Mugen Hx

I. "We got a problem." said Alice. "Have you guys seen those fucking green brats roaming around the east side jungle? They kidnap women and kill men who are exploring. And they've been a fucking trouble as these fucking dwarves."

It is the new infomation about monsters they will face at the east. It is apparent that someone encountered weird creature and that group had unfortunate encounter with those monsters. They are green skinned humanoids that are idiot but cunning by nature. They can persistently hunt them like hunters which mentally tortures the prey, and they are capable of wielding weapons. What is troubling is that they kidnap women.

"And also don't forget about those assholes wearing armor. Some of them are good but others are fucking lunatics." said Alice.

Other people have encountered the people wearing armor that wield halberds. And there seem to be a feud among themselves as they are fighting at one another. It was a good thing that Cronos and Kaguya met the good ones.

Simmon Brock begins to ask. "What do you guys want to do? Its been a while since we get to meet other people. And their weapons fucking rocks. This axe can cut cleanly through bodies although this one seem very heavy compared to the other ones."

The halberd that Simmon is holding is very unique. It is much more longer, more curved, and heavy. Slashing with this one can deal massive slashing damage. A good weapon if someone else knows how to use the thing. None of them knows how to wield other weapons except guns and improvised weapons. Even Cronos, with unnatural strenght, can't lift this. Whoever owns this halberd must have been one big muscled man.

Everyone is discussing their plan. Simmon decided to finally meet the people in armor, perhaps form an alliance between themselves. Simmon's business intuition tells him that if ever the soldiers open up trading, Simmon could sell off their excessive amount of food in exchange for their weapons. After all, it never hurts to have real blades to protect Jam Rock in case the guns are not effective.

Alice questions this. "Why food exactly?" Simmon looks at Alice with a raised non-existant eyebrow. "Are you naive? We got alot of food all the time. And besides. They seem to be around everywhere for the picking. Even the places where we loot them, they pop out again." Alice sighs. She understands Simmon is right. Food is the most valuable commodity in Jam Rock. So much that empty crushed aluminum cans can be considered money if someone have no credits. The Trade Association handles that.

"If so, you should consider taking me with you, you hooligan." said the blonde woman wearing an accountant outfit and wears red glasses. Alice looks at this woman with disdain. "Good idea. Its been a while since you come out you shark." said Simmon. "Oh? How commendable that you have more vocabulary unlike other gangsters. Mr. Brock, don't forget you still have debt to pay." said the blonde woman. Her green eyes shines like a gem behind the glasses. This woman is Eva, the representative of the Trade Association.

What happened before is that Simmon took alot of favor from Eva when it comes to legalizing certain laws that Clodia can agree with. Protection of merchants, paycheck for workers, penalties for lawbreakers. Many laws are based on Eva's insight for profit. It is unfortunate that even Simmon Brock, the defacto leader of Jam Rock, has fallen to Eva's scheme and ended up having debt.

The Trade Association controls the market. So Simmon cannot afford to make enemies with Eva.

Meanwhile, Cronos is with Kaguya shopping for clothes. Kaguya is uncomfortable that she has been wearing the same outfit for a long time. She desires to change it. Kaguya spent her credits to buy this particular outfit.

She bought undergarments first. It is black sports bra and black compression shorts. For normal layers she wears a white plain shirt, grey pleated skirt and black stockings. As for outer layer, she only bought a new black and red jacket. As for accessories, she just bought some red and pink rubber bands to tie up her long white hair. She also bought pouches to strap additional resources like ammunations or medical supply. She keeps her high heel boots. Even though it is dusted it didn't show signs of wear. The high heel boots must have been crafted with tough materials by someone competent. Something called factory made.

Kaguya twirls around. The skirt follows the motion of her movement. She looks at Cronos and asked, "What do you think? Is it good?" Cronos puts his index finger underneath his chin. He looks at Kaguya up and down which embarrassed Kaguya. "Well?" asked she timidly. Cronos says it is good because he couldn't find other terms he could use to describe her outfit. After all, he has no fashion sense.

