Chapter 41: The Mysterious Spaceship

As the group confidently marched into the Ruins of Coffir, they noticed thick layers of dark gray thunderclouds covering over them up in the sky. After a few moments, a light autumn drizzle began to fall, slowly soaking everybody as if they were taking a gentle shower.

"Damn, it's raining… and it's getting dark, too…" Raditz complained. "It's all so crummy, doesn't really help your mood much either, that's for sure."

"This planet is known to have really harsh weather all year long…" Lancar explained, reading out the details from his quad scanner. "It's probably one of the reason why the development of agriculture and technology is so slow here."

"I don't mind the rain, really… but…" Farleen said, as Reen created a large umbrella-like energy barrier over the party with her orb to keep everyone dry. "It's really making this place more freaky… it's like walking through a dark, rainy graveyard… it's really creeping me out."

"Well, get used to it." Albel retorted. "Because if you don't stay focused, this place will become YOUR graveyard."

Before Farleen could respond, the group noticed a gigantic UFO-looking spaceship descending from the sky at a far distance. It was falling rapidly, as if it was going to crash down on the ground.

"Wha…What the HECK is that thing?" Roger yelled, astonished at the size of the spaceship. "It's HUGE! And it looks like it's going to crash!"

"…That's not an ordinary spaceship… I've never seen anything like that before…" Lancar replied, finding it hard to believe himself. "There's never been a spaceship made which is THAT huge… that thing is big enough to cover a small town!"

"What the hell?" Raditz muttered, dumbfounded, staring at the descending spaceship.

The huge UFO-like ship struggled to slow down in the air, before finally crashing down on the planet with a large thud, creating a strong earthquake in nearby areas and knocking everybody down off their feet.

"…BAH!" Albel grunted, getting quickly back up from the ground. "So it has landed here… I have a feeling whatever that is in there didn't come here to negotiate for peace."

"I have no idea where it came from…" Lancar explained, slowly getting up to dust himself off. "It's certainly not from the Federation, I can tell you that."

"Could it be?" Clair asked. "They invaded Cliff's spaceship before… could it possibly be… another group of demons?"

"I doubt they would have a technology to create something like that…" Lancar explained, looking through his quad scanner. "That thing is… almost 2 miles in diameter! Unbelievable… We're lucky that it slowed down in time… or that crash would have leveled this entire planet!"

"Do you think we should go check it out?" Farleen asked.

"No. We have no idea about who came in that thing… it could be the demons, like how Clair said." Raditz explained. "We can't take that risk… we would be playing right into their hands. Plus, we got a job to do here… we have to clear out the demons, remember?"

"Focus on our main mission, fools." Albel said adamantly, as he walked ahead of everybody. "The only thing we are concerned about is entering the Daemonium again. Demons or not, there is no reason for us to turn back now to check that thing out."

"Albel's right. Whoever that is in there is most likely an enemy." Lancar agreed, as he followed Albel's lead. "Let's go on ahead. We're almost near the main ruins."


"Meena, are you okay?" Niklas yelled as he hurried over to Meena's room at their house in Whipple. "That was a terrible earthquake… you're not hurt, are you?"

Niklas stepped into Meena's room, only to see an empty room. Meena was not there.

"Meena?" Niklas yelled, as he frantically ran out to search throughout his house. "Meena! Where are you? MEENA!" Niklas thoroughly checked the entire house without any luck, and then ran outside to check the rest of the village for her whereabouts. Nobody had seen Meena around.

"Huff…Meena…" Niklas mumbled in despair, out of breath. "Where are you…"


Meena slowly got up from the ground in Pesotto Forest, having fallen down from the sudden earthquake just a moment ago.

"Ouch…" Meena mumbled. "…An earthquake? What's going on?… I hope Niklas is okay…"

After Meena gathered herself, she started running towards the path to the Ruins of Coffir in a hurry. 'I'm sorry Niklas… I'm really sorry…' Meena apologized in her mind, with a determined look on her face. 'But I have to help them. I'll come back home…I promise."


The group made their way towards the main structure of the Ruins of Coffir, which looked like it had been leveled years ago. Indeed, this was the same building that Fayt and Cliff had decided to blow up after rescuing Niklas. As the group approached the entrance that somebody had obviously created through the rubble, they were greeted by a group of 20 demon monsters.

"These mortals seem to want to die an early death." One demon sneered. "They have foolishly come here to challenge us first."

"Heh, I'll make sure all of you die an early death whether you want to or not, scums." Albel taunted, unsheathing his katana to get ready for battle.

"You will not be hurting anyone on this planet!" Raditz said, also unsheathing his Aura Blade. "I shall fulfill my promise, and rid all you demons from this world!"

"They sure sound very confident for mere mortals." Another demon said. "ATTACK! Kill them all!"

Two demons simultaneously attacked Albel from both sides. Right before their claw swipes were about to hit Albel, Albel disappeared in a blur; making the two demons accidentally hit each other with their own attacks. As the two demons staggered back from being hit by each other, Albel slashed with his katana twice while yelling "CHAOS SWORD!" The double dark energy wave generated from his Chaos Sword attack ripped through the two demons, downing them in a flash.

"What?" one demon yelled, shocked at how easily Albel took care of the two demons. "The mortals from this planet should stand no chance against us… how can they be so strong?"

"We're not from this planet, idiots." Raditz taunted as he appeared out of nowhere behind the demon, impaling him with a rapid sword thrust then swinging him upwards to toss him high in the sky. Following up on his Climhazard attack, Raditz jumped high in the air, swinging his sword downwards to cut the demon in half.

"TRIPLE KICK!" Lancar yelled as the energy wave from his three rapid spin kicks repelled away all the demons that were coming towards unconscious Sophia lying on the ground. "Take her if you can, demons…" Lancar taunted. "You can all try and die!"

"MAGIC HOOK!" Peppita yelled as her Magic Hook attack caught one of the demons, causing it to spin around in a daze. Roger took this opportunity to lunge towards the demon, yelling "FLYING TORPEDO!" Roger dove head first into the demon, going right through it and tearing a hole in its midsection. The demon dropped to the ground, lifeless.

"Everybody, move away!" Clair yelled, as she charged for one of her symbology attacks. "SOUTHERN CROSS!" Clair's Southern Cross spell created a large cross symbol on the ground, as five star-like energy balls descended down from the sky. The explosions from the stars blasted through all the demons standing in the area, disintegrating them instantly.

