone

"Guess I'm next, huh? Kawasume Itsuki, 17, high schooler as well" The bow hero went next as he raised his bow to inspect the object, the king nodded and looked at the projectile hero waiting for his response

"Codenames only for now" Bruce whispered to Nightwing before he took a step forward, Dick understood why that would be needed considering the other heroes with them seemed to be civilians so caution was to be used.

"I'm Nightwing and he's Batman. We are already seasoned in heroics and we are kind of hoping you could explain this whole situation to us, so we can better help you and understand why you summoned us all from our world." Dick presented himself and Bruce together without letting too much information out, but considering they were in another world it shouldn't be too much of a problem, but if the other three were to learn their identities they might leak it to the web, that would be a problem if they were from the same world but you can never be so sure. This response didn't seem to get the response from the king as they were hoping

"Could you say more about yourself and the hero of the shield?" the king asked as this was barely anything, he just said that he was 'Nightwing and Batman' and that would hardly count as anything for the court, this was getting Aultcray irritated as he shouldn't have shown this form of disrespect in front of the crown, certainly the should would have the decency to respond and the projectile hero... Was intriguing, simply for his summoning alongside the heroes but the fact he and the shield seem to come from the same place was not appreciated by Aultcray

But he kept his level headed look as the other heroes were watching him. The three teens all thought the two were using their username or character name, in their eyes there was no way that wasn't roleplaying, right?

"Is it necessary" Batman replied back in a tone most would find intimidating or raspy, there was a silence afterwards as people in the court showed confused and irritated glares at the shield hero. But speaking back to the king which by itself would be considered an act of insubordination in front of the crown, Aultcray showed slight frustration at this but tried to remain as calm and collective as he could in front of the heroes but he was seriously considering ordering his knights to pit the shield hero in his knees, just so he knew his place.

"Just your name, age and profession will be enough for both of you." The king responded as although he would like to know more about this weird and intriguing pair, they had just so much time they could spend on the court. Besides Aultcray didn't want to know more about the shield hero for any reason other than to understand his attire and attitude, the projectile was at least more charismatic and talked respectfully in comparison.

"Matches Malone, 45 years old, I work closely with the Gotham City Police Department or GCPD for short along with commissioner Gordon in the capture of criminally insane individuals" Batman revealed to the court, of course he wasn't using his real name. There was no reason to use his real one and these three other kids could reveal his secret identity to the world once they are sent home, if they are to be sent home after completing whatever task was to be thrust upon them, it was too much of a gamble right now and he needed to acquire more information or learn if the three boys are trust worth, but they were probably not...

"I'm Ric Mason, 27 and I used to work on the circus as a trapeze artist, now I help the citizens of Bludhaven with the corruption and crime in the city" he responds while leaning a hand over on Batman, not using his real name and trying to explain away the suit best he could to the king, maybe sticking with the circus angle would have been best but then it could have some holes explaining his previously mentioned heroics

Ren and Motoyasu were slightly confused but didn't gave too much mind to their backstory, but Itsuki seemed almost jealous from what Nightwing described of his life as the bow hero wanted to be a vigilante hero of justice but now it seems he had not one but two people to compete for the title.

"Now I expect that you have some explanations to do" Batman said with his eyes focused solely on the king to see if he would lie or not as Bruce could tell if someone was lying by just a subtle change in their expression, the king show distain for this comment and batman could see he was holding in more anger than he would like to show but the king sighted as to indicate his collaboration

"Right... I suppose it's the minimum I can do. My country of Melromarc is in grave danger of a threat known as the waves." He gave a description of the Waves. They could happen anywhere at any time, lasting for multiple hours or until the boss is killed. During that time monsters would continue to pour out of the wave and even after it stopped, any monster already here would remain until slain.

It sounded similar to plenty of alien invasions the justice league faced, especially Darksied who would invade worlds by sending parademons through motherbox portals in large amounts to over take the world's defenses, with his more destructive and cruel of tactics being reserved to planets that were able to fend off his invasions, like Earth.

