Deep inside the cave, Emily and Alex continue their search for the missing Kyle. They took a lot of detours that time due to either encountering a dead-end or because of an unpassable terrain on the end of the path they take.
Until one time, Emily exclaimed due to her being tired of searching and walking around pointlessly inside a cold and dark unexplored cave and at the same time startling Alex that is leading and lighting their way.
"Argh! I'm sick of walking, I'm tired and my legs and feet are swelling, I'm not someone like Dora to enjoy an endless journey on foot!" She exclaimed.
"But we have no other choice. If we want to find him, then we need to search for…" Alex said but before she could finish what she is saying, she was stopped when she saw Emily opens a floating window and further realized that the window is the Premium Shop.
"…What are you doing?" Alex asked Emily since she looks so serious while scrolling down the Premium Shop.
"Finding a way to ease our agony." Emily answered and then exclaimed again after a while.
"Aha! There it is."
Emily swiftly pressed her desired item in the shop and immediately bought it in twice the quantity.
"And what exactly is that?" Alex asked again then Emily shows her the items she just bought.
"It's called 'Player Transit Card', its use to transport a player to another player in his or her Friend List." Emily answered Alex and at the same time, trading her the extra PTC she has.
Hearing her, Alex felt relieved that they could now save time and save themselves from walking around in circles, but at the same time felt also annoyed with Emily on why she only thought of that kind of method just now.
"Then why didn't you buy that thing from the beginning?" Alex asked as she shows a face of dissatisfactory to Emily.
"Hey don't give me that, I thought that it's just going to be a walk in the park in the first place but I later realized that this cave is stupidly huge." Emily explained her part to Alex.
Alex sighs after hearing her reason since it is too childish for her age and for her looks, so she looks on the brighter side.
"So we only have to tap the name of the person on our friend list right?" Alex inquired to make sure she wouldn't commit a mistake and randomly transfer herself somewhere.
The two open their Friend List and a floating window in front of each of them appears. As the two began scrolling as they search for Kyle's avatar name which is Cael, Alex suddenly stops swiping up when she realized something vital that can be a hindrance to their undertakings.
"Emily?"
When Emily turns to Alex, she saw Alex in a serious state of mind, her index finger still pointing to the window even if she is no longer scrolling it while her face is covered with her hair hiding her facial expression from Emily.
Scared of what happened and what Alex is up to, Emily doubtingly reaches her hand to Alex, since that is the best thing to do at the moment.
"Uhm, Alex? What's the matter?" She said.
Then Alex turns to her, showing a worrying face similar to that of a child that accidentally broke their grandmother's urn containing her grandmother's ashes and was busted by her parents.
"I haven't added him to my Friend List yet." Alex said while retaining her current expression.
The view is somehow awkward yet it perfectly fits Alex since she has this somehow childlike facial structure, Emily even thought that she is a genuine child, but sad to say, she is already in her teens yet only Kyle knows it because he knows that this game is rated 15+.
Seeing her reaction, Emily wonders what is going on. But due to the mixed emotions she felt, she no longer know if she would begin adoring her since that expression of Alex is very cute and she really wants to start pinching her cheeks or solve this in a mature way.
Emily is about to lose on the enthralling cuteness of Alex but eventually restrains herself.
'Okay Emily, be mature here! I know you want to pinch her cheeks that badly since she looks like a tiny little squirrel with a mouth full of whatever it is a squirrel eats. Ahh, such irresistible cuteness…' Emily thought upon seeing Alex's cheeks that are bloated like a balloon
'Wait, wait!' Emily thought as she removes the picture of Alex converted into a squirrel off her mind.
'Concentrate here you moron!'
"Well, Alex you don't have to worry about that." She said gently like a pampering older sister to Alex.
"And why is that?" Alex asked since she has no idea why she must not give a thought about this crucial situation.
"Well, you can use that item after I transfer myself to Cael's location, in that way, we both can be at the same location right?" Emily said, sharing her clever idea to Alex.
Due to what she said, Alex's face became bright again and all her worries are flushed away in an instant.
"Yeah, that will do!" She said in relief and a smile shines on her face because she won't have to be separated from any of them.
Seeing her bright smile, Emily felt like a bright ray of light is beaming from Alex, almost blinding Emily with her bright smile.
'Ahhh, such an angel.' She thought while shielding her eyes using her arms from the glowing light of Alex's smile.
