>>3477988

PREVIOUSLY

- After being transported into the world you first met the King Aultcray Melromarc XXXII.
- Along with Riku Kuromiya [Sword Hero], Lucien Ainsworth [Bow Hero] and Nickolas Irving [Shield Hero] , you were tasked to stop the Waves of Calamity and save the world to be granted any wish you want, including getting back home.
-You first met Elena Haven and Aden during the Welcoming Ceremony where you recruited them and learned more about the world.
- Following Elena's suggestion, you went to Castle Town's dungeon and recruited Andros, Melody and Rifana
- You stood audience with the King as you party up with Vivian Ravencroft and formally Myne Sophia who instead chose to Join the Shield Hero's Party.
- Slowly you begin to learn about the Kingdom's hatred of Demi-humans and their unjust treatment alongside the corruption of the Nobles as you gradually took care of your weaken party.
- You bare witness to the trial of Nickolas as he was falsely accused of sexually assaulting Myne Sophia. Angry about this,you had a 1 on 1 duel with Nickolas in the rain. The battle was unknown but you slowly bonded with the Shield Hero, much to his confusion and frustration.
- For the next Several Weeks until the start of the first wave you spent your time absorbing as much information, skill and experience you can gain as you build yourself up from the ground up as a level 1 adventurer.
-Gradually you learned more about your party through these weeks. Such as Elena being the daughter of a famous war hero general and her mother being from a long line of wealthy merchants. Rifana coming from a demi-human run country that was previously destroyed as a cover up after the first wave and previously was enslaved. Andros being the former Duke of said country as his real name is Andrea Reichnott, second son to the Reichnott family. Vivian being the youngest graduate of Faubley's most preposterous academy and Aden being a recent graduate of military training.
-During your travels, you went to the slave trader and much to Elena's disdain you bought an monster egg which hatched into the purebreed Dragon Blake

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>>3478030

-You briefly ran into Riku and Lucien, slowly getting an understanding of each other's progression while making notes of the world. Although it seems like a game, you slowly begin to wonder if that was really the case?
- Elena was set off to acquire a place of training for you to safely level in time for the wave. During this time, you set off to train as both you and Rifana fought a twin headed hound, one of the offspring of Cerberus, the first wave's boss monster that was unable to be dealt with.
- During training, Rifana grew to that of a young teen, explaining to you one of the core reason for Demi-Human's discrimination due to their ability to slowly reach their optimized ages without loss of lifeforce as they level up.
- In order to gain experience and understand what it means to be a real hero, you set off the lands to search for a master Spearsman.
- Starting in the southwest, you eventually ended up in large village.
- During your stay in the village, you learn of the village's plight as they were attacked by a plant monster after previously suffering from famine.
- You, Melody and Aden set off to find the source only to fight against one of the plant golems.
- Melody ultimately broke down, revealing to you that she was once Myne's best friend and shadow. Revealing her true identity as Malty S. Melrmomac. Melody unfortunately suffers both from memory loss and a seal on her tongue in the symbol of the church of the three heroes.
- After defeating the plant golem, you ran across Myne as she requested your help in saving the village and obtaining a magical seed. But not before causing further psychological pain to Melody
-Begrudgingly you and your party trek through the Aztec/Mayan like ruins, ultimately coming through a mystical temple where the next several days you explore through its many halls.
- From the writing on the walls, you slowly learned that an alchemist from long ago made the seed to help the land grow and recover after the events of an unforeseen calamity. But the rest of the story was seemingly...erased. What you did gained was the knowledge of the plant revolved around three theoretical abilities which as followed. The ability of self-recovery, self-replication and self-evolution.
-Ultimately you ran into the source of the the mutated plants as it was the original plant golem. Through it was a hard fought battle, you managed to defeat the golem and put an end to the infestation. However, due to recklessness you nearly died from bloodloss, unknowing what has happened to the miracle seed.
-You found yourself back at the inn just two days before the first wave...staring at an older Rifana

And now our Story Continues

>>3477988

"Isn't it funny....This world seems so simple. Although it has countless layers, many trivial factions and regulations...the core value of the world remains the most simple. Those with power rule...and those without power are forced to be subjugated. Even in our world...that truth remains to be the same as history dictates. Although they have magic....although this world is a fantasy or a game....it all ends up the same. It's both funny...and quite sad."

Those were some powerful words coming from Riku. In the few weeks you know of him, he was pretty much the lone wolf. Preferring to work along and keep people at a distance. He usually lets his actions speak louder than his words, so usually he was short and straight to the point. So this long speech of his was rather surprising to you.

You look to Rifana, who has a rather sad look on her face but continues to stay close to her. You can gather that Riku's words resonated with her deeply. After all she was the living proof of Riku's current outlook on life. The nobles held all the power yet most of them choose to abuse it to suit their own views. Something that you gather from Riku disgusts him immensely.

"...I believe that in order to find true strength...the strong should keep fighting with the strong. Polishing their skills to prove themselves as the real deal. Eliminating all these fakes...and reach summit at the top. ..Did you know there's a kingdom like that here? Faubley operates on a logic much like survival of the fittest, where only strength matters. ...Perhaps...If I had say of where I was to be summoned...I'd think I would've liked to be placed in their kingdom over this..."

What do you do?

>Argue against his ideology
>Agree with Riku
>Change the Subject
>Something Else

>>3478124
Argue that there is always politics, even in the land of the strong.

>>3478124
>Argue against his ideology
"The only difference between a society of the strongest and society as we know it is the kind of power that puts you on top. Financial power, social power, and political power are traded out for physical power, but their cores are the same."

>>3478124
>Argue against his ideology

>>3477988
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/3462264/
So you don't forget later.

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>>3477988
>a shield hero quest where you can't cum inside filo
What's the point?

>>3478196
>>>3478124
>That's a load of bollocks. Society is never made by one person no matter how powerful. If you act like a dunderhead you're still a dunderhead no matter how strong you are. Civilization is a buildup of everyone in it.
>
>> What's this about not leaving Melomarc? I don't remember swearing fealty to the Royal family or anything like that. This will get in the way of my plans for international trade. What's Vivian(my witch/magician) supposed to do if she wants to visit her home if her ma gets sick or something? If the wave is outside Melomarc, are we not allowed to stay where we were?

I double checked the previous thread and my old post might count as a spoiler, so deleting it.

>>3478171
>>3478175
>>3478185

You listen to him speak, thinking to yourself for a bit before ultimately arguing against Riku's ideology. You speak of that even if a land of the strong was born, there was always politics. And the only real difference that would be traded for such a world is the kind of strength that puts them on the top.

"I won't deny the truth in that. For all it will amount to is things becoming far more simple and easier to manage. That said...it'll be far easier to weed out the fakes and the parasites to find those who are the real deal....regardless if they're just or corrupted. After all, history has shown that only the winners decide the fate of the world and write the record books.

You continue to listen to Riku's words. While some of it was true, especially since you know your history. You still can't help but argue against wanting a world where only the strong survive. There was too many different kind of strengths that are just as important as physical strength. Riku looks at you before taking another look against the sky.

From my brief talks with you, Lucien and even Nicolas...I came to understand our worlds are completely different. You already know that each of us come from an alternate reality. Lucien comes from a world where it almost ended as predicted by the Mayans but miraculously survived. Even before that, the American revolution never happened and France succeed in their revolution and took over Britian, thus forcing the royal family and co to America and form the continent Britannia. came from a world where the discrimination of science and technology from the middle ages never happened, and humanity continued to progress with science and made jumps that would be at least a hundred ears more advance than yours. Then there's Nickolas who was born in a world very similar to yours. Except that Japan was never nuked, pearl harbor never happened and ultimately the cold wars did spawn world war three. Japan was on the America side along with some of the other united powers against the soviet union. America won and the Soviet Union remained but there were heavy causalities. All of our worlds are so different....yet they share some similarities in the end. And I'll bet this world isn't different despite being like that of a game. Who knows what kind of secrets that are lost to the test of time that this world has? You used to be a history major...so you can understand where I am coming from. Doesn't it just frustrate you that this world is filled with idiots? Riku said, a slight tone of anger and frustration was coming from his normal distant and monotone voice.

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>>3478258

"The waves are coming...yet here we are squandering our full potential being apart of trivial stuff. So I decided to prove my merit by fighting monsters. All kinds of them, to better prepare myself for the waves. And to prove that my ideals are the real deal. It's starting to spread, and I'm getting requested to save people from countless mythical creatures and beasts. I just recently ended up fighting a dragon just to prove my strength after being requested and defeated him without issue. In time, the nobles started to slowly have come to respect my strength and have been supporting me off my efforts. "

This would be problematic if both you and Riku didn't already agree to modify your translation powers from your legendary weapons to be speaking in your world's native tongue. Thus, Rifana would be completely lost upon your transitions to talk about each of the worlds you lot have come from.

"I'm not like Lucien, I don't want to worm my way to the tops of the political struggle in hopes to have a high enough standing to even become the next King. Nor am I like Nickolas who is only fighting out of obligation to return back to his home. All I want to do is prove myself as the strongest hero. I'll let my subordinates handle the political stuff. After all...this world is practically like a game. So why should I bother with things I think are too trivial to deal with."

>How do you respond?

>>3478279

Forgot to mention, it's hinted at that Riku was frustrated coming from a world where he didn't have the power to do anything against it. A hint about his personal past, and his obsession with strength as it has to do with something important. So he sees this as a chance to proof his beliefs are real and his conviction is true.

>>3478279
Your funeral. Remember we are not the only 'Heros' around. Hell, there are King Arthurs or Hassans in the shadows that our weapons cannot protect against.

Just watch your back. You saw what happened to Nick.

>>3478225
Filo is for Blake.

>>3478104
You're doing pretty decently. We've managed to avoid the stat vomit that plagues Isekai and interrupts narrative flow, so that's great.
I personally tried to mention weird mythology crap that somehow fits in with the setting so that we can have a eureka moment once we get the truth revealed.

>>3478258
>They're used to having power to make up for brains and don't exactly have modern conveniences. No need to watch out for being stabbed in the back if backstabbing can't even kill you. We're used to reading/learning more information than the average person in the middle ages would do in a year. Of course their plots would look stupid once you stopped to think about the details.

>What's this about being able to come home?
That's the first I've heard of that. They refuse to give so much information that I thought those bastards expected me to fight for them until I die.

>The world might be like a game, but people are still people.
>They forget that we're people and not their disposable little weapons to toy with. I cannot agree with doing the same to the innocent caught in between.
Autotranslate off:
>Be careful, Nick's apparently the local equivalent of Satan and one country doesn't usually get to bring out all four of us. I'm pretty sure they're brewing something dumb. Even if the plots are dumb, they're still from this world and understand how to live in it better than you.

Before we leave can we talk about trading for some of those spare materials since we absorb them into our spear to power it up? It sounds like an opportunity for a mutually beneficial arrangement.

>>3478279
"The world's rules may be game-like, but the people within are real as can be."
Translation off:
"Even if you think people are trivial, you'd do well to watch your back. No matter how powerful your sword gets, you'll never be able to slash through poison in your dinner."
"Though to the nobles, it's probably better to just take advantage of you instead. From their perspective, you're a gun that will gleefully point itself at their strongest enemies and fire."
"If you don't want to be a part of politics, that's fine, but don't let your indifference turn into callousness. Helping the 'fakers' in their oppression because you can't be bothered to care makes you just as culpable."

>>3478318
>>3478321
>>3478345

You take Riku's words to heart but you only throw your two cents to it. He was still a seventeen year old male, so some of it was probably due to hormones. So as the older man of the two, you felt like it was your duty to give him some advice, perhaps from your own personal experiences. Of course you talk to him, you turn off the Auto-translate, speaking in words that you know that Riku would be able to understand.

"I'm not that foolish....whatever they try to do, I'll power through and survive. I already almost died in my world, so I'm already cautious about people and prefer to work alone. "

Riku seems to take some of your advice to heart. But when it came to believing people are real, something in him turn. For a brief moment you saw a look in him similar to what Nick had when he was betrayed only more filled with sorrow. Something in him didn't want to face those facts....Even if you were completely right,there was something in him that didn't want to face that aspect of reality.

"..Anyway Nick will survive. If he's the man you say he is, Then he should be strong enough to overcome whatever fate the world delivers him. After all..I know precisely how important tanks are. Although...I never heard of a tank that was incapable of dealing damage on his own...."

Before Riku heads off, you decide to instead share some spare materials for your weapons. Riku reluctantly shared his spare materials with you as you class your weapons together. The transfer brings out a bright light of blue and red between your weapons as it makes for a violet shade until ultimately vanishing. He still didn't tell you about the strengthening weapon he has, but you feel like you shouldn't press it until you have a better relationship with him or at least get all of the heroes on it.

The two of you manage to complete the transfer before walking off. Riku mentioned that he's going to the Dragon's Hourglass to see the time before the wave. He already one his personal preparation, but still wanted to be sure that he got the time right. You decide to accompanying him since that was actually a smart idea.

As you, Riku and Rifana make it inside the massive temple where the hourglass is handed, several of both of your party members are already there. More importantly, you see Lucian and his party making small talk with Nickolas and his party. There was intense anger in his face. Right beside him was a rather confused tanuki girl who...for some reason look as well built as Rifana. Speak of Rifana....she suddenly disappeared.

>Go find Rifana
>Talk to Lucien and Nick
>Talk to Nick alone
> Ask one of your party members what's wrong?
>Something else

write in your dialogue

>>3478389
>Hey Rifana ,where you go? Did you grow so fast you turned into dust?

>>3478389
I'm currently thinking his problem is something along the lines of being strong enough not to lose the people he has (or just people in general) or even need them at all and he doesn't want to confront the reality of them dying someday regardless of what he wants. So he's trying not to get attached or something like that, maybe, I dunno.

>>3478404

You hit the bingo, but which one is the true question

>>3478389
"What, you shy or somethin'? Come on out front and centre, Missy!"

>>3478389
>Go find Rifana
I'm sure Lucien is just being a prick to Nick because he can. I'm more worried about what happened to our little girl.

>>3478416

A condescending prick, let's not sell him short. Course Myne is there so....a hundred times the amount?

