"Our world is caged, to break loose we look for answers. One, two, three thy answers won't be. Four is the only key."

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Skill List:

Kanji (lv0): Aspect of Energy: Electric, Thermal.

{Skill points: 2}

[Full destructive power limit: Village]

1. Infuse/Absorb

2. Energy travel

Inventory: Geographic sphere, spyware device, tungsten-infused nanotech silver chain, multi-device pad (Hide,???, ???, ???, ???. ???. ???).

Claire (lv0): Aspect of Creation

1. Create (Slots: 5)

Inventory: Black cloak, crossbow, crossbow bolts, ammo pouch, fanfics.

David(lv0): Aspect of Form

{Skill points: 2}

[Range limit: Self]

1. Expand (x2)

2. Spikefacation

3. Delay (1-10s)

Inventory: Iron bat, AK -47.

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?? "Oh no!"

An elegant young lady screamed, her hair is messy and her eyes are fatigued.

Despite this, she jumps out of her bed and checks her clock. It's 8:00 am.

"I have to be ready."

She rushes to a dressing cabinet and glosses over her vast range of fancy and noble garments, made of the finest silk in the land.

However, time is of the essence so she quickly reaches in.

?? "Fine! Blue, it shall be!"

She hastily puts on the outfit, ties her hair, and rushes down a flight of stairs, nearly tripping on the last step, but luckily she manages to secure her balance.

The girl navigates her way to a beautiful kitchen and inspects her cookware and utensils.

?? "Good, everything seems nice and tidy."

She gets out a checklist and goes over to a bag of groceries lying on a cutting board.

?? "Sausages. Check! Potatoes. Check! Peas. Check! Gravy. Check! Tea. Check! Crumpets. Check! Great! Everything is in bloody good order!"

Then she hears low barking beyond her front door.

?? "Oi, Mr.Pokey sure is hungry pooch ain't he."

She grabs one of the sausages from the bag and heads out to her lawn. She feeds the pieces of meat to her dog and tidies his little top hat.

A couple of people from across the street are giving her an odd stare. She stares back with a smile and waves, but they ignore her and continue walking down the road.

Were they weirded by the fact she was tidying the dog's hat?

Or

Were they weirded out because a girl of noble blood is doing it?

That's right, everyone in Newshire knows that this young lady is the heiress to the duke of this new state of Great Britain, an island just south of Ireland. It was artificially made using new terraforming technology a few years back.

She knows why she must act like this, it's simple really. Her family wants to differentiate themselves from other nobles and so they wanted her to develop a lifestyle similar to that of the common folk. This is why she lives by herself with no servants or guards to aid her.

Surprisingly to this day, nobody tried to kidnap or hurt her in any way which is quite strange. Maybe it is due to respect or people aren't interested, no one will ever know.

?? "Same usual lads with the same usual expressions. Seems like nothing is new today."

She ignores it and heads back inside, carrying Mr.Pokey. She rests him on a pillow near the entrance and returns to the kitchen. She adorns herself with a clean white apron and prepares herself.

There are a couple of friends visiting soon.

?? "Time to get cooking!"

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Another day passes for our three warriors, and dawn is rising over their heads. Their hotel room grows slightly visible.

Kanji wakes up, his vision is a bit blurry, but he can somewhat interpret his surroundings.

Davie seems to be out cold on a sofa, 12 bottles of empty beer bottles are scattered over the floor beneath his feet.

Kanji "Jesus Christ, Dave."

Kanji looks toward to edge of the bed and checks his left leg, it looks healed. He tries moving it, the control is about 80 percent back.

Kanji then hears soft mumbling and he turns toward the bed next to the windows. Claire is sitting there in a fetal position, her eyes are red and baggy. He scooches over to her.

Kanji "Hey. What's wrong Claire."

Claire "Aah!"

Claire breaks out of her position.

Claire "Kaney!! Don't scare me like that!"

Kanji "Sshhhh, sorry. We should whisper. Dave is sleeping."

