"One day, you will know that being a leader would save most people. Well, since you have a good heart, I could only suspect you to beco a gentleman in the future. So for now, travel far and wide and prove yourself, Arthur," Fisher said, as he stood from his seat. "Make yourself at ho, Arthur. Your girl friends are inside so rooms my friend suggested. And liodas is on the other side of this room. Go check him out and see if he has a change of heart. In the anti, I will personally prepare a banquet for everyone, including the four of you. It's a celebration of saving my children. My family would be a part of the preparation team I assigned earlier. Although we're currently in the middle of a famine, there's still so monster at left to spare for our al. My wife also prepared so vegetables to colour the plates."
"I am saying this again, Arthur. I deeply apologise for my absence from this upcoming fight against the demon. Nobody in this world wished to die in vain. And that includes your team and you. But the thought of leaving my family was not sothing I could do easily.," Arthur continued, with his eyes glued to the ground.
"Like I've said earlier, Sir Fisher. It's fine. We can handle that demon all by ourselves. Giving us so hospitality inside this village is more than enough to help us on our journey. Please lift your head, Sir Fisher. You've done nothing wrong," I answered, and requested Fisher to raise his head.
Fisher followed my request and stared into my eyes. Like a kid who had rembered sothing, Fisher told to wait inside this room. He also ntioned that he wanted to give sothing that could help on this journey.
After a few monts, Fisher ca back inside the room and brought sothing in his hands. It was a shield carved with various runes that amplified its defences. It also allowed knights to wield both the sword and the shield at the sa ti, with no drawbacks.
So weapons had side effects that would hinder the player from using so abilities. But that did not apply to this shield Fisher gave to .
"Since you're a knight, I want you to have this. It's a shield that my ancestors passed throughout the ages. Since I have gotten old, I couldn't use a sword and a shield at the sa ti. My muscles and bones had already deteriorated from their peak form," Fisher explained, while chuckling at his own joke.
"Thank you, Fisher! I will use this well throughout my battles!"
I could not imagine myself using a shield on my left hand and an Excalibur on the other. I had so ideas when I was still the strongest player in this ga. But I never applied it, since those shields hindered from using my abilities.
I activated my system and gave a brief scan of this defence item. Within a few seconds, a window appeared, telling the descriptions I needed to know.
[Congratulations! You have obtained Aegis! Aegis is a shield built by the famous artisan and dwarf. It is a shield capable of passively increasing the wearer's stats and defences. This shield could also be unequipped and used as a passive skill.]
[When equipped: You could use skills from Aegis and control them.]
{Skill obtained: Shield crash}
[Shield crash: This allows you to throw your shield and deal damage to your enemies. There's also a high chance you could stun your enemies for a few seconds. If you lost control of your shield (for example: an enemy blocked your attack), Aegis could return to your hands upon calling for its assistance.]
[When unequipped: The passive abilities of Aegis would activate as soon as the player unequips the shield.]
[Passive ability unlocked: Automatic shield]
[Automatic Shield: This allows the shield to instinctively protect the player from any incoming damage. Since your level is low, your shield can only protect the player. The shield's speed greatly relies on the player's speed.]
Those two skills I received from Aegis would really help us fight against a strong opponent. If I level up, Aegis would also level up and beco stronger. I never had a shield before I got nerfed. So I couldn't contain my excitent when Aegis touched my hand.
"Thank you, Fisher! I will use this to save others!" I exclaid, and flashed him a smile.
"I know you will. That's the reason why I gave it to you in the first place, Arthur," Fisher replied, and returned my beam.
After our exchange, Fisher made so ti for to talk with liodas. He ntioned he might wake up around this ti, considering the hours already passed.
I nodded at Fisher's suggestion and went towards the other room. According to Fisher, rleen and Fenrir stayed in a different room. The two of them shared a bed and slept like a baby. They already went ahead of and hit the sack. But I guessed they were too tired of dealing with all these events at once. I did not want to call out their attention, since those two ladies were already resting in their room.
I needed to stay awake for now, since there was still so stuff left for to do.
As soon as I stepped foot inside liodas' space, the bard was already wide awake. He t my eyes and watched enter his room filled with nothing but a mat and rag in the centre. If I had to guess this place correctly, the villagers used this studio as their shrine to the animistic god. But they also prayed for the chalice that could grant them eternal food and save them from this famine.
Despite being held prisoner by Fisher, that soldier left the bard with his musical instrunt at his side. Fisher did not even reinforce so soldiers to guard this room, knowing that I would be the one to talk things out.
"Did they treat you right?" I asked, and took a chair for to sit.
I sat in front of liodas and t his eyes. My ears were only pointing towards him as he spewed his sentences.
"Why didn't you kill ? Why are you here in front of ? Are you trying to reconcile about what happened before, Arthur? I tried to kill everyone, including the one you love. And yet, you spared my life. You could've aid for my throat, but you hit with the poml of your sword." liodas ranted, as he glared into my eyes. "What's the catch, Arthur? Are you going to make do sothing out of my will? You are a soldier, too. So I expect that to happen. I am a bad person, Arthur. And I won't change my mind about killing Fisher if I have the chance. That fucker is also a strong knight that knows sothing about the knights of the round table!"
"Like you've said, liodas. If I wanted to, I could've killed you like I would kill a bore. But I didn't. And I couldn't do that to you even if I tried. I consider you as my friend, liodas. You helped us save those children from becoming demons," I answered, and walked towards him. "I want you to see this, liodas. Maybe you could change your mind."
liodas had thousand question marks imprinted on top of his head as he heard . But he did not doubt my words as he stood up from his seat and followed my lead. That bard still had his eyes peeled for any trickery I prepared for him.
However, as it turned out, the surprise I wanted to show him was not sothing that could hurt him.
"Daddy, can I place the flour here?"
"Father, I told you I will handle the bread and its filling!"
"Dear, can you help cook this boar? The at refuses to cooperate with ."
"Coming! I can't split myself in half, everyone!"
Those voices ca from Fisher's family preparing the banquet he promised to prepare. It was a picture of a rry family working together to create a al for the four of us. liodas stared at the scene for a few seconds before averting his eyes from Fisher.
He always ntioned that powerful knights had the ego of a sailor. liodas also had this delusion of picturing knights as so cancer plaguing society.
Although I had not t a knight that described that scene, liodas could have so point about it. Soone out there could be exercising their titles to do what they wanted against the village's will. I was just lucky enough to et such kind people, including liodas, Fisher, and this village. I could exclude Caerleon's kingdom, but I also t Green and so rcenaries he recruited in his team. Those people were also kind to when I stayed in the village.
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