"Let's combine for that attack we talked about before, Farleen!" Reen yelled, as she combined her orbs into one large energy ball. "Charge it up!"

"Alright! THUNDER FLARE!" Farleen yelled as her Thunder Flare spell covered around Reen's big energy ball, creating a large ball of lightning. Reen then tossed the mass lightning orb towards the group of 4 demons, as it exploded and fried them all crisp.

"EYAAA!" Albel yelled as he cut through the last remaining demon that was attempting to flee from the battle. The group had won the fight without any damage done to them, completely outclassing the strength of the demons.

"That's about all of 'em!" Raditz yelled in triumph.

"I'm not picking up any more traces of demons in this immediate area!" Lancar announced as he looked into the screen of his quad scanner. "We might have really got them all… no…w…wait just a minute…"

"What's wrong?" Peppita asked as Lancar's face suddenly turned serious. "You look like as if you've seen a ghost!"

"I've picked up a strong energy reading coming from the inside of the ruins…" Lancar explained, with an astonished look on his face. "Magnitude… 3? What the hell? No amount of energy that big should exist here on this planet…"

"Perhaps that is our ticket to the Daemoneum." Albel said. "It's probably something they used to arrive on this planet. Let's go in and check it out."

"Alright… but let's all be prepared." Lancar said, picking up Sophia from the ground to go on ahead. "For some reason, I got a bad feeling about this."


Chapter 42: Return of the Tyrant

The group entered the destroyed ruins, making their way through large piles of rubble. They encountered a group of Skeleton knights along the way, who provided no challenge to the group whatsoever. After Farleen took care of all of them using her Starlight spell, they advanced forward, arriving at some sort of a lab.

"A lab?" Lancar wondered. "Why would there be a lab in a place like this…"

"Most of the equipments here are ruined…" Raditz commented. "It looks like there's been an explosion of some sort."

"There's a computer here that is still working!" Reen yelled, as she waved the party over to the computer she was inspecting.

"Let's see… what the?" Lancar muttered in surprise as he read the words on the computer. "This is all written in Terran… but how could anyone on this planet understand or read Terran? All this info is about some kind of weapon development…"

Right at that moment, an energy blast out of nowhere shot towards Lancar, who only narrowly dodged the blast thanks to his advanced Klausian reflexes. Surprised by the ambush attack, everybody turned around quickly in their fighting stance, to see a blonde man with a large gun in his hand standing there.

"Well, well, I should have known…" The mystery man sneered cockily, reloading his gun. "I was wondering where that big spaceship came from… I guess it was you Federation scums! How nice of you to kill all my henchman out there…"

"What?" Lancar yelled, looking back to the mystery man. "What are you talking about? It wasn't you that came in that big ship? Who the hell are you anyway?"

"Who am I? Heh… allow me to introduce myself. I'm the former lord of this planet, Norton." Norton introduced himself. "I had an unfortunate… accident two years ago, but I've been granted a new life… and will soon reclaim this planet as my own once more! Hehehehe!"

"I can feel demonic powers flowing within him!" Reen said, getting ready to fight. "He's not some ordinary human!"

"Hehehe… of course not. I've been granted a second life. After I was defeated two years ago, the demons granted me with unbelievable amounts of power… and I mean GODLY amounts of power… hehehe!"

"So the worm sold his soul to the devil…" Albel sneered. "You spineless scum… I'm going to smash that ugly bug-like face of yours."

"Wait a minute… that line…" Norton commented, staring at the green line around Lancar's neck. "The green lines… that means… you're… YOU'RE A KLAUSIAN!"

"That's right." Lancar confirmed. "I'm a Klausian. And that phase gun you're holding has no effect on us Klausians. I hope you know that."

"Ehe…EHEHEHE!" Norton laughed out loud, slowly pointing his gun towards Lancar and switching on one of the buttons. A bright green rock-like structure could be seen moving within the gun, powering it with massive amounts of energy. "I've got a score to settle with you Klausians… it was one of you bastards that nearly killed me two years ago… and believe me, I've prepared myself this time!"

"That energy…" Lancar commented. "That rock… that can't be… the energy stone?"

"Yes… hehe, luckily I was able to find some energy stones on this planet… who would have thought?" Norton explained, as he shot out a powerful blast which Lancar and others barely dodged. "And the energy generated with this is strong enough to blow even Klausians into smithereens, I hope you know… heheheh!"

"Shit, so that's what the strong energy reaction earlier was…" Lancar muttered, as he quickly got up to fight. "Guys, protect Sophia for me… I'll take care of this one!"

"You have some guts, hehehe… well then, DIE!" Norton yelled out he shot a series of blasts from his powered up phase gun. The blasts were so quick and powerful that all everybody could do is dodge them and run away.

"Damn! Take this!" Raditz yelled, as he charged towards Norton. Norton shot an energy blast from his gun straight at charging Raditz, but the blast simply went through an illusion image of him that he had created. Raditz then reappeared in front of Norton, cutting off his left arm with a quick slash from his sword.

"GYAAA!" Norton cried, as he leaped back in pain with blood squirting from where his arm was cut off. "How… how dare you?"

"You've lost, scumbag!" Raditz yelled. "Give up now, or the next thing that I'll be cutting off will be your head!"

"…Heh…he…HEHEHE!" Norton laughed like a maniac as something slowly grew out from the spot where his arm was cut off. All of a sudden, a new arm shot out from his body, looking good as new.

"What the?" Roger yelled, baffled. "It can regenerate?"

"Hehe… you fools underestimated us Rezerbians' superior regenerative abilities!" Norton sneered. "And thanks to the new powers granted to me from the demons, I can now regenerate within matter of seconds! Hehehe!"

"Bah… it's like a disgusting bug…" Albel cursed. "A maggot indeed…"

"Don't think that I'll be falling for such tricks again!" Norton yelled, as he shot numerous rapid pulse blasts from his gun. Everybody scrambled to dodge the blasts, running out of the room to the open hallway.

"We can't attack it up close…" Peppita said, quickly moving out of the way before getting hit by one of the blasts "We can't get close to him at all!"

"Then we attack from long range!" Farleen yelled, as she started charging up her spell while running. "Let's hit him with all we got!"

"Good idea, Farleen!" Clair agreed, also charging up one of her spells.

"Take this, you scum!" Albel yelled, as he swung his katana downwards powerfully towards Norton. "AIR SLASH!"