>>3478415
>>3478416
>>3478404

You decide that finding Rifana was more important than whatever was happening in the Dragon's Mirror. So you quickly apologize to Riku before bolting out, leaving Nick alone again as he deals with this on his own. You start to scurry throughout the Castle Town looking for Rifana.

Eventually you find her sitting down on one of the barrels in an alleyway. She was kneeling, arms around her knees as a sorrowful look appears on her eyes. Something must of have happened to make her disappear like that. Or was it just the fact she didn't want to be in the temple. You aren't completely sure.


>Confront Rifana and ask her what's wrong
> Surprise her by grabbing her tail
> Give her some space
> Something else

>>3478438
>Grab a barrel and sit across from her or next to her if it's too narrow
"What's on your mind Rifana? I've never seen you bolt like that before, got me worried for a bit there."

>>3478438
>Sit down next to Rifana, put an arm around her, and ask what's wrong.

>>3478438
>Ask her what's wrong.
(Probably assume that she's still got ptsd from the waves)

>>3478452
Plus one to this

>>3478445
>>3478452
>>3478458
>>3478461

Rather than make this awkward, you decide to merely pull another one of the barrels to sit next to Rifana. With your right arm slowly moving towards her head, you pull her into a light hug. Placing her head directly against your chest, she could feel the beating of your heart. It somehow manages to sooth her as she comes back to reality. You start asks her what's wrong, but also leave it up to her to not say if she wanted.

"I'd be lying and say if I wasn't scared of the waves....you never truly experienced how frightening the waves can really be. ....Yet that's not it..."

Rifana started to bite her lip rather tightly, so much in fact that blood was dripping from it as her body tenses deeply.

"...That Tanuki....I'm pretty sure I know she is...No...I'm certain....That's Raphtalia.. My Raph-chan....My best friend."

She grips her arms rather tightly. Her tail twitching immensely as her post traumatic stress disorder was coming back full swing. The memories that she experienced was flooding back to her bit by bit as she felt herself almost having a panic attack. Slowly she begins to hyperventilate, but manages to keep herself from passing out.


"We were slaves...tortured....beaten....made to suffer for so long...put to the brink in mind, body and spirit. ...Even ended up sick.....we were slowly losing our will to live......I'm not sure completely....but I know something bad happened....everything was fuzzy but I know one thing....something horrible happened to me. Something.....positively painful that Raph-chan had to deal with. I-I want to go to her....Tell her that it's alright. That...I'm here! But....I'm scared....I'm too scared to face her as I'm right now! "

>How do you respond?

>Tell her she doesn't have to force herself to go to her right this second?
>Have her man up and go to Raph-chan imminently?
>Continue comforting her
>Pick her up and take her home
>Something else

>>3478490
"So you fell yourself too weak to face an old friend?"look to her for confirmation "Then you'll just have to build enough confidence within yourself to tell her 'Raph-chan! It's me, Rifa-chan! I'm glad you're safe and in good hands!' and then go up to her and give her a hugging of a lifetime, crying in joy on each others shoulders all the while."

>>3478490
>Continue comforting her
>Tell her she doesn't have to force herself to go to her right this second

>>3478500
This

>>3478499
>>3478500
>>3478503

You comfort Rifana, stroking her hair and telling her that it was alright. You even manage to get a surprise look on her face after saying >>3478499 to her directly. She looks at you and tilts her head, confirming that she was indeed afraid of going to Raphtalia. She was so much stronger than her. Despite the entire experience, she never stopped smiling and holding on to hope. She was the one who raise the people's hope to rebuild and not let the fallen. Meanwhile, Rifana could only embrace the pain of her family in their last moments huddling together and using themselves as human shields to protect Rifana. Her safety from the waves came directly from hiding in corpses till the monsters moved on. Leaving her to sob silently as she was close to broken as one could be before pulling herself out from the corpses and walking in her family's blood.

A traumatic experience is an understatement to what kind of messed up things that Rifana saw. Perhaps that's partially why she was so terrified as it took Keel the one to find her and comfort her out of her broken state. Yet Raphtalia experienced a similar act of love by being saved through the sacrifices of her family. It was Keel who jumped into the waters to find Raphtalia hanging on to a rock half-conscious. Meanwhile Rifana couldn't move her legs. She was too shaken up to want to save her friend. Rifana saw her first...yet was unable to lift a muscle to help her. Yet Raphtalia did everything to hold them together, even when they were getting tortured.

You been to grasps just how much she felt inferior to Raphtalia. And how she hated being a coward who couldn't save her best friend. There was naturally something more to it then that, but with how you been handling your party so far, you decide to tackle it one step at a time.

What do you do ?

>Take her back home
>Get Rifana a gift
>Something else

>>3478538

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx3C3Kek5gY music

>>3478538
>Just keep in mind that you can't hide forever. and yer gonna regret it you really do never see her again. I'm gonna go back to the Cathedral and see what planning is going on for the wave, then I'll see if I can make you some ice cream.

https://www.airspacemag.com/as-next/cool-side-tropical-warfare-180969515/
Could probably do it with ice magic too?

>>3478570
Let's go with this guy's option.
It's too early for dinner anyhow.

>>3478570
>>3478575
ICECREAM!

>>3478570
>>3478575

You tell Rifana that she's strong in her own way. She doesn't have to be like Raphtalia, being just Rifana was fine. That said, you have mentioned that she should take things slow, one step at a time. As well as that she can't hide forever, sooner or later she needs to face it. And if she waits too long, chances are she'll regret passing up the chance.

Rifana slowly nods, thinkg back to >>3478499
as you tell her that you need to return to the Cathedral. You know Rifana was a strong girl that can take care of herself. That said, you do promise her that you're going to make ice cream for her. Her ears perk up at the conception that was ice cream. Something that she never heard of before..but her tail still wiggles at the chance to try it.

With that you give her one final hug before going back to the Cathedral. On your way back inside, you see that Elena with Blake and Vivian were there. You can probably assume Andros was keeping Melody safe and away from the Cathedral for obvious reasons. Aden probably went off to look for Rifana or was left handling the supplies, you couldn't tell which.

As you step inside, you turn your attentions to Riku and Lucien as a rather formal religious man starts to walk on to the alter. He was accompanied by what appears to be two priestess in the same clothing that Melody used to wear. Judging from his attire, you can only assume that this must be the Pope himself. The leader of the church of the three heroes. The top of the food chain of religion as far as you concern yourself with.

"Ah it's a pleasure that our heroes have made themselves apparent to these parks in our great time of need. Now that we're all here, we can start to talk about our battle plan for the upcoming wave."

>Discuss your suggestion
> Wait and Listen
>Ask about the Shield Hero ?
> Something else

>>3478590
> Wait and Listen
>Discuss your suggestion
I forgot what our suggestion was.

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>>3478590

Replace Priestess with Priest. Also since the series doesn't name him, I'm think of going with Pope Gregory XVIII

>>3478604

You write out what you want to suggest for tactics.

>>3478607
Assemble two teams. One team will head in to kill the boss while the other will concentrate on civilians.

Us and Shield on Civs the other guys can enjoy the boss.

>>3478590
Ask about the local militia that's supposed to be protecting the towns and the strategies we pointed out on our first day with the party.
Eg use the item box to carry fortifications.

Ask what the recommended level and stat spread for a wave is since for all we know the rabbit of Caenerbogg is the final boss.

Ask if they know the future locations of waves and if they do, can they give us a map for the party to study before the wave starts.

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>3478604
>>3478613
>>3478618

>>3478613

You decide to wait and listen first before suggesting your tactics to tackle the wave. From what you can gather about the plan. It seems like they're going for a pincer formation with the three heroes. Contain the problem to the upper forest region where the beast will be cut off from escape and pelted with flurries of blows. The three heroes will be the Vanguard, each one acting from a single point in order to keep the creature at bay while backed up by the knights and mages.

As for the church and the royal knights, they will remain here to protect the kingdom as many of them have been sent out to the most populated of villages/cities in order to keep the damage to a minimum until the wave are completed. There will still be healers appointed on the vanguard's team for added insurance.

It sounds like a good plan, but you still start to ask some questions.

"...Your being overly cautious aren't you Flaithrí? We shouldn't be underestimating the kingdom. They already know the terrifying power of the waves. It'll be insulting to assume that they haven't started to make countermeasures based on their experience right? "

Lucien's statement seem to get on the church's favors while his men continue to praise his compassion and sharp wit. It doesn't help that he also has the First Princess on his side backing him up as well.

Luckily Riku on the other hand is on a more neutral side. His attention is focused entirely on taking out the beast, but he isn't going to get in the way between you and Lucien's clashing opinions on the matter.

"Now Now, Sir Flaithrí has the right to know. It is a blessing to have a hero who wants to be sure the people are protected and not to be ignorant...unlike a certain hero who refused to come to the meeting. "

Pope Gregory goes to explain to you about the local milita. How they're being backed up by the knights of the the order, although they would keep their numbers in check to make sure that the ones protecting the borders aren't invaded by the other kingdoms. Not that the pope is worried since the nations are currently conversing with the Queen herself about the waves and what needs to be done.

As for recommended level and stats, it seem that around level 30-40 for this wave would be the recommended level. So you did meet the requirements exactly. As for Future locations, he goes to tell you that they do have the means to figure out future waves but leave that entirely on the scholars. Still, he gives you a map.

As for actual tactics, you suggest that two teams should be the ideal objective. One to protect the civilians while the other two are able to directly fight the beast. You suggest working with the Shield Hero in order to protect the people.

con

>>3478705

"A noble jester but that won't be necessary. The Captain of the royal knights and his top men will go to where the shield hero is located and work on protecting the people. I believe that will cover the same potency as yourself Sir Flaithrí. At worst, we can rely on the party system to teleport us towards the most dangerous areas. So even if the shield chooses to ignore his responsibility, we'll still be able to protect the party. I am truly thankful you want to look after the people. But the wave will end in a instant if the boss is defeated. This is the best way to ensure that while making sure there's little to no casualties as possible. "

The pope seems to have quite the iron grip on the matter. He has taken care of every means to poke holes against the pincer position...while morally playing to your heroic heart. As well as there was this strange feeling you was having in your heart. It was the same similar feeling you had with the boss golem, Nickolas, and the twin hound.

" Sir Flaithrí, all heroes are needed to combat the waves. Even someone like the shield hero won't be able to run away from this. Trust my people to make sure that the civilians are safe and help us with the plan."

Myne started to interject, tugging on your strings while being supported by Lucien and co. Riku on the other hand looks at this and closes his eyes.

"Rather than bickering, I'd say we follow the pincer plan as suggested. If something wrong happens, we could have damage the beast fast enough to send one of the heroes to clean up after the shield hero. Am I wrong?"

The crowd is momentarily shocked by this deceleration from Riku. But it seems to work in the groups favor as they come to agree to the terms.

"With that I believe we have our tactics settled. So in the name of the church and the holy mother, I pray that we will have a safe experience."

With that the respective people begin to leave as you still wrap your head around what has just happened.

> Confront Riku
> Confront Lucien & Myne
> Head Back Home
> Find Nick
>Talk to Pope Gregory
>Something else

>>3478714
Wait. We already KNOW where it's going to be? Hell, we should be going straight there!
>Prepare a trip over to the village
>Pack whatever fortification or building tools we need

Gotta make some
>Pallisades
>Shelters
>Shooting platforms for Rifana to jump from

>>3478705
>Conversing with the queen herself
That's interesting. We know the King had a coup to usurp the queen's power and (probably) assumed she was dead.

If the bow guy is from Code geass, then there's a chance he totally sees through Mynne and is using her for some elaborate keikaku to install himself as Emperor?

Interesting message about how even the shield hero can't run away as if that's not also an implicit reminder(threat?) to us that we work for them until we die.


>>3478714
>Ask Riku what we missed
>Ask the pope if he has any old journals from the previous heroes. The historian in us would like a look and they could be filled with useful wisdom.

>>3478718
Not enough time for that since we're all of 1 day away and if they are a competent militia the structures should already be getting built.

>>3478721
We have an architecture spear. Even if we can't quickbuild, we absolutely should be reinforcing everything

>>3478714
Of course, that's if we can't check up on the whole seed situation

>>3478721
If they were only Romans...

I agree with most but lets shy away from the Pope fellow. That Pope just did something to us I bet, since why would we want to fight the boss when our original idea was to defend people.

Or I'm paranoid. It just seems weird and I want to talk to Nick.

>>3478714
> Find Nick
May as well fill him in on what's been decided so he doesn't get blindsided when it's time for the wave.

>>3478718
The wave is in two days or less, and we'll be teleported straight to the location when it starts. There's no way we have enough time to set up those kinds of fortifications, and shooting platforms will be useless since the plan is for us to attack rather than defend.

>>3478721
Don't forget that these people think we already know everything about the world. We should probably try to avoid tarnishing that image, especially in the face of the leader of the religion that presumably takes the legend as doctrine.

>>3478727
>why would we want to fight the boss when our original idea was to defend people
Because an entire room full of people just appealed to our heroic tendencies to convince us that we should.

Seriously, don't forget the seed stuff

>>3478733
While waiting to get teleported is the most efficient course resource-wise, I will re-iterate my above statements on reinforcing structures and checking what the architecture spears can do because this is about saving lives.

>>3478725
They didn't say how far away it is. If we do not have a teleport and it's further than a day away, we cannot make it there long enough for the wave to make a difference. It might even tire us out when we could have been resting so that we're all bright eyed and bushy tailed for the fight.

>>3478727
If you have the suspicion, then we can check our status screen while the effect is possibly still active. Or we start researching anything that can resist mind control? Nicklaus Is the odd man out in the feeling so I can't say it's something like the pop went into battle mod---did we enter combat mode without realizing it?

>Don't forget that these people think we already know everything about the world. We should probably try to avoid tarnishing that image, especially in the face of the leader of the religion that presumably takes the legend as doctrine.
Fair enough. We can go through other routes to try and get a hand on some diaries later. I think they partially pretend we know everything to make it easier to manipulate us via a lack of information.

>>3478741
Then check if it IS a day away?

