Once the pumpkin robot is defeated, the team must rest near a bridge because they have defeated a tough opponent (and are ill with food poisoning). They start cleaning before moving on, and as the team finishes cleaning, a gray-haired girl appears.
The girl asks them, "Do you see any pumpkin robot on this bridge? I have the order to go slay it."
Matt simply answers, "Sorry but the robot is no more, it is destroyed forever."
"You all did it." She was surprised and facepalm. "Oh boy, I was just called out here to take care of that huge pumpkin thing. Looks like I don't have to do anything now, thanks guys, you're awesome."
Lance says with pride. "That robot is way out of your league. I'm glad you made it in time before you threw your life away."
"Is that so? Let me show you something cool in return." She shows the black giant crystal. "This crystal here can teleport you back to town! It can even take you to another place, so long as you've already visited them. This is the furthest I can go, unfortunately." The girl says in a disappointed tone.
Natalie replies. "So good, can't wait to try it out. Thank you, Miss....eh...?"
"Call me Sandra, you don't have to say thank you anyway. Good luck." Sandra said and waved goodbye to the team
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"Wait, we don't know where to go," Sunset shouted at Sandra.
"Huh, yeah sorry I forgot to miss....eh who said that?" Sandra is confused. Sunset waves at her and surprises her. "Woah, what are you?"
"I'm a pony okay, anyway what place is up to this forest?" Sunset asked.
"Rock Lake lies past there, lots of squid, crabs, and stuff over there. Be on your guard, especially you, little cute pony." Sandra teases and waves goodbye to them.
The team knows what next place they have to pass. They start looking around and see a treasure chest. They open it and see a big gun that fits Lance, so he takes it. After that, they touch the crystal, and the crystal turns green and teleports them to the nameless town. They find that they are in the park of the nameless town with another crystal in the center. They touch it again and teleport back to the same spot. They decide to take a rest to prepare for the next location named Rock Lake.
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After a refreshing stroll through the forest, battling through many monsters in the forest, the trio feels their power is returning while Sunset feels stronger than before. It seems that the monsters of the forest seem more aggressive than usual, possibly due to the volcanic eruption in the North. Local legends suggest that the demon they encountered before was the ancient God named Arkon. Being supposedly immortal, and older than the Earth(en) itself. The ancestors of the land could only seal him deep within the tornado, carefully hiding the exact location so that no one ever hears from him again. His origins and purpose are still a mystery.
However, when news of history's return was spread, many warriors and adventurers headed toward the mountains, each striving for fame and glory. The team has a long way before they once again reach the northern mountain (except Sunset), they will have a long way before they re-encounter Akron.
After a night's sleep near the bridge, the team starts moving ahead to Rock Lake. The place is like a beach as it has many people holding skateboards around. The team has greeted by a gray-haired man.
"Welcome to Rock Lake. It's a lake though, just a bunch of caves and rivers near the sea. I got stuck here after my party ditched me. So, I might as well advise the next people heading up the mountain. That is where you are going, right?" Said the gray-haired man.
"Aye, we are going back up to the demon after some demon slaughters us there." Matt retorts.
Lance follows, "It was an utter massacre but mainly because we caught off guard. I'm sure we could have taken him"
The gray-haired man gives them advice, "Demon, uh? I suppose it's the one they're looking for, you know, Arkon. You'd probably all be dead if you fought him. They say he's a deity that was sealed in the volcano thousands of years ago. No one has been able to find his body.".
"Deity huh... I guess that means he is a god or something. Well, he did not get away with stealing our power." retorts Matt.
"Okay, if you insist. Anyway, can I have that horse?" He points at Sunset who is currently in a quadruple stance and she earns the glare from her teammates. She smiles sheepishly.
Natalie answers with sarcasm. "Sorry this "horse" is not for sale, it is part of my team now,"
"Alright, I hope that cute horse has enough strength to carry your stuff." the gray man says as the trio smirks at Sunset and she was face-hoofed.
The man is gone, and Sunset returns in a bipedal stance to say, "Oops." As the team continues their journey, they come across the blue slimes.
"Eh, remind me of that taste when I eat them." Said Sunset while recalling the taste.
"Don't even say that because I will never forget that taste," Lance said as he glared at Matt.
'Okay, that's my fault. Just kill this slime to get those chests,' said Matt as he pointed towards the chests behind the slime. The others roll their eyes.
