Another report arrived, this time of a musician who was using her hunting horn to heal people, more effectively than normal songs from one.

Fallon went to investigate. She figured she'd found her target when she found a hut in the middle of a forest with loud music coming from inside.

She knocked on the door. No response. The music replied. She looked through the window, seeing the musician rocking out, unaware of the outside world.

Fallon tried to get her attention a few more times, before getting tired and kicking the door down.

The musician finally noticed the outside world.

"What are you doing breaking into someone's house!?"

"What are you doing playing so loudly you can't notice anyone trying to get your attention!? Aren't you the healer musician or whatever!?"

"Oh, that's what you're here for. Then…"

She took a deep breath, before posing with her finger raised towards the roof. Then she started to play her hunting horn again.

"Yo! I'm the one you're looking for! The legendary musician! The blazing constellation! Hitoiki Costelli! The one who can heal any wound with her music! That's what you're here for, right!?"

She then stopped playing, but kept talking.

"Well from how easily you kicked the door down, I don't think you really need healing. So whaddya want?"

"Roy. Analyse."

He activated his manifestation.

"She's a warrior too. The manifestation is like an amplifier for her songs."

"I asked a question, you know?" Hitoiki tried to remind them, confused as to what was going on.

"I want you to join the hunter's guild. It's a strange manifestation, but it could be useful."

"Huh?"

Fallon gave the explanation about warriors.

"Oh, okay."

"Though I have one question first. I mean, I ask this to everyone anyways, but what do you seek revenge on?"

"Monsters."

"I guessed something like that, but what does a manifestation like this have to do with that?"

"I'm completely powerless. Can't do a thing myself. As much as I want to fight back, all I can do is play music. So at the very least, I just want to be of use in destroying them. That's about all there is to it."

Fallon seemed slightly surprised, but was pleased.

"That's perfect then. Join us, and we'll be happy to have your support."

"Sure thing."

The guild gained another warrior.

More time passed.

A strange hunter had shown up in a village nearby. After arriving, she'd immediately gone inside. After about a week of not emerging from her hut, one of the villagers had gone to check on her, finding her passed out. Upon trying to wake her up, they found she was impossible to even a reach. An invisible force slowed their movements down, preventing them from reaching her.

The warriors once again went to investigate.

They opened the door, seeing the woman still asleep.

"Roy."

He analysed.

"She's a warrior. Her ability seems to slow down everything around her. I suspect the reason it's surrounding her is because she can't control it while asleep."

"I see. Does that have anything to do with how long she's been sleeping for?"

"No. It seems like that's unrelated. I think she just doesn't want to bother waking up."

"...I see. Well in that case, let's take the easiest solution. Hitoiki."

"What?"

"Start playing as loud as possible."

"Roger."

The rest covered their ears to avoid being deafened. The performance went on for about fifteen minutes.

"How's that!?" Hitoiki yelled at the end, looking inside again.

There was no reaction. Hitoiki collapsed, disappointed.

"Is the manifestation capable of blocking sound?" Fallon asked.

"There's no reason it should be able to." Roy replied "Meaning that she's just really stubborn."

"There's no point waiting around." Musk cut in "Let's just force our way through. How about this!?"

He charged into the room at full speed, yelling at the top of his lungs. The moment he got through the door, his speed rapidly decreased, eventually reaching a near-stop.

"Looks like even he can't break through." Roy observed.

"I wanna go home." Lion thought.

"Well brute-forcing it is out. Lemme try something."

Space slash.

An invisible blade cut the bed in half without harming the one on top of it, causing her to crash into the ground.

She still didn't react.

"Seriously? ...Brute force it is."

Exceed. Second gear. Untouchable.

Through using a mix of these manifestations again, she was able to push through the invisible area of slowness, by speeding up enough to cancel it out.

She ran up to the sleeping woman and kicked her awake.

The manifestation deactivated almost instantly, causing Musk to crash into the wall where the bed was.

The woman looked around.

"Who are you people?"

"I'm Fallon Bachika. Leader of the guild."

"Oh."

She went back to sleep. Fallon quickly woke her up again.

"Why do you keep waking me up?"

"Because I'm interested in the power you've got."

"...What power?"

"You're not even aware of it?"

She explained what warriors are again, having to shake her awake every few seconds.

"Oh."

"Stay awake!"

"...Why should I?"

"Because I'm not done. I want you to join us."

"Don't want to."

"...Huh?"

"It sounds like a pain."

"...What do you seek revenge on?"

"Monsters, I guess. But it's a pain, so I can't be bothered, even if it bugging me all the time is also a pain."

"Then join us, and we'll help with that."

"No. I just said it sounds like a pain."

"...Think about it this way. The entire reason we were called here is because you can't control your manifestation, right?"

"I guess."

"So if you keep laying around with your manifestation out of your control, then more people will investigate, right? You'll be quite busy, as something that abnormal and all."

"Ah."

"So join us, and I'll help you learn to control it. In exchange for some work."

"Only a little work, right?"

"Yes, of course." Lied Fallon.

"It'd be a pain to refuse, so sure. You'll have to carry me back though, this is about the limit of how long I can stay awake for."

"Wait, before that. You didn't even give your name."

"Cause introducing myself is a pain, but I guess I have to now. Kara Kanap."

The guild reluctantly gained another warrior.

More reports. Mysterious flashes of light were spotted in the woods, blinding anyone who got near.

The guild assumed it had something to do with a Gypceros, so hunters were sent to investigate, but were unable to see anything due to the light. When they returned, they reported hearing strange yelling alongside the light.

