A Roegadyn in Equestria

A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 24: Between a Rock and a Rock. Ouch! Part 1.

*Point of view: Brex Mith*
*Location: Mane Hattan, High rise hotel*
*Time: The Day after the two-week job finished*

Brex was currently standing in the main lobby of the high-rise hotel with Fancy Pants and Fleur de Lis that were standing in front of him, along with a contingency of guard mare's that resided within the building itself.

At first glance, one might think that he was in a predicament but that was far from reality. What was currently happening was a type of farewell between Brex and Fancy Pants as employee and employer. The two weeks had expired the night before and Brex was getting ready to leave.

It had been only a few days after the whole Phase incident, but during that time there were a few small changes around that he had noticed. For one, there were a few more guard mare's around that were of the unicorn variety. Well, that's what it would look like to an outsider. The unicorns that were newly employed were in fact Changelings from Fleur de Lis’s family.

Last night before his final hours were up, a group of Changelings had requested an audience between Fleur de Lis, Fancy and Brex. Apparently, the reason was that they wanted to work alongside their sister and future brother-in-law. Of course, when this was mentioned the pair in question were blushing deeply from embarrassment, but in the end after a small chat it was agreed that they would come and work alongside Fancy Pants and be his personal body guards along with protecting Fleur de Lis.

But there apparently was a slight change in the dress code that caught the Roegadyn's eye. The several Changelings that were standing before him right now with the group that was already a part of the staff, happen to be wearing a female variant of his Mysterious Butler outfit. But when it came to these females that were now employed, their version was rather... provocative with how they emphasize their curves and somehow Brex wasn't quite sure what to think about it. All he knew was if they switched out the pants for some stockings then they would be the Butler version of a Bunny girl.

Rory had picked up on this and commented by saying, “Oh~ I see how it is. So, my Master has a thing for outfits I see. Perhaps I should think about trying something next time we-“ But was quickly interrupted by Brex saying to her using the mental connection, “Could you not do that while there's emotion readers around?! The last thing I want is to be accused of being some kind of a pervert and ostracized. Also, do you know how hard it is to mask my emotions and still feel things. It's hard I'll tell you that. Oh wait, Fancy Pants is saying something, I need to focus on this...”

Most of the staff had already said their goodbyes and had returned to their duties while the only ones that remained in close proximity where the two unicorns along with their four bodyguards. Fancy Pants came closer and took Brex's hand into a firm handshake. He then spoke in a very friendly tone, “I must say, it was a great pleasure working with you, my friend. I only wish that you had accepted my offer and staying on as a permanent detail for my personal guard. I know you have places to be and I do hope that we get to see each other again very soon.”

He then paused to pat a bulge in one of his jacket pockets before looking backup to Brex and says, “And don't worry about these plans you showed me. I'll make sure they get started post haste.” That was when Fleur de Lis chimed in and took Fancy Pants by the right arm locking them together with her own and says, “Oh and I am so excited to see how it turns out myself. It's such a marvelous idea.” Fancy Pants then continued after giving a light chuckle with, “My dearest is quite right, we have already sent word with her family and they all agree that it would be a good opportunity when it’s completed. But I must ask how did you come up with such an idea in the first place?”

Brex gave a moment to think it over in his head before replying, “Traveling long ago.” Fancy Pants brought a hand up to his mouth to stifle a small laugh as he replied with, “I have to say you are a very interesting Individual. Well, I must retire back to my room and continue packing and I believe my fiancé and her family would like to have a few words with you before you leave, so I shall take this opportunity to head on upstairs. Tally Ho!”

With Fancy Pants leaving the room, Brex couldn't help but feel that he was going to miss the guy. The Unicorn really did turn out like he usually does in the stories that he'd come across in his memories. He had just turned his attention back to Fleur de Lis and noticed that not only was she standing up straighter than usual but the four Changelings in disguise were lined up at her sides doing the same.

Raising an eyebrow, Brex was about to say something but was beat to the punch when one of the Changelings nearest to Fleur de Lis on the right hand side spoke up. She had given a courteous bow with one hand behind her back while the other was across her midsection and when she had returned to her previous stance she said, “From all of us we can't thank you enough for all you have done. I have a message from Queen Bellona. Would my Lord would like to hear it?”

Brex had to try very hard not to react to what she had just referred to him as. He had quickly asked Rory in his head, “Hey-Hey what's going on here, just why did she call me her Lord? I think I missed something important. Please tell me I didn't zone out somewhere and someone said something that I just neglected to hear!”

Rory replied with a confused tone of her own by saying, “Uh... I'm confused as well, no one said anything about this before. Maybe it has something to do with you saving their Queen like a title? I did notice that they've been acting a little different when it comes to you over the course of the last several hours after they arrived.”

Brex quickly went over his mind on the memories of what Rory was mentioning. It didn't take him long to notice that she was right. Ever since they arrived, they've done everything that the pair had asked them to. But whenever it concerned Brex the Changelings would be far more attentive, whether it be their actions or simply how they spoke to him with reverence. There were even a few times when he had caught them looking at him in a rather strange way. At first, he thought that it was what all the mare’s did when it came to him being a male, But the way they did it, seemed like it was on a whole other level. He could have sworn that they were intentionally focusing on him the most aside from Fancy Pants and Fleur de Lis and had attempted to anticipate his needs whenever he was about to do something.

Even though his mental communication was being accelerated, he didn't want to waste too much more time and went back to the conversation in the outside world. Brex nodded to the Changeling that was speaking and he was positive that she was beaming with pride as he did this.

She then spoke, “Our Queen Bellona, wishes to give you her sincere and heart felt gratitude to you once more for what you have done. She already knows that you intend to leave the city but wishes that I Relay the following message in her words. She carefully cleared her voice before continuing, “Greetings My Lord. It pains me to hear that you will be departing. But I do hope that you will come by once again to grace us with your presence. We have received word on your recommendation on what to do when it comes to our need for love and I am happy to say that There have been remarkable effects on my hive. Ever since, we have all adopted this new policy. There have not been any cases recorded of any need to feed. Furthermore, it would also appear that we have all undergone a small metamorphosis. The bodies of my children are no longer riddled with many holes as they once were. From this day forth, if you should ever need of our aid, all you must do is ask and it shall be yours.”

At the end of the message all the Changelings including Fleur de Lis, were all giving him gentle smiles while a few appeared to be on the verge of crying. After a few moments of this, the very same changeling came closer and held out a rolled parchment towards Brex. Before he can attempt to ask about it the changeling then said, “Our Queen wanted you to have this. Please make sure you are alone when reading it.” The Roegadyn gave her a slow nod to show that he understood.

After that there was a small exchange between him and each of the Changelings, but he did notice that there was a bit of a blush whenever they came close enough to either give him a hug or a handshake. He had wondered why they were reacting that way but immediately afterwards when he was sure that one of them thought that he wasn't looking, they had brought a hand up to the point between their shoulder and neck, that was when Brex recalled what he had done to a majority of them. When he had exited the hotel there was a bright blush underneath his mask.

