A/N. So this is my first fic any critiques you have would be greatly appreciated, to give you an idea of what this is, its a weapon swap where the cardinal weapons have switched places with one of their vassals, as the name of the fic implies Naofumi is the Legendary Hammer Hero instead of the Shield Hero making the Sword, Spear, Bow, & Shield all vassal weapons.
(Also, I'm an anime only unfortunately, so some of my info might be wrong or I'll just make stuff up as we go.)
"Talking"
Thinking
[Magic/Skill]
Menu stuff/Shouting/Onomonopia
Transition
ch1. I Am The Hammer Hero!
Naofumi had no idea what'd just happen to him, one moment he was at his local library reading a strange book the next sprawled out on the floor with three other guys he'd never seen before, each of them holding or in the case of his fellow raven haired interloper attached to their hands, the tall blond one with a pony tail held what looked to be a staff with a pale purple gem in its tip in, the shortest of them who Naofumi thought looked like a total snob held in his hand what is unmistakably a whip which held a yellowish green gem in its hilt, and finally the black haired boy had a pair a gauntlets attached to his hands, in what looked to be some kind of dungeon surrounded by a group of men in robes, then the robed men said
"Oh great heroes! please save our world!"
as Naofumi was getting up he noticed a rather large Warhammer in his hands that he couldn't bring himself to let go of for some reason, just as Naofumi was about to speak the 3 guys beside him had blurted out at once
"What's that supposed to mean!?"
"I refuse as well."
"Well what's in it for us?"
The cultists all looked some what taken aback by the response of the other three dimension hoppers, to which Naofumi could sympathies with, now that's not to say he didn't understand where the other 3 were coming from as he was still pretty confused himself.
"Please at least have an audience with our king first great heroes!"
was the immediate responses of an especially panicked priest, Naofumi coughed into his hand to get the attention of the robed men
"I cant speak for those three but it couldn't hurt to hear you out."
this resulted in a series of mixed reactions, ranging from disgust, reluctance, joy, and relief. The former being from who looked to be some of the older members in the back and the ladder reactions from the younger of the priests, during this Naofumi could've sworn he saw an older cultist clutch an odd looking talisman that looked to have a whip coiled around a wand with a gauntlet on either side, while muttering a prayer and something about a hammer and a demon, of which none of the other heroes seemed to notice as they were inspecting their weapons with varying degrees of contemplation and thinly vailed excitement on their faces the wand holder had snapped out of it first and said
"It doesn't matter who your king is my answer stays the same, but if you insist I suppose I could hear you out."
this response was better received by everyone in the robes as the head priest who first spoke had beckoned them all to follow, as they stepped outside Naofumi couldn't help but admire the view he got from the top of the tower.
"Hey what's the hold up man? Why'd ya stop?"
was what the staff wielder said
"Huh..? Oh! Yeah, sorry it's just that it looks like something out of one of those travel brochures"
is how Naofumi replied
"It looks like your standard Mediterranean climate to me, have you never been outside of Japan before?"
was the gauntlet holders response.
"Will you three stop chatting, its rude to keep the king waiting you know."
was the short whip snobs demand, as the clergymen and heroes entered the throne room a booming voice demanding respect echoed across the hall
"Welcome great heroes to Glorious Melromarc! I am this nations king, Aultcray Melromarc XXXII please if you would all line up, confirm your statuses and introduce yourselves!"
The heroes then proceeded to line up quickly from left to right but then 3 of the heroes the whip, staff, and Naofumi all looked around in confusion as the staff hero said confusedly.
"What do you mean check our statuses?"
Naofumi and the whip boy nodded their heads in agreement as the gauntlet hero only sighed
"In the bottom left of your vision you should see a circle with three dots in it, focus on it."
So that's exactly what Naofumi did.
