As Mizu and Trenti were walking, they walked by a Statue of someone. Mizu stopped as he then looked at the statue as there were... Definite features of the statue
"Hey uh... Trenti who's this statue about?" Trenti then stopped walking as he walks back a couple of steps "Oh, it's the Queen of Etris"
Mizu then looked at the writings engraved onto the stone "Took hold of the place after the Lord eventually died for unknown reasons. The people don't mind at all nowadays, the queen is actually making peace treaties with the other factions unlike the Lord"
Mizu then looked around as he noticed something unusual "Wait what? Why did everyone move to the sides"
"The queen has arrived!" A person shouted as everyone scurried to the sides as well.
"Come on Kid, let's not get in the way ya know" Trenti said in a hint of panic in his voice as Mizu just followed Trenti.
Soon a carriage of some sort was passing through but instead of horses, it was knights with a black palette armor "Make way for the queen!"
A knight shouted as the carriage continued being carried through the road. The two males looked at the carriage being carried as a window, that wasn't covered by a curtain, was facing the two.
"Shit!"
Trenti made Mizu duck his head as he ducked his head as well.
The carriage stopped as the door opened, revealing the queen in her glory "Don't move Mizu" Trenti said quietly as Mizu stood still, not moving an inch.
"Interesting..." The queen said lightly as she eyed at the bystanders.
"Trenti, you know it won't work right?" The bystanders looked at the tall burly man as Trenti just rose his head.
"Hello... Your Majesty" He then sighed. The queen then entered the carriage once more "Come in" Trenti then stepped inside as Mizu stood there
"You too, child.." The woman said as the boy went inside as well. A guard then closed the door as the carriage was then carried once again and made its way to the palace.
"So, who's that child with you?" Mizu bowed while he was sitting down "I'm Umi Mizu ma'am"
The queen waved her hand as she put out a small smile.
"Do not fret, you can just call me Ada"
Trenti was looking at the two but he saw a slight change on the queen's posture 'Did she notice..?' Trenti thought of it but then he just shook it off.
"So what do you want from us, Ada?" Ada then cleared her throat as she then looked at the two "I was gonna ask something from you once again"
Trenti then raised one of his eyebrows "And that is?" Ada then took a sip from her tea as she took a deep breath and released it.
"The Duchess in the Upper Parts of Erisia hasn't responded to our crow messengers... even to the point where the crows don't return at all" Trenti was then confused.
"Wait wasn't she cooperative before getting to Erisia?" Ada nodded "Yes but then when our last reply from her was received she just plainly said 'THE FORGE, I HAVE DONE IT' and that's where she stopped"
Trenti then soon fully digested the information "So you're just basically telling me to just knock some sense into her?" Ada hummed in response.
"Sorry Ada but I can't do it... But I know someone who could" Trenti then looked at Mizu.
"Huh? Me?" The male in questions was quite confused.
He even went as far as to pointing himself as Trenti nodded.
"I suppose it will work" The queen then looked outside the window as the carriage finally stopped, they were outside the palace.
"Trenti, mind talking with me a bit more inside? I'll let the carriage get to the docks while Mizu is inside" Trenti just sighed as he pats the back off Mizu.
"Alright kid, I have someone waiting for you there, her name is Amarico got it?" Mizu nodded "Alright good luck kid, I'll see ya later" Trenti and the queen hopped off as the carriage started to move again.
"Now, mind telling me how he's back?" questioned the queen.
As the carriage was being carried, a guard was walking at the same pace as they suddenly spoke; "So, Mizu was it? Think I heard that name before" The male guard said as they kept walking "You did?" The guard nodded "Think I remember my grandfather told me it, he was the person that strived to unite every faction if it costs his life" He then sighed, which concerned the male. "It's quite sad that he didn't make it out on the first-ever expedition in The Depths" Mizu then hummed. "I wish I can be like him, just being fearless to everything and trying to save everyone in every way he can" The guard grinned "I believe in you kid, you already look and sound just like him" Suddenly the carriage finally stopped as the guard opened the door for it. Mizu hopped off as he then looked around. "Anyway, you go down the slope and just keep going straight and you'll see the docks" He then closed the door "I'll see you around kid" Mizu then looked at him "What's your name?" The guard then fix
As Mizu and Amarico started walking in the temple, Mizu can hear the clanging of swords and blasting of guns "Wait what was that blast?" Amarico turned around to look at him as she then thought about it "If I remember correctly, the queen started giving out weapons called.. what was it? Guns, there we go" Amarico then shrugged "Etris, along with Isle's of Vigils has been gaining some treaties with the Summer Company lately so I guess it's because of that" Mizu finally understood "But hey, the ones who are actually using the guns are using mantra bullets, basically a weaker version of a real bullet" Mizu nodded "That's good to hear, thought someone might die due to that" The 2 continued walking to their destination, a big training room. There were all types of weapons there from Greathammers to Swords and to Daggers, the room was filled to the brim with weapons "Alright kid pick whatever you want I'll wait for you there" Amarico then went to the arena as Mizu slowly looked at the