But behind her shielding arms is a big smug on her face that she tries so hard to hide from Alex's sight.
'Now I want a baby sister, I want one, I really want one!'
"Emily? Why are you covering your face?" Alex asked since Emily suddenly covers her face as if she is being blinded by a strong ray of light.
"It's too bright." Emily answered her.
"Too… bright?"
Coming back to her senses, Emily realized that everything was just her mind applying the very essence of hyperbole to her, a complete exaggeration, but she enjoyed it nonetheless.
"No never mind, let's just go and meet with Cael." Emily said and immediately uses the PTC to transfer herself to where Kyle is.
After she was transferred by the PTC, Alex then also used the same item to transfer herself to where Emily is.
Arriving at the scene, Emily speaks to Kyle, casually calling him.
"Hey Cael, what the heck are you doing…"
Then suddenly she heard a loud crash and continuous clang of metal hitting one another metal.
Kyle noticed Emily's sudden arrival on the battlefield and worst, Kyle and his opponent Luca are crashing towards Emily after they both exchange their blows in mid-air.
[Requirements has been met: Aerial Recovery Activate]
Recovering from his falling position, he immediately pulls Emily away to where Luca will land, twisting his body in mid-air as he grabs her as the two secures a safe distance away from Luca's vertical sword swing.
"I don't really like gate crashers." Luca said upon noticing Emily's arrival at the scene.
Emily, who's still uncertain of what is happening asked Kyle why he is fighting someone.
"Why are you dueling someone here?!"
"I'm not dueling her." Kyle answered.
Luca slowly walks closer to the two with the intention of enlightening Emily of what is currently happening.
"That's right sweetie, we are not doing an official duel." She said.
Emily then realized that the opponent Kyle is facing is an outlaw the time she laid eyes on the cross-sword logo above Luca's head.
"An outlaw!" Emily stated upon seeing the cross-sword on top of her head while her interface tells her that she can actively engage the player in front.
There was a brief silence between Luca and Kyle's party when suddenly, another one arrives at the same spot where Emily and Kyle are.
Pixelating as she arrives, Alex, that is blind to what is happening realized that she successfully transports herself and arrived exactly to where Kyle and Emily are standing.
"Oh! I made it!" Alex announced and was startled when Luca suddenly exclaimed due to her arrival.
"Argh! Now there is another one, are you into gangbanging?" She asked and then immediately laughs when she saw Emily covering Alex's ears.
"Hey watch your mouth!" Emily scolded Luca while still covering Alex's ears.
"What's this? Do we have a minor here?" Luca asked, referring to Alex upon seeing Emily covering her ears and then continues on laughing.
Beneath the loud laugh of Luca, Emily and Kyle heard a small chanting voice, and as they follow where the voice is coming from, it leads down to Alex that ears are currently covered by Emily's palms.
"Um, Alex is there something wrong?" Emily asked since they can't clearly understand what she is saying.
Alex removes the hands of Emily that are covering her ears and then she took a step forward towards Luca.
Seeing her action, Emily reaches for Alex to stop her but was immediately halted by Kyle by grabbing her shoulder and at the same time twists his head left and right telling Emily to let Alex do what she is about to do or say.
"Did you just call me a small kid?" Alex asked since she didn't hear it clearly because of Emily's hands shielding her ears.
"Um, actually, what she said is 'Minor' and there is no 'Small' in the sentence, but it has the same sense so, yeah, why not." Said Kyle.
Confirming that Luca really did, Alex gritted her teeth in anger.
"Listen here you judgmental piece of shit, I'm what most people normally call as petite due to my height and in some references, people of culture call me as 'Loli' you overdue cunt…"
Hearing Alex cursing Luca, both Kyle and Emily almost drop their jaws.
Then Emily pokes her elbow at Kyle that is next to her.
"Hey Cael, isn't the word 'petite' somehow offensive?" Emily asked referring to Alex's statement about her height.
After thinking for a while, Kyle answers her.
"Nah, I think being called a dwarf or midget is worst." Kyle said.
"But 'Loli'? I think only perverts would be interested in such." He added.
Then the two diverts their attention back to Alex as she continues on speaking her thoughts about the proper way of calling her.
"So listen here you lucrative whore, if you don't know someone else's name, better not call them based on their physical appearance you overinflated sex-doll."
Luca didn't talk back to Alex. Hence, Luca swings her sword towards Alex instead.