>>3478740
If lives are the concern, wouldn't it be better to just evacuate the town rather than reinforce all the buildings and have civilians hiding in their homes for the wave?

>>3478740
Actually you are right about the seed stuff. We need to make sure something bad did not happen while we were out for a week.

>>3478740
The seed stuff is for when we get back to our party if it's not in out inventory because we used an emergency teleport out of the temple?
>>3478743
That is reasonable. I was just pointing out we might be jumping the gun and your plans are in the way of doing the whole "Eat, drink, be merry" thing with the party.

>>3478745
Given that in the canon story the town isn't evacuated by the time the wave starts, I'm guessing that's not an option.

When the wave actually happens, monsters will be coming from multiple directions. Without an orderly path for people to evacuate through, you're better off getting everybody into a fortified building and just grinding all the monsters outside it for quick and easy loot/xp.

>>3478745
Or even the actual logic used by everyone for the strategy. The shorter the wave is the less time anything has to kill people. I don't know why the local architecture doesn't have reinforced shelters for people to hide in as part of a STANDARD building code.

>>3478751
Well sadly its never a good idea to eat a large dinner the day before the fight. It makes them weak and can give a sense of finality.

I say we get a large amount of soldiers and ready them for the fight. You can carry things with you, so a couple carriages to act as reinforcements is not a bad idea.

>>3478741
Spoilers about Pope over there.
He 100% unironically believes himself to be God and any who oppose him to be evil. He's ready and willing to throw away the three heroes and also seemingly uses mind control on his followers.

>>3478759
Huh, I thought I was paranoid.

>>3478759

You are right, but there's another reason that I can't say...yet.

>>3478756
Killing the boss doesn't kill the monsters that are already spawned. They kinda nuke their own town even with the kill boss fast strategy.

If we can protect the civilians in the shelter and just tear through the minions as they appear, the boss killers can afford to make safer plays against the boss and we grind more loot

>>3478766
Nah the one about the Sword Hero was 100% a guess but this one actually isn't. I read the manga up until the Queen comes back though the next chapter hadn't been translated and so I got completely side tracked by other shit and never got back into it, probably never will. I tried reading the WN but I couldn't stand it too.

>>3478755
Legendary weapons interfere with exp gain for each other unless that applies to only the heroes. In terms of exp efficiency it would actually be better to drop everyone from the party so that they can get mass level grinds during the wave, but I wanted to not bring that up until after at least the first wave or check to see if there are some spells/buffs that require a person to be a party member instead of casting from outside the party.
>>3478758
We have 2 days I thought? We have fun tonight and then tomorrow we can be all serious.
>>3478767
So in other words the explanation given to us at the strategy meeting was faulty. Not that we didn't already miss the chance to snidely point out that we found people who weren't protected by their militias locked up in the dungeon within the first hour.

I find it amusing that all of the heroes so far think the upper classes of Melomarc are pants on head retarded. We just gotta wait until prissy bow speaks his mind to make it 100% of the heroes.

>>3478767
You make the best point. I'm on the fortify train, and if we get Shield on board I imagine we can make a fortress in the middle of the wave.

>>3478783
I'd say first wave is the best time to try since the boss wasn't so tough for the 3 heroes to handle.

By the second wave, SOMEONE is bound to have a "press button instant fortress" button and it'll be easy to set things up then fight the boss.

>>3478782

That time I was answering about the why Flurry felt the need to want to fight the boss over protecting the people for a moment.

Also read the LN, it's less stupid. The manga is hit or miss but the expressions are top tier. But yes I'm trying to make each of the heroes have a more concrete reasons to do the things they do without making Nickfumi seem like the ultimate good when he's morally grey/questionable as fuck but everyone keeps calling him the purist hero. He's the most effective, but that's it when you really think about it. He just happens to be right/get pushed into such scenarios.

>>3478783

Less than two days but yes.

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>3478718
>>3478721
>>3478733
>>3478758

>>3478807
1 and 4 are mostly the same anyway.

>>3478788
I personally would rather just run around town like sonic the hedgehog and drop fortifications directly out of the item box like originally planned. It would be easier to use the time wasted travelling to make MORE fortifications and hiding spaces for our item box to dump out for the militia's supply corps to use.
>>3478796
The dude seriously worked that PR machine.

With Riku accepting that it's a real world we've lost the hilarious chance where everyone is shocked at something the heroes do (Genbu) only for us to say that this world is so weird it's not really surprising he doesn't think he's having some fever dream. It's always fun when a reincarnator doesn't think everything is actually real.
I guess Code Geass has a chance where he thinks he's been put under some sort of spell but a possible member of the keikaku royal family going to town on a bunch of unsuspecting incompetents has a far greater payoff.

So are we going to help rebuild towns with our architect spear? That would definitely make villagers like us and we better our technique. Win-win.

>>3478786
>>3478758
>>3478718

You decide to focus on fortifying the village. Part of you wanted to ask Riku about things you missed as well as thank him for trying to help in his own way. Another part wanted to speak up to the pope, hoping to get some notes or journals about the past heroes to fill that historian itch in you. Then there's the part of you that wanted to tell Nick exactly what was going on and get his input on the wave plan. Finally there's the part of you that want to talk to Myne about the quest she gave you. There's so many different things you wanted to do it makes your brain almost explode from overthinking. You decide to slap yourself with both hands to get your mind back on the problem at hand.

You don't have enough time to do all of those things, so instead you focus on what's most important...the people. So with that you tell Elena and Vivian to gather supplies and give her your measurements.

"Are you really making a trip this late in the game? I know it can't be helped since you were unconscious for two whole days but come on? The wave is happening after tomorrow. And- *sigh* forget it. Telling you all of this will only make you more reckless. So go.Just promise me that you won't die."

Elena hands you a teleportation crystal, marked with the destination that you have in mind. Vivian slowly moves her hand into a peace sign.

"I made the teleportation crystal thanks to the Kind Magic shop lady in case you wanted to go to the spot. You'll probably have a day at most to do whatever you have planned. So don't get into another fight while you're away. I won't forgive you if you give me another scare like last time."

Vivian was clearly upset with your last stunt. Who can blame her? You were lying on a pool of your own blood dying. Everyone in the party was probably upset with you over that. That being said, you decide to head off to the village. ..That is after you go packing up all the necessary fortification and building tools you can gather.

With the crystal in hand, you make a quick teleport towards the village where the battle was going to affect it. So what do you do first?

>Make Shelters and Pallisades
>Reinforce the structure
>Build Walls
>Make platforms for Rifana to take advantage of
> All of the above
>Something else

>>3478826
All the Above and add a choke point to funnel Monsters.

>>3478826
>> All of the above
We may get tired, but we won't know if the knights would even make it in time.

>>3478826
I don't know how much longer I can stick around, so:
>Make a reinforced Shelter at the town plaza and have someone spread the information to evacuate there.
>Reinforce all the buildings close to the plaza
>Make reinforced pallisades with enough space for human-sized people to run through but not larger. Put these in some(NOT ALL) of the roads leading to the plaza
>Have Rifana note down the rooftops she can use

We had that telepathy thing right
>Message Nick about the plaza shelter

>>3478826
Choke points. Underground shelters for people to hide in beneath. Perhaps a mass shelter and you make sure the people of the town know where the hiding spots are. Castle Moat walls (they have the tiny slits for arrows so it’s easier to shoot everything outside than it is to shoot whatever is inside) so that people can safely shoot monsters if they want to take up a defense or sneak a hit or two in for exp. Ask why they don’t already have shelters for when waves hit.
If anyone has any relevant knowledge of a historical battle we can reference that would be great since we have a map. See if you can teach a basic healing spell. If anyone picks it up they can save the lives of their fellow villagers.
Ask where the soldiers defending the town are setting up?(do the people even know a wave is coming?)

>>3478829
>>3478836
>>3478837
>>3478843

You go full ham with your madman tactics upon pulling out all the stops with the plan to fortifying the village. Of course Rifana is there to keep you restrained cause if you have it, you probably be seconds before being teleported checking if the third or fourth iron wall was needed.

With the two of you working together, you manage to set out doing every thing you can positively think of to protect the town. From making a shelter to asking Rifana about the best spots and rooftops she can use for her swift movements. You set out to make everything that can be done a possibility. And push yourself even further to make the impossible possible. You wouldn't be satisfied as a hero if you didn't put your all in protecting the people.

This act certainly paints you in a heroic light to Rifana. But she's still worried about you over doing it and rightfully so. With the drill spear, you care a way to make some underground shelter in addition to the mass shelter you made near the plaza. The choke points all lined up accordingly and there were moat walls set. These and more made the defenses they have including their own shelter feel way inferior in comparison. You even go talk to the local milita about all the tools and assortments you made to help the people while teaching "Fast Heal" and other basic healing spells to as many people as you can who have magic.

By the time you were finished with all the preparations, you were positively tired. So much so that Rifana has to drag you back to the village's inn to rest for the remainder of the trip. Despite feeling your body aching all over, you did a real good job protecting the area.

You feel like you want to do more but you can't...at least not without breaking the promise to your party. Speaking of party, you go to look at the menu while currently resting on your bed.

It seem that the Seed Quest has been completed and you were payed with two to four hundred silvers for your hard work. You probably save the kingdom a lot on it's budget for giving food so it was probably for the best.

...But then you wonder...who has the seed or what it has been done with?

con

>>3478865

By the time you are ready to fight, it was around just a few hours before the wave began. The rest of your party managed to teleport themselves to your location with supplies. Including a brand new outfit for you to wear rather than the gear that you have been previously wearing. It all seem to fit perfectly, though you would have to imagine that Elena did a thorough job thanks to the help of some of your other party members. It was best not to question how she got your measurements.

With the party by your side, you just look at the sky as you wait for the last minutes of the clock to drop

>Say motivational words
>Talk about the plan one more time
>Head to the battlefield
>Prepare Buffs
>Something else

>>3478878
Make sure everyone knows what to expect when protecting the newly forged bunker of *BADASS IN OLD IRISH* followed by Inspiration and buffs.

>>3478878
>Ping the other heroes
>Go through our spear list
>absorb a flag/battle standard and check if it has a wide area buff effect.

>>3478878
Sorry about the ice cream, I'll go figure out how to make some afterwards.

>Carve a rune of protection on one of the shelter walls for fun with a spear. Never know, it just might work.
>Write down the expected tactics to be relayed to the shield hero. They can't expect him to work properly if they can't be bothered to say what he's even doing to him.
>Ask that we get told where these waves are head of time from now on. What were we supposed to do it if was in the middle of the ocean and nobody told us?
>Have a chuckle with andros that at least 3/4 of the heroes think the people in charge are complete idiots after meeting them.

>>3478912
+1
Still want to give this place a name.

>>3478912
>>3478920

You carve the rune of protection with a spear to kill some time, much for Rifana's misfortune and Elena's annoyance. But it seem to ooze some sort of magic from your spear so it might work. You don't have the time to test it however.

You decide to relay the information for the expected tactics to the shield hero and give it directly to one of the knights. Afterwards, you also ask them to tell the higher ups that you would like to be made aware of the waves ahead of time. You feel like you can trust them to get the job done, so you decide to spend the rest of the time with Andros.

He and Blake were looking at the sky, sitting on the grass as time was about to be up. You decide to spend your last moments between the wave having another bro moment with Andros and Blake. You ended up making Andros laugh with your statement about the people in charge.

"I guess they're not as hopeless as you made them out to be. Though I wouldn't put it past Lucien to come to the same conclusion. Guys like him like idiots...because they're easier to manipulate. It's like a dull blade. They're not the brightest but they can be effective if you know how to use them."

Blake seem to also cheer about Andros's statement. The three of you go to look at the sky.. It would be wonderful if the wave never came. Unfortunately, the sky started to turn red after you have peace of mind with your bros. Up in the sky you see several dimensional portals start to open up. These portals started dropping what you see through your scope spear monsters. Monsters that can only be considered exactly like that of your myths. Undead monsters, goblins, reptilian like beasts, etc. It was positively ridiculous how game like this really is as you find yourself being teleported into a forest. This was probably the spot where you were expected to fight the main beast.

Who do you take with you?

>Blake
>Andros
>Elena
>Rifana
>Melody
>Aden
>Vivian
>Everyone, screw the village
>Go Solo

>>3479025
>Andros
>Elena
>Blake
We can heal and cast spells fine.
We also didn't build spots for Rifana for nothing.
They also might need the heals more.

>>3479025
>Aden
>Melody
>Vivian
Tank, damage, healer. Tried and true.

>>3479041
They have all the militia and villagers we taught healing magic.

>>3479050
I go this. If we are to face the boss we need firepower and heals. Just keep a line open in case things at the village go south, we will either do something really stupid (Lead the Boss TO the village) or abandon the Heroes.

You know, if Nick does end up at the village we need someone to take a picture of his face. I mean, we built a two walled Fortress in a single day.

>>3479025
Nobody went and mentioned what roles other people had in their party at the strategy meetings.
Most of the damage is to be expected from the boss.
Vivian, Melody, Andros and Elena for the boss. Andros has tons of cover from the trees

Rifana has stuff we built earlier for snooping around town.
A possibly fire breathing dragon around a forest sounds bad. Not as bad around wooden houses but I don't think those houses would last with the monsters anyway. Better the same result with dead monsters.

Tell Aden that they refused to tell us tell us the recommended level for dealing with waves as usual so we'll assume the other heroes have a higher level tank around rather than risk her life taking hits she might not have to. We also need somebody to keep an eye on Rifa.

>>3479076
Oh and goodnight.
The setup we took with us was magical DPS if we needed magical damage, hybrid dps, if the outer (scales/skin?) were magic resistant, our heals/buffs and Andros does his sneaking around to attack anything going for the mages.

That fucking mind control completely screwed our chance to talk with the others about what people/setup we should properly bring. We have no idea if any member of our party is redundant.

>>3479076
They gave the level though

>>3479025
>Aden
>Elena
>Blake

Have Melody apply buffs, then gtfo before shes noticed by Malty. I also want to keep Aden away from knight politics

>>3479025
>>3479103
And Vivian, whoops

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>3479041
>>3479050
>>3479092
>>3479103

>>3479117
Dont forget vivian

this luck is starting to freak me out

>>3479103
>>3479107
>>3479050

You decided to go with Aden, Elena, Vivian and Blake. For added insurance, you had Melody buff your party with the strongest buffs and made them last as long as possible. The rest of them park themselves in the village to make sure the people are safe. You trust your comrades a lot more than leaving it to the hands of the knights.