Naofumi Iwatani
Human
Male
Lv 1. 0/50
Legendary Hero of the Hammer
HP - 168
MP - 40
SP - 96
ATK - 15
DEF - 11
M. ATK - 3
M. DEF - 9
AGI - 7
After quite the lengthy explanation of this "Waves of Calamity" followed by the kings promise to bring Melromarc's best and brightest, followed by Naofumi asking why they couldn't just party together and immediately had his idea shot down by another robed man with the same strange amulet on his neck
"Unfortunately heroes are prohibited from working together with each other, as it has severe negative effects on your growth."
Now that's just bullshit. Naofumi thought, then a notification covered his vision
[Warning: Exp gain will be reduced to 0 when 2 or more heroes are within an sertent range of one another.]
Damn... Naofumi thought. Then the tall blond staff holder stepped forward and introduced himself while striking a dramatic pose.
"I'm Motoyasu Kitamura, I'm 22 years old and a college student"
the now named Motoyasu fell back inline as the next person stepped forward, this time it was whip holder
"Guess I'm next, my name is Itsuki Kawasumi, I'm 17 years old and a highschool student"
Itsuki finished his introduction with a courtesy bow and fell back in line, then the raven haired gauntlet holder to Naofumi's left stepped up and spoke in a monotone voice.
"Ren Amaki, 16. Highschool."
to call Ren's introduction straight to the point would be an understatement as he spat out his words with the tact of burning sandpaper. As Ren concluded his introduction and lined up with the other 2 Naofumi stepped forward and attempted to introduce himself.
"Hi I'm Nao-"
the king quite rudely cut off Naofumi.
"Motoyasu, Itsuki, and Ren. These are fine names for our heroes."
Naofumi, confused states
"Yo, King! You skipped over me."
Itsuki had a slightly irritated look on his face and said
"Hey man, you can't just say ""Yo, King!"" its rude."
"Oh, then should I call him his majesty or something?"
The king interjected
"Just king is fine, please forgive me Sir. Hammer Hero it appears my age is getting the better of me, I must be going senile."
The king said without the least bit of sincerity while looking at Naofumi with the look you would give if you stepped in a pile of dog shit. Naofumi collected himself and successfully introduce himself.
"Hi, I'm Naofumi Iwatani, 21 years old and also a college student."
"very well."
The king said dismissively.
"it is getting late so please noble heroes follow my servant, she will show you to your rooms and call you down when the welcoming feast is ready."
as the heroes followed the maid, Motoyasu said
"Well isn't she a total cutie!"
Motoyasu then tried and failed to flirt with the maid, she then got flustered and started to speed walk to the heroes rooms with a red face. Naofumi then realized that he had yet to properly inspect his weapon, noting a round scarlet gem in a hexagonal slot just under the hammers head with ornate gold trim and red highlights along the head. Finally they all made it to their room and decided too all meet up in Motoyasu's room and chatted for a bit.
"Can you believe it guys! Summoned to another world as heroes, it's just like Emerald Online!"
Motoyasu proclaimed this with such confidence that Itsuki and Ren looked pretty upset and Naofumi just looked confused so he asked cutting Ren and Itsuki off before they could even say anything.
"Um... what's Emerald Online, is it some sort of game? I've never heard of it."
this placated Ren and Itsuki somewhat as they had looks of agreement on their face's, this however only served to irritate Motoyasu.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF EMERALD ONLINE! ITS THE BIGGEST GAME EVER!"
Naofumi just shrugged where as Ren just said.
"I agree with Naofumi, I've never heard of ""Emerald Online."" If anything its more like the VRMMO Brave Star Online."
Naofumi only looked even more confused Motoyasu looked like he just ate a moldy lemon and Itsuki looked like he was about to have an aneurism.
"What are you even talking about ""Brave Star Online, Emerald Online."" those don't even exist! Its clearly the console game Dimension Wave."
Naofumi was just about done with it but then he recalled the book he read just before his summoning and before that his favorite MMORPG, Odin Spirit.
"I've never heard of any of those games but this world does share some similarities with a book I read and one of my favorite games Odin Spirit, although I haven't played it in a while."
Naofumi scratches his head then realizes he still has the book on him, so he takes it out.
