Once I finished up at Eliza's manor, I had at least 15 different ghostly citizens coming to me to ask for becoming alive again. I was more than happy to oblige, but I also noted that Deena was among the crowd, and she looked to be surprised by all the attention I was getting. And when all the ghosts that flocked towards me were finished thanking me (some of them even giving me gifts in the form of food, drinks, cash, and even a single dragon claw in the form of the water dragon claw!), Deena finally approached me and Coco and finally proceeded to stop time for everyone but the three of us.
"Okay, what's going on? How do you have the ability to mend the ghost curse?" Deena asked me, me smiling at her.
"Because I got the 3 other powers of the elements that I couldn't actually get in the game from Eliza," I said, Deena looking at me with a groan.
"And why did you do that?" she asked.
"Don't blame me, the mentor's the one that told me to do so. It's a precaution, mainly because Ziegler tried to attack me during the orphan rescue mission," I said, Deena sighing and nodding at that.
"Fine, I understand... wait..." she said before she sniffed my side and she gasped. "YOU HAVE A TYRANT?! What's wrong with you?!" she asked in shock, me sighing at that.
"Look, it's a Tyrant that does literally nothing but loaf around and the only power it has on others is making people fall asleep or feel uneasy. It's not like I'm going to use it for crimes. And besides, Lynn has a Tyrant in Eurus, so what's wrong with me having a Tyrant so long as I can get her to convince the guild that it's a good egg?" I said, Coco looking at me in confusion and for Deena to groan.
"Ugh... which one is it?" she asked.
"Byeol," I said.
"Fine, you're right, he's a completely harmless Tyrant. Just make sure you use this whenever you encounter Lydia so you can speak to her in private," Deena said as she then touched me on the forehead, and I gasped as I felt another gate unlock within me! It was... the knowledge of how to freeze time! "Just know that you cannot use it to attack or alter the world around you. You can also only freeze time for up to 2 minutes before recharging for a good hour. And always remember to stay in the same spot when you resume time from when you stopped it, or you'll confuse everyone," Deena said, me nodding at her.
"Promise," I smiled as she then finally let time flow normally and looked at me and Coco with a small smile.
"Remember, keep your yaps shut... you know where to go next," she said as she then proceeded to walk down the path to the west of the town towards the giant cauldron.
"So... what power did she give you?" Coco asked me with a whisper to my ear. I simply spoke to him in my yips and barks so only he would understand me.
"The power to stop time for anyone you want, like what she's been doing lately to speak to us in private," I smirked, that making Coco smirk widely. "Only downside, I can't alter the world when it's active and I have to be in the same spot I was before, or everyone will be confused."
"You're becoming even more of a protagonist than I'd like... but these powers are sure to be useful in case we have any bad guys to take care of!" Coco smirked widely.
"Yep... by the way, I'm not explaining anything about what I said to Deena, since that's going to be revealed soon regardless," I said, Coco smiling.
"Finally, something that happens shortly that I can find out on my own... as opposed to teasing me with stuff that's near the end," Coco smirked, again, whispering. We then proceeded to the east and found some more Nexomon in the form of Cranillow, Auga, and even Rapi, a Mega Rare normal. I didn't add any of them, however, because now, all of my team that could evolve had, meaning I now had a team of Byeol, Marasuma, Zasp, Shardice, Nekgiri, and Giddyelp. Very solid, but I did know that I'd have a bit of a disadvantage against the fire type Mulcimer later on, so on the way through the forest and into the desert, I managed to get Fortle (who was level 19) so that meant I had to send back Marasuma so I could have an easier time in New Ignitia, but I did it with a heavy heart.
"Sorry, Marasuma. I'll put you back on the team when we get finished up in the next place," I smiled, giving him an orange slice to eat before he had to be sent back to the PC box, him smiling at me and speaking.
