As the sun slowly rises through the sky, the lights envelop the forest like a warm blanket.
The forest was brimming with wild life, the birds chirping and the forest ambience tranquility was interrupted by a sound of instrument playing.
As the guitar starts with a soft strumming played by a small bear like plushie with a red scarfs around it's neck, and a soft drum adding its soft rhythm played by a bigger bear like plushie who seems to enjoy playing the drum as it's head bop side to side,a soft melody from a flute played by another plushie,this one resembles a bat, it wore a top hat too, and a warm nostalgia breath of accordion played by a rabbit like plushie with two different colors eyes blue and red, then a voice sings out
"There will come a soldier
Who carries a mighty sword
He will tear your city down
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh, Lord"
That voice was non other than Rover himself, instead of his previous outfits, instead of his previous modern combat outfits, now he's wearing a dark gray cloak, the cloak looked quiet ordinary, but it's a legacy class item. While Abby was laying at her favorite spot, At the top of Rover head sleeping blissfully.
While singing Rover pulls out his sword and brandishes it like a knight in the song he sings.
"Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh-lei, oh, Lord
He will tear your city down
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh, Lord"
He continues to sing and sheat his sword back.
"There will come a poet
Whose weapon is His word
He will slay you with His tongue
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh, Lord"
Rover continues the song but this time he cast a couple of small spells in his hand, like fires and water, to him the poet was a wizard that can kill people with a magic incantation.
"Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh-lei, oh, Lord
He will slay you with His tongue
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh, Lord"
As the song continues the instrument began to pick up its beat up, becoming livelier than before.
"There will come a ruler
Whose brow is laid in thorn
Smeared with oil like David's boy
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh, Lord"
This time Rover picked up a random tree branch and used it as a fake staff, he covered his head with the hood and put on a skeleton mask, resembling a Lich, who commanded an undead army.
"Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh-lei, oh, Lord
Smeared with oil like David's boy
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh, Lord"
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh-lei, oh, Lord
He will tear your city down
Oh-lei, oh-lai"
As the song begins to reach its ending Rover, remove both of his mask and hood, keeping the big stick because it looks cool.
"Oh
Oh-lei, oh-lai
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh
Oh-lei, oh-lai
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh
Oh-lei, oh-lai
Oh-lei, oh-lai
Oh-lei, oh-lai
Oh-lei, oh-lai, oh"
As the song finally end, Rover turned his back looking towards the plushie, he bow thanking for the wonderful song.
The plushies clap and made happy noises as the feels genuine pride in their talent with their instruments, boasting to each other.
While they continues to walk, Rover was happier than ever, he have been walking for a couple hours, singing and laughing and just enjoying the moment 'I would have love if my friends were here, but alas you can't have everything' he thought with a sigh.
Rover looks back at his echoes, "hey guys wanna sing another one" He asked raising his finger, the plushie who were still boasting looks towards Rover with an excited expression and nodded vigorously.
Rover place his hand on his chin and picking what song should they sing next.
"Ah how about-" Suddenly a scream piercing through the Forest making Rover stops.
Abby immediately woke up, look and pointed towards the direction where the scream come from, "Rover that way" Abby pointed out.
Rover immediately turned stern "Everyone let's go" He bolted towards the scream
Unaware that this is going to be his first introduction towards 2 major country in this world.
A couple moment before
The quiet and peaceful forest was broken by the sound of 2 sister running for their life.
"Come one nemu we need to run" the older one said to her younger sister named nemu. Nemu looks back at the direction of their village "but big sis what about everyone else?" She questioned with a shivering voice that was about to burst into tears.
The older one keeps a tight grip on her younger sister's hand with a grim expression as they run through the forest.
Behind them 2 knight with armor chase them, getting closer by the minute.
"Get back here you bitch" One of the knight bark.
As the chase continues through the forest, unfortunately for the sister nemu stumbled and sprained her leg and falls down which causes the knight to get closer faster.
The older sister immediately pick her sister up and tried to run but alas she was too slow, and got her back slash by one of the knight.
As she fall the knight stood tall above them with their sword dripping with her blood.
"Finally caught you, took us for run" The knight who slash her Bark with confidence and anger.
"Just finished it already so we can rally back with the captain" The other knight said with some tiresome in his voice.
The first knight look at his fellow knight with a glare and click his tongue "yeah yeah, just give a minute, I want to give this bitch a lesson for making me chase them" The looked toward the sister with malicious intention.
"Don't worry nemu I'll protect you" The older sister said weakly to her younger sister while hugging and shielding her younger sister.
"Just hurry and finished them already, I don't have time to watch you sick fuck, or do you want me to report to the captain that you waste our time " The other knight bark.
Glaring at his fellow knight for threatening him, but he didn't say anything as he knows the consequences for wasting their time, they need to move fast for their mission that their country gave them.
"Fine"
He raised his sword and was about to swing at the sisters, the sisters could only close their eyes and pray to whatever out there that could save them, and pray to be hold someone did came to save them.
As the sword about to hit them something fly towards the knight and hit him hard, breaking his armor and launching him back.
The other knight was in shocked, he looked at his fellow knight in the ground with their armor broken to pieces and lying there lifeless.
As he looks back at the Prerprerator, it was a human sized bear plushie.
