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Wielder of the Gun
Earlier
Fitoria opens her eyes "The four heroes have been summoned in Melomarc perhaps this time, the heroes will be united to face the waves?" She dares to hope things will be different than before, but a part of her doubts it after so many disappointments...
"Gweh" A filolial mutters, gaining her attention.
Fitoria turns to face her loyal subject. "Yes?" she says leaning her head down.
The filolial whispers in her ear.
Fitoria's eyes widened. "The mark is glowing, that means-" She hops off of the rock and jogs towards a building. She stops near the entrance and looks up, staring at a crude carving of a gun above the entrance. "It is finally time..." Fitoria mutters softly.
The Filolial Queen presses her hand on the door, it glows and finally after so many years, it opens. Fitoria enters the building, walking down the stairs, she recalls the last few memories she has of another hero that she was fond with before his death.
"Fitoria, you must remember, when this mark glows" The man points at a carving of a circle on a wall. "You must summon the Next Gun Hero at this time only, not before."
"But Mister *****, wouldn't it be better to summon another Gun Hero when the other heroes are summoned?" She asks, tilting her head.
The white-haired man shakes his head "Summoning a New Gun Hero this soon will let the Ruler of the Waves notice the hero's existence. This is why I ask you to keep the Gun hidden and safe until it is time. "
Fitoria nods.
"The summoning circle is in that building, try to keep it preserved." He says pointing at a stone building that looks brand new, not old and ruined.
Fitoria enters the stone room with some cloth on the floor. She grabs it and pulls the cloth away, revealing a metal circle with carvings.
She turns towards a wall with a handprint indented to it, she presses her hand into it and a rectangular box pops out of the wall next to her. She opens the lid, Fitoria slowly moves her hand inside and pulls it out. In her hand is a Gun made out of stone with a colorless gem on the side of its barrel.
Fitoria takes a breath, inspecting the weapon and another memory flashes in her mind.
"Ok I promise I will do that mister ******"
The Hero smiles and pats her head "Thank you Fitoria, you are the best girl in the world"
A small tear falls out of Fitoria's eye, she wipes it off, then walks towards the circle and places the Stone Gun at the center. She steps off, and looks at the carved text on the wall, reminding her of the summoning spell.
She faces the circle, taking another breath, she raises her hand towards the Gun and begins the chant. Her hand glows blue, the circle glows the same color but then the Gun at the center glows with a yellow light, and so did the circle.
A bright golden light illuminates the room, Filolials stood outside the building curious about what is happening.
Once the spell was complete. a young man falls on the circle. Fitoria scrutinizes the new Hero, expecting great things.
She didn't expect to find herself nearly crying from the New Hero's grief.
"I'm alone" the New Hero's cry hits deeply into her soul, for a brief moment she didn't see a young man crying, she only saw herself crying, remembering the time when the Previous Gun Hero passed away sometime after her master did. No one was there to comfort her when it happened...
Fitoria hugs the new hero, whispering words of comfort for the grieving young man, and rubs his head, "Master rubbed my head like this and it made me happy, so could it help this hero?" She thinks as she continues to hold the hero.
"Will he be able to help defeat the waves for good?" She wonders as the young man continues to grieve.
Present
Misato raises his hand to block the sunlight, only to find a gun block his view.
"What hell?" Misato jumps, at the sight of a firearm in his hand.
"That is your weapon, the gun" Fitoria says, the filolials stand in a semicircle around the two, curious about this new human that came out of the building that glowed
"At least I wasn't summoned with the other four heroes as an unexpected and certainly unwelcomed hero…" Misato mutters to himself as he inspects the gun, it looks like the Ambassador from TF2, its color was mainly black and accented with silver in its carvings and has a yellow gem on the side of the barrel.
The Gun Hero faces the Queen "Fitoria when and where were the four heroes summoned?"
"They have been summoned today, all four heroes in the kingdom I believe is called Melomarc."