Lots of the Hard Steel Mercenaries contractor are doing their contract missions set up by Alice, Simmon, and Eva. Rabiane has developed a habit of picking up trivial tasks that earns her credits. She meets up with Cronos and Kaguya and said, "We have to save the children of god from those green imps." It seems that Rabiane wants to save the kidnapped women. Cronos and Kaguya agrees to take the contract of rescue missions in the Hard Steel Mercenaries.

II. Currently, the locations of the goblins hideout are unknown and it is advised to stay out of anyone who is not a member of Jam Rock because of certain incidents against people wearing armor and wielding halberd.

"Soldiers roam around here?" asked Rabiane. Kaguya looks at Rabiane with a confused look. She inquires about that. "Well according to you all, the people are wearing cuirass and halberd, which is to say that they are soldiers from another land." said Rabiane. She added, "In addition to that, you mentioned that they eat the meat of the bounties around this place, which everyone in Jam Rock settlement couldn't ingest the meat except for me. I believe they came from my world. They might be able to use blessings."

The possibility that they can use blessings like how Rabiane can using her faith to purify cursed objects. "It is kinda cool. You're like a fairytale princess." said Kaguya to Rabiane. Rabiane turns shy when she gets called a princess. Not that Cronos understands what Kaguya meant.

They're somewhere beneath a station. The trees and plants are growing from the cracks of concrete and the place is dark and cold. "The monsters may be hiding here." said Cronos. Kaguya and Rabiane nod their head.

They ventured down but it is too dark. Rabiane prays for light and a bright white orb illuminates the dark station. Kaguya nervously laughs and said, "Saves me the trouble of using a flashlight..."

The station is like an underground labyrinth which Rabiane prefers to call dungeon. There are signs of someone used to live around here. Evidences are the cordages tied to some sticks and skulls. Some of the sticks are charred at one end. And torn fabrics can be seen littered on the floor. "Do you think these are the people they kidnapped?" asked Rabiane nervously. Cronos nods his head. There is a spiked vest on one of the skulls and a broken baseball bat. Something that a Rock Gang member would use.

"We found our kidnapper. Let's be wary of our surroundings." said Cronos. Kaguya gives out her insight. "I remember that this station is called a subway. The paths are simple to traverse. I hope we don't get hit by a train." said Kaguya.

As they begin to walk, Cronos sensed a weird feeling of something warped. Behind a door, there is that weird space again. "We could hide here to rest." said Cronos. Kaguya agrees. Rabiane is confused and asked, "But isn't that a cursed spot where you get frozen?" Kaguya replied, "I forgot that you didn't know this. Cronos apparently has the ability to move around such spaces without a problem. He can even bring along someone in."

Rabiane is convinced. They take the opportunity to use the safety of the space anomaly and check their supplies. The orb of light which entered the room eternally shines. Rabiane looked worried. "Won't the imps know we've been here?" asked she. Cronos thinks about it and answered, "No. It may serve them as a warning. They will enter this room out of curiosity and they will trap themselves which will cause them to avoid it. We could even take the chance to examine such creature so we know how to deal with them. It is a safe haven for us and a dangerous trap for them."

Rabiane kinda got it. She thinks this is good blessing for the group. After they rest they venture into the darkness.

The area they're wandering has railroads and tunnels. Kaguya finds it weird due to some inconsistencies they have discovered. Why would there be tunnels? A bunch of them form a complex paths. Its one of those anomalies that don't line up with reality just like the inconsistent computer room in the Cinema Breakroom.

"There are so many paths." said Kaguya. They can consider following tracks but they aren't present. All are just littered remains of people. The deeper they travel, the harder they can breathe. "This place... We have to fall back..." said Kaguya while feeling dizziness. Both Cronos and Rabiane are alright. But there must be dense mana concentration.

Kaguya even with something to cover her face, felt the suffocating amount of mana entering her body. Cronos and Rabiane are concerned for Kaguya's wellbeing, so yhey left early and go to higher ground like upper floors of a building. Kaguya feels the sense of relieve not breathing mana. "Are you alright sister Kaguya?" asked Rabiane while stroking her white hair. Kaguya replied, "I am alright."

