Beyond the Stars - Etrian Odyssey V Fanfiction

Chapter 8

The day was still in motion, as Ion continues running. He's checked high and low, unable to find any sign of Korey or his guild. Were they on their way to Iorys, or was he too late?

"No... Ion must find nice man. Must warn nice man of danger." Ion uttered to himself, as he continues his search. He eventually bumps into someone, who grunts in pain, as he continues to run past him. This irked the man, turning to face Ion.

"Hey, you!" The man yelled, as Ion turned to face the man, seeing he was a Harbinger with black hair and red eyes. He had some iron piercings on his face, and silver earrings, yet his black and red clothes could easily mistake him for an edgy Harbinger, noticing his dark red wing behind him. "Don't you know it's RUDE to bump into people?!" He growled, gritting his teeth at him.

Ion quickly bowed in apology. "I-I'm s-sorry, sir, I'm just looking for someone..." Ion stuttered, as the Harbinger stopped in front of him.

"Oh I'll give ya someone to look for, alright..." The Harbinger began, taking his purple scythe out, bringing it behind his head as it to prepare an attack, causing Ion to flinch. "Someone to take that miserable life of yours!" He yelled, before getting a cloak shoved in his face as he takes a few steps back trying to get it off. Ion takes the opportunity to run away from him.

"Grah!" The harbinger snarled, finally getting the cloak off, sharply turning his head to Ion, who was a lot further ahead of him. "Get back here, you fucking coward!" The harbinger threatened, as he began to follow Ion in pursuit.

"Alright girls, time to do a little bit of shopping before we explore the labyrinth to look for the two Celestrians." Kyo hummed, looking forward to head back into the labyrinth. "We must make sure we consider our choices, cause we might not have that much after we sell the materials dropped from the monsters to Syrik." Hilda reminded the Celestrian girl.

"I'm sure we'll have enough money, Hilda!" Keiko chirped, before waving at some other explorers as Demetria urges her to continue onward. Korey continued walking close behind them.

"Graaah!" Korey stopped as soon as a yell reached his ears, turning to the left, quickly seeing Ion run from behind a building to another, as a rather frustrated Harbinger followed him. Korey blinked and placed a finger on his chin.

"Was that... Charon?" Korey wondered. No, that couldn't have been him... Korey thought to himself, shaking his head. Charon had a different hair and clothes than what that harbinger just wore. "I have to save Ion!"

Korey rushes to the area where the Harbinger and Ion ran through, trying not to cause another explorer to fall in his wake. Although he was sure that the girls probably would've needed his input on a few purchases, the fencer knew they can handle shopping way more than he can. He had a guy to save, after all. What good is a hero if they ignore someone in danger?

He makes it through the traffic, seeing the harbinger and starts the pursuit. Although he was running as fast as he can, due to this area of Iorys being residential, and not having many people going through the streets at this time of day, the harbinger still inched closer to the Celestrian. Just running faster and potentially tripping may cost him a few extra seconds.

"Damn it..." Korey cursed, noticing a different path ahead, and without hesitation, decides to take the alternate path. "I hate to resort to using shortcuts, but I have no choice!" Korey uttered in his breath, having never ran this fast in his life much before in his life.

"Stop running already!" He heard the harbinger scream, urging Korey to run faster than before. "Stay... away!" Ion yelled, turning to the right, before the harbinger did the same thing.