Rebirth of a Hero? Ch. 06

Nataly woke up to someone knocking on her door, Val sat up and threw her legs over the side of the bed and stood up and stretched out her wings, Nataly walked over to the door and opened slightly to see who knocked.

"Good morning Nataly, May I ask where we eat?" Malarick asked as everyone stood behind him.

"Wow you guys wake up early," Nataly said as she stepped back and put on the robe that was hanging on the back of her door and stepped out, "Follow me."

As Nataly entered the kitchen and looked back as everyone came in, "Ugh one moment," Nataly focused on herself and created five small memory marbles in her hand, "These contain information on how to use everything in here." Nataly said as everyone took one but had to toss the last one to Gantua who caught it.

"Press them to your head," Nataly said as she walked out of the kitchen to go get dressed.

Everyone did so and gasped as information flowed into their minds, Duna showed excitement as she started to understand all the technology.

Garvin drooled slightly as he opened the large walk in freezer and found a large piece of meat, he brought it out and put it in the oven and started to cook it.

Gantua went to sit down as a stool and part of the table grew to her proportions, "Hey Frund while you're doing that can you pass me a box of cereal and a bowl and spoon please," She asked as she reached the fridge and pulled out some milk that expanded.

"Here you Gantua," Frund said as she put everything down then turned to the sink and turned on the hot water to use with her instant oatmeal.

"Thank you," Gantua said as the bowl, spoon and box of cereal enlarged themselves, She poured out the cereal first then the milk and started to eat.

Malarick was scrounging out many vegetables and fruits making some kind of mixed salad with most of them, "Duna instead of taking everything apart maybe you should eat something," He said trying to distract her from the blender that was taken apart.

"I will eat later, I need to know how this all works," Duna said absently as she pulled the base of revealing the circuitry, Duna stared in wonder at the circuit board trying to understand how such tiny things were created.

Before Duna could take it apart further Nataly and Val walked in and stopped as they smelt the meat cooking, "I didn't know breakfast including cooked meat?" Nataly asked as Garvin stood up.

"Sorry I've never heard of beef or any kind of meat from your world so I was curious as to what it tasted like," He said as he turned off the oven and pulled out the semi cooked meat, Garvin sat down away from everyone and started to eat.

Malarick looked at Nataly and smiled, "Do you think I could grow some of these fruits? They are so exotic and wonderful, I wonder how our world would affect their growth," Malarick smiled as he held up a large strawberry.

"You can try but I don't know if they'll grow here. Also Duna can you please put that back together I need it," Nataly asked.

"Sorry but I am curious if I can somehow replicate it," Duna mumbled as she carefully examined the motor that turned the blades.

"I will show you the library later and where you can read up on these things," Nataly said as she pulled the blender away from her and put mana into it causing it to put itself back together.

Nataly walked to the fridge pulling out ingredients and placed them on the counter while Val made herself a large sandwich, Nataly started to use the blender as Duna walked over to her and watched the blender work, "I will accept your offer to your library," Duna whispered as she watched the ingredients became a thick liquid.

"I'll show you later, and what about you two? How's the food," Nataly asked Gantua and Frund.

"It's great, I just wish we had something like this in our world," Gantua said as she finished her breakfast by drinking the milk out of the bowl.

"Same here I wish we had this stuff," Frund said as she licked the spoon clean.

"Well I could always become famous by bringing my world's food here," Nataly jokingly said as she drank her breakfast.

Duna looked up and reached up and stopped as the cupboard sunk to her height, she opened the door and looked around and grabbed a box of nutrient bars and started to eat some, "Can we take these out of your home?" She asked as she took another bite.

"Yes you can but I would rather you didn't show anyone this stuff please," Nataly said as she went around collecting dishes and putting them into the sink.

Garvin sighed as he leaned back, "I think I could get addicted to this stuff, but it lacks something I feel." He said as he stood up and put his large platter in the sink.

"He's right, have you girls noticed it too?" Malarick asked as he finished his berry salad.

All three girls nodded as they stood up, "I think it's because of the lack of natural mana that our world's food possesses, remember what Chessie said, 'Nataly comes from a world without magic'" Gantua said as she walked towards the door and waited for everyone.

