At the new settlement being built around the MR-Vessel, there're tents and wooden buildings in the area. The tents are for sleeping and the wooden buildings are the dinning hall, medical ward, training facility and others. Kitt, Nytri's pet is sleeping on training facility building for some reason. A Xeno appears by his side and they commune.
Back at the tents, Paxius steps out of a tent then stretches towards the sky, "Uuuhhh, that felt good." Lyra exits from the same tent as him, "Hihihhih, I haven't seen you sleep like this in a while." Paxius glances at the King's Island, "There's no royal duties so I can rest easy." Lyra smiles, "Indeed," she wraps her arm around Paxius, "How about we explore?" Paxius glances at her, "I'd like that."
The 2 set out towards a wooden building that seems to have a large parking lot with vehicles and even weirdly looking aircrafts. They reach the reception in the building to an Azurian at the desk, this guy keeps track of the vehicles coming and going. He decides if a vehicle has been gone too long and tracks them, he also sends search parties for the dare devils who test their luck.
Lyra waves towards the Azurian, "Yo, lil Phil." Phil looks up, "Oh, it's big sis Lyra and Uncle Paxius." Paxius feels a stab in his heart and Phil continues, "For what reason would my sister and uncle be here?" he smiles at Paxius. Paxius glares at him in thought, "What is this bastard thinking now? Last time he deliberately interrupted us with a locomotive that night." Phil glares at Paxius in thought, "I don't care what Ivan says even if it's you. I'm not going to hand my sisters away without a fight, even if you're my uncle."
Lightening seems to be clashing from their eyes. Lyra smiles, "We actually want to go out and explore." Phil looks at Lyra with a smile, "Of course, I have just the one." Phil looks at the screen before him swiping on it to look at the various vehicles, "Since you're going to explore to raise your levels and not a date." Paxius puts his hand on the table, "It's a date." He grins at Phil and Phil grins back, "Oh ho, a date in the Monster Realm. More like delivering yourselves on a silver platter." Paxius retorts, "The scenery here is beyond any realm we've been to. Plus, your mother is King, so we'll delivering ourselves to your mother to enjoy or our time."
Phil retorts, "Oh, but mum is asleep so she won't enjoy it. It's better to focus on leveling up instead." He swipes on the screen showing a heavy vehicle, "How about a Terraka?" He smiles at Paxius. Paxius smiles with a vein popping, "Don't you dare."
Lyra smiles, "Lil Phil, I appreciate you want us to travel in something to protect us but, we won't go to any dangerous place. We can access the map through the Nexusphere so we won't get lost." Phil smiles warmly at Lyra, "Of course sister, will a Levitus suffice?" Lyra