"Don't worry, mistress. Just keep at it," he said calmly and serenely before he then went to the PC and I then added Fortle to my team. And then, Coco and I finally arrived at the area in question. And seeing it in person, the amazing crater with a giant skeleton jutting from the rock wall? It was awesome.
"Whoa... is this... it's Grunda's Chasm... back during the ruling of Omnicron, his kid, Grunda, completely sunk a city underground just by coming out from under the ground... he was by far the toughest of his children," Coco gawked, probably remembering a bedtime story.
"Something like that," said the voice of Amelie, who arrived from the east and I smiled at her.
"Amelie?" I smiled, but I was speaking in English, making her surprised.
"Learning English, finally, huh?... Well, regardless, I'm going to have to ask the two of you to steer clear of this area for now," she said, me looking at her in surprise.
"Why?" I asked, playing dumb.
"A Tyrant has gone rampant in the city of New Ignitia, which is at the bottom of Grunda's Chasm," Amelie said, me raising my eyebrow at that.
"I defeated a Tyrant before! Sure, it got away, but I still beat it and rescued someone in the process! Why can't Coco and I join in?" I asked, getting a bit upset, so I ended up talking in my yips and barks partway through, which Coco then translated after.
"Rgh... You don't understand the issue here... the Tyrant is Mulcimer, who is a Tyrant that controls fire. And New Ignitia is surrounded by lava. You don't understand how dangerous it'd be for you to join in," Amelie said as I then simply presented the water claw that I'd obtained from the ghosts, which she looked at in surprise.
"Why not fight fire with water, then? I have the ability to summon the dragon of water, so I just have to use this claw and I can use its respective dragon to defeat Mulcimer with ease! Right?" I smirked, Amelie then getting the cogs turning in her head.
"Yes, yes... that just might work! Very well, you can join in, but before you do, you must hold that claw to the air and say the name of the dragon that you wish to assist you. The dragon in question is Glamond, so summon it beforehand so it can join you partway," she said, me noddinng at that.
"Heart of the dragons, flow through my veins! I summon Glamond! Assist me in this fight!" I said, speaking the whole thing in English, making Amelie smirk.
"Well, how'd you learn English so quickly?" she asked.
"A visit to Eliza in the Immortal Citadel," Coco smirked.
"I see... go down the steps that lead to the elevator and join the team I've chosen to assist in the attack. I'm counting on you! If you can defeat Mulcimer, I'll promote you to silver in a snap!" she said, me smirking at that as I then proceeded to tighten up my gloves with a smile.
"Leave it to us," I smirked as Coco and I then went to the staircase and walked down all the 99 steps (again, I counted) until we found the group that was there, which included the silver tamers and the gold tamer in Finn.
"Huh? Who are you?" Finn asked me when I joined the group.
"Secret weapon," I smirked.
"Really? Because you're a bronze tamer," one of the silver rank tamers said.
"Amelie can vouch for us. We just summoned the water dragon using this special claw, so Glamond is gonna help out immensely in defeating Mulcimer," I smiled, Coco needing to translate for me, as I spoke in yips and barks for the whole thing.
"Okay, that's actually pretty ingenious. Okay, then we have a plan! Let's get going to Mulcimer!" Finn smirked as we then got on the elevator and proceeded down through the crater, Coco gawking at the sight.
"Whoa... this looks awesome... people went through all this trouble to make a city underground, you'd think the Tyrants wouldn't even bother," Coco spoke.
"Tyrants are very desperate, destroying everything in their struggle to find a new king of Nexomon. We've built cities underground, on a floating island in the sky, and I even heard about a city built underwater. But all of them failed," Finn frowned.
"What was the name of this underwater city?" I asked.
"I don't know. But I do know that it only lasted for 10 days, then Amelie stated it was a failure, saying the city sunk and that all the people in the city were killed," he said, me frowning at that. Already a reason to hate Amelie. An obvious lie. Boy, would she be shocked when I decided to bring a few people from the city to the surface with me. But then, nearly 3/4ths of the way down the elevator, we heard a loud roar from above us, me looking up and gawking at how there was a dragon on its way, but it wasn't Glamond. It was Wyverne and Volta, the dragons of normal and electric!