Cronos said, "We should take note of the station. It could lead to somewhere." Kaguya said, "Maybe those green monsters are not down there. It was hard to breathe down there." Rabiane suddenly got worried. Cronos sees this and said, "If Kaguya can't stay there for a long time, I can imagine the fate of Simmon's people."

It is a bad scenario. Kaguya asked, "If the monsters kidnapped and brought them down in the station, what is the reason for doing so?" Cronos answered, "They consume them." Rabiane does not agree. She said, "That is not the behavior of the green imps that I know. They kidnap women to spread their corruption."

What are the green monsters they are facing? The expected probability that the women are alive is very low.

Just then, there is a clash that is happening. Cronos looks around but couldn't see anything. The sounds are close. Something like metal hitting against metal. Is it the machines? Kaguya checks it out with her DSA-1 and spots someone familiar. There are 8 armored people and 3 of them are acquaintances. The clashing sounds are coming from the clashes of halberds.

Rabiane asked, "What are they doing? They're fighting each other?" Kaguya answered, "Let's save Slick and the others."

III. Kaguya aims at one of the armored soldiers. They are moving around so the accuracy is decreased. Kaguya controls her breath, her heart pumps slowly. Her sight is focused on the head. She relaxes her arms to make it steady. All she needs to do is pull the trigger. She pulls her index finger, and the DSA-1 fired its first shot. It flies across the air towards her target. The target moved off course so the thing that hit is their helmet. The helmet was hit and it flew out of their head. Bruce takes advantage of this surprise attack and hits their head with a heavy and skull crushing Smash. That soldier folds like a doll.

"Its that musketeer! We're saved!" shouted Swift happily and dodged a slash from his opponent. "Focus Swift! They still outnumber us and fuck! They just don't stop! Argh!" shouted Slick as he takes damage from being attacked by his opponent being pierced their halberd.

Suddenly, something green are creeping behind the three. Cronos noticed this and he ordered, "Rabiane, Kaguya. Aim at those green targets. We need one of them alive." Rabiane and Kaguya sees them so they begin shooting them from elevation.

Rabiane shoots with her magical bow and Kaguya keeps firing her DSA-1. Cronos moves down the quickest way possible, scaling down the building by the ledges from windows and cracks on the walls.

The green monsters scattered after being shot. By the time Cronos arrives, 4 of them collapse on the floor. Cronos begins his assist to Slick's group. Slick smiles at the sight of backup.

Cronos backstabs the armored soldier who is focused on fighting Bruce. The other one looks at Cronos which they payed the price for it as Bruce crushes their skull like the first. The two who are fighting Slick and Swift retreated from the fight. Bruce shouts with anger. "Get back here you fucking piece of shits!" he shouted loudly.

Slick goes down. He seems to be frustrated. "Damn them traitors..." he muttered. Swift applies bandages to Slick's wounds. He said, "Let's just thank the adventurers. We need to report this back to Warden about the ambush."

"We can fall back to my team. My teammates are waiting for me." said Cronos pointing at the back. Slick said, "Thank you kindly. We lived thanks to you."

As they fall back, they see the corpses of the green monsters. They were't alive anymore because of bloodloss. "When did goblins show up?" asked Swift wondering when did they appeared. "They were about to stab you at the back." answered Cronos. Bruce got angry and said, "Fuckers. First they let them free, then they fucking conspire with them?!" This seems to be interesting.

IV. They all gathered at the meeting point. Slick and Swift sits down. It seems that Swift is super exhausted as he is panting and sweating so much than the three of them. He exerted alot of effort to not get hit, thus him getting fatigued the most. Bruce in the other hand, suggested that he should guard the stairs.

Cronos sits down. He wants to begin a topic with Slick. "What happened after we went to separate ways?" asked Cronos. Slick crunches his eyebrows and relunctantly answered, "Fort Ganon had been tensed due to the Anarchy that had happened. We ultimately failed stopping the scumbags from escaping the prison. The Warden, being a stubborn lunatic as she is, chose to stay along with the remaining loyal simps.... I mean guards. She just wouldn't give up. Our base is at the outskirts near Fort Ganon, something that looks like an office facilities on top of one another."