"The waves are said to become stronger over time. They last longer, the wave bosses and all under them will be stronger. There are even written accounts of waves with more than one wave boss..." the king said as these accounts were rare but no unheard of, two wave bosses are a bigger problem than that of a normal wave and it would require too much strength of his army to beat it, that was a strength he didn't have. Dick was sure that the Waves were mostly chaotic and unpredictable to a extent, but as Bruce taught him to find patterns in places where none would think to find, so with time they would formulate a plan to predict these waves

"These weapons are responsible for our arrival in this world, I suppose they have the ability to send us back as well should we end this waves" The dark knight commented as it was the logical assumption, the summoning process could very well be the case but the weapon seemed stuck to him and it's likely powerful status amongst this world's people would mean that they have capabilities that could be in high levels of power. Maybe they were similar to Doctor Fate's helmet? whatever the case may be, it was certain that these magical weapons were powerful enough to deal with the interdimensional threat of the Waves, he wondered if Dick's weapon was the same case as it did have slight differences from the other legendary weapons

"Yes, it is said that once the waves are finished the four legendary weapons will give you the ability to return to your world but the waves are devastatingly strong later on so it is best to summon you four now, when the waves are weak to give you time to strengthen yourselves to stay ahead of the wave's growing threat" the king finished, Nightwing looked over to Bruce and both have a slight nod thrown to each other as they figured something, the king was lying. Or at least he lied at one point of his explanation, maybe a exaggeration or misremembering but something was off on how he was speaking to them, that was certain.

"Strengthen ourselves? Are we not legendary heroes? are these not legendary weapons?" Ren spoke and although he wasn't wrong to assume these weapons were all powerful, it was very likely that their true power was sealed away or was connected to their own individual strength, as even Superman needed to learn how to control his powers before using them to their full extent

"Ah, yes. You are legendary heroes and those weapons are the 4 greatest weapons in this world... but not right now" They all looked at him confused with the exception of Bruce and Dick.

"It gains strength alongside you heroes and it can even absorb the power of the fallen to become stronger" the king briefly explained and the four heroes received a notification on their status magic, this was what they saw:

[Notice: The cardinal weapon can absorb objects and monster parts to unlock new forms, new forms provide stat increases, as well as abilities. Fully mastering a weapon form provides its bonuses permanently, allowing most skills and abilities to be used with another weapon form in use]

"As for you yourselves, could you activate your status magic?" the king asked, immediately both Ren, Dick and Batman had activated their menus as asked

"What? status?" Itsuki said confused, he clearly hadn't found how to open it or even what it was and he wasn't the only one as Motoyasu also didn't know how to open it but he didn't want to show it to the court

"Look at the corner of your eye, it should have a small white square, focus on it until it opens the status window" Dick guides the bow hero on how to open the status window, with Motoyasu and Itsuki now being able to use it. While the three heroes looked at their stats, Batman and Nightwing focused on the class system for each of their weapons

[Shield Hero Class]

[You will gain more health and defense as you level up while receiving less attack points, any shield forms you unlock will prioritize giving you more resistances and defense if possible.]

Batman took notice of this, due to the shield's inherited nature it would always make him more defensive which would be efficient for him to withstand the waves power, he had been notified that the shield's 1 attack limitation had been lifted due to him meeting a certain requirement that he wasn't told what was. It would be helpful none the less as his offensive power would grow with his levels, although in a weaker pace than his defensive capabilities, but that was for the better. A strong defense could easily become a strong offense if used properly and with the right tools

[Projectile Hero Class]

[Focused on agility and attack, utilizing long to medium range weapons for combat.]

Dick's weapon was interesting in comparison to the other ones as it was less limiting since anything classified as a projectile by the user could be wielded like a weapon: a Batarang, Kunai, Chakram, Knife, Hatchet, Short Spear, Short Sword, and many more. As long as he could throw it and it was designed with some form of use in combat, he could wield without a problem and now he wanted to take his esgrima sticks to test them out, since these weapons can copy things similar to them.

