(A/N: ok guys, I am one of those people who had read the wiki of typemoon or the whole nasuverse so much that if I had to give a test, which is made out of nasuverse question I would definitely score 80 or higher, out of 100 but I still don't understand magecraft very well nor how most spells or curse are perform, so I am gonna improvised a little in this chapter. You all can point out any mistakes I did, ok)
Chrom stayed behind to talk about some matters concerning the appearance of Resin all around Yelisse, while Lissa took Robin and Ezekiel to meet with rest of the shepherds.
"Here we are!! The shepherds garrison. Go on make yourself at home" Lissa said as they were approach by people staying in the garrison.
"Lissa, my treasure! Are you alright?? I have been on pins and needles!" a young lady with curled blonde hair and brown eyes ran upto Lissa and hugs her.
"Oh hey Maribelle" Lissa said
" 'Oh hey' yourself. Do you know how worried I was?" Maribelle said
"Oh you worry too much, oh meet our two new members of the shepherds. Robin, she is a tactician and a very good one and Ezekiel, he is good at magic and swords well Robin is also good at those too but Ezekiel is better in magic" Lissa says as she looks towards Robin and Ezekiel
"Hello, I am Robin"
"I am Ezekiel, Ezekiel von Einzbern, a pleasure to meet you"
Both Robin and Ezekiel greeted the people present their, while a certain gem was really unhappy.
The talking gem surprise everyone except Robin, Lissa and Ezekiel. Robin tries to consult with Amethyst, Lissa scratch tge back of her head while Ezekiel face plam himself.
"Oh and this is Amethyst, Ezekiel's ahh magic tool, I guess" Lissa said
"A mystic code to be precise"
"A talking gem I never heard of something like this" Maribelle said as she looks at the gem
"I don't know what that gem is but you two look strong maybe fighting with you guys will help me improved myself and then I would be able to beat Chrom. Oh names, Vaike by the way" The man carrying a giant axe introduced himself
"I am Sumia, a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I beg your pardon but I didn't see the captain with you all, is he alright?" Sumia asked
"Ah Sumia, I bet he is alright, you have been thinking about him whole day even in training. I bet you would have earn fewer brushes if you had fought blindfold" Maribelle says as she shakes her head
"Aw, Sumia, that's so sweet of you to worry about Chrom, don't worry he is alright, right now he is talking to big sis" Lissa says
"Worry? Well, I...he is your captain after all and the prince" Sumia says as she tured bright red and plays with her fingers.
Lissa began to introduce every shepherd present their to Robin and Ezekiel, ahh yes and Amethyst too.
Then suddenly Chrom came inside the garrison "Robin, Ezekiel have Lissa introduce you to the shepherds"
"yes, she had" Ezekiel says while he looks at Ezekiel who was being comforted by Robin "Well, she might have forget about some irrelevant things"
"Ca-captain when did you return. I was- I mean, we were so wor-" Sumia was running towards Chrom then she suddenly falls to the ground hitting face first
"Sumia, are you alright?? Oh, those boots of yours again??" Chrom says as he helps Sumia to get up.
"No, I mean yes! I mean....sigh"
Chrom then looks at Ezekiel and says "Ezekiel, in the morning we are going to marching to Regan Ferox, and I am afraid we might need you to come with us, as we might encounter those undeads again"
"I am in, but what about teaching baptism rites??" Ezekiel asked
"I am afraid we might have to leave that for another day or you can start teach them today and on our way to Regan Ferox" Chrom says as he looks a guilty
"Well then, I will start now then and Chrom don't feel bad, my body is already made solely for fighting and working above normal humans" Ezekiel smiles. His words earn attention of many people present their
"What do you mean your 'body is made' ?" Maribelle asked as she glares at Ezekiel
"Yes, what do you mean by that Ezekiel?" Robin also asked
"Well my family is full of homunculus, artificial humans created by magic, except my grandmother who is 1/2 homunculus and my mother 1/4 and me 1/8, well now I am a full homunculus again, cause I had to change my body" Ezekiel says as he looks at his hand and makes a fist
"W-what kind of freak are you?" Maribelle asked but before Ezekiel could reply Amethyst came infront of her and Ezekiel
Amethyst who had broke her character defending Ezekiel was silence by him as wries began to wrave around her and Ezekiel put a boundfield around her "that's enough Amethyst"
"I know it's hard to trust, a thing like me, but believe me, if I meant any harm, I would had done it when I met lady Emmeryn" Ezekiel says as he bow his head towards others
"....Ezekiel, it's okay we believe you. No matter what kind of origin you have, you fought with us and save ylissean lives, that makes you my comrade" Chrom placed his hand at Ezekiel's shoulder and smiles.