TAs you to trek through the forest, the rain of monsters continue to pour down. As expected your party had to deal with attacks from zombies and other mobblings. But with the buffs you have, you easily burst through the crowd with just yours skills. This was good since you most likely needed to conserve both mana and skill points for the waves boss. More impressive was Blake since they were just bulldozing through the enemies without issue. Although the dragon was small, it was highly fast and just bulldozing through with superior tactic and dragon strength. The Dragon was noticeably lower compared to you party but it was leveling up much faster. Blake was going to be a monster among monsters in the future.

The pincer tactic seems to be doing exactly it's job since there was two other points being wiped out from the map. You can only assume that the other two are Riku and Lucien. As for the shield hero...it looks like he's heading...to Lute village. A much smaller place than the main village that you fixed up where the rest of you heroes were staying it.

You can only trust that Nick had a good reason to go there and stick to the plan. Although part of you did want to go there and help. Either way, you tightly grab your spear and press forward through the wave. Eventually you make your way to a clear field where the monster stood it's grown, staring at you. You were now staring at what appears to be rather large Chimera. Made up entirely of 4 different heads, The a four headed monster with the body and head of a lion, the head of a goat, the head of a dragon, and having a snake for a tail.

How do you proceed?

>>3479158
Im guessing riku is going straight for the tail or the dragon, and he can take em.

Im thinking either
>Steam/Lightning to keep it down
>Drill Forest to pin it in place
>Focus on the lion head with one of the plant golem spears
>Stay at a distance and Airstrike all the heads with Bane

>>3479158
Flame Spear to set the mane on fire,
use chains to hold it down and see if we can jump and Dragoon Drop on it's back.

Sidenote, if you guys aren't confident about what to vote for in combat, I recommend you try reading Maverick Hunter Quest on the archives to get a feel for it.

Just for meta sake, the spinoff story Revival of Spear Hero, states that the spear acts like a save/reload device that allows you to restart at the previous check point once you die. Basically a Re:Zero/All you need is kill scenario

>>3479337
Is that why he fails at life, much like Suburu?

>>3479339
Because he's just a socially awkward wreck in life. It's implied that this was already 'take 3' at the start of the spinoff, and the Motoyasu in the original series is 'take 2'

>>3479094
My mistake. Rifana still needs some support.
>>3479337
I only read the first few chapters back in the day, but I think that was due to one of the spears he unlocked, so it possibly applies to any hero. He thought he could do it by the time Genbu came about, so it isn't going to take long to unlock if it isn't already from that exchange with the sword hero.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>3479168
>>3479198

Rolled 1 (1d4)

>>3479168

>>3479158
A bit late on this, but the greek Chimera breathes fire so the party should expect breath attacks at the least.

>>3479168

You decide switch to the Steam Spear first in order to disrupt its line of senses. So you ask Aden to keep it at bay while Elena and Vivian back her up. Both started to place their hands over their magical weapons, chanting in unison as a magical spell circle forms around them. Meanwhile Aden stood in a defensive stance with her shield in hand, backing you up while you and her tackle against the Chimera.

Till the spell was complete then you use Steam Spear's skill "Temperature Control" before doing anything else. Choosing to switch momentarily between hot and cold steam in order to influence the humidity of the surrounding area. You do this in between shooting powerful blasts of hot and cold steam directly at the Chimera. The Chimera naturally moves around, using one of it's four heads, this case the goat to achieve remarkable speed to avoid getting a direct hit with your steam shots. It didn't matter, you were focused more on creating the necessary means for your plan while the girls prepare.

"Choral Magic「First Song」"

As both shouts in unison, Aden would feel remarkable magical power flowing directly into her. Her body's natural defenses were being reinforced, becoming stronger, harder, denser like she was becoming the living embodiment of defense. Of course the spell could have been applied to you as well. However, you commanded that the full boom go to Aden since casting First Song - Full Bloom, would take much longer and Aden was going to be the one doing more of the direct combat with the beast as the tank.

Speaking of tanks, she begins to jump forward towards the beast, meeting with it head as it was using the goat's speed for a ramming attack. Both she and the chimera clashed rather hard against one another, creating a powerful shockwave from the impact.

You are positively impressed that your party can work together in such a manner. Well, you always knew that was the deal, but this was just positively stunning that Aden is blocking the chimera's ram attacks. But you didn't have time to admire your foot solider, rather you continue to shoot more and more of your steam spear via the Spear Thrust skill. Only once the field was essentially covered with the thickly dense mist did you start to switch spears.

You quickly change to your Lightning Spear via change spear. The weapon speed has gotten much faster than the fight with the original Plant Golem. This was positively perfect as you start to summon a powerful bolt of lightning. Enhanced by the clouds forming from your Steam Spear, the large bolt of lightning strikes down hard against the chimera as Aden backed away in time to avoid getting shocked by the beast.

con

>>3479390

The girls were already getting started on the second verse of the Choral Magic Attribute Song Series. There was no need at the moment to pummel it with firepower, and until the others arrive, it was for the best that your defending character gets the most optimized she can positively get until reinforcements arrive. That being said, the beast emerged from the lightning spear as it barely felt it. It wasn't stunned, but it clearly changed heads while it was taken the brunt of the attack. You can only guess that it switched to the dragon head for superior defense. At the very least, your tactic was keeping it at bay.

This chimera after all was on a whole another level compared to the original plant golem you face. Then again, he wouldn't be a wave boss otherwise. This was starting to get exciting for you. Speaking of excitement, the chimera prepares for it's next attack.

How do you proceed?

>Offense
>Defense
>Support/Healing
>Wait it out
>Something else

write in your suggestive tactic alongside which option you choose

>>3479392
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzOSuoEAKVk
song btw

>>3479392
If it swaps to lion or snake, Counter it and otherwise watch for its moveset.

If it sticks to dragon, target the Lion head with plant-based spears. Keep circling around it until it breaths fire, and just keep making it breath fire until the dragon head gets tired or the other heroes arrive.

Also did some updates to the pastebin, going to try and gradually fill out each of the remaining spears. But if you have a question/or want to use a specific spear that is unfilled [not one that has ????] then feel free to do so.

>>3479446
Jackpot
architect
Flag
Jewel
Rock
Sticky vs Maple Syrup whats the diff
Seed Spear
Core spear
Plant Golem vs Nature whats the diff

wait, lightning spear is a weapon and not an active ability?

>>3479460

Jackpot is a spear that increases one's luck and grants them a "Second Chance"

Architect Spear is self-explanatory. It's the amalgamation of the building and crafting material spears you gather to reconstruct, reconfiguration, and recreate constructs relating to Architect.

Flag Spear is a boosting spear that also raises moral and shield from fear based effects.

Jewel Spear is the amalgamation of the Crystal Spear Series based on the different jewels and valued rocks you gather. You currently up to to the quartz for strongest jewels you can unlock.

Rock is an earth based spear that well lets you control the earth and manipulate the minerals such as rocks.

Sticky is more adhesive like sticky glue or cement while maple Syrup while comical is more slippery and attracts creatures to them.

Seed Spear is the reverted form of the Bio Seed...but it is currently locked as you only gotten it through a different mean via amalgamation from all the plant creatures you destroyed.

Nature Spear controls the plants and other flora based concepts. I'm thinking of changing Plant Golem to the Golem Spear and with plant being the only thing you currently unlocked to make miniature golems to fight alongside you.

And Core Spear as mention in the last thread is a parasitic spear that allows one the power of "possession" aka Telekinetic control of what it strikes/marks momentarily.

>>3479460

Also Lightning Spear changing to being apart of the Elemental Spear series is something that I believe will make more sense and be more consistent with how spear abilities and spear skills work. Lightning Spear is also more powerful than I been giving credit for base.

>>3479481
fair

>>3479477
so if I wanted to, say, raise a column from underneath the boss to lift it in the air where its legs can't grip anything, is rock better or architect?

Quartz spear, okay, but what do they do? Raw power, or something like blinding light or growing crystals on things?

>>3479494

Rock would be better since it's faster and makes it easier to bend the ground, but architect would let you be more creative and constructive with the column.

Stronger Raw Power, higher durability, can reflect light and grow crystal among other things. The higher the jewel the stronger the output but cost more MP to use.

>>3479395

The Chimera was seemingly still in dragon mode as it begins to charge up something. Considering the experience from last time with the plant Golem, you know for a fact that it was preparing for an attack. Something in you pulse as just rethinking what happens makes you upset. And yet...you feel like you were never close to such liberation until that moment. Being pushed to your limits, fighting a powerful adversary, doing whatever you can to survive and conquer. That heat of the battle is where you prove that your worth as a hero. Still, it wasn't enough to keep you from the task at hand. You went and go to summon the Garden Spear next.

With the garden spear you summon a series of thorn whips from the ground, quickly trying to ensnare and wrap around the enemy, more specifically the lion head. You keep moving, trying to look a weakspot as the beasts keeps breaking out of the vines. You can probably gather if you remain stationary you can most likely reinforce the vines to be much stronger with the Garden Spear's Skill "Growth". However, that would probably put you at risk, you decide to instead use the vines to distract him while the girls continue with their spell.

"Choral Magic「Second Song」"

Once again Aden would feel her body start to grow, this time her muscles start to ripen and her body is further reinforced. You assume that Aden was getting quite the strength boost. Not that you had the time to really be looking at your party as you continue to distract the Chimera. Blake was on the defense for Elena and Vivian, so you didn't have to worry about it and Aden was still there.

As the Dragon portion of the head continue to gather mana, the Chimera remain ever diligent in trying to catch you. The defense it has was slowing down it's speed, but at the same time it made it rather hard for you to really land a hit on him. The Steam Field was becoming more a hindrance on both side as the battle continues.

As you try and back away, continuing with the tactic of making the beast tire out with your game of cat and mouse...The Serpent tail actually starts to spit out fire at you. This was new as you begin to avoid the shots rather easily. It was a waste of effort on the Snake tail which only fit to reinforce your plan. After dodging another series of fireballs, you begin to prepare your counter attack as you descend downwards. Landing directly on to another section of the ground.....right in line where the Dragon was taking aim.

Before you could move, the Dragon proceed to release a rather concentrated blast of fire...water...wind and earth directly at you. This was more than what you were expecting as all four heads correlate the attack aimed directly ate you. As you brace yourself with making a defense out of the vine...you would see something shooting at you at lighting fast speeds.

"Choral Magic「Third Song」"

con

>>3479848

Those were the words that you could faintly here before seeing the dragon finish gathering for this multi-layered beam attack. Yet you didn't see the true weight of those words until you see the person they were intended for in front of you. The lightning fast thing you saw....was indeed Aden as she currently blocks the multi-elemental beam.

Aden puts her all into protecting you from the blast as well as the rest of the party. Her legs sink deeply into the ground, practically buckling against the powerful force as the Chimera took full aim into shooting her. As you see this, you start to see a glowing red eye in Aden's helmet. You never really saw her face, only heard her voice and assumed to believe it to be a girl. However the lighting was giving you the chance to really see her face as the helmet was burnt off.

It was a woman as you expected...with beautiful shoulder length dark brown haired. Yet, there was something...primal about her. The way her green eyes look, completely slit like an enraged beast. Her teeth sharpened and her face looking more serious and vicious. She let out a ferocious roar, making you think you heard the sound before.

The chimera's breath attack eventually came to an end as Aden withstood it completely. Shield dropping to the ground as she pants immensely through the process. It was hard to gauge if she was still conscious or some primal instinct was taking over. But the Chimera right now was preparing to change heads.

>What do you do now ?

>Attack
>Heal Aden
>Defend
>Something else

write in exactly how you would do one of the options.

>>3479888
>Attack
Wow, they're taking a long time.

>Cross Spear - Sticky in the dragon's mouth, Bane in the Lion's mouth.
>Once inside, Switch Sticky to Jewel, and grow seed crystals inside the Dragon's mouth
>Once inside, Switch Bane to Seed, further draining lifeforce from the Lion head

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>>3479888

Doing a soft description with the reveal since I thought it about it and re-remember that Going with wolf in sheep's clothing would work better in the story over mama bear

>>3480030
I did not know Aden was stacked.
>>3479888
>>3479910
I'll go with this guy's lead.

>>3479910

You decide to not waste this moment as you begin to use Cross Spear. In addition to Cross Spear, you switch your current spear into Bane Spear. With the second spear Sticky Spear in hand, you quickly spew a very sticky and goopy adhesive into the Dragons mouth while simultaneously slamming Bane's Bear into the Lion's mouth.

The Dragon's mouth was gooped up, thus was unable to gather the necessary mana to launch a much weaker breath attack. Meanwhile the Lion was getting hit with Ravage, chipping away at its lifeforce as the main body. Yet the Goat and Snake were completely fine. In fact...it was the snake you had to worry about. For the Chimera, prior to receiving your double spear attack...switched to that of the Serpent head.

In exchange for taking the blow, the serpent's power allowed for a powerful countermeasure. Before you could switch to Jewel, the snake head stretches forward in order to punish you for attacking it. That is if Aden wasn't in the way of things. Had it not been for her pushing you to the side, it would be you would be taken the venom of the serpent. Instead it was Aden who was still looking rather ferocious...and aggressive.

"Grrah"

Aden gave a fierce grunt against the poison, taking it in strive as she did not flinch. Instead, she bites down hard against the Chimera. Sinking her fangs against her beast, Aden grips rather tightly on the beast. It struggles to break out of her lock, giving you time to safely changed from Sticky to Jewel. Although....it seems that Aden has other plans as she grips the creature tightly. Her muscles bulge further, tightening as her body taps into more of her ferocity. She lets out another howl before lifting the chimera up and slamming it across the battlefield, blowing away the remainder of the Steam Field.