"If I remember correctly then I should just be able to do this."
Naofumi set the book over the gem in his hammer.
New Hammer Unlocked
Prophets Hammer
Lv rec. 45
+30 MP
+18 SP
+9 M. ATK
+17 M. DEF
[Grand Prophesy]
Allows user to see up to a day into the future of the most likely outcome.
[Minor Prophesy]
See into the three most likely futures of an individual object or entity in high detail.
As the other heroes were arguing Naofumi absorbed the book and had an epiphany,
"Hey wait what if we don't recognize each others game because we're from different worlds?"
this gave the others pause as they looked at him incredulously.
"Really isn't that a bit farfetched?"
said Itsuki with a healthy dose of skepticism, to which Naofumi responded.
"Well we don't recognize each others games which are supposedly the most popular in the world and we were all just summoned here from our own worlds, so at this point I wouldn't be to surprised if one of us were a time traveler."
Motoyasu however lit up at the though with a wide smile on his face he said
"Oh! maybe we could ask questions about our worlds to see!"
was Motoyasu's energetic suggestion.
"Like what? political figures, war, and celebrities?"
questioned Ren
"Exactly!"
was Motoyasu's reply.
"Ok then whos the current prime minister?"
asked Ren
"Makoto Takako./Uyehara Masami."/Toranosuke Togeki./Yamakawa Koichi."
"WHO!?"
they all said in unison.
"How many world wars have there been?"
"2/2/2/3."
Everyone turned to Itsuki with a surprised look on their faces. Motoyasu couldn't help but shout,
"Your world had a 3rd World War!?"
So Itsuki responded
"Yeah, after the first Meta-Humans were born, the world fell into chaos for 70 years."
This revaluation floored the other 3 heroes.
"ITSUKI WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR WORLD!?"
shouted Motoyasu, but just as Itsuki was going to respond there was a knock at the door.
"Sir heroes the feast is ready come and eat, your adventures will start tomorrow and you will need energy."
and with that the heroes followed the maid to the dining hall sat down in their chairs and got ready to eat, and once the food was brought out the heroes had confused looks on their faces not recognizing any of it, so Naofumi not wanting to be rude grabbed an assortment of food stuffs to eat of course not after asking what exactly the food was, so Naofumi's meal consisted of dragon steak, honied roast, (which was apparently the kings favorite) a bread roll, some sautéed blue mush covered with rabbit pill cheese, and an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables. curiosity had gotten the better of Naofumi and he cut off a sliver of meat from his steak and roast as well as a morsel of fruit, vegetable, bread, cheese, and mushroom unlocking a plethora of hammers.
New Hammer(s) Unlocked
Dragon Meat Hammer
Lv rec. 15
+Cooking prof. (Large)
+31 HP
+7 ATK
Blue Mush Hammer
Lv rec. 2
+Cooking prof. (Small)
+1 ATK
+6 SP
Bread Hammer
Lv rec. 3
+Cooking prof. (Small)
+4 ATK
+1 AGI
+1 M. DEF
Chikkerante Hammer
Lv rec. 1
+5 MP
+2 M. DEF
+Cooking prof. (Small)
+Alchemy prof. (Tiny)
+Poison Damage (Tiny)
Tyrant Swine Meat Hammer
Lv rec. 16
+Fire Damage (Medium)
+31 HP
+4 M. ATK
+16 ATK
[Domineering Charge]
Rush forward with mighty charge bowling through anything in your way.