Damn it, that means the framing happens soon, he's too weak to stop it without getting silenced, so much for stopping the seeds of distrust… Ok usually things go ok for Naofumi and his name being clear would be a good opportunity to gain trust but… Rueben, his friend… Who is well informed of the series, mentions how the three other heroes got worse after what Kyo does in Season 2, Malty and some adventurers made things worse for them, causing them to fall into the curse series… Seriously, why the hell did that bitch only get a slap on the wrist? She should stay locked up in the damn castle.
This is going to be tough, the three heroes were made to make Naofumi look good in comparison, so they are going to be difficult to communicate, without being tempted to give them a black eye. Misato sighs
"Is something the matter?" Fitoria asks no doubt curious about his 'positive' expression
"If my knowledge is correct, then it's too late to stop the king and the princess of Melomarc from framing the Shield hero of rape and have him discriminated immediately after today and stopping selfish people from gaining naive trust from the other heroes.
"How and why?" Fitoria asks with a glare
"Not completely certain if I'm right but the king hates the Shield hero by association of being supported of Demi-humans and more personal feelings involving that race, the three heroes church pope wanted to prove that their teachings are true, and the princess is a sadistic evil idiot that thinks that taking a large part of this scheme is a good idea for her own selfish goals…"
Fitoria was silent, probably she wasn't surprised at this action but disappointed in humanity
"Tomorrow I will send a filolial to confirm this" She states gritting her teeth
"Hey, it's not a good start but don't give up hope just yet with what I know I can come up with a plan to unite the four heroes and deal with people who would manipulate them for their own greed. Let me check my stats"
Misato Morgan: Gun Hero Lv. 1
HP: 100
MP: 40
SP: 60
ATT: 36
M Att: 18
P. DEF: 5
M. DEF: 2
STR: 15
DEX: 21
AGI: 18
36 damage points at level 1 that's really good, then again, he is the gun hero, so it makes sense. But what's with those defense stats!? He's a glass cannon! At the corner of his eye, he sees an ammo counter for the revolver,
24 Bullets
"Crap that means I got to make bullets, but how? Maybe there's-oh good! There's a crafting system, with the right material I can make more ammo. But… didn't Itsuki shoot arrows made out of energy, was it mana?"
"Hey gun, can you use mana to create bullets for me to shoot with?" a pop-up appears
Convert Mana to conjure bullets, 2 MP for each revolver bullet
Note: Mana bullets are ineffective against enemies with high magical defenses
Good just in case he runs out of ammo, and he doesn't have to waste it by practicing his aim
Ok now for the systems, it seems like there are different types of guns and not just variants of a revolver, but they are locked. Thankfully he doesn't have to start with a musket, reloading each time from shooting once, especially with HIS defense stats. He would be killed the moment he grabbed the lead ball. At least with how high his Dexterity and Agility is, he could dodge quickly.
"Alright Fitoria, if it's alright could I practice aiming first? It would be bad to start hunting monsters only to miss and get hurt."
Fitoria nods "Yes, however, you may only shoot the trees, not the ruins."
"Ok" Misato, lifts the gun, empties the cylinder, he pushes the cylinder back and spins it inside the gun mana bullets already loaded, he lines up his eye next to the top of the gun but then he notices something at the center. Is that a reticle?
There is a small white circle at the center of his vision, could this be here to assist him with aiming? Misato tils the gun and he see the reticle move, he aims the gun until the reticle reaches the 'target' Misato takes a breath and fires.
Bang
"GWEH!"
"Oh sorry!" Misato yells toward the startled birds
"I have forgotten how loud the weapon is" Fitoria says with her hands over her ears
Misato walks up to the tree to inspect; the shot was slightly outside of the reticle. He goes back to his previous spot and fires again, the bullet lands closer to his intended target.
He fires again, and again, after a half of his mana disappeared, he stops and inspects the 'target'. Most of the shots were close, almost a circle but there are few that were way off.
