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Chapter 16 - Chapter 16: You're a Girl!?

Saiba and Lily walk in as sounds of business and commerce surround them. They are preparing to open the Nighttime Market. Lily suggests,

"We should find a place to rest first."

They walk around and decide to stay at an inn called the 'Axium Hospitality'. They buy a room each costing fifty Gold. They sleep through the night with the sounds of crowds as their ambience.

Saiba wakes up the next day to the sound of loud door knocking. He marches over to the door and opens in. Behind the door stands Lily who looks very annoyed. She shouts,

"Finally! It took you long enough to get up! Come on, we're gonna go meet Jack now!"

Saiba sighs and gets ready to leave. He meets Lily at the lobby of the inn as they leave and head to the Graystone mines.

The mines are easily noticeable by the heavily decorated entrance and the large sign above it that reads, 'Graystone Mines'. Lily spots a red-haired female wearing overalls and jogs over to her. She asks,

"Excuse me... Are you Jack?"

Saiba quickly follows Lily as the female answers,

"Yep, that's me!"

Saiba's expression completely changes into one of shock after hearing this. He thinks,

"Jack is a g-g-girl!?"

He was imagining an old male miner which is completely different from Jack except for the miner part. Lily says,

"Geoffried told us about you. He said you owed him a favor and that you could help us find Graystone."

Jack replies, annoyed,

"That old man!... I forgot to pay for one pickaxe and now I owe him!?"

She adds,

"I guess I can help you two."

Saiba, regaining composure, shouts,

"Jack is a girl?! But isn't that a boy's name?!"

Jack, slightly surprised, replies,

"Well yeah, but Jack isn't actually my real name. My real name is Jacqueline!"

Saiba, turning back to normal, says,

"Oh! That makes more sense!"

Lily, annoyed, says

"Going back to what we were talking about before, can you please help us find some Graystone?"

Saiba nods in agreement with Lily. Jack answers,

"Sure, but this means me and the old man are even now!"

Lily replies,

"Thank you very much!"

Jack starts walking towards the mine as she gestures for Lily and Saiba to follow her. She takes them to a little stall that's selling pickaxes and hardhats. She says the the worker,

"Two each of your best products!"

The worker hands her the equipment as Jack hands back the payment. Jack gives one hardhat and pickaxe each to Saiba and Lily. Saiba touches the pickaxe first as a pop-up appears that reads,

[Silver Pickaxe. Mining Gear. Forged with Pure Silver Ore]

He then takes a hardhat and puts it on as a similar pop-up appears that reads,

[Miner's Helmet. Mining Gear. Forged with Reinforced Plastic]

Jack walks farther into the mine, gesturing again for Saiba and Lily to follow. They start walking through the caves as they pass people digging through the rock walls on either side. Saiba gets distracted as he sees someone holding a shiny gray rock. He asks,

"Is that Graystone...?"

No-one answers. He looks at Jack and Lily, but they're not there anymore. He keeps walking forward while calling out,

"Jack! Lily! Where did you guys go!"

Suddenly, he hears a loud scream that sounds like it came from Lily. He follows the noise as it echoes through the cave. He arrives at a large room where Jack and Lily are on the ground with light injuries.

In front of them stand a large rocky beast. Above it there's an HP bar and some text that reads, [Argus the Stone Golem]. Saiba, seeing the situation they're in runs in between the females and Argus while saying,

"You guys get back! This guy's mine!"

Jack and Lily get up and drag themselves to where they won't get hurt. Saiba gets his sword and shouts,

"Time to go all out!"

He runs straight towards the golem as their battle begins.