Rory couldn't help but say out loud in a very chipper tone, “Well it seems like you have some fans. Not many can say that they met someone that they sexually harassed and got a favorable reaction.” It was then followed by a series of laughing from the girl. Brex was seriously happy that he had gotten a fair distance at this point that there was no way for any of them to have been able to detect what he was feeling right now. She then finished off by saying, “I think 31 is a good record for a night's work, hmm... I would even say it could count towards being a world record! Te-hee!” This caused him to stop on the spot and mentally speak to Rory in a very cold, flat tone of voice within his head, “Seriously stop now or I will punish you later...” After he had said that there was no more from the girl in his head aside from a small amount of moans that he was barely able to catch as he strolled down the road.

Brex was about to leave the city but had one place to stop by before doing so. Managing to avoid the street walkers this time with another route. Brex had made his way over to the Guild Hall for the city. Before he had gone inside, he had seen a few individuals coming and going through the front door. Brex thought to himself, “Huh. It looks like things are going back to normal. Guess with Phase no longer controlling the big wigs, the adventurers are coming back to their old jobs.” He had considered going in but put the thought aside and considered that this would be a good place to return to one day and simply going in right now would only start rumors about him. It would be best if he started with a clean slate the next time he was around.

The process for leaving the city was just like any other and while he was crossing the bridge to get to the mainland, The rolled-up parchment came to mind. Taking a quick glance around as he was still moving, he saw that there was none nearby.

Brex took out the paper and opened it up to see that it was a map of Equestria and a number of places were marked with an X. There were also some very small notes nearby each of the marked locations. After a closer inspection, Brex found them to be marked locations of Changelings that belong to Queen Bellona's hive.

Brex said in a whisper, “I guess if it's true with them being able to communicate with each other, then I guess this is her way of saying this is how we can keep in touch.” After looking at it a bit more closely, it showed that there was one Changeling in both Canterlot and ponyville. He remembered that in a few of the stories there was a particular pony that turned out to be a Changeling. It would be rather fun to find out if it's the same pony in this world or someone completely unexpected. Only time would tell. But just as he was about to put it back into his item box, he had turned the paper over and had noticed something in the bottom corner. Right there was something that looked like a blue mark in the shape of a set of pressed lips. He had gone silent for a moment after that before quickly packing it away and starting down the bridge once again. All the while he was thinking to himself, “Nope, nope, nope, I hardly even know that Queen.”

*Point of view: The Small Changeling*

The small Changeling that had the opportunity to talk to the mast patron to their hive was at this moment walking Through the third floor of the building that they had made their home for quite a while now. For the last two months there was nothing but fear and dread whenever she went down this hallway. But for once she was in a very happy mood. The door at the very far end of the hallway had opened and the one who had just now came out of it was Queen Bellona herself.

She quickly waved to her mother and was about to open the door and enter her own room but was quickly stopped when she heard a gentle, motherly voice asking, “Oh, I think this would be the first time I've seen you wear lipstick, and such a lovely shade of blue. It goes so well with your eyes. By the way, did you make sure that small present was given to our Lord?” The smaller Changeling quickly nodded her head. Afterwards she said her goodbye to her mother and rushed into her room and closed the door. Only moments later squeals of delight emanated from behind her door and filled the hallway.

*Point of view: Brex Mith*

Back with Brex, He couldn't help but shiver for a split moment. He started to look around randomly in an attempt to find out what would have caused this sensation. Yet after nothing was revealed, he shrugged his shoulders and continued on towards his next destination that just so happens to be Baltimare. He thought to himself, “Well I did promise her that I'd come and visit now and then. Also, there’s a spot near the water I need to sit by for a while.”

After several hours of walking on foot to explore the terrain in more detail on his way back, Brex found a secluded area that was far from any settlements. He quickly came across a stump and sat down while staring up at the sky that was just beginning to get dark. Pulling out of his inventory, was a large leather-bound book with a picture of a silver kite like shield with a blue gem a fixed in the center. Above and below were the words. Rise of the shield hero, Spells and potions.

After a few seconds, Brex opens the tome to a few pages in and with a finger, runs it down until he finds something in particular that catches his attention. He then whispers to himself while looking over what he had found. “I wonder what I should try to learn next?” That was when Rory chimed in and said, “What's this? Ah, I see you're about to try and learn another one of those spells. But do you really think that this would be a good time to try, you do remember what happened the last couple of tries right?”

This got a rather reluctant reply from Brex as he said, “Yeah I remember. It was not a very enjoyable experience. He was referring to his first attempt as he tried to read the book after looking over the instructions on the introduction page. The instructions for outlining the use of the book and what precautions are needed when learning a new spell. For some reason that he could not discern, this book was only able to display things that he was currently able to learn. This meant a great deal of the pages were blank. But what really annoyed him the most, was the method in which he learns any of the spells or potions.

During his last three times that he used the book, Brex was stuck in bed for at least a full day due to the after effects. He was quite sure that if it wasn't for the mental fortifications that Rory had instigated, Then the downtime would have been much greater.

As it turns out, Brex could not read the book at the lightning-fast speed that he was so accustomed to. Whenever a word was looked over, there would be this agonizing pain in his head as his eyes roamed each and every letter in a slow, agonizing pace. It was as if something or someone was opening his skull and was carving the knowledge straight into his brain.

He had only learned a few spells due to him needing a safe location to rest, along with free time in which he had no prior engagements. Over the past couple of weeks, he had not been able to look at the book at all due to him either traveling or being on call for whenever Fancy Pants needed him at all times.

Going over what he had learned in his head, he listed off the spells in chronological order. The first spell was low quick. This was meant for an intense burst of momentary speed. Now that spell came in very handy when he was up against that Imp.

After learning that last spell, He had attempted to try and learn something else that was not as useful to see if it would affect the process. Unfortunately, the same result happened when he was finished and he was still stuck in bed for another day. The spell that he attempted to learn as an experiment was one called low gravity. As the name implies, it has an effect on gravity but it can only be targeted at small objects.

On the third spell, he did a different type of experiment and wanted to see if the time in between learning the spells would affect it. The time in between both the previous spells was well over a week. So, when he attempted to learn the third spell only two days after the last one, He had a rude awakening. Not only did the pain he suffered tripled, but the after effects were nearly as bad and was unable to get out of bed for five whole days. During that time his head felt like it was constantly being split open. What he got for his third spell, was an attack type called low wind. Just as the name implies the spell utilizes the wind as a weapon. He had figured that if he needed an attack spell of some sort then this one would be the hardest to notice.

After all that, he had placed three conditions that needed to be met before he would even try to learn another spell. Rule one, make sure you are in a safe place. Rule two, make sure that you are not needed to do anything for at least two or three days after attempting to read anything from the book. Rule three, under no circumstances there to be another reading within one week between learning anything new.

As of right now, he was currently looking at the instructions for a particular item that he had seen used in the story That this book was based off of. This was a spell that caught his attention when he realized what was in the book. But had kept himself away for his own good. Brex wasn't all that clear on whether he felt that he couldn't trust himself with it or if he was even capable of bringing himself to use it in the first place.

Rory, after waiting for some time, noticed that he was not doing anything at all asked, “Um... Master are you OK? you've just been staring at that book for a good 10 minutes now. I know you're not learning whatever is on that paper because you aren't in pain, so what is the problem?”