"Good job" Fitoria says
"Ok Fitoria, is there any metal I can use to craft?"
"Yes, the previous hero prepared materials and tools for you to use and prepare, I will show you his workshop," Fitoria says walking towards a building with a metal door. She raises her hand, and the door glows blue and opens.
They walk inside, the room is dark and has some metallic parts, there are tables with some tools.
Fitoria walks towards the end of the room and pulls a switch. The room lights up, the tables were metal with tools laying on top of it.
"The previous hero prepared a lot for me huh?
"Yes, he wanted you to be ready as you don't have a kingdom to support you" Fitoria says, pointing at a pile of ingots organized by type of material
Misato grabs a few various metals and gunpowder from a barrel and looks into his crafting menu.
Use materials to create 12 Revolver bullets?
Yes
No
Misato presses yes, the numbers on the bullet counter increased from 24 to 36. These might be enough to practice fighting monsters. Misato loads the live ammo into the gun and turns around looking at Fitoria who is staring at a cracked tablet with a hole, and an odd small glass ball on top of it. Fitoria presses and holds a button for a few seconds… Nothing happens.
"What's that?" Misato asks,
"A device filled with recordings of my master and your predecessor. The gun hero gifted this to me before he died but, one day I accidentally broke it and it hasn't worked since then…" Fitoria answers, her voice filled with sadness and guilt. she turns her head to face Misato with a stoic expression
"Come we must prepare you for the waves," She says, but Misato knows she's trying to keep her thoughts from the past.
"Alright," Misato says, glancing at the tablet, could it be possible to fix it?
Misato shakes his head and follows the Filolial queen. They walk to an empty carriage and sat inside it
The carriage teleports and they appear in a forest. Fitoria walks out, pointing in a certain direction.
"This monster is ideal for training without worry of death, but its bites are quite painful, what is this monster called?"
She's still testing his knowledge. "Let me guess, balloons?" Misato says
Fitoria nods and then immediately ducks, an orange blur appears over the queen's head and flies towards Misato, he leaps to the side with a totally manly yelp, stumbling a bit. Misato then finds his balance; he raises his gun and fires.
Bang
The bullet misses, and the balloon charges, undeterred by the loud sound from the hero. Misato looks at the balloon with the reticle and fires again.
Bang
The bullet hits the balloon, it explodes into some pieces of rubber.
"Yes, I got one!" Misato cheers, he turns his head towards the group of orange balloons. He loads two more bullets into the gun. "Time to get to work" he raises his gun and fires.
Bang
Misato continues his training, dopamine fills his brain as a single bullet would take out two or more balloons, he sees an orange blur at the corner of his eye, he turns to face the balloon, he pulls the trigger.
Click
Chomp
"Shit!" Misato cries shooting the balloon with a mana bullet
Bang
"Damn that stings" Misato grimaces rubbing the bitten arm. He raises his head and finds another group of balloons bouncing toward him. He fires all five shots, three of them were the only ones that hit and there are a lot more. Misato aims and fires again
Insufficient Mana
"Damn it!" He grabs a real bullet to load into the gun but his hand slips and drops it. "Crap!" No time, he flips the revolver, ready to pop a balloon that gets close.
POP POP POP POP
Fitoria appears in a flash, balloons popping all at once, she faces Misato with a disappointed look. "You were overconfident"
"Ya, I know... Won't happen again" Misato sighs, loading the bullets one by one into the revolver. 26 bullets left.
"Let's return to the sanctuary, it's time to rest," Fitoria says walking back to the carriage, Misato looks at the sun and sees it nearly gone. Wow, they ran out of time fast.
"Fitoria, can you please tell me more about the previous Gun Heroes?" Misato asks, he needs to know more about the world, last he checked the Gun Hero didn't exist in the show, there is no telling what influence the previous Gun Heroes had in this world.