"FROZEN DAGGERS!" Peppita yelled as she created two frozen daggers up in the air and shot it towards Norton.

"SEA GATE!" Clair yelled, creating a large tidal wave blast towards where Norton was.

"Hehehe… FOOLS!" Norton taunted as he clicked on another button on his gun. The energy stone within the gun reacted with energy, as the three attacks rapidly homed in on him. The energy stone absorbed all the energy generated from the energy attacks and the spells, as they all harmlessly dissipated in front of Norton. "Waste of energy!"

"Whaaa? Take this!" Farleen yelled, as she let loose with her spell. "ENERGY ARROW!"

"BURST KNUCKLE!" Raditz yelled, creating a massive fireball with his fist and shooting it towards Norton.

"FLARE ORB!" Reen charged her orb in strong fire energy, and then shot it to Norton.

As the three attacks homed in towards Norton, he again pushed the button on his gun, enabling the energy stone to absorb all the attacks like a vacuum.

"He… he can neutralize our spells and energy attacks!" Raditz yelled, dumbfounded. "That energy stone is absorbing everything!"

"Hehe, thanks for all the energy, suckers!" Norton taunted, as his gun slowly charged up in massive energy. "Now I shall use it against you! TAKE THIS!"

Norton then shot a large wave of powerful green energy from his gun, which blasted through everybody and knocked them down to the ground with the powerful impact. Everybody stayed down, all badly hurt.

"Ga…aahhh..." Albel groaned, down in pain. "How can we…"

"Hehe, I'm such a genius… inventing such a powerful weapon like this!" Norton said proudly. "This thing renders me pretty much invincible! Hehe… pretty soon, this planet will become mine once more! After I get rid of all you Federation scums…"

"N…no…" Clair moaned, struggling and failing to get up as Norton started to prepare a final blast to take everybody out for good.

"You guys are all sitting ducks now, hehe." Norton sneered, pointing the gun towards the fallen group. "Don't worry… this time, I'll blow you all to bits in an instant! You won't feel a thing! HEHEHE!"

"FAERIE LIGHT!" A voice suddenly cried out of nowhere, as numerous faeries appeared in the air in a bright light to cover everybody with a warm, holy light. The light magically cured all wounds of the party, enabling them to quickly get back to their feet, good as new.

"What the?" Norton yelled, astonished that everybody had recovered in an instant. "What the hell was that?"

"Who… who was that?" Albel asked, finding it hard to believe himself. The party looked behind them to see Meena, out of breath from running all the way in here and from using the spell.

"Is…everybody ok?" Meena asked, gathering her breath. "I…hope it wasn't too late…"

"Meena?" Raditz yelled, totally surprised at Meena's sudden appearance. "Why are you… why did you come here?"

"Heh? Oh, it must be a kid from that village… I didn't know they had the powers of healing…" Norton muttered. "She reminds me of that punk from two years ago… either way, you're a nuisance… so DIE!" Norton yelled as he suddenly pointed his gun towards Meena, charging it in energy.

"Ahhhh!" Meena cried out loud as she covered herself with her arms. "FLASH!" Meena casted her Flash spell out of defensive instinct, emitting a very bright light towards Norton to blind him.

"Gah…GAHHHH!" Norton yelled as he dropped his gun on the floor, tortured by the bright light. "T…TOO BRIGHT!"

"This… this is our chance!" Lancar yelled. "He dropped his weapon! Clair! Farleen! Take him out, now! He's weak against light!"

"Got it!" Farleen yelled, as she quickly started casting one of her spells. "STAR LIGHT!" A bright star rose to the air, to emit a shining light down towards where Norton was standing.

"LIGHT CROSS!" Clair yelled as she casted her Light Cross spell, sending numerous crosses of flashing light down from the sky towards Norton.

"GAAAAAHHHHH!" Norton cried out even louder as his skin started slowly burning off him. With Norton stunned, Albel and Raditz both took this opportunity to charge towards him, cutting him up into several pieces with their Double Slash/Twin Slash attacks.

"I'll finish him off before he can regenerate!" Lancar yelled, as he charged up for a powerful energy attack. "MAX SHOCKWAVE!" He yelled as he shot a massive energy wave forward from his palms, burning and disintegrating each body part of Norton into nothing.

"How…can…I…I…was… supposed… to…rule…" Norton muttered his last words before burning away for good. "Damn…Klausians…I…hate…you…"


Chapter 43: The Showdown with the King of the Dead

"Meena…" Clair asked as she went over to Meena, who was kneeling down from exhaustion. "Why… why have you come here?"

"I just wanted to help out everybody…" Meena mumbled. "I had this feeling that you would all get in big trouble… so I wanted to do what I can… to help find Fayt…"

"Does Niklas know you're here, Meena?" Raditz asked her, helping her up to her feet. "I don't think he would have given you the permission to come along so easily…"

"No… I asked him, the night before you all left… he wouldn't let me…" Meena said, with a look of guilt on her face. "But… sorry… I had to come… I couldn't just sit still… I really wanted to help."

"Well, help you did." Albel said. "I guess we all owe you one."

"Yeah, thank you so much, Meena!" Reen said. "If it wasn't for you, we could have all been killed by now… you saved our lives! Thanks…"

"So what should we do now?" Peppita asked. "We can't just leave Meena here… but we have to go ahead…"

"But we can't just ask her to go back now…" Farleen said. "Remember that big spaceship? We have no idea about what's in there… it could be really dangerous."

"Well, I don't think it's the demons, now that I think about it." Lancar explained. "That Norton guy thought that WE were the ones that came in that ship… since he was the leader of the demons here on this planet, it must mean that it wasn't the demons who were in the ship. He would have known."

"Norton? That was Norton? He was alive?" Meena asked, surprised at who they had just defeated. "I thought Fayt killed him two years ago! He was the one that was ruling over our village at that time…"

"Yeah, so it seems… well, no need to worry, we got rid of him for good this time." Raditz said. "All because of your help, Meena! You're the true hero here… you should be proud of yourself!"

"Really? I don't think I did much…" Meena said, embarrassed. "Thanks…"

"I'm still wondering how he was able to get the energy stone…" Lancar said, picking up Norton's souped-up phase gun with energy stone inside. "There are only two known planets in this universe that produces energy stones; Millokenia and Expel… but he said that you can find them here in Vanguard as well? How could that be…"

"Can I take this weapon? It's so cool!" Roger asked, examining the gun. "It was pretty deadly when that Norton guy used it… maybe we can use it as our weapon!"