Cronos asked, "Can I know where is this base located?" Slick shakes his head. He said, "No. I will not reveal you its location." Cronos nods in understanding.

Rabiane gives out some of the canned food out of kindness. She said, "Please have this bounty brother. God wants you to have nourishment so you can recover." Slick looks kinda disgusted at the sight of canned food but he thanks Rabiane for such a kind gesture. He eats the canned meat begrudgingly without complaining. Rabiane feels sad. Swift said, "Its not like we hate canned food, we've been eating the same crap over and over again to the point it tastes disgusting. Thanks to some jerk that wrecked the mess hall."

Kaguya said, "You could try cooking it." Slick and Swift looks at Kaguya with shocked expression. They really didn't think about that. But Swift recalled something and said, "Without the mess hall, we can't cook basic meals for our comrades. Our manpower is has been dwindling since the mutiny thanks to scumbags." That is one unfortunate incident that happened to Slick's people.

Swift is curious about why Cronos' group is here. He asked, "What are you three doing here?" Cronos answered, "Men were killed and women were kidnapped by this green humanoid creatures." Slick and Swift shifted their eyes to Cronos and they are genuinely concerned. "Are you saying the women are kidnapped?" asked Slick. Cronos nods.

Slick and Swift feel guilty. Slick's anger is expressed and he said, "I will kill those fuckers." Cronos, Kaguya, and Rabiane look at their reaction with concern. Kaguya asked, "The women will suffer, won't they?" "Damn right they will, these gobshits." said Slick.

It appears that they know what kind of creatures these green monsters are. Cronos wants to ask if they knew. Slick and Swift look at each other with affirmation. They nod and they are happy to help. "How long have the women had been kidnapped?" asked Slick. Cronos answered, "16 hours ago."

"The fuckers did the deed. Its too late." said Slick in dismay. "We can save them but their minds are shattered. I hope you all ready to see how tormented the women will become." said Swift.

Cronos begins to tell what he knows related to the goblins. "Goblins love making lairs, so your description of the station that you mentioned fits to their preferance." said Swift with gratitude. Slick looks at Kaguya and said, "Its a shame that you can't stay down there Snow White. It may be the best if you don't come. They are ambush experts and they target women. They are persistent and they lost reason to avoid getting hurt." Kaguya is displeased to hear that she couldn't help. She said, "I'll head back and report this to Alice. Stay safe, Cronos, and Rabiane." Kaguya has left the area.

V. Kaguya is walking on foot to go back to Jam Rock. She wonders how she can venture to the west without feeling sick. Does she need a oxygen mask so she can breathe?

She keeps walking until she felt shadows lurking. She deduced where the shadows are using intuition. There is disturbance around her. Someone tripping grass and trashes without care. She can hear malicious giggles. She looks around and sees swords and spears sticking out from obstacles. Three swords, seven spears. They are terrible hiding their presence.

"Come out. I know you are there." said Kaguya as she equips Spider. Green humanoids show up. They are more than she expected but them not wearing armor meant Kaguya can easily kill them with Spider loaded with full metal jacket rounds.

The goblins begin throwing nets at Kaguya. It was too slow so Kaguya is able to slip past the nets without getting caught. She fired the first volley killing 3 goblins. The goblins throw stones at Kaguya. Kaguya can't afford to get injured that will hinder her acrobatics so she uses full covers and half covers to defend herself against enemy projectiles. Anything that is within 15 feet are the ones Kaguya shoots with Spider. She successfully killed 2 more until she needed to reload. It took additional time to reload as she stores the empty mag back to her pouches but she still reloaded it in 4.5 seconds.

The shooting attracted a third party, the carnivorous beasts. They tear the goblins once they spot them but the goblins are crafty with their hunting ability, using the net to entrap them and poke them with spears. The wolves lost but the goblins suffered 7 casualties. They are bickering at each other and they decided to leave Kaguya alone.

