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Inside the human ranch, obviously, people were treated as slaves. Even children were treated as slaves. The slaves were pushing really heavy blocks. They were fatigued and exausted. One slave was trying as hard as she could, but she couldn't. She stopped and got whipped by a Desian. "Hey! Stop slacking off!" he hollered. Lloyd and the others run over to a wired fence. Inside, there was an old slave named Marble.

"Marble!" Genis hollered. "Genis!" Marble hollered and walked over. "Are those your friends?" she asked. "Yeah. I'm Lloyd." Lloyd said. "Hi. I'm Nazz" Nazz said. "My name is Eddward." Double D said. He then looked concerned. Why are the Desians treat people like this? They shouldn't do this to children and seniors, he thought. "I am very pleased to meet you all." Marble said "Marble, did you see it? There was an oracle!" Genis told Marble. "Yes I did. I saw the Tower of Salvation. Now, the Chosen's journey of regeneration can finally begin. I hope it is successful this time…" she replied. "Sucsessful this time? That would mean that the last Chosen failed and died somehow, correct." Double D asked. "Yes. I heard she was killed by Desians." Marble said. Nazz looked worried and said, "I wonder if Colette will be all right?…" "Let us all pray to Martel for her sucsess" Marble said.

"…Hey grams—" Lloyd said making Genis not pleased at Lloyd for calling her that. "Her name's Marble!" Genis replied. Her hand had some sort of glow. "…Marble. Isn't that an Exsphere?" Lloyd asked. "Oh, is that what this is called? They placed it on me shortly after I came here." she explained. "Would this, by any chance, be an Expshere?" Double D asked. He and Nazz took out a glowing object. "Yeah! Where did you get those?" Genis asked. "We found them when those two Desians from earlier ran. They dropped them." Nazz said. "But there's no Key Crest Marble's Exsphere and the ones Double D and Nazz found," Lloyd said.

"An Exsphere without a Key Crest is dangerous." "Why? They look harmless. And what's a Key Crest?" Nazz asked. "Attaching an Exsphere directly to your skin supposedly makes you sick. But ironically, it's useless unless you attach it directly onto the skin. So in order to prevent it from making you sick, you carve a spell into a special ore and use that as a mount for the Exsphere. That's the Key Crest." Lloyd explained. "You're knowledgeable!" Marble said. "But Marble, Nazz, and Double D's Exspheres don't even have a mount at all!" Genis said. "Nope, doesn't look like it. If the charm was the only thing needed, I could carve one myself, but there's nothing I can do without the inhibitor ore that acts as the mount." Lloyd explained. "Your dad's a dwarf! Please ask him for help, Lloyd!" Genis said. "I'm sure your father would be of assistance!" Double D said. "I know he will okay with Double D and Nazz, but I don't know what he's gonna say about this." Lloyd said in an expression of worry. "Thanks." Nazz said. "Please don't trouble yourself." Marble said.

Suddenly, there was a yell from behind Marble. "Hey, old hag! What the hell you doin' over there?" It was a Desian. "Oh, no! The Desians! Run away! Hurry!" Marble warned. "But who know what they might do to her!" Lloyd said. "I know, but standing here and being caught by the Desians will make things much worse for not only Marble, but for the entire village!" Double D cried. "That's right. You must go." Marble said. Lloyd, Genis, Double D and Nazz ran off. "What are you doing over here! Who said you could slack off! Get back to work!" The Desian yelled. "I'm sorry." Marble said. "What's with that look, huh?" Another Desian said. "Looks like someone's got an attitude problem!" another one said. "No, of course not, I…" Marble said. "Shaddup! You two, take her to the back! We're gonna give her a little lesson on respect!" a Desian said as the other two tokk Marble. "Oh, this doesn't look good. They're taking her to the back." Lloyd said. "What can we do?" Genis asked. "I suggest that we find higher ground se we can see what's going on!" Double D said. They all ranfor a cliff and jumped to the top.

The Desians are whipping Marble. Lloyd and the others watched the scene. "Why should they treat someone old like that?" Nazz asked. "The only option is that we save her!" Double D said. "But how?" Genis asked. "You attack the Desians with magic while I use my slingshot." Double D said. "Aren't we gonna get in trouble?" Genis asked. "We don't have much of a choice. Afterwards, you, Nazz and I will hide among the bushes and Lloyd will be the decoy." Double D said as his plan is going along. "Wouldn't that put Lloyd in danger?" Nazz asked. "I will jump down the cliff so they won't see my face. I'll then run the opposite direction of the village." Lloyd explained. "…Okay! You should replenish your energy before we do this. I've got some leftover cookies from the ones I gave to Colette. Here, have some." Genis said. Lloyd ate the cookies and the plan was now in action.

Double D fired a water balloon and Genis casted Fire Ball. Both their attacks hit and Lloyd started to jump to the main ground near the ranch. "What was that?" a Desian said. "Open the main gate!" a Desian yelled. The Desians opened the main gate. The others walked behind the bushes to meet up with Lloyd. But Genis lost his balance as fell. "What was that?" A Desian asked. "Oh my! Exposed!" Double D said. Lloyd knew the plan failed and drew his swords. He slashed and stabbed the Desians that were after him. Afterwards, more came and Lloyd jumped off the cliff. Genis, Double D, and Nazz ran to Lloyd.

"Lloyd, they saw your face! I'm sorry! It's all my fault…" Genis said. "Don't worry about it. I took out the ones that saw my face, and the rest of them are still back up on the cliff. As long as we hurry up and get out of here, they'll never know." Lloyd said. "O...okay..." Genis said. "Just do my homework for me, okay?" Lloyd asked. Genis replied with no words. "All right then, I'm gonna head on home and take Double D and Nazz along. You should head back to the village." Lloyd said. "Okay. Thanks for helping Marble." Genis said.

Back at the ranch, a man with a arm cannon examined the cliff. "Analyze the data from the gate surveillance system!" he commanded. "Yes sir!" A Desian said. "How did a mere human make that kind of jump?" he asked himself.

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What's going to happen to Marble now? What'll happen next? Well find out in the next chapter!

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