Shu POV:

After we learned that the barrier wall was up, we then went back into the temple and, after angering Hineto and passing him into the basement without even looking in his general direction, we came across Yasato at the bottom and in front of a big door. "Hey, Yasato," I smiled at him.

"Hello there, friends. What can I do for you?" Yasato asked politely.

"Do you think you can open the door? We need the device to take down the barrier wall that leads out to the Ancient Factory," Anya asked politely as ever.

"But of course, though I must tell you, only our master, with his magic, was able to use the machine," Yasato said, our group proceeding forward with him and us gawking when we saw a giant machine in the center of a large room.

"Whoa... that machine looks very impressive... this must be the control panel... just press a few buttons, and... wait..." Anya said, gasping when the screen turned red and a face appeared on the screen. "SHIT! I knew it wouldn't be this easy! Get ready guys, there's a monster coming that guards the device!" Anya exclaimed, us preparing ourselves as the machine opened up and a giant robotic horse emerged from the machine with flames on its mane and tail.

"Looks like a fiery horse! Try to put out the flames!" Zola said as we then proceeded to use water based attacks on the giant horse robot, managing to put out the flames with just a few Watera spells and swords.

"Okay, fire's out, now let's attack with brute force!" Jiro said, Marumaro smirking as he charged up a Watera Sword with his shadow and Anya simple attacked with a powerful physical attack which managed to knock the giant horse onto its side from the sheer force of the attack.

"WATERA SWORD!" Marumaro exclaimed, attacking the robot's underbelly with the attack, which managed to rip right through it and demolish its Eternal Engine, the monster exploding soon afterwards and the barrier device falling out of it completely unscathed.

"Okay, so we just press this button... and that should do it!" Anya smiled as she pushed the big red button and the device made it so the blue barriers in the room had disengaged, allowing us access to the treasure chests that were beyond them.

"Amazing... could it be that you are..." Yasato said, me smiling at him?

"That we're what?" Kluke asked him with a smile.

"That you are truly the best masters that I could ask for?" Yasato said, me smiling at that.

"If that's what you want, sure. We can be your masters from here on out," I smiled at him.

"All except me. We're just fellow robots, no need to call a fellow robot your master," Anya smiled at Yasato.

"It's a deal," he said warmly.

Anya POV:

After dealing with the Blue Barriers, we then proceeded through to the Underground River and, when we did so, I immediately smiled at how we were in an area with one of the best monsters that could be used for experience. "Look... Kelolon monsters. They are very timid and tend to run away, but not when someone stinks like no tomorrow... they are the best monsters to farm for experience and their advanced version, the Kelolon Defenders, were one of the main reasons I was able to max out my Guardian class... let's get after them, but only after I put this on one of you," I smiled as I got out a collar that looked a bit raunchy to the others until Kluke saw a tag on it.

"Is that a dog collar? Where'd you get it from?" Kluke asked.

"I got it from one of your fellow villagers in Jibral. She had a little dog on her and she gave me this collar as it was too big for her puppy. Put it on, and you will stink like the monsters do, allowing us to battle them without fear of them fleeing," I explained.

"I'll wear it. Maro's nose less sensitive than yours," Marumaro smiled, me smirking and putting the collar around his neck. And when I did so, we were soon being surrounded by Kelolon from the north, which was amazing. "Okay, time to attack them. Beware of their magic. They can turn you into a Kelolon if they so choose," I warned everyone as we proceeded to attack the Kelolon and other monsters on our way through the Underground River.

And after proceeding for quite awhile, we then came upon a door that looked mechanical and we also saw a familiar face that I smiled at. "Hey! It's Toripo! Good to see you again, friend," I smiled as we approached him and he looked at us and smirked.

"Ah, it's Anya and her friends once again. What can I do for you today? Fine wares, fine wares indeed... and a special gift for you specifically, Anya," Toripo smiled, which made me excited. He almost never gave things away for free, so I was quite interested. He then pulled out a very cool necklace that had very colorful beads on it, but I then saw that it had a picture frame on it. I smiled at him and decided to ask.

"Where did you find this?" I asked him.

"It washed up on the shores on the outskirts of Jibral shortly after the feast yesterday. I believe it came from that giant flying airship that you demolished. But when I wore it myself, I ended up getting attacked by tons of lasers in this nearby canyon. I barely escaped with my life, even after getting hit by one. I think it bad luck, but it may give you better luck, as you are more experienced in magic than my Simple Centipede is," Toripo said, the others looking at him in confusion.

"Simple Centipede? You can use magic too?" Kluke smiled.

"That I can, though I prefer only to use it when exploring. It tends to frighten those without magic," Toripo explained.

"Okay... let me see that necklace. Thanks for the gift," I smiled at him, Toripo giving it to me and me then looking into the picture frame. I then audibly gasped at what I saw within.

"What is it?" Jiro asked.

"This is no ordinary necklace... Nene never mentioned that he had someone he loved... look!" I said, showing the picture to my friends. They were astonished beyond all compare. The picture inside was of a young Nene standing next to a very cute and kind-looking female Ancient with a large turban on her head. And there was a heart around them as they stared at each other lovingly. "It's got an inscription too... 'to Himiko, with eternal love. I go now to my frozen sleep. And yet my love for you shall never lose its chill. my heart will be warm with the thought of you...' heart Nene.." I gawked, amazed that Nene could even feel the emotion of love in the past.

"I don't understand this... why would Nene do any of these things if he once was kind enough to be in love with someone?" Zola asked. I simply frowned and put the necklace around my neck.

"I don't know, but I'm going to let him see me wearing this necklace and when he gets angry, as I'm sure he will do, I'm going to ask him if he thinks this Himiko of his would like who he has turned into. Then we'll see what he does," I said with a frown.