He wondered why Bruce in specific got the shield and not something like a gauntlet, maybe there was a picking order or maybe the weapons did the choosing, but whatever the case was he still had one question, why did those three get summoned? They didn't seem all bad but certainly the legendary bow would have gone after Oliver or Roy before settling for Itsuki, just what were the requirements to wield these?

"This is less than ideal..." Ren commented as he was unsatisfied with the stats he had, the sword hero didn't like that he was stuck on level one and that he would have to grind up a bunch of levels, he wished that he would had been summoned as his game avatar with all the skills and levels from his character but it seemed he didn't get that type of Isekai luck

"Being level 1 means we are at the bottom of the barrel in terms of strength right now" Motoyasu complained as grinding up to what he thought the wave level was would be hard, he had game knowledge to help but it wouldn't be enough for him to get as strong as possible by the time this second wave hit

"We are going to need to do a lot of grinding and we haven't discussed any compensation..." Itsuki said, wanting for them to be rewarded by their work as the four would have a lot of battles to do and he didn't want to be scammed by these people

Batman didn't show but he was disappointed, these three were truly unprepared kids taking this as a sort of game or fantasy scenario, these three aren't considering the dangers or the importance of anything aside from superficial level and that would be a problem for him. Bruce and Dick would have to pick up the slack for these three immature ways of thinking and they would likely need to do this as soon as the dynamic duo leaves the castle, Nightwing could try talking with the teens but it wouldn't get much results considering what they had shown so far, they needed a little less of a ego to work in a team.

"You will be all rewarded not just at the end, but after each wave you fight" the king assures the demands of the three heroes, either out of gratitude or fear of them retaliating against him. Either way meant he was willing to go along with any demands of the three heroes if it was for his country but Batman could tell he was hiding something, there was some more information that the king was keeping from them and he didn't like that, Dick shared the same sentiment but thought something was off on how the king was displaying some form of favoritism towards the others.

"Now we should probably form a team. The five of us could-"

"Excuse me projectile hero but I believe that won't be possible" the advisor by the side of the king intervened before Nightwing could finish, almost like he didn't want them to form a group with the others

"It is said that the legendary weapons dampen each others power's when close to one another" the advisor revealed to the four and just as he finished saying that, a notification on the status magic appeared to confirm his claim

[Notice: The four holy weapons dampen one another's power while within close quarters. Distance is advised whenever possible]

Dick received a different message however saying that his weapon, unlike a legendary one didn't have such restrictions which was curious and possibly the reason that the advisor wanted to stop them from joining up, but that might be a stretch.

"Then we will need individual parties for each of us" Ren commented and the other two heroes agreed with him as it would significantly boost their strength and the power of their allies by a long shot, Bruce just remained quiet while Nightwing was skeptical about splitting up from Bruce considering the odds but also what his own status magic said.

"I will gather the best adventurers to join you heroes, for now you must all rest for the big journey ahead" The king said before motioning a maid to guide them away from the court, they would have legal and political matters that weren't of worry to the heroes, but Nightwing could tell the king had been looking at both he and Bruce for some reason, and the dark knight was also quick to notice how he in particular was being shunned by the knights from their look alone, something was going on.

They were taken to a dining hall with a large rectangular table filled with plates of different meats, vegetables, some soup and rice, the other heroes ate it without a care in the world but Batman was still focusing on his status menu, with Nightwing doing the same, so they can exchange any discovery on the difference they had, checking its other tables to learn the entire function of these weapons.

First was the defining difference Nightwing seemed to have over the other weapons of the Cardinal heroes as his projectile showed a different message when the advisor shimmed in, he told Bruce that his weapon was a 'sidekick' to the legendary ones, because it didn't have the limitation of dampening power when close to another. He wanted to discuss why this useful part of his weapon wasn't on the others, but Bruce theorizes the lack of specialization or a possibility of it being weaker in potential power output could be a reason, however they couldn't confirm this until more experimentation could be made.

