GL: Phew, I'm finally back to continue.

Elsword: Took you long enough.

GL: Look, I just had too much work okay?

Elsword: Alright. Now where do we go from here?

GL: We'll be starting Rena's birthday.

Rena: Yay!

GL: Let's get to it!

Classes

Elsword: Lord Knight (16)

Aisha: Elemental Master (19)

Rena: Wind Sneaker (Unknown)

Raven: Blade Master (27)

Eve: Code Nemesis (Unknown)

Region: Ruben

Elsword's PoV

I was heading my way back to my house until I ran into Rena who was raking the leaves.

"Hey Rena, What are you doing?" I called out.

"Oh, hi Elsword, just raking some leaves since there isn't anything much to do." Rena replied.

"I see, well I'll be heading to be my room. See ya!" I waved as I entered my house.

"Bye." She waved back.

When I got to my room, I saw something glowing on my bookshelf. It was my birthday picture book. I took it out and opened it and it seemed ready to pull me in again. Since I don't have a choice I touched the book and let it pull me inside and I was falling again.

I woke up in my room again and everything seemed normal, except that when I looked at the calendar, it says that Rena's birthday is today. I tried not to freak out. Generally this is deja vu all over again.

"We meet again Elsword." said a voice behind me. It was Akiko.

"So, we're back here again." I asked.

"Yes, but in a different timeline. Today is Rena's birthday. So I suggest you probably go to her village." She said to me.

I went outside and headed to the elf village. When I was on my way there, birth eaters showed up again and they looked a bit bigger than I last saw them. "Whoa! who customized them to become like giant soldiers?" I said.

"Ever since you saved Aisha's birthday celebration, Achlys knew someone was trying to stop her from transferring out of the book. So she started bringing out stronger enemies to destroy whoever is stopping her."

"Is that so? Well, even if she sends stronger monsters, I can still take them." I said as I pulled my sword out and charged at them. I slashed them with my sword but instead of them lying down dead, they came back up. "Okay, I guess you weren't kidding about them being stronger than last time." I said to Akiko

Believe it or not, those birth eaters were actually giving me a hard time and I found myself surrounded by them. Right before they were going to charge at me, a huge blast came from out of nowhere and blasted the birth eaters into dust. I looked around to see who did that, then I found Aisha and Eve coming out.

"Geez Elsword. you know can't handle everything by yourself." Aisha sighed.

"In any case, are you alright Elsword?" Eve asked me.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired that's all." I catched my breath.

"Let's rest here for now then." Aisha said.

We sat down and rested. "So, you guys do know that Rena's birthday is today right?" I asked Aisha and Eve.

"Yeah. I already got a present for her, so has Eve but I don't know if Rena would like it since she's not into machines much."

"I am sure my vacuum drone would satisfy her." Eve said.

"Well, she does clean a lot so I think she might like it." I complimented.

"What about you Elsword? What are YOU going to give Rena for her birthday?" Aisha asked me.

"I'm still working on that. I'm going to her village to get some ideas from the elves." I explained.

After a short rest, We parted our ways.

When I got there all the elves came to greet me.

"You must be Elsword, one of Rena's friends, yes? One of the elves asked me. I nodded. "Pleased to meet you, are you here to celebrate Rena's birthday anniversary?"

I played along. "Yeah, I'm trying to find a present to give her for her birthday, and I thought you guys might have some ideas."

"Awww, how kind of you. How about giving her a special ring? You might find one in the accessory shop over there. " another elf suggested.

I headed to the accessory shop and met the shop owner. "Welcome, how may I help you?" She asked.

"Do you have a special ring in your merchandise? I need it as a birthday present for my friend who is also an elf." I asked.

"Well, I do have one but it's not completed yet." She answered.

"Can you show it to me?" I requested.

The shop owner said yes and went to get the ring. She came back with a small green box revealing a small ring with a size that can fit through a finger and a hole at the top. "It is missing with a very rare material." she said.

I asked "What is it?"

"It called 'El Wind Emerald' it's a green material hidden somewhere deep in the forest ruins. Unfortunately it is blocked by a ancient door." The shop owner explained.

"How can I get in?"

"You'll need 2 stone keys to open it. One is silver and the other is gold. I think they hidden somewhere in the White Mist Swamp."

"Is that all? Thanks! I'll be back with the emerald in my hand." I said when I left.

I was now at the White Mist Swamp. Before I could go any further birth eaters appeared again. "Oh come on, I don't have time for this." I groaned.

Before I could pull my sword out, I suddenly heard slices and dices, and before I knew it, all the birth eaters were cut in half. The one who sliced them all was a man in a white coat with a sharp blade and metal arm which is a nasod arm. It was Raven.

"Weaklings! You're too slow!" The Blade Master said.

GL: That's it for now.

Elsword: Sounds like I'm going have a hard time with these birth eaters.

Raven: If you train enough, you should be fine.

Aisha: Or maybe you should leave things to us.

Elsword: Not helping, Aisha!

GL: See you in part 2!

Notes: El Wind Emerald is just something I came up with.