Afterwards, Aden started to almost drop to one knee from the poison. Yet she continues to keep the Chimera from moving again, despite the fact it changed to Lion once again to bite her against her own hide. Leaving you to focus more on completing the combo with further sealing the dragon's mouth with seed crystals from Jewel Spear and switching Bane to Seed to inject the Chimera with the same life-draining tactic that the original plant golem had did during it's battle.

con

>>3480321

The Chimera powers through this as the dragon swing it's head against Aden's side to make her yelled. Meanwhile the Serpent head goes to inject another dosage of poison against her side. Yet through it all she would refuse to let go. Keeping the beast from getting to you. This ultimately cause the Chimera to switch to the Goat head, in order to jump high into the air with Aden on toe and ...slam the poor solider deep against the ground, sending a powerful shockwave just moments after you hear the words...

"...Choral Magic「Final Song」"

Magic once again flows into Aden, although no one can be sure if it was in the nick of time or not since she took heavy damage and is at less than half her health. Yet here she was, keeping the chimera in bay while you continue your tactics of weakening the beast. In someway this was insulting since the beast saw Aden the greater threat than you. Not that you could blame it, just look at this powerhouse. Even if she was continuously buffed with different spells, her based power is positively absurd. Just where was she hiding all of this power. It almost makes you feel...envious of her.

"What are you doing Flaithrí! Aden is....Aden is....pushing for this decisive moment. We have to make our attack now!"

There was something more that Elena wanted to say. Something like "Aden is risking her life...and her sense of self." But she knew that Aden wouldn't want people to worry about her. Not when her party and countless people are in danger. So she bares the pain of the lion's claws and the Dragon's talons directly on her body as she keeps it in place.

Before it can continue to rip apart Aden further, a powerful shot comes from behind as the beast staggers from the blindsided move. You would see from in the distance that reinforcements have indeed arrive. Lucien team shows up from the back while Riku's team is coming from the right side of you.

>What do you do ?

>Attack
>Heal Aden
>Defend
>Something else

write in exactly how you would do one of the options

>>3480359
>Pull Aden away and heal her.
What we learned is never skimp on healing if your very injured.

>>3480076

That wasn't the only thing she was hiding in her suit as you probably start to see more beast like attributes coming from her tatted armor.

>>3480359
If these buffs can be done again we should recover her. If not, we need to strike it with a drill spear, using spearshot. Aim for not the heads but the underbelly. On contact, we use plant spear to ensnare it. This will give the others enough time to recover Aden.

I reason that if the buffs are good enough and one time, we should use them as much as possible before she loses them during the recovery period.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3480371
>>3480390

>>3480359
Oh yeah we need to heal her for sure do we have a way to cure the poison though?

>>3480371
>>3480390
>>3480431

You decide to throw against your growing adrenaline and focus precisely on healing Aden. Especially considering that she was around one fourth of her health after taking that rapid assortment of blows from the four chimeras heads. The poison that was flowing through her body wasn't doing her favors....in fact it should have paralyzed her completely. So you are lead to believe she powered through sheer force of will, hence the greater strain on her body. The buffs seem to stay on her...no...it was more the fact Aden was refusing them to succumbed and release from the damage. She was really a kind woman.

You focus on using the strongest healing spell you know which at the moment was Fast heal. So you kept spamming Fast Heal in order to heal Aden and you also cast Resist poison. You didn't have the same experience that Melody has to completely purify the alignment, but with this you could keep it at bay while her life wasn't in danger. You manage to recover up to half her health. You could do all of it, but that would probably take all of your remaining MP to do.

"..Sir Mald if you please."

"Yes my Lord Lucien!"

In the brief moment you turn from Aden, you see a rather powerful and muscular knight seemingly tackle the Chimera to the side. Going as far as to disrupt his balance while keeping him at bay as he easily withstood the Chimera's goat ram without losing ground.

"Sir Welst if you would be so kind."

"Of course my lord, it has already been completed thanks to Lady Myne's assistance. Choral Magic「Magic Sealing」"

The Chimera found itself slowly unable to use mana as a spell circle forms around it as it drains it of it's ability to manipulate mana.

"Lady Myne, I gracefully ask your assistance."

"Already a done deal Lord Lucien. Zweite Hellfire!"

A massive ball of fire comes out from the sky. It seems to illuminate the area , giving the impression that it was like that of a miniature sun or a solar flare. It blazes beautiful as it turns to crimson before falling upon the Chimera. Mald the noble knight was teleported by the mage noble Welst. Leaving the beast to be incinerated by the flames of purgatory.


"Sir Rojeel, please use your skills to further punish this foul beast."

"You don't have to ask Lord Lucien."

The next up was a beautiful woman with blond hair as she twirls a rather large staff. On closer inspection it looks to be...a spear! Before you got to chance to question it, she sprinted across the battlefield in a blink of an eye, Twirling her spear in hand, she delivers a series of powerful thrusts as the wind from it only intensifies the hell flames further as the Chimera was pelted from multiple blows. Then it dawn upon you, that huge beam of light that stunned the creature imminently. It came from a single arrow.

con

>>3480359
Heal her, the reinforcements can handle things while we hold it down. and I don’t trust mynne to not do friendly fire[\spoiler]

>>3480538

You hate to admit it...but Lucien team was undoubtedly the real deal. Just how strong has he gotten in this past month and couple of weeks? It frustrated you immensely as he stood on a rock pillar with his four party members joining him now as well. Each one of them were high class and yet Lucien stood above them in a class of his own like a hero should.

"My apologizes Sir Flaithrí ..but help has indeed arrive. You can rest easy now and continue to fight to your hearts desire. My men will support you. Although..."

As Lucien says these words, he continue to hold an aura of superiority around him. Although he uses the Legendary Bow, there was something about him that seem almost intimidating to you. The historian nut in you think of this akin to a Roman Emperor more than the hero that Lucien strive himself to be.

"...it may look like that you're supporting me"

As you look at him feeling further frustration, your attention quickly turns to Riku who was moving with his next attack. The Chimera desperately tries to pick itself up and try to break out of the magical circle. Only for it to get another swift strike from the blunt side of the sword as Riku lands right next beside you after knocking the beast down.

"...I'm sorry....I got caught up eliminating all the monsters in this entire area. It wasn't by choice...yet I'm not going to make any excuses. So...let my party defends yours to make up for my lateness."

With that you see Elena and Vivian being guarded by Riku's men, another goes to pick Aden up and give her a proper piggy back in order to tend to her wounds by the Chinese looking woman. Leaving Riku to strike at the beast with a single sword arc. Causing the trees to split across from the sheer force of his swing along.

"...Stop looking so star struck Falathri. I said my men will take care of your party. So you should focus on helping me eliminate the chimera."

>What do you do/How do you Respond ?

>>3480538
>On closer inspection it looks to be...a spear!
Is this woman the spear master we were looking for?
If so, fuck you and everything you stand for, Lucien.

>>3480581

She's a master Spearsmen yes. Didn't even need to look at her enemy to predict what it was going to do and counter it accordingly.

>>3480578
Try and keep our Irish temper from boiling over. Right now's not a good time to go off on the idiot when we already made a dent in the beast.

Instead back off and check our parties stats, the Chimera, and where the sword is. If these guys are stinger than us we should make sure they hit the monster soon.

And don't forget cursing ourself for having to placate our Irish pride. How these men became so powerful can be easily learned by companionship.

>>3480578
Can I ask for a bit of elaboration on how Spear Link works? The description isn't the most clear. If we were to, say, link Spear Forest or Shooting Star Spear to a point inside of the Chimera, what would happen?

>>3480621

Spear Link is a skill meant for setup and timed effects. It's gear towards setting traps and disrupting the flow of battle. If you were to put Spear Forest or Shooting Star Spear on the Chimera, it would be damaged by the assult and unable to avoid it fully as it's locked on to it. If it was used on your allies, it would spring the trap against the enemy and pushing them with the respect affect. Although if it was something like a buff, then they can manually trigger it to reap the benefits.

>>3480640

It also has the potential for combo attacks when using different spear effects. It's a very versatile skill to make up for not having any offensive power on it's own.

>>3480640
I was also wondering if it would be possible to get Spear Forest to go off inside an enemy, but that might be a little too broken.

Another question - do the projectiles of Shooting Star Spear have the effect of the spear used when it's activated?

I'm asking these because I want to improve another anon's Gae Bolg attack from last thread to kill the chimera while it's busy fighting the newcomers. I'll be damned if the other two heroes show up at the last second and steal all the glory when they've been busy doing fuck all to help.

>>3480713

Nah thatt's too broken. Now if you were fighting a giant monster and you let it eat you....

And yes Shooting Star Spear retains the effects of the spear when used. But it's power isn't as strong as say you were using it to deal direct offensive damage.

>>3480613
She's a master, obviously, but is she THE master from the mine shaft town that we heard about last thread? If she is, I'm going to be pissed.

>>3480729

They're related.

>>3480713
If we were to truely do a Gae Bolg, it would be something like

>first attacking with the Drill spear

>Set Spear to release vines when the heart is struck.

>Finish with Bane Spear in the heart.

>>3480733
>she might be the Aife to our Scathach
This just got very interesting.

>>3480746
We may have to go with a very ghetto Gae Bolg for now, but I think we can sort of mimic the effect in a fast attack.
>Spear Shot with Obsidian Spear aimed at the chest
This should at least blow a hole in the enemy's defenses. After that:
>Cross Spear with Double Hound Spear, homing attack on the exposed heart

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>3480614
>>3480746
>>3480768

>>3480614

I'ma save portions of this for the aftermath.

>>3480768

With the the captain of the knight order and several of his men showing up, it seem like the chimera's days are number. However...that wasn't good enough for you. Why should you let these people interfere when you did all the hard work? Why should they get the credit...no...the joy of fighting such a worthy foe? This was your fight, your glory, and your excitement! Nobody else was going to go near it! You're the Legendary Spear Hero! You are the only one who can truly do it! This was your legend, nobody else!

A question mark forms in your spear tree while your spear starts to glow. You don't notice it at the time...but something was coming. The die has been cast and for better or worse...things were about to get interesting.

Almost imminently you start to walk forward. Spear in one hand, you point at the beast, changing it to Obsidian Spear. The other heroes did a good job weakening it further and keeping at bay with your resources recovered. But that was it! Their part in this story was long since over. Now it's time for you to take the stage yet again. You merely whisper the words Spear Shot, releasing the power of the Obsidian Spear in full bloom against the Chimera's chest.

A highly concentrated explosion hits the Chimera, knocking it back and exposing a hole in the beast's defenses. The chimera tries to stand up, but you weren't going to stop there. No, you were going to make it suffer and sufffer and suffer again. You lusted for victory. With Cross Spear, you summoned the Double Hound Spear. The image of a sprinting two headed dog formed as it sprints against the Chimera, attacking directly at it's weak spot. You continue on with your relentless attack. Using Spear Shot over and over with both spears to continuously attack the beast. This was the first "Gae Bolg" you have created. For a first try...it was not too shabby, for it did the job and brought the beast down as your attack indeed the deliver the final shot after taking two other hero attacks simultaneously.

The Chimera was slained, it's body start to go cold as it lies on the ground lifeless and ravaged. This was quite gruesome all things considered. But the wave was over as the notification you needed appear. The red sky start to revert back to the now night sky. You take a moment to relish over the fight. Almost in a trance like state as Lucien and Riku walks forward to look at the Chimera.

"...That was rather excessive. Not that I can really show any sympathy for the beast. Still if you keep this up you'll be more of an executioner rather than a hero Sir Flaithrí."

"Nevermind that...we need to decide who is getting what. There's four heads and I can estimate that regardless of what we pick...all of the chimera series weapons will be unlocked. Even so...we should decide which head we should absorb into the weapon."

>which do you choose?

>>3480865

>The Lion
>The Snake
>The Goat
>The Dragon
>You don't choose and focus on your party

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>>3480865

>>3480869
Do we have sp left? I kinda wanna take a selfie with our kill and the party.

>>3480869
>Focus in the party. We need to know if the Fort needs reinforcements to clear out the monsters.

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>>3480896

>>3480869
>The Dragon
Considering there's a purebreed dragon in our party, it feels appropriate.

>>3480897

you have enough SP for that

>>3480869
>selfie with party and Corpse
>The Dragon
>Check on village
In that order.

>>3480924
Make sure Aden is front and center. She was the real MVP of that fight.

Man, the other heroes are going to think we're even crazier once they see we added our phone to our spear and are taking selfies with a corpse.

>>3480897
This is me. I was phoneposting earlier.


>Say we want the dragon and we get first choice.(for misc reasons)
> Take a selfie with the prize with the party.
> Leave Elena as chief negotiator in the off chance they try some bullshit
>Say there are still the monsters in the towns so we can't dawdle at the corpse for now when it takes so long to absorb them into a spear.
>Tell spear lady that if she has anything she thinks I should learn she can help out at the side town. Nick can't deal any damage so that should be where the most monsters are at.
>Check out the side town , we got a sinking feeling that it's one of those things where they ignored a town on purpose again.

>>3480949
We can tell.

>>3480951
Wasn't sure i'd have the same IP on the phone at the time since I was still walking back home. I guess I was in range of my home wifi.

>>3480949
+1

>>3480907
>>3480924

"Your right Sir Riku. It would be important to decide who should get what. So in that case...I suppose I should...give first pick to Sir Flaithri."

"..What is the meaning of this?"

"There's nothing to say. Flaithrí got here first. And fought the beast longer than any of us. Also he had the misfortune of having one of his men get hurt. It's only fair to give him the best chance to improve."

"Such beautiful sportsmanship! To put the needs of others before his own and commit to giving fairness to his fellow man. Truly the shining example of Justice my lord!" Mald retort, once again praising and hyping Lucien up as the royal guards ultimately agree with his decision.

On the other hand Riku stares closely at Lucien while he continues to keep his smile and closes his eyes. You on the other hand were on conflict. On one hand it was exactly as Lucien said. You did the hard work and you should get first pick. However...when it comes from Lucien, it almost sound like he's pitying you. Not only that but this whole thing seems like you're the one who's being given grace rather than being the one to take claim for this victory. It was almost like you lost to him...to Lucien yet again.