As it turns out Rory was unable to see anything that was written in the book. Among the instructions on the beginning page, said that no one is capable of reading from the book aside from its owner. So, to Rory and most likely any others who looked towards the book, all that would be seen were some very obscure blurred lines that couldn't be made out. Well, that's what Rory explained it to look like when she tried to gaze at the contents.

Brex spoke up after another few moments and sagged his shoulders while doing so, “I’m Just trying to figure out if I really wanna learn This one right now.” Rory then asked, “Hmm, what is it anyway? You know I can't see it.” He then replied reluctantly and said, “Well... in the story that this book is from... There's this thing called the cursed tattoo. Its… well... It's used in.... Slavery…” All the while his sentences were becoming more broken between each word until the last word left his lips, but that one felt the most bitter and sour to him.

Rory quickly replied with a nonchalant attitude and said, “Oh is that all, I don't really see what the problem is. Sounds like fun, you should really learn it.” What she had said nearly caused him to drop the book onto the ground but was capable of snatching it out of the air before it landed on the dirt. From behind his mask, the Roegadyn nearly screamed out of surprise.

He began to stutter within his mind as he used the mental communication from this point and asked, “W-what! Y-you. Just what are you saying? How, why? Why are you fine with me learning something like this?! Shouldn't you be talking me out of it?!”

There was then a deep sigh from within his mind as Rory replied with, “Master, I really think that you should learn that spell. It can come in very handy. And don't tell me that you didn't think about how it could be useful as well. Also, I don't want to hear you say something along the lines of, how you shouldn't learn it because of what it was meant for back then. Do you really think that you would misuse such a thing like this?”

Brex quickly retorted by saying, “But you don't understand, this spell will effectively render anyone I've used it on to be my slave. That means not only will they have to go through a painful process in which it is put on to them, but it will also bind them to me. That means they will be unable to disregard any order I tell them and if they try to, they will go through agonizing pain. Whether it be them disobeying an order or even attempting to do something that would hurt me. it would Inflict the same punishment. You saw how I was with Phase! This is just too much...”

After a few seconds, Rory begins to talk again but in a tender and relaxing tone, “I know that you had an issue when it came to that one Changeling. But look what you have been doing all this time, you are not a bad person. I'm sure there will come a time when this will be needed.

While still holding the book open to the same page with his left hand, Brex used his right to massage his temples For a few seconds before he said, “Yeah, I guess you're right. This is an extremely useful spell to know. It doesn't have to be for what its intended purpose was. There could be a time when I need to force... someone into keeping my secret if it should ever get out. It could possibly be used on someone that I can't contain through any normal means...But still... I just know that when the day comes that I use this. I might get too comfortable with it and use it again.”

Rory then assured him by saying, “Yes, there’s a very good chance that might happen. But then again, I know that I can trust you to do the right thing. Besides I know you better than anyone.”

This made the Roegadyn smile from underneath his mask. After that discussion, Brex went for the idea on learning the spell. But he was going to need to find a place to do so. After giving it some thought, it would be best not to do it when he got back to that city. Also, there's the whole doing it out in the middle of nowhere being a bad idea.

The only place he knew that he could go to that he would not be disturbed was one place in particular and that would be the Tree of Harmony. He had access to the return spell from his game which would send him to the last crystal that he had attuned himself to as a home point. Then there was the simple teleportation spell which would send him to any home point crystal that he had ever come across in his travels. This also was only the tree of harmony. Then he had his third option, which was his evolved version of his shadow movement which allowed him to jump into his own shadow or any other and pop out at any location he remembers.

Seeing as he had already experienced traveling through his own shadow once before, Brex went with trying something new and started up the return spell. Feeling his feet lifting from the ground, the Roegadyn was hovering in place a good two feet. Then there was some swirling purple light that was engulfing his form in a bubble before that turn to a blinding white streak of light and everything went hazy. Soon the sensation of ground under his feet could be felt. He immediately started blinking and found his eyesight returning and what he saw before him was the Tree of Harmony which was located inside of a cave underneath the castle of the two sisters.

Letting out a heavy sigh, The Roegadyn reorientated himself after experiencing the odd feeling he had gotten when using the spell. He then spoke out loud while pulling off his mast to place his hand near his mouth, “Ugh... Now that's an easy way to get motion sickness... I think I nearly Lost my lunch...” Brex makes his way to the back of the cave which was brightly illuminated by the tree and sat down and leaned his back against the stone wall. He then spoke towards the glowing tree; “I hope you don't mind some company for the next day or two, but this is the safest place I can think of.”

There was a faint glow that emanated from the tree before dimming back to normal. When he saw this the Roegadyn had nodded and said, “Thanks.”

Immediately after he took out the book and began his process of reading the spell meant for the cursed tattoo. The whole thing lasted a good hour before Brex had closed the book shut and keeled over onto his side while clutching his head. For the next 26 hours, Brex was moaning and clutching his head repeatedly and had barely been able to get a solid hour of sleep at a time. All the while he would curse under his breath to the one who gave him that book.

When the side effects had subsided, Brex got up and placed his mask back on and left the cave. He was about to make his next trip by using his other means of long-distance traveling when a plant monster that he recognized from the game had appeared only a short distance from the mouth of the cave. Looking over its name above its head he saw that it was a Rafflesia and only a level 12 at that. The main body was just over half a normal ponies height but the long arm like appendages easily make it more than twice that of them.

( Here is the picture of the Plant monster. )

During his time in the Everfree Forest, not once had he encountered one of these. Luckily the creature had not noticed him yet which meant he was freely able to switch classes without the limit on how many times he could change in combat. Quickly he switched back over to his monk and dawned his iconic robe. The fight didn't take much time at all when he launched a series of quick punches and kicks to the main body that the plant like limbs were coming out from.

( This is the Robe set Brex is wearing. )

When its form crumpled to the ground and became motionless it soon dispersed into a black mist and faded into the air. When seeing this, Brex gave it a Harrumph, and was about to turn away but noticed something laying on the ground. Wondering why the loot didn't go into his Box after he had long since used the menu to set it up so that any loot that he got from defeating a monster would be deposited straight in there.

He reached down and picked up what looked like a small lantern with a faint green glow that was emanating from the center where a candle should be. There was then a voice that came from within his mind that was clearly Not that of Rory.

It was that of a young man and it said, “I AM WARDEN I PUNISH ALL EVIL, BE YOU FRIEND I SHALL GO TO HELL AND BACK WITH YOU, BUT BE YOU FOE YOU SHALL KNOW PAIN AND EVEN TRUE DEATH, CALL ME FORTH BY LIGHTING ME, SAY MY NAME!”

Immediately Brex understood that this was a token. So far, he had yet to run into a single one of them. If he had so before his apparent death by the hands of princess Celestia, then he would have been positive at that point that he was a displaced.

He wasn't quite sure whether or not that this item would be a good omen, but that thought was interrupted when a familiar window from back in his game days appeared right before him. On it was a set of texts indicating that it was a quest. But what really caught his attention was the picture of what he knew to be the one known as Titan. He couldn't help but remember a familiar cartoon character from a certain television show regarding a little blue monster from outer space. He then hung his arms limply with a, are you kidding me look plastered underneath his mask as he said, “Oh… Blitznack...”

