Arc 4: What families entail
Road to a hero:
Three chances in another world
Chapter 23. Interference
The Red Arrows watch Julius leave the base camp as Leo leaves his room. He walks into the middle of the party and slams his spear on the ground, the loud sound catching the attention of the Red Arrows and stopping the partying in its tracks.
Leo: “LOOK! In two weeks I will be meeting Beauregard. If he attacks us I want you all to fight back. I NEED YOUR HELP! I WOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR WITHOUT YOU AND I WON’T BE ABLE TO FINISH IT WITHOUT YOU EITHER! ARE YOU WITH ME!?”
The Red Arrows shout, the sound echoing throughout the tunnels. Julius hears this on his way out, entering a carriage right outside the tunnel's entrance.
Calgary: “So, you with us?”
Julius: “I am not with anyone. But the best chance of me winning is me staying with Beauregard. But I want my fellow teammates with me.”
Calgary: “That elf girl? Want me to do anything?”
Julius: “I have an idea in mind.”
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Deep in the snowy forests of Greenvale mountain, something is soaring around in the trees. Swinging off of them, and jumping between them. It’s chasing a snow rabbit, barely visible to the naked eye, and right as it’s about to run out of the forest, it gets grabbed by something black and stretchy near a cliff. It gets pulled to a man cloaked in all black, with a mask carved to look like a skull. The rabbit squeals in fear before the man starts to pet it. The man takes off the mask, his brown hair blowing in the wind.
Gray: “Got yah little guy. My hair has gotten a lot longer since I got into this world. The back of it is touching my, well my back. This mask is really well made too. The Sect doesn't slack, good work.”
After so much time practicing with his mana, control with the spirits, and time multitasking various abilites, using the cloak was seemingly to be a cake walk. Just by using his own mana and will it moves to his will, and even if it doesn't seem that strong, it's just another tool in his belt. Gray stands up, but the snow underneath his feet gives way, causing Gray to fall off the cliff. But luckily the rabbit jumps out of his hands to safety.
Gray: “RABBIT DON’T ABANDON ME!”
Gray {Wait…don’t panic…focus and execute the move.}
Gray takes a deep breath, stretching out his hand, trying to shoot the cloak out and save himself. But it doesn't stick to the snow, so Gray continues to fall thousands of feet through the air.
Gray: “TIME TO PANIC SHIT! I’M GONNA DIE! THINK! THINK! TRAINING? SPIRITS? SHOWS? VIDEO GAMES? I GOT IT!”
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Gray flips his body, spreads his arms, and lets the cloak spread throughout the air. It starts to pick up the wind, so Gray sticks the cloak to his back letting the rest of it act like a glider.
Gray: “YES IT WORKED NOW I GOTTA PULL UP!”
Gray falls further and further, he tries to pull up but the wind stops it from happening.
Gray: “SHIT BACK TO PANICKING! Wait…spirits…WIND SPRITS! WIND SPIRITS HELP!”
Gray {No that won’t work, I'm only connected to normal spirits!…I’m about to die…spirit sense…focus on the spirits around me…and try to move them with me…}
Gray starts to pull up, right about to splat on the ground beneath. Then suddenly, he pulls up gliding straight up. He then starts to glide through the air.
Gray: “I’m gliding…I’M GLIDING!”
Gray loses focus and glides directly into a tree. He stumps down, planting his face into the snow.
Gray: “Ohhh…I was gliding…ow.”
Ryo walks up behind him, helping him up.
Ryo: “That’s one way to get to Greenvale village.”
Gray: “Well it was fast…almost died though.”
Ryo: “I would have caught you…I think.”
Gray: “Well I need to make it back fast…I should be getting letters today…”
Ryo: “Well pick up the pace!”
Gray runs through the forest, making it to the outside of the wooden gates that protect Greenvale. Gray runs inside right to Gordons’ house, repeatedly knocking on his door.
Gray: “HEY COME ON! LAST LETTER I GOT SAID THAT IF I DIDN’T GET ANOTHER ONE GO TO ATHENS IMMEDIATELY!”
Gordon opens the door, catching Gray's hand.
Gray: “So I got one?”
Gordon: “Yes but there is an issue, walk with me to the training grounds.”
Gray: “Cool, I get to see them training. WAIT WHAT ISSUE!?”
Gordon: “The letter said everything is fine and to wait on coming.”
Gray: “So what’s the issue?”
Gordon: “Well the first problem is that more and more guards from Walgonia are looking for this place, and a lot of the previous guards, before Arthur's crowning, have been fired.”
Gray: “So the Sect is making its way into the Walgonian army…but they don’t know were this place is?”
Gordon: “Nope, this is a secret village. That’s why you were brought here, so the Sect couldn’t find you.”
Gray: “Makes sense…and the other issues?”
Gordon: “That means any of the previous letters could have been found and tampered with.”
Gray: “What gives you that Idea?”
Gordon: “Here, look.”
Gordon hands Gray a letter. Gray opens it and it looks different from Rosemary's handwriting, reading it aloud.
Gray: “We had to postpone the meeting with the Gravestone pirates. So you don’t need to travel here. Love Rosemary.”
Gordon: “Seems weird doesn’t it?”
Gray: “Yeah and she said, '' Love Rosemary.”
Gordon: “That’s the weird part? I thought the weird part was the grammar. The way of speaking was different from Rosemary’s.”
Gray: “Yeah that too…but she normally says hugs and kisses…not love. Rosemary didn’t write this, someone else did.”
Gordon: “That’s the same conclusion I came to.”
Gray: “Then something's really wrong.”
Gordon: “Ryo should already be at the training grounds. I want to make you some armor before you head out and that’ll take a bit so until then I’ll train you as much as I can, with Ryos’ help of course.”
Gray: “Makes sense.”
They make it to the training grounds, the big wooden house with a giant yard behind it where different warriors train. The home was similar to classic Japanese architecture, which caught Gray's eye weeks prior when he originally saw it, but after seeing Ryo's kimono and katanas, he's finally made the mental note that someone of Japanese origin had gotten transported to this world.
Gordon: “Usually a member of the Leviathan army will train for years before even being allowed into the main army, but you have to push through that. Ryo said the katana wasn’t a fit for you, he also said you couldn’t multitask.”
Gray: “He would be right.”
Gordon: “Also, what’s that mask on your side?”
Gray: “Oh this…a trophy.”
Gordon: “Whatever, okay let’s get started.”
Gordon opens the house door to a wondrous house, warm and cozy with paintings of Musashi, Gotsu, and all the other Van Helsings hanging on the wall.
Gordon: “Alright, lets go to the training grounds.
END OF : Chapter twenty-two