Although the idea of a protagonist that uses Guns and gets Isekai-ed into a medieval fantasy world does sound interesting to watch... There was a show like that back at home, but the anime had poor quality, and he's lost interest in edgy protagonists always being in the right and having a harem.
At least the songs were awes- Wait he needs to focus!
Fitoria nods "Yes, I will try to answer your questions to the best of my ability"
"How well known were the previous Gun Heroes?"
"The people don't know about this hero; your Predecessor kept his identity a secret."
"And the Gun Hero before him?"
The Filolial Queen shakes her head "I do not recall any previous Gun Heroes. The only Gun Heroes I know of is you and your predecessor."
Wait something doesn't seem right. "Do you mean that you forgot the others?"
Fitoria shakes her head again. "No, there were no other Gun Heroes in this world, only you and the one before you."
Only one gun hero existed before him? "How long ago did the Gun Hero before me die?"
Fitoria looks down, despite her stoic expression, Misato had a feeling that she felt sad
"Your predecessor died a long time ago; he passed away sometime after my Master, who was another hero, died... I do not recall the exact number of years though."
Considering how long Fitoria lived and that the previous Gun Hero died after her Master did, that is a very large gap in time... "Why was I summoned now? Why weren't there other Gun heroes before me?" Misato asks
Fitoria walks towards a stone building with a strange glowing mark next to the door.
"Your Predecessor requested that I must summon the next gun hero when this mark glows, he was worried about the Ruler of the Waves discovering the Legendary Gun and wanted to keep it a secret."
"There's a ruler behind the waves?" It kind of makes sense, for the final boss of the series to be the controller of the waves that Naofumi was summoned to fight.
"Yes... The previous Gun Hero came from a world that was destroyed by the waves, he came to this world to warn us about the Ruler and made a weapon that can help us defeat her."
Misato feels a chill in his spine. An entire world, its cultures, its people, all life on that planet, is gone... "Where is this weapon?"
Fitoria gestures towards the door with the glowing mark.
"He left the weapon in here... But the door can only be opened if all Five Cardinal Heroes were working together. So even if all five of you came, I cannot allow you heroes to open it if neither of your truly trust each other." Fitoria says, sliding her hand across the door, stopping at the center. At the center of the door, are five glass orbs.
"Five orbs, five heroes, which means Spear, Bow, Sword, Shield and... Gun." Misato states looking at the yellow gem on his weapon.
A few days later
Misato pours some water into the weapon, it absorbs the liquid
New weapon form unlocked
Water gun
Ammunition: Water
Shoot water at any pressure
"Cool" Misato comments, the gun looks like the typical water gun, he hears footsteps and sees Fitoria approach him, she still looks upset from the other day.
"You were right, the Shield hero has been accused of a serious crime, if it's truly false it makes me more disgusted with humanity, to make a hero an outcast after only a single day for their own greed…" she says, frowning.
"Calm down, we still have a way to fix all of this, I'll tell you what I have planned later" Misato says, standing up to stretch.
Fitoria nods but is still frowning.
"Misato" she says getting his attention, she motions him to follow. They walk towards an empty field
"So, what's going on today Fitoria?" Misato asks
"Today we will be sparring, fire when ready"
"Oh, ok" Misato he grabs the revolver and aims, he pulls the trigger.
Bang
Fitoria ducks the bullet, and charges
Misato fires, she leans head to the side as the bullet misses again. Misato then starts moving back, trying to keep his distance away from the Filolial Queen. He fires towards her feet but the girl leaps over it.
He rolls to the side. Fitoria slams onto the ground where he once stood "You will have to do better than that Hero…" She says glaring at Misato.
"You're still mad about the accusation..." Misato sweat drops and fires.
Bang
Tink
She slaps the bullet aside and leaps forward, punching him in the gut.
"Uaugh.." Misato groans, rubbing his stomach.
