“We’ve been talking for a long while now, but we still haven’t asked their names yet!” Mario realized. Raft realized it too, “Bruh.” “Bruh.” “Is there something wrong?” Mika asked. “Ahh… uhm… please pardon us but… what are your names again? Actually, we can easily know it by checking your UIs but it will be more polite if it’s coming from you. Hehe,” Raft awkwardly asked - trying to be as polite as possible. “Hmm…” Mika mumbled. She faced Nikko as if she was waiting for confirmation whether or not she should share their identities. Nikko thought for a moment, but after a short while, he decided to agree. He nodded to Mika as a sign of confirmation. Mika faced Lumine to ask her opinion, but Lumine agreed as soon as Mika faced her. Mika turned her attention towards Raft and Mario. “I am Mika, and this is Nikko,” she said as she introduces Nikko who was standing on her side. “And she is Lumine. We only met yesterday, but she’s been keeping company,” she added. “Oh, nice! Once aga

“What do you mean it’s not there?” Raft asked. “I almost destroyed half its body, but I couldn’t see it anywhere!” “Look harder, Bro!” “I already did!” “Uhm, guys?” “What is it, Lumine?” Mika asked. “The wristband,” Lumine pointed out. “It’s glowing!” Mika and Raft also looked at their wristbands. They also confirmed it’s glowing. They were shocked. “What’s the meaning of this?” Mika mustered. Raft, then, commanded Mario, “Bro! Get out of there, now!” “Why!? We need to defeat this creature and collect its core,” Mario replied. “Get out of there first!” Raft insisted. Suddenly, the body of the Gygaltax Guardian started to tremble. Afterward, crystals quickly and dangerously protruded from its body to repair its damaged parts. The quick protrusion almost hit Mario; luckily he was able to swiftly step back. “Bro, we need to fall back first!” “But… the materials!” Mario’s stubborn reply. “We’ll get back to it later. We need to figure out what’s happening first.” “No! I’m no

“Then, I’ll give you what you want.” Raft pressed something at his glove and his pair of boots. His gloves transformed into a bigger ones, and metallic booster flaps emerged from the glove. Energy was emitted on the booster, the glove glowed a purple color and began to charge. The same happened to the boots, flaps protruded and emitted some energy. Mario is starting to regret asking Raft for a duel. He trembled in fear. “Oh, you scared? Don’t worry, this won’t kill you. Just a few broken bones that's all,” Raft said with an evil grin. After moments of charging, Raft propelled and flew towards the immobile Mario with an intense speed. The impact of Raft’s take-off left a crater on the ground. To save his life, Mario reached for an item from the pocket on his vest. He throws the item on the ground and smoke starts to disseminate. The smoke covered and hid his body. Mario’s action made Raft cautious. Raft halted and didn’t continue his attack. He just floated on the ground and asses

“Sorry to interrupt your heartwarming reunion. But, does anyone knows how to kill these little pieces of sh*ts?” “They are too many!” Lumine uttered. “Guys! Please hold them for a bit. I’m just going to disassemble the other turrets and replace them here,” Raft said. He immediately left to get the other turrets that were planted on the North, West, and East of the area. “Turrets? What turrets?” Frenz asked. Then, the nearby South Turret started shooting again. The blasts from the turret shocked and startled Frenz. “That ‘turret’!” Mika informed. “Could this thing give a warning sound or something before shooting? It scared the sh*t out of me!” Frenz uttered. “Let’s get over with the chit-chats and start preparing and start preparing, shall we?” Virgo said. They agreed. Samson unstrapped the bunch of improvised wooden spears on his back and gave the bundle to Virgo. Virgo distributed the spears to each member. “Hey, you!” Virgo shouted as he called Nikko. “Can you fight?” Nik

 “No…there’s no problem. It’s actually the other way around,” Raft replied. “Can you still remember where you found it?” “Uhm… I found it deep in the Bridging Forest. But I can’t remember the exact spot.” “Based on what we saw, that item holds extraordinary power. It may range between Mythical to Legendary rarity,” Raft informed. “Really?” Mika expressed. “I’m glad, but not that surprised. This item - Anahata, has a very mysterious ability.” “What ability? Can you explain it further?” Raft asked. Mika hesitated for a bit. But in the end, she decided to share her resurrection experience with Raft. “Wow! That’s very amazing! This…Anahata, indeed, is very powerful! I have never seen an item like this in Gaia&rs