Jin immediately wakes up on his bed,
"Where am I?" He asked himself then realized he's back at the house. He gains a flashback of what happened earlier,
"Don't worry, I play fair, I'll give you a second chance" Kratia said.
"Kratia, I swear, I. WILL. DEFEAT. YOU!" He yelled.
He gets out of his bed and his sword is still on his back, sheathed. He tries to find Hana but seems like she is gone. When Jin opens the door, there's a letter,
"If you see this message, This is Hana, I am going on an urgent trip somewhere, I will be back soon so bye!"
"Crap, she's out of town"
"Well, doesn't matter"
Jin rushes out of the house and goes to the carriage station but when he arrived, he realized he doesn't have any money so he had only one choice, run all the way there which would take about an hour.
"I don't care, I'll do anything just to save her," Jin thought to himself after realizing he doesn't have money so he improvised.
"Speed!" He yelled and he ran fast to the Tomb of Azakratia. After a few minutes of running, he took a pitstop in the capital,
"I gotta get to that place, fast!" He thought to himself, but he was lost, he didn't have a map but he had an idea, he tried to find one of those information boards cause he expects that there will be a map in the info boards so he tries to find one, he searched and searched around the city until he found one, the map of Eleazor.
"I hope they don't mind if I borrow this real quick" Jin said while taking the map with him then he used Speed again and ran.
"Alright so the Tomb of Azakratia is somewhere on the Northeastern Territory, which is Northeast from the City" Jin muttered to himself, and finally, he had a clear path to go through so he ran northeast to the Tomb of Azakratia.
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"What are you planning to do?!" Mizuki yelled at Kratia,
"Oh, don't worry, wielder of Wind"
"I'm only using you as bait for Jin, since he cares about you the most"
Mizuki was annoyed at Kratia but at the same time, she feels grateful that Jin cares about her but because of Jin caring about her the most, he's gonna get baited by Kratia.
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Meanwhile, when Jin was running to the tomb, he bumped into someone,
"Ow! Sorry about that" He immediately replied to the person
"Huh? Are you Jin?" The person asked,
"Uh yes, I am Jin"
"This is the boy my sister told me about" He muttered quietly so Jin couldn't hear it.
"Are you going somewhere?" The person asked
"Yes, I'm heading to the Tomb of Azakratia"
"Isn't that a bit too difficult considering your equipment?"
"It's not really that difficult"
"Well, even if it's not, can I help?"
"Um, first, who are you? Second, why are you trying to help me"
"Okay, I'll tell you who I am, I am Shin and I am trying to help you because you look like you need help, I'm just trying to be nice."
Jin sighed,
"Well, okay then follow me," Jin said and Shin followed him to the entrance of the Tomb of Azakratia.
"Be alert, ok?" He said to Shin and Shin nodded.
They entered the Tomb of Azakratia, it still looked the same but Kratia and Mizuki were missing.
"Where are they?" Jin kept on saying this on his head, having a worried look on his face.
"Why are you so worried?" Shin asked
"Mizuki, my friend has been taken away somewhere in this tomb"
Shin widened his eyes when he heard the name, "Mizuki".
"Wait, Mizuki?" He said while looking surprised.
"Where is she?"
"Wait, you know her?"
"Yeah, she's an old friend of mine"
Jin looked a bit annoyed, maybe even a little jealous but he just shrugged it off and said,
"I know she's here somewhere"
"Yeah, I can sense her aura near us"
"Wait, you can sense auras?!" He yelled.
"Quiet" Shin said while he covered Jin's mouth.
"Ah, he's here," Kratia said
Mizuki feels guilty because now Jin was gonna either get hurt or die, the thought of it makes her feel guilty.
"Awww, what's with the sad face," Kratia pitied her
"Over here," Shin said to Jin and he followed.
They saw Mizuki trapped in a cage so both of them ran to her, she had tape on her mouth so Jin took it off but when he took it off, Mizuki immediately said to Jin,
"Behind you!"
Jin turned around and saw Kratia behind him, about to strike Jin but Shin came into his rescue and used his sword which blocked Kratia's attack.
"Crap, he's got a teammate," Kratia thought it was only Jin.