Claire "Ok, so what is it?"

Kanji "Why are you like this? Did you get any sleep at all?"

She pauses for a moment.

Claire "No..... No, I did not."

Kanji puts his hand over her shoulder.

Kanji "Tell me... it's ok."

She takes a deep breath and gives Kanji a serious look.

Claire "You know I'm not really that much of a fighter. So when the enemy approached us yesterday, I was scared and nervous, I was afraid about losing you guys. This is also the real reason why I didn't want us to fight the enemy when we first met. So yesterday, I took a dangerous gamble and wore the hood of the cloak over my head."

Kanji "I saw that. You were different yesterday, quite scary even."

Claire "I know and I don't like it. I don't know what it is. I don't if it's an alternate personality or some innate desire buried within me to hunt down and slaughter my enemies. All I remember when it last happened was on that bloody day."

Kanji "What bloody day?"

Claire "I mean it literally. When I was around 7 years old, I joined the girl scouts through my aunt's recommendation. It was fun and exciting, It was the only time I made lots of friends and learn many things. One day, We were being taught how to hunt foxes using crossbows. This was legal of course since foxes during that time were overpopulated. Everything was normal until I stumbled upon a tethered cloak along the path on our way back to the camp and I naively took it. The next day, I wore it without a care in the world, and during the second hunt, I shot a fox clean through its chest. Then something awakened in me after that. The attire. The weapon. The prey. It felt sooo good. After that, I didn't remember much of what I was doing and I woke up. That Scene..."

She throws up and Kanji soothes her.

Claire "My cloak was drenched in red and those... those poor foxes. Their...their bodies, hundreds of them were mangled underneath me. I was so afraid and confused, so I ran and ran. Leaving my crossbow and cloak behind. I never speak to anyone of this nor did I return to the camp ever since."

Kanji "Wait. How did you get away with all of this?"

Claire "I don't know. All I remembered from the news was that the camp mysteriously shut down and no one even bothered trying to look for the culprit."

Kanji "Maybe they didn't find the bodies and didn't expect a culprit to begin with."

Claire "Maybe...maybe. Kaney if they do..."

Kanji "Don't worry. I'll make sure they won't arrest you, especially for something you have no control over. And about your combat... if you still think that you aren't confident with fighting, I'll guide your way."

Claire hugs his left arm.

Claire "Thanks, Kaney!"

Kanji "I guess me getting hurt didn't help with that huh."

Claire "...Yeah."

Kanji "It seems I have to be a lot more careful next time. I forget that we are fighting aliens, not humans. Their tactics are different and strange as well as their weapons, so I must adapt and lead us forward."

A moment of silence fills the room.

Kanji "Sooooo. AN. Does this have anything to do with her aspect?"

AN "What? Gosh, no! Normally the aspect of the creation tends to be quite happy and enthusiastic. This is definitely out of her nature."

Kanji "I guess there is no point worrying about it. Let's focus on who we are going to get next?"

Claire "Who?"

Ka: "Amelia."

Claire "Omg! Nice! I can't wait to talk to her about her cooking. I'm sort of in need of a tutor lol, two chefs are better than one."

Kanji "I'm not sure if we have the time for lessons, considering our current circumstances."

Dave "Can you guys lower your damn VOICE?!"

They look over, Dave is wide awake and standing in front of the sofa.

Kanji "Was he already awake? Damn, he is one sneaky motherfucker."

Kanji thought.

Dave "I heard everything..."

He sits back down.

Dave "....but I didn't see... anything. Wait, on second thought, I... I... Err... fuckin heard or saw nothing. Man, these vodkas are strong dudes. Anyway, I think Claire bro has some demons inside her or something."

He attempts to drink the nearest bottle, but it's empty. he throws it onto the floor.

Dave "I wonder why the enemy didn't find and attack us."

Kanji "My spyware device detects and jams any suspicious recording or spying devices. However, using my mind I allowed your recording drone to not be disabled. I was careless, yesterday the enemy found us through your stream."

