Four humans in a black cloak, scouting the desert part of the Ronen Dimension. They see in the distance a kingdom in ruins, and so they start walking. As they get close, they stop and hide behind a boulder.
"Ruijin, are you sure that the item is in there." the woman with white ponytail hair asks.
"Yes, that what my source said." he responds, taking off his goggles and putting them aside.
"I'm going to the top of the boulder to get a better view of our current situation." she says while dropping her weapon.
"Be careful up there, Tracey." the tall man with bonnet and scarf says.
"Don't worry about me, Hyakki."
"What do you see, Tracey" Ruijin ask
"Just I expected, Morgals. They are the ones who are inhibiting the kingdom now." She says, looking at the front entrance.
"What else do you?" the woman with pink hair has a bunny white hair clip says.
"Nothing Cait, but I think there will be Morgals up there." she says while pointing to the castle walls.
"So we are going to fight our way in."Ruijin says.
She Jumps back. "Most likely, I'm sure that there will be more Morgals inside and their leader." she says, picking up the weapon.
"That, My wife for you, the brain of the group." Hyakki says.
"Stop saying nonsense, Hyakki." Tracey says with her cheeks flush.
"I wish I have a sweet guy." Cait says while frowning crossing.
"Cait, are you still mad at me?" Ruijin asks and explains."I have been looking for my parents, so that why I didn't have the time to visit you."
"I forgive you." Cait says, giving a warm smile. "So, what the plan, Ruijin?"
"The plan is..." he says
"Please don't get killed. I haven't seen you in the last ten years." Cait says.
"That your plan? I kinda like that plan." Hyakki says.
"I think there is a better plan." Tracey says.
Ruijin sprints toward the bridge, removing his cloak, pulling the phone at his belt pocket, and touching it to transform into Aerial, the Nephilim. He pulls his Deagle and shoots both Morgals.
"I still do think. There is a better plan, Ruijin" Tracey shout.
"That, Ruijin for you. We haven't seen each other for ten years, so he must be excited to get the gang back together." Hyakki say
"Guys, what are you waiting for?"Ruijin shouts back.
"Let's go." Cait says.
Above, Morgals attempt to snipe them with bows. Ruijin pauses his sprint and soars to the top of a kingdom wall, landing between two Morgals. Before they can draw their bows, he stabs his sword through the chest of the Morgals in the left and uses his Deagle.
Ruijin drops his sword to the ground and continues to dodge the arrows. As Ruijin looks in the direction of his friends, he notices that some Morgals are heading towards them. "Cait! Hyakki! Tracey! Be careful!" he worriedly shouts.
They press their backs against each other as the Morgals encircle them in the town circle.
They hear the echo of Ruijin shout."That idiot is worrying about us." Hyakki whisper and looks at the Morgals. "Let's go, Cait and Tracey!" he confidently shouts, getting ready to fight.
Cait holds her wand tightly. "You're not the leader, Hyakki, so don't boss us around." she replies, smirking.
"You guys!! Stop arguing and stay focused." Tracey, holding a scythe, spoke in a provoking voice.
The Morgals start attacking them. "El barrier." Cait chants and makes a barrier to protect them.
"This barrier isn't going to hold in forever." Cait says, holding her wand.
Tracey uses her scythe to summon an ice bird. The ice birds flap their wings and freeze Morgals.
"I hate Morgals! I don't like how their mouth's the only thing on their face!'' Tracey says, in an irritating tone.
"I agree with you, Tracey." Cait says, lowering the barrier. "I believe that's all of the Morgals." as more Morgals attack them. "I spoke too soon. " Cait says, in a disappointing tone.
Hyakki dashes forward and uses his left punch, then right punch at the Morgals.
"I called that move 'Blazing Haymaker'!" Hyakki thrillingly says...
Cait chants "El tempest." with her wand, pointing at her enemies, and unleashes a gust of wind that sends them flying to Hyakki.
Hyakki hears the sound of gust heading toward him. So he moves to the side and creates a wind claw that slices the Morgals in halves.
"Did you do that on purpose?" Hyakki shouts.
Cait dashes to Hyakki, making a tee-hee expression.