The help menu was useful to learn what he was capable of doing with the shield like how it's mastering system worked by just having a shield equipped on him for enough time or by just using it a lot, the most interesting was his strengthing methods however as he didn't have anything unlocked. Nightwing on the other hand had "Enhanced Customization via Money" which consumes money to either enhance the user or cancel out a failure from another power-up method, meaning he still could unlock more... Or add another weapon's strengthing to itself

They were silent when talking with each other as both could tell a maid was spying on them, but she wasn't good enough to pass by and Dick could tell she was pretty much an amateur on this. After dinner a maid that had cat ears on top of her head led them to a room for them to relax and talk

"..." there was silence in the room as the three heroes stared down at Bruce and Dick, not out of malice but most likely curiosity and intrigue. After all they were the most different out of the five and they clearly wanted some answers, about the choice of clothing in particular

"It's the costumes right? You want to know something about it?" Dick said as he could tell the both of them stood out for not having a street clothing like the other heroes, since it would be weird for them to see someone dressing like that. But if they knew about the justice league or the Titans so surely they would know about Batman and Nightwing, maybe they came from different time periods or parallel worlds if Bruce's interdimesional theory was correct, maybe these guys didn't know the both of them were super heroes

"I imagine it has something to do with the circus considering what you said earlier but... What's up with them?" Ren asked as it was bugging him, mostly because he thought Bruce's costume could give good stats but he couldn't deny how odd it was.

"It's kind of like a uniform, we use it when patrolling the city. Black helps blend in the night" Nightwing responds, there was no need to get into details of their profession or life with these three, they were only asking because of how they stood out amongst them. The heroes mostly bought what he said with the exception of the blue bird in the chest feeling like it wouldn't help hiding in the dark, but maybe in the rooftops it would look like a normal bird while he is moving.

"Any particular reason for his to have a bat motif?" Motoyasu also asked as he points at Bruce. The suit was black, with point horns or ears on top, a bat symbol on the guy's chest and a cap for some reason. If he truly was a super cop or whatever then why go for a bat theme? Were dogs already taken by a gang or something?

"It strikes fear into criminals" Batman replied and this was true, in the beginning of his career it didn't do much but as soon as his reputation grew in the underworld of Gotham, his appearance began to strike fear into low life thugs and even some of the corrupt police officers. But the three heroes doubt it as the suit looked a bit too silly for intimidation to work, but maybe it was much better in the dark suburban streets than in the light of day.

"I guess, although I doubt how much fear a shielder like you would get anyway" Ren said seemingly not surprised but also in a condescending tone, almost like he was stating a fact about the shield and that caught both Bruce's and Dick's attention

"You think the shield is bad?" Nightwing was slightly surprised by his statement all things considered, while a shield isn't really made with the intent of being a weapon that didn't mean it couldn't be used for combat, he knew that the Guardian was very skilled in using one for both defense and offense, not to mention how many times he saw a Green Lantern create a shield to protect himself or others.

Bruce also saw that comment of Ren as strange since there were shields made with combat in mind and they often had the capabilities to cause severe damage or even mortal blows if used correctly, most of the great civilizations of Earth have used shields and even in modern day they are an important part of the equipment from both the police and military, protection against an enemy attack was always a fundamental part of combat no matter what.

"It has always been the worst weapon type" Itsuki comments as in Dimension Wave which was a hack and slash with RPG elements, using a shield was fundamentally god awful and none of the variants were good at all. He felt sad that this guy was stuck with that but at least he got one of the top five weapons of the game and not the bottom of the barrel tier

"In my game and likely the games from these two as well, you're unfortunately stuck as the loser class" Motoyasu said in a almost mocking way to Bruce, despite this guy's attitude and all he was stuck as a shielder which meant he was a dead weight in the whole fighting off the waves and even just basic adventure stuff

"That's a big assumption to make, what makes you think it will be similar to a game?" Dick came in as these three were overestimating their weapons strength in comparison to Bruce's without any solid evidence to back that up, they talked as if this was all a game and while there were similarities to one it didn't mean it was one to one.