Kaguya seems to feel relief. But the danger is still not over yet. The goblins are stalking Kaguya, meaning she can't afford to take rest. She can't use the space anomalies to hide without Cronos present. She can do what she can do best. Platforming.

Kaguya enters the building to access the rooftop. She blocks every door she entered with broken furnitures to halt the goblins advance. It worked effectively in areas like stairs. Once she reaches the rooftop, she begins hopping from one roof to another using her ability to double jump to cross gaps. She does this using her ShadowStep in midair. Goblins could not follow her unnatural movements so they ended up losing her tracks.

Kaguya returned to Jam Rock safely. "Got to report about the goblins to Alice." said Kaguya as she enters Jam Rock. The Rock Gang welcomes her arrival.

VI. Cronos and Rabiane formed up an assault force with Bruce, Slick, and Swift. They are venturing the station to find the goblins. Swift is bothered and said, "Shits everywhere. Those gobshites are really down here. I can see their warding post. Right there, the poor man's skull tied on a stick." Warding posts such as these warns people about the dangers in the goblin's hideout. Its a good defense against those that fear the unknown danger except for those who are willing.

Slick has described what a goblin is. They are humanoid monsters that are associated with mischevious attitude. They were both undisciplined and chaotic so they tend to be killed on sight until goblins get arrested instead. Even with their ridiculous attitude, goblins are shrewd. When they grow up in a certain environment, their skills improve very fast. Take example of a merchant girl that has given birth to a goblin and nutured it to become a merchant. That goblin developed calculative mind to seek the most profits they could earn with less expenses. Its their nature to follow their cardinal sin.

"Judging by how they are using ambushes, these goblins we encounter might be from that guerrilla rebel group. Some smartass thought it was a good idea to train these imps the art of war. Look what fucking happened." complained by Slick. Cronos asked, "If they are good, how can we win against them." As much as Slick does not want to say it, he ended up telling it.

"We guards are trained to apprehend those goblins. They are are shorter than the average height so they are hard to hit. I trust Bruce can land a lucky hit against one goblin. His strikes hit hard. But the clown however, he can dance with them, fuck him." Swift's vein popped up and shouted, "That's uncalled for you motherfucker!" Rabiane is feeling nervous. She prays that everything will be alright, that is until they discovered a woman, all skin and bones, with bleeding feet, slowly dragging herself. Her eyes are stressed beyond its limit and her clothes are nowhere to be seen. She is bleeding on her sensitive spots and her back. All she could do is raise up her arm towards them until she expired.

The mood turned gloomy. Bruce and Slick got angry. Rabiane went emotional and prays for the girl's soul. Cronos felt indifference. Swift noticed this behavior.

"This girl ran away as hard as she could... They wounded her so much she succumbed... These scumbags..." said Swift feeling upset about the situation. "We should go. Let's kill them fuckers." said Slick angrily. The three walked forward but stopped when they noticed Cronos and Rabiane are not moving. "What are you two fucking doing?" asked Bruce. Cronos shakes his head and bows down. He prays with Rabiane. The three realized what was happening. They didn't know Rabiane is a nun. Their feelings are muddled with darkness too much that the three of them thought of praying too. Just to lighten their burden in their heart so rotten. Except for Bruce because he does not believe in god.

The girl actually helped them gain information. With the bloodtrail present, the group is able to find their way around the station. The place is definetely warped but they encountered the goblins. Their eyes are set on Rabiane. Slick takes the lead. "Bruce and adventurer with me! Swift, protect the nun!"

They line up a formation where Cronos, Bruce, and Slick takes the three man Offensive arrow while Swift guards Rabiane at the rear. Rabiane prepares her bow. "I'm ready. God be my witness." prayed Rabiane for resolve. The goblins begin their attack.

Bruce takes the point position. He swings his halberd in sweeping motion preventing the goblins approaching him. Slick easily hits them accurately and he disarms them by aiming at their arms when performing a slash. Cronos learned a thing from Slick's slash attacks. He stands in the goblin's path and swipes with his Parallel Chronoblade. He is able to do a three slash combo but at the cost of his stamina. Goblins get past the Offensive arrow and they go straight to Rabiane.