"What the hell?! Why are these dragons coming in here?" Finn asked in shock.
"Rgh... Tyrant... how I loathe that we must listen to you," said Volta, me being surprised at that.
"Huh... they're saying they're here to help us! Probably because I have the special claws to summon them, too?" I smiled.
"When you summon one of us, you summon all of us. We were just the closest... scum," Wyverne said with a growl at me.
"This is awesome! You're gonna sick these dragons on Mulcimer at the same time?" Finn asked, me then smirking at that.
"Okay, Wyverne? Volta? You're going to hide from sight from Mulcimer and close in while staying hidden. When I shout out a nonsensical word that you've never heard before, it's time to attack. Relay the message to the others before they arrive," I said, the two dragons growling, but nodding at that.
"Consider yourself lucky, Tyrant. If not for those summoning claws, we'd slay you on sight," Volta said, me nodding at him.
"I'm not one of those things. I don't even look like one! I only smell like it because I was attacked by the Tyrant Ziegler 2 times in the past 24 hours," I said, that making them surprised as they then sniffed me and then snorted.
"Very well, apolgies," Wyverne said as they then proceeded to fly silently to the east of the city and kept hidden behind some rocky cliffs, out of sight of Mulcimer. And only then did we finally arrive at the bottom of the chasm. We then proceeded to walk our way to the city, me then seeing the shadows of Glamond, Boscage, Mystogen, and Krainnull. Once they all had arrived, we'd finally got to the city, where we saw that Mulcimer was in the center of town in a big pool of lava and he was next to his master, Jin. And they already had some captives in the form of some little children!
"Oi, butthead!" I shouted, getting Jin's attention as we then rushed to him and Jin then smirked devilishly.
"Hehe, so, the guild decides to bring some runts to stop me and Mulcimer?! Look around you! This whole city is surrounded by lava! And if you dare to cross me, then I'll command Mulcimer to burn the entire city to the ground!" Jin shouted in a crazy state, me looking at him and shouting one word. The word?
"SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPEALIDOTIOUS!" I shouted, which made everyone in my group confused, Jin, Mulcimer, and all the citizens.
"What the hell? What kind of a nonsense word is that?" Jin asked as I then saw the dragons proceed to fly towards us with silence, since Mulcimer and Jin were completely perplexed.
"That, my dear criminal, is what is known as a distraction!" I smirked in English. And by the time Jin and Mulcimer realized what was going on, it was far too late. Glamond came in and completely drenched Mulcimer and the lava around the town in water and frigid air, solidifying all of it and weakening Mulcimer to half health in just one hit!
"GAGH! IT'S A TRICK! MULCIMER! ATTA-" Jin was about to shout before Volta then sent down a lightning bolt at Mulcimer and Jin, making both of them start to have their skeletons show like we were in a cartoon, Jin ending up getting very drained after that. Mulcimer then proceeded to try and attack Volta with his fire powers, but he was caught off-guard by the combined brainpower of Mystogen and Krainnull, who forced Mulcimer down to the ground to kneel before me! And finally, Boscage proceeded to slam its thorny tail into Mulcimer's head, which ended up draining its HP to zero! It was not dead, but it was very close to being dead.
"Ugh... m-Mulcimer... w-we need to... w-we need to... r-retreaaaaaaaaa..." Jin groaned as he then fell to the ground, but not before pushing a button and forcing both him and Mulcimer to retreat elsewhere, the dragons sniffing the air and snarling at that.
"Dammit! They got away!" said Boscage, me seeing it was female by its voice. I then looked at the dragons and simply smiled at them.
"Don't worry... I'm sure there's another Tyrant somewhere nearby," I smirked in Nexomon. The Tyrants then sniffed the air again, and then proceeded to the west, towards where Atlanta and Nivalis were at.
