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Yuki's POV

It took me a little while to wake up but after I did Luna said she had been given two cards by the Gods, Rank Up Magic Gods Force, something similar to what the Barinas had but even then this brief respite was shorter than the last it felt like.

"So you had another powerful vision?" I asked when Rio came to talk to me with Yuma and Shark.

"Yes, I sensed something very powerful." She noted.

"It's times like this I wish the Gods were more communicative." I said "instead of leaving us half in the dark with things."

"There's no fun in that." Cleo smirked "Perhaps they're just being playful."

"They like helping humans just as much as they like playing with us." I sighed.

"They only last briefly." Rio frowned "And I struggle to make sense of them."

"Welcome to our world." Luna called out from behind the office as she moved some shipment boxes.

"Maybe it just means you're special." I told her "Don't let them consume you though, mention when they happen and we'll help you piece them together…though it is strange both you and Yuma sensed something."

Before I could say much more there was a flash and we were inside that Airship Key.

"Astral!" Yuma gasped.

"Hey no teleporting without warning!" Cleo yelled.

"Calm down." I pushed her back.

"What's the deal with doing that out of the blue?" Yuma asked.

"I apologize but I want you to see something." He told us as a globe appeared "This map with markers suddenly appeared. I've discovered that these seven locations are all ruins and, in those locations, Numbers. A message appeared with it as well."

A Hologram of Yuma's father appeared and addressed him, telling him to find the seven special Mythyrian Numbers that we couldn't let fall to the Barians.

Whoever Yuma's father is…he's been onto something since the very start…

"Alright we can't let them have them, so let's go." Shark said.

"There's no point in dissuading, I will go as well." Rio smiled.

"You'll need an adult to supervise if your going globetrotting again." I told them."

"Always babysitting." Cleo mumbled in my head.

"This sounds interesting." Luna smiled.

"Then let's get going." Tori smiled.

We got moving, along the way Astral told us what more he had learned about the Astral world, another creation of the gods, a world rich with soul energy.

"There's someone coming." Cleo looked up.

"Hmm." We all looked up.

Passing through the wormhole like us was some sort of Barian energy. We collided which sent us landing earlier than anticipated. Fortunately, when we landed we were only split up briefly and after regrouping we learned that once more Yuma had made another friend, Nash.

Kids don't randomly appear in the forest at such an opportune time.

I managed to find the boys outside a ruin, but the girls were nowhere to be found or at least until we found them cowering from snakes on the top of a fallen pillar.

So there's a number around here…

"Hmm!" I looked up "Wait!"

Shark and Yuma stepped forward, triggering a trap that sealed off the exit and started to divide the room in two.

"Traps are to be expected in ruins." Cleo hummed.

The wall in the center slammed down separating Luna, Shark and that other kid from the rest of us.

"I'm fine." Shark yelled.

"Seems we're cut off though." Luna told me.

"Is there an open passage on your side?" Yuma asked as a door opened.

"Yeah, it just opened." Shark said.

"Then we go forward, and hope the paths converge." I walked ahead "Be careful."

"Luna knows enough to be careful around that other kid, they'll be fine." Cleo assured me.

"I'm not worried." I laughed.

Eventually the torch lit halls emptied out into a room with a unicorn statue, floating above the statue was a card, a Number.

The card glowed and a white haired knight appeared.

"I am Mach." He said "Guardian of this number."

"I sense a strong energy in him." Rio told us.

"He must be the spirit of the card." I stepped back "Alright, if you want that Number Yuma, prove you're worthy."


AN

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