Step aside, Natalie said, clapping her hand against Natalie's chest; a moment later, a black cloud appeared and struck thunder to the slimes, leaving smoke in their wake. Natalie is proud of her for killing them all. A slime appears from the smoke and tries to strike Natalie, but Sunset swings her staff at it, sending it flying. Sunset then spins the staff and presses it on the ground. An electric ball appears from the ground and hits the slime directly, killing it.
"Natalie, don't let your guard down," Sunset said
Natalie says, "sorry, I thought the Thunderstorm would kill them all,' . The others roll their eyes. "Anyway, I see you improved a lot in your magic skills, and... physical stuff."
"Thanks, maybe it's from the battle with that giant pumpkin."
"Remember the staff is just decoration, nothing enchanted."
"I know that. Now I can use magic by hoofing, thanks to your training."
Natalie smiles, "No problem.".
Sunset suggests, "Let's open the chest now.".
They open the chest and find nothing but gold coins, a red sword, and a wooden staff. Sunset collects the wooden staff and puts it in her magic inventory. As they continue to walk, they find jellyfish of three different kinds: blue, red, and yellow. These jellyfishes are flying around the beach.
"That doesn't look like a beach where I can relax. Look at all the jellyfish, it's not edible." Matt comments, his tone dejected. His whining is ignored by the others, and they keep moving forward. They see two people being surrounded by jellyfishes. The team looks at each other and sighs in annoyance. Natalie creates a crystal, which appears in front of the red jellyfish and shatters, causing the jellyfish to flinch back because of the shards.
The jellyfishes now focus all of their attention on the team. There are five jellyfish in total, two red, two blue, and one yellow. One of the blues uses their tentacles to press their canals, the sky is raining a little, and everything on the battlefield gets wet. Matt uses "Air slash" on the red jellyfish to kill one of them. Sunset is confused about what the yellow jellyfish is doing as it presses its canal. As a thunderstruck strikes her body, she is paralyzed. After getting hit twice more, she tries to get up although paralyzed and finds a red jellyfish trying to burn her, but it abruptly gets a hole in its canal, dying.
Sunset notices that Lance's sword-gun has smoked and he nods at her. Natalie claps her hand and uses "Thunderstorm" at the jellyfishes. The blue jellyfishes are death by thunder but the yellow one seems happy about that. It tries to press the canal but Sunset teleports and wracks it with her staff to stop it from doing that. Matt sees his chance and slams his sword against the ground; a large iceberg rises and breaches the jellyfish's body.
After winning, the team cheers. They help the two people up and check to see if they are injured or not. Both of them thank them and wave goodbye. The team sighs in relief but the trio starts worrying about Sunset.
"You ok Sunset, those thunders are quite powerful you know," said Lance.
"Honestly I'm fine, those thunders aren't as powerful as I thought," Sunset says as the team's eyes widen in surprise, "what?" Sunset asks.
Natalie asks, "I never thought you were that tank. Are you a mage?".
"I am sorry, but I have only just become a mage since I completed your training. But honestly, since the robot hit me, I did not feel any strong attack.`` Sunset says as the others nod in agreement.
Natalie waves her arm, "Might be right. I can take those thunders on my own."
"Then stop complaining to me about what kind of mage I am already," Sunset says in an annoyed tone.
"Fine,"
"I think we should go find a camping spot now. It's really dark here." Sunset sighs.
They have found the perfect spot for camping because they have a great view of the beach. It is Sunset's turn to guard, and Natalie's turns as well. Sunset meditates to control her mana since she erupted in the time she fought with the robot.
"You shouldn't meditate too much, Sunny." Natalie gives a coconut to Sunset
"Ah... I look forward to discussing magic with you." Sunset says as she chops the coconut with Matt's sword.
"Do you have some curiosity about your magic?"
"Since I am outbursting mana to destroy that robot, do I need to worry about being corrupted by its power?"
"Good question. Outburst mana is normal when you are angry or just want to protect something. That depends on your emotions. However, corruption is at a different level. That will happen when you can't control your mana and let your mana control your mind and body. People like that will be gone crazy and usually very powerful but mindless."
"I see," Sunset drinks the coconut "Looks like I have to learn more about magic. You know for me."
"Since you just know how to cast a spell, I give you this," Natalie gives her a book. "This is the magic seals and traps book; I steal it from the church and I get kicked out of there. I can't perform a seal or trap but maybe you can"
"Thank you. Hope that doesn't have dark magic." Sunset takes the book
"Don't say that. Magic is just a weapon, and all weapons have one weakness," Natalie points to Sunset "The user".
Sunset nods as she understands what she means. Natalie sits beside Sunset while she is reading the book. They know what they are doing, and nothing can change the objective of this journey