"Tell me again on why I have to use this instead?" Mizu was looking at the sword he was holding instead of his regular katana that he used "You aren't still prepared to what Trenti gave you" Amarico then fixed her bandana as she then swings a full punch combo as Mizu looked at her "So were going back to Etris right?" Amarico then nodded as she waited for her bell to chime and form the circle to teleport to the palace of Etris "It's gonna be your first ever mission? Aren't you excited for it?" Mizu just shrugged "I don't know anything except the basic combat that you taught me so" Amarico then laughed as the bell then chimed "Oh there it is, come on! Get in before I leave you here alone" Mizu then stepped inside the circle as the two then waited to be teleported. Almost immediately they were engulfed in a blinding light in a matter of seconds as they were now in-front of the gate of the palace "Halt!" A loud male voice shouted as spears were pointed at them "Who are you?" Ama
"So this is Erisia?" Mizu looked around as there was a massive gate in-front of them. The trio looked around as there were countless ships awaiting near the small beach that they were on "There's so many boats..." Amarico then looked around "Strange... people mostly gather here to find some squads to venture into the upper parts... but.." She was quite confused "This is really strange" The queen, Ada, tried to sense something with her enhanced hearing but nothing was emitted from the silence "Nothing... We'll worry about that later, for now we need to get to the Duchess's Manor, we can't waste time" Ada then started to walk inside as the 2 followed suit, there they saw what seems to be like Megaloudaunt carcasses and bodies around the area "Jesus fucking christ!" Amarico stumbled back "What the fuck happened here?!" Amarico then looked around as she saw a male moving near a rock that has 2 slopes "Hey are you alright!?" Amarico and the crew rushed towards the slowly dying ma
As the crew was slowly approaching the Viper's Jaw, they hard shouting and crying as soon as they got closer and closer "You hear that?" Amarico said as she slowly crouched herself and used her Felinor ears to hear more clearly. "Yeahhh! Let's fuckin feed her to the Sharkos!" A voice said as a older voice spoke up "Hah! The sharko's would probably just stomp on her because she's a blind fuck" then suddenly the female voice that was crying suddenly spoke up "Please! I beg of you! Stop doing this!" She cried out loud "Shut up bitch!" The guy slapped the girls face as she kept on crying "I just want to see my brother again" The girl cried as she was covering her head As soon as Mizu heard that a flame of determination bursts out of his eyes as he gripped his sword tightly "So what's the plan" Mizu asked as he gripped the sword's handle with both of his hands as he looked at Ada and Amarico "Well, first off we can just go in guns blazing... They don't have that good weapons. F
Amarico picked up the dead bandit's body as she threw it down the huge cliff they were on as it fell down to the bottom, a splat was heard after."P-Please don't hurt me" The young girl that had a blindfold on said while protecting her head. She was cowering in fear.Ada then comforted the girl "Do not fret, we are here to help... What is your name?"Ada said lightly as the girl started to have tears leak from her blindfold as she started bawling her eyes out "Shh... It's alright, you're safe now"Ada kept on patting the girl to make her calm down.After a few more minutes, the girl stopped crying as she was wiping herself down with a handkerchief Ada gave her.She then bowed "My name is Kate... I-I'm a future blindseer" Amarico was then surprised"You have been in the depths before?" Amarico asked as Ada looked at her feline companion who asked the question"What do you mean by that Amarico?"Amarico then thinks of it "I've read some books and some of them state the Blindseers must e
After a minute or two, Kate stopped crying. Mizu approached her as she then sensed him, she looked at him with her blindfolded eyes but you can see it was damp because of her cries. Mizu then grabbed his pouch as he gave 3 flowers to her. He got it from the loot bag a while ago "Please, place it on his hands.." Kate nodded as she then grabs it slowly. She then grabbed her brother's hands as she opens his hand and placed the flowers there. She then closed it slowly and then moved his hands near his chest. Kate then stood up as she then looked at her brother's dead body, she hoped he moved on peacefully... Mizu looked around as he saw a sword that was near the body. He grabbed it as he then stabs it near the ground the body was to symbolize that he died with honor and pride "I'm sure he did pass on in a haven we would like to see and share..." Mizu said lightly as he pats her head. Suddenly Kate hugged him as she then tightened her grip. Mizu pats her head as she just kept hugging
"The Megalodaunt has 4 attacks, 2 of which you can easily dodge" Ada was teaching the crew as they were slowly approaching the Viper's Jaw "The other 2 is their roar and it's pellets... As long as you don't give in to it's roar you are fine" Ada then unsheathes her dagger as they were now outside it "And for it's pellets, you can just go behind something" Ada then looks at the 3 as Amarico cracks her knuckles as she then made Kate go behind her "Stay behind me alright?" Amarico looked at the blindfolded girl as she nodded "Mizu, you're gonna help me out on killing it" Ada then slowly entered the cave as Mizu followed suit. As soon as they saw light, they saw the ominous figure, it was 15 ft tall with a hunched back but it was still menacing. There was a odor that almost made Mizu puke but Ada on the other hand was slowly crouching behind it. Mizu waited for any signal from Ada as she was fully behind it. Ada then signaled to Mizu to grab its attention. Mizu nodded as he ran up fr