(Robin's POV):
After Denzel's lunch in the Asylum castle they set off immediately for their emergency mission. It has become a little boring, I was planning to stay around my sky island for now but since Seymour contacted me to stay here, I just had to.
The other members are not training as much as they used to. They pretty much go around various places to collect experience points and try to rack up some levels. Allen on the other hand always gathers experience points whenever he gets the chance to go to the large gauntlet inside this mountain. Seymour had asked him if he needed some help but he told everyone that he'll solo it, which is an extreme feat.
I went around the castle and heard a notification from my messaging panel. Could be those guys, been a while since I heard from them.
When I checked the message panel I got a message from Rylle. He seemed to be asking me for some information because I wasn't seen in the sky island. I replied back with coordinates and meeting there.
After some waiting time, I moved out to the eastern side of the castle gates. While waiting, I tried to bring out Heaven's Beacon which is the weapon name of this runic blade that emits powerful light to the point it will be blinding when badly taken in.
I messaged the entire group staying in the castle to cover their eyes because something flashy is about to happen.
"Alright, let's bring them in real quick. They're moving here at a high speed so we give them a signal. Beacon!"
I raised Heaven's Beacon up to the sky and created a large ray of light going all the way to the sky. Oh boy, I might end up frying some harpies above me.
After some time, I dispelled beacon and simply just waited for them to arrive. A few seconds and I already saw Grace winning their race.
"It's Robin guys! Speed up!" - Grace
After hearing that shout from Grace I simply stood in front of the eastern gate as I watch these guys go up a large mountain. While waiting, I sent messages to the overseer members watching from the tall towers that these people are my guests.
The ones in overseer duty are usually Mitch, Chesca, Karl, if he's in here, and Allen.
When the group finally stood in front of me which being exhausted, I told them to sit down for a bit and rest in front of the gates. One of them though, still seems to have some breath left.
"Isn't this the castle?!" - Jay
Hyperactive as always, jeez...
"This is the asylum castle right?!" - Jay
"Yes it is, I'll bring you guys in here cause like, I have to introduce you to the rest of the team."
"Really?!" - Jay
"Yeah, I'll have to wait for the others though. Michael is out of the question but he's a bizarre one yet he's also pretty strong. However, speaking of higher ups. Seymour left for some time and still hasn't returned, Denzel came here to tell that he's going to the desert along with some members."
Jay sat back down in exasperation and has seemingly entered a state of giving up.
"What's the dejected look there?"
"Ah well, I still haven't seen Kaede for over a year now..." - Jay
"Ah, Gayle is pretty hard to find despite going everywhere." - Grace
Gayle? You mean the girl Denzel was trying to help earlier?
"By Gayle you mean? Oh yeah, she did look like you when she came he-"
"Kaede came here?!?! With who! Tell me!!" - Jay
"Jay, calm down! Jeez, you get super excited when it's about your twin sister." - Grace
"Well, can you give me the details?" - Rylle
"Aight, Denzel came here like, an hour ago and had lunch here. He was discussing about getting her boyfriend and their group to the crystal palace. Basically, he's trying to evacuate them."
"C-crystal palace?! The place that's basically one of the tallest structures in this world! And he's living there?!" - Jay
"Not living, he built that from scratch."
"He built that?!" - Jay
Yeah, pretty extreme when seeing the dedication to such a structure that's actually finished in about half a year.
"You guys have no permanent area to reside right? I'll try asking Denzel after the dungeon exploration so we have to plan out quite a bit. I'll give you guys a long term mission while we're in the dungeon but it's not that hard. But you guys will be using different weapons."
"What do you mean? Can't we just head to where Kaede is?!" - Jay
"Relax Jay, I have no idea which part in the desert they are going, besides the rest is in there so there wouldn't be much trouble going on."
"A-alright..." - Jay
"Anyways, want to come inside for now?"