This frustrates you further but you decide against acting further. Instead, you decide on taking the dragon head imminently without question. You strongly believe that since you contributed the most that you should get first pick. So you chose the symbol of the dragon. The dragon's essence flows into your spear as does the chimera as a whole.

"Well then I should also give Riku the next go since he been pushed far too hard compensating for the bumbling failure of a certain someone who isn't here."

"...It's nothing. Don't worry about it. I rather you pick instead. You are the one who held the most tactical approach to the waves and adjusted the plan for the greater good when things went off schedule."

Riku didn't like this as well, but he swallows his feelings on the matter and kept himself from getting from what he deemed to be the strongest on the head. Meanwhile Lucien surprises everyone by choosing the head of the goat rather than either the lion or the snake.

"..I think this one will suit me more in the end. Besides...Riku would like the Lion's head first more than me anyway."

Riku deeply glares at Lucian, knowing full well what he was doing. The goat was highly effective for someone like Lucian so he was not wrong about that. Yet here he was directly choosing for Riku in order to have him owe him a favor. He takes a deep breath before stabbing the sword against the lion, feeling the essence flow into his weapon. The three of you manage to get the Chimera's power inside of your blade as the respective animal you chose served as the vanguard for the strongest version of the weapons you unlocked.

>>3480949
>>3480980
>>3480936
>>3480936

con

Seem like nobody went for the snake, something that you'll probably have to give to Nick when you get the chance. So you ask the rest of the crew if they wouldn't mind leaving disposal of the corpse to you.

"Suppose it can't be helped. You are the one who did deal the final blow."

"...It'll just disappear on its own. But what you choose to do is entirely on you. "

With that both groups start to leave. But not before you pull out your spear phone to start taking pictures. This completely confuse both parties as they see you doing something as silly as this. Although...it does give Riku and Lucien some ideas about the stuff that they themselves brought into the world. Still, they teleport out with their party before things got too weird.

At least, you stop the spear woman Rojeel from leaving. You quickly ask if not beg her to teach you as well as asked her if she will accompanying you to clear out the remaining monsters in the town.

"I can do the former, but unfortunately I have to take a rain check on the latter. I agree with having to eliminate the monsters in town. But I want to check back to my hometown to make sure they are safe. So I'll give you this transportation crystal. It'll take you to the estate that I am currently staying in castle town. When you're ready for it, just use it and I'll have my people greet you."

With that she disappears along with the rest of Lucien's party. Riku had already left, just leaving you with clean up as you find a way to deal with the chimera....Still you got the feeling that you should take another picture of the chimera to show to Nick.

Elena on the other hand sighs, placing her hand on her forehead while Vivian ended up getting star eyes from the spearphone.You naturally took some pictures of her and you, dragging Elena into it as well. You want to get Aden in it...but then you notice that she was passed out from the overexertion that she has done. So you decide to store the chimera in your inventory through the assistance of Vivian and your spear.

Afterwards you proceed to the side town that you saw Nick and Raphtalia. It would take a while to get there but you manage to do so. Unfortunately, it was exactly as you feared as the side town aka Lute Village was ravaged by the waves. The villagers were all right but it absolutely look like a war zone happened here. As you go talk to the villagers, they would tell you that a man with a shield and a tanuki fought to protect them from the waves and that Nick handled the beast all his own.

con

>>3481009

Even though he didn't have any offensive capabilities on his own....he still fought to protect the people. That was both admiral...and envious for you at the same time. Part of you wish you could have been there. Fighting side by side to protect the people. >>3480614 Once again you reflect on the fact you let your ego and Irish temper get the best of you. How can you call yourself a hero when you weren't there when these people needed you most?

You begrudgingly leave despite still getting praise for stopping the waves. It felt hollow to you and you want to do more.

>Stay and fix the village
>Go back to the main town to check on the party and people
>Something else

>>3481015
>>Stay and fix the village
They saw how we do things.
We'd be an absolute boon to these people.

>>3481022
Yup, if we couldn't help them in the wave we will help them repair.

>>3481015
>Stay and fix the village
With the Architect Spear, we should be able to do this fairly quickly.

>>3481015
I'm assuming that the main town isn't very far we can pick up our party and go back to Lute Village. Disaster relief is such a basic idea that we can easily understand it.
>Pick up the party
>Use the core spear to manipulate the wood
>Architecture spear to make some basic housing until the local carpenters can fix things up as a whole
>Make some secret shelters
>Ask when they learned the wave was coming (I didn't read anything about fortifications broken so I'm thinking they weren't even informed.)
>Warn them that they were being purposely ignored, so be careful incase it's a scheme instead of mere indifference.
>Make Ice cream for everyone


There's a structure I want to make that Florian should know about. Gonna google it in a second.

>>3481050
Not quite the same thing as I was thinking of, but it's from the same region and useful enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat

>>3481022
>>3481024
>>3481043
>>3481050

You felt immense guilt over the situation. Had you known about the village you could have done something. You could've extended your aid to rectify and support this land. You wish you weren't as powerless as you were right now. It all happened because you were reckless and fought against the plant golem. Maybe if you spent more time training you could've defeated it without question and didn't end up getting hospitalized for several days. Maybe you should've been smarter and did more research on the waves and pick out which towns needed to be protected to ensure that all of them were safe. Just what in the hell were you really doing this past month?

Thinking all these thoughts made you come to a decision. You tell the party to go meet up with everyone in the main village. You were going to stay here and help the villagers. It was for the best as Aden needed some serious medical attention. Yet you couldn't bring yourself to leave this village unattended.

"...We're going to meet up with the rest. After we gotten Aden somewhere safe and attended to...we'll come back to pick you up. So don't go overexerting yourself again. I don't need to tell you why that's a bad idea."

Elena gives you a stern look on her face. You meet her eye to eye, feeling rather shameful of what has happened. You don't have a reply but Elena already knew that. So she takes Aden off your hands and with Vivian's help manage to begin walking to the main village.

That just leaves you to repair the entirety of the village. It was going to take a lot of work to do excactly what you set out to do here. >>3481050 >>3481061 Even so, you bring yourself to not half-ass the job. You put in your all to take this seriously and use Core Spear and Architect Spear to make the basics. You even go as far as to make some secret shelters, repair the watch toward, reconstruct the well and even make the Qanat. Of course doing all this would take the entire night for you. While you work, you decided to lift the people's spirits by making ice cream. You were real thankful to Vivian for teaching you as well as she did about combination magic. The ice cream you make has a wondrous effect on the people and lift their spirits.


Eventually, as it was mid morning, you were still asleep in the village. Once again you did exactly what you weren't suppose to do and now you were currently sleeping on a pile of logs. The last thing you would remember was talking to the village about the waves attack. As you fear they had very little information about it, only that the knights would come to protect them. So all they could do was pray for that to be true. It was hard to tell if it was on purpose or not that this village was ignored. Yet you still decide to put in the extra effort to give them protection in case the knights don't come. And that's what ultimately led you to this fate as Rifana finds you on the pile of logs.

con

>>3481084

"...I should've known...."

Rifana mutters to herself, picking you up and started her long track back to castle town.

>Wake Up
>Sleep some more
>Pretend to be asleep
>Something else

>>3481089
Don't forget your ice cream, There's still some in the Qanat over there.

>>3481089
Well guys, considering the QM didn't let us have a chance to help Shield boy I'm going to assume we were mind controlled. So,

>Contemplate why we chose to go for the Chimera? Didn't we say we were going to help Shield Boi?

>>3481104
That's probably under write-in since we did "agree" to the pincher thing at the meeting.
But you could contemplate how weird is is that meeting the pope gave you the same feeling as the plant boss did?

>>3481104
QM is enforcing full "exactly as stated" rules. Unless he doesn't understand or feels it isn't important, you gotta be specific on the who and the where.

>>3481089
>Wake up
>Ready to go meet Nick and Raph?

>>3481089
How are we being carried?

>>3481104
QM made it pretty clear that Flaithri was convinced by everyone at the strategy meeting to go after the boss.

>>3481118
On second thought, it doesn't much matter how we're being carried.

>Wake Up
>"Shouldn't I be the one carrying you?"

>>3481126
>>3481118
>Implying you don't know we're probably being princess carried.

>>3481089
>>3481126
>>3481116

'You slowly wake up after feeling someone lift you up and carrying you across the fields. Slowly your eyes open up, noticing that it was Rifana that was carrying you. You were hunched back on her back, barely off the floor as she continues to walk. She was no Aden, but Rifana didn't slack off on her physical training.

>>3481093 you open up with telling her about the ice cream. She was embarrassed by the fact that you would remember such a thing. It also doesn't help that you tease her about you being the one to carry her like she was little. Thankfully Rifana was too kind to really drop you, but she was obviously pouting as she takes you to where the ice cream was made. It doesn't take you long to show her how it works and getting her the best batch you can muster.

"...Honestly...you come up with the strangest of things. ...Even when I think I finally got a read on you...you keep surprising me like this."

She goes to eat the ice cream. Her eyes sparkable a bit from how tasty it was. It made her completely stunned and shocked by the substance. There was a strong compulsion to eat more and more....until. A sharp pain hits her head, making her pull back while she holds the ice cream. You quickly explain to her the dangers of brain freeze. Rifana naturally lectured you for not warning her about it prior. The two of you share a moment with the ice cream. Eventually you start to think about >>3481104
.You were so adamant in wanting to help the Shield Hero. Even though the Pope, Lucien, the Royal kinights, and countless influential figures sided with the pincer formation, you were still against risking possible damage for the people. More importantly, it didn't seem right to you that they were forcing Nick to do the heavy lifting and protect the people. In fact.....did he even get the letter about the plan? So many questions start to run through your mind the more you think about it. Why were you won over by the pope to fight the chimera? Why did you feel so empty when it came to battles? And whenever that emptiness was replaced with excitement, why did you imminently go to it? Just what exactly is going on? The more you try to weasel through for answers, the more your head start to hurt. Ultimately Rifana broke the silence and asked you if something was wrong. You didn't want to worry her so you told her nothing. Instead deciding to change the subject about wanting to go meet with Nick and Raph. Rifana turned her head from you, looking down at the ground as she has a sad look on her face.

con

>>3481176

"..Not yet...I'm still not at the level where I can be with her as I'm really am. ...But I'm getting closer to it...little by little...Like for instance, I didn't run from the waves. ...I went and protected so many people from the monsters. I even fought some offspring's of the Chimera...the Nue. With Andros and Melody there...we didn't let anyone die. So you don't need to worry. ...I can protect the people now....It won't....ever be like my village again."

It was clear that she was shalen up about the first wave. I mean who could blame her. It was only a few months at least since the first wave. Then there was what happened to her village and her ultimate fate as a slave. You still don't know the full story about her experience, but it was clear that she still wasn't over it. That being said, you go to hug Rifana, letting her embrace the warmth while letting her cool down. Only once was she was ready again do the two of you begin to talk again.

"...Anyway...there's another reason why I can't meet with them right now. I need to stay and watch Blake. Aden is still in recovery and Melody hasn't left her side since. Not to mention there's call for the heroes to go to the royal palace. That means you need to show up and present yourself to the King. I'm sure nick will be there. So go wish them luck for the both of us alright?"

She placed her right hand against your chest, smiling as she fist bump you. Part of you wanted to stay with Rifana and go check up on Aden. You need to properly apologize to her for what happened. As well as perhaps apologize to Blake for absorbing one of their cousins. Unfortunately, you were requested to go to the King and head out to the Ball. It was better in the long run that you do so. So two of you teleport back to Castle town to get ready.

Who do you take with you?

>Take Elena
>Take Andros
>Convince Melody to come with you
>Go solo

>>3481202
>Go solo

>>3481202
>>Go solo
No one in our party is willing to go to the lions' den. We'll just have to go by our lonesome.

>>3481202
>Take Elena
She's on merchant duty: securing deals like guaranteed sales of our monster bits/potions in exchange for an increased markup and access to certain privileges.

We're going to need a dedicated blacksmith at some point.

>>3481202
>Take Elena. She can note whatever common sense we don't have that he's trying to abuse. Andros would be a semi hostile choice in the eyes of the King and Melody might immediately die since we never got told which person.
>Tell her to keep an eye on the status screen. That thing with the plant making me attack it felt way more familiar than it should have.

>>3481202
>Take Elena
If a high-class event is on the agenda, there's only one woman for the job.

>>3481214
>>3481221
>>3481224

You decided to take Elena and Vivian [Forgot her so I'm going to assume you want her as well] to the party once you reunited with the party. Being in castle town after hearing several of your party's backstories so far made you uneasy and a bit on edge.

So you felt safer leaving the girls who weren't coming with Andros. With him around you didn't have to worry about any kidnapping or assassination attempts. Not to mention, a former noble showing up to the King would probably be quite the controversial choice. And you weren't sure if Andros could really temper his blade and not attempt assassinating the king. You want to believe he's far smarter then that, but then again so you are you and look where you are now.

With Elena's help, she got you a more formal version of the clothing you usually wear for adventuring. Now you didn't look like some mad spearman but still was prepared for almost anything that can happen. You also mention to Elena that she was on merchant duty and to keep an eye on your status at all times.

"Yeah I got it. So what I also been doing since joining your party."

The two of you laugh while Vivian slowly comes out from the changing room in a beautiful gown. She looked rather cute for someone so young. Meanwhile, Elena was wearing a suit. She was a little tense so she didn't felt like wearing a ballroom gown for the meeting. A dress suit was far more fitting since she was practically your secretary.

So without any further delays, you make your way to the palace and meet with the King. Upon reaching the gate you exchange words with the Captain of the Knight Order. He leads you inside to have an audience and party with the King.

con

>>3481268

"Ladies and Gentlemen, it does your King's heart well to see you all have come here safely. As you know we managed to successfully defeat the second wave. There were very little casualties but this is a massive improvement compared to the first wave. So I consider this to be a success. And it all couldn't have been done without the efforts of our military, the continued faith of the church. But most of all...our Cardinal Heroes working together to defeat the mighty Chimera. So I decree a toast. A toast to our efforts as we continue to tackle the waves together and save not just the kingdom, but the entire world as well."

