"Shiko…we will be Friends forever… and when I see you again, when I'll older…"
Although Shiko was surprised…The girl he stumbled upon was an old friend… Shiko joyfully exclaimed - Lyn, it is really you… After many years I can finally see you again - then the girl answered:
-Lyn: Shiko… It's really you… when I arrived, I was attacked by a horde of Scorpion skeletons, they seemed enraged because of being interrupted…you really made this mess?
-Shiko: Me and two companions decided to start here after we fell into this world.
-Lyn: So… you and I are here because the same reason…either way, it makes me happy to see you doing well… *happily exclaimed*
-Shiko: Aren't you scared of everything?
-Lyn: Yes, only a little… But now that you are here, I feel safe. Do you… Remember the promise you made to me 5 years ago?
Shiko: A… promise?
-Lyn: The day I moved… I promised to turn into a beautiful girl to make you fall in love… and you… you promised giving me a chance to marry.
In the moment of shiko's confusion, helped him remember those times when he met Lyn at school, since then they became friends for 4 years until she moved elsewhere, he remembered that they played together, laughed, cried, after that Shiko stared into the eyes and spoke:
-Shiko: Lyn… I remember, although digesting that in this situation is hard, we barely reunited and not in a conventional way if notin a parallel world that depends on us… It may sound harsh, but it is something that must be set aside by now, as you see, I plan to enter the dungeon of the guardian that's on the beach… I'm sorry
-Lyn: I see…it may be painful, but you are right, we shouldn't think about this…fine, I must go elsewhere that I said that I was going to explore, I do wait your triumph in tomorrow's fight… I will pray and wait to see you again.
Suddenly Lyn hugged Shiko before leaving and him, having Lyn between his embrace he said – Let's meet in another occasion, take care - he let free and Lyn departed.
The next day, well-rested, Shiko and Asuka went to the dungeon's door.
-Asuka: Shiko, look! That's akward.
-Asuka dressed back, and as if they were new, they were clean and unbroken.
-Shiko: How odd, is that another function of these magic clothing?
-Asuka: It looks like the clothes have some kind of shield that help us resist attacks… They are some kind of "gear" like those in videogames.
-Shiko: Good, that will help… I have a plan to defeat the Scorpion King.
Do you have any kind of magic to "boost" us?
-Asuka: Yes, depending on the person that I want to use it the name changes, since you are a swordsman, the skill's name is "sharpen"
-Shiko: Well…good, don't move too much in the battle, I want you to save up magic and cast "boost" on me, I will fight against the Scorpion, just in case that it suffocates me use a little bit of magic.
-Asuka: I don't think my skills are suited to support someone, but since there's only two of us… I will give it a thought.
After deciding on this, they saw the door by itself while they were walking closer, until entering the dungeon, every time they came closer, more chandeliers lit up, across the dungeon the stink of dead bodies and moss filled the room.
-Asuka: This place is really scary… the moss really gives off the style of an underwater dungeon.
-Shiko: I don't think we aren't here for the detai- wait, that corpse looks it was scared to death… hahaha.
-Asuka; ha! So true!
While they were laughing off to the corpse's odd position… a giant… Monster… that with every step made the dungeon shake, it was behind them.
-Shiko: Asu…
-Asuka: Shiko…
-Shiko: He is behind us… right?
-Asuka: You are the man… what about looking back yourself? - Said with a smile on her face, but really it was one of fear -
The monster roared, that made them turned back in reflex and when they saw it, it had an appearance of those skeleton Scorpions, but he had bones in shape of a crown, and it was 5 meters tall when standing up in their feet.
-Asuka; Ahhh! What do we do? The plan, Shiko's plan, quick!
-Shiko: What are you talking about? You must start by casting your magic!
Shiko quickly unsheathed his sword, and decided opposing face to face versus the guardian, giving Asuka a chance to escape and use "sharpen" on him. The Scorpion slammed their claws agaisnt the ground, shattering the ground and then sand started rising in the dungeon.
-Asuka: This ain't like the rest! Unlike them, this one has the power of controlling all sand!