Kanji tosses the drone to Dave.

Kanji "So I made a couple of changes. I banned every new viewer that day and installed a special code into your stream. Your stream now distorts parts of the screen that may reveal our location like addresses or unique details like names. I also disabled your donations."

Dave "Dude, what the fuck man?! My stream quality. MY SUBS!!"

Kanji "Get over it. Our safety takes priority. You can't have a stage without the performer."

Dave sadly nods, stands up, and does a wide stretch.

Dave "We should really get going dudes. We are going to meet my buddy, Amber, right?"

Claire "Aww! Dave did you just give her a nickname?!"

Dave "Oops. I mean... err... you guys heard nothing."

Kanji looks at him with suspicion. Dave turns to the doorway dodging his glare.

Dave "Before we go off dudes. Let's get some more Beeeer!"

They prep their things and exit to the hotel. Dave drags Kanji and Clair all over New York to buy a large variety of alcohol, six packs in total. Eventually, they got their foot onto another private plane.

The trip this time isn't as uneventful as the first, mostly because Dave is trying to feed Meme Economy Propaganda to Kanji and Claire. Claire blocks out most of his nonsense, listening to her large archive of music. Kanji, however...

Kanji ".....No. Dave. Stop. An economy based solely only on memes won't sustain itself."

Dave "Dude, I thought you are more in on this man. What the fuck?!"

Kanji "If games, commercials, and news networks use only memes to promote themselves. Two simple outcomes may occur, one is that all of those things would become silly and no one would be taking them seriously. The other outcome would be that memes will become serious which diminishes its initial purpose of simply being funny jokes and lead to a bunch of law regulations."

Dave "Dude, you're missing the point. I'm talking about dem success rate, many articles show that companies that are using memes have a better chance of making dough. So successful in the fact, my proud country already implemented Mememology as an essential subject in schools and universities."

Kanji "Dave, you idiot. People would most likely want to be a mememologist than a regular job causing fewer workers in all other industries and can lead to the downfall of modern society. You're literally sending us back to the dark ages!"

Dave "Damn, that's... that is a good fucking argument, dude. Let me think of a comeback."

Kanji "You don't have time, Dave. We're here."

They exit the plane and onto the fresh soil of Newshire near the shore where they can see docks, ships, and a small fishing village.

Dave "Where to go, dude?"

Kanji "She said to go to 21 Crowbert Street, her house is a large white villa."

Kanji consults his map. Dave and Claire lean over to see its contents.

Dave "Cool shungite ball, dude."

Kanji "It isn't made of shungite, you dingus! Also, that's a dead meme."

Dave "Nah, man. No meme is truly dead, Kanbro."

Claire "Oh god! Are you seriously starting to create weird nicknames for everyone Dave?!"

Dave "You're next, Claire."

She gulps and hides behind Kanji.

Kanji "Guys, let's move it."

They travel north from the airport. The people of this state stare at them with amazement, tourists rarely visit this part of Britain.

Claire asks Kanji and Dave a question.

Claire "Anyway, Kaney. Dave. How did you guys meet? I mean Kaney, I kinda remembered how you met each of one us except for how you met Dave."

Kanji "Well, it's complicated-

Dave "We trash talk each other over COD."

Claire "What?"

Kanji "Basically, the rundown is that me and Dave were on a random match. We both did very badly and started flaming each other. Although our ways are quite different. He insulted calmly with a prideful smug while I barraged him with words that I'm pretty sure he didn't know existed. Strangely, that made us respect each other and we became friends."

Claire "I see, that's is kinda... sweet. Not wholesome. But sweet nonetheless."

AN "I find that a most interesting tale of friendship."

Kanji "AN. You're awake."

AN "My species don't sleep, we meditate when we are stressed or tired. In my case, having thousands of soldiers waiting beyond this room is enough consolidation for meditation. Anyway, You appear to be at your destination."