Seeing Luca's action, Kyle immediately dashes forward to protect Alex, using her daggers to block the attack.
"Listen here you foul-mouthed brat, I don't care about your personal preference or how should they call you when you're being laid by someone, so fuck off!" Luca said with a blank expression on her face.
Kyle, still blocking Luca's sword explains to her that she got the wrong idea about what Alex said.
"I think that is not what she means to say." He said while still blocking Luca's sword that Luca forcefully pushes down to reach Alex that is behind Kyle.
"And I also think the two of you needs a pair of hearing aid!" Kyle added and then parries Luca's sword away from him.
Successfully pushing Luca back, Kyle remains in his defensive stance in case Luca bounces back. Seeing the two resuming their bout, Emily also joins the crowd.
Luca on the other hand creates a wider distance gap from the group, as she steps further backward.
"Hmmm, I think three versus one is somehow unfair don't you think?" Luca said, seeing the three preparing to face her in a fight.
Luca then put two fingers in her mouth, slightly biting the tip of both her index and middle finger on the process, and then suddenly, she made a loud whistle that echoes to the entire place.
After a few seconds, Kyle, Emily, and Alex heard a pair of growling sounds rushing towards them.
"So I called for some backup."
After a while, a pair of hounds pounces towards the group the same hounds that Kyle saw alongside Luca a while ago.
Emily blocking the one that came on her side while Kyle blocks the other one on his side, Alex that is in between them focused her attention on Luca in her front.
Seeing her unfazed stature, Luca determined that Alex is definitely a seasoned player in dungeon raids and is well experienced in team-plays.
"Oh-ho, looks like someone here is a veteran." Luca said while looking at Alex and also catching the attention of the two that are blocking the jaws of the hell hounds on their respective sides.
Alex, that doesn't take mind of what Luca is saying, equips her class's primary weapon. A pair of crystal orbs that are intended to be fastened on the back of the user's hands.
The orb has an automated hand lock that when it comes in contact with the user's backhand it automatically releases a locking mechanism around it resembling a glove.
Alex places her hands forward and then holds one of the orbs. The orb she touches began glowing, on the same time she slides her hands horizontally, and crystal-like materials began forming in a straight line as it follows the path of Alex's hands.
[You Used: Create Staff]
When Alex reaches the limit of how far she can extend her arms, a pole of rough crystal was formed in front of her and is made of the same mineral as that of the orbs she has on the back of her hands.
Alex grabs the coarse staff and slams the bottom end of the staff on the ground, shattering and removing the rough crystals, revealing a polished and glittering crystal staff having the same color as that of the orbs, on the same time, the attacking monsters was blown away by a shockwave affecting only those who Alex considers as hostiles.
"That's quite a show." Luca said as she witnesses Alex create her staff that took her a few seconds to make.
"But my cute pets are not your only problem."
Slowly appearing behind Luca are three more persons that Kyle met earlier, the ones that surround him the first time he met Luca.
"It's going to be a squad battle now." Luca said with a hint of excitement on her face.
A four, plus two non-players versus three players is going to happen soon, and the odds are obviously on the populated side.
"But three versus four plus two pets are not fair don't you think?"
A voice interferes in the faceoff of the two squads.
Carol steps in the frontline fully recovered and join Kyle's team to somehow even the match.
"Huh?! How'd you arrived here?" Emily asked Carol.
"Well, I've been here since." She answered.
"What?"
That is what Emily could only say.
Kyle then supports Carol and tells Emily that she has been there for quite some time.
"Yeah, she's been here like an hour or so."
But their talk was interrupted by a sudden explosion, the explosion was created by an arcane on the opposing side, good thing that Emily is quite adept at blocking attacks that she instantly and unconsciously managed to block the attack from the enemy.
"Hey, you're done talking? Let's get this party started then." Luca shouted, capturing the attention of her opponents.
Emily pulls out the short sword under her shield while Carol picks up the sword she dropped on the ground.
"Kyle, we better win this fight! This is a good practice for the battle royal." Emily said as she positions herself in front, playing her role well as she covers Alex from direct enemy attacks.
"I'll protect our nuke, while you two mess things in front." She added.
"Aye-aye, captain." Kyle said.
The two then dashes forward to the enemy and the opposing group also did the same, as they charge to one another, each attacker screams on top of their lungs as they clash their arms.