Tehpootisman here with another Calamity crossover!
This time, a crossover with Shield Hero, featuring Calamity's Rogue Class!
Yes, I do plan to continue working on The Stars Above, so don't worry too much.
The great watcher roared, splattering blood and other various fluids across the moonlit grass, charging forth with reckless abandon.
Its foe, a young bruised and battered man clutched his wounds as blood leaked through the gnarled gashes on their dark, obsidian armor.
The man looked to the night sky and saw that the moon was nearing the horizon.
He needed to end this. Now.
A normal, unassuming red brick formed in his hand, as he snuck through the tall grass with great haste.
The giant eye stopped its rampage, and immediately located the man. Even without a pupil, it seemed that the beast still had impeccable eyesight, able to spot the man whose armor blended in almost perfectly with the night.
It charged, but before it could hit him, the man threw the brick. It shattered with a strangely excessive force for such a projectile, shredding through the mawed beast's internals.
The momentum kept it going, one of the many teeth stabbing into the man's stomach as the beast began its death throes.
The man winced as he pushed himself off of the eye's tooth, a gaping hole in his abdomen. Scrambling for a health potion, his knees buckled as his body oozed precious blood.
The beast wasn't faring any better, its flesh cracking like a stone as blood arced out like water jets, before finally bursting into guts and gore.
Eye of Cthulhu has been defeated!
There was no real need for the potion. Glowing hearts flew at the man, carrying the eye's momentum. They gingerly touched his body, sealing his wounds and restoring his armor to peak condition.
As the rising sun marked yet another tale of survival, the man collapsed to the ground, exhausted despite his healed state. He clutched the well earned eye-shaped Treasure Bag in his hands, the man closed his eyes for a well-earned rest…
"Brave heroes! We have summoned you four to save our world!"
'Hold up.'
The young man sat up, now finding himself in the middle of a grandiose room, surrounded by priests and sitting on a magical sigil that was rapidly growing dimmer and dimmer.
To one side of the room, was a king sitting upon his throne.
"We ask of you, please lend us your...huh? There's… there are five heroes…?"
The youngster looked around, seeing four more young men similar in age. Each one wielded a unique weapon donning a large, vibrant jewel.
The king spoke up. "Hum, an interesting turn of events! Heroes, I ask of thee, please help us in our time of need! A terrifying phenomenon known as the Waves of Calamity is devastating our kingdom!"
The five heroes looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
"If you help us, I promise that you will be rewarded handsomely!"
The blonde-haired man with the spear shrugged. "Welp, I'm in."
The other heroes quickly decided to follow in his footsteps, at the promise of sweet loot— and maybe even a way to go home.
"Excellent!" The king remarked. "Welcome to the Kingdom of Melomarc! I am the king of this glorious country, Aultcray Melomarc XXXII. Now, great heroes, I will hear your names."
While Naito tried to figure out what number 'XXXII' translated to, the heroes introduced themselves.
First up, was the man with the dark grey hair. In his hand, a large sword. "Ren Amaki, age 16. I'm a high school student."
The second was the child-like blonde with a bow. "Itsuki Kawasumi, 17-years old, I'm also a high schooler."
The spear-wielding blonde from before stepped up, "Motoyasu Kitamura. I'm 21, and a university student."
The black-haired man with a small shield on his arm spoke up. "I'm Naofumi Iwantani, age 20. I'm also a university student."
Curiously, the king seemed to barely acknowledge the shielder-user...then, it was the obsidian-armored man's turn.
'Alright, first impressions matter. Don't mess this up.'
He cleared his throat, standing up straight.
"My name is Naitokirā. I'm a warrior in training." His voice was not at all fit for the young man, being more fit for a grizzled war veteran with a five-o-clock shadow.
His voice startled the other four heroes. The air became somewhat tense as he seemed to menacingly stand there, proud and tall. The smell of iron became apparent, as while his wounds from fighting the Eye of Cthulhu had closed, the drying blood was still there.
'Shit, shit, shit SHIT SHIT SHIT DAMAGE CONTROL ACTIVATE!'
Naito cleared his throat again.
