Okay, this is the next chapter. I know that Ara will take the Little Specter path, but since Add's 3rd jo will come out in September, I don't know if I will go with Lunatic Psyker, or that job. Chances are that Job, since LPxSD, and YRxMM. :D I'm super hyped since tomorrow; the third job of Elesis comes out. :D But enough about that, let's get on to the story!~

It had been about three months since I had joined the elgang. At first it was awkward, being around six other people I didn't know at all, but I had slowly gotten used to it. I became close friends with everyone, especially Eve. At first I thought she was scary, but then we started talking until we were inseparable. Anyway, we had all just finished eating breakfast.

"Ara, can you help me with the dishes?" Rena smiled cheerfully. "Sure!" I replied grinning as I hopped up to help her. Rena was an elf who had come to our world to retrieve the el. She had long greenish blonde hair, and was extremely curvy. Almost every man in Elder adored her. I reached into the soapy water and scrubbed each plate or utensil, then handing them to the Ranger.

When we were finished I looked out the window to see Elsword and Aisha arguing. I sighed in annoyance. They were two children who didn't get along at all. One was a brash swordsman. He was really strong, and he could be mature at times. But most of my time with him, he was loud and immature. I still enjoyed him though. The other child was a genius magician who had gotten her magic stolen. Even though she was fifteen, she looked even younger than Elsword.

"Those too…" Rena murmured, glaring at the window. Her eye twitched as she cracked her knuckles. I winced and left the kitchen, I didn't want to have to witness the bloodshed that was about to happen. In the living room I heard tinkering, and I saw a certain prince and mercenary. "Oh, good morning Ms. Ara!" The blonde waved cheerfully. I returned his contagious smile and wave.

Even though he was the same age as Elsword, he was much more mature and charming, probably since he was a noble. His father had been corrupted by the demons, and he was determined to return his father back to normal. I could sympathize with him, since I felt the same was about my brother. No, not now, I need to think about happier things.

The mercenary greeted me with a nod, and I smiled at him. He might've had the hardest time out of all of us, having his fiancé and friends killed in front of him, before being captured and mind controlled by the nasods. The elgang had snapped him out of it, and he helped them to try and atone for his misdeeds. He was quite a troubled man, and sometimes scared people away. But he was actually quite handsome if he didn't make you run away first.

Now there was one more person, who I happened to have a room next to: Eve. I smiled as I knocked on the door politely. "You may proceed" I heard a monotone yet elegant tone say. I opened the door to see Eve, preforming a maintenance checkup and her two drones, Moby and Remy. "Hi Eve! Is there anything that I can do to help?" I asked. She lifted an elegant finger to her chin, as if she was pondering the question, before nodding. If you could connect the chords to the thermo regulators, that would be nice." I quickly got to business, and connected the red cylinders to the blue wires. Before I met Eve and she taught me about these things, I was terrible with technology. "So how's it going with your coding?" I asked her. "I have not which chosen which code would be the most beneficial." She replied. "Though one that interests me is entitled, 'Code Electra.' If I am correct. The other two are 'Code Architecture' and 'Code Exotic'." I nodded cheerfully. "You don't understand what I'm talking about, do you?" Eve sighed. "Eheheheh…. No." I smiled sheepishly.

Eve sighed, before the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. "It's of no fault, I still have much to teach you about the nasods." I smiled excitedly, ready to learn more before there was a knock on the door. "You may proceed." Eve replied. The door opened to reveal Rena. "Sorry to interrupt guys, but we've got a mission. Her facial expression was grim.

We headed downstairs, to see Hoffman standing in the doorway, explaining the situation. "it appears that Banthus and his bandits have stolen from Elder again, and we need you guys to stop him." He finished, looking angry. We all nodded and went to our rooms to prepare.

I was still in my pajamas, so I took a shower, before drying off with a towel. I walked out of my bathroom and into my bedroom, turning the light switch on, I out on my usual battle clothing. An orange dress, with detached sleeves and orange stockings with brown shoes. I then took my spear off the wall, and held it in my right hand.

As I opened my door and walked out, Eve came out of her room two. We walked side by side and we giggled as her drones snuggled against us. Soon we hopped in a carriage drawn by Hoffman. We sat there in silence, mentally preparing for the fight. Well, almost all of us sat there in silence. Elsword and Aisha sat there arguing the whole time, much to Hoffman's chagrin.

We finally arrived. "Well, this is where I leave. See you all hopefully soon." Hoffman said before riding away. We soon walked into a dungeon that had a musty smell, and had spider's crawling up the walls. I shuddered as I avoided their webs. It appeared to be a sort of cave. Marked by brown flags with skulls on them, Banthus's symbol.

Bats approached us, attempting to bite us, but Raven slashed them out of the way, taking the lead. There were also some monkeys, who chucked apples at us. We easily took care of them. Soon, we were approached by bandits. Some big, and some small. "Hey!" Said one of them, pointing a knife at us. "Where do you think you all are going?!" "We're looking for a man named Banthus." Aisha replied. "Do you know where we can find him?" The bandits smirked evilly. "Yeah, we work for him!" They charged us.

We instantly attacked. I stole one of the bandit's souls. While he was stunned, I slammed my spear into him, knocking him out cold. We were like a blur of blades and magic. Eve quickly hit a large bandit with her drones, before slapping him across the face. "Ara! On your right!" I heard Chung yell. I turned to see a bandit charging at me, before Chung blasted him away with a cannon ball. I smiled at Chung in thanks.

Soon, all of the bandits were defeated. There was a large roar, and we looked to see a gigantic furry creature. "Is that a Phoru?" Aisha asked, her knees shaking. "Yeah." Rena replied. "But a giant one." The creature roared in rage, attacking us.

"Multiple Stinger!"

Rena yelled as she backflipped in the air, as three large magic arrows slammed into the Phoru. Raven shadow stepped behind it before releasing a huge blast of fire from his claw, killing the Phoru. Then I heard footsteps. "You guys are worthless!" It muttered. "B-boss?" One of the bandits muttered. Rena's facial expression turned grim as we saw who it was. Banthus.

Cliffhanger! :D Sorry for not updating this very soon, I had to go to a family reunion, and I had theatre camp. Anyway, response time! :3

Asura: Yeah, it's new. No problem! XD

Heart18: Thank you so much! :3

Whitemist10: Sorry it was so short. I think this chapter is longer though. D:

Eternal Heart Rhythym: Be patient, very patient. ;)