Chapter Two
Pioneer 2
Val awoke to the smell of food and sat upright in a flash. Was everything a dream? He looked around quickly and sighed. No, he really was on a weird ship with weird people collecting furniture from the bodies of weird monsters. He put his head in his hands and groaned loudly. He wasn't meant for this kind of thing.
"Hey, Val! You're awake!" Elliot remarked cheerfully and shouted at the kitchen nearby, "Perri! Dular! He woke up!" Val looked up at him and found him sitting on a couch with him.
"Meru!" Denwark grumbled and shoved his head under a throw pillow, also awakened from his nap by the ranger's yell. Perri stuck her head out of the kitchen and smiled brightly.
"Hey, all right! Just in time for lunch! We're gonna stock up on supplies and then head down to the caves, okay with you, Val?" she remarked as she came out with a platter of sandwiches and cookies. "We're basically broke, not many missions available for us, so I hope you like simple meals."
"Um, okay, thanks." Val murmured and looked down at his Golden Axe on the table near him. It had been cleaned up and shone brightly. Dular entered the room with several cups in one arm and a pitcher of juice. He noticed the pensive face on the boy and looked worried.
"Val? Are you sure you're all right?" he asked. Val swung his legs around and stood up, grabbing the axe in one hand. He looked determined.
"Those things have my girlfriend's furniture series." he muttered and reached into his pack, pulling out the two leaves. He tossed them onto the floor and watched them pop open to reveal the Lovely Lamp and Lovely Armchair. Perri blinked at them.
"Hey, that's actually kinda cute. I wonder if we can get something like that for our house." she mumbled. Val took them down and repacked them.
"We eat fast and then head out. I'm not going to let Periwinkle down! I promised to take care of her home until she got back and I'm going to get every last piece of it back!" Val declared angrily, "I was going to play the game I got and work up the courage to ask her to marry me and then this happened! Well, I'm going to get it all back, go home and pop the question! And no monster, no matter how big, no matter how scary, no matter how powerful, is gonna keep me from achieving my dreams!" He thrust his fist into the air as he finished. The others stared at him in silence.
"Wow. Didn't think you had the guts to take on Ragol, little dude." Elliot remarked and bit into a cookie. Perri grinned hugely and set the platter down.
"Oh yeah! Now we're in business! Monsters, treasure and furniture! Here we come!" she declared and lifted her fist too. Val laughed and grabbed a sandwich.
"Right after lunch." he finished and took a bite.
Cave, Level 1
Dular, Perrinetta, Elliot, and Valentine; a most unlikely group of heroes. They stood in the first section of the caves, ignoring the lava that flowed around them and the blistering heat that would have killed them had they left behind their hunter gear. Val glanced down briefly at his arm. Dular had insisted that he be somewhat equipped to handle the planet and so gave him a strange wristband that contained many devices he had never seen before. One of them was making sure his temperature was normal and that the heat didn't affect him too badly.
"Okay, everyone ready?" Dular asked. Perri swapped her Twinkle Star at home with a Burning Rod, figuring the fire element and her collection of Foie techniques could handle the monsters better than the rare she had before. She held it up and nodded. "Elliot?" The Ranger pat his rifle and grinned. He had yet to come across a rare weapon of his own. "Val?" Dular asked softly, tightening his grip on the Calibur he had found long ago.
"Let's go!" Val growled, Golden Axe in hand. Perri twirled the rod and cast her spells, then raced out with her friends to clear the caves.
Sensing and seeing the intruders to their domain, beasts of all shapes and sizes descended on the tiny group. Elliot stayed far from them, picking off strange green and pink creatures called Evil Sharks and Pal Sharks before they got too close to the group. Perri activated the special power of her rod each time she swung it at a monster, yelling in triumph whenever they dropped a box as they died.
"Anything yet, Val?!" Dular shouted, swinging his sword through a pair of large white flowers that snapped at him viciously. The boy swung the axe and let it fly, slamming it into the side of a strange small dragon that tried to fly away from the slaughter. It dropped to the ground and added to the mess that was gathering on the floor. Val ran up to examine it and ripped the Golden Axe out, frustrated.
"Nothing! It must be deeper in the level!" he called back, "What are these things?!" Perri huffed and puffed as she fired off a few quick Foie spells.