"WE'LL SLAY YOU YET, NIVALIS!" both Krainnull and Mystogen shouted, me seeing both of them were female, too! And when this happened, everyone in the town looked at me and then proceeded to cheer wildly at me.
"That. Was. Awesome..." Finn gawked at me as well as the silver tamers. The kids then got off the ground and immediately hugged me, which I decided to be kind and hug them back.
"Thank you, miss! We thought we were dead! I'm never gonna forget this moment!" the one little girl cried into my clothes, me smiling at them and smirking... and then, finally, Lydia arrived and looked at me with surprise.
"Ah! Guildmaster Lydia!... Kinda showed up late to the party, haven't you?" Finn asked, Lynn frowning at him.
"Amelie sent me down here to make sure my dragons don't get misused... but it appears her worries were unfounded. You were able to command my Greater Drakes exceedingly well, miss Sunny," she smiled at me.
"Well... thanks... I honestly just meant to summon Glamond, but because I had other dragon claws, I ended up summoning five others as well," I smiled in Nexomon tongue, Coco about to translate... but then?
"Well, I am grateful to know you're using the dragon claws responsively. They'll handle Nivalis with ease, so long as Atlanta doesn't dare try to escape again... you should be proud of yourself. Not too often that a halfbreed of human and Nexomon becomes a Silver Tamer," Lydia said, me gawking at that.
"You... understood my Nexomon language? So are you also half-Nexomon, too?" I asked, her nodding at me.
"Why do you think I wear this visor? My father was a Dredrone -don't even bother asking how, he never told me either-, so I need to keep this visor on over my eyes, or else everyone I look at would become a vegetable for hours after I so much as lock eyes with them," she smirked, me about to raise my hand before she said the part about not asking her how her Dredrone dad could have sex with a human female.
"Whoa... so... you going to go check on those dragons? Maybe a bit of a condolence for my job well done?" I asked, her smirking as she gave me the Drake Sygil, which I smiled at.
"Meet with me at the Drake Isles. I'll show you how to gain control of the powerful Lesser Drakes and how to be able to effortlessly control a Greater Drake without a dragon claw like you have. For now, as you said, I'll go check on my Greater Drakes... but I have to ask you something in private," she said, me then immediately stopping time for her, myself, and Coco, which made her gawk.
"W-What the?!" she asked in shock as I smiled.
"I've stopped time for everyone but us so we can talk in private. So what did you want to ask?" I asked, her then looking surprised and then frowning.
"Okay, now I have two things to ask in private... one. Why do I hear rumors about you having a Tyrant on your person? And two, how can you stop time?" she asked, me smiling at that.
"In order asked, I do have a Tyrant on person, but it's Byeol, who is just as harmless as Eurus is. The worst he does is make people feel uneasy when looking into his eyes, or instantly falling asleep from said uneasiness. I had him help me out when I had to capture some criminals attacking the orphanage," I smiled, her then sighing and nodding.
"Very well, I'll tell Amelie that it is of no matter, then... and the second thing?"
"The second question's answer is this: I was given knowledge on how to do so by my mother, who is a very, VERY elusive Nexomon. She's the only one of her kind, one of every element. I met her in the Immortal Citadel and she taught me how to control my powers. And one of them is how to stop time momentarily... speaking of, if you have any further questions, you'll need to ask them later, because we only have ten seconds and counting until time resumes," I said, her then sighing and nodding.
"Very well... I'll ask more later, then," she smiled, me then stopping time and feeling kind of woozy afterwards, but I didn't show it.
"I'll speak with you again in the Drake Isles, then," Lydia smiled before running to the west with surprising agility. Funny, considering how she had a psychic type as a father, she must've gotten her swift wind powers from Eurus and the wind shrine of Ventra.
"Well, that happened... now what?" Coco asked with a smile.
"Well, I want to explore a bit before we go back to Parum," I smiled to him in English, just so the others in my group could understand me.