The group looks to the right. This is Amelia's villa, It is exactly what they expected, but it's taller than they imagined. Its exterior is made of polished marble and some parts are made of pure gold, especially the front door.

?? "Oh no no no no!"

A young lady rushes out of the house, barely holding on to a flaming pan, she trips and it flies toward Dave.

?? "Watch out!"

Kanji blocks the flying cookware with his right hand and absorbs the roaring heat.

They look down at the fallen girl. Other than the fancy blue garment, she wears a pair of red slippers and red ribbons around both of her wrists. Her hair is blonde and forms a bun.

She kneels.

?? "I'm sorry guys. This is awful... this is just bloody awful...I..."

David leans down to her level.

Dave "Amelia, dude. Buddy. Gal pal. We are your friends. Not the Queen of England."

Amelia "Ha ha. You're right. This isn't how I should act, maybe my troublesome heritage got something to do with this."

She stands up and recovers her composure.

Claire "What do you mean, Amelia?"

Claire pestered, confused but curiously at the same time.

Amelia "I mean because knowing the fact that I'm the heiress to the Lane family, it sort of built into my nature to be super formal toward guesses. I guess must learn to be more informal in my quest of being a noble commoner. I know how to live like a common folk but I don't know how to speak like one. Well in person that is, on the program I usually type using emotes except for some rare occasions."

Kanji "Yeah, you and Dave suuure communicate with each other a lot that way,"

Kanji stated hoping for an answer on why.

Dave moves closer toward her and looks at her garment.

Dave "But you don't dress like one dude?"

Amelia "Well, how can I show everybody that I'm of noble heritage."

She feels embarrassed and a bit uncomfortable being this close to Dave. She steps back and welcomes them.

Amelia "Anyway, you guys should come in. I made some bangers and mash, and prepared some tea and crumpets."

They enter her home, Mr pokey jumps up and down, grabbing onto Claire's skirt.

Claire "Awwwwwww. He's so cuuuute!"

She picks the little pomeranian up and hugs him. The dog licks her cheek but then falls asleep. Claire puts him back down and folds a little blanket over him.

Amelia "He seems to really like you, Claire. Maybe we can take him for a walk later."

Claire "That would be great!"

Dave and Kanji hold on to their manly expression, resisting the cuteness of Mr.Pokey.

They all enter the dining room, it smells heavenly. A savory and sweet aroma fills their nostrils and without a second thought, they start devouring the main dish like ants on a clear summer picnic.

Dave "Man, that was delish. But you know what would be awesome to go with this, dudes."

Dave slams the six packs of alcohol on the table.

Dave "Alchohol, bitches!!"

Kanji "Jesus, Dave. Are you sure you're not an alcoholic?"

Claire "Yay! More drunk dreams for me. It gets weirder each time lol."

Amelia "Uh... Umm... I don't think. Now is the time-

Dave hovers a bottle in front of Amelia.

Da: "Are you suuuuure?"

She fights the temptation and she couldn't resist it.

Amelia "Fine, but..."

She nervously looks at Kanji and Claire and whispers to Dave.

Amelia "...If only they get drunk first."

Dave "Fine by me. Let's get THIS PARTY STARTED!"

He pops open a cold one and the ensuing chaos commences.

Hours later, David wakes up, dizzy as fuck.

Dave "Whoa, dude! What happened lmao?!"

His head trembles with pain, it seems he's having one hell of a hangover.

David looks over across the couch and sees Kanji and Claire. They are out cold after just 6 bottles, the two are leaning on one another.

Dave "Aww man, damn that's wholesome as fuck."

David turns on his recording drone.

Dave "Sorry dudes. A bit late today. You know having friends and all that."

|His chat spams "It's okay" and some trolls spam Kkona "Fake news. They're not real."|

David hears the sound of bottles breaking from the kitchen. He gets up to investigate it.

|His chat spams MonkaW|

There he sees the floor covered in broken glass and a lady standing on the kitchen counter. Her hair is orange, long, mangled, greasy, and messy. She wears nothing but a bra and torn shorts. David to some extent expected this, so he carefully approaches her.

|His chat spams (Kreygasm)|

Dave "Yo! Amber!"

