The quartet journey on the road to Frishia. On the lonely road to Frishia, the long dirt road with grass on the sides. Twenny has a storage 'ring' so they keep their items inside.
"HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE!!" Twenny kicks dirt and huffs with annoyance. "We've been walking for 3 days and haven't arrived yet!"
Aku chuckles, "Come on Twenny. Don't act like you haven't walked this much, how did you get to Avua in the first place?"
Twenny answers with a blank face, "By flying."
Flint trips, "WAIT?! You can fly?!"
"Well duh, you just need the right runes and you can even reach the end of the sky." Twenny whirls her fingers as runes cover her feet and she floats.
Chuck holds his chin as he imagines himself flying and being showered with praise by people, mostly girls.
Flint stares at Twenny with sparkly eyes, "Teacher, can you teach me?"
Twenny puffs her chest, "Of course, I'm your teacher. This is how you do it." She starts to draw runes as Flint pays attention. 3rd tier runes are complicated for him so Twenny does it again as he watches and she explains every rune to him.
Aku looks at the direction of the city and imagines them arriving in the city. Her imagination number 1.
Above a city wall somewhere, soldiers are on it as people troop into the city to get ready for the monster tide.
The soldiers on the wall suddenly spot 4 people approaching in the air, "Look! There are people flying here!" The soldiers gather to look at them as they land before the city, they approach them. "High rank adventurers with them there's no way we can lose." They end up on the front line but since their strong people push them further ahead so only the 4 face the monster tide.
Aku shakes her head, imagination number 2.
They approach the city as the soldiers are patrolling at night then they see figures in the air. The soldiers raise the alarm, "ENEMY ATTACK!! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!!" the soldiers attack them before they even land.
Aku shakes her head then turns to look at Twenny and Flint and mumbles, "I won't allow it." She walks up to them and holds Twenny down, "We're walking and that's it."
Twenny groans, "What a pain." She stops flying.
Flint has a sad expression, "But why Aku, we'll get there faster."
Chuck is knocked out of his imagination as he makes an attempt to speak but Aku speaks first. "What if we get attacked by the soldiers, they're probably on high alert. We fly in they might think we're monsters and attack us." Chuck stops and looks away.
Twenny shrugs, "If they attack and we fight back it's self-defense, it's not against the law. We'd even win this at court."
Aku looks at Twenny with a confusion, "I don't know how your place is but the nobles make the law here. If they say they want you dead you die. The last thing I want is trouble on our arrival day, that will make becoming a knight hard and they might even put us at the front to die."
Twenny looks at Aku with disdain, "You really want to be a knight for this puny kingdom, for Count Razzle?"
"Eh, maybe not for this kingdom." Aku rubs her head then she asserts. "But I'll be a knight either way." She turns to leave as they follow.
Twenny shakes her head as her thoughts, "You really want to waste your strength to be a knight of some kingdom. I can't understand this world's thinking. Also, WHY IS SHE SO AGAINST FLYING?! Even if I'm a Calamity, my feet hurt is sore from walking for so long." She follows them as they continue to the city.
Night arrives as they make camp by the roadside, Flint goes to hunt for dinner. Chuck takes up a music instrument like the guitar and starts to play it.
He plays it so well that it gets Twenny attention, "I didn't know you could play so well."
Chuck smiles, "It's all about the heart, if you'd ask me for music, I would have gladly played for you."
Aku is tending to the fire, "He does it for girls."
Chuck hits a wrong note, "This has nothing to do with that! Besides, I like music."
Flint arrives at that statement, "Oh, are you trying to woo Teacher with music?" He walks to Aku with rabbits and gives it to her.
Chuck stops and exasperates, "Why does everyone assume I do everything for girls?!"
Flint turns to Chuck, "Because you've asked every girl in the village out. Even went for those older than us."
Chuck shrugs, "As a man, I'm merely searching for my soul mate."
Flint sits beside Chuck, "We were 12."
"So what?" Chuck continues to play his instrument. "It's all about love."
Twenny tilts her head, "IS it love if you ask everyone out." Chuck froze for a while then Flint raises a brow at him then Chuck keeps playing.
Aku roasts the rabbit as Twenny applies spices on it, she makes hers too spicy for some reason. They rest as Chuck plays sweet music into the night as they all fall asleep.