"Well, just don't take too long. You don't want to keep Amelie waiting, since you're going to be ranking up to silver! I don't think anyone of the Guildmasters managed to rank from Bronze to Silver in one day!" Finn smirked, me smiling at that as I then proceeded due south... and what was the first thing I saw when we got there? The shrine of Fona, AKA, Fenrir.
"What's that supposed to be?" Coco asked.
"Our destination," I said in Nexomon speak. I looked behind me and smiled at how the others weren't looking at me. But what I did see was that they were going crazy trying to find out how to reward me for saving the city, getting tons of gifts prepared as I simply smiled at them before going into the shrine.
"Guys, you don't need to worry. I don't need a reward. I just did my job," I smiled at them, which made the citizens look at me in shock, but then they proceeded to cheer wildly, which made Coco smirk.
"Very humble," he smiled. We then finally went into the shrine and I smiled at how the place was very hot and muggy on the interior.
"Ugh... what's with this place? It feels like I can barely breathe from the heat..." Coco panted when we got in the place. I simply led us forward... only for a blast of fire to attack me when I stepped forward!
"OW! What the hell?!" I asked in anger, and in Nexomon talk. And when I did, that made a growl happen from around us.
"Who are you?" asked the voice of Fenrir.
"My name is Sunny. Sunny Dorothy... and I'm... kind of a neice, but also not, if that makes sense," I said, which made the man of the hour finally show his visage to us.
"What did you say?" he asked, which made Coco look at him in surprise.
"Um... does this guy have horns?" Coco asked.
"Yes, he does. He's Fenrir, one of Omnicron's children. Correct or incorrect?" I asked, Fenrir frowning at me with a snarl.
"How do you know so much about me when I don't even so much as recognize you?" Fenrir asked me in anger. I then decided to try something out with my Psychic powers, showing him what had happened and what the Mentor and Dorothy had told me in private. And when I did, he gawked.
"Huh... so you're from the other side... the one that's beyond our borders," Fenrir asked, me nodding at him.
"Yes, I am. And because of that asshole in Ziegler, I was transported to this world in Dorothy's place, with nearly everyone thinking that I'm her when I'm not... the only ones that can see through it are the mentor at the orphanage, Eliza, and you so far," I said, him frowning at me.
"So you expect me to just let you take my fire powers, then? Why would I do that when you've already defeated Mulcimer?" he asked, me smiling at him.
"Because I want to see this through to the end. And if you know what's supposed to happen, then you know that I need that power to progress," I said, him giving me an angry smile. Finally, something that wasn't a frown.
"How about this? Defeat me in a fight as only yourself. No other Nexomon, just your own strengths. I can sense that you've gotten some added abilities from Eliza, including the power to use Nexomon attacks. Beat me in a fight and I'll unlock your fiery birthright," he said, me smirking at that and stepping forward.
"You're gonna lose, old man," I smiled at him. Fenrir then proceeded to engulf his entire visage in powerful flames, him then turning into Fona, which made Coco gawk as he got back from us. I proceeded to use my attack first, that being a powerful move that I had on me for some bizarre reason, that being Psy Ray. And the attack managed to get him down to half health in one hit!
"GAGH.. you hit like a child," he said before then engulfing my entire body in the most powerful fire attack, that being Solar Flare! It stung like shit, but I tanked through it with some burn marks on me and my clothes. I then attacked one more time with Psy Ray and Fona then reverted back into Fenrir immediately after his health had drained downt to 0.
"Rgh... you don't mess around, kid... fine, a deal's a deal," Fenrir frowned as he finally gave me the strength, me feeling a fiery passion unlock in my heart, almost like I were feeling a torrent of flame envelop my blood! "With the power of flames, you'll be able to command fires wherever you go as well as conjure them. You can make them, you can blow them out. Just know that, once started, fire spreads. Use it wisely," he said, me nodding at him.
"I will, don't worry," I smirked at him.