"We might as well." Lancar said, picking up Sophia from the floor. "Alright… there is a stairway over there to the right of us… it probably lead to even deeper inside the ruins. What should we do about Meena?"

"We can't tell her to go back to the village now…" Clair said. "Let's just take her with us for now. It'll be safer that way… we'll figure out what to do afterwards."

"T…thanks, Miss Clair!" Meena thanks her. "Thank you so much!"

"Let's go." Albel said, walking towards the stairway leading down. "There must be a way to get to the Daemoneum from down there. Move it."


The group navigated through the dark and complex basement section in Ruins of Coffir for about 10 minutes, running into numerous dead ends along the way. But thanks to Lancar's quad scanner, they finally found a correct pathway to go through.

"This hallway should lead us to the innermost area of the ruins." Lancar told everybody. "I'm picking up a strange energy reading too… it's caused by space-time disturbance… that can be the portal to the Daemoneum!"

"The 'Eye of the Truth' is glowing faintly, too!" Raditz said, looking at the orb. "This should be it!"

As Clair was about to say something, she was interrupted by a soft, gentle, but chilling voice that echoed throughout the dungeon. Everybody stopped dead on their tracks; with the exception of Meena, everybody had recognized the voice. They have heard it before.

"Heh heh. So you have decided to come to us, instead." The familiar voice said. "It saves me a whole lot of trouble. Well, too bad that fool Norton couldn't do the job earlier… I should have known not to have so much faith in a mortal… he was a failure just like that boy."

"That… that can't be!" Clair yelled. "He's…he's alive?"

"What…h…how!" Albel also yelled, feeling a chill going down his spine. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

"Yes, I'm alive, unfortunately for all of you." The voice replied, as Romero appeared out of thin air to greet the group. "Your friend back at the spaceship caused quite a commotion up there few days ago, slowing down our progress. I would have never thought he would do such a thing as blowing up his own ship…"

"H… how can they be alive?" Lancar asked, trembling a bit. "How can they survive such a blast… how could they survive out in space… you mean that Cliff's sacrifice was… all in vain?"

"I was pretty surprised, myself." Romero explained, with an amused look on his face. "For a moment, I thought I would perish as well. But it seems that our 'gift of god' have granted us with power and abilities beyond our imagination… we survived the blast and navigated through space without a single scratch. Yes, so it seems that fool did die a useless death… Hahaha!"

"You… YOU BASTARD!" Roger yelled furiously, aiming the phase gun he received moments ago towards Romero. "You're not going to get away with this! I'm gonna kill you! I'm going to avenge Cliff's death!"

"You'll get your chance in a moment…" Romero said, as he looked towards Meena and examined her with great interest. "Hooooah… so I see that a Nedian has joined your group since that time…"

"Ne…dian?" Meena asked while hiding behind Lancar, frightened by Romero. "What does that mean?"

"I thought they were all wiped out hundreds of years ago…" Romero explained. "I guess there were a few survivors."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Lancar asked, protecting both Sophia and Meena.

"She should pose no real threat to me anyways… her powers are not even close to those of the Ten Wise Man… but she could become a nuisance with her healing powers." Romero said as he slowly raised his finger towards where Lancar and Meena were standing. "Might as well get rid of her now, and save some trouble."

At that moment, Romero fired two lightning-quick beams towards Lancar and Meena. The beam hit both of them before they could react, turning them into solid stone statues almost instantly.

"Lancar! Meena!" Clair yelled as she rushed over to them to help.

"And now to complete my main mission…" Romero said as he lifted Sophia who was unconscious in Lancar's arms with gravitational energy. After a few seconds, Romero created a small black vortex above her, which sucked Sophia in and disappeared into thin air.

"S…Sophia!" Peppita yelled, devastated at Sophia disappearing so suddenly. "W…where did she go?"

"Heh, that makes two out of the three main missions completed so far." Romero said, looking very pleased. "Now all we need is the orb."

"The orb?" Clair asked, getting a suspiciously bad feeling about what he had just said.

"That should be easy enough. It's a matter of time before this dimension becomes ours. Now…" Romero said, as the Demon Sword Levantine suddenly appeared in his hand. "It's time to finish our unfinished battle. I, Romero, the King of the Dead, shall end all of your lives for good. I won't let you escape this time around."

"DISPEL!" Clair yelled, as she used Dispel on Lancar and Meena to bring them back from petrification. However, the spell had absolutely no effect.

"Your spells are no use. They will stay that way forever." Romero sneered. "You should be thanking me for making their deaths as painless as possible. Heh."

"GWAAA!" Albel yelled as he charged at Romero while swinging his katana furiously in rage. However, as with previous battle with him, the attacks simply went right through his body, not doing any sort of damage.

"Stupid mortals…" Romero muttered, as he easily blasted Albel away with an energy bolt that came out from a swipe of his Levantine. "Do you fools just not learn?"

Raditz and Clair both promptly lunged at Romero from opposite sides for a pincer attack, but both swung at thin air as usual. Romero then swung his Levantine in a huge arc, knocking them both down with the energy blast so simply that it was as if he was only swatting at couple of flies.

"T…TAKE THIS! THIS ONE IS FOR CLIFF!" Roger yelled, as he shot a large wave of energy from Norton's phase gun he was holding. The energy wave shot right at Romero, exploding spectacularly and shaking the inner ruins violently.

"That was what Norton was using?" Romero sneered, emerging out from the smoke without a scratch. "How pathetic. It's no wonder he lost."

"T…that was on full power…" Roger muttered, shaking with fear. "How can he possibly survive that…?"

"HIYAA!" Peppita yelled, shooting an invisible ball of energy towards Romero. Romero simply swiped at Peppita's Instanto Blast with his sword as if he was hitting a baseball, hitting it back at both Peppita and Roger and blasting them both back in pain.

'Why…why can't we hit him?' Farleen wondered, as she was running away to dodge Romero's energy waves from his sword. 'It's as if he's not even there…if he was solid, then we would be able to hit him… wait a minute… THAT'S IT!'

"Take this, you evil demon!" Farleen yelled, as she started chanting one of her spells. "DEEP FREEZE!" Her Deep Freeze spell smothered Romero in cold arctic air, slowly freezing it into a huge ice block.