Golden Honey Hammer
Lv rec. 9
+19 HP
+15 SP
+10 MP
+3 M. DEF
[Sweet Nectar]
Produce a sweet smelling sticky gel it can be eaten or used as bait to attract specific monster types
Umeoli Hammer
Lv rec. 1
+7 MP
+5 SP
+3 HP
+Magic prof. (Tiny)
Cheese Hammer
Lv rec. 1
+5 HP
+1 AGI
+2 M. ATK
[Food Series Unlocked]
Unlock rec. Absorb 1 of every type of food (Meat, Fruit, Vegetable, Dairy, Grain, Dessert)
Master Chef Hammer
Lv rec. 32
+50 HP
+40 SP
+30 MP
+Poison resistance (Medium)
+Cooking prof. (Massive)
+Alchemy prof. (Medium)
Wow... that was a lot of hammers... WAIT DID THAT ONE HAVE POISON DID I JUST EAT POISON! This possibility caused Naofumi to choke on his food; getting the attention of a servant the king and the other heroes as a result, Naofumi between gasps of breath asked the closest servant why his Chikkerante was poisoned. This got similar reactions out of Motoyasu and Itsuki as they started to cough and caused Ren to drop his fork in panic as he was about to eat some himself. the king huffed with irritation as the maid had a relieved expression on her face and calmed down significantly as she said,
"Apologies' Sir. Hammer Hero, it is common knowledge in this world that Chikkerante is highly poisonous but you needn't worry as the poison can easily be neutralized by cooking it"
this calmed all 4 heroes down almost immediately
"Damn Naofumi! you gave me a heart attack!"
was Motoyasu's choked response. Shortly after the Chikkerante ordeal the heroes returned to their respective rooms and promptly went to sleep.
The Next Day.
*Knock Knock Knock*
"Excuse me Sir. Hammer Hero it's morning you need to eat breakfast, and prepare to meet the king and start your adventure."
*Yawn* Wuh... huh..? no.. its... hero..? ! oh yeah that's right I'm the Hammer Hero now, anyways what time is it? lemme check my phone... ! wait do I even have my phone? Naofumi got up and walked over to his clothes, rummaging through his jacket pocket for a bit before pulling out his phone and turning it on.
"its 5AM..."
*Sigh* alright lets get this over with... as Naofumi about to put his phone away he decided to check his battery
"61% huh, it'll have to do."
returning his phone to his pocket he decides to dig through the rest of his pockets to see what he's got. Wallet check, phone check, eraser check, pen check, old receipt I didn't throw out check, pocket lint check, and... Wait what's this? Naofumi pulls his hand from his pocket to see what it is.
"A Canadian dollar... weird, I don't think I've ever been to Canada."
New Hammer Unlocked
Lv rec. 1
Currency Hammer
+5 ATK
+2 AGI
[Taxation]
Killing an enemy will net you 5% of the XP gain as money
Throwing everything in his pockets into his hammer short of his phone he quickly enters the bathroom bathes in record time, brushes his teeth and finally gets dressed. Exiting his room he hears three other doors shut in close succession, he then looks to his right and sees his fellow interlopers weapons in hand or in Itsuki's case on his side, dangling from the belt loop of his dress pants. Itsuki then takes a cloth from his coat pocket and wipes a smudge from his burgundy dress shoes. Motoyasu who could be forgiven for being mistaken as a zombie barely audibly mumbles what Naofumi thinks is a good morning but he really couldn't tell. Ren looks slightly better, key word slightly as Ren still looked like he had only slept an hour tops, Itsuki on the other hand look the most awake and ready of them all. look at you with your healthy sleep schedule, you pompous ass. Naofumi thought bitterly, as they all made their way to the dinning all for breakfast noticeably free of any signs of Chikkerante; the heroes then sat down and began to eat what was unmistakably Bacon and Eggs™ It seems perfection transcends even the multiverse, a staple of breakfast in the west, though Naofumi still preferred fish, rice and eggs. As Naofumi was eating breakfast he pulled out his phone and mindlessly played a mobile game (Think Flying Gorilla, World Box, or something else anything's fine.) A servant or two that had finished cleaning started looking over Naofumi's shoulder watching him play games on his phone. After breakfast Naofumi and the others congregated in the throne room to meet the king and their hopefully soon to be party members, there were a little over a dozen or so people, though a few who stood out to Naofumi, such as a tall knight looking guy with an enviable mustache and the very beautiful woman who had beautiful emerald eyes much like Naofumi's and some large, luscious, magnificent, bountiful, crimson hair, oh and she had a giant rack too but that was neither here nor there, during all of this the king proclaimed.
