Not too far away from Shio's abode. There was a huge sighting of a huge fiend that has awakened from darkness. Known as the ''Lugren''.
A fiend is a monster that is created from tormented souls. Which their size varies along with monster physicals traits. Some are intelligible enough to speak the human tongue.
If one spirit was to be at peace or rest. They would be sent to the Farplane or Void. The Farplane/Void is a place where souls would be and dead resides.
In a village nearby, some birds flew off into the distance. A villager on the outskirts start to see a huge being running towards him.
The villager begins to run back to the village and ring a bell. Yelling to everyone that a monster is coming. The villagers begins for their escape.
Outside the outskirts of the villages, lies Shio. He seems to be making his way towards the village. Not knowing what is going to happen.
A villager not to far from him that is running told him of the incoming monster. Shio didn't seem to believe the villager and continues heading to the village.
As he makes it near the village. Shio noticed some black smokes coming from the village along with houses destroyed. Shio starts running to the city.
He stops at a certain viewpoint. He saws the village destroyed and dead bodies of villagers everywhere. He looks around for any survivors.
It wasn't till then he starts to hear the cry of a girl. on the street. He noticed that something big was coming towards the child. The fiend seems to be a huge behemoth.
Shio starts to run towards the girl.
As Shio and the Behemoth were trying to get to the girl. A sound came out of nowhere sounding like lightning.
The sound seems to be near the crying girl and creating a smoke cloud.
As the smoke fades, four people were seen standing with awesome poses and announcing who they were.
Shio looked at them amazed and how they were so fast to save the crying girl when the behemoth almost got her.
"Stay back boy. The Heroes are here," said one of the four people.
Shio seems too recognized the four heroes and of their famous tales. One of the heroes he recognized seems to be holding the crying girl.
Yagura, the youngest one out of the Heroes. Becoming a hero at the age of 19, while the others were two to ten years older than him.
He became a hero when he fighting a fiend in a city known as Tenebrae. A city that was said to have a unique landscape and a city that is still ancients due to the legends behind it.
The fiend who attacked the city was called ''Nome'' a monster that controls the dead. It was known that Yagura faced it when he was coming home from his training.
But while coming back to the city, it was destroyed by the fiend. Running to his house to see if his family have survived.
He found the Nome inside with his siblings and parents tore to pieces and being eaten. Yagura stood there frozen to what he had witness.
In just a flash, Yagura unleashes his rampage upon the fiend turning both of his daggers into lightning daggers. The fiend jumped at Yagura, but Yagura vanished from thin air.
The Nome searches around for Yagura. In a quick turn, Yagura appears out of nowhere with some sparks that he created from his feet. Unleashing a barrage of daggers toward the Nome.
As the Nome was sticked with daggers tries to retaliate, Yagura whispers, "Thousand Daggers - Thunder Shackles". The Nome suddenly starts to be electrocuted from the daggers.
Some minutes passed, the Nome was nowhere to be sighted. Yagura seems to be standing outside of his house looking up at the cloudy skies. Rain was pouring down upon the destroyed village and Yagura.
It wasn't until then a traveler made it to the destroyed village. The traveler noticed Yagura being the sole survivor and begins to take him in. The traveler that took him in was one of the heroes.
A heroes that is a master of daggers and known as Rolf. Under his guise, Yagura was taught the ways of daggers and techniques.
Next to Yagura, is Iona, the songstress. Iona didn't carry any weapon but only her trustful lute and summon named Raiken. Iona seems to be around her mid 20s.
Many stories have been told about Iona stopping a horde of fiends with only her lute which the songs she plays seems to be able to kill the fiends. Which the song will make her summon Raiken acts based on the song she plays.
Raiken is a dog summon that can aide Iona based on the song that she plays. Healing her allies or killing her foes.
It is said that Iona found Raiken inside a cave which was a shrine. She stumbled upon a lute and a dog beside it. Making a spirit pact with the dog which gave her control of the locked powers inside the lute.
The next hero is Basch, a samurai master. A samurai who seems to be too old to even wield his blade onto the battlefield. Basch seems to be around his thirties.
Basch is considered to be one of the oldest heroes due to how he looks but in many cases he is the oldest member in the group.
In the past, Basch was said to be a mercenary that takes missions that were considered high rank missions.
Basch has a unique power. It was his katana, known as Murasama. A legendary blade that was considered to slay many fiends in the past and having the power of those it slain. Despite having so much power in a blade, there is a price to pay.
Basch never told the others of the price he pays but he seems to be happy enough to wield it and help those who can't save themselves.
Basch was also granted the title ''Wanderer''. But many didn't think he was the ''Wanderer'' who was a master of art and war.
Lastly, the last hero. Amy, the mage. Amy is seemed to be around Yagura age by a couple months. She was known for her power over nature.
Most destroyed villages are restored through Amy's magic and power. She is capable of healing others from drastic wounds.
Not many people know how she got her power but it's a miracle to have a hero with that power. Amy's power originated from her ancestors which were the Gama tribe.
The Gama were known for their magic and sorcery. The tribe were well known for their wish to attain more magic and knowledge.
Amy was the last surviving member of the tribe when fiends invaded their lands. To which Amy believes that her tribe will be restored again through her magic.
The four heroes were famous in their own ways but there was also one more with them. Said to be the leader of the heroes. It seems that he didn't show up.
He was well known throughout the regions where he once slayed a fiend that was said to destroyed countless villages and cities. A fiend that was to rivaled the Gods.