Wise words from King Aultcray Melromarc XXXII. Well...wiser than anyone else in this blasted kingdom at least when it comes to the nobility. The crowd naturally cheered and everyone raised a toast to his words...all except one person. Nickolas on the other hand was stationing himself in the back. He had no interest in following orders if he didn't have to. This was probably for the best as he didn't draw any attention.

That just leaves you to enjoy the party. Elena was naturally securing deals and spreading your work. She would make her heritage proud...but don't tell her that. Vivian on the other hand was eating several of the sweets, as well as to seemingly get along with Raphtalia of all people. In the back of your head you can naturally assume that Vivian was feeling a little breast envy with being surrounded by people like Raphtalia. And yet she was still having a good time...in her own way.

That just leaves you. So how will you spend your moments here?

>Eat the food
>Head to Nick
>Talk to Riku
>Go Find Lucian
>Look for Myne
>Talk to the King
>Talk with Pope Gregory
>Something else

write in your dialogue

>>3481295
>Nick

"Hey Nick, did you ever receive my message before the wave? I heard what happened to that small village and I wanted to thank you. No one told me about the place even though it was in the middle of the damn wave."

>>3481295
>>Head to Nick

>>3481295
>Head to Nick
>Give the chimera bits

>>3481300
This plus
"Also, I have something for you; the last head of the chimera. Probably shouldn't give it to you right here and now, but when you're ready let me know."

>>3481295
>See if there are any foreign dignitaries. You want them to regale you with tales of their land. (trying to push the envelope on that "can't leave Melomarc" thing Nick said. Word spreading back about the heroes wanting to leave Melomarc but not being allowed to could put some political pressure to let us explore further without being too confrontational since we personally were never told we couldn't except by Riku.

>Talk to Nick I guess those reinforcements dedicated to protecting the towns worked exactly as planned, eh? I also have the last head of the chimera, apparently the other guys think things despawn but i've not seen that for myself yet.

>>3481300
>>3481303
>>3481306
>>3481309

You decide foremost that talking to Nick takes priority above all else. You still want to try and get some journals from the Pope, talk to Myne about the mission quest, discuss with Riku about the dragon that he killed, and perhaps push your pride aside and get a better stand in with Lucien. This all seems like one complex game with multiple choices. Although for you, it was more living the story written by a famous historian writer. Still, this was reality and reality required you to face it head on.

"...Go away. I don't want to be dragged into some stupid endeavor."

Nick imminently tries to push you away upon you approaching him. Once again he was being rather distant and defensive. This was once again similar to Riku but more bleak and cold. Like he doesn't even want to open up. Not that it wasn't like it was not warranted. This country seems to hate the Shield for reasons that you still don't understand fully. Yet you know deep down that Nick was a good man. A rather broken and morally questionable man but a good one all the same. So you press forward, asking him about the wave including the message and thanking him for protecting the village.

"...Huh...Is that so? I find it hard to believe that a Cardinal Hero other than me wouldn't be told about the villages that were under attack. Not to mention I didn't hear a damn thing about the meeting or receive a message. And I previously met the captain of the royal order. Practically shot fire on us to kill the monsters but didn't give a damn about us or the possibility that it could hurt the villagers. The only one with an actual sense of decency is his Vice Captain and his men. They're the ones who actually stayed behind and helped me and Raphtilia fought off the waves till it was cleared."

This was completely different from the Captain of the Royal order told you. He said the shield hero tore up the letter and chose to ignore it altogether. Caring about his own safety over yours or so the messenger he sent off to deliver it said. This wasn't adding up. Still as a show of good faith, you offer to give Nick the last head of the Chimera. As well as converse here >>3481327


"I'd say that lines up precisely what the others would think. They're already disillusioned about this world being more than just a game.And since when did you become a builder? ...Fine I'll take it. I can't exactly turn down the guy who killed the Chimera now can I? "

Logically both of you were saying all of this with the auto-translator off. You didn't want to give any further fuel to the fire. You then proceeded to giving the fourth head. A small light comes between the two of you as the transfer begins.

con

>>3481365
With that you successfully manage to transfer the chimera head. The Serpant merged with Nick's shield, unlocking the chimera shield series for him and the snake being the strongest one he unlocked so far. You try and use this chance to talk about sharing info with one another until suddenly...

Myne of all people shows up with several others.

"Ah Sir Flaithrí, I been looking for you. I wanted to talk to you about some things privately. But it seems that would be unnecessary as I gather you came to directly confront the shield hero about his misdeeds. Such as...owning a slave and forcing them to fight on their behalf like a dog."

A bold claim from Myne Sophia as the crowd was positively shocked by this. Shock quickly turned to disdain and anger as people start to whisper with great haste. Nick on the other hand glares at Myne before turning his head.

"So what if I'm using a slave? Slavery is legal here in Melromarc. And as far as I'm concern that's good enough for me to use. Besides, countless people use Demi-humans like they're not even real people."

The counter argument from Nick as he refused to back down from Myne. She kept her cool, placing her right hand on her hips while the two were having this stand off. Although it was clear that Nick was certainly in a disadvantage. Before you can speak up, Myne starts to speak again.

"Not only did you not show up and defend the main village, let alone and show up to fight against the chimera. You start to throw dirt in our face in this sacred celebration? As well as justify the harsh treatment that your doing to that poor demi-human? I knew that you were rotten but that's a whole new low for you. "

Nick started to get really angry at Myne, coming close to jumping from the window to directly attack her. Yet he keeps himself from moving from the spot before slowly walking away to calm his nerves.

"Hmm...Sir Flaithrí. Didn't you once say that the next time you see the shield hero that you'd teach him a lesson? I think this would be a good opportunity by challenging him to a one on one duel in the arena."

In hindsight, you probably shouldn't have said that as it seems a lot of the people in the room remembered such claims. How you were going to teach him a lesson and smack him good. It doesn't look like anyone knows about your one on one duel with Nick, but that didn't change the bind you were currently in.

>How do you respond?

>Decline her offer
>Accept her offer
>Make an excuse
>Something else

>>3481392
>Bring our spear to bear against her.

"I will not be a part of your schemes, bitch."

What other things I am not against are

>Killing her now

>Agreeing to a staged fight.

or

>"Yeah, we did that already."

>>3481404
The staged fight is where the Shield beats us up horribly. Maybe we can lure that mind control out and find out who it is. Bet you they will try and make us fight harder.

>>3481392
>I already beat the crap out of him weeks ago,(Clearly we won that punchout!) testimony from the nearby village told me that he was busy fighting some sort of sub-boss that had arrived, I had personally improved the reinforcements around the main city as well as leaving behind some members of my party to handle any surprises that might trouble the knights,and I found a half dead and starving child with a slave mark within your very dungeons shortly after my arrival. You do not get to lecture anyone on the barbarity of slavery.
>Now if any of the heroes wish a duel, I am more than willing to take up the offer.

>>3481392
>Make an excuse
> "I did that already. Clearly he hasn't learned much. Maybe I'm just not a good teacher."

>>3481404
>>3481422
What happened to maintaining appearances with Myne?

>>3481392
Do we have a spear that can protect us from mind-altering affects? If so,
"Shield Bearer, I challenge you to a one-on-one duel. Our weapons would be our own bodies and fists. If I win, you must consider your slave your proper party member and to consider her words. If you win, I will give you an item of your a rare item of your choosing."

>>3481427
She probably already knows we have Demi-humans in our party. She has a pretty strong opinion against them.

>>3481427
I suppose I can leave out the last line about how she can't lecture anyone. There's maintaining appearances, and then there's acting like a complete idiot who can't put 2+2 together.

Perhaps a line change where we point out that it's impossible to let them go without the expectation that they might be enslaved again at this point in time?

>>3481427
At one point our compliance is detrimental to our fate. We will be fucked over like the last spear if we don't take hold and either A: Leave the Country or B: Call the Filth and hope our fellows realize they are being played.

I say we can call her out now because we will be leaving soon.

>>3481428
We are not Immune to Mind-Control Effects. We are only immune to Slave Seals. But all this was said by the Bastards who we are not trusting.

>>3481444
>>3481448
But there's still Melody to consider. We were perfectly pleasant to her when she was talking to Melody in the temple because crossing her could very well put Melody in danger. Why are we going back on that?
We don't need to comply, but we don't need to make a scene, either. All eyes are on us right now.

>>3481435
Myne probably knows that we have a slave, but she hasn't called us out on it. I think it's clear she just wants to make Shield look bad.

>>3481448
Actually scratch the Slave Seal being suspicious, that was the Slave trader. Funny enough hes the most trustworthy guy in this entire world.

>>3481454
Then we quickly kill her. If the curse goes off then we can offically declare that the Kingdom has killed our party member and declare this place scum of humanity.

I know its heartless, but we got fucked over by taking the poor girl in. Here she's likely more powerful than any of our party members, but her skills were sealed and she might be both a ticking time bomb and a mole.

>>3481448
It was said by the help text we read early on that we're immune to slave seals so there is corroboration on that front. We also skip the need for level uncapping.
>>3481454
I think you see it as more antagonistic than I do, but given her personality, that is a reasonable fear.
Perhaps advising the people here(that should all be reasonably powerful) to make an emancipation proclamation if so many truly do detest slavery would be in order? They all stuck thier foot in thier mouth by using that as a reason against Nick so now they HAVE to do it in order to save face.

>>3481404
>Accept her offer
she's going to cheat. She's going to hit Nick. Re-read that line: She's going to attack one of the legendary heroes meant to save the world.

>Make new terms to the duel
>If Nick wins, we give him money and material aid
>If we win, our demi-human party members will "judge" him for his actions lol
>When the duel is rendered null and void, get both terms done

>>3481428
Yes, the Core spear. We should do the whole fight while only using that spear, really.

>>3481465
But why risk losing our healer Melody for the chance to screech at Myne in a situation where it will do fuck all except piss off everyone present? I just don't understand what we're supposed to gain from your plan.

>>3481470
How is ranting at her about tangentially related issues anything but antagonistic?

>>3481465
The seal on her looks/sounds like it's the same sort of magic as a slave seal but modified to me. We got ourselves knocked out for a week so we never were able to discuss ways of getting rid of it in the temple.

A) Cut off her tongue and then use healing magic to regrow said tongue
B)Outlevel it the seal (This is my long term plan and why we should powerlevel Before Mynne notices, If Melody was forced to say we should not level too fast instead of it being true then it means Mynne knew Melody would be able to resist it eventually.
C) Learn how to remove slave seals or dispel magic
D) make her a new body somehow, transfer herself into that one and kill the old body
>>3481487
I didn't see it as a rant. Mynne just rattled off a massive list of things we had to correct while looking perfectly innocent. It's not like we didn't object to the fight. A guy that can attack vs somebody that can't (as far as we know)is extremely one sided now that you have actually given mye time to think of it so it hardly even qualifies as a duel. We'd be better off looking for Lucien or Riku on that end.

>>3481518

>>3481422
I'm removing the bit about that village saying he helped them since that puts a HUGE target on their faces. I was slightly worried about it but the more you argue she's gonna murder melody, the clearer it is that Mynne and her cohorts are gonna wipe the village from the map in retribution or to silence them.

>>3481475
This is what I will agree with. Its both clever and a good way for us to fuck them over.

We just need at one point to really need to fix Melody. Again, that seal is fucking both her and us over so much.

>>3481475
There is clear opposition to my earlier vote and I am ok with tricking her when it comes to the duel. Mynne might not actually have the information network she used to have after being stupid enough to fuck over her own bodyguard like that.

>>3481518
Myne rattled off that list of things specifically so that they couldn't be cut down one-by-one. Of course countering everything will look like an angry rant. As for the one-sidedness of the duel, if Nick's powers are anything like ours, he's got a few tricks up his sleeve.

>>3481475
>>3481528
I'm okay with accepting the duel. I say we either throw without looking like we threw, or if Myne cheats to help us win like >>3481475 says we justifiably complain about interference (without indicating Myne directly since Melody) and say we won't accept the victory because of it.

>>3481568
>Sounds to me like Mynne has never encountered a single person half decent at debate or capable of being too stupid to not tell the truth and ruin her plans without dying.


I'd be against actually throwing away the duel. We've got our honour here and if she cheats to win it makes it sting even more when her scheme does nothing.

>>3481404
>>3481422
>>3481427

You decide to make the excuse that a fight would be pointless. You and the Shield Hero already fought once before and you strongly believe that you won. Not really helping with things considering that Nick is interrupting you by saying that he won that fight. Something kick into you to argue back saying you won. Probably your irish hotblooded nature just making you unable to admit defeat. The of you quickly stop bickering when you decide to go back to telling the nobles that you fixed the damages and had your trusty party compensating. So there was no need to berate Nick for all of this. However...

"That might be all well and good. But you can't exactly be cleaning up for his messes. Also there's nobody to really prove that you did what you say. Besides..."

Myne shocks the both of you by pulling you close and whispering into your ear.

"I'm sure my best friend would love to see you fight for her. She always talked about the legends of the four heroes when we were kids.The Spear Hero for example was her favorite hero~I'm sure the spear hero would do anything for those who believe in him. So if not for justice and retribution. Then fight for your own personal interests. Like for glory...or for Melody's sake. Or should I say her real name....Rinora Hawkins. "

With that something in you practically pulsed within you. You start to grip your hand against your chest, a black smoke seems to seemingly come out from your body as your spear starts to glow a rather crimson shade. There was blackness in the orb. You felt the need to fight...you were going to fight. This empty feeling was going to be quenched. Most of all...you were going to give Melody exactly what she needed. You were going to save Melody and give her everything she wants. She is your Melody and nobody can have her.

"Curse Series requirements....have been fulfilled. Spear of Lust...acquiring"

You slowly rise after almost giving everyone a scare. Myne on the other hand continues to have her smile as she talks about a legendary fight being formed. Of course she still talked down on it being a one sighted fight since she saw the Shield hero as a weakling.

That's when you decide to step in with some requirements. >>3481475 You agree to the fight, making a rather sinister look on your face. But you want a one on one fight. The terms you decided. Myne opens her eyes rather slowly before closing them to resume her smile.

"Fine with me...but if the terms are null and voided..then all of them get done. And that includes...the freedom of that slave over there."

