Polar, sitting on her broomstick, led Mia and The Ripper to a small area in Grand Flores. There were small puddles everywhere, all purple and bubbles popping in the goo-looking substance.
Poison.
"Welcome to Poison Thunderland!" Polar held out her arm, showing off all the assets of the wonderful place she had brought them to.
Not.
Puddles of bubbling poison, Lugarus feeding off of dead people, Goblins fighting eachother, and taus trying to look for goblins to slice their heads off of their bodies.
"Why are we here?" Mia asked, slightly shaking. Polar grinned.
"You have to get stronger! This is the perfect place!" Polar exclaimed. "Just look at it!"
"I'm going to die here!" Mia yelled at her. Polar frowned.
"No you won't! Just pay attention to the gun I made you!" Polar pointed at her pocket. Mia looked down and grabbed the gun from its hiding place.
"It's magic, so it can do anything you want it to! Try it out!" Polar informed her. Mia shrugged and told her gun to be enchanted with light attribute.
It surprisingly worked.
"I prefer fire, but light is powerful too, I guess." Polar commented. She twiddled her thumbs.
Mia played around with the gun for some time, trying out new things and testing what it could do, and The Ripper just smiled as he saw the princess having fun.
"She's a necessity to everyone." Polar said. The Ripper looked at her, then smirked.
They all froze when they heard a high-pitched giggle.
Polar immediatly flew over on her broom, going ahead of the other two. They quickly caught up by running.
The merchant, whom they had seen earlier, was now dressed in a cosplay of Tinker Bell. He flipped his skirt and held up two fingers in the peace sign next to his cheek. "Kawaii!" He shouted. A silgave from behind him shot an ice pick, and then he got hit by the ice.
"Ouch!" He shouted in a high pitched voice. He looked behind him and growled. "Here I come!" He squealed, pouncing on the silgave. The goblin screamed. They wrestled, the merchant from before on top, having his legs entwined with the creature's. "Ahhhh!" The merchant moaned when the silgave's knee brushed up against his crotch area.
Polar, Mia, and the Ripper all stood there with shocked expressions on their faces.
As the merchant sat on top of the goblin, he suddenly slammed his fists down on the goblin, over and over again. It made the ground rustle under them, causing small shockwaves.
He finished, his face splattered with blood, and wiped his forehead. His gaze fixed upon the three.
They stood there for what seemed like forever. The merchant came running over to them, or actually, majesticly galloping.
"My scales!" Polar held her arms out in a hug. She fell down and collapsed on the floor next to the merchant. The merchant went over to hug The Ripper.
"Hey, get off." The Ripper pushed him away with his hand on the merchant's face. He didn't seem to mind.
"My name is Chris! It's nice to meet you all!" He bowed to the three. Polar looked at his pockets, hoping to find more scales or rare ingredients of some kind.
"My name is The Ripper.-" Chris cut him off.
"Rip? Does that mean you'll tear up my ass?" The Ripper almost threw up.
"What?! No! Anyways, I'm not telling you my real name-"
"Why not? I can scream your name when we're in bed."
Polar grabbed his shoulders.
"Do you have any other rare items?" She asked, more serious than any other time in her life.
"No...?" Chris said. Polar's eyes teared up.
"Ah! Polar!" Mia ran forward and dabbed her eyes with a silk handkerchief.
Mia turned to Chris. "My name is Mia, by the way. I'm from Empyrean." She said sweetly.
"Empyrean? The Heavenly World?" The three nodded in response.
"Ahhhh!" Chris fangirled. "I've always wanted to go there! It's been my dream since I last contracted a STD!"
"Wait, what?" The Ripper asked. Chris squealed.
"All of you are going to Empyrean?" He asked. They all nodded in unison.
"Let me come with you!" Chris grabbed The Ripper's hands. The Ripper stared at him with a blank face. "Okay."
"Yes!" Chris shot his fist in the air jumped around in happiness. Polar smirked.
"I can use him to get more stuff." She mumbled to herself.
"It'll take a long time, you know." The Ripper told him. Chris saluted.
"I know! It'll also take me a long time to make you cum, but-" The Ripper slammed his hand on Chris's mouth.
"Shut up. We're not going that way." Chris's eyes rolled back into his head.
"Anyways, practice, practice. We're training. Kill all the monsters in a room and we'll advance to the next one. Mia, I want you to solo the boss." Polar instructed. Mia nodded, focused on the task beforehand.
"Go!"
In just a few minutes, they entered the room to the boss.
"Mia, this is your chance. Show us what you got!" Polar yelled. The boss, Penril, appeared out of the bushes. Mia flinched, but held onto her gun.
She shot a few times, it did half a bar, but then Penril pounced. She screamed, then quickly jumped out of the way. Penril growled, jumping for her once again. He landed on top of her, ripping her chest with his nails.
Mia screamed, her dress soaked in blood, but put the gun up to the beast's forehead. She shot and Penril screamed, falling on its back.
"Go!" Polar shouted. Immediatly, everyone threw attacks on the Penril. It screamed, a flash of light blinded everyone for a few seconds, but when it faded, the Penril was laying on the ground, dead. Mia sat up.
"Here, take this." Polar handed Mia a small, red potion. Mia looked at it, confused.
"What is thi-MMf!" Polar enclosed her mouth around the potion, and the red liquid sank down her throat. Mia coughed when Polar made her drink it all. Immediatly, the bleeding stopped.
"An HP potion." Polar winked. Mia smiled, relieved.
"That was fun!" Chris exclaimed, hopping into The Ripper's arms. The Ripper immediatly dropped him. "Ouch!"
"Congratulations, Mia." Polar smiled.
"Hmm?" Mia asked.
"You passed."