She turns to David.

Amber "JaCKASs, iS ThaT yOu?"

She leaps over the hazardous flooring and lands in front of him, towering over him.

Amber "CoME hErE!"

She hugs him with the might of a gorilla. For some reason, this arouses him. She sees this and with a devilish grin she says

Amber "WE aRe TAkiNg tHiS pARtY uP sTAIrS."

She forcefully drags him up the stairs and into Amelia's bedroom.

Before anything else happens, she tosses a bunch of towels with immense force at David's recording drone. His stream cuts off.

|His chat screams with HyperDansGame "Let us see" and some replied to this by typing WeirdChamp "chat let him be"|

What truly transpired in that bedroom is best kept to everyone's imagination.

A few moments later, Kanji and Claire wake up from their brief but deep drunk coma.

Claire "Kanji, where's Dave and Amelia?"

Kanji "I have no clue."

They stand up and start searching the bottom floor of the villa, but all they could find are shards of broken glass littered over the kitchen.

Claire "Holy shit, who did this?!"

Kanji "I bet you 1000 percent chance that Dave did this."

Claire "True lmao."

They continue searching the premises and discover a trail of beer stains traveling up to the higher floors. With haste, they climb and barge into a certain room.

?? "Ahhhhh!!!"

Claire and Kanji are shocked, they can't believe what they are seeing.

On a soft and large bed lie their two friends sweaty and naked. Dave and Amelia quickly cover themselves.

Dave "Dudes! Fucking knock man! That's not cool!"

Kanji "You guys better have a good explanation for this."

Amelia "Sure. But please... get out of my room!"

Kanji and Claire leave the room.

A few seconds passed, and the two emerges. Dave seems to be wearing the same old clothes. Gross. While Amelia got into a light red-colored garment.

They all head downstairs and sit on the couch.

Tension fills the room, Amelia is red as a tomato, Dave...he's...Dave. He got no sense of shame in him.

Kanji "Well, go on Dave."

Dave "Whoa. Kanji. Dude, we were just wrestling."

He said while manspreading, not giving a fuck.

|His chat Spams Kappa|

Kanji "While being naked, really now? Face it, Dave. Let it all out."

Dave "Fine, so the jiz of it is that me and Amber have been online dating for about six years."

Kanji "First of all gross that you used the word "jiz" and secondly huh, and how?!"

Claire "Yeah, Dave. I am pretty sure we would have noticed any messages that were about calling someone to a different chatting site."

David looks at Amelia.

Dave "You can show them."

Amelia pulls out her phone and it displays all the emote messages she had with Dave a long time ago.

Kanji "Wait. I thought guys were just being weird, so I didn't go through the effort of deciphering those messages. Damn, I was fooled!"

|His chat spams LUL|

Dave fingerguns Kanji and Claire.

Dave "Gotcha! but this doesn't count as us being traitors since this doesn't go against TOS."

Claire "Nice, Twitchnet joke Dave."

Dave "Thanks, Clairebro."

Kanji thinks deeply about this situation to ensure no further conflicts could transpire within the group in the future.

Kanji "Dave. Amelia. I'll accept this as not a breach of the group's rules. But I don't know if the others would take kindly to it, so I suggest you tell them that you guys knew each other before knowing me."

Dave "Alright, time to spread fake news."

|His chat spams Kkona|

Amelia "Ummm. What if your chat spills the beans, love."

Dave "Don't worry, Amber. They are royal, ain't no one gonna snitch.."

Dave sees Kanji still eyeing him.

Dave "Dude. What? I told you everything."

Kanji "I still don't believe Amelia to be the type of person who is willing to do it with you so casually. There's gonna be more to this."