"That was a Nano Dragon! And thanks for taking it out! If it killed other monsters first, it would get stronger from their essence!" she yelled, "Don't ask how it works, it just does! And Dular's got his hands full with Poison Lilies! Give him a hand!"
The group cleared the area and traveled onwards, fighting whatever came at them and letting Val sift through the remains in search of the leaves he needed. Dular watched over the hunters as he poked around a mass of bodies in one particularly large and nasty room.
"Meru!" Denwark squeaked happily as Perri handed him a small capsule. He popped it into his mouth and spun in joy in the air, hands up on his cheeks as he squealed again.
"Trimates again?" Elliot asked with a frown, "We don't have many of those, you know." Perri stuck her tongue out at him and cracked open a second capsule. Silvery energy flowed out of it and surrounded her, winking out view as she absorbed it into her body. "We don't have many Difluids left either."
"Nothing!" Val suddenly shouted and kicked at the broken remnants of a Grass Assassin, a giant preying mantis-like creature that he had whacked with his Golden Net as a distraction while Dular finished it off. The hunter lifted his arm and watched a holographic map form above it. It spun slowly as he studied it.
"We have two or three rooms left before we hit the teleporter that was set up here by WORKS. Maybe they have some more pieces." he replied. Val shouldered the axe and sighed.
"Okay, let's keep going then. Funny, my body doesn't seem to hurt as much anymore. At first, all this fighting was killing me, now it just aches a bit here and there." he murmured and shrugged. The group pulled together and headed off once again.
"Incoming!" Elliot cried as the group fought back ferociously. The last room had been pitch black with darkness. Val darted around, weaving past unseen enemies to reach a glowing switch at the far side of the room. When the cave was lit up, they could see the ambush that had gotten them. Taken by surprise, Dular dropped the Calibur in favor of the daggers he carried for up close and personal hits. Perri held her rod out defensively, blocking the blows from the Sharks' bladed arms and trying to find an opening for a counterattack. Elliot couldn't get out of range to use his rifle well and began punching whatever moved before him to keep them away from his friends.
"Hang on! I'm coming!" Val cried and hacked away at the monsters from behind with his axe. The beasts dispersed some to find him out and fight back, giving the hunters enough room to scatter and really fight back. Perri channeled her energy and thrust out both hands at one group of monsters.
"Rafoie!" she cried and smiled as the Sharks fell under the massive blast of fire that suddenly erupted among them. She jumped when she heard a cry of pain and looked around. Elliot stumbled and fell from a blow dealt by a strangely bulky creature that had joined in suddenly. "Elliot! That's a Vulmer! Get away from it!" she cried and screamed as it chased after the stumbling ranger. "Dular! A Vulmer's chasing Elliot!"
"Hands full!" Dular yelled as he fought to get out of a corner a trio of Sharks put him in. Val scampered in from out of nowhere, a Golden Shovel in one hand, a strange white orb in the other. Tossing the ball up, Val quickly dug up a hole in front of him and watched the orb fall into it. He then covered up the pit and grinned at the star shape that appeared before him.
"Elliot! Run this way and jump when I say!" he cried and took some steps back. The ranger raced towards him, quickly followed by the beast. "Now!" Elliot leaped over the star shape and collapsed in a tired heap on the floor. The Vulmer continued running and stepped on the star, activating the orb. The pit fell open under it and the beast was trapped, struggling and roaring in a fury.
"What in the world?" Perri remarked in surprise as Val tossed aside the shovel and grabbed his axe. Lifting it up high, he brought it down with a satisfying Thunk! right in the creature's head, killing it instantly. "Elliot! Val! You guys okay?!" the Forcer cried. Dular finished off the last Shark and sighed tiredly, walking up to the two boys. He knelt by Elliot and examined him as Val snatched a roll of paper from the Vulmer's claw and kicked it in the head again out of spite.
"He's hurt pretty bad. That was a critical hit." Dular murmured as Perri ran up to them, "Try your Resta spell, maybe it will help him." The newman nodded shakily and closed her eyes, bringing her hands up to her heart.
"Heal, my friend. Resta, restore his strength and health." she whispered and held out her hands, channeling restorative energy through her and into the silent ranger. She pulled back and waited anxiously. Elliot stirred after what seemed like an eternity and groaned.
"The red box is mine." he muttered, eyes fluttering open and looking around in a daze. Perri laughed in relief and shook her head as Dular smiled and sat back.
