Summoning Arc

The Summoning Arc is the first arc and volume of the Web Novel of The Rising of the Shield Hero in Shōsetsuka ni Narō. This arc contains chapters 1 through 7.

Prologue
Information to be added later on.

Web Novel

 * Chapter 1: A Royal Summoning
 * Chapter 2: Hero Introduction
 * Chapter 3: Heroes' Discussion
 * Chapter 4: Specially Arranged Gold
 * Chapter 5: Reality Of The Shield
 * Chapter 6: The Trap and The Arts of Betrayal
 * Chapter 7: False Charge

Volume 1

 * Chapter One: "A Royal Summons"
 * Chapter Two: "The Heroes"
 * Chapter Three: "A Heroic Discussion"
 * Chapter Four: "Specially-Arranged Funding"
 * Chapter Five: "The Reality of the Shield"
 * Chapter Six: "A Backstabber Named Landmine"
 * Chapter Seven: "False Charges"

Short Summary
Naofumi Iwatani, Ren Amaki, Motoyasu Kitamura, and Itsuki Kawasumi are summoned from parallel worlds as the four Legendary Heroes to protect the world against the Waves of Calamity. Motoyasu as the Spear Hero, Ren as the Sword Hero, Itsuki as the Bow Hero, and Naofumi as the Shield Hero. At the beginning of the third day after their summoning, Naofumi is brought to the castle and accused by the king of having raped Myne Sophia, his party member. When everyone condemns him as guilty, he leaves the castle angrily. Alone without money or equipment, Naofumi departs to a lonely adventure in this new world.

Long Summary
Naofumi Iwatani is a carefree college sophomore and a so-called otaku. After discovering the world of Anime's and Video Games he lost all interest in studies and focused on his passion. As soon as his parents noticed that they focused all their hopes on his little brother and proceeding on sending him to a prestigious school to ensure his future. Due to the stress created by his parents, he loses it so he dies his hair blond and starts talking with a bad tongue. Naofumi approaches his brother and recommends him a very popular dating simulator at first his brother hesitates about whether or not he should try the game but as soon as he started he fell in love with the game and he started to stuff his room with merch from the game and long story short the brother found a way to deal with his stress so he concentrated again on his studies and he succeeded on entering a prestigious highschool. Naofumi on the other hand since he was the reason his little brother was able to overcome his stress got more freedom and money from his parents. He proceeds on living a chilling and boring life so out of boredom he goes into the library and searches for a fantasy novel stating that fantasy novels are as old as humanity itself and that the bible basically is a fantasy novel. As he searches for a fitting book an old book with a nearly illegible-title falls on the ground so he picks it up and starts reading it: It's a story about a world which after a prophecy will face its end after a never-ending number of waves named the waves of calamity. To order to prevent the end of the world people called heroes are summoned to save the world. The 4 heroes are each summoned with one of the 4 legendary weapons: The Sword; The Spear; The Bow and The Shield. The heroes are meant to go on a journey to become strong. Laughing Naofumi tells himself that a shield isn't even a weapon. As he goes on reading he blames the book for not adding one or two cute girls into the story and he states that the princess present in the book seems like a total bitch cause the way she toadied all the heroes was disgusting. He reads all the heroes character: The dashing Sword Hero; The thoughtful Spear Hero; The Robin Hood-like Bow Hero and... nothing. All the pages dedicated to The Rising of the Shield Hero :) were blank not a single page had something written on it. Suddenly Naofumi's vision became blurry and his consciousness faded away. He wakes up in a dark room in front of a bunch of guys in robes as he's questioning his situation he notices the architecture of the room is completely made out of stones and more important he notices that there are 3 other guys questioning their current situation. They all notice the fact that they all have a weapon in their hands. The guy with the Sword calls for one the man's and as a response, the man suddenly asks the 4 boys to save the world. He explains to them that they are the summoned legendary heroes and that they were summoned in this world by an ancient ritual to save this world, then the man proceeded in bowing down and asking the heroes to help them. The 3 heroes react to this explanation outraged asking if they weren't ashamed of just kidnapping them without permission, Naofumi, on the other hand, it agrees with the fact that they forcefully got transported here but he points out that they should listen to the robe-wearing guy cause these are basic manners pulling the 3 others gazes in his direction with smirking faces. The Robe-wearing guy proceeds on suggesting to them an audience with the king before making any rash decisions. One of the other robed men opened a heavy-looking door and leads them to the king's audience room where are instantly appraised by the king. The King introduces himself as the King of Melromarc, Aultcray Melromarc the 32nd. He directly after his introduction explains the Worlds situation. A prophecy existed predicting the end of the world. It tells about a wave of destruction called the wave of calamity and when the year named in the prophecy was reached, the sand in the ancient Dragon's hourglass started to pour again. The people off Melromarc believed that it was just a superstition and however as the last sand grain ran out the country was instantly struck by a great calamity. A dimensional rift opened over Melromarc and a huge horde of monsters spilled out of it. The country's knights and adventurers somehow succeded in defeating the boss of the wave but since the wave gets harder every time it comes back and so the country leaders decided to summon the four holy heroes in hope that they can save the world. Naofumi as he listens o the story he understands that the holy weapons are automatically translating this world's language, not like the heroes who were calling the king selfish for involving them in his problems and they were claiming a reward for their hard work if they happened to help him and the king said that they would, of course, be compensated for their hardships and that they would additionally be given funds for their journey's. That being said the king goes on by asking the heroes to introduce themself. The first to start is the Sword Hero-Ren Amaki he's 16 years old and he's a high-schooler, He's approximately 165cm tall with delicate, sincere features. In fact, he was so pretty you might even mistake him for a girl if he dressed up in drag. His hair was short, with brown streaks. With his long-slitted eyes and light skin, he was the very image of a cool, slender swordsman. The next to go was the Spear Hero-Motoyasu Kitamura he's 21 years old and he's a college student.An easygoing older-brother type. Though his features were more traditional, he was easily on par with Ren in the looks department.Even his hair was chic, tied back into a long ponytail. It was a feminine cut, but somehow he made it work. All in all, he seemed like a helpful and reliable guy. After him, the Bow Hero-Itsuki Kawasumi introduced himself. He's 17 years old and he's a highschooler. A mature youth with the air of a pianist. There was a fragility about him yet at the same time an unshakable strength. Honestly, it was hard to get a read on him. He had nice hair, though: wavy, with a bit of a perm. He seemed nice enough, for the quiet, little-brother type. Naofumi was glad in his mind that all the summoned heroes were Japanese so he forgot that it was his turn so he then quickly introduced himself. The king gave him a direct gaze giving Naofumi a chill running down his back. The heroes were then introduced to the status windows showing them their stats, levels, and skills. After this quick introduction on how they have to go on a journey to strengthen their holy weapons, the four heroes decide to form a party to grow stronger together just to be stopped again by the king telling them that the holy weapon have a rule saying that if at least two holy weapon bearers were to go hunting together they wouldn't be able to get XP points so they wouldn't be able to grow stronger. The Minister said he would prepare the best adventurers to go work on a party with the heroes. The Heroes are then sent to the guest rooms.

Character Introductions

 * Naofumi Iwatani
 * Motoyasu Kitamura
 * Ren Amaki
 * Itsuki Kawasumi
 * Aultcray Melromarc XXXII
 * Malty S Melromarc
 * Erhard
 * Rifana (light novel)
 * Naofumi's parents
 * Naofumi's Brother