Dave ~sighs~

Dave "Fine. She has a double personality disorder, dude. Fancy princess while sober, and crazy party girl while drunk."

Kanji and Claire look at Amelia. It's hard to believe it.

Amelia "It's true mates. And I have long since embraced it because if I could be a smidgen like her, I would be more confident, cool, and act exactly what my family wanted."

Amber "WrONg dUMbASs!"

Amber speaks from within Amelia's subconsciousness.

Amelia "What? Why? You are so cool, and I want to be like you."

Amber "No. I NeED yOu tO bE wHo yOU aRe. I KNow tHAt YoU thINk I'M CoOl aND aLL is flATTerINg, bUT yOUR eLEGAnce kEEp mE fROM goING fuLL criMINal aNd dOINg sOMe bATSHite ilLEGal stUFF. So bALAnce aNd ALl."

Amelia "So I should be myself. But that's a bit hard to do mate."

Amber "Ye should fukin stop worrying and just do it, that's one step to be more confident."

Amelia "You're not drunk anymore."

Amber "Nah. I was never drunk, sister. I just choose to sound drunk. Take notes, dude."

Amelia breaks out of her dormant state.

Amelia "Guys, I'll just be myself that's what Amber said at least."

Dave smiles and pats her head.

Dave "Awesome! Let's go outside for a walk dudes. Trust me, man. It will make you dudes feel better after getting wasted."

They exit Amelia's home and travel to a nearby park. The atmosphere is fresh and full of life. There in the center lies a large oak tree, its shade is perfect for a couple of disorientated warriors. They decide to lie their wary head against its large and sturdy trunk.

Dave "Peace and harmony dudes."

Kanji "Dave, don't jinx us."

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRWWWWRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

A mysterious roar sunders the sky.

A large burst of air pushes back on the four wielders. With all their might, they cling to the oak tree. Soon the wave of air settles, and a large creature approaches them.

Dave "Holy shit! Dudes. What the hell is that?!"

Kanji "Dave! I told you not to jinx it."

It swings its tail.

The group jumps and dodges it. The tail however strikes the oak tree, shattering fragments of timber everywhere. Most of which hit Kanji's right arm, but he swiftly pulls them out and takes a quick view of the creature.

Its tail, head, and wings are made of mechanical parts... and alchemic parts?

Kanji "AN, your planet has robot dragons!"

AN "Yes. Acid breathing ones, but they aren't supposed to be mechanical at all! Something's wrong!"

Claire/Amelia "What? Acid!"

They sprint and hide behind a different tree. AN looks at the large creature in a wider view.

AN "Poor thing. It's suffering. That green claw mark on its neck, it's a product of being a Bioforger's lab rat!"

Kanji "What's a bioforger's? No. Never mind, this isn't the time. AN activate Amelia's powers."

AN "Should I explain to her?"

Amelia "Wait, wh-who i-is AN?"

Amelia covers her head in fear and confusion.

Dave begins shaking her rigorously.

Dave "Keep it together Amelia. Do you think Amber would expect to see you like this bro?!"

Amelia "N-No... No! She wouldn't. You're right!"

She stares at Dave and Kanji with a new will to listen.

Dave "So basically. AN is an alien and he or she needs our help, bro."

Kanji "Never mind about AN's gender. The point is that AN grants us powers and in return, we help achieve AN's goal."

Amelia calmly nods.

Amelia "AN you can start at any time, mate."

AN spins the dice and a new symbol glows a blinding white.

It is a square box with three lines contained in it.

AN slams down on the relic, and a surge of power enters Amelia's body and into her eyes. They are now blank, but her vision isn't affected. The panel left of Dave's panel lights up revealing the view of Amelia.

AN "Amelia, you are now /The Aspect of Reality."

Claire looks at her with shock.

Claire "Oh god! Amelia, you look like that one ghost drawing I made three months ago."

Kanji "Claire, not now!"

Amelia "AN... dear, what do my powers do?"

