Lady Calamity and the Shepherd (Tales of Berseria × Tales of Zestiria Crossover)

Chapter 12: Another Scarlet Night

As they made their way down the mountain, a dagger landed at Sorey's feet and stuck in the ground. This caused everyone to freeze. With a gust of wind, a female assassin stood in their way, both weapons ready. "You... they called you their boss, didn't they?" Sorey asked the girl. Velvet and everyone else got into defensive positions. They girl stayed silent. "I really am the Shepherd. I know you won't believe me, but it's true." Sorey said, acting calm. "Real or fake, it doesn't matter a bit!" The assassin said, pulling out twin daggers. Alisha ran in to help Sorey as Lailah and Edna began healing and buffing both humans. Velvet and her crew just stood back and watched. "That girl is giving off her own Blessed Domain." Eizen told Velvet. "I can feel it. It's almost on par with Sorey's." Velvet replied. "What should we do?" Eleanor asked.

As the fighting continued, Alisha was about to go into Armatization until Sorey said "No! We'll kill them if we do go into that!" Alisha hesitated, but then jumped back in. The fighting was dragging on until the assassin faltered and fell to the ground. "Now's our chance!" Magilou said, running with Velvet and the rest of her crew past them. Sorey and Alisha followed with the Seraphim. Sorey looked back and saw a seraph picking up the assassin. The seraph had tanned skin and shoulder length silver hair with green tips covering his eyes. He had on a black hat and a black jacket over a green long-sleeved shirt with one vertical and four horizontal white lines. Along with the outfit were black boots come up to his knees and over his black, white, and green pants. Along with that, were gloves and a belt, both of which are brown and has buckles.

"A seraph..." Sorey muttered as he saw them disappear in a gust of wind. When they reached the bottom of the hill, a crowd had gathered around the destroyed bridge and were complaining to the guards. "Please! Calm down. It will take a couple of days, maybe even weeks before the bridge is rebuilt." One of the guards say. "But I have family back in Marlind!" One of the citizens yell. Alisha looked at her friends and said "Let me deal with the growing crowd. You guys deal with the bridge." Alisha said, running off. Sorey, along with Lailah, Edna and Mikleo made their way to the destroyed bridge. Eleanor took Velvet, Magilou, and Eizen down to a group of familiar people. "Eleanor!" Kamoana called out to the Exorcist. Eleanor smiled and said "Hello sweetie, how are you?" Kamoana gave a big smile and said "I'm doing it great!" "Well, well, well... If it isn't Lady Calamity. It's been a long time." Medissa said to Velvet.

To say she was shocked was an understatement. Velvet didn't even know they were even still alive! Beside Medissa was Dyle. He gave her a smirk. Sitting and barking with joy were Orthie and Russ. A tear fell from Velvet's eyes as she saw the dogs, reminding her of her friend from Aball. She gave a soft smile and said "It's great to see you all again." Everyone gave the Lord of Calamity a smile.

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Back with Sorey, he was debating on fixing the bridge right away. Edna had brought up a really good point. "Don't you know what humans will think about you, if you demonstrate power that transcends their simple understanding?" She had asked. She had a point. He was curious about the citizen's reactions. "But think carefully about who stands to lose the most from what they're warning you about." Mikleo had then told him right after. He was also correct. Who would lose the most? Would Sorry lose the citizens trust and gain fear? Or would they lose interest after one simple task? Should he wait until dusk? Or just go with his gut and do the impossible right away? "Let's wait till midnight." Sorey said. "Changed your mind I take it?" Mikleo asked. "Yeah. Better do it late at night when everyone's gone to bed." Sorey explained. Edna and Lailah smiled. "Kay." "Fine by me." Were his replies from the two girls.

Velvet looked over at the Shepherd and his group as he was approached by Alisha and an elder man. "Is that the Shepherd?" Kamoana asked. "Yes sweetie." Eleanor replied. "He doesn't seem all powerful and strong. The Malak's around him seem weak as well..." Medissa stated. "I assure you. They are very powerful." Eizen said with a smirk. "Is it just me, or do you feel like something bad is going to happen?" Dyle asked suddenly, looking up at the dark sky. The moon wasn't up yet. "You feel it too Dyle?" Magilou asked. "Not just him. The whole time I've been feeling my energy grow." Velvet told them. "Then that means..." Eleanor said, trailing off. "A Scarlett Night." Kamoana said in fear. As the citizens began to leave, the moon rose high into the sky. It was blood red and the malevolence in the air intensified. Sorey had just armatized with Edna and was preparing to form the bridge.