"Apo— *AHEM*" Once more. This time, his voice came out as normal. "...Apologies. I didn't mean to speak in such a manner. I had just finished a great ordeal back in my world before arriving and had no time to prepare myself before being summoned. Please forgive me. " He said, bowing down respectfully.
The stiff atmosphere seemed to quickly loosen up. The king nodded, a drop of sweat running down his temple. "I see. In that case, I shall allow you and the other heroes to use our castle's facilities for the night."
He then cleared his throat. "Anyways. Motoyasu, Ren, Itsuki, and Naitokirā. If you would please open your status menus…"
'Huh?'
Three of the other four heroes looked confused. Ren shrugged. "You four didn't already notice? The bottom right corner of your vision."
Sure enough, there was a strange symbol in the corner of Naito's vision. It had a little white exclamation mark above it as if it had some important notifications.
'Hm...open?'
To his surprise, a menu popped up!
[You have several pending notifications!]
Name: Naitokirā
Class: Dagger Hero [Locked]
Health: 200/200
Mana: 60/60
Rage: 147/10000
Adrenaline: 0/1000
Defense: 16
Stealth points: 0/100 [Fully Visible]
Locked, huh? Come to think of it, he only just now noticed the small dagger in his hand, having unconsciously put the Treasure Bag into his inventory.
The dagger had an ornate marble-like hilt, that resembled the outstretched wings of an angel. It also had a large purple jewel in the center. Honestly, it looked more like a decoration piece than a proper weapon.
Naito was rather surprised to see the "Rage" and "Adrenaline" meters.
Up until this point, he wasn't aware of him being a Ripper. Rippers were special Terrarians who could channel their rage to achieve a superhuman state.
Shrugging, the Terrarian continued to inspect his stats.
Armor
Otherworldly Obsidian Outlaw Hat - 5% increased Rogue damage
Otherworldly Obsidian Longcoat - 5% increased Rogue critical strike chance
Otherworldly Obsidian Pants - 5% increased Rogue weapon velocity
Set Bonus: Set Bonus: +2 defense and 5% increased rogue damage and critical strike chance
Grants immunity to normal fire, small resistance to all other types of fire, and temporary immunity to lava
Otherworldly - This armor's material follows a different set of rules than what is present in this world.
Social Slots (Armor)
N/A
Accessories
[Fleeting (+2 Movement Speed)] Shoe Spikes - Allows Wall-climbing. Synergizes with Climbing Claws.
[Hard (+1 Defense)] Climbing Claws - Allows Wall-climbing. Synergizes with Shoe Spikes.
Raider's Talisman - Critical hits with Rogue Weapons increases damage. Stacks up to 250 levels, for a total of 25% increased damage. The current level is 50.
A different set of rules? Hm, he'd have to look into that later. First, he inspected his weapon.
[Legendary] Legendary Dagger of the Hero
12 Rogue Damage
Extremely weak knockback
4% Crit Chance
[Override] Melee strikes to vulnerable areas deal 1.5x crit damage.
[Override] All stats are scaled to [Terraria] system. All displayed information about stats does not include modifiers from weapons or armor.
[Note] Crit chance refers to the likelihood of a random crit, regardless of where the strike lands.
Stealth Strike - [Locked]
Huh. How interesting. The man then decided to check his pending notifications.
[Rogue-Class Weapons detected in inventory. Due to Legendary Weapon restrictions, you will not be able to wield these.]
…What?
[Would you like to integrate these weapons into your Legendary Weapon? Note: This will consume them.]
…
Screw it.
[Otherworldly - Terraria weapon tree Installed!]
[Ammo Points unlocked!]
Weapon unlocked: Wulfrum Knife
8 Rogue Damage
4% Crit chance
15/15 Ammo Points
Stealth Strike: Increased weapon velocity, counts as two strikes upon impact.
Weapon unlocked: Throwing Brick
14 Rogue Damage
24% Crit Chance
Ammo Points: 79/15
Stealth Strike: Shatters upon impact, dealing shrapnel damage.
'What the hell are Ammo Points?'
[Tutorial - Ammo Points]
Many Rogue Weapons have a limited supply. Once fully depleted, you will not be able to use that weapon.