AN "I'll keep it brief. At this stage, you can only manipulate the way people see reality, think of it like illusions. When you target someone, they see into a separate reality where your illusions take place. For Example, creating a falling meteor. Only you and the specific target can see the meteor. You can also choose not to see your own illusions."

Dave "Just like when we played DnD, bro. Remember, "Minor illusion"."

Amelia "Alright, Let's see what I can do!"

She stands up and focuses on herself and her surroundings.

The world becomes so much more open and clear to her.

Amelia now knows:

1.|Third person vision|

2. |Blurring mirage|

3. |Double|

4. |Connect|

AN "Wow. She used up all of her skill points."

Dave "Alright, dude. Give us the rundown."

Amelia "Wait before that...."

She targets the dragon, and taps on the tree they are hiding behind. She looks at a location near the dragon, a fake tree manifests itself. The dragon becomes enraged and starts attacking with its tail, but it goes through. Confused, it tries to attack again and again using its tail and its frontal two mighty limbs

Amelia "...That will keep him a tad busy."

Clair/Kanji/Dave: "What was that?!"

Amelia "One of my powers allowing to create a fake double, and another power is..."

She touches all her friends.

Amelia ".....Connect, you can now see the fake tree. But watch this!"

For a second everyone's vision went blurry, but then they see themselves.

Dave "No way. This is lit."

Claire "Guys, I'm feeling a bit dizzy. But this is awesome!"

Kanji "Third person vision, this will be quite useful for searching an arena, but it is a bit hard for us to control ourselves."

Amelia "Yeah, You can just leave the scouting to me lads."

She releases the connection and applies a blurry effect on herself and her friends.

Amelia "There, I made you guys blurry. It would be harder for that thing to hit you now."

Dave "Yo! let's do this! Dudes!"

Kanji walks close to Claire.

Kanji "I'll tell you where to aim. Okay. You don't have to worry."

Claire "Ok."

Putting her trust in Kanji, Claire arms her crossbow and summons a lot of bolts (4 slots used). Kanji and Dave move in toward the beast.

The dragon notices them and fires a volley of acid.

Dave "Time to test our new skills, dudes!"

Dave learns

4.|Shieldfacation|

Dave's bat transforms into a shield, blocking the corrosive substance. He continues to move forward.

A glob of acid is about to drop on Kanji. Wait. He's somehow a few steps back!

Kanji learns 3.|Energy trail|

Kanji combo: 3. |Energy trail| + 2.|Energy travel|

He transformed himself into electrical energy and traveled back through the static trail he left behind.

Some of the acids miss them and land behind the two warriors, creating a wide puddle. It blocks Claire's path.

Claire "Shoot! I can't get closer!"

Kanji moves closer to the dragon. He then turns around and shouts.

Kanji "CLAIRE! AIM FOR THE JOINTS!!"

Claire "OK!"

She fires all her ammo at its knees and elbows. It pierces in, the beast screeches in pain and becomes limp. Dave follows up and tries to hit its legs. Its tail swings in his direction, but he perfectly dodges it and instead strikes a heavy blow to its forearms.

The forearms break off gushing a ton of blood onto the grassy terrain. The dragon falls to the ground.

|His Chat spams Pogchamp|

David moves toward its chest, his bat grows spikes, and he stabs it ripping the dragon's outer flesh and scales. Inside lies a mechanical core, and a countdown commences.

Dave "Holy Shit!"

David retreats bypassing Kanji who is moving forward.

Dave "Dude. What are you doing?! It's gonna blow!"

Kanji "We don't know how large the explosion might be! We need to find another way!"

He focuses his mind and puts his right hand forward, a bolt of spark leaves his mechanical palm and lands on the core. He charges his chain with electricity and throws it. It flies out in a harpoon, gravitating to forward the spot, and pierces the core.

Kanji learns

4.|Energy bolt|

Kanji "Got it!"

He pulls back with all his strength, and the core dislodges out of the dragon's chest. Its timer stops promptly.