"That's it!" Reen yelled, as she also charged her orbs in ice energy. "I'll help! NORTHERN CROSS!" Reen made a cross-like formation with 5 of her orbs, which shot out a powerful ice blast towards Romero. It combined with Farleen's Deep Freeze attack, encasing Romero inside a huge ice block.

"We trapped it! We got it!" Farleen yelled. "Now let's shatter him in pieces!"

However, before others could advance towards the huge ice block to shatter it, Romero simply walked out of the ice block as if he was a ghost.

"Good theory… I must admit." Romero sneered. "But I'm afraid it simply just won't work like that. Heh."

"…We can't even freeze him…?" Farleen yelped, as she dropped to her knees, totally hopeless. "So there's nothing we can do?"

"All you can do is… await your deaths!" Romero yelled, as he raised his Levantine high in the air to surround himself in massive amounts of void energy. "DIMENSION…DOOR!" He suddenly disappeared, reappearing in front of everybody a second later to deliver a devastating slash of void energy. The slash knocked everybody down, just like their first fight at the Daemoneum.

"Ga…gaah…" Albel groaned as he slowly got up, refusing to give up.

"Heh, you sure are all pesky, like bunch of stubborn cockroaches… you just all refuse to die..." Romero sneered, as he charged his sword up for another Dimension Door attack. "But let's see how long you can all hold up! DIMENSION…"

Right at that critical moment, a plasma blast came out of nowhere to hit Romero squarely in the middle of the chest. "GWAAA!" Romero yelled in pain as he was knocked back from the surprise attack that was actually able to HIT him.

"W…what?" Albel muttered, surprised that Romero was actually precisely hit for the first time by an attack. "How the hell?"

"Ga…gaaahh…." Romero groaned as he struggled in getting back up to his feet. "Im…impossible… how could I… possibly be… hit?"

"Sorry I'm late, everyone." A female voice said, as a slender young woman with long Blue hair suddenly emerged from the dark, holding her plasma gun.

"That voice!" Roger yelled, recognizing the familiar voice.

"Indeed… I knew the women was still alive." Albel said, with a slight grin.

"M…Miss Maria?" Peppita asked as Maria stepped towards everybody to cure them all slightly with her healing spell. "It's really you!"

"Long time no see, all of you." Maria said, not taking her eyes off Romero as she quickly reloaded her gun. "Actually, I see few new faces as well. But let's save all the catching up and introductions for later; we still have some business to take care of."

"H…how did you just hit him?" Raditz asked, dumbfounded. "This whole time, we couldn't hit him with anything at all… and then you show up to nail him with only one attack!"

"I'll explain everything in detail afterwards." Maria said. "All you need to know for now is that since I'm now here with you guys, their so-called 'gift of god' is no longer in effect. You can all now freely hit him with your attacks."

"It's… it's you!" Romero yelled, clutching his chest that was damaged from Maria's Aiming Device attack. "You're the one that escaped the Time and Space Lab a while ago… I have no idea how you managed to escape that time, but nonetheless… I've found you now… I shall kill you with all the rest of the mortals here!"

"I wouldn't be so sure if I were you." Maria said, pointing her gun towards Romero. "With my powers now in effect, everyone can now hurt you at will. Let's see how well you do in a FAIR fight!"

"I…I have no idea how you were able to bypass my 'gift of god'…" Romero yelled as he charged up his Levantine sword in fire, noticeably shaken up from the sudden turn of events. "But it doesn't matter… you mortals are… still no match for me!"

"Heh, looks like this scum is now trembling in fear." Albel taunted, now confidently walking towards Romero to fight him. "What happened to all the confidence you had before? Huh? Mr. 'King of the Dead'? How pathetic…"

"What did you say? How dare you… you lowly mortal… GWAAA!" Romero yelled as he uncharacteristically lost his composure, charging towards Albel with his sword covered in flames. "CRIMSON SWORD!" He called as he let loose a fiery slash at Albel. Albel blocked the attack with his katana, as the two struggled with their weapons pitted against each other. After a few seconds, Albel was finally able to push him away, sending him staggering back.

"Heh, just as I thought. In a fair fight, you're nothing to be afraid of." Albel sneered, with a confident grin. "Bring it on, maggot!"

"Bah… how dare you mortals…" Romero cursed, as he barely dodged the symbology attacks from Farleen as well as the Frozen Daggers attack from Peppita. "You think… you're on the same level as me?"

"BURST KNUCKLES!" Raditz yelled from behind him, as he blasted Romero with his Burst Knuckles attack, sending him staggering back from the impact. "You're right… actually, I don't think we're at your level…" Raditz claimed. "We probably have already surpassed it! At least with all of us fighting together, you're not going to beat us!"

"Who…WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" Romero yelled, losing his composure and charging his Levantine in massive amounts of dark energy. "SWORD OF DARKNESS!" He yelled, as he sent scattering blasts of dark energy towards all the fighters. It hit all of the fighters fiercely, knocking them down to the floor.

"Be…be careful…" Clair said, as she struggled to get back up. "Even without that protection… he's still very strong…"

"Hahaha! You fools actually thought that you could stand up to my powers?" Romero taunted, as he gathered more dark energy in his Levantine held high over his head. "DIMENSION…DOOR!"

Right before Romero could teleport, Maria shot out a large photon blast from her gun while yelling "PHOTON PRISON!" The large photon ball immobilized Romero right where he was standing, preventing him from using his attack. "This is your chance, everyone!" Maria yelled. "Hit him with all you got!"

"HOLY ORB!" Reen cried out as her orbs charged in holy energy rose high above in the air, descending down and engulfing the Demon with its purifying light.

"GWAAA!" Romero screamed in pain, as his demon skin started burning from the bright holy energy.

"This is for Cliff! Take this! AXE FURY!" Roger yelled, as he repeatedly tossed his axes towards staggering Romero to hit him 6 times in total. The sharp blades of the axes chopped right into Romero's flesh, creating numerous damaging cuts in his body.

"MIRROR SLICE!" Clair yelled as she lunged towards Romero, delivering a series of 8 smooth, powerful and precise slashes across his body. Not to be outdone, Albel appeared from behind him, slashing at him continuously while yelling "DOUBLE SLASH OF FURY!"

Having been gruesomely cut up all over his body, Romero staggered slowly in one spot, about to drop to the floor any second. "To…lose…to…mortals…" Romero muttered. "How…humiliating…"

"It's time to finish him off…" Maria said, as she raised the energy output on her gun to the max and pointed it towards Romero. "ENERGY BURST!" The massive burst of energy shot towards already defeated Romero, slowly melting him away.