"Everything so far seems to be identical to the game I used to play, and I would remember if the shield was any good to use, but hey you can step back while we take care of the Waves." Ren said as he grouped Dick with them, shields were very bad in Brave Star Online as they were bad from the start of the game's life, there was a time when one shield in particular was overpowered but after the patch that had a major rebalance of poison damage, it became just as useless as the other shields.

Bruce didn't respond, He had been trained to turn anything into a deadly weapon under the right circumstances and a shield wasn't as limited as one would think, Batman was by far more experienced than the three combined. Even if he had the 1 attack restriction on himself, the dark knight could subdue the three heroes before they could make him drop a single spill of his blood, the three "heroes" just keep staring Batman back until they got tired of his attitude

"I'm going to my room, we get our party's tomorrow" Ren says as he exited the room, he was going to use his game knowledge to grind as many levels and unlock as many strong swords as possible in the time they had

"Yeah I'm hoping to score some chicks in mine" Motoyasu said excited while exiting the room, he wasn't thinking of the world ending threat like an actual danger but as a catalyst to adventure out into the world to have fun and find some beautiful woman.

"I hope we just get strong companions" Itsuki was the last of them to leave the room, but he had an optimistic look on his face because of the possibilities of tomorrow. Now Dick and Bruce were finally alone in the room, so they could start discussing without interruption from the other three.

"Even for teens that was kind of rude, but we can't blame them for being a little full of themselves." Dick said with his arms crossed, turning around to Bruce as he caught a batarang coming his way. But as he holds it in his fingers the throwing dagger by his hip changes into an exact copy, with the difference of a circular blue gem.

[Batarang Projectile LV 1 unlocked]

[equip bonus 4 attack 6 agility]

[Ability Boomerang: If the user desires, this projectile will start returning to you after reaching a certain distance from the initial throw]

[Unique Ability Batarang Throw: You gain 5 batarangs that can be used to temporarily stagger opponents, though it will not do damage unless thrown in combat. If an enemy is hit without being aware of your presence, they will be knocked down and stunned]

"It seems your weapon can copy even without your request, does it specify what you're limited on copying?" Batman asked, it was best to use the time of night they had for experimenting with the weapons, finding out everything they could about their functions beyond what the help menu offered

"Anything that falls in the category of a projectile, but considering I have a short spear and throwing dagger form listed here..." Dick picks out his esgrima sticks and holds them, just like before the star weapon changes into a exact copy of the two but with the gem where the buttons would be

[Esgrima Sticks Projectile LV 1]

[Equip bonus 15 attack, 20 agility, 10 lightning resistance]

[Unique Ability Electrifying: the user can activate a charge of electrical energy to envelope the top of both Esgrima Sticks, increasing damage and stunning enemies depending on the charge. Base charge of 5,000 volts, to increase further MP will be used until reaching the desired charge or after depleting the entire MP bar.]

Dick smiles as he stores this new form on his back, while holding out his original esgrima sticks before looking at Bruce

"Do you want to absorb them? I won't be needing them considering the weapon menu says that it's virtually indestructible" Nightwing offered to his mentor considering what the star weapon could do, not to mention how repairing his original weapons would be tougher in a less technologically advanced world such as this

"Store it on your inventory, which could be needed on a later date" Batman instructed since they could be used in a situation in the near future, he gave Dick a quick explanation on the weapon's storage system before taking out a smoke bomb from his utility belt for Nightwing to copy.

