-No One's P.O.V

After preparing things for a great journey...You, Ricca, and Iris were now looking in front of you to see a bunch of monsters appearing through the road.

Ricca: Monsters...!? But they usually don't come out in daylight...!

Fairy: I feel an evil presence from this direction...Maybe the goblin leader who escaped sent them this way.

(Y/N): Sounds possible.

Ricca: However, that direction is the same as the path that leads to the foot of the mountain. Maybe those goblins did attack the settlement there too...

Fairy: If we go to where there are more monsters, we might be able to catch up to the goblins who attacked your village.

Ricca: I see...

(Y/N): Welp, let's do this. We oughta find your sister ASAP.

Ricca: Yeah, but there are still people in the village...We better defeat as many monsters as we can along the way.

(Y/N): Right.

Suddenly, the three of you heard whining behind you as the three of you turned around to see Polon.

Ricca: Huh...? Polon...!?

(Y/N): Hey, it's got something in its mouth.

Ricca: That ribbon...It's Miria's...! Where did you find that...?

Polon: Woof...Woof...*Whine*!

(YN): I don't speak dogs, but I think he wants us to take the ribbon.

Ricca: Well...I guess you're right.

Ricca then takes the blue ribbon from Polon's mouth as she wraps it around the sword's handle.

Ricca: Polon...We're going to save Miria...

Polon: *Whine*...

(Y/N): Don't worry, buddy. We'll bring her back before you know it. However, it'll take us a long time to get back home, buddy.

Ricca: (Y/N)'s right. This place is too dangerous for you...Polon, please go back to the village and help Donny and the others!

Polon: Woof...woof...!

And just like that, You, Ricca, and the Fairy walked off.

Polon then ran back to the Village until he encounters two men and started growling at them.

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Ricca: ....

(Y/N): Hey Fairy, can you tell us your name? We haven't asked since we left the Village.

Fairy: My name? Well, God gave me the name "Iris" when I became his servant.

(Y/N): Plain name, I must say.

Iris: You got a problem with it?

(Y/N): Nah, just saying.

Ricca: U-Um...Iris...Thank you.

Iris: For what?

Ricca: You know...for saving me from the goblins...and helping me look for my sister...

Iris: The goblins...? My head was fuzzy when I gave you your powers, so I don't remember it well...But God sent me to deliver the brooch to the holy knight and help her carry out her duty. I'm just fulfilling my mission.

(Y/N): Huh, I see.

Ricca: That reminds me, I have something I wanted to ask you...

Iris: What is it?

Ricca: What is this transformation...? And what do you mean, "duty"...? I look like a knight out of a fairy tale...

(Y/N): No kidding you are. You look exactly look like one!

Iris: Correct.

Ricca: Huh?

Iris: I said this to you at the church, but you were chosen by God to become the legendary holy knight to defeat monsters and save this world.

Ricca: Wha...? Huh...!? Are you serious...? No, you have to be joking...

Iris: I don't like joking around.

(Y/N): Hahaha, sounds a little cliche when you read types of fairy tale stories like this.

Iris: Exactly like you read one before.

Ricca: S-Sorry...but...why me...? I'm just a normal village girl! I've never even touched a big sword like this before!

Iris: Don't ask me. I don't know either. But you look exactly like what God described, and you did receive his powers and became a knight, so there should be no problem.

Ricca: O-Okay...

Iris: Yup.

Ricca: But me...? I'm supposed to fight monsters and save people...? I can't...

Iris: True, you do look like any other human girl...but if God chose you, things should go just fine.

Ricca: God chose me...? Why me...? Wait, what if (Y/N) was chosen to be the Holy Knight?

Iris: Your friend here? Well, nothing changes if he was the holy knight, plus (Y/N) is experienced with sword fighting when he fought those monsters back at the village.

(Y/N): True, but Ricca is inexperienced in sword fighting. She needs at least have proper training before experiencing how to fight like a real swordsman.

Iris: Good point. But aren't you the one who could teach her since you how to fight against those monsters back at the village? Your style of sword fighting isn't quite familiar to me.

(Y/N): Of course, my sword fighting style is a little different than your ordinary sword style in this era.

Iris: "In this era"? What do you mean by that?

Iris asked in an interrogating tone until you realized that you slipped your words right from your mouth.