Getting a good night's sleep will replenish all ammo points.
You may also craft the weapons to bypass the ammo point cap, however, excess supply will take up inventory space.
Using a weapon in melee combat will not spend its Ammo Points.
Okay, now that's really interesting.
"Oi! Naito-san!" Motoyasu tapped on his shoulder, causing him to turn around. "We're dismissed!"
The Terrarian blinked a few times. "Oh, sorry." He followed them as several maids lead them to their temporary rooms.
"Dinner will be served in due time. Please, do take this time to use the facilities to freshen yourselves up."
And so, Naito found himself in the royal bath, which looked more like an indoor hot spring.
"Y'know, compared to my uncle's, this place isn't too shabby." He said aloud as he washed away the grime, sweat, and dried blood. "Even has plumbing."
Buff: Squeaky Clean!
A refreshing bath has soothed your body and soul. Plus, you don't smell too bad.
+20 Max Stealth Points
+3% Rogue Crit Chance
Time remaining - 5 hours or until wounded.
Thanks to his stage of undress, one could easily see that his forearms were completely wrapped in bandages.
He contemplated taking them off to properly wash them. He tugged on a loose piece of fabric, then stopped.
"No, somebody could be watching."
His father was a very experienced warrior. Well, he wasn't sure if "Warrior" was the term one would use, but he was most certainly a powerful individual.
One of the important lessons he'd learned was to always assume someone was watching him.
Which is why he kinda needed to do away with the whole 'talking-to-himself-when-he's-alone' thing.
He stabbed his dagger into a bar of soap as he moved to wash his hair. For some reason, that thing refused to enter his invento—
Weapon Unlocked: Bar of Soap
3 Rogue Damage
5% Crit Chance
Ammo Points: 5/5
Will always do 20x Crit damage to Eyeball monsters.
It may also be used as an actual bar of soap for cleaning oneself. This function can be used even if you're out of Ammo Points.
Stealth Strike: Increased weapon velocity.
Leaves a trail of soapy bubbles that inflict [Soap in the Eyes] on enemies, decreasing their defense by 5 and disabling eye-based powers for 15 seconds.
"...Excuse me, what?" He grabbed his dagger, changing it to its new form.
Now sitting in his hand was a bar of soap. With the dagger's signature purple gem sitting on top of it.
"What."
[Later at Dinner…]
"Heh, I already like this place." Motoyasu quipped. "Lots of cute girls. I feel like me and this world are gonna get along quite nicely!"
At the moment, Naitokirā was sitting inside of an extravagant dinner hall of sorts, at a large table filled with a bit too much food for five people alone to finish off.
Well, more for him, at least!
The spear-wielding blonde leaned back in his seat, "This place really feels a lot like Emerald Online, systems and all! That'll be a cinch!"
Itsuki raised an eyebrow at this. "I know! Also, you mean Wave Dimension, right?"
"...What are you two talking about? This game's basically the real-life version of Brave Star Online."
Apparently, Naofumi didn't know what they were talking about either.
"Could it be...are we from different Earths?"
The three started naming off things like "Who is the current Japanese Prime Minister?" and getting completely different answers.
Naito just chowed down on some chicken legs. It was surprisingly greasy for a world that had yet to invent anything close to KFC (Krimson Fried Chicken.)
"'Ey, Naito!" One of them called out. "Noticed you weren't answering our questions."
"Hm? Sorry. I was eating."
"Eh, it's alright. Say, doesn't this world feel like a game to you?"
'Excuse me, what?'
He looked up at Motoyasu. "...Well, it's game-like, yes. But I wouldn't say it's a game. Sure, you can see your capabilities using a numerical value, but it doesn't feel all that special, to be honest."
"Whaaaat?! People would literally die for a chance like this! In fact, I did die before being summoned! I got stabbed by two girls who were fighting over me. Hehe…"
Naito gave the spear-wielder a funny look. "Okay? My world had...some type of game element too."
"Hah, really?! Then it'll be easy for you!"
'I highly doubt it. I nearly died right before being summoned.'
Naito just shrugged. "Whatever."
He went back to eating some rather delicious food.