"So are you going to put everything in the inventory or are you going to absorb your utility belt dry for the whole night?" Dick asked since he could see Bruce doing both, there were at least 30 different items on the belt last time he checked so that alone gave him a good amount of weapon forms, maybe they would share what each of them had but Bruce was honestly more likely to keep it all to himself for precaution, not that he didn't trust Dick but Batman was always preparing for everything all at once.

"I'll... There's someone watching us, five of them. Turn infrared" Batman spoke as he put his back towards Dick, both taking fighting positions in precaution to a possible attack, each covering each other's blind spots as much as possible.

"I see three on the top and two from left to right, what do you think?" Nightwing asked as they could probably take them with a well devised plan of attack, however there was a worry to have, the level system. If these weapons magic worked like that of a RPG then both were either at their base strength or weaker, with the possibility of their enemies also being levels higher if the same rules applied.

"Let's get more space" Batman responds before dashing out to the balcony and jumping, with the approaching enemies briefly startled by this.

"Should have seen that one coming" Nightwing said before jumping after, it was a big fall for sure and it could be terrifying to anyone else. But Dick has been jumping from up high without a safety net for most of his life, leaping buildings and such was nothing to him but second nature, this fall was just like another one from Bludhaven's light filled skies. But still the distance between him and another building to land was pretty big and hitting the castle's water would be like concrete with this acceleration, but when you do a leap of faith it's all matter of having it be placed in the right thing, such as the family that will always extent a hand out.

Bruce grabs Dick's left hand as the dark knight uses his cape to glide across to a safe landing position, with their landing both are on a fighting stance as Batman strikes his shield and Nightwing makes his weapon become electrified. Soon five mysterious figures dressed in all black with gold decorations and white masks with what seemed to be wings coming from the eyes appear, they had a crest symbol on their forehead that could be of religious origin

"Did you expect to fight Ninjas on your first day in a medieval world? Because I didn't." Nightwing comments as this seemed weird, sure the possibility for ninjas to exist here was never that low but at least he expected to find them in another country, for what seemed to be a medieval fantasy world suddenly had a foreign element added to it. But Dick wasn't too worried, they had taken similar people before so with enough work, the dynamic duo would get it done.

"We have no conflict with you, hero of the projectile. Leave us to deal with the shield and your life will be spared" one of them spoke as he offered Dick a chance to leave the resulting conflict before it started, as they say him as a possibly great hero to aid their cause in the future, with the right guidance and influence.

"I doubt that, I wasn't raised to turn away from my family" Nightwing responds as he wasn't going to let Bruce alone with these guys, they would probably assassin him and what type of son would he be if just walked out of it without trying to help Bruce. Besides this type of people are never trustworthy, he knew that any group or organization that sent assassins like this were the type to not want change in their status quo

"You're a blood relative of the shield? So be it, once you're dead as well, may we find one of our own to wield your star weapon" announced one of them before taking out a weapon similar to a flail, the other four assassins do the same each with a different weapon. They were surrounded and the odds weren't in their favor, but this was what the dynamic duo was used to, they knew how to do this to a tea.

The assassin's moved fast, thankfully in a predictable enough manner for both Dick and Bruce to predict their strikes, Nightwing used his esgrima sticks to keep a hatchet assassin at bay before electrocuting him and picking his weapon to break, even just holding the hatchet for a brief moment allow the projectile to copy it, but Dick was going to keep his [Esgrima Sticks Projectile] for as long as possible considering he didn't want to cause any lethal damage, but he did use [Batarang Projectile] in between to blows to change the pattern of attack.

Batman was dealing with two at once, but he was keeping them at a distance where neither would be able to attack without risking hitting their colleague, coordination was key for Bruce to stay in the advantage and using the shield to block any blow that would otherwise be fatal. He crouched down to dodge a spear swipe before dealing an uppercut to the assailant, but while it did send him back there was no sign of pain or injury.