"In your dreams, Shooter Boy!" she retorted and helped him to his feet, "Well, Val? Anything?" Valentine walked up to them and held up the roll with a triumphant grin.
"Got the Lovely Wallpaper! And I saw something red over in that corner..." he added, pointing at the distance. Perri immediately shoved Elliot down and ran off, stepping on his chest as she did so.
"Mine! It's mine! I saw it first!" she yelled as Elliot scrambled to give chase. Dular looked after them and sighed.
"That's not a red box. That's the teleporter to the second level." he grumbled. Val laughed and walked with him towards it.
"Well, least they got there quicker than last time." he remarked brightly, picking up his shovel as they passed it by.
Caves, Level 2
As the group traveled through the caves, Val rubbed his head again and winced when he felt the bump on the back of his head. He had gotten his first whack from Perri once she learned the red he had spotted was the teleporter and not a box. The group stepped into the depths of the caves' second level and paused in awe of the cool air and pools of sparkling water. The crystalline walls and lush plant-life made it look so peaceful, despite the many monsters they had battled through mere moments before.
"I always feel so calm here." Perri murmured and ran to one of the pools, laughing, "I'm thirsty! How about you, Denwark?" The mag cheered and knelt by her to drink some of the clear cool water. The other hunters joined her soon after and sat around to rest. Val took the time to check his pack and began putting leaves into the envelopes. Dular watched with interest as the leaves transformed into stamps on the envelopes. After he had all the furniture and the wallpaper stowed away on them, Val slid the letters into a separate pocket in his pack. He sighed and leaned back against a tree, looking up at the floating jelly-fish like creatures with a wistful look.
"I wonder how Periwinkle's doing. Is she home yet or is she still in Animal Acres?" he murmured and looked at Dular with a grin. "My parents were about ready to blow their lids when I told them some five years ago that I wanted to go out to see the world and settled in Animal Crossing. I can only imagine how they'd react to me being here on Ragol."
"You look about ten or twelve to me." the hunter replied in surprise. Val snorted and laughed.
"My size. My world has the humans this size, I'm actually twenty-two." he remarked and pulled out the Golden Axe again. "Never in my whole life did I ever think that I would have to use this or any of my tools to destroy a life." he murmured sadly, "I can't look at this axe the same way ever again. I've killed living things with it."
"You didn't have a choice." Perri suddenly put in and sat beside him, "They would have killed you first. We have no choice but to fight back."
"Man, this is depressing me. Come on, let's see if the creatures in the next room have red boxes." Elliot remarked and ran off, rifle ready for action.
"Perri, do we have any idea what Level Three looks like?" Dular suddenly asked as he and the others followed Elliot. The newman blinked and looked up at him, worried.
"Not a clue. We never made it to Cave 3. We got ambushed and taken straight to Mine 2 when we were looking for Denwark's master long ago." she replied and sighed, "We wouldn't have been able to escape if this little Rukmin hadn't given us the locket with the coded message about De Rol Lei's weakness to Foie attacks." Elliot suddenly ran into them, breathless and beaming.
"I found a Beam!" he declared and held out the improved rifle, "The scanner says it's unknown, so it must be something cool!" He ran back to the next part of the caves, "Come on! There's more cool stuff! But watch out for the Pan Arms! That thing reeks when it's dead!" The group followed along-side, covering their faces as they ran by the dead creatures.
"We've been here for hours and there's no leaf!" Perri wailed after a few more rooms yielded plenty of items but no furniture. Dular rolled his eyes as he watched Val throw his axe almost expertly at another Nano Dragon, bringing it down.
"Quit griping. For all we know, level three has all the rest of the pieces!" he remarked. Val let out a yell of victory and picked up a leaf from the dragon. "See? Found one already!" the hunter said smugly.
"That's what you said back in Cave One! And in Forest Section 2!" Perri retorted, "For all we know, Red Ring Rico's around here somewhere with a Lovely Sword or something!" Val ran back to join them, grinning proudly as he shouldered the axe.
"You're getting better at hunting, Val. Sure you don't want to register as one at the guild?" Dular asked, ignoring his partner. Val sighed and looked glum again.
"Thanks, but no thanks. If I become a hunter, I'll just be reminded of all this killing. I'm trying to block it out, but every time a monster comes at me, it's like something takes control." he muttered and shook his head. "Oh well. Next level?" Dular lifted his map and nodded.