Before he could say anything "hey catch this" A voice rang out from the forest and another object went flying towards him, before he could raise his sword it already hit him square in the chest sucking the air out of his lungs, as he fell to the ground grasping for air, the object that hit him was another plushie but this time it was the size of a kid, it's a bear like the first one but smaller and had a shovel.
Before he could regain his strength the plushie raise it shovel and bonk him.
The sisters were speechless and dazed seeing the plushie beat the knight without a problem.
"Huh I thought they would be tougher than that" A voice besides them rang out.
They look up towards the source of the voice, a man in his 20s with black hair and golden eyes.
Seeing the sisters was still distressed and both of them wounded he kneel down and took out 2 red potion out of his pocket "here drink this, it's a healing potion, it'll heal your injuries" He offers them.
Taking the potion with trembling hands both of them the sisters look at each other and drink the potion, after drinking the potion, their wound instantly healed.
Seeing their wounds disappear Rover smile "can you tell me your name?" He asked them gently.
Still in a daze seeing their wounds instantly healed up, they look at each other then at Rover "I'm enri and this is my sister nemu" The older sister name enri told him their name.
Rover nodded "I'm Rover,can you tell me why these knight chase you" He asked while looking at the knight both of his echoes defeat with such ease 'they are weak, like extremely weak' he thought to himself.
If he had to estimate their level in Yggdrasil these knight are probably below level 10, while the echoes he just use were only level 30 ish.
"Umm those knight chase us because they attacked out village and we had to run" Enri look at the knight "we don't know why they attack the village all we know is that they attack the village without a warning" She continues with a tinge of sadness in her voice.
Rover nodded again "can I ask you another question? Do you know magic?" This time Rover asked wanting to know if the inhabitants of this world know magic or not.
Enri nodded again "yes I have a friend who is an alchemist and can use tier magic"
'Tier magic' Rover raise his eyebrow.
'Does that mean someone else from Yggdrasil came here before me?' He thought to himself, since the possibility of other players came to this world he thought maybe some of his friends came too.
Nemu who seeing that the person that save them beat the knight with his companion thought maybe they could save everyone from the village, she immediately stood up and asked "Can you save everyone else" Rover was surprised hearing the request "you're strong and powerful right can you save them" She asked again with a teary eyes "nemu stop don't asked him that he just saved us we can't trouble him" She said even though she wanted to save everyone but not wanting to cause trouble towards their savior.
"But he's strong, he can save everyone else like those heroes from the books" She said to her sister "please mister save everyone, mom, dad, and my friends" She gripped her clothes looking down with tears swelling up "please... Save them" She asked quietly while trying her best not o cry.
Rover seeing this couldn't help but sigh, he doesn't want to cause trouble on the second day of his arrival on the new world, but fate has a different plan for him.
He patted nemu head "don't worry I'll save everyone, your mom, dad, and friends" He said with a soft and calming voice.
Nemu looked up towards him "really?" With tears rolling down her face.
Rover nodded "Really, but you have to promise that you'll listen to your big sister alright" Rover said as he offers his pinky finger "pinky promise" Nemu nodded and made the pinky promise.
Rover stood up and took out 2 horns and give it to enri "if you are in danger blow this horn and you'll summon someone to help you" He point at the horns, Rover think for a second "actually just to be sure" He looks towards his echoes, the plushie merry squad, the squad immediately went to Rover and was ready for his command "from now on you guys are to protect enri and nemu with your life, understood" Rover said and the squad nodded enthusiasm.
Immediately they went to enri and nemu cheering them up, specially nemu who was just crying.
Seeing that the echoes immediately try to cheer the girl up Rover nodded and look towards the village, Abby pop up besides him "Alright then looks like we gotta save the village from the bad guys huh" Abby said while punching the air besides her.
"Yeah, I already made a promise, and I intend to fulfill that promise" He looks at his had and grip it tight.
"But I suggest sending another echoes towards the village first to make sure none of them is too much for use, even though these knight are weak" Abby looks towards the knight laying in the ground "who knows maybe their just fodder".
Rover nodded "Yeah you're maybe right, let's call some reinforcement" He pointed his hand in front of him "Rise Cadentus".
A knight with a shining armor immediately appears, his presence was incredible.
Cadentus is a level 90 echoes, Cadentus a knight captain that had died during a battle, but his spirit couldn't pass on to the afterlife but Rover help to settle his regret and sworn his loyalty to Rover and gave him his frequency so that Rover can call him to aid Rover anytime.
"Your wish is my command Lord arbiter" He kneels towards Rover
"Go to the village and kill all the knight that attack the village but detained the highest ranking within their ranks" Rover command with authority.
"It shall be done Lord arbiter" Cadentus immediately blitzed towards the village.
"That was a bit theatrical don't you think" Abby asked
"It sounded cool in my head so" Rover just shrugged.
"Alright enough chit chat, time to save the day" Rover said and blitz towards the village.
"Well I guess it's hero time" Abby just shrugged and disappear.
End of chapter
Well well well guess who got lazy and forgot to update their fanfic... ME.
So yeah sorry I got lazy and forgot.
I'm excited for wuwa x Edgerunner, but man my pulls is not nice, I got denia but at the cost of losing 50/50 to calculator.
Anyway sorry for taking too long and see y'all next time.