"Thank you great heroes for answering my call, yesterday I promised Melromarc's greatest adventurers, so here they are! Now noble champions choose your hero!"
the last statement caught the heroes off guard as the 4 heroes each thought in unison. Wait we can't choose our party!? All the heroes closed their eyes and prayed they'd have a good team, then when the heroes opened their eyes the other three let out a sigh of relief. The king looked at Naofumi with a barely hidden smugness, as Naofumi looked around in a panic realizing that he had no party members he said in spite of Itsuki's reprimand the day before.
"Yo, King!"
To which the king picked up on immediately and with an unnoticeable faux sincerity said.
"I have to admit, I wasn't expecting this."
As the king said this his adviser stepped towards the king and whispered into his ear saying something that took the king aback for a moment as if he were surprised then a look of smugness found its way onto the kings face.
"It appears an unsettling rumor has spread about the Hammer Hero, that he lacks charisma and has no knowledge of our world. In the legends it is clearly stated that the summoned heroes have an innate knowledge of our world. So I must ask if anyone is willing to aid the Hammer Hero on his journey?"
To this Ren said at his party.
"I prefer working alone and I'm not gonna have any weaklings slow me down so if you cant handle that go join Naofumi."
of which none left, in fact they all huddled closer to their chosen hero with varying looks ranging from determination to serve their chosen hero.
Just a moment after that the red haired beauty of Motoyasu's party stepped forward to offer assistance to the Hammer Hero.
Seeing who volunteered to work for the Hammer Hero the king grimaced internally and sighed, then said.
"Now mighty heroes your time has come, I will grant you all with 600 silvers, however the Hammer Hero will receive an additional 200 silvers. Now go forth and save our world!"
And like that the heroes were sent on their way, while walking down the castle stairs to the rest of the city grateful Naofumi asked the name of then red headed angle he saw beside him.
As they reached "Heroes Square" the center of Melromarc city Motoyasu proposed a question to the other three heroes,
"since we aren't going to leave the city immediately you wanna head to the church now and register at the Dragon Hourglass, then maybe go get some starting gear?"
"Sure I don't see why not, we might as well do it now, plus we can get our portal forms there."
Was Itsuki's response.
The words ""portal forms"" were all it took to get a hesitant Ren onboard with the idea.
"Well I guess that settles it then, but Itsuki what did you mean by portal forms though?"
Said a confused and flustered Naofumi as the breathtaking red head had Naofumi's arm comfortably nestled in her cleavage.
"Huh? You don't know Naofumi, if you absorb some Dragon Hourglass Sand you can unlock a weapon form that comes with a portal skill, its unlocked at level 40 and works kind of like fast travel letting you teleport to a place you've been."
"Is that so?"
said Naofumi, interest piqued. So the heroes and their parties walked over to the church while some of the other heroes pa]'
rty members gave Naofumi dirty looks as the parties trailed behind the heroes, at last they made it to the church and all registered with the Dragon Hourglass and all got their hands of enough sand to unlock all their portal forms all the while Naofumi was glared at and given a needlessly hard time by the clergy.
New Hammer Unlocked
Lv rec. 40
Dragon Hourglass Sand Hammer
+20 ATK
+30 M. DEF
+ 15 SP
+ 8 MP
+2 M. ATK
[Portal Hammer]
Save up to 3 location and teleport freely between them.
And with that the heroes had left the church and left to a blacksmith shop the newly named Mein had recommended, they had arrived at the shop walking in and meeting a bald, scar faced, giant of a man, he would of been terrifying if it weren't for the wide smile on his face as he recognized the weapons of the heroes.
"Welcome to my shop! What can I do for you?"
