I'm a man of my word and tomorrow be today! Wait a minute… Nevermind. Warning, lots of dialogue. I read over what I wrote on Wednesday, in my sleep deprived state, I said 'I'd do it tomorrow'. And losing my mind or not, I hate breaking promises.

Okay, please. Enjoy, and review. My feelings are starting to be hurt when I see 350 readers and rising but on two of them review. (Previously 3). No flames please! Constructive criticism.

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Chapter 6: Saving Others

Year 2023 January 22 7:30pm

Location: Floor 4 –Lorica

"Guys, you can't be serious?!" Raiden yelled. He was currently being dragged by Lumino across the streets of Lorica.

"We're serious! You need to get over this!" Lumino yelled back.

"The girls even gave us their blessing. Rehab doesn't start if you're cooped up in a corner," Kizuna added smirking.

"NOOOO!" Raiden cried out.

7:35pm

Location: Lorican plains

Lumino inhaled and exhaled. "See, Raiden. This isn't so bad," Lumino said taking in the view.

Floor 4- or Kogai- didn't have trees so it was a far clear field with some mountain ranges. The lack of trees left a great view of the sky above them. The one downside of Kogai. IT WAS HOT! So hot, you could see the heat waves during the day.

Night time, being the complete opposite, was freezing. So basically Kogai was a desert with grass and trees.

The boys had already had something to do. Get Raiden to walk around at night. The dagger user had already freaked out when the sun would set. Like every player, he was terrified of night but wouldn't hesitate to fight a floor boss. WHY?! A boss was way worse than daemons.

"You say that now, but just wait until a daemon catches you," he said, paranoia slipping off his tongue.

Suddenly, a horrifying roar was heard in the plains. Raiden shivered but Lumino and Kizuna froze on the spot. They knew exactly what that roar belonged to.

A Giant

"Kizuna, daemons only spawn near players, right?" Lumino asked.

"Yeah, meaning that someone's in trouble," Kizuna replied.

"Let's find them, then!" Raiden yelled hopping to his feet and running towards the roar. The other two didn't question his actions and just ran after him.

After about 2 minutes of running, they found the giant and a player kneeling in front of it defeated. The daemon was an Iron Giant as one could tell from its size and colour.

{Final Fantasy XV: Don't Panic!}

The daemon raised up its sword to bring down the killing blow. Lumino ran even faster, summoning his blade and stopping the giant sword from killing the player. 'This is heavier than Illfang's' the swordsman thought.

Raiden swept past and got the player out of the way and Kizuna used his Life Hand on him. Lumino in the meantime kept blocking off the attacks from the Giant. He threw a purple tinted ball casting [Thunder] starling the Giant. "Let's go!" Lumino yelled.

"Right!" Kizuna replied readying a teleport card. The Iron Giant ran towards them in hopes to attack them again. It was too slow as Kizuna teleported to a safe distance.

{End of Soundtrack}

"That was close," Lumino panted. The party and unknown player had hid behind a rock, still able to hear the daemon roaring in the distance.

"Thanks for the save," the player said. He had straight brown hair with hazel eyes. He was taller than the others. He wore a black version of the male beginner outfit. He had shoulder armour, a tungsten bangle and a wristband. He also wore two black gloves.

"Don't mention it," Lumino said.

"What were you thinking taking one of those Iron Giants alone?" Raiden asked.

"Well, obviously it wasn't my plan to fight it. It spawn when I was about to reach the haven behind it. I was almost at the haven until it pulled me back with some gravitational pull. Each time I'd go for the haven, it would pull me back. I had no choice but to fight it," he answered.

"I see. Then let's come up with a plan to kill it!" Lumino said with a smile on his face.

"What?" Raiden asked in shock.

"Well, obviously a group of level 15s can beat a level 30 Giant."

"Lumino, that's the worst plan you have ever had."

"Believe me, he's had worse than this," Kizuna commented.

"But, before anything. Can I get your name?" Lumino asked the player.

"Ronen," he responded.

"Alright guys, we ready?" Kizuna asked. All the other three nodded in unison.

{Final Fantasy XV: Horrors of the Night}

Kizuna took out a card and teleported to the Giant while firing a Jackpot Shot at close range. Kizuna placed a card on the floor whilst two daggers flew above him stabbing the Giant. Raiden teleported to Kizuna's card and slashed the Giant.

The daemon had no openings as Lumino and Ronen came and attacked a Giant. Lumino swung his sword vertically while jumping giving room for Ronen to attack horizontally. He landed on Ronen's Two-Handed Sword and was launched into the air.

The Giant swung around his sword knocking back everyone on the ground. 'Last one, better make it count,' Lumino thought as her threw down a Fira spell burning the area. All these attacks had only been able to shave away half of the beast's health.

As Lumino was landing, he was punched square in the face by the Iron Giant. The beast roared even louder. It glowed a purple colour enhancing its strength. It started swinging its massive weapon in every direction leaving only the opening on its back.

"Lumino!" Kizuna yelled.