Ezekiel looks up and seeing Chrom smile he smiles himself "so what are we doing then, gather the mages, I am gonna teach them baptism rites till 10 so we can get some rest when we leave in the morning"
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Chrom had gather the every free mage and people who knew magic so that Ezekiel could teach them scared rites. Ezekiel, was standing infront of more than 50 mage including Lissa and other shepherds he met and Robin with Amethyst tied in her robe who had not spoken a single word.
Ezekiel wasn't unfamiliar with many people having their focus on him, he remembers the green hair devil who used to do experiments on him and many devils observing him everyday. He took a deep breath and started speaking
"The spell I am gonna teach you isn't a simple spell because it not only used mana but the aura of your soul. Yes, I know you all might think it might harm your soul but no it doesn't, the spell just release the aura of your soul with your mana. As you know mana is something that we produce while a soul is something that connect us to God, the spell just connect the aura release by our soul with those undead which later connect them to concept of life and they perish as the dead should remain dead"
Ezekiel finish his explanation and looks at the soldiers present near him and nods his head. Soon the soldiers brought one chain Risen they manged to capture.
Ezekiel puts his hand at the head of the Resin "I am gonna used baptism rites, remember it doesn't used a lot of mana but used the aura of your soul but you need to be in contact with the undead if you want to used less mana and lastly if you want the spell to cover a whole castle then all of you need to used the spell at once about 10 mages are needed to cover the whole castle. Write the spell down or try remembering it full"
Ezekiel let's out his breath as he started chanting while putting his hands at the head of the Risen "I will kill. I will let live. I will harm and heal.
None will escape me. None will escape my sight. Be crushed.
I welcome those who have grown old and those who have lost.
Devote yourself to me, learn from me, and obey me.
Rest. Do not forget song, do not forget prayer, and do not forget me.
I am light and relieve you of all your burdens.
Do not pretend. Retribution for forgiveness, betrayal for trust, despair for hope, darkness for light, dark death for the living.
Relief is in my hands. I will add oil to your sins and leave a mark.
Eternal life is given through death.
Ask for forgiveness here. I, the incarnation, will swear.
Kyrie eleison".
The resin screams as soon as Ezekiel starts chanting white light erupted from Ezekiel's feet and forms a circle around him and the Risen, the body of Risen slowly Started to turn into dust and soon dissappear as Ezekiel finishes his prayer.
"So did you remember the spell?" Ezekiel received no answer to his question, he looks around but saw no one had written it down 'well the chant of a spell is always short so, I guess they thought it will be the same for this' Ezekiel then told everyone to bring some paper and ink so that they can write the spell down and start teaching them the spell.
Ezekiel had been training the mages of Yilsse for about 3 hours now, many of them have learn how to do the spell but the main problem is that non of them had properly remember the lines in the spell.
"You donkey, I said mix your aura with your mana, not channel then differently and you there it's "dark death for the living" not dark death for the death" Ezekiel had become friendly with most of the mages but he had become irritated when they don't learn to do the spell properly
Amethyst who had been tied to Robin's robe said as Robin was still trying to memorize the whole spell. Then suddenly Robin thought of a genius idea
"Amethyst, have you memorize the whole spell?"
"Then can you recite the spell with me when I am in battle" Robin begged the gem
"I think it's a wonderful idea but what if the noises from the battle make it hard for you to understand what she said" Ezekiel came behind Robin which cause her to jump out of shock
"O-ah Ezekiel when did you get here?"
"When you decided to talk about your plan with Amethyst" Ezekiel answer
"Ehehehe"
"Well memorize it tomorrow, it's already 10 pm, we already got a long journey tomorrow" Ezekiel says as he walks away and tells others that the practice is over for today
"W-what are you saying Amethyst??!! It's nothing like that" Robin turn bright red after hearing Amethyst words. Robin hold both of her cheeks as she starts muttering to herself
<'You are a threat to master Ezekiel but you still give him two treasures he loves the most in the distant future. I am already observing you everyday if you show any signs of possession, I will execute you but I hope that doesn't happen, as I want my next masters to be born along with my current master's happiness'> Amethyst thought to herself
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The next day shepherds had began to gather around the city gates, checking their food supplies and weapons before they began their expedition.