"But…my…mission…is…complete…" Romero muttered his last words, before being disintegrated away completely. "Demons…will…thrive…GAAAHHHH!"

Maria's Energy Burst attack disintegrated Romero completely, without leaving even a speck of dust behind.

"We got him!" Albel yelled, in a rare burst of joyous emotion for him. "We finally got that son of a bitch!"

Right at that moment, both Lancar and Meena turned back to normal, returning from their petrified state.

"Wh…what happened?" Meena asked, dazed. "I saw a bright light from that scary demon, and…"

"Huh?" Lancar blurted, completely oblivious of what was going on.

"They've returned to normal!" Clair announced in relief, as he went to embrace them. "How are you two? You two were petrified… do you feel alright?"

"Yeah… I'm fine… what just happened? Where's that demon?" Lancar also asked as he turned back only to see Maria standing there, totally surprising him. "M…MARIA? Is that you? How can you be here?"

"Yes, it's me… good to see you again, Lancar!" Maria replied with a smile, turning back to rest of the group. "Alright… I guess there are lots of things we have to talk about… let's all catch up on everything we need to know."


Chapter 44: The True story

"First, let me introduce myself to my new comrades." Maria said, turning to Raditz, Reen, and Meena. "My name is Maria Traydor, from Earth. Nice to meet you all."

"My name's Raditz Farrence!" Raditz greeted her. "I've heard the minor details about your story before… you're the former comrade of Albel, Lancar and the rest, right? I'm pleased to finally meet you in person!"

"Yeah, we're glad you could make it here safe!" Reen said, also introducing herself. "My name is Reen Silvermoon! Raditz and I are both from Roak. I've heard you're the former leader of Lancar's group? That's amazing… it's a real honour to meet you!"

"Um… my name is Meena…" Meena said. "I don't know anything about you, and I don't know what's going on, but thank you for saving us…"

"That's right…" Lancar said. "Meena's from Vanguard. We haven't told her anything yet, because of the UP3."

"It's alright… its no use hiding anymore." Maria said, flicking her hair back. "She's already involved in this, anyway."

"Farleen and I did not see you for that long two years ago, but it's nice to meet you once again, Maria." Clair said, with a bow. "We're really glad you're safe."

"Likewise, Clair… and Farleen. It's a pleasure to meet you two once again."

"Alright, that's enough for introductions." Albel butted in, getting impatient. "You have a lot of explaining to do, woman. Where were you this whole time, and how the hell did you enable us to defeat that demon just now?"

"Nice to see you too, Albel. I see you haven't changed one bit." Maria replied, with a slight grin. "Alright, then, I'll explain my entire story. Two months ago, I was the first one to be captured by the demons."

"You were captured too?" Lancar asked. "Then how can you be here, now?"

"I escaped, of course." Maria continued. "But after I was captured by the demons, they performed many genetic experiments on me at a highly advanced facility located in the Daemoneum, called the Time and Space Lab."

"Time and Space Lab?" Albel asked. "That's the place we've been trying to enter. So is that where their leader is located?"

"It seems so. That is their main base, and it's the place where they do their experiments…" Maria said, her head sinking down a bit in sadness. "I had once again become a guinea pig for genetic experiments… I'll… I'll never forgive them."

"I'm really sorry, Miss Maria…" Peppita consoled her. "That must have been horrible…"

"Anyhow…" Maria continued. "Through many experiments, they were able to obtain my DNA patterns and symbological data, successfully reproducing my genes of 'Alteration'. One day, thanks to the loose security, I was able to escape the lab, but it was too late… They were able to obtain my genes. I suspect that they have done the same with Fayt."

"Your… your genes?" Albel asked. "So are you telling me that…"

"Yes. From what I know, three demons were embedded with my genes of 'Alteration'; the one we fought just now was one of them. And from my observation, I believe that they have been embedded with Fayt's 'Destruction' gene as well."

"So somebody performed genetic experiments on you and Fayt… to perform genetic experiments on the demons?" Lancar asked, confused. "That's seriously screwed up!"

"Yes. Thanks to their newly acquired powers, which they like to call 'gift of god', those demons were able to manipulate the properties of their own bodies. This allowed them to obtain the physical properties similar to those of the 4D beings... that is why you all could not hurt them until now."

"That explains everything." Albel said, as things finally became clear.

"But Maria, if they had the physical properties similar to the 4D beings, how were you able to manipulate them so that we could hit them?" Lancar asked. "Can't we do that unless both you AND Fayt are here? We would need his 'destruction gene'…"

"This is a slightly different case." Maria explained. "Although they may have the properties of the 4D beings, they are still living creatures here within the Eternal Sphere. Any structural elements here in this dimension, I can manipulate. So in this case, you could say that I re-materialized them into properties of this dimension."

"That's confusing…" Roger muttered. "But whatever Miss Maria says!"

"So what is their ultimate purpose?" Albel asked. "Why did they want your genes, and why did they take Sophia?"

"That I cannot say for sure, either." Maria said. "Since all connections to 4D space are now gone, I can only suspect that they wanted to use our powers to conquer our dimension…"

"Um… pardon me…" Raditz interrupted, scratching his head. "Sorry, but I've somehow got lost in there somewhere… genes? Alteration? Destruction? 4D? What is all this about?"

"Yeah, sorry… but all this is all really confusing…" Reen agreed, indeed looking VERY confused. "Can somebody explain it to us?"

"Same here! Tell me! Please?" Meena also asked.

"You do not know of our story from 2 years ago?" Maria asked. "I assumed that you all knew already. Sorry about that."

"Well, I've been hiding it from them, thinking that it was unnecessary, but… I guess we have no choice now…" Lancar said. "Alright… I'll explain it all to you guys. It might all be hard to believe, though. So listen carefully…"


Lancar explained the story to Raditz, Reen, and Meena. He explained the existence of the 4D beings, the origins of each of the genes, the events at Elicoor II two years ago, and how they defeated Luther to save the Eternal Sphere. Raditz and Reen were dumbfounded, but understood everything. Meena was a different story, as she was from an underdeveloped planet; she still couldn't understand much at all.

"So… you were the ones who saved the universe two years ago?" Raditz asked, stunned. "That is… that's amazing… I always knew there was something different about all of you, but I would have never imagined anything like this."