"Get up we are not done yet"
"Give me a sec to re-align my organs…" Misato murmurs as he slowly stands up. She's definitely upset about it, can't blame her, Melomarc had the best opportunity to make these four heroes united but screwed it up by misplacing all their hate on the new Shield hero, Naofumi, for what happened in the past war with Silvelt.
"Begin when ready" she says
Misato fires, she dodges ready to punch him again, but this time he is ready, Misato transforms his weapon to the water gun and fires the water at high pressure, the force of the blast pushes him back and Fitoria even further, as her current form is at the size and the weight of a child.
"Woah!" Misato yells, he lands sliding on the ground, transforming the gun back to a revolver, he fires.
Crunch
The bullet crushes itself against Fitoria's forehead.
She rubs her head and looks down at the crushed bullet. She smiles
"Well done, Misato"
They continued to spar for a few hours, surprisingly Misato managed to hit her a few times.
"Even if you are right, I won't come with you to Melomarc for more than a day"
"But Fitoria, it is not just a simple problem about the hero's getting over their issues with each other."
Misato points at Fitoria. "You need to consider the fact that there are people out there tricking the heroes to fight each other, you can't just threaten the heroes and demand them to work with others, we need to deal with the people manipulating them so that they can work together. If I'm right then greedy and selfish people are the main problem in uniting the Cardinal heroes, not just the heroes being dumb."
Fitoria's eyes widen for a second, but her stoic expression returns "No" Fitoria says with a stern tone. "And wouldn't killing the people in the way of uniting the heroes be better?" She asks.
"The heroes aren't really used to death and seeing the death of someone they trust would make them more unstable and if they discovered that I caused their deaths, the heroes would never trust me." Misato answers.
"These heroes you described, they seem fragile"
"Humans are fragile, remember how I came to this world?" Misato retorts with a glare
Fitoria thinks she could never forget that day, even with her forgetfulness. "Apologies I didn't mean to offend you"
"It's alright, anyway as for the king and the princess, the Queen will hate me and she will know because the Queen has shadows watching the princess and the king, they would know that I killed them when I reveal my identity as the gun hero, we need the Queen's help and trust, in the stories she was the only ruler that Naofumi could trust when it comes to fighting the waves" Misato says
Misato takes a deep breath and continues "The Church of the Three Heroes are too powerful and have too many followers, so I can't kill the Pope and the old bastard is probably too strong for me to kill."
"Which is why I need you to come with me and go to the Shield hero's party, talk to them and the Queen's Shadow who would be spying on that party hopefully they will understand that some of the companions of the heroes need to go because they are not helping them on taking the waves seriously and assist with guiding the heroes to face the consequences of their actions."
Fitoria is silent, staring at Misato with a blank expression, but he could tell what she dislikes about this plan.
Misato sighs "Fitoria, I know you have issues with humanity for what they did, but I promise you, that this is essential to making the heroes unite... I'm just one guy who has some idea of the future and if I am right, gaining their trust will be hard, right now the Shielder can hardly trust anyone. The others trust the wrong people, people who will get in my way for their own selfish desires. I mean I would love shooting them out the way but like I said the heroes would then not listen to me if I did that."
"..." Fitoria stares directly into Misato's eyes, he doesn't falter at her sight. Fitoria closes her eyes, sighing "I am sorry… There is no guarantee that it is true, I refuse to enter the kingdoms for a long period of time, you will have to find another way…"
"But why" Misato asks
Fitoria breaks her stoic expression and grimaces.
"Stop, sorry… Never mind about why. Despite knowing some of the world, I should have known not to ask that…" Misato says, shaking his head. Damn, guess he will have to find another way to unite them.
"Will I have to take the risk of the Queen and the others hating me by killing the three main antagonists in Melomarc?" He thought to himself.
