Gen then said, "Then tell them the truth.", Raja then said, "Okay.", Raja then turned to Gerald and Karin and said, "Gen knows Rose and her daughter and they are great friends.", and finished by winking one of his eyes so Gen couldn't see, but Gen then said, "Looks like you really want to chat with Miss Anna.", Raja then said, "Okay, I get it. He really does, and he's friends with them. I know it sounds crazy, but it's the truth.", Gen then turned to Gerald and Karin and asked, "Do you believe me now?", Gerald then said, "Well, on second thought, after all you've told us today, it wouldn't be strange if you knew Rose.", Karin then said, " Indeed."

Gen then said, "Good. Well, now that we got that out of the way, I need your help Gerald.", Gerald then said, "Help with what Gen?", "As I said, I plan to stop in Dekin before heading to Tholis. So I would like to know if there are any caravans leaving here in the direction of Dekin, I could protect them there in exchange for a ride.", "Well, I don't have the papers here right now, but stop by the guild tomorrow and talk to Lia.", Gen then stretched out in his chair and said, "Well, I guess I'll be going.", Raja then said, "You're going? I thought we'd go to another bar after here.", "Next time, I haven't stopped since I left the ruin earlier today. Oh, and while I'm here, do you know of an inn nearby?"

Karin then said, "There's one across the street. It's a good inn, it always makes a lot of money from people who come out drunk from the bar at dawn, so it's not that expensive, and the bed is very comfortable.", she then turned to Gerald, smoothed her hair and continued, "On second thought, maybe I should sleep there tonight, since I'm already nearby anyway.", Gerald then said, "That's a really good idea!", and then they both stared at each other. Gen then said, "Well ... I guess I'd better be going. Good night to you.", and then started toward the door. Raja then said, "I'll be going too, this whole awakening thing has made me more tired than I expected. Good night.", and then left as quickly as possible.

As Raja was leaving the bar he saw Gen crossing the street and said, "Hey Gen, are you really going to sleep already?", Gen then said, "Yeah, I'm really tired.", "Oh okay. Good night, and good luck.", Gen then asked, "What do you mean good luck?", "Hey, didn't you hear them talking? It seems that they are both going to sleep at this inn too.", "So what? Why are you wishing me luck?", "Well, you better be lucky they don't take the room next to you, because if they do, I don't think you'll be able to sleep, if I'm being clear enough.", "... okay, let's take a walk while I find another place to stay.", "Okay, what do you prefer Gen, music, food, or people?", "What? What do you mean?", "Just pick one Gen.", "Well, I've eaten a lot today, so it could be music or people I guess.", "A tie, hmm, it hurts my heart but a decision needs to be made, and the one chosen is going to be people. Come with me Gen, there's a bar up north you'll love it.", "In the north of the city? We're in the south Raja.", "Don't get hung up on the details Gen, just come with me.", "... ahh, tomorrow we're leaving town anyway, so today I'll go with your vibe."

...

The next day

eleven o'clock in the morning

Gerald walked through the door of the guild with Karin by his side, and the people around started talking, "Good morning Gerald, Karin.", "Good morning Leader, good morning Karin.", "Good morning boss.", and he then replied with a smile on his face, "Good morning.", and Karin waved the people who were greeting her. Upon arriving at the reception Gerald asked Lia who was behind the counter, "Good morning Lia, what about Gen, has he arranged for someone to accompany him to Dekin?", Lia then said, "Good morning Leader. Mr. Gen hasn't come by yet.", "He hasn't come by yet? That's strange, he left the bar before us.", Karin then said, "Maybe he stayed a little longer on the street with Raja.", "That's true. Well, he should be here soon."

...

In the middle of the road between Dekin and Diton a medium wagon was going along the road, when suddenly a man appeared in its path and said, "Stop! Get down from the wagon and hand over everything you have.". The man who was driving the cart then said, "Good afternoon, friend, I don't mean anything by it, but you don't want to rob me, the only thing I'm taking are two people, and their things.", "Never mind, get off the cart now.", just after he said that ten more men appeared out of nowhere, and surrounded the cart, the man then said, "Friend, don't do this.I didn't say anything to avoid a fuss, but the two people I'm taking are awakened. You could end up losing your life in this."

The man then said, "Don't waste your time trying to frighten us old man. We are the desert crawlers. We've dealt with more than one awakened man several times. Now get out of the wagon before I take you with it.". The man then got off the wagon and said, "All right, but don't say I didn't warn you later.". As he looked inside, he saw two men sleeping, and several backpacks, which must have been their belongings, and then he turned to the old man and said, "It seems that you were actually telling the truth about what you were carrying, but you want me to believe that these two milk-smelling brats are awakened. You better come up with another excuse next time."

The man then turned to the others and said, "Come on, let's take the wagon along with these two. In fact, take the old man too. We can always use some extra manpower, hahaha.". Two men then went towards the old man, and took him by the arm, and the rest started towards the carriage. The man who seemed to be the leader of the group then said, "Number seven, you are in charge of driving the wagon, the rest of you come with me to separate their things and tie them up.", all the men nodded, and the leader of them then opened the wagon to get into it, but just as he opened it, he was hit by something in his stomach and went flying falling outside about two meters from the wagon, saying "Argh! What was that?"

The man then looked down at his stomach, and saw that there was a stake made completely of fire going through him. He then started screaming, and everyone around him looked in his direction, and at the sight of the stake broke out into a cold sweat. The leader then thought, 'They really are awakened.'. Everyone then looked toward the entrance of the carriage, and out of it came a blond man. The blond man then said, "Can't you guys keep it down?! I have a headache. Mr. Marbo, what is going on here?", the old man then said, "They are trying to rob us, Mr. Raja", "What? Rob us? Did you warn them that there were two awakened people in the wagon?", "Yes.", "Well, I guess they are just dumb. Anyway, you guys decided to steal the wrong wagon at the wrong time. If I was in a good mood, maybe I would let you guys go, however after being woken up with all this yelling, that's no longer an option."

All the men began to back away, but their leader shouted, "Don't be afraid, he's only one, there's no way he can handle all of us at the same time.". The rest of the men then stopped retreating, and started moving towards Raja, and seeing this he said, "Well, let's get it over with so I can go back to sleep.", he then snapped his fingers, and several spears of fire started appearing in the air, with each one that appeared, the men who were moving towards him lost a little momentum, until one of them turned and started running. Raja then stopped making fire spears, and then threw one of them at the running man, the spear went through his chest, and he fell to the ground on fire, and started screaming, to the point where his body was all in flames, and he stopped moving.

Raja then said, "Minus one."