"You are correct, I do wonder what would happen if we introduced her world's science to our world," Duna said while eating her third bar.

"A massive shift in power and an unpredictable change in the very basics of everything," Malarick said as she stood behind Duna.

Garvin sighed and stayed quiet as Frund giggled at his response then said, "No wonder we had to swear ourselves to secrecy," She said seriously as Val walked past them and towards the door.

Nataly followed everyone as she sighed, "I want to be careful about what I bring to this world," She said as she put on her boots along with everyone else.

"I understand that statement well, three hundred and eighty five years ago dwarfs discovered a way to make magic crystals into weapons. The humans nearly wiped themselves out in a war against the demonkin," Duna explained as she finished strapping on her boots.

"I'll never understand why humans hate the demonkin so much, they haven't done anything in three hundred years," Val said while opening the door for everyone.

"It's because humans dislike anything that doesn't resemble them. Look at what they've done to the beast tribes," Frund spoke up as everyone left.

"What do you mean?" Nataly asked.

"About six hundred years ago the humans lived in the top portion of the great plains and half of the western desert. Then war broke out, they pushed dwarves into the mountains. Elves and giants into the Sylvian woods. Demons unto the plateau and the merfolk into the shallow ocean. They saved the worst for the beast folk, only a hundred years ago did they stop slavery. It still continues but not legally and now they are a couple dozen tribes all living in the desert," Garvin explained as they started towards the guild hall.

"But because of the humans having a short lifespan most of them think that everything is over and forgiving, excluding the demonkin of course. They tend to say that it doesn't matter anymore or that it's all in the past," Gantua said as she stepped over a horse and carriage that was parked in front of a shop.

"Humans don't change much no matter the world they're in I guess," Nataly said as she opened the door to the hall.

"Enough of this topic, let's check out the commotion at the counter," Val said trying to switch everyone's focus to the large crowd.

Malarick stood straight and said loudly, "Mythic Midnight here, make way!" Everyone looked back and stepped out of the way as the receptionist sighed in relief.

"Thank the divines you're still here," He said as he handed them a paper, "A large pack of stone wolves with unknown numbers has moved into the nearby forest and begun to attack everything. The Shadow gale party were ambushed, they barely made it out they are at the hospital right now," He said urgently as Malarick read the paper.

"I see, We will accept the task and either move them or destroy them," Malarick said as he handed the paper back and turned to his party, "Frund go see them with Garvin, Gantua go get our equipment, Duna go get more supplies," Malarick order quickly.

Everyone left to do what they were told as Malarick walked out with Nataly and Val following, "Please let Gantua collect our stuff and would you like to join us on the hunt?" Malarick asked them as Gantua closed the giant doors into the hall.

"Here I'll bring her in," Val said as she held out her hand to Gantua.

As they walked in, Nataly turned to Malarick and asked, "What are stone wolves and why do you need to take care of them?"

"Stone wolves are an evolved form of wolves, unlike their other types stone wolves boast the highest defense and strength while also being fast and agile. To make matters worse they also double in size and can turn their fur into stone." Malarick explained as they walked towards the western gate.

"You said other types?" Nataly said.

Malarick stopped near the gate and turned around to watch for everyone, "Yes most wolves are born normal and overtime gain an attribute close to where they live. There are four main types, air, water, fire and earth, each one can use basic spells while also gaining a small bonus to their physical bodies," Malarick explained as Frund and Garvin turned the corner and came up to them.

"Numbers are unknown but they guess around ten to fifteen but no alpha was spotted," Frund said looking nervous.

"That's not good," Malarick said as Duna walked up the street carrying a large sack filled with various supplies.

"What is not good?" She asked as she stopped in front of everyone.

"A very large pack with no alpha but all stone wolves," Malarick repeated, Dunas neutral expression showed some surprise.

"Okay can someone explain all this to me?" Nataly asked, looking confused and worried.

"First off one stone wolf usually leads a pack of eight to ten normal wolves but since it was only stone wolves. There's a good chance that an emperor stone wolf is leading some Beta stone wolves each with their own pack," Malarick explained as Gantua and Val came to the gate.