Swift don't let that happen. "I'm all speed, fuck you" said Swift as he begins to shift. The goblins attack but Swift will always counterattack. He even delivers two thrusting combos, skewering the goblins that blindly rushes to Rabiane. "The fuck?! What impotent sack of shits! I'm still the main character for godsake!" shouted Swift in anger when he realized he totally got ignored by goblins. Rabiane shoots them down with arrows. It hits those that are distracted by the fighting. Not those that kept their close eyes on her.

"Everyone deep breath!" shouted Slick. Bruce, Slick and Swift take deep breath and they all feel invigorated. Cronos did the same but he gets jumped on by a goblin, destroying his concentration. The goblin tries to thrust a spear to Cronos chest but Cronos grits his teeth and grabs the tip of the spear with a firm grip. The jagged edge of the worn out spear severely wounded Cronos' palm. But he doesn't feel pain. Slick moves in for the kill and decapitates the goblin with one clean cleave, hitting another goblin in the process. Cronos asked for cover as he takes out a small plastic bottle of antiseptic and bandages to patch his wound. The formation is broken but Bruce decided to shout.

"YOUR DICKS ARE SO SMALL YOU CANNOT EVEN GIVE PLEASURE BITCHES!!!"

Goblins, taking pride of their manhood, are very pissed at Bruce's vulgar shouting. Their wrath overrides their lust and they want to cut Bruce's manhood for retaliation. Bruce feels very confident now that he is chosen to be the target. Swift is just speechless how dumb this is and it actually worked. "You cocky motherfucker..." said Swift nonchalantly.

Bruce, being a big man he is, resisted the goblin attacks. They attack him with clubs and daggers. Bruce endures the blunt forces and blocks the slash attacks. What is dangerous to him are the ones that slashes him. Because they are too angry to bother dodging, it makes them easier to hit for Bruce. He smashed them one by one with Slick cleaving them left and right. Cronos stabilized his wound and comes back to fight. Cronos slashes the goblins.

The goblins realized they couldn't fight back. They all look each other then nodded. They drop their weapons and kneel down, raising their arms up as high like they can like routine. Slick is angered. "Fuck your surrender. You killed a woman. You all deserve to be executed." said Slick. Swift sighs and calms him down. "You always call me stupid but you're getting irrational dumbass." Slick is obviously pissed and cannot calm down at all. He sighed and asked Bruce to hold him down.

Swift looks at the goblins with fierce hostility and skewers their thighs. The goblins are screaming and haunted by Swift's barbaric torture. Swift asked, "Where are the women you kidnapped? I'll arrest you instead of executing you all. Tell me where." None of the goblins answered. Swift is disappointed. He continues skewering their thighs and legs to the point of permanent demage as they get torn. The goblins begged and begged until one goblin spills the beans.

"B-bitches die! Gobumi not know! But female die!" shouted one goblin. Bruce, Slick, and Swift are outraged. "You've gone too far abusing women you fucking bastards. I'm executing you all." said Slick. "Gladly." said Swift. "Time to smash." said Bruce.

The three executed the goblins. Both Cronos and Rabiane felt indifference. For Rabiane, justice has been served. It is god's punishment for the sins the goblin have commited. Cronos just doesn't care for strangers. He is just disappointed that he failed to rescue the hostages. Given the information, Cronos already deduced what happened.

The goblins kidnapped women. But because they are not informed about this certain information, the women which are from Jam Rock, ended up dying. Something that Kaguya couldn't venture with it being present. The existance of mana.

"Say, why don't we keep searching. Who knows, we might spot a survivor." said Slick. Cronos nods. They continue to find the remains of the women.

VII. They walk deeper in the station, searching for them. The remains of the trains and tracks withered by the elements. Water is flowing through the cracks of the walls. The gravel ground absorbs the water. There are bloody handprints all over the walls. Both fresh and rotted. They must be near.

One... Two.... More than you can mentally count. Withered husks of women covered both red and white. Their eyes are bloodshot and their throats are peeled off by their bloody fingernails. There are traces of cordages being ripped appart. Rabiane prays for them.