"Let's do it!" the raven yelled back. Both ran towards the giant. They slid underneath the giant's legs finding the blindspot behind it. Using a Blindside Link-Strike, Lumino threw his old sword into the Giant's back as Kizuna fired a Jackpot shot on the hilt to force it in deeper whilst burning the beast.

The durability of his old sword ran out shattering it. The daemon roared out in pain and fell to its knees. Ronen ran to the beast and used a large sweeping attack called [Tempest]. Raiden followed him up using [Deathblow].

The damage was immense on the giant. To finish it off, Ronen swung his sword over his head and brought it down on the Giant.

{End of Soundtrack}

The daemon died as it turned into liquid and melted on the floor.

[Exp: 413 /Gil: 2000]

"WE DID IT!" Raiden cheered.

"Plan worked well. Nice work Kizuna," Lumino congratulated. It was his plan after all.

"What would you expect?" Kizuna said smirking.

"Hey." The party looked to see Ronen, "I want to thank you guys, any longer and I would have been dead."

"It's not a problem. This game doesn't need any more people dying," Lumino said remembering the first 2 months. Back then, you could hear people cry for help at night, scream in pain from the wolves, and suicide scenes were common but still just as traumatic.

"Well, I'll see you later," Ronen said walking to the haven. When was later? It was times like this when Lumino got paranoid. Those who he fought beside, he didn't want them to leave. He built bonds with them, and he hearing that they died killed him a little inside.

"Ronen, wait! Do you want to join our party?" Lumino's question caught Ronen off guard. That was a first. On one hand, he could go with them and keep fighting hard with others. On the other, he could go on his own and get careless again but this time, with no help. It seemed like an offer he couldn't refuse. "Alright."

With that, Lumino opened the window and invited Ronen.

At the haven, the four had set up camp. Ronen had learned the survival skill so life would be easier. Kizuna; Raiden and Ronen were chatting while Lumino was busy with his menu. He was talking to Tsukino.

L: [Won't be at Lorica, staying at haven.]

T: [I see, I don't think we'll be at Lorica either. May be up all night.]

L: [What are you doing?]

T: [Was talked into going to a dungeon at night with a new friend. Her name's Scarlet. Speaking of 'friends', who's Ronen.]

L: [Guy we saved from an Iron Giant. :D]

T: [Oh. I won't ask why you're happy. See you later then.]

[Tsukino has left the conversation]

Lumino exited his menu and looked too see Raiden on the floor. He raised an eyebrow and looked to Kizuna. "He's moping that without Tsukino here, we'll starve," Kizuna said.

"Oh right, about that. Tsukino gave me this," Lumino said taking out a basket. Inside it had 20 Prairie Style skewers. Raiden cried tears of joy, "That woman is our saviour!"

"Let's just eat," Ronen said. Ronen ate one of the kebabs and said, "I'll have to thank this Tsukino person later. She's a great cook."

Year 2023 January 23 7:00am

The party began to walk back to Lorica. Not many monster on the way there. The floor mainly consisted of Evil Eyes, Hundlegs and Gorganhospids. Not much of threats. "Hey Lumino," Raiden asked.

"Why do you invite so many people to join the party? Why not just start a guild?" the dagger user asked. This question caught everyone off guard. It was a good question.

"Well, I see where you're coming from. Parties can only go up to 8 people after all. Guilds, up to 100. However, guilds carry a lot of responsibility if you're the leader. You're put under a lot of pressure and before you know it, you breakdown. True, I want to save as many people as I can but…"

A memory flashed into his mind, "I can't save everybody. At times, I couldn't even save myself. So I like to stick with a party, they're small; fun and easy to keep track of. But most importantly, I don't want anyone to be alone."

That was true. Everyone Lumino invited was alone in some way or another before joining. Raiden smirked at the answer, "Alright. I was just wondering."

8:00am

Location: Lorica

"Oh, sweet civilisation, I missed you," Raiden said.

"Wuss," Ronen commented. The spikey blond grew a tick and started arguing with Ronen, who just ignored him.

"So you think the girls are here?" Kizuna asked.

"I'll check," Lumino said going to his messenger. He started to type a message to Tsukino

L: [Where are you?]

T: [Up.] This was all she sent. Lumino was confused until he looked into the sky to see a wyvern circling Lorica. After some time it disappeared. Then three girls came falling from the sky. Kizuna caught a falling Lily bridal-style. When they made eye-contact, she fainted.

Lumino ran and caught Tsukino in mid-air the same way. "You okay?" he asked.

"Yes," she said blushing. Lumino was confused why until he realised he was still carrying her. "Oh, sorry," he apologised putting her down. "Why were you falling from the sky?"

Tsukino answered by pointing to the street where a spear landed with a girl twirling around it. "Stuck the landing, Tsuki!" she cheered.

Y: New record baby!

K: Congrats Author.

Y: Yes, Yes I'm awesome.

K: Question. Who's the spear lady and why is Raiden acting like that.

R: (Red face and frozen staring at her)

Y: I don't know? But I can tell you, things are getting interesting!

K: As long as you do kill us in the process.