"Beta wolves look like normal stone wolves. An alpha stone wolf has some small horn-like protrusions coming from it's head. An emperor wolf will have a full crown which means the numbers are between thirty to fifty, I'm wondering what pushed them out of their territory," Garvin said while everyone but him started to put on their equipment.

Duna hefted a full plate armor onto her chest and strapped it on, "We will have to find out after we defeat the wolves," Duna said as she finished putting on her plate mail.

"Okay while you guys get ready I'm going to see if they finished my armor," Nataly said as she started to jog towards the guild hall warehouse, Val smiled as she spread her wings and flew towards Nataly.

Nataly squeaked as she was picked up by Val, "Here I'll fly us there to speed things up," She said while laughing as Nataly pressed her legs together trying to keep her skirt from flying around.

"I'm in a skirt, are you trying to show everyone my underwear?" Nataly embarrassingly muttered.

"Maybe I'm doing it to see you squirm," Val teased as they landed in front of the door to a few peoples surprise.

"You're a bitch you know that," Nataly said as she stuck out her tongue and ran into the building with Val following behind her.

Nataly saw Hugo over seeing the carpenters carving something for the wagon, "Hey Hugo did you guys finish the armor for me?" Nataly asked once in earshot.

Hugo looked up and smiled, "Yep, I worked throughout the night to finish this piece of art," He said proudly.

Natalys mouth fell open as Hugo pulled out the piece and laid them out on a nearby table, "I've put one enchantment on each of them. Once you put them on it will morph to fit you perfectly, since this is made of elder rasque nothing but a legendary beast will break it," Hugo started with a puffed out chest, "Hey Sher! Help her put them on," Hugo asked a female who was working at the small smithy.

"Will do hugo," Sher replied as Nataly grabbed everything and walked over to her, Sher set up a small area separated by a thick drape, "Please come behind here for privacy," She asked Nataly.

Nataly smiled at her as she walked behind the drape and set down all of the armor, "So how does this work?" She asked Sher.

"First you need to shed most of the extra clothing," Sher explained as she lightly tugged on Natalys jacket and skirt then pointed to her boots, "Once that's all off I'll teach you how to put it on," Sher said while looking at the pieces.

Nataly stripped off the extra layers till she was just in her bra and panties, Sher stared at the bra and pointed to it, "What is that? I've never seen anything like that before," She asked.

"This is a bra it helps to keep my boobs up," Nataly explained as she pulled it up letting her large tits sag a bit then put them back in showing that they were held up higher, "It also helps with back pain from larger sets."

"Can I hold it please?" Sher asked as she Handed Nataly the leather boots, the leather boots had small plates running up the front and back and outer sides with a series of small spikes on the top of the foot, the front of the foot was short, thick and pointed meant for kicking enemies, on the inside calf was laces to help tie the boots.

"Sure," Nataly said as she slipped off her bra and handed it over then started to put on the boots, once the boots slipped on Nataly watched as they shrunk to fit her feet and lower calfs perfectly.

After a few moments while Sher looked it over and studied it she handed it back and watched as Nataly put it on, "I'm going to try making some and see how well they do with some of the women I know," Sher said smiling as she handed Nataly the piece that would protect her upper thighs, "This is called a cuisse armor. It's meant for knees and upper legs," Sher explained as she showed Nataly how they went on.

Nataly studied the plated look of the outer thighs and the smooth studded front portion with each stud being a small spike, Nataly bent over repeating what Sher taught her, Nataly reached behind the knee for the first buckle then the second one behind her thigh and the final one just below her butt cheek, Once the buckles where finished the armor shrunk to fit her upper legs perfectly.

Sher handed Nataly a leather skirt and smiled, "This is called a fauld, it wraps around your hips and the thin sheet was added more for modesty than anything," Sher explained.

Nataly grabbed it when Sher held it out and put it on her hips and looked down, Nataly smiled as the whole skirt was plated to mid thigh, the extra thin piece of leather hung to her knees.

"This is the body armor," Sher said as she held out a piece that hung down from the shoulders with no sleeves, it had plates on the sides and front but on the back had only one thick plate with spike studs.

"I figured that," Nataly laughed lightly as he lifted it above her head and put it on, once it was on Sher moved to her left and lifted the three plates showing three buckles.