"Sure!" - Jay
I brought all of them inside of the castle and gave them a large tour around the castle. Most of them had extremely fascinated faces as they walked around the castle. The others got excited with the various structures we had placed around the area including armories and the enchanting tower. Jay was more interested with how everything was created and why we all have exclusive tear equipment excluding armor and other things. The reason why we have very strong weapons and equipment is because of Denzel and Karl. Denzel creates the weapon structure and Karl deals with the enchantments which is just an extreme combination.
"There's no way we can win against these guys..." - Jay
"Yeah, pretty sure Denzel made a weapon for your older sister?"
"Oh no..." - Grace
"Ah, this will be bad..." - Jay
"Oh my, that doesn't sound like good news at all..." - Rylle
"Eh? What's with the gloomy faces?"
"Nothing big, just a little scared when Gayle brings it out when we reunite." - Ridley
"I see..."
Both Ridley and Rylle looked pretty chill but there was some heavy atmosphere with Jay and Grace when it comes to a new weapon on Gayle.
Honestly, it's a new weapon from Denzel, so they shouldn't really be scared about it. Well, I'm not gonna dwell on their past. Jay pretty much asked me to not ask about their past so...
"Aight, for now let's standby here and talk about what happened to you guys."
"Ah, right!" - Jay
We moved to the courtyard of the keep and just started resting our bodies there. We had a long talk about what happened to them so each of them gave a report. After giving a report, they simply just laid down on the grass and rest.
Grace was with Jay and is trying to fight against various factions in the eastern area. They mentioned something like Praetorian within their reports but they were mainly attacked as they collected information. They mentioned something about Praetorian not killing their targets and try to aim for kidnapping female players instead. Apparently, these guys somewhat know too much about authenticity of Virtual Space and allowing this game to have some sexual harassment. That in itself is not good news as they might try to grab some of our members here.
According to Ridley and Rylle, they went to the far north-west area to locate a faction monopolizing a super rare ore. They didn't manage to collect anything from it but they still managed to collect information from various kinds of players. The faction doesn't seem to be hostile and they even got the name.
"Collectors? You sure that they're stationed in the northwest landmass?"
"Yeah. They said that their main headquarters is there and is completely untouched by any other faction." - Rylle
"How did you get there?"
"Dunno, we just went on a boat. They sound friendly but they're still suspicious." - Ridley
I see... Right, they could be preparing something big once they get enough of those super rare ore. I should ask about these ore if they got some info about it.
"What about the ore that they're trying to extract?"
"Well, that one is a little bit more troublesome. They said it's an ore that could allow quick travel and teleportation when used skillfully." - Rylle
"Really? The name of the ore?"
"I think, it was Ender Ore? Yeah, that's the name." - Ridley
"I see, it has the abilities of quick teleportation?"
"Yeah, it has fearful power but it can give a user recoil if used often." - Rylle
"Aight, you guys need rest? How about we stay here for the night and set on a quest to go towards the arcane biome. Allen will be taking charge of everyone tomorrow so we can head there and collect some Arcane ore."
"Arcane ore? What are you gonna use that for?" - Ridley
"We need a few collections of ores. One involves going up to space so it's gonna be a hectic trip guys."
"N-no way! A suicide mission?! I have to find Kaede first!" - Jay
"No, it ain't suicide. I had already prepared for a ten day stay on space alright? We'll be fine, I got ourselves enough bags of air just in case we run out or so."
"I see, what do you need there though?" - Ridley
"Extra-terrestrial ore, and then to the mystic biome for Mystic ore, and lastly towards the volcano on the far east. We'll be dealing against Praetorian but we need a bunch of lava cores."
"What's all these for?" - Ridley
"How many times have you asked that? Three times?"
"Eh? I said that?" - Ridley
Memory problem huh? Well guess he has some sort of syndrome regarding memory or so.
"Well, I have talked with Denzel for a bit some time ago. I talked to him about a new weapon element that's basically only done by us two and Karl."
I stood up and activated a small light bulb skill and made it shine pretty nicely.
"I'm thinking of getting the element of starlight."