As he did, he heard them trash-talking Naofumi's shield, and about how his class has overall low-tier abilities.
'Idiots, the lot of them. That's the whole point of a shield. It's to absorb blows.'
…
'Yo, this chicken is really good!'
"Hey, uh…" Itsuki began, approaching him. "What's with the bandages?"
Without his Obsidian Armor, his bandages were a lot more obvious to the other summoned heroes.
"Oh, those? Well, it's a security measure. You see, my father has a very high position in my homeland's governing body. My, erm, birthmarks, stick out like a sore thumb."
"Huh. Interesting. So why don't you take them off? Surely, there wouldn't be anybody from your world that could recognize you!"
Naito shrugged. "You'd be surprised how many enemies our leader has. Besides, I like the aesthetic."
Itsuki stared at him for a moment. "Eh, alright. You do you, I suppose."
That night, in the room given to Naito scrolled through his menus, looking for more information. Eventually, he came upon his inventory.
56x Gel
6x Lens
50x Torch
64x Throwing Brick (Ammo)
Cell Phone
15x Lesser Healing Potion
Treasure Bag (Eye of Cthulhu)
3x Silver Bar
45x Wood
Golden Pickaxe
Golden Axe
12x Glass bottle
3x Fallen Star
Counter Scarf
Monetary-wise, he had at least two gold, 68 silver and 74 copper coins on him, so there was that.
Though, curiosity got the best of him. He put a single copper coin up to the gem on his dagger.
Weapon unlocked: Copper Coin Dagger - Terrarian
6 Rogue Damage
3% Crit Chance
Enemies drop 10% more copper coins on defeat.
Stealth Strike: Inflict [Lesser Midas Touch], causing enemies to drop 10% additional copper coins on defeat.
One of three Conditions fulfilled for Piggy Bank Dagger:
[X] Copper Coin Dagger
[_] Silver Coin Dagger
[_] Gold Coin Dagger
Weapon unlocked: Copper Coin Dagger
6 Rogue Damage
3% Crit chance
While equipped: 10% discount when purchasing items.
The second weapon didn't even come with a Stealth Strike. How curious…
Even more interesting was that he could apparently unlock new weapons...by unlocking other weapons.
He thought about it for a while, and then shrugged as he decided to just roll with it.
'Come to think of it, I haven't opened my treasure bag…'
Pulling it out of his inventory, Naito untied the string sealing it shut and dumped its contents all over the small desk in his room.
First to come out was the Shield of Cthulhu, being decently bigger than the bag itself. No chance he'd be able to use it, but its dash ability would probably be great for Naofumi, though.
Next came a pair of binoculars. A lucky find!
But what surprised him the most was when the ores came out, spilling into a pile as the bag finally deposited three more gold coins and a heart-shaped Life Crystal before the bag itself turned black and crumbled like burning fabric.
More specifically, both Demonite and Crimtane ore.
That...was not supposed to happen. The bag was supposed to drop ore aligned with whatever taint was the most prevalent.
For it to drop both...were they so perfectly matched in power that they caused something weird to happen?
Or was it because this might be a new world?
Not only that, but the seeds were dropped as well. He'd have to make sure that these didn't fall into the wrong hands.
To the side, a spark of energy, the colorations vaguely resembling an eye. It wasn't uncommon for the Jungle Tyrant, Yharim, to use these things, known as Lore Sparks, to communicate with certain Terrarians on their journeys. The sparks themselves could mutate the body, granting great boons at the cost of an equally great burden.
Yet, the lord's voice never came.
He sighed in defeat and tapped it with his dagger's jewel.
Lore Series unlocked!
Weapon unlocked: Lore Dagger - Eye of Cthulhu
23 Rogue Damage
4% Crit Chance
When equipped: Gain enhanced night vision during the night, but blinded during the daylight.
Stealth Strike: Gaze upon the masses. When thrown, the dagger will highlight all enemies within sight.
Naito approached the open window, climbing onto the windowsill.
It was time for him to prepare to take on this new unfamiliar world, and prove himself as a worthy successor to his father.
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After raiding the kitchen for yet another helping of chicken, of course!