"They're hidden like this to prevent people from cutting them and knocking off the armor," Sher explained as she tightened them.

Nataly lifted each one and tightened them herself, once they finished the armor molded itself to Natalys large tits making a perfect cup with a plate, Nataly looked down and saw that it even molded itself to her chubby belly, "I'm impressed and annoyed by this magic."

Sher giggled and said, "Don't be worried about being chubby, it's a sign of wealth and being healthy. Most men find you attractive and some women," Sher winked at Nataly as she lifted the shoulder pads.

"These are called pauldrons they protect your shoulders and upper arms," Sher said as she placed them on each shoulder one by one, then showed where the straps connected to each other and one under the upper arm, Sher undid the buckels to let Nataly try herself.

As Nataly buckled herself she noticed that three plates rose up to protect her neck, one on her back and one on each shoulder, "I like that it also protects my neck," She said as she finished buckling them on, once she finished the arm guards grew to her elbows as the shoulder formed themselves into blade like protrusions on each side.

Nataly walked to the table and picked up the Vambraces, "I think I can figure out the rest," Nataly said as she placed them on and buckled them, they shrunk around her wrist and grew up to her elbow, once they reached the hand a plate grew onto the top of the hand molded itself into gloves, she examined the gloves, she flexed them and claws popped out, she repeated the process and they shrunk back, "That's cool," Nataly said in awe.

Sher held up a leather helm with thick horns facing forward that protrude from the sides, Nataly grabbed the helmet carefully and slipped it on, the back and side plates shrunk and fuzed with the pauldrons to appear as one piece, "Touch the small piece that hangs in front of your nose," Sher said while smiling in excitement.

Nataly did so and gasped as the sides and top quickly covered her face with only two holes for her eyes, Nataly breathed out and noticed that the air didn't stay in the helmet, before she could ask Sher said, "We have it set up to help you breathe underwater and avoid most gas or fog attacks. That's why air won't stay in the helmet and heat up your face," Sher explained as she clapped excitedly.

Nataly looked down at the reddish brown leather that almost fully protected her, she looked up and pressed the same spot which pulled the face guard back, "I love it and I'm guessing all these spikes and horns provide extra defense and offense?" she asked Sher who moved the drape away revealing Nataly to everyone.

"Yup and how does it look Hugo," Sher said proudly as Nataly walked towards Val looking more like a fighter and warrior than a civilian from another world.

"Looks amazing and your enchantments did wonders, "Hugo said as he walked up to Sher and hugged her with one arm, "How does it feel Nataly?" He asked her.

"Great, there's no chaffin or any discomfort," Nataly replied, doing various stretches.

"Good, we've padded the inside for comfort and the enchantment helps with comfort," Hugo said as Sher walked around Nataly looking it up and down.

Nataly looked at Val and asked, "Ready to take me back?"

"Yes let's go," Val said as they quickly left.

"Think we should have warned her about the soul?" Sher asked her husband Hugo.

"No but she will discover it when she tries to enchant it, I wonder if there is one in the cart?" Hugo muttered the last bit to himself.

"I can find out?" Sher offered.

"No need," He said as she walked back to the carpenters, Sher sighed and went back to the forge.

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"Hey everyone, how do I look?" Nataly asked the party as her and Val landed in front of them.

"Like a true warrior," Garvin said, staring at the new armor with respect, "I would never believe anyone who's said they killed a rasque by themselves. I can believe someone when they were armor made of one," Garvin said as Duna circled around Nataly.

"I am very impressed with the craftsmanship, Hugo must have been taught by a dwarf or someone who's lived with them," Duna said, recognizing some of the techniques used to craft the leather armor.

"I'm sure it's all impressive but we have an emergency to deal with," Malarick said, gaining everyone's attention.

"Sorry," Nataly said as they walked out of the gate and towards the woods.

"It's ok," Malarick said kindly as Gantua reached down and picked up Duna and Frund, "Garvin, did you get anything?" Malarick asked when he noticed Garvin had his eyes closed and face towards the sky.

"Yes, the scent of blood is thick and barely faded, I can lead us to the scene of the ambush then I'll have to smell around to get the wolves and follow them," He explained as he took off his shirt.