Myne directly points to Raphtalia who was just now captured by the knights. Tied and Gagged, the poor Tanuki Demi-human could not speak up to stop this battle.

con

I told you all we should have stabbed the bitch.

>>3481642
And become the enemy this deep in the country, inside the royal castle? Stop being the big dumb.

>>3481609

"It's for her safety. After all, slave seals can be modified to do a whole bunch of things. So for all we know the shield hero could have manipulated the seal to force her to say exactly what he wants. It's why Slave Seals are such a troubling thing and have been deeply contained...or so we thought. But that's for later. What do you say...my king?"

Myne turns her attention to the King as he was watching all of this happens. He has a stern look on his face while standing between his staff.

"If that's what the people want then I will abide to the rules. They will all be done accordingly. So if Sir Flaithri then Nickolas will be judged accordingly by his party and the slave crest will be removed so there will be no lies or deception. If Nickolas wins, then money and material aid will be provided by Sir Flaithri personally. It'll be a one on one fight. The first one to fall will be the loser. Until the fight begins, the two of you will be barn from talking to anyone in order to prepare your souls for combat. I take it neither of you have any disagreements?"

King Aultcray Melromarc XXXII surprisingly was rather accepting and...fair about the terms. It seem like things were going your way. But you could honestly care less about that. Right now you wanted to fight, you have to fight. You wanted satisfaction in every sense of the word. Nickolas knew that if he turns down then he would lose the only chance he has to save Raph. So he begrudgingly agrees.

The two of you were escorted to your respective arena holds to think about the next fight. All your skills, all of your training, all of your experiences were preparing for this moment. But before you leave, Riku surprises everyone by mentioning a phrase.

con

>>3481645

"In my world there used to be an old saying. The unstoppable Spear vs the impenetrable Shield. There was a warrior who held both of these weapons. He was practically invincible as he never lost. He was praised as the strongest hero....but one day....one of his followers asked about his items which he explained. Then the followed pointed out the paradox between the two. Which was truly stronger ? The Spear or The Shield. I think this battle will serve as a demonstration to prove this legend."

"That's a rather interesting purposeful Riku. And the people do want to see such an outcome. Honestly I'm in the same boat. I want to see what these two can do. Even so, I believe that everything will be brought to light in this match."

And there's the personal views between Riku and Lucien. Seems even they are supporting the fight as there was no way around it now. The two of you were brought to your respective areas to plan and think. Only when the doors open did the two of you proceed to walk into the arena.

How do you start the battle ?

>>3481673
Stick only to Core spear. This will be the only handicap we'll use to even the fight.

Test him with the multiple thrust skills. Its not quite a fistfight but itll do.

>>3481682
+1
I guess the shit affecting us was the spear itself. Damn thing was driving us closer to battle lust until it unlocked the curse series. Guess it makes sense, but damn we're we unlucky.

>>3481673

For the record, I did some digging and I want to correct myself on a previous statement in the other thread. The pink haired Dancer is Rino and the mage is Lesty in terms of the original spear hero party. So I apologize if this seems a little off but for the good of the story I want to be more consistent/accurate.

PS: Fuck the anime and the translation for the manga.

>>3481692
I didnt dig too deeply, but I think its a "feature" built into the weapons left in because it either cant be removed without sacrificing several weapon trees or the power is just too useful.

Terrible idea? Yes, but so is creating giant mindless monsters to kill people to strengthen the barrier and indirectly supporting incredibly corrupt styles of governance

>>3481642
>>3481609
Elena HAD to have caught that sudden status effect if it wasn't totally obvious to us already.
And spear of Lust? Melody's booty game must be phenomenal for mentioning her to bring that out.
>>3481643
Not to mention the other heroes would attack us before things got sorted out thanks to what it looks like.

>>3481645
Well the King goes up higher in the suspicio-meter. Noone's allowed to talk to either of us? Seems like a way to keep anyone from noticing our altered state of mind.
>>3481673
We seem to be bloodlusted,which makes things much more dangerous for Nick. I think the intent here is to make us accidentally kill him?
Spear shot
Follow up with a basic thrust and explosion from whatever obsidian spear has evolved into by now.
That took out a chunk of SP (i think?) but we can conserve it afterwards since shield hero now has to be wary of us sending a spear shot at him and is on the defensive.
>>3481692
Well we are slightly behind everyone else. I could see the spear "encouraging" us to get more exp.

>>3481713
I was personally thinking that the spear either activated as a way to urge us to get exp, or it reacted to mynne's mind control since while in a half berserk state we can't be manipulated as easily by anything else she might have been trying to brainwash into us.

>>3481715
Lust isnt only sexual. We've had 3 triggers for lust already

Beauty/sexual
BloodLust
Touch fluffy

.....of course, its no surprise for anons to not realize when theyre under the Lust ailment and pick touch fluff automatically

>>3481720
What I'm waiting for is if we defeat Nick, that we turn around and attack everyone else.

We are in a Curse Series weapon, almost no one can stop us unless both the bow and sword work together. Even then though their chances of victory is slim if we use whatever ability QM gave it. I'm just hopping it's actually Gae Bolg based on the description.

>>3481673
Lightning spear and Spear Forest. I don't think he'll be moving much, but I'd like to immobilize him before he can pull any tricks. Keeping him as unable to retaliate as possible is our best bet considering how tanky he is.

>>3481682
I'm not sure we can afford to handicap ourselves, or if it would even be in character at this stage. I'd like to, sure, but since the spear is mind controlling us to go wild for Melody's sake and Myne just threatened Melody's life right to our fucking face, I think Nick can take a little beatdown. Clearly, he isn't convinced that he lost the last round, so this is also our chance to correct that notion.

>>3481757
It's no surprise that the intonation to indicate it's a joke doesn't always translate on the internet or to anons.
>>3481759
It's worse than that really. We have the same general advantage Naofumi had from bonus stats, the high level weapons that were in the armoury that the OG heroes were using to "skip" ahead, AND a curse series weapon.
We might give Florian the fear of death before Rifa or somebody else stops us.

>>3481682
>>3481692
>>3481715

You wanted a challenge. You wanted a true fight worthy of carnage. There could be nothing else. Satisfaction is all that matters. You lust for victory, but right now you want to be satisfied. Nickolas will give that to you. You current level was 35 while Nick's was around 21. There was an over ten level gap between the two of you. This was going to be child's play for you. But why not have fun making him suffer to satisfy you?

Starting off with the Core Spear, you start with a simple spear shot thrust. Nick on the other hand completely endures the attack as it seems to have no effect on his shield. This surprises you as the two of you oppose one another while holding ground.

"...heh. Seems like the story about the unstoppable Spear lost because it could not break through the impenetrable shield. "

You yell at him that nobody was going to accept that. You demand that he fight. This was a fight where can only be one winner. Pushing Nick to fight at his best while you will fight to destroy him. These weren't words that you would say normally. It was probably the Spear of Lust affecting you to be so filled with bloodlust...and actual lust.

The next combo you decide to go with was a flurry of strikes via Chaos Spear. Tries as he might, Nick couldn't deflect all of them as a few cuts bruise his right and left arm. The very sight of blood motivates you further. Although the Spear of Lust wasn't out directly...it's influence was starting to take hold as it gradually forms from within.

As you go to prepare for another strike with your spear, Nick times his run to avoid your attack. Once he was close to you, he slams his shield directly at your chest, lifting you up. There was little damage as it was nothing to worry about. Yet for some reason...there was something dealing more damage over time.

What do you do?

>Take notice of what has happened
>Continue to fight
>Something else

>>3481800
>Take notice?

Eh, what is this? Really.

>>3481800

also write in your dialogue on how the battle is going.

>>3481800
>Take notice of what has happened
Switch to defense while we check. Do the spear twirl thing.

I dont remember what the lust effect does. Greed destroys your equipment while Wrath respecs stats to attack. Was lust something that drains hp?

>>3481835

For Motoyasu, the Lust and Envy combo makes him obsessive over Filo and her race but also see most women as pigs. Literal pig faces and can only hear them speak as oink.

I'm thinking of Disillusion here but also taxing against you, either HP or MP for the high risk, high reward that comes from blood-lust.

>>3481800
>Take notice and remember to glance at your status screen during the next pause in combat.
>Lightning spear now that we've got him right where we want him. He's wearing all metal and in close contact.
Then we use the appropriate earth type spear ability to chuck him into the air like Toph and setup our next move or check our status screen.
If it's that bio seed like I suspect we can just burn it off in an explosion.

>>3481800
>Take notice of what has happened
>Lightning spear, supporting >>3481842
"You call that an attack, Shield-bearer? I think you fight better with your fists than that 'legendary weapon' of yours!"

Wait, are these just the balloons biting.

>>3481800
>Take notice of what has happened
Supporting use of lightning spear. I propose use of Spear Forest afterward to immobilize him.
"Can you feel it yet? The weakness of a shield is that it can't cover your whole body!"

>>3481849
If it's balloons we can just do something cool like casting fire on ourselves (with a fire+ resist spear active)for half a second to remove anything attached to us.

>>3481819
>>3481835
>>3481842
>>3481845
>>3481845
>>3481850

It seems despite the overwhelming bloodlust that was slowly consuming your mind, body and soul....you were still resisting in some way. It hasn't completely taken control over you or else you would've went full power right off the bat. However, the longer the battle goes, the more your will will start to disappear and be replaced with the lustful desires trapped with in. Both from you and from the spear itself. So with your half-aware clarity, you look down to see a balloon of all things biting against you. >>3481819
Such a thing would be completely laughable if it wasn't actually working.

" Seems you discover my trap. Balloon Body Armor. Even if I can't deal a lot of damage on my own....my shield's power gives me the advantage when it comes to support and defense. You won't be able to pierce through my defenses and my Magic Aura will continue to power up my little friends...till they're strong enough to bring you down.!"

You start to laugh at this. At first you comment as >>3481845 . At the same time, you stomp your foot on the ground as you make a rather devilish smile. This fight was getting interesting. You knew that Nickolas would be the one to quench your thirst! As you spin your spear, naturally you activate the skill Spear Wheel Dance to blow away the balloons that were on you, removing any aliment that was also on you from their bite. Nickolas takes notice of this as he holds two balloons in his hands. Naturally you begin to rush towards him as you slowly start to switch spears.

"I won't let you! Air Strike Shield!'

A massive green construct in the shape of a shield manages to manifest out nowhere. It collided against you, dealing damage as it didn't come from the shield but rather the knockback damage you receive from moving towards it. It seems that Nickolas was finding ways around his predicament...which was good. Very good for you cause that means you didn't have to hold back!

" Shield Prison!"

...Once you get back to form, you prepared yourself to combat the onslaught of balloons that were coming at you. However, a entire cage made out of shields and chains manifest and "Capture" you inside. Now trapped with a ravenous army of balloons, you would be force to try and survive. Easier said then done however given that you were unable to fully use your spear skills to their fullest capability in this tiny spot. So the only thing to do was to take their blows and wait it out. This still worked in your favor as it gives time for you to regain SP and switch from Core Spear...to Lightning Spear.

con

If only Myne had talked us into going up against Lucien instead. One day...

>>3481903
Can't say I blame her for not wanting her boy toy to get penetrated by our massive shaft. You know she'd never be able to satisfy him afterward.

>>3481890

Eventually the shield came down as the duration finally came to an end. Your health was depleted by one fourth....nay perhaps even half. This is a good learning experience from you. As you start to realize that the bloodlust you were feeling was trading defense for pure offensive power. All good as you feel it deep inside you. The spear of lust was almost complete...it just needed only one more thing. You reflect upon his while on the ground.

" It's time for you to give up. I think even you have to admit that you seen better days.You can't beat me with pure raw power."

Upon saying that you start to hear countless nobles speaking over the underhanded tactics that Nickolas was using. But you didn't care. This was fun...this was truly fun. Being closer and closer to the climax was making it all the more exciting. You wanted more...you NEED more. You WIILL get more! The same wicked smile started to creep on your face.

"..Well if the crowd considers me as a filthy cheater. Then I'll just play the role of the villain and claim my victory!"

Before Nickolas can throw his next attack, you timed your spear forest for that precise moment. Both you and him were going to destroy each other. That's exactly how it should be ! To experience pain and to give pain simultaneously...that what it means to truly be alive! It was to be the greatest of highs for someone as filled with as much blood lust as yourself. However...

con

>>3481917
Things are gonna get interesting if we catch her interfering.
I wanna yell out that if she wants to interfere with the fight then she needs to get down here and join in it.

>>3481928
Did I just hear a SAIKOU NO HIGH?

>>3481928

A powerful blast of wind disrupted both the Shield Reflection skill and your Spear Forest Skill. Nickolas has the misfortune of being knocked back onto the ground. As he gets up to see what just happens, his eyes catch something hiding in the distance. What he saw was about to drive him completely mad with hellish fury. Most of the nobles couldn't see this and you on the other hand while able to make out their face in the shadows are too consumed with bloodlust to care. Although she was really smoking hot and it was doing it for you. But boners will have to be put aside as you wanted that climatic victory. You will not lose, you cannot lose...IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOSE. You chant this repetitively into your head as you think back to Melody. It keep going over and over and over and over again.

The Lightning spear turns crimson as you move in directly to attack. >>3481850 is what you shout as the electric current of Lightning Spear was making it hard for Nick to properly dodge. Soon enough he found himself stunned as his magic aura cannot keep up in time to stop this.

"Shi-"

Before Nick could finish that, you completely penetrate him with a fully powered up Lightning Spear. The spear roars violently as it shoots a powerful beam of crimson light, completely different from the usual blue aura. The blast goes throughout the arena, quite possibly punching several holes through the walls to parts unknown. The people watching were safe but as for Nick...he took most of the brunt of the attack as he falls to his knees.

Meanwhile you start to laugh as you stare into the sky. Chanting your victory as you got the climax that you wanted. The Spear of Lust was now complete and ready to be used. With this power you were unstoppable. No one can touch you, nobody can oppose you. Not even Lucien would be enough to handle you as you are now. ...The Strongest one of the four cardinal Heroes!

>How do you proceed?

>Continue resisting
>Fully embrace the spear of lust
>Something else