"Wait, so are you saying we're all just DATA?" Reen asked, flabbergasted. "We're nothing but… programs?"

"I'm sorry… I can't understand anything…" Meena said, more confused than ever.

"No, we're all real. And this is our own world now! All connections between our dimension and 4D space are cut off." Peppita explained. "And sorry, Meena… but we really can't explain it any better…"

"Well, it certainly answers a lot of questions, though." Raditz said, glad that he has found out the truth of the universe. "It all makes sense… and it makes me even more proud that my comrades are ones that saved this universe! You have no idea how honoured I feel to travel with you all now, hehe…"

"Yeah, it's really complicating, but I think I understand!" Reen agreed, with a smile. "And after everything that has happened, I have no choice but to believe you guys!"

"Alright, now that they know everything…" Albel said, turning back to Maria. "So how were you able to escape back to our dimension, and make it all the way here?"

"Alright… after I escaped from the lab, I found a portal which enabled me to travel back to our dimension from the Daemoneum. I ran into couple of demons, of course, but I managed to fight them off and enter the portal." Maria explained. "But I had no idea where the portal lead to… After couple days in the new world, I found out that I had arrived at Planet Edifice."

"So THAT'S how you ended up there." Lancar said. "We spotted you at that planet, so we went over there to look for ya… but by that time, the planet was already destroyed."

"Yes, that's why the demons started attacking Edifice, it was mainly in search for me…" Maria continued. "Before they could destroy the whole planet, I was able to encounter few native Edifians who were living underwater. They lead me to a huge interspace elevator called Ex-Trokia, which allowed me to travel to a technologically advanced base in the outer space called the Grand Knott."

"A space base? In a underdeveloped planet?" Lancar asked. "How is that possible?"

"I'm not sure of everything myself, but it seems that Edifice was also a technologically advanced planet sometime in the past. It was what was remaining of their ancient civilization." Maria explained. "After I arrived in Grand Knott, I discovered that it could also function as a spaceship. By tracking the transmission signal, I was able to locate the Diplo around the orbits of Vanguard, so I came here to look for you guys. But the ship ran out of fuel on the way, and I was forced make a crash landing. Sorry about the earthquake I caused."

"That was YOUR spaceship? The huge one that crashed here earlier?" Lancar asked. "Gee, who would have thought? I thought it was just bunch of demons or something like that."

"Yes… oh, by the time I arrived at the orbits of Vanguard, the Diplo was nowhere to be seen for some reason…" Maria said. "Where did it leave to?"

"…" Everybody fell silent, except for Meena and Maria.

"I guess I have to tell you… man… I hate doing this…" Lancar muttered, with a grim face. "Maria, I'm sorry I have to be the bearer this tragic news…"

Lancar explained what happened at the Diplo slowly, breaking the news of Cliff's death to her. Maria's face became pale, as her head dropped down in mourning of this unexpected tragedy. Peppita, Roger, Clair, and others went over to Maria, to console her.

"Cliff… I can't believe it…" Maria spoke softly, tears welling up in her eyes. "Only… only if I had arrived earlier…"

"It's alright, Maria." Lancar said in a low voice, trying to console her. "It's not your fault."

"So he sacrificed himself to save your lives…" Maria said, wiping away the tear from her eyes before raising her head straight back up in determination. "That was very typical of him. Alright then… we can't let Cliff's sacrifice go to waste… since I've now explained everything, let's go on ahead. We need to enter the Time and Space Lab."

"Maria…" Clair said, feeling really sad for Maria. "Yes… we should go."

"…We suspect that there is a portal to the Daemoneum just up ahead of this hallway." Albel told Maria, trying his best not to sound too rude. "Shall we get going?"

"Yes. Everybody, let's go." Maria said, as she walked on ahead of everyone else. "There's not a moment to lose."

"Poor Maria… she always tries to act so tough" Lancar muttered quietly. "But this news must have been really devastating... Cliff was like a father to her… I feel so bad for her."

"…" Albel stayed silent, thinking of how he felt when his father had died. He had felt the same way when Simone died, although he still couldn't understand why. Either way, he could truly feel for Maria.


The group advanced down to the innermost area of the Ruins, arriving at a big room with an altar-like structure at the back. The group noticed that the 'Eye of the Truth' was now glowing brightly, reacting to the altar.

"This must be the entrance." Albel said. "Prepare yourselves."

Just before the group could get to the Altar, they saw a white-faced demon with a black robe and a red cape stepping out from the back, with a long spear in his hand.

"Bah, another demon?" Albel yelled, as everybody went into their fighting stance to get ready for battle. "Get out of our way, scum, before we waste you like all of the others!"

"…" The white-faced demon simply stared down towards the group, not looking particularly aggressive or wanting to fight.

"W…wait a minute…" Raditz said, as he noticed that there was something familiar about the demon. "I've…I've seen this one before!"

"Is that…" Lancar said, staring down at the familiar figure.

"T…that's right!" Reen agreed. "That's the same demon we fought at Mt. Metox!"

"Err… man, I told you guys we should have killed him when we had the chance!" Roger complained. "Now we have to fight him again!"

"…I have no desire to get in your way. If you want to enter the Daemoneum, go right ahead." Jeiuce said. "But if it's a fight you're looking for, then I don't have a problem with that, either."

"What?" Raditz yelled, baffled that Jeiuce didn't want to fight.

"But if it's the Time and Space Lab you're looking to enter…" Jeiuce continued. "Then you're wasting your time anyway. The entrance to the lab has been completely sealed. Nobody, including us demons, can get in."

"The entrance to the lab is sealed?" Maria asked. "Why are you telling us all this? Don't you need to stop us from entering your dimension?"

"I'm letting you go, because I can't be bothered. I refuse to cooperate with those fools any longer." Jeiuce said, looking towards Raditz. "Like that boy said the last time we met, most of us demons have forgotten about our integrity. We have lost it all. We're are all following Asmodeus' orders blindingly… they don't even know what's going on. They don't even know the purpose of this whole operation."

"Did you say… Asmodeus?" Raditz asked. "As in… the Demon King Asmodeus?"

"That's right." Jeiuce answered. "He has come back to life, and is now in charge of leading the army along with Saphiro. But even those two fools don't even know of that man's true intention."

"That man?" Maria asked. "Who is this person?"

"Nobody knows. He's the one who granted Asmodeus, Saphiro, and Romero with the 'gift of god'. I do not know who he is, or what his true purpose is." Jeiuce explained. "All I know is that he's the one behind it all. Asmodeus is merely a puppet."