"What's up with that expression? You are not at all cute." Hyakki chastises.
"Wait a minute, let me tell you something!" Cait says, and an explosion occurs near her.
They look in the direction of Ruijin. They see that Ruijin has transformed into Glitch, the Overbot. He fires his shoulder gun again near at Cait, and he reverts to human form and changes back into Ariel so he can fly down.
"Hey, are you all right, Cait? " Ruijin asks, trying to check for injury.
"And, Hyakki, did you forget what our classmate and student nickname her? I almost forgot to mention that she is also attractive." Confidently say toward Hyakki.
Cait hears."Idiot, don't say it aloud. "Cait whispers with her cheeks flush.
"What exactly did you say?" Ruijin ask.
"Nothing." She says, leaving him unsure.
"I guess that's all of them." Tracey says, energetic. "We should go on.".
Ruijin transforms back into a human and reattaches his goggles to his eye.
They keep moving forward on the crack stone road until they reach the entrance of the castle.
"I still can't believe that this castle's so humongous. I wonder why it's quiet in here..." Hyakki has acknowledged.
"The castle seems to have fewer Morgals posted here. I thought when we entered this castle. We had to fight for our lives or something." Tracey says.
"I doubt that this castle has fewer Morgals guarding the inside, so let us not lose focus. Maybe this will be a trap. " Ruijin says, cautiously looking around.
They continue moving as they get close to the next room. Hyakki has stepped on a pressure plate, alarms going off in quick time.
"Nice going, Hyakki." Cait tells with an unimpressive face.
"Hey, I didn't notice that there was a pressure plate!" Hyakki argues.
"Maybe you should've looked closer! If your eyes worked better, you could've seen it!"
"Don't blame this on me! You should've stopped me before I stepped on it! You're so-"
Ruijin tells them off, "Can you guys be quiet for a few minutes?"
They all went quiet, then a roar came from the next room.
The Goliath barges into the room and moves towards Hyakki.
Ruijin quickly uses his phone and turns into Kai, the Beast Hunter. He dashes at Hyakki and then tackles him to safety as the Goliath crashes to the wall.
"That's the leader controlling the Morgals!" he says, his brain processing a question for a second, "I almost forgot! Are you okay, Hyakki?"
"I'm alright, so don't worry about me. " Hyakki replies.
The Goliath starts to stand up, and bursts another roar. Ruijin dashes to it, scratching its feet with his claw. "Let's take this Goliath down!"
Hyakki dashes at it, boosting himself into the air with his wind and forming a stone fist. He slams his fist into the mighty beast's head, fairly certain that it would fracture.
"That's gotta hurt! That's your fault for having a huge head!" Hyakki Confidently says.
Goliath tries to punch Hyakki. "El deflect." Cait casts, so the punch didn't inflict any damage.
"I don't need your 'saving'; I can handle that myself."
Tracey uses her scythe to summon a Phoenix. The Phoenix flaps its wings and proceeds through the heart, the Goliath wincing out a whining roar as it thuds to the ground.
"So, they are the ones who live here now." Ruijin gloomy voice echoes.
"I feel bad for them." Tracey says sadly.
They keep moving on and find the storeroom.
Ruijin touches the light switch, shining a faulty flickering glow to the room.
"This room's more ruined than I thought… but this is our first time here!" Hyakki exclaims, getting ready to find what they looking for.
"Okay, everyone. Let's split up and look for clues."
They split up, searching at random corners and spots. Tracey sees a photo in the ground and picks it up. "Hey, everyone. Look at this photo that I have found."
Everyone looks at the photo, which isn't bad enough to make it unidentifiable. It was a collection of smudge figures in peaceful poses.
Ruijin grins. "That looks like our old childhood photo!"
"Hey, we were so cute back then," Cait over joyously chirps, a short story's worth of memories flipping at multiple moments leading up to the picture.
"Look at Aubrey." Hyakki points at her hardly identifiable dress in the photo.
Everyone went quiet.
A few minutes later, Ruijin broke the silence and says "...Let's keep looking, everyone."
Tracey puts the photo away in a safe place.
Ruijin stares at the photo with a regretful expression, remembering what happens in the last 20 years.
End of chapter 1