Dave "Whew. We did it man!"

Dave high-fives Kanji and Claire.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

They look back to Amelia's position. Their eyes widen, they see a short alien with a cape, stabbing and gouging out both of her eyes. The eyes fall onto the once vibrant green grass like a pair of golf balls, painting both the ground and her dress a deep red. She continues screaming in pain while covering her face... Amelia collapses. Streams of blood begin to pour from her eye sockets and through the gap of her hands, dripping more and more blood onto the ground.

KARNAT "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAH! I TOLD EVERYONE I WOULD WIN THIS TIME! MY EMPRESS WILL PLEASED!....... wait. What's is tha...."

He turns around and looks above him, the alien sees two very angry humans. Their eyes are filled with rage and murderous intent, their weapons ready to cut down upon the general. Karnat hastily taps his watch, and right before they could hit him. Success, he teleports back to his spaceship.

Dave punches the ground. For the first time in his life, rage genuinely takes over him.

|His chat spam Claps, oblivious to the fact that everything that happened is real and they all think this is just an act.|

Dave "DAMMIT!"

Kanji "Dave focus! We need to help Amelia. Claire! AN! Create a boosted anesthetic!"

AN goes over to Claire's skill menu and boosts her last remaining creation slot for today.

AN: "Ready, Claire!"

Claire gives a quick thumbs up and conjures up a strange-looking needle and immediately inputs it into Amelia's neck. Blood stops flowing from her eye sockets and they begin to heal.

However, she doesn't stop screaming.

Dave "What the hell guys?! Shouldn't she feel no pain?!"

Kanji "Chill Dave! Complaining won't help. Let's bring her back to her villa."

They try their best to clean off the blood from her clothing, not noticing the dragon's corpse disappearing behind them. The group covers her eyes and mouth with her red ribbons and carries her screaming body all the way back to the villa.

Luckily, Nobody witnesses them in the park or moving her body. They put her on her bed, closes the door behind them, and wait patiently outside.

Minutes... no... hours pass and her screams finally die down. They slowly open the door, looking around the room they see nothing.

Claire "Where is she, Kaney?"

Kanji "I don't know, Claire."

Dave "There."

Dave points to a corner of the room. Amelia is shaking and curled up, crying a river of tears, her face as pale as snow. Dave cautiously approaches her. She becomes startled, but then leaps and cries into his chest.

Amelia "O-o-oh D-D-Dave. Is it re-really yo-you??"

Dave "What's wrong? Please tell me, man."

Amelia "E-e-e-ey-ey-eyes to-too ma-ma-many ey-eyes, lim-limbs t-t-too many l-limbs. Wh-where is th-that bre-breathing co-co-com-coming fr-from."

Dave "Calm down, Amelia. I'm here. We're here. There's no need to worry."

She becomes silent, smiles, and falls asleep.

Claire "We should give her some rest."

Kanji "AN. Any explanation for this maybe?"

AN stands in place with fear, a chill goes down AN's spine.

AN "Lots of eyes, limbs, and a loud breathing sound that seem to come from nowhere. I only heard of this place in legends, it is called Abyssal Earth. I can go over it tomorrow. For now, you guys should just clear your heads."

They nod in agreement and prepare for resting, taking turns watching out for enemies.

However, nobody approach them that day.

In his hubris, General Karnat misses the opportunity to attack and instead spends his time boasting about his actions to The Empress.

KARNAT ".....so I was like sneaky and I shank the bitch in the eye! Despite the loss of Goliath, I have permanently blinded one of the wielders! Your majesty!"

"A monumental achievement....but WHY did you run?!"

KARNAT "Pa-Pardon me, y-your highness."

He cowers under her voice.

"That's a sign of cowardice dear general. DON'T show it again!"

KARNAT "Ye-YES! My Empress!"

"Good. As punishment, you must finish the job using only soldiers and cultists, no more biological weapons."

The transmission cuts off.