Naofumi walked up to the man and asked to by some armor after some short deliberation Naofumi decided on some simple chain mail for himself and light leather armor for his companion much to her visible chagrin, through some masterful haggling Naofumi had finalized his purchases to the tune of 138 silver, Motoyasu had then approached the counter and asked the blacksmith where the magic staffs were the smith then said that he only had bow staves and that if he would want a magic staff he'd need to see a magic shop as this was happening Naofumi saw Itsuki inspecting some other whips picking them up the setting them backdown, Naofumi had approach Itsuki and asked what he was doing, Itsuki had then turned to face Naofumi and said.
"I'm copying the weapons why?"
Naofumi then looked at Itsuki confused.
"Wait that's something we can do?!"
Naofumi asked dumbly.
"Yes."
Was Itsuki's flat reply.
"...How..?"
Was Naofumi's even dumber response.
"Observe."
Itsuki said with a faint smugness to his voice, Itsuki then reached out to a different whip using his opposite hand picking it up his legendary whip shifting to match the other whip. Fortunately for every bone in Itsuki's body Erhard the blacksmith was braking Ren's bank haggling up the price of some armor as Ren was trying to get a discount on some armor he could've just bought at retail price, it's not like he was short on money anyways so he got what he deserved and wound up buying a set of plate mail for an extra 3/5 the price. I suppose that's what you get for being greedy... Anyways Naofumi had seen what Itsuki had done and his eyes grew wide and he reached for the nearest hammer, a giant hammer that looked like it was carved from a mountain side with its rock-like texture, ideal for smashing skulls and shattering rib cages Naofumi was then met with a prompt to copy the hammer.
New Hammer Unlocked
Lv rec. 30
Siderite Hammer
+45 ATK
+ 27 M. DEF
+9 SP
+Knockback (Large)
[Shooting Star Smash]
Swing your hammer and release a mighty burst of energy that will obliterate your foe
The Siderite Hammer was the strongest hammer Naofumi had copied but far from the only one, among his plethora of new hammers were, Iron, Red Iron, Pink Iron, White Iron, Brown Iron, Sky Iron, Night, Bronze, Copper, Steel, Silver, Heavy, and finally the Magic Hammer. After doing the equivalent of stealing Erhard's NFT collection Naofumi had finally ready to grind some XP, headed to the plains outside the capital Naofumi was then met with a hoard of... Balloons? seeing such amusingly designed monsters Naofumi had begun laughing to himself and was then unprepared for the vicious mauling swarm of helium filled hell spawn, which were to the plight of those rubber menaces acted as a minor irritant, like being pinched by a small child it didn't hurt per say it was just kinda annoying. Switching to his Umeoli Hammer, Naofumi swung the fruit based hammer flinging them all of of him then popping them all in an instant as his companion was rather haphazardly flailing her blade in the hopes of hitting something, succeeding in her endeavor popping a few balloons she then looked at the dozen or so Balloons Naofumi had popped she put on a faux smile then waved at the young hero who was in the process of massacring Balloons popping them by the dozen, then Naofumi had picked up a rubber scrap and set it on the gem of his hammer absorbing it.
New Hammer Unlocked
Lv rec. 1
Orange Small Hammer
+1 ATK
+1 AGI
Naofumi wasn't sure what to expect when he absorbed the rubber scraps but this wasn't it, switching to his latest unlock it was comically large balloon shaped to look like a hammer, slamming it into more Balloons he got the same result more orange scraps, Naofumi had then received a notification in his menu 5 short minutes after arriving in the meadows.
+LEVEL UP
Naofumi Iwatani
Human
Male
Lv 2. 0/100
Legendary Hero of the Hammer
HP - 178
MP - 45
SP - 101
ATK - 20
DEF - 16
M. ATK - 3
M. DEF - 11
AGI - 7
Naofumi had leveled up! This was great! Finally some tangible evidence of his growth! After celebrating his level up mentally he went back to slaying more Balloons swinging his hammer until something unexpected happened, a Red Balloon had made itself known to the heroes presence which spurred the hero into flattening the Balloon though much to the surprise of Naofumi it didn't pop like all the others so he hit it again then it popped. This cycle of popping Orange Balloons and the occasional Red, Blue, or Green Balloon repeated until dusk ending with an adrenalin filled Naofumi twitching with an unrestrained poplust ready to brutalize even more Balloons now leveled up a few more times now shy of Lv 13. only held back by an exhausted Mein practically begging for a respite, to which Naofumi to her delight had agreed and decided to return to the capital and eat. Visiting a high class Inn Naofumi and Mein were sat down enjoying their meals when Mein had said with a flirty energy about her,
"Sir. Hero, might I interest you in a glass of wine?"