"He must be the one who is in charge of the lab…" Maria said. "Who can this man be?"

"Either way, you're wasting your time if you are thinking of entering the Time and Space Lab from the Daemoneum." Jeiuce said. "The lab is sealed, and the final operation will soon begin."

"The final operation?" Albel asked.

"They got the boy, and the girl. The final thing they are looking for is the orb." Jeiuce said.

'…Hand me the orb…' The voice of Saphiro from 10 years ago suddenly echoed in Albel's mind. Was this the same orb that Saphiro wanted back then?

"Where is this orb located?" Albel asked hastily. "In which planet?"

"It's at a planet called Elicoor II." Jeiuce replied. "Most of our forces around the universe are to relocate to that planet in matter of days, for the final operation."

"T…that's our planet!" Farleen yelled in concern. "Then what they're looking for must be…"

"The Sacred Orb!" Clair yelled. "NO!"

"We have to get there, quick!" Maria said. "We can't let them get their hands on it!"

"But how can we go back to Elicoor II?" Peppita asked. "Our shuttle was destroyed, and Miss Maria said her spaceship ran out of fuel, right?"

"Perhaps we can enter it from the Daemoneum. It has portals to all the planets around the universe." Maria said, turning to Jeiuce to ask. "Would you know where the portal is located?"

"I do, but it won't do you any good even if you tried to access it." Jeiuce explained. "Most of our forces are now concentrated around that portal. You can try… but it'll be suicide. They'll outnumber you greatly… you stand no chance."

"Let's get out of here for now, then." Maria said, turning back to head out of the Ruins. "I'll see what I can do with the Grand Knott… it's out of fuel, but… either way, it's no good to enter the Daemoneum now."

"We're out of here, then." Albel agreed, as the party followed him and Maria towards to the exit. "We have to hurry. We can't let those scums get their hands on the Orb."

"Hold it right there!" Jeiuce yelled from behind them, stopping everybody cold. "Now it's my turn to ask you some questions."

"Huh?" Maria asked. "What might these questions be?"

"First of all… are you the ones who just defeated Romero just a moment ago?" Jeiuce asked. "You were able to defeat him even though he had his 'gift of god'?"

"That's right." Raditz answered. "We killed him."

"One more question." Jeiuce asked, as he advanced towards the group. "What is your purpose? Do you plan on eventually destroying the Daemoneum as well?"

"Our purpose is to save our dimension from the aggression of the demons. That's all" Maria replied. "We are not concerned about the Daemoneum. There is no reason for us to invade your land at all."

"I see." Jeiuce said. "If that's the case, then I have a request. I would like to join you in your quest."

"WHAT?" Roger yelled. "But... you're a demon!"

"Eh?" Albel retorted. "A scum like you, want to join us? For what?"

"If you were able to defeat Romero just a moment ago, then you might stand a chance in defeating Asmodeus, Saphiro and others." Jeiuce said. "I no longer want to see all my fellow demons die useless deaths. All they are doing is using us for their own intentions, and not for all of us. I wish to overthrow those tyrants, for the better of both of our dimensions."

"I see…" Lancar said. "But can we trust you? You're one of the demons, after all…"

"This is about integrity. I have absolutely no reason to lie to you, but it's your choice." Jeiuce replied. "I'm just offering my help. Take it or leave it."

"I think we can trust him." Raditz said. "He's changed a lot since the last time we fought him… and I think he's sincere in his request."

"I agree." Maria agreed with Raditz. "He would not have told us about all the information otherwise. Besides, I have a feeling that we will need his help to enter the Time and Space Lab again."

"What do you think, Albel?" Clair asked Albel.

"…Let him join." Albel said. "He might prove to be useful. And if he just happens to betray us, then I'll kill him. Simple as that."

"Alright then, it's decided. Welcome to the group." Maria said. "By the way, we do not know your name."

"The name's Jeiuce." Jeiuce told her. "You all might want to get out of here quick. The operation may begin at any time."

"Let's hurry then!" Raditz yelled, as everybody ran hurried towards the exit of the Ruins.


As the group arrived back out to the outer areas of the Ruins of Coffir, Lancar turned to Maria to ask her a question.

"So, Maria… how do you plan to fuel that big spaceship?" Lancar asked. "I'm guessing that it would need enormous amounts of power…"

"I honestly don't know…" Maria said, "It does require enormous amounts of energy to fly… and I don't think we can find a source anywhere on this planet… even that energy stone we found in that gun wouldn't be enough."

"Shoot…" Reen muttered. "So how can we get out of here?"

At that moment, Lancar heard static and voice coming from the communicator in his pocket. "…Is… there any…o…ther…?…Lan…Cli…please… respon…"

"Huh?" Lancar said in surprised voice, reaching back for his communicator. "Who could be trying to contact me?"

"That voice…!" Maria exclaimed, recognizing the familiar voice coming from the communicator.

"This is Lancar Douglas speaking, Federation personnel ID# 22764. Do you read?" Lancar asked over the communicator, as he raised the Antenna on the device as high as he can.

"L…Lancar? Is that you? It's me! Marietta!" Marietta said over the communicator. "We're all here! Steeg, Lieber, and everybody else! We were all so worried… where are you guys right now?"

"Marietta? What a pleasant surprise!" Lancar replied, excited to hear from his former crewmate. "We're at Vanguard right now. We found Maria and everybody else… who sent you here, anyway?"

"Really? You found Maria? That's a relief!" Marietta said. "Mirage sent us here! She was really concerned that we lost contact with the Diplo yesterday… she asked us for our help, so we all volunteered! Anyways, we're glad you're all safe!"

"What a great timing…" Maria said, breathing a sigh of relief. "I really owe it to Mirage and Marietta this time…"

"When can you be here by? Sorry for sounding so serious already, but we're kind of in a hurry!" Lancar told Marietta over the communicator. "We need to get to Elicoor II as fast as we can! I'll explain everything later."

"Elicoor II again? That's strange…" Marietta said. "We'll be at Vanguard in about 4 hours! I'll contact you again when we get there, okay?"

"Alright! We'll wait for you guys at a town then." Lancar told her, as the party made their way back towards Whipple. "Let us know when you get here!"

"Roger! "Marietta complied, as their new Spaceship Lazeria went into the gravitic warp, heading towards the Vanguard system at an unbelievable speed.