"That should have knocked him clean, wouldn't it?" Nightwing comments as he kick flip against another assassin, Bruce usually could get quite the hit on an enemy that would knock out a normal man or even a trained mercenary, but their attacks didn't seem to have any effect on these guys aside from stunning them.

"The shield limits my attack, I can't hurt them conventionally. Focus on keeping pressure while I assist you" Batman responds, the shield had a one attack limitation that didn't seem to be coherent to his strength, so while he wasn't physically weak, any of his actions with the intention to hurt would be put the attack penalty. But he was already coming up with a compromise, quickly grabbing a acid pill from his belt and throwing at the weapon from one of his attackers, which begins to melt the metal sword turning it into a stump.

He then went to give Dick a helping hand, dealing with any assassin's attacking him from behind while Nightwing focused on a singular target, it was wielding better results but still they were over whelmed.

"I think it's time to get out of here" Grayson said as he raised his hand to throw a smoke bomb for them to get away, but before he could a new group appears. Six other ninjas with dark purple cloth mask with silver details all around their bodies, they seemed to be a different faction than the ones attacking both of them

"Great more of them. let me guess, some League of Assassins lookalike or maybe this world's version of-" suddenly a flash of light comes from the new ninjas as it briefly blinds both Dick and Bruce, when they regain their sight both groups have disappeared with little to no trace other than some new blood splats here and there

"Don't see any of them on the scanners, did they run away or did both take the fight somewhere else?" Dick asked, since it was unsure what the intention of that other group was, sure they saved him and Bruce but maybe that was because of a second intention or goal. The small blood samples also suggest that it could have happened faster than they could have seen, would be complicated to do a forensic analysis with the technology here and without access to the bat computer, but they would manage

"Something to investigate later, we need to prepare for tomorrow. I don't trust that the king won't try to send a spy amongst the selected companions he prepared" Bruce said cynically suspicious of what the king had prepared for tomorrow, as far as he was aware no one in this world was fully trustworthy, if the attempt of their life wasn't enough of a warning. Until they were found by someone of their world, it was of their best interest to learn more about here and the dangers hiding under the surface

"Hey, at least you'll have someone to watch your back. What do you say we get a look around the city before the sun comes out?" Nightwing offered to scout out the surrounding area for some recognition, maybe find where their attackers are now but also to see if this place was as crime filled as they were accustomed, maybe they could help someone. Bruce nods with a small smile as they jump of the building's roof, ready to face any challenges awaiting him because with Dick by his side, they would be the dynamic duo and nothing could take them down when working together

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So I bet you all didn't expect this right? While I haven't properly started work on the next chapter of the story I decided to treat you all with a bonus chapter focusing on what would happen if one of the Robin's had been brought along with Bruce. This was made mostly for fun and because my birthday (the third of october) is tomorrow, this is more of a revision on the first chapter but now with Dick being a part of it.

Currently there aren't any plans to make a full fanfic out of it, maybe I will do one of this for other members of the Batman family. Gave Dick the projectile since his esgrima sticks could be used as such in several of his appearances, for the other batfamily members I am not so sure but here is what I got from memory:

Damian - Vassal Katana
Tim - Vassal Staff
Jason - Legendary Bow or an original vassal long range weapon
Barbara - Vassal Book
Cassandra - Vassal Gauntlets or Legendary Blunt Instrument
Stephanie - same as Cass
Alfred? - Vassal Music Instrument or an original Vassal weapon

I can't say if I would do the same scenario for every member of the bat family, but that would really depend on how well I know them. Damian's would probably end like this one with the shadows attacking but for Tim and Jason I might do the first day outside (still not sure how many of these I will make.)

If you're reading this part, I want to ask what would be a good name for the filolians I will be introducing in the next chapter of the main fanfic, we have two of them and one is female. One is a Harpy like filolian while the other two share the same body as they are a two headed filolian, I really appreciate feedback on this part of the creative process since it has been the hardest. (Also no rogues name, I don't think Bruce would give the name of a villain of his to a pet)