(Y/N): Oh uh...

Ricca: S-Sorry to freak you out, but (Y/N) here is from the 21st Century from the future.

Iris: Wait...are you for real?

(Y/N): Yeah.

Iris: I find that hard to believe.

(Y/N): *Sigh* If you ever heard of time traveling, then let me explain everything...

-One Big Explanation Later -

(Y/N): ...and that's how I got here.

Iris: I see. It's surprising that a human yourself mysteriously travels back in time from the modern era just by sleeping in bed.

(Y/N): Yup. That sums up everything.

Iris: (Although, I'm quite curious about the modern era. But I'll ask for that later.)

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After a few minutes of walking and defeating monsters along the way until Ricca looks around the environment around her and spoke up...

Ricca: All the plants have withered...The atmosphere is so eerie...This place wasn't like this the last time I came this way...

(Y/N): Yeah, same here.

Upon reaching the end of the road, the three of you saw a big shiny red crystal in the way.

Ricca: It's shiny and pretty, but something feels off about it...I didn't see anything like this when I passed by this place a while ago...

(Y/N): Looks like one of those magic red stones for currency. I've never seen this big before.

Iris: A little close. That's a Drain Crystal. It's a magic tool that accumulates and transfers magic energy. I suspected there was one nearby...This crystal is absorbing the magic of this land and transferring it somewhere else. On top of that, it's transforming some of the magic into a wave of evil energy that attracts and empowers monsters.

(Y/N): So basically this thing is a power source for all evil monsters?

Iris: Correct.

Ricca: So that's why the monsters have been restless lately...And the plants around here are withered because the crystal took their energy...

Iris: Exactly; this is the root cause. If we don't get rid of this, the whole mountain will become withered and overrun by monsters.

Ricca: No...That's awful...Who would put this here...?

(Y/N): Probably some Overlord dude put it here.

Iris: You guess that right. It's probably the work of Arch-Lich. I'm sure the absorbed magic is sent to him, too.

Ricca: Arch-Lich...? The goblins said something about him, too...

(Y/N): Yeah, they mentioned it about once or twice.

Iris: I'll explain more later. Let's just break the Drain Crystal first. Then the monsters will gradually disappear and the mountain will return to its original state.

Ricca: Okay. I got it.

Iris: There might be more Drain Crystals along the way. Let's break any that we come across.

(Y/N): Hmm...let me that break thing first.

You then summoned out Hierophant Green and used Emerald Splash to fire emeralds onto the big red crystal and it eventually was destroyed.

(Y/N): Huh, that was easy.

Ricca then picks up the piece of the drain crystal and examines it.

Ricca: Crystals that attract monsters...Who would do such a thing...?

Iris: This is the work of Arch-Lich, the wicked necromancer.

(Y/N): Is he the mastermind behind all this mess?

Iris: Correct. He's an evil wizard who once manipulated monsters to ravage the world. The legendary holy knight was the one who defeated him.

Ricca: I think I remember a fairy tale about that...But that wizard was defeated, right? So why...?

Iris: it seems that he has resurrected. Necromancy is magic that came from researching ways to obtain immortality, so he must have used that power.

Ricca: ...

(Y/N): ...

Iris: God needed someone to defeat the evil wizard, and chose to bestow you with the power, and the duty.

Ricca: God...chose me...? Why...?

(Y/N): Ricca, it's best if you stick with the mission rather than asking questions.

Iris: Your friend's right. You wanted to defeat monsters and save mankind, right?

Ricca: (Save mankind...? Right, I'm going to save everyone...including Miria...)

Ricca then turned to look at you.

Ricca: (...Even to protect (Y/N).)

Iris: Anyway, let's get moving. We don't want to waste time.

(Y/N): Yeah.

Iris: Hm?

Iris turns her head somewhere which confuses you and Ricca.

Ricca: Huh...? Miss Fairy...? Iris...?

(Y/N): Something wrong?

Iris: I can sense waves of evil from that direction. It must be a Drain Crystal.

Ricca: I think that's where the valley is...That's the shortest path to the foot of the mountain. So the goblins who kidnapped Miria are the same as the ones who attacked the settlement...Let's hurry!

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(A/N: That's that! Stay tuned for more!)