Naofumi however did not share this feeling and only smiled awkwardly while saying,
"Oh... I'm sorry Mein but I don't drink"
Mein then replied in an even flirtier tone.
"Nonsense! Sir. Hero I insist please, what harm could just one glass do?!"
Mein took a moment of pause before continuing,
"Not too mention Sir. Hero, Melromarc is a matriarchy it's considered quite rude to refuse a drink from a lady."
Mein said adding a seductive sway to her hips as she said this, though much to her chagrin Naofumi had still refused her offer albeit with a redden face before excusing himself and leaving for the fields in the hope of getting some last minute leveling in waving to a mildly disheartened Ren looking at the overpriced plate mail he was wearing with something akin to buyer's guilt, then noticing Naofumi's wave he just nodded in a way Ren probably thought looked cool but only reminded Naofumi of the protagonist of a lazily written pretty mediocre anime he saw, What was that anime called again..? Gun Art..? Sword Gale..? No that's not right... Eh if I can't remember it, it probably isn't important... (That day every poorly made power fantasy isekai protagonist in every conceivable multiverse sneezed simultaneously.) Naofumi with the realization that Ren is no more than an uber nerd left Naofumi with a smile on his face as he made his way back out to the plains to pop more Balloons, as it was getting late gone were the free XP known as "Orange Balloons" now the Hammer Hero was faced with their comparatively stronger siblings, the dastardly and cruel "Red Balloons" and the unspeakably evil "Blue Balloons" worse yet he could see the substantially stronger "Yellow Balloon." seeing the Green Balloon Naofumi thought back to a moment where he was faced with Mein giving him an impromptu lesson on Balloon Types from weakest to strongest their was the, orange balloon(Lv1-3), red balloon(Lv4-6), blue balloon(Lv7-9), green balloon(Lv10-12), yellow balloon(Lv13-15), the second strongest type of balloon the black balloon(Lv16-20), and then their was the fabled Bloon Lord the king of balloons and leader of the "Bloon Legion" a boss monster said to live above the clouds and parent to all balloon they supposedly flow from its maw like slobber from a rabid mutt, it's how there's always so many balloons no matter how many you kill there will always be more by tomorrow, its said to be around level 80. while Naofumi was thinking about this he had switched to his Currency Hammer courtesy of that Canadian Dollar smashing his way through the hoard of balloons Naofumi found himself being rushed down by a large rabbit with a horn, Naofumi turned it to paste then winced at how easily he could pop that poor bunny grimacing Naofumi scrapped the remains off the head of the hammer and into the gem, unlocking a set of Usapil related hammers. Naofumi decidedly returned to the Inn after that sordid affair, on his trek to Castle Town, Naofumi thought to check his stats after the Balloon massacre.
+LEVEL UP
Naofumi Iwatani
Human
Male
Lv 19. 143/2700
Legendary Hero of the Hammer
HP - 401
MP - 230
SP - 327
ATK - 208
DEF - 136
M. ATK - 19
M. DEF - 153
AGI - 34
Now sickeningly over leveled Naofumi had finally made it back to the Inn where oddly enough he heard hysterical crying so he went to investigate, seeing his first companion Mein in the arms of his fellow hero Motoyasu. Then the two otherworlders made eye contact ones full of fury and the other confusion.
So that's chapter one, I hope you like it if you want me to continue this story I'll prioritize it, regardless I'll still post new chapters as I really wanna share my idea.
Till Next Time
Maidenless