The three grown men looked away. "Fucking hell." said Slick. Cronos looks around, finds some belonging to the Rock Gang, their spiked collars and spiked bands. The women from Jam Rock do often wear these kind of accessories. Picking them up and returning them back may allow the people to move on. Swift looks at the woman with a bloated stomach. He is deeply wounded in his heart. Slick puts his hand on Swift's shoulder, silently nodding to his feelings.

The world is not safe for those who have no strength to deal with the harsh environment. They will either suffer from curse, starvation, or bloodloss. Rabiane finishes praying and said, "We should bring back their belongings with us so we can guide their wandering spirit back to the heavens above. It is at least we could do as children of god to bring them back to him." They all agreed.

They are about to leave when Rabiane noticed something shiny. White hair, pale skin, all wounded and bruised. One eye completely popped out of her left eye with the nerve the only one holding it to hang. Compared to the dry husks, this one remained fresh. "That small runt must've died just now." said Bruce.

Yes, she is "dead", or was she? Her body continues to bleed. Cronos has the nerve to touch her wrist to feel the pulse. Warmth and movement, that is the proof of life. Rabiane is anxious and she asks for help from Slick, Swift, and Bruce. They're all confused.

VIII. Everyone is confused on what to do. But Cronos didn't think but to use the bandages and antiseptic he received from Hard Steel Mercenaries. He doused the wound and the bandages with antiseptic and rolled the bandages around the wound. It wasn't enough so he asked Rabiane for more. Resolute to saving the girl, Rabiane hands out her first aid kit.

The girl's left eye is already popped out and it simply dangles by the movement from the nerve. What Cronos did is butchery. He only pinched the nerve to their weakest point using his nails and apply strong pressure to tear it off. The nerves bleed as he continues to tear it apart, making the eye roll down to her bloodied thighs. Rabiane shouted, "What have you done?!"

Ignoring the shouting, Cronos continues to apply pressure to the bleeding eye socket with rags soaked with antiseptic and rolled bandages around her head. He checks her pulse. There is still movement. Her pulse is strangely stable for someone with fatal wounds, but she is alive for now. Slick, Swift, and Bruce look at Cronos with wariness. They cannot believe his audacity to just cut the eye off with no remorse.

Rabiane looks at Cronos with anger. She said, "You cannot do such disrespect to others that suffered from such tragedy! You will incur the wrath of god for such sin!" Cronos sighed and said, "The eye is completely lost. I just removed it for convenience sake."

Whether you look at this in a different angle, Cronos still made a heartless choice. He isn't a professional and he did what he did with no sense of caution and finesse. The girl is scarred for life and Rabiane is highly concerned. She knows it is wrong but she wavered for some reason.

IX. "Well fuck, we know what happened to the women and took out the gobshits while we're at it. Its time for us to fucking go." said Slick with a bad mood. There is nothing much to say. They simply retraced their steps back to the entrance and Cronos thankfully memorized it so they didn't get lost.

After finding the exit, the group decided to move on to separate ways. The three go back to Fort Ganon and Cronos and Rabiane return to Jam Rock, with Cronos carrying the girl on his arms. Rabiane looks away.

"Brother Cronos, its best that we don't talk for a while." said Rabiane to Cronos. She is fidgeting her fingers because she is feeling nervous. Cronos responds with a nod.

They occasionally encounter the wolf beasts along the way. Cronos will then take detours and use the anomalies they can find to stop the beasts on their tracks leading to them. It took a good while before they come back to Jam Rock. Kaguya expects them and she happily greets them.

"Who is this girl? Is she alright?" asked Kaguya out of concern when she noticed Cronos holding an injured girl. Rabiane shakes her head and simply returned home to the apartment. Cronos tells the event of what happened to Kaguya.

After hearing the tragedy, Kaguya's spirit goes down. She is however, glad to see Cronos alive. She then goes ahead and call the doctors to help the injured girl. Cronos goes in Jam Rock to bring the girl to the hospital.