(A/N: ok guys you remember how they are doing a whole expedition and how unorganized they were, so I made a little change, all the shepherds gather before time near the city gate and each of them has a horse, like bro they cannot be that poor to not have horse for a elite group of soldiers lead by the prince himself)
Chrom the leader of Shepherds came forward "Is everyone ready? We have a long March ahead of us"
"Yes" Chrom received the answer from his fellow shepherds.
The shepherds began their journey Regan Ferox. After marching for an hour they saw a large number of Risen, Chrom stop his horse as he saw the large number of Risen.
"God, have the Risen spread this far?" Chrom voice full of anger.
"Risen?" Robin questions
"The name given by the council for the new threat" Frederick said as he get close to Chrom.
Robin nods "Amethyst, fly above us and tell us the exact position of the Risen"
"Thanks Amethyst" Robin says as the gem places her back in Robin's robe
"Ezekiel do you think you can perform 'baptism rite'?" Robin asked Ezekiel who shooks his head
"No we lack the number of mages to perform it, even if I perform it along I can only cover about 5 meters. My body can produce a lot of mana but my soul can't be produce a lot of aura and using my sword can do damage to the bridge " Ezekiel says
"I guess we have to count on Robin's tactics for now, I wish to save energy for our journey but looks like a fight is inevitable now" Chrom says
Robin starts giving order to the Shepherds and they followed her orders soon half of the Risen near them were all defeated and the other Risen got alerted and started coming towards them.
"Robin, what's next? Guide our swords" Chrom says as he sees the approaching Risens
"My lord, please have patience, Robin is a fine tactician but even the best of us have limits and we are working her mercilessly" Frederick says
"Don't worry Frederick this much is nothing" Robin tries to assure them
"You are saying this but I can see that you are getting tired" Ezekiel says as wipes sweat out of Robin's head "give us orders when you see our mistakes during the battle most of us here are already fine warriors"
"Thanks Ezekiel" Robin smiles at him then she took a breath " regroup everybody. Ezekiel, Lissa heal those who are wounded. The archers and other mage come front shot at them before they could reach us, if any of them survive and came across the bridge the people with melee weapons will attack them"
They battle continues for an hour more till all the Risen were brought down. They suffer no major casualties thanks to Robin's tactics
"Damn, that last one was tough." Ezekiel says
"I think that last Risen was their leader or something" Robin says but then notices something near the trees
"What is that?"
"Wait Robin, don't just walk away when you see something" Ezekiel runs towards Robin. The other shepherds also followed them
"Well, what do we have here?" Chrom says as he looks at the Pegasus
"Ugghh I hate Pegasus" Ezekiel says as he hides behind Frederick
"Any particular reason Ezekiel?" Robin asked
"I once tried to ride one in Agartha but it kick me" Ezekiel answers
Amethyst revelation earned a laughter from the shepherds as Ezekiel face turns bright red.
Chrom tried to approach the Pegasus but it soon turn violent as Chrom got near it
"WHOA! Down girl, easy there"
"I think, it is hurt" Sumia says as she tried running towards Chrom and the Pegasus but falls head first to ground while running.
"Sumia are you alright!! Those boots of yours again?" Chrom asked as he help Sumia get up
"No, I mean yes, sigh"
"Well, are you sure you can handle this Pegasus?" Chrom asked
"Yes, captain, I can" Sumia goes near the Pegasus and surprisingly she didn't get kicked
"You, damn gem shut up" Ezekiel says
"Amethyst stop bullying, Ezekiel" Robin says
"Well you all can go ahead, I will dress her wounds and catch up with you all as soon as possible" Sumia says as she cares the Pegasus
"Or I can just heal her" Ezekiel says and tries to get near the Pegasus but it suddenly turn aggressive towards him "or not" Ezekiel hides behind Robin
"We can make time" Chrom says
"Thank you, captain but I will be fine, every moment is precious when Yelisse is in danger" Sumia declines Chrom's offer
"Alright, be safe, Sumia" Chrom says as he rides back on his horse
"Yes, Captain"
Chrom smiles hearing Sumia's words "Shepherds, let's continue our journey"
(A/N: well as you can see Amethyst reveal a very big spoiler. The ship is confirm and Ezekiel sword can also harm burn the bridge because that bridge is made of death wood anything that doesn't have life catches on fire and from that I mean things which are flammable)