They wake up the next day and get back on the road, up till now they haven't encountered any monsters. Twenny terrorized the monsters so much they never got close to the village not even when it's full of easy prey.
The next day they finally encountered monsters.
*DING* The sound rings in Flint's head as a screen appears before him.
[INFORMATION MAGIC DISPLAY LEVEL 6
NOTICE: Detected monsters in the vicinity.
NOTICE: Caution is advised.
END]
Flint takes his sword, "Get ready guys, there're monsters here." Aku and Chuck get ready to fight so does Twenny. Goblins appear surrounding them as some have bows aimed at them, Chuck stands before the quartet with his shield as they get ready. Twenny beat it into them to never, NEVER underestimate anyone.
Aku sprints forward, "I've got the ones behind the trees." She speeds off moving from haphazardly as she dodges arrows fired by the goblins. "Too easy but still, SWORD TECHNIQUE > MOON STEPS." Aku takes a step then somehow seems to flash around like light rays, she swings her swords. *SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH* 4 goblin heads fall as she jumps to the trees. "SWORD TECHNIQUES > FLICKERING DASH." She moves quickly like a blur. *SLASH SLASH* 2 goblins fall as their bodies have been split in halves.
Flint raises his sword. "SWORD TECHNIQUES, ENERGY MANIPULATION >> ENERGY SLASH." He swings his swords *SLASH SLASH SLASH* EP leaves his sword like blades splitting 8 goblins apart as the EP blades continue even after hitting the targets. He turns to his left, "DRAGON KIN > DRAGON FEAR." EP gathers in his eyes making it look like slits as STATUS EFFECT > FEAR falls on the goblins. Poor things died from fear.
Twenny nods her head as she observes, her thoughts, "Great job. They quickly divided their strengths and eliminated them quickly without holding back. Underestimating weaklings just increases their chances of victory." A goblin fires an arrow at Twenny, she couldn't detect it.
"MISS TWENNY!" Chuck rushes behind Twenny and blocks the arrow. "SHIELD TECHNIQUE > SHIELD WAVE." He hits his shield from his side as a shockwave leaves the shield aiming for the goblins. The shockwave hits them as they're ripped apart from the shock, their limbs scatter. Chuck turns to Twenny, "Are you alright?" he looks genuinely worried.
Twenny is surprised, Aku jumps and lands before her. "What were you thinking?! You couldn't have gotten hurt or killed?!" She gives Twenny an earful.
Flint stares at Twenny in thought. "Why didn't Teacher notice the goblins? It's not like her to slip up like this. System, could you tell me if there's something wrong with her or if she's sick?"
He hears System in his head, "No negative effects can be detected from Twenny and she seems to be healthy."
Flint still finds it odd, "Are you sure?"
"100%." System replies.
"But why didn't she notice them?"
*DING* a screen appears before Flint as it's an appraisal of Twenny.
[INFORMATION MAGIC DISPLAY LEVEL 6
Name: Twenny(20) Alcore
Race: ######
Title: #######
Rank: ########
Level: #########
Stats:
-HP (Health Points): #########
- EP (Energy Points): #########
- SP (Stamina Points): ########
- SoP(Soul Points): ########
Physical Stats:
- Strength: ###########
- Endurance: ############
- Agility: ############
- Intelligence: ###########
- Wisdom: ###########
Flint: Why are you showing me this? You told me I couldn't appraise her or I'll get a backlash.
System DC: Affirmative but this also has another meaning.
Flint: What meaning? *Flint looks at Twenny*
System: When a target's level is too high, it means the target's detection skill on applies on threats.
Flint: But an arrow was aiming for her.
System: Indeed, but it was no threat to her. It wasn't even worth 1 HP to her hence her inability to detect it. In short, individuals possessing high levels cannot detect low level individuals until they pose a threat.
END]
Flint looks at Twenny whose being lectured by Aku, his thoughts. "Just who are you Teacher? From all that has happened, it almost looks like...looks like you're not human." He walks up to them as he pleads for her. "Calm down Aku, she probably tested us to see how we respond."
Twenny gets an idea, "Yes, yes, it was a test." Aku stares her down as Twenny looks down.
Chuck chuckles, "I think she's had enough. No one got hurt so I think it's alright."
Aku shakes her head, "*Sighs* Alright. I'll let this slide. Just be careful."
Twenny beams up, "I will." She giggles.