Misato's POV
It has been about a week, training, aka Fitoria beating me up until I have improved sessions, have been getting better. Unfortunately, it was a bit of a crash course in close quarters combat, generally dodge hits and block, then attack when possible. The only thing Fitoria can provide is simulating a real fight for me to adapt to. Unrelated note, my ribs still ache from the kick. The only advice she can give was 'to be better than before' or 'learn from that mistake'.
Although Fitoria says that I have improved, and my shots are more consistent. I gained some experience in combat after sparring against Fitoria. I now know how to stand up from a fall immediately, after some practice by tumbling down hills, thanks to a certain queen making me eat dirt all the time.
I gained 11 levels, and after enduring many punches from Fitoria, I think my defense stats have risen up faster.
I discovered that my strengthening method is by using various materials to craft and improve parts of my weapons along with stat bonuses from it. If only I could recall the other heroes' methods, unfortunately the anime didn't dive into that well and even if it did, I most likely forgot it. Which means I got to get them to tell me.
Anyways, I learned that the crafting system can also make weapons which means it can also make different guns for the weapon to transform into. I just need the right materials and a general idea of what they do. Unfortunately, with my crafting skill's current level, I can't make anything too advanced, so much for getting a Halo Assault Rifle. I have to start small, so I crafted some muskets.
I made a musket rifle. It gave me this skill called Firing Line: a row of twenty muskets would appear next to me and fire the moment I pull the trigger. Making the bayonet attachment gave me a bonus on attack stats
I created blunderbuss aka the first shotgun, for more effective firepower up close. Its skill is called shrapnel. When I shoot the moment the bullet lands on the target, those lead balls would break apart and split off in more directions like a grenade. I could shoot next to someone, and they could get hurt.
I also unlocked
Grass Gun
Ammunition: SP
Skill: Grass Bind
Bind your enemies with grass. Note ineffective against flaming enemies.
Potion Gun
Ammunition: Potions and MP
Shoot a stream of any potion effect to a target.
Grappling Gun
Launch a grappling hook with rope.
Note: Absorb more rope to increase its length
Some weapons are just worthless like the rubber band shooter. It only does 1 point of damage and that's about it, no skill. Or the leaf shooter, which looks like a disc shooter from Nerf. It's cool because it shoots out a leaf at high speed and the skill leaf storm looks incredible. The leaves spin towards a target like a tornado and cut the target up. But… It doesn't do a lot of damage, it only pisses an enemy off with the leaf cuts, I might as well use an actual bullet.
Right now, I have made a gun with a shield attached to it but…
Cannot copy, item is not a gun.
"It's clearly a gun with extra stuff at the front to protect me because you gave me garbage defense stats its just a blunderbuss with a shield nailed into it, at least tell me what I need for you to use it as a weapon form..."
...
"Stupid system, what's the point of the help menu if it only shows things that I know of in a video game…" I sigh, so even making the shield gun a physical item, the Gun refuses to copy it.
At the corner of my eye, I see Fitoria approaching me after eating the breakfast I made, judging by the empty bowl larger than her torso, she was pleased. On that note, thank you for the Food Gun Series for enhancing the quality and taste of my mediocre cooking.
I look back at the window… I'll figure something out later. I dismiss the window and face the Queen.
Despite having a stoic expression, I think I can get a general idea of what Fitoria's mood is because of the time we spent together.
"Is there something you need?"
"It's time to go, the wave starts in a few days"
"Go where?" I ask
"To Zeltoble"
Author's Notes:
Thank you for reading my first 2 chapters.
As for people who are curious about levels and stats, honestly, I made this story just to have an SI OC use guns in a fantasy world, so I'm not going to focus on the RPG elements.
As for my plans with this story, there will be canon divergences.
Btw I only watched season 1 of the anime, but I guess I'll watch season 2 soon.
Please give me some feedback. Have a good day!
Hope you like the remaster; I feel like it makes more sense for Fitoria to do the summoning rather than letting the Legendary Gun do it. I changed it up and decided to write the words of the numbers rather than something like 44. I would only type the number if it's about stats or levels.