The warriors went to investigate next, since this was clearly abnormal.

As they made their way through the woods, the flash of light appeared.

The entire group was blinded, followed by the yelling.

"BEHOLD, THE BEAUTY OF MY EXISTENCE!"

The man then started to run off. Fallon followed him by sensing his thoughts about his own beauty as he ran away.

Her sight cleared up again, around the same time he noticed she was still following him.

"Oh? What do we have here? A fan, perchance?"

"No. I don't even know who you are."

"Oh, so you've just taken an interest? Gol Platin. The sexiest man in the world. Feel free to join my fanclub anytime."

"You have one?"

"Not yet. But I could eventually."

"I don't think you're going to get much attention if you always run away."

"That's just to spread my beauty to as many as possible. There's no time to be wasted."

"Ok. I should just get to the point."

She explained about warriors again. Gol barely seemed to be listening.

"I see, but aren't you talking a bit much about yourself? You came here to see me, not sell me on whatever you were just talking about."

"I was about to get that, because I have a question for you. What do you seek revenge on?"

"Ugliness."

"That's way too ominous an answer." Fallon thought "Though he is an idiot, so nothing too bad should come of it."

"Would you be interested in joining the hunters' guild?"

"No. I'm far too busy spreading my own beauty."

"But… if you keep activating your manifestation all the time, no one's actually going to be able to see you."

Gol reacted with great shock, making it clear this possibility had never crossed his mind before.

"On the other hand, if you join us, I'm sure you'll get a lot of fame as a hunter."

Gol hunched over, thinking.

"I see. That might be a good idea…"

"It's not that it might be, it just is."

"Then I accept. Rejoice, for my beauty is on your side now!"

Another warrior was gained.

Yet again, there were reports of someone going around getting into fights everywhere. A woman with large glasses and a longsword.

The group approached. She turned to face them.

"Oh? There's a lot of opponents this time. Corra Fay. I'll be the one cutting you down today."

"We're not here to fight you."

"...Then what are you here for?"

She nodded at Roy, who analysed her.

Corra tried to slice at the manifestation before it reached her, to no effect. She looked over in confusion.

"What was that, just now?"

"She's a warrior, too."

"I see."

"Seriously, what was that!?"

"Stop being so loud." Roy replied.

"It doesn't have anything to do with you, idiot."

"Huh? It's my manifestation that you're confused by, of course it has to do with me, idiot!"

"Huh?"

"Both of you stop."

Fallon explained about warriors.

"I see. So my manifestation must be my countering. How interesting."

"So are you going to join us?"

"Hmm. I suppose it might be worth considering, if any of you are even strong enough to overcome my counters."

"Can't you be more original?" Roy asked "We've already done this set-up."

"That doesn't matter."

"Of course it does, otherwise it's just boring-"

"Stop arguing already, all that matters is winning!" Musk yelled, throwing a punch at her.

A second before it connected, the attack was stopped. A cut appeared across Musk's chest.

"Too predictable."

Musk felt his wound in confusion, before attacking again.

The attacks were stopped repeatedly. Despite his increasing injuries, his attacks continued, seeming aggravated.

"Stop." Fallon told him. "This isn't working."

She looked around, trying to work out if there was any way to overcome her manifestation.

She glanced at Lion, reading his thoughts.

"Oh god what the hell's with that ability? Is there even a way to overcome it? I wanna go home. Can I even read counters? My future sight doesn't factor my moves in, right? So… aghhhh-"

Roy tapped Fallon's shoulder, getting her attention.

"I've worked out a way to defeat the countering."

"Oh. That's surprising."

Roy stepped forwards.

Corra readied her blade. Roy just glanced backwards.

"Gol. Go."

"About time." The eccentric replied, before posing and activating his manifestation. A flash of light blinded Corra.

She stumbled around, waiting for her senses to recover. A gunlance lightly bonked her on the head.

"You didn't counter that. It's our win."

Corra didn't reply, she just slashed at him. He barely dodged. More slashes.

"Don't try to kill me cause you're mad!"

"I'm not mad, you just cheated!"

"You're totally mad! And it wasn't cheating, you never said it was illegal!"

"It was implied you had to be fair!"

"Implications are meaningless!"

"Ok, that's enough." Fallon said. She turned to Corra "Being fair is nice and all, but you should know it won't get you that far in the real world. You're seeking revenge like the rest of us, right?"

"Yeah, I guess."

Fallon let out a mental sigh of relief that she didn't miss her chance to say her favourite phrase at this point. "What do you seek revenge on?"

"Monsters. My offensive skills are lacking, but if I can counter everything then I can win against them."

"Then you'll fit in well enough. Come and join us."

"...No. I refuse."

"Huh? Why this time?"

"I can't join a group that he's already part of, he's too annoying!" She pointed to Roy.

"Just get over it, you'll live."

"You need to present his head to me to convince me to join."

"That's really going too far here."

"No, I agree." Roy said.

"To dying?"

"No, not that part. I meant that she can never be allowed to join us. She's too annoying."

"...Then why did you fulfil her condition for joining?"

"That was just to knock her off her high horse. She's too full of herself."

"Bold of you to say that about others, does your analysis not work on yourself or something?"

"Do we not get to do anything at all?" Hitoiki asked. She looked to Kara for an answer, but she had already been passed out since the start.

The argument continued for a few hours, until Fallon finally managed to resolve things and get the Guild another warrior.