Upon noticing this, Asuka pointed Shiko and shouted -Sharpen! - giving the young hero more strength to attack with his sword. Shiko finally reacted and jumped and used another skill - "Burst cutter" - many powerful wind gusts were casted against the Scorpion Guardian. But this attack wasn't effective against its defense. Then the guardian exclaimed - Dumb humans, you all are useless against me "Nancerqueen"! –
-Asuka: That name is the most ridicule I ever heard.
-Shiko; Don't make matters worse by insultin- Queen?
-Asuka: ¿Wait… Queen?
-Both: That means you… are a girl!?
-NQ: Obviously my kind must have both males and females.
-Asuka: So… you are the ugliest female I ever seen!
Shiko took advantage that Asuka's sharpen was still active and the Monster was distracted by Asuka's argue, climbed the claws, jumped and attacked - Thrust! - With all his might, he sunk his sword in her forehead, attempting to kill the Scorpion Queen in same way the Hydra was defeated.
-Asuka: ¡Bien hecho! ¡Has logrado bajar algo de su HP! Yo puedo atacar también.
-Asuka: Good job! You managed to lower her HP! Now I can attack too.
Asuka took advantage of the opportunity and used "Light beam!" against the queen, damaging her a little and shaked her, in that movement, the queen was desperate and then succeeded in getting Shiko's sword out of her forehead, by throwing him into a pillar.
-NQ: Insolent! I will end your life for once!
- Are you okay? - Asuka screamed to Shiko whose was just getting up from the impact.
-Shiko: *Sigh* …that just took a chunk of my HP, focus on giving more power.
Nancerqueen tried crushing Asuka with one her claws, Asuka couldn't react and barely had time to use a shield that kept the attack away for some seconds, with one hand sustained the shield and the other one gave Shiko more magic power - Are you attacking yet?! - desperately shouted with all her strenght. Reacting, the boy used "Burst cutter" once more, managing to get her off Asuka, But Asuka was stuck in the sand that was at the entrance of the temple.
-Asuka: Damn! This was her intention from the beginning, it will prove difficult getting out of here.
-Shiko: Do it! I will get her attention!
Shiko kept on throwing burst against the monster and catching her attention to where he was, the enraged Monster attacked with their tail, but due the size of the Monster made the movements predictable, Shiko managed to Dodge the attack gracefully, giving him the chance to climb her back and stuck his sword on her forehead again. The Monster tried shaking off again, but for some reason it couldn't, thanks to Asuka that casted another spell that she had, it allowed her to stun her objective for some seconds.
-NQ: Insolent brat! How dare you mock me in this way!
-Asuka; Shiko, be quick! I can't stop her for much longer!
Unfortunately, Asuka's magic stopped its effect on the queen, and succeeded on getting Shiko out of her back once again… but this time, Shiko was thrown but the sword stayed stuck on the queen's back. Asuka noticed this mistake and the sand of the dungeon to pressure her with her magic and sink her in the sand to trap her.
Shiko stood up the fastest he could from the second hit, he used "Spear Sword" to make the already firmly fixed weapon grew larger and completely go through her skull, completely depleting the Guardian's HP.
That attacked succeeded, but just before the sword completely went through, a flash engulfed the monster, throwing the sword against the sand and getting lost, once the flash was gone, replacing the monster there was another hybrid… from the same Scorpion Queen… and a girl.
-Asuka; This metamorphosis that just happened, will always happen once we defeat the guardian?
-Shiko: Pay attention… the same happened to the Hydra.
Back to guardian…she transformed into a girl with huge fangs, completely black eyes, White skin, with the same Scorpion bones as armor, the claws as hands and the Crown on her head, the queen saw the and mocked them – Muahaha! Foolish humans, you thought you could defeat Nancy, the strongest Monster of them all! – both noticed that the sword was lost, they started feeling nervous and scared
-Asuka: Shiko, search for your sword, I'll take care of her, I will take those words out of her mouth.
- Was she annoyed by the guardian's words? Only because she was cute? Well, she is a woman- Shiko thought from hearing those Word from Asuka… The he tried calling the sword with some kind of skill.
-Nancy: Good, little one, if you want to fight me, you have no chance against this gorgeous body, muahaha!
And that's how at least this fight just begun…
To be continued…