For the next ten minutes, the Roegadyn was pacing back and forth while in the deeper part of the cave he was just inside of. If he had kept this up for much longer, there would be a groove made on the stone floor.

The reason for this odd action, was due to two things. There was how he had found a token from another displaced. The next was how the Primal known as Titan was going to appear in Equestria, if it hasn’t already. Currently, Brex was debating to himself on what action should be taken. On one hand, this was a threat to all. If something wasn’t done soon, then Titan would go on a rampage and take everything down with his power over the ground. The very idea of a city getting buried came to the front of his mind.

With how things are, it wouldn’t be a good idea to rush in to Canterlot to try and get the Princess’s help. Not only didn’t he trust her, but he knew that the whole thing would take too much time with him needing to make it inside. Also, there was him having to get them to believe his story about Titan in the first place.

Not many had a level over 20 in the world that he had seen. There was the Queen Bellona, but he didn’t want to drag her into it. There was no telling what questions would arise from that situation if she was in it.

He then brought his attention to the item that he had clutched in his right hand. This would summon another to this world that could have the power to help. However, he knew from the stories that there were those out there that turned out to be real monsters. There was even one story were a displaced showed up as Jack from the Guardians. He used his ice powers to kill the very sun. Brex Shivered at the thought that he could inadvertently cause this world to die from just saying a few words.

Taking a few deep breaths to steady himself, the Roegadyn brings the item up and closely looks it over. While doing so, he had gone over what the message had said. After a few seconds, he concluded from both that this was something from a character he knew from a video game called League of Legends. The displaced must have something to do with champion called Thresh. Thresh was a undead like being that used a scythe that was on a long chain and on the other end was a lantern that was the same as the one he was holding right now.

Now, but judging from what was said, this one was one that hunted evil. That meant he may not be some monster like the real Thresh. In the end, He just said Fuck it, to himself and decided on calling for this guy’s help. But first, Brex had to go somewhere that was not next to the Tree of Harmony.

He checked his map and found that the quest marker was at the edge of what he was looking at and zoomed out. When he did this, Brex found that Titan’s quest marker was smack dab in the middle of the Rock farm to the south, west. The Roegadyn’s eyes went wide from behind his mask. He knew from the time line that right now; Pinky Pie was most likely still living there as a small girl.

The very idea that she would get hurt sparked a flame inside of Brex and he gripped the lantern in his hand with even more strength. That was when he spoke in a low, dangerous tone, “She better not be crying when I get there…”

He then ran out of the cave and started in the direction of the Rock farm. He had an idea of doing the summoning along the way and between the Forest and Pinky was a place called Ghastly Gorge. That would make the perfect location to summon an unknown element without getting any attention if something was to go wrong.

It didn’t take Brex long to get to the Gorge and made his way into the deepest part of it. It would have taken even less time if it weren’t for the few monsters he had run into. He did notice that they were also something he had not seen 800 years ago while hiding in the Everfree. He wondered if they were something that came about recently or he was just not lucky enough to have encounter them.

He found a spot that was surrounded by high walls and a mixture of both large boulders and small rocks. He hoped that the environment would be to his advantage and trip up the summoned if he turned out to be and enemy. Once he was satisfied with the summoning site. The Roegadyn brought out the lantern and held it tightly. Focusing on what was attached to it. He then spoke in a loud and clear voice, "Warden, I am in need of your aid."

When the word ‘Warden’ was spoken, a dark portal appeared before Brex a few meters away. It started off small like a pin hole. But rapidly expanded to one that could allow a person to cross the threshold. Within a few seconds of watching the swirls of what appeared to be nothing but a void. A man started to come through. He looked like a well-toned white man that could have been in his twenties. Jet black hair could be seen coming from under his mighty black Stenson hat. He was wearing a black trench coat, blue jeans, black combat boots, with a red shirt that read skull for the skull throne.

He walked through the portal to see the displaced in question that had done the summoning. The man than spoke in a businesslike tone, “Brex Mith, Destroyer of the possessed spider, savior Bright Mac and Pear Butter, the ender of a slavery ring.” As soon as he got to that last bit, he had stepped onto a sharp rock that was able to pierce his boot. This caused him to fall down in pain.

Brex saw this and raised an eyebrow from behind his mask while looking both very confused and astonished at the same time with how someone who had just walked through a portal, would even know about him. After noticing the fall, he then said in a rather unsure tone, “And… apparently, the worst that picking a summoning location...” He also thought, “How does he know about he when he didn’t even make it all the way through the portal? He might have sounded like that, but I don’t like others knowing about me. I didn’t send out a token.” Rory replied with, “It’s possible that he had the power to know about who summons him. But yeah, I get what you mean. But I think it was funny how he was interrupted by that rock.” Brex then used the mental connection to say, “Now that isn’t nice. It looks like it really hurt.”

The man sits down and lifts his injured foot to see that his boot had already fixed its self. Slowly he gets up and asks, “So what have you summoned me for to chat or to help with something?”

Brex starts to relax a little bit after noticing that this guy was not a hostile from the start. Seeing that this wouldn’t turn out to be a shoot first, ask questions later scenario. The Roegadyn takes a seating position about three yards away on a nearby flat rock.

He then checks the surroundings by using his situational awareness and the mini map to see if there's any nearby that could see or over hear them. Seeing that it was clear, Brex began speaking, “Okay, seeing as I just summoned somebody by using what could only be a token. The displaced stories are completely true then. I found your item after defeating a monster.” That was when he held up the small lantern in front of himself. Afterwards he continued with, “I called because I think I'm gonna need an extra pair of hands with handling a Primal problem. Are you familiar with the game called Final Fantasy 14?”

The man then places a finger on his chin and replies with, “Yes I am familiar with it. I played till a little after the Heavensward beginning, but I know only a little. But I only know a few things about the new DLC called Endwalker.” He then he puts out his hand. Speaking politely, he says, “Sorry, its rude of me not to introduce myself, my name is Ryu Blood. A pleasure to meet you.

Reaching his own hand out, Brex takes his hand and give it a firm shake. Afterwards, he returns to his seating position before saying, “My name is Brex, but I already know that you know my name given your... Entrance.” He then gestures with his right hand towards the spot that the incident had happened with the rock just moments before.

The Roegadyn brings a hand up to his face and starts to stroke the chin of the mask as if it was an actual face and starts to make a thinking gesture by tilting his head. This was then followed by saying, “That's a nice party trick you pulled off with knowing who I am. I take it that’s either part of your displaced powers or something else is going on. Because I doubt that I'm famous enough to be known in the multi verse, considering I have not sent a token of my own out yet.”

Ryu looked at his gantlet when the text appeared just like a Discord message would. Then he looked to the Roegadyn and said, “I can only say I have friends in high places.” He continued with saying, "So what do you need help with?”

