Chapter 4: We shall do it quick
"It doesn't look like a dungeon to me at all." Nico looking around. The party still at the front entrance.
"This is another part of the city that got overrun by monsters. The residents moved to another safer area since the guards couldn't handle the monsters anymore. Which mean it got abandoned now." Neptune explain.
"That's kinda sad."
"So, what we need to do here again?" Raven ask.
"Let's see.. The missions we have right now are just to retrieve items from monsters. It shouldn't be that hard to do. But.." Nepgear seems troubled.
"But?" Nico and Raven together.
"If this keeps happening, Planeptune's share will be depleted. And Onee-chan will lose her power, and she will be weak, weaker than a dogoo." Nepgear looked sad.
"Don't worry my lil' sister." Neptune trying to comfort her.
"How can I.."
"It's not going to happen since we gonna finish this quick, quicker than the hedgehogs. Isn't that right Nicky, Ravy?"
"Nep-nep is right, we are going to end this before more things will happen." Nico smiled.
"Thank you, Nico-san, Raven-san." Nepgear bow to Nico and Raven.
"Alright everyone, It's time to move." said Neptune.
"Right behind you." Nico answer. The party entered the dungeon.
As they walking around the place.
"Sorry, for getting you two involved. Usually only the CPUs and guild's agents do this kind of jobs." Nepgear looks worried again.
"Don't you worry, me and Ravy are doing this willingly. There's no way we'll stay quiet either after seeing you depressed like that. So yeah, it's not your fault if something happen to us." Nico look at her. "Come on, cheer up. Wipe that frown away from your face. You look cuter when you smiled, you know." Nico smiled at Nepgear.
"Eh.. Cute.." Nepgear paused for a seconds. "...!" she then looks away, hiding her blush.
"Ahh, are you trying to hit on Nep Jr. behind me?! There's no way I would allow you to do that!" Neptune throwing a tantrum at Nico.
"Ouch ouch..! Nep-nep, I'm just telling her what I am thinking, stop it already." Nico trying to block Neptune's little smacks.
"He... called me.. cute..." Nepgear mumbled. Her face nearly bright red like tomato.
"... What are you guys doing?" Raven look at the three from distance.
"Ah.." the three snapped back.
"Hey, I see something over there." Raven called them over. They follow up and they saw a lot of robots hovering around the alley.
"Ah, is that them? The R-4 Custom that we need to take care of?" said Nico.
"There's quite number of 'em." Nepgear looks anxious.
"Who cares, let's beat them up right away." Neptune dash right into the crowds.
"Wait, are we not going to plan on.. there she goes. We should go too." the other nodded.
As Neptune dash toward the R-4 Custom, she shouted at the monsters. "You guys, look at this carefully!" the monsters noticed Neptune, then she stopped. "Transform!" Neptune transformed into her HDD form, followed by Nepgear the moment they catch up with Neptune. Both of them start slashing and beating the monsters around the place.
"Man.. I'm jealous with them." Nico look at them from behind.
"What do you mean?" Raven still beside him.
"You know, they can change into a badass form. I wish we can do it too. Like becoming a Super Saiyan." Nico start imagining stuff again.
"... Get your ass moving and help them, will you?" Raven push him with a kick. Both of them joined the war(?) too. The fight goes for fifteen minutes without a break.
"Victory Slash!" Neptune slashed bunch of enemies with two hits with Nepgear giving a support attack. As the CPU and her sister take the front line, Nico and Raven covering them from behind.
"Nico, incoming from that direction!" Raven while slashing some enemies.
"I got it, Millenium Buster!" Nico pointed his gun to a small alley filled with the R-4 Custom, then he release a single big laser from his gun that enough to wipe the entire enemies in a single shot. "And there goes my energy."
"The area should be clear now. Good work everyone." Neptune went back to her normal form, with Nepgear also do the same.
"Here Nico-san, Raven-san, a Nep Bulls. Good for regaining your energies back." Nepgear give them a Nep Bulls.
"Ah, Thank you Nepgear. By the way, are we done yet?" Nico leaning on the wall, drinking.
"Well, we got some of the quest items from them, but it still far from enough." Nepgear while collecting the loots.
"Really? I couldn't stand up anymore for another big war.."
"No need to panic, I know how to locate them quickly." Neptune with confident look. Then she look up to the sky. "Author!"
Don't ask me for the easy solution. Find it by yourself, lazy.
"Nope, he didn't help us at all." Neptune look back at the group.
"Who are you talki.. Forget it. Maybe we should go tail the enemies instead? Who knows, they'll lead us to their hideout where they stash all their loots." Nico posing like a detective.
"That's.. not a bad idea. We have no lead anyway." Neptune agree with him.
"We can give it a try. Better than nothing." Nepgear as well.
"It's decided then. Hope it works." the party starts searching for another packs of R-4 Custom. Once again they found them, but this time they tailed the monster. After a bit of tailing, they saw a bunch of robots going in and out from certain building near the end of the street. "I think that's their hideout."
"Nice thinking Nicky, you just like a detective whose body got shrunk." Neptune getting jumpy.
"I'm just lucky, I think." Nico with nervous laugh.
"So.. anyone got a plan on how we get inside?"
"Well from what I saw, there're two ways. First is we go loud and dumb by entering the front door and fight our way to where they stash their loots. Second is we use our lame ninja-ass skill, try to sneak ourselves in without being detected by them. The choice is yours, Nep-nep." Nico pat Neptune's shoulder.
"Hmm.. I should think this twice.. wait a seconds. This somehow turned into some kind of raid or something. This is no longer JRPG!" Neptune snapped.
To be continue...
"Wait! Don't end the chapter yet!" Neptune use Stop on Author. But she missed!