"Thank you for the save, Shin"
Shin smiled back at him
"Hey, you!" Kratia said
"Don't get in my way, you're not my target, Jin is my target"
"Oh sorry, but I'm gonna have to ignore what you said" Shin replied
Kratia was annoyed because he didn't expect there would be someone by Jin's side than Mizuki. Kratia tried to attack Jin, who was trying to break the cage but Shin blocked him.
"Hey! Eyes on me, bud! I'm your opponent" Shin said
Kratia backflipped away from Shin,
"Okay then, I guess I'll have to kill you first, easy"
"Oh well, let's see how you perform"
Shin and Kratia both stances, prepared to fight and both rushed in at each other at full speed, their swords clashing one by one, causing earthquakes around them.
"HAAAAA!" Jin yelled as he used his lightning to cut through the bars of the sturdy cage. It didn't take out that much mana but Jin was exhausted. When the cage was broken, Mizuki rushed at him and hugged him, saying,
"I'm sorry, Jin, I'm sorry that I couldn't defend myself. I'm sorry that I failed to protect you. Because of me, you almost died."
"Oi, oi, Mizuki, I love that you're hugging me but as you can see, I'm fine, I didn't die. You didn't fail to protect me, because I was the one who was protecting you, I'm the one who failed, not you. You did your best" Jin said.
Mizuki was tearing up a bit.
"Also, your boobs feel soft"
Mizuki's face turned from sad-glad to disgusted and quickly distanced herself from Jin,
"Pervert"
"I'm just speaking the truth," Jin said while looking proud.
"Hey, you two! Can I have some help please?" Shin said while blocking Kratia's attacks.
Jin stood up,
"Hey, Mizuki, wanna do that combo again?"
"Sure"
Mizuki was casting her spell, Hurricane. Jin was now rushing in to help Shin.
"Shin, keep attacking until Mizuki used Hurricane, when she uses it, we both attack Kratia as fast as we can, ok?"
Shin nodded and they both held Kratia at bay,
"Hurricane!" Mizuki yelled and a big gust of wind formed and sucked up everything but Shin and Jin got away in time.
"NO!" Kratia yelled
"Now's our chance!" Jin yelled and Shin followed him. They both rushed in and jumped. Mizuki controlled the Hurricane so it doesn't suck them up too. They both slashed their swords at Kratia, with Kratia taking all the hits and both of them used their ability.
"Sorry again, Mizuki"
"Thunderclap!" He yelled
"Light Burst!" Shin yelled.
Kratia got hit with a thundershock which damaged him a lot but Shin's Light Burst, which was a beam annihilated Kratia.
"NOOOOO!!!!" Kratia yelled as his final words before turning to dust.
The only thing that was left after that attack was a Purple Elemental Orb.
"What's this?"
"An elemental orb, this can be used as a material for a sword."
"Wow, that's cool"
"Lady Mizuki, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Shin gladly said while he bowed in front of Mizuki.
"Wait, that voice, Hana's brother?!"
Jin looked very surprised.
"You didn't tell me you were Hana's brother?!" Jin said
"Sorry, I wanted to keep it a secret, just to experiment what would you do if you didn't know"
"And I'm happy to tell you, you passed" Shin continued while giving him a thumbs up.
"Shin! How's your life in Ryzer, my man?"
It seems like Mizuki and Shin are what you call, "bros".
"I mean I've been doing fine."
"Well my sister, Hana, told me to go back to the house and live there again"
"Why?"
Shin changed his face to embarrassed,
"Well, I haven't been really paying rent on my house in Ryzer and the landlord there said that I will get evicted"
"What a bad person, you are, not paying rent" Mizuki teased him
"Are you guys done?" Jin said while looking a bit annoyed.
"Yeah, we are, let's go home"
The three went back home and when they got home, Hana was there already.
"Oh, you're home now, Hana?"
"Yeah"
"What was the urgent thing about?"
"None of your business"
"Okay then"
"Hey, sis"
"Hello!" She replied with a happy face.
"So this means you're staying here, Shin?"
"Yeah, I am"
"Cheers to Shin! You're gonna have a great time here, cause you're with me, your sister!"
They all ate dinner and after that, they all went to their rooms, Shin got Jin's room, by Hana's authority so Jin had to sleep on the couch.
"Come on! Why do I have to get the couch?"
"What's so great about that guy, anyway" Jin pouted.
"Well, I guess I shouldn't pout about it that much. He won't take Mizuki away, anyway"
Jin said to himself as he goes to sleep.