"Yeah, the teleporter's in the next room. Let's go and see what's so scary about Cave Three!" he declared and led the way to the third level of the cave.
Caves Three
The caves looked suspicious. Beams and pillars lined the walls and the floor looked too artificial, too man-made. Dular looked around as the group trekked through them.
"Something tells me that this section was mined out for something. The teleporter at the end of this area must lead to the first level of the mines." he remarked. "What were the people of Pioneer One up to down here?" he added under his breath. Perri clutched her rod and looked around warily.
"There aren't any monsters anywhere here. It's kinda creepy." she muttered. Val walked alongside Dular, whistling cheerfully.
"I like it better that way!" he said brightly and stopped suddenly, eyes wide. The group noticed and stopped with him.
"Val? What's up, little dude?" Elliot asked. Val closed his eyes and held up a hand, sniffing at the air.
"That smell. Can you smell it?" he asked softly. Perri blinked at him and closed her own eyes, sniffing delicately. Denwark sniffed with her and squealed happily.
"Is that...?" Perri murmured in confusion. Dular and Elliot looked at each other, shrugged, and sniffed at the air. Elliot took in a deep breath and let it out, smiling stupidly.
"Ah...sweetness..." he sighed, "Perri, that perfume is niiiiice..." The newman's eyes went wide and she spun around, ramming the end of the rod into his gut. "Goorf!" Elliot grunted and bent over.
"Shut up! Are you coming onto me, you little wienie?!" she yelled and whapped his back with the rod once more. Dular snapped back at them.
"Perri! Knock it off! That smell isn't perfume! It's cake!" he told them. Perri halted and blinked up at him. Elliot managed to lift his head and blink in confusion as well.
"Cake?!" they both exclaimed. Val cheered and jumped, thrusting a fist into the air.
"The Birthday Cake! Periwinkle's Birthday Cake! It's here!" he yelled and raced up ahead. The hunters ran after him.
"Cake, cake, cake! Come and get some cake!" a young woman called out brightly as her sisters tended to a fresh batch from a pink kitchen set next to their cart. Val and the hunters rushed into the cavern and came to a halt, staring in shock at the cart and the women.
"Cool! Chicks!" Elliot declared and earned another gut punch from Perri. While the Forcer dealt a few more blows, yelling at the ranger in a fury, Dular and Val walked up to the cart and the rows of cakes.
"Hello! Welcome to the Naura Cake Shop! Would you like to buy some of our fine cakes?" the first sister asked sweetly. Val scanned the rows of cakes and jumped again. He pointed at one that sat alone, a circle of strawberries surrounding a printed card on top of its white icing.
"That one!" he cried, "That's the cake!" The woman smiled and nodded.
"That cake suddenly appeared on our table, along with this pink kitchen set. We've been using it to bake cakes, since our normal one is broken down for the moment. All of the cakes that come from that kitchen look so delicious!" she replied, "This cake is 1000 meseta. Would you like to buy it?"
"I only have Bells. What are meseta?" Val whispered to the hunter. Dular brought out a bright yellow crystal and showed it to him.
"This is a meseta. It's our currency. We find them as these crystals and put them in banks. We get these cards back that have the amount of meseta you put in written to them." he explained, "I'll buy the cake for you. We've found quite a handful of meseta on our journey."
"The kitchen you talked about. Is it pink and pretty?" Val asked the woman next. She nodded and pointed at it.
"That's it right there. The one next to it is our usual kitchen and the oven broke down." she replied. Val jumped again.
"That's the Lovely Kitchen! Wow! Two of the furniture pieces in the same place! How lucky is that?!" he cried out as Dular bought the cake and handed it to Val. The boy took it and watched it turn into a leaf that he packed away. "Can I have my kitchen back too?" he asked the woman.
"It's yours? Oh, but can we keep it? Ours is broken down!" the sisters pleaded. Dular sighed and scratched his head as Val looked glum.
"If we fix it, can he get his kitchen back?" the hunter offered. The women nodded eagerly. "Yo, Elliot! We got work for you!" Dular shouted back over his shoulder, "You're good at fixing things! Perri! Don't bend his arm that way! You'll pop it out of place again!" he added. Val groaned and put a hand to his head.
"Why do I get the feeling that things will just get worse?" he mumbled.
Val trekked along happily some two hours later with his friends, two pieces of the Lovely Series back in his possession. Elliot sported several streaks of oil and grease on his face, as well as a few lipstick smudges from the cake sisters. Perri walked along behind Dular, arms folded over her chest and scowling, her cheeks bright red.
"That was a cool job. Can I do that again the next time they have an oven break down?" Elliot asked brightly.
"Maybe. We'll see." Dular replied cautiously, sneaking a peek back at Perri, who only scowled worse than before.
"Where to next?" Val asked as they continued marching along the strangely empty caves. Dular checked the map and grinned.
"The next teleporter is just up ahead. It should take us to the Underground Channel. We'll catch a raft there and head for the mines some ten, twelve miles away." he replied and poked his head through one door. "Ah! Here it is!" The group headed into the red machine and waited for Dular to activate it. "Okay, here we go!"
The teleporter dumped the heroes next to an underground river. A raft tied to a small port floated nearby and they climbed aboard. Val sat down and made himself comfortable as Dular undid the ropes holding it fast and pushed off. The raft buzzed and began to float downstream, picking up speed as it went. Perri knelt by the edge and peered over it at the water.
"Ewwww! This water looks nasty! I'm not touching it!" she declared and sat back. Elliot grinned and put his hands behind his head.
"How's about I push you in? Can little Forcers swim? Ha, ha!" he teased. Perri jumped up and glared at him.
"How's about I shove you in so's you can wash that lipstick offa your face?!" she retorted, her hands on her hips. Dular sighed and put his hand over his face, shaking his head.
"What did I do to deserve this, God?" he asked under his breath as Val hummed a tune and kicked his feet back and forth.
"This is like Kap'n's little boat back at Animal Crossing. I love boat rides!" he remarked brightly. The hunters settled to enjoy a peaceful ride when a sudden wave rocked the raft. They looked around, confused.
"What was that?" Perri murmured, "It can't be De Rol Lei. We killed it the last time we were here." She looked up at Dular fearfully. "Didn't we?" Elliot turned white and began jabbing his finger out at the water.
"Wha-wha-wha-?!" he stammered, shaking like crazy. Val frowned at the water. What was going on now?
"Speak up, Elliot! What is it?" Dular demanded. Elliot swallowed hard and finally steadied himself.
"What in God's name is THAT thing?!" he screamed as a huge, centipede-like monster reared up from beneath the surface of the river, roared, and then dove back in, chasing after the raft. The hunters panicked for a few seconds, then scrambled to get equipped for battle. Val curled up in a ball and huddled in the center of the raft, clutching his head and whimpering.
"Bana! Let's go!" Dular called out as a dragon-like mag flew out of his pack and took a position beside him. "We know the drill, Perri! Lots of fire!" Perrinetta took up a stance, her hands free for her to use her Rafoie spells that much more quickly. "Elliot! Stop hugging your Pushan like it's the end of the world! Get your gun!" The ranger grabbed the beam and held it ready.
"I knew I should have done as Mom said and become a loan shark." he grumbled and aimed at the water. The monster came up alongside the raft, its head hidden within a strange looking mask. Dular blinked at it as Perri yelled and cast her strongest fire spells to attack. Though the monster took burns and damage from the flames, it didn't seem to react to them like De Rol Lei had.
"Come on, you oversized worm!" Perri snarled, "Fry already! Denwark! I could use a boost here!" The Rukmin bounced in midair and spread its arms, uttering a small cry as a wave of energy flowed over the group, strengthening them. "Oh yea! Shifta and Deband! Come on, worm! Die!"
"That's not De Rol Lei!" Dular yelled as it heaved itself out of the water and bit the raft. Val scrambled to get away and stared at it in horror. "Fire spells aren't working! That's got to be something else!"
"Well, what else could it be?! The worm's twin brother or something?!" Perri yelled back as Elliot set in with blasts from his rifle. Tentacles flew from the creature's head, stabbing at them. The hunters ran, trying to attack and dodge them at the same time. The Forcer continued using her fire spells, not sure of what else could harm the creature. At least it was doing something, right?
"It's going back under!" Elliot cried as the worm released the raft and headed back to the water. The hunters looked around, wary of what would happen next. All around the raft, the water churned and boiled. "When is it coming back up?" Elliot asked and cried out as the raft suddenly was heaved to one side.
"Now the dang thing's trying to flip us over!" Perri yelled, "If we don't get it out of the water for us to kill it, we're done for!" Val blinked and grinned. Crazy idea, but it just might work.
"Okay! Golden Rod!" he cried and pulled the golden fishing rod from his pack. He swung it back, then cast his line into the river. The hunters stared at him in shock as he stood calmly, whistling and bobbing his head along, the black and yellow floater drifting on the surface alongside the raft.
"Is he, you know?" Perri whispered to Dular, circling her finger beside her head, "You think maybe he lost it somewheres?" Dular shrugged helplessly and shook his head, unable to understand what was going on.
"Oh, come on! No one can resist the Golden Rod!" Val griped and shrieked as the line was grabbed and yanked, dragging him into the river where he vanished beneath the surface.
"Valentine!" Dular cried as Perri screamed in horror. Elliot turned white again, staring with wide eyes at the river.
"He's dead. There's no way he'll survive that." he whispered shakily.
Minutes passed as if they were hours, and as the three hunters tried to shoot into the water in desperate attempts to bring the monster to the surface, the water began to churn and boil again. With an explosive splash of water and exoskeletal pieces, Da Ral Lie burst through and fell heavily onto the raft, squalling in pain. The face mask was cracked badly and clinging to the fishing rod with all his strength was Val, swinging blindly with his Golden Axe. Hat missing and short brown hair disheveled, the little guy shrieked at the top of his lungs as he hacked away at the worm.
"Don't just stand there gawking at me!" he yelled, "GET ME DOWN FROM THIS THING!!!!" The hunters jumped and fell upon the creature, attacking with shots, slices and whacks from the rod.
"Let me try a quick blast of Gizonde!" Perrinetta declared as she stuffed the weapon back into her pack. Val's eyes grew wide and he shook his head.
"Nonononono! Don't do that!" he wailed as she let the electric burst fly out. The trail ran up the fishing pole's line, which was stuck in Da Ral Lie's mouth, and zapped Val. "Yaiaiaiaiaie!" The line snapped and Val tumbled head over heels off the monster and onto the raft. The worm flailed helplessly, tentacles stabbing blindly about as the two male hunters finished it off.
"Let me have the final blow!" Perri yelled and threw out her hand, "Rukmin! Summon Golla, the Elk of Wild Souls!" The Mag cheered and spun, throwing up its hands to create a shape of an elk above him. The creature, stamped its feet and brought itself up, unleashing a blast of energy that crackled and cooked the giant worm. Da Ral Lie heaved itself off the raft, shrieked once, then sank into the water, never to rise again.
"Valentine!" Dular yelled as Elliot threw himself at the item left behind by the monster. Val sat up and rubbed his head, pouting as the last few sparks leaped from the ends of his now spiky hair.
"I liked that hat." he mumbled. The Hunter laughed and rubbed his head as Perri and Elliot set to fighting over the item drop. "So what did we get out of this?"
"Another leaf." Perri grumbled as she smacked Elliot's hand with her rod, "Drop it!" Val collected it and sighed in relief as the raft neared a docking station. "Dular! This is it! The entrance to the mines!"
"I bet there are tons of new monsters and rares in there!" Elliot declared excitedly, rubbing his hand as Dular brought the raft up to port.
"No monsters, just robots gone nuts, or so the reports all say." Dular corrected and helped his friends set foot on dry land. "Well, how much do we have mapped out about the mines, Perri?" The Forcer brought up her holo-map and activated it. After a few moments, she sighed.
"We don't have much mapped out. We bailed out in a hurry when WORKS was on our case." she answered, "I know for sure, though, that there are only two levels for the mines, as well as pathways leading deeper down that aren't classified as mines or caves."
"What could they be then?" Val asked, smoothing down his hair and holding the two golden items in one arm. Perri shrugged. "That doesn't tell us much."
"The only sure way to find out is to explore it and finish mapping the area." Dular remarked with a grin as Elliot rubbed his hands together with glee.
"Who knows? Maybe we'll even find Rico somewhere here! Ya think maybe the reason why you got chased so bad by WORKS was 'cause they had her prisoner here?" he pointed out.
"That's a possibility. Anyway, I thought another team of Hunters was looking for Red Ring Rico. Oh well. If we find her first, maybe we'll get a good reward?" Dular mused aloud. Perri pumped her fists into the air.
"Oh yeah! Rares galore! Can I get a 'Whoooop!'!?" she cheered.
"No." the hunters replied as they walked on into the mines.