Brex lower his head and began to talk in a serious tone. While at the same time, sounding a little tired. “It's like this… I got a notification through my game system that came along with my character. It says that Titan got summoned only recently and when I looked at my map to find out where it is, I found the quest marker pointing to the rock farm. If you happen to be like me and know anything about My Little Pony, then you should know what that might mean for a certain pink pony. I'm worried that I might not be enough and I summoned you to see if I can get some extra assurances that nothing will go wrong. My situation is a little... complicated. I made sure that I'm not noticed all that much. In fact, everyone assumes I'm a pony or something along those lines. I could probably take out regular Titan or even in his stronger version beyond that by myself. But that would require me to do a lot more and I don't want to raise my power level too high, otherwise Sunbutt might pick up on It.”

Ryu looked at Brex with a knowing look and said, “Ah I see, so you are one of those displaced. Is she evil or is she just a bitch like the rest of the multiverse?” He then added, “Titan might be hard since I have no idea of the power scaling is for me in your world. Also, I have no training what so ever, I have only made my gunblade recently. Well, you are in luck that I have my army on call. Maybe that might work.” He then lifted his gantlet and a screen popped up and Ryu started typing something in it.

Without even bothering to lift his head, Brex raised up his right arm with the back of it facing towards Ryu. His eyes laying on it while he spoke, “Honestly speaking, I don't really know if she's evil or not. But I can tell you what our first and only exchange was. It involved her in the sky at a great distance, pulling a widow maker on me.”

Rory chimed in and said, “Oh I like him. He doesn’t like the bitch and has an army, how about he get him to…” Quickly Brex reprimanded her by using the mental connection to say, “That’s enough. I have better things to do then pull someone I just met into a grudge I have with the Princess. We need to focus.”

Letting out a sigh, he continued, “She got me from behind and literally disintegrated my right arm. This led to me getting pretty much beaten to hell him back. In the end, I somehow managed to beat her but my memory of that day is... not so reliable and I don’t know the whole story just yet. I was told that I did beat her in combat, but it resulted in me dying and having to be respawned at the tree of harmony after I had already set it as a home point.” He started shaking his head back-and-forth Before adding, “I didn't even get to see much, Ha! Not even a speech. Just up and tries to kill me with a sneak attack.” At this point the Roegadyn was visibly shaking from anger.

After a few seconds Brex said, “You mentioned something about an army. But I would really like to keep this under the radar if at all possible. As for the training, how about I give you some lessons on when my little problem is settled?”

He looks at Brex and shakes his head before stating, “Keeping this under the radar will be impossible if it is a Primal, because it will drain the Aether from the world which is its magic and life force. She will sense it as soon as it comes into this world.” He then continued by saying, “But you will not be alone if Celestia tries anything, I know what my powers are and how to use them. Not all that well, but I can help.” He gave a nod before going on, “But getting lessons does sound good. Oh right.” He pulls out a scroll as a token of appreciation and says, “I would like to offer you this scroll of mending.” Ryu then offers it to Brex from both of his hand with a slight bow.

Graciously Brex takes the scroll and examines it, but he made sure not to open it out of fear of prematurely activating the spell. Glancing back at the man, he asked, “Scroll of mending? Isn't that from Dungeons & Dragons?” Brex’s head tilts and turns towards Ryu’s weapon and then back at him before adding,” If I'm not mistaken, isn't that lantern I used to summon you meant to be part of the weapon that Thresh uses on that game called League of legends?” That was when he held up the lantern he had mentioned.

The man looks closely at him and says, “Yes, I got two D & D classes, The Dungeons 3 Gantlet, Thresh’s weapon and blue magic from 14. So, what did you get, i see 14. Not much else?"

Brex responded with, “Seeing as you're being forthcoming of what you've got, it’s only right that I did the same with you. I was originally nothing but final fantasy 14. So, I got all the classes. But for some… let's say, reasons that would take a while to explain, I didn't get to have everything all at once when I arrived here and had taken some time to get the others.”

He pulls out from his item box not even a second later, a large leather-bound book that appears in his hand within the amount of time it would take to blink. Playfully waving it as an example, Brex continued with, “I got this book of spells and potions from the anime Rise of The Shield Hero. Along with a few small nick knacks like, the telephone from the anime, Oh My Goddess. The last bit is this bracelet that one would equip onto a character from Final Fantasy 7.”

Brex had neglected to say anything about the canister. But after seeing the note that came along with it, he knew that it was not meant to be talked about openly. So that was omitted from the list that he gave.

The man looks at the gear Brex broke out and asked, “All right, so the Pie's rock family farm is in danger. What date is it?"

Putting the book back into his item box, Brex makes the motions of looking up to the sky and humming to himself for a moment before answering, “It's close to about… 11 years and 10 months before Nightmare Moon’s return... So, I'm before the pilot episode. Right now, all the members of the main six are roughly around 6 to 8 years old, I think. I already had a small run in with Apple Jack and Rarity.”

he looked at his gantlet and a screen appeared. On said screen, was a dark elf wearing a black dress. You think it was to get you to focus on her body Brex could see the screen a little and could have sworn that she was speaking, but he wasn’t able to hear anything. Brex then hears him replying to the woman with, “Maybe, looks like I will need to head in soon then.”

Rory then says, “Seems he has something going on back in his world. I wonder who that is. She doesn’t look like a pony to me.” Brex replies to her by saying, “Nope, that’s an elf. Now going by what he said about Dungeons 3. Then that must be that one from the game. Umm… I can’t remember her name right now.”

Slowly getting up from his rock chair, the Roegadyn starts dusting off any dirt that may have gotten stuck to his butt after sitting on the rock. Turning his direction towards that of the Rock farm, he gestures with a wave that the both of them should get a move on. He then says, “We are about half a day out. We can chat along the way. Just keep an eye out for anyone. From what I could tell, they don't know about humans. But if they did, they're keeping it a good secret."

Ryu nods his head, then looks to Brex and asks “Do you have a scarf or something? I guessing my clothes will be fine but I have nothing to cover my face.” He then turned back to the screen and said, “Alright Thalya, have the minions tell the adventurers they can eat at the Goble grill and rest at the Travelers lodge.” After he stated the orders, she gave him a bow, then the screen disconnected.

Raising an eyebrow from behind his mask, Brex asks, “Say, what's this about adventurers, got something going on in your world that you're able to keep track of while over here?” At the same time, he reaches into his item box and pulls out one of the wooden masks any player would get as a quest reward. It was dark brown and had two lines going down the sides of the face that were colored red while eye holes were circular.

Turning back to the man, he hands the item over and says, “I think this should do the trick. From a distance it will work. Just avoid getting too close to them for too long and you should be fine. Either that or I can give you a copy of that mask from dragon quest that I got as a quest reward for a seasonal event. You know the one with the small horns and what looks like an air filter around the mouth area.”

He reaches up and takes his cowboy hat and puts it behind his back and it just disappears. Ryu then takes the mask and puts it on before raising his hood. He then asks, “Thanks. Do you think this will work?"

Raising both arms in a, I don't know gesture, Brex reply’s with, “I've been around for over a month now inside of a city and you’d would be surprised that they don't really care about you wearing a mask, but they do seem to care far more about the fact that you're a male. So, I haven't had anyone try to pull my mask off or anything. I just keep my distance… a lot."

Ryu couldn’t help but to groan before he said, “Oh, it's one of those worlds. Funny thing is the most dangerous villains in MLP are mostly male. Hmmm I wonder, could that be the reason they become villains is because they were treated like shit, so with them being seen as monsters, they literally became monsters in one way or another? But of course, I know that too well." He sighed out loud afterwards.

Wanting to make sure that his new partner was up to speed, Brex then told Ryu a basic run down on this world's current status when it came to the male and female dynamic. This went on for a good 15 or 20 minutes, which was just the right amount of time needed to get out of that deep ravine.

As Ryu was walking out of the crag. His gantlet lit up and the dark elf was on the screen. Brex saw this and after a moment, he sees Ryu as he looks at the screen and lets out a sigh before saying, “Have their wounds treated and let they rest up.” At that moment his stomach demanded food. That was when he commanded the dark elf, “I will need two gobblers and a barrel of beer." Afterwards the elf bowed and the screen cut out. He then spoke up and asked, “Sorry, I have not eaten today so can we rest for a sec?"

Hearing the request, the Roegadyn gave a nod and they made their way over to the nearest set of trees to get out of the open. Taking the opportunity he asked, “So mind filling me in on what your world is like?”

The man then starts to set up a fire and says, “Well I didn't get an Equestria like most. Instead, I got a Runeterra with an Eques mixed in, like how your world is an Eques with Final Fantasy 14 as the primary that was switched. I have to deal with asshat of Pilltover, basically hitech Canterlot with a super slum Chempunk city under it.” As Ryu said this, a portal open and a beer barrel and two tied up, live turkeys Brex assumed to be the Gobblers came out. Ryu then asked, "Do you have your chef leveled up? I could only do a basic cooking. I can slaughter them and pluck them."

After seeing the portal and turkeys, Brex got the gist of what he was saying and replied with, “Yeah I got It leveled up. Made sure to get it maxed out. Well as Maxed as I could get it for my current time frame anyway. I have no idea how much time passed between our world and this one. I do remember there being a DLC called Shadowbringer that was about to be released. When I died before because of what Sunbutt did, I got to meet some people on another side and they conjured up the gaming system for me to play it on. But yeah, I can give it a go. If I can cook stuff from this world, I can probably cook stuff from yours.”

Ryu picked up the turkeys by the legs and brought out his red glowing kusarigama and with one strike, the heads came off the Gobblers and their bodies went limp. bloody mist poured out like a waterfall leading behind him, then as sudden as it came, it stopped. He then spoke again while he began plucking the feathers off the birds. “Well, before I was displaced. The DLC was Endwalker with the Reaper and Sage classes. This was after Shadowbringer. I wonder if you have those stones or will you have to get them. If it is the latter, then my temple might help."

Hearing this, Brex’s eyes go wide behind his mask. With interest clearly laced in the Roegadyn’s tone he asked, “So they already came out with another DLC. So I guess it's true that when someone gets displaced, there thrown in a random timestream. I guess it's nearly impossible to try and figure out a correlation between the times when a displaced is taken from their world. Sounds like you came at a later point in time. I've already gone through the halfway point of 1000 years in this world.”

That's when he looked down to his hands for a few moments before adding, “Well, I have no idea what the Reaper and Sage class are capable of. Judging from the names, I can pretty much guess that they’re the new damage dealer and healer types. I think if I was to suddenly learn them now, I'll probably pass out from some migraine after learning a whole bunch of new spells all at once. I remember that's what it felt like when I had to master Gun blade as soon as I got the quest back when it was just a game. I don’t want to imagine what it would feel like with it actually being stuffed into my brain…”

Brex then lets out a chuckle as he takes the readied bird from Ryu and starts on the cooking preparations. Going into the item box, the Roegadyn made a small number of different seasonings appear on the ground. The two gobblers were then prepared to be roasted over the fire. It didn't take much time before the prep work was complete and they were now sitting on a roasting stick that was improvised using some random branches that happened to be just right for the job.

Ryu had sat down on the ground and started to speak in a serious tone, "Yea, first rule. Murphy rules the multiverse, so trying to predict anything is a losing game. From what I know of the influence of this world, it will try to mirror its primary, eques then secondary being 14, but don't forget your trinities, being slime shield ETA. they may have a few major influences, like how I found out that there is a Tarrasque from D&D is in my world. So be careful, so try to remember that all you can to prep."

While still keeping an eye on the food, Brex then asked, “From what you just said, I take it in your version It's not really all that friendly now is it. Well, I can't say that mine's better or worse. All I've been doing is hiding and biding my time. From what I understand, it’s nearly a constant among all displaced that the element bearers need to have been assembled at least one time. So, until the pilot episode starts, I'm reduced to hiding in the shadows. Ha, No one from this world has even seen my own face and I've been technically around for 800 years. Just to make sure I don't slip up or say too much, I limited myself to only saying only a few words at a time.”

After a few seconds of silence, the Roegadyn shook his head up to look towards Ryu and said, “You already got to meet up with your twilight, right? Or at least any of the main six. I should already have the strength to be able to stand up to that Sunbutt they got ruling this land. Yet here I am hiding like a cockroach.

Waving his hands in some random direction, Brex also asked, “So tell me, how did your first interaction with the ponies of your side turn out? I ended up losing an arm on day two after showing my existence.

Ryu started by saying, "Well, the first time was me arriving in the world. I landed on my back, Broke a wooden desk. I was very out of it from the pain. It ended with me getting a bed and sleeping but nothing reacting badly.” He then grabbed one of the barrels and putting a tap in before pulling out two mugs and filling them to a nice foam level and offering one to Brex. He then said to the Roegadyn, “Don't worry, this can't get anyone drunk. It just relaxes the body and taste like your favorite alcoholic drink.”

Excepting the mug, Brex takes a look at the contents inside. After slushing it around for a moment, he gives a shrug and brought it to his mask. Just as it comes into contact, the liquid is poured and quickly vanishes as If someone had poured it straight down the drain. As soon as the last drop disappears, he lowered the mug. There was then the sound of someone moving their lips as if tasting what they had just drunken a little more before there was a loud belch that caused a few birds in some nearby trees to immediately take flight.

There was a small pause of silence before Brex spoke out in an embarrassed tone, “Well I have to say that tastes pretty good. Also, that was my very first alcoholic beverage I can remember.” This was then followed by a second belch, but much lower in volume. Now feeling a little more relaxed, Brex then finished off by saying, “I think with you so far, I have spoken more than I have in the last 800 years. Haha hahaha, maybe that makes me the king of the loners.”

Ryu had sipped from his mug before saying, “Yeah, I tinkered with the brewer to make this turn out well and I know someone that has you beat, the champion Skarner has been alone for about two to three millennium. So, yeah it could be worse.” He then spoke in a dark tone, “But then again, I know I will have to fight literal gods. Most gods out there are not nice, some of them slaughter whole cities.” He then asked, “So how’s the food coming along?"

After taking a quick glance Brex replied with, “I think it's about done, what do you prefer, original recipe or extra crispy?” That's when he takes his off of the fire and takes a good look at it before saying, “You know, this is probably the only time I've even had meat on this world that wasn’t fish. Wow… I'm missing out on a whole lot of stuff...” That's when he takes one big bite out of it.

He takes another out of it and after a few seconds of chewing he swallows before saying, “Neat trick huh? You can keep the mask; it does the same thing.” That's when he points towards the one he’s currently wearing and then adds, “Never have to take the darn thing off. Gotta love to look some pony's faces when they see that you're about to make a mess out of your face, only to find out you're eating through your mask.”

Ryu called out. "Extra crispy" He then grabbed some of the crispy gobbler. After taking a bit, he moaned a little, "MmMMMMMMM so good." He then takes another sip of his drink.

After Brex finished eating the gobbler and stuck the stick back into the ground near the fire, he looked up at Ryu and asked in a unsure tone, “Say, I know we're getting along and all. But I'll be forward with you. I'm paranoid as fuck. Now we're about to go up against a Primal here and a small part of me still thinks that you're gonna stab me in the back. Yeah, heck… I wouldn't be surprised or take it personal if you thought the same about me. So, before we move on, I gotta ask. You know about my game and how in it, there's a special ability that the player has as the main character right?” He then gestures to himself with both hands.

The man asked, "Are you sure you want to do that? My past has mostly been a nightmare, there is a reason why I could kill so easily. But if you must, then do it.” He then stated, “I’ll say this, you're being careful, now I am paranoid. I have designed a home to survive most apocalypses and supernatural threats of all mythos, now that is paranoid."

After a few moments, Brex activates the Echo and the world begins to fade as a distant memory comes into view.

Brex finds himself in a hospital room of white with a child that looks no older than five years old that was laying in the bed with almost no motion except breathing and his head unsupported by his neck and a dull-looking pale blue eyes that are dead to the world. He was wearing a white gown with hair a light brown. Brex heard a woman crying outside the door. He couldn’t see them, only hear them. The women cried out and asked, “Is he going to be aright doctor” The doctor replied, “After the damage to half of his brain, he will never be able to walk, see, hear or speak ever again.” He said flatly. Brex heard the sounds of a broken mother.

The next memory came into focus. It was the kid from before, he looked about 8 and he was walking, talking, but Brex saw he was in a nurse’s office of what looked like a school, she hands him a plastic cup of water and two yellow pills. He took them without complaint. then the Roegadyn saw his eyes just glazed over like no one was in there.

The scene faded and was taken by another memory. This time, he looked like he was eleven. His eyes still glazed. He was on the ground not moving while kids were kicking him in the stomach, then you saw his eyes change from the glazed to a deep abyssal blue. Brex saw him grab the lead kids’ leg and drag him over to the nearby fence and processed to laugh as he stomps that guy’s skull. The other boys ran away. The next thing seen was the kid being dragged to the office the principle. A fairly aged black man in that was wearing suit. He came out with a pedal with holes and proceed to beat him. Afterwards the kid walked off back to class.

Another scene came after that. He looked to be in his late teen when a slightly pudgy girl walked up to him and said, “Do you want to go out?" Brex saw her ex was behind her and that she just broke up with him. The guy was steaming with rage. As a fool he said, "Sure"

The next day later. The girl said, “Thanks, I no longer what to go out with you. I just used you to hurt my ex by going out with the most degusting, serial killer like monster here.

Another one came after. He was now in his twenties laying on a bed concentrating on something in his hand. It was a ball of energy, he looked like paler as he put in more energy as he was saying, "Breach the veil, MERCHANT I NEED YOU. TAKE WHERE A MONSTER LIKE ME TO A PLACE I CAN HAVE A HOME AND LIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE IN A HELL!"

After Brex sees this vision, he finds himself on both hands and knees, while breathing heavily. He had taken a moment to catch his breath. Brex then spoke out in a tone that was filled with both exhaustion and uncertainty, “Note to future self, brace yourself… *HUFF* When using that on another… human.” After getting back on his feet. Brex takes a seat again and mutters, “I've only used this one time before.... And it was nowhere near as intense as that. It's either you or that humans have way more intense emotions compared to the ponies.

Ryu spoke as if talking about the weather. “It is both, humans were always cruel to each other. I think that’s the reason I got sent to Runeterra. I would have been one of the ones attacked by Celestia anywhere else sense you know Thresh is all dark magic, but not any kind, necromancy. My life before was hell, I willingly threw myself into a land of war for a better life. Isn't that ironic?"

After taking a moment to gather his thoughts, Brex said, “I think we should probably get a move on. So, I don't know about you, but I really want to kick something in the skull… repeatedly, and Titan would make for a good outlet. Besides, we only got a few days before the reunion of theirs starts up. If we don't take care of that primal before then, we are gonna literally have an army that’s known for their extreme strength.”

The man then replied with, “Right." Before putting dirt in the fire to put it out and spreading the ashes. Ryu than said while brushing the dirt off of himself. "You can take the keg; I literally mass produce it.”

Immediately after hearing that, Brex takes hold of the keg and it disappears into his item box. He then said, “We're close to half a day away from here, so we may want to get a move on it. We should also come up with a battle plan.” Ryu replied with, “I'm a crack shot and good with machines, so I guess I'm a machinist for the day.”

As they walked, the Roegadyn brought a finger up to his chin and began to hum to himself. After giving a few seconds he turned towards Ryu and asked, “OK so you're gonna be playing mostly the range damage dealer. Say, you said something about dungeons 3. Does that mean you have access to call on a few Nagas to help us with the healing? I would prefer to avoid using any magic classes right now, So I'll be focusing on either melee or tanking. I'm capable of switching in a fight so I can do it a few times, depends on what the level cap I'm setting myself at. first thing we need to do, is track down and find out how strong he is. Luckily my quest has a marker on the map that should lead us right to him.”

Ryu then answered with, "Yeah, I can call some Nagas, along with some Arachnids to help with the damage dealing."

He then replies with, “Sounds like a plan. But something's been bugging me. I raided the library in both Ponyville and in the sister's castle. But not once was there any mention of Primals. Either they never existed until I showed up or Sunbutt has been hiding knowledge about them…” Brex said this while crossing his arms and tilting his head to the side for a questioning pose.

Ryu then said, "The latter, have you seen the forbidden archives Celestia likes to keep? I mean even in the show Star Swirl had that time travel spell." He then blanched before going on, "Well shit, hope she doesn’t think to use that spell to see us fighting the Primal.”

Brex began shaking his head before saying, “I considered that. But if she had been able to do that in the first place, I doubt there would have been an issue with her sister. Also, wasn't that spell incomplete? Oh well, I'll deal with it when it happens. As long as we keep our faces covered and don't show too much power to make her think we're some new pair of villains, then we should be fine. If anything, I'll just change my outfit after a while.

Ryu reasoned, "Well for the Luna bit, it took longer than a week for that to happen. That was limited too and if Celestia does use it, she would not do a Twilight and reveal herself." He then agreed, “But yes, we should keep our power down though."

Letting out a small chuckle, the Roegadyn shakes his head before saying, “As long as we don't go over 9000, her scouter shouldn't be able to pick us up. Ha!” Ryu then retorted, "It would only take a seismograph to find titan" He also mused, "But we should take him out fast or things will get complicated really quick."

Using the mental connection, he asks Rory, “We still got aways to go till we get to where were going. I would like to use a mount but the only one I got that can seat more than one person is, that one… think I should chance pulling it out?” Rory answered with her usual confident tone, “I believe my Master should go for it. Don’t see any settlements on the map so I doubt that we would get any witnesses all the way out here. Plus, I think it would be fun to travel that way!” She was getting more excited towards the end there.

Stopping in his tracks, Brex looks up to the sky. He then says, “Well I just checked my world map and looks like it's a clean shot over the wilderness. This might be a good opportunity to try out another mode of transportation. If we stay low enough, we should be able to avoid any detection.” That's when the Roegadyn held out his left hand towards an open area next to the pair. A quick flash light erupted and when it died down, there was a tall bronze robot that was hovering with the use of two large propellers near where the shoulders should be.

(This is the Picture of the Cruise Chaser Mount while in humanoid form.)

(This is the Picture of the Cruise Chaser Mount while in flying form.)

Taking a second to admire his work, Brex then turn towards Ryu and says, “This guy seats two. Should get us there within an hour easy. Although I have to warn you, I never once saw any seatbelts in the game.

The man hops on and says, “Well that should be alright. Oh wait, there is a seat belt for me on this side but I don’t see one for you." He then eyes the belt suspiciously.

After seeing Ryu jumping on, Brex jumps onto the robotic mount as well. Taking a look around, he sees that there is in fact no seat belt for him. The Roegadyn then gives it a few taps with his right hand and this causes it to leap high into the air with them both onboard of it. It then proceeds with its transformation while managing to not throw off its new passengers. They then find themselves kneeling down nearly side-by-side, while holding on to the edge of what appeared to be a large surfboard flat surface on the top of its rocket shaped form. The engines then rev up with the combined power from two propellers and one large rocket engine firing. Brex and Ryu were now shooting through the skies at high speeds while avoiding the tree tops by the narrowest of margins.

Ryu just started to lay back on the board of the ship. Watching the sky passing by as they flew. Within his mind, Brex was having the time of his life. The wind was causing his robes to flutter and it seemed that Rory was having a grand time as well. He could hear the girl giggling as the Cruiser continually raised and lowered to keep it at the lowest possible height with the tree tops only inches below the mount.

It had taken them no more than 40 minutes for them to get near the land that the Pie family owned. Brex’s mount started its descent run and landed within the nearest patch of trees for cover before they started to dismount the robotic transformer mount.

The man got off and stretch to get the stiffness out of his body and afterwards said, "How far away are we now?"

Turning his head towards the direction of the rock farm, Brex gives out a small hum before answering, “We're less than half a kilometer away from here. If we were to go the rest of the way on foot, then it shouldn't take no more than 15 minutes for us to arrive. I can cut that time in half if I was to cast a speed spell on the two of us. However, it would take me some time to recover to cast more of the same type. It’s from that book for the Rise of The Shield Hero's anime, so the spells from that one are more difficult for me to use, unlike the kind I could cast from my game.”

Ryu then concluded, “I mean, you probably won't cast any spell even when fighting anyway. Should be ok to use it for now.”

Giving a small nod, Brex says, “That’s true. I’ll be using my non magic class's during this. But if I need to, then I can still go back and forth. It all depends on where I set my power at. If it can help, I would prefer not to go all out. Just like how you said before, she might have a way to gather evidence on me. Should it come to that and she does, then I don’t want to tip my hand."

Taking in a deep breath, and says, it’s a good thing that this spell leveled up when I learned my newest one.” Brex then begins to chant out loud, "By my name, decipher the laws of nature and bestow upon us your power. Medium Swift." When the chant was completed, the two displaced beings were surrounded by a shroud of barely noticeable green swirls of energy before fading away. Brex spoke up quickly and said, "We need to hurry, this will only go continuously for a few minutes." Ryu responded with, "Right let's go, lead the way!”

It didn't take the duo much time at all for them to arrive. When they did, there was no sign of any living creature in sight. However, there was a rather large opening between some rocks towards the end of the area that seemed to be used by the farmers. Brex indicated towards it and led the way to the entrance. He then spoke up just enough for the other to hear, "My Quest marker seems to be leading down in there."

Ryu looks at the cave, then back to Brex before saying, "Well let's go and see how Primal's like to party, Valkyrie lets go.” He reaches behind himself and pulls out a large black hilt that quickly unfolds into a blood-red chainsword with a blue glow emanating from its core. With a flick of his wrist, it started changing, the hilt folded into a forty-five-degree angle. The backplate splitting and this led to it revealing a rather large barrel of a gun. Pieces shifted about as to let the barrel with the chain on it to pop off and become coiled around the gun. This all happened in a split second.

Brex raises an eyebrow from behind his mask upon seeing this and started to let out a whistle before saying, “Now that's a way to intimidate somebody.” Just as a precaution, The Roegadyn raised his level sync from 30 to 35. After doing so, he started down into the opening and found that it led into a cave network that stretched deeper into the earth that went at a slight drop every few meters. Rory asked, “Do you thing going for level 35 will be enough? Its only difference is five levels after all.” Brex answered her with, “Eeyup, If Celestia manages to have a way to check how powerful some one is at a location, then I don’t want to seem too strong. I’d rather have her think I’m something she could take out without any effort.”

As they descended down, Ryu spoke up while motioning to his weapon in hand, "Best part, she has a bottomless cup and uses 50 caliber rounds. We shoot something, we put a hole in it.” There was a strong sense of pride in his voice. He then brings Valkyrie next to his face and added, "Tell me when and I’ll summon our support."

While still not taking his eyes away from the rocky patch ahead, that was just large enough for a small group to traverse together, he asks, "What yeah got for this support? From what I can see, there isn't much room for a large force. We may be limited to 5 or 6 altogether and that’s including the two of us."

Ryu then responded with, “Well, since it's Titan and he's not exactly small, we should have plenty of room for Nagas and Arachnids like what was discussed earlier. I'm thinking of calling on additional Arachnids since they can shoot webs. If we can slow him down, then we will have an easier time. About two Nagas and three Arachnids should do it.”

It didn't take them too long until they found the seemingly random tunnels that were leading them to a section that seemed to be made up of more than simple rocks. The walls now had veins of what appeared to be a clear crystal like structure that started off in very small amounts until it became more frequent as the walls slowly began to transition over to it more and more, until every surface was now made of it completely.

He soon found that the walls were now getting higher and further apart. This made more space for the two displaced beings. Brex walked up to one of the walls and placed a hand on it. His gloved hand soon found a lose section and broke off a small shard and after a few seconds of looking it over, he placed it into his item box and began to examine it in more detail. With the Roegadyn, he opened the window to look for the thing that he had just put in. After quickly locating it, the info was then displayed and what he found on it caused his heart to nearly miss a beat. Brex then said in a nervous tone, "Um... Houston, we have a BIG… problem."

(Apollo13. Houston, We Have a Problem. start Video at 20 seconds in.)

( To Be Continued next time on, A Roegadyn in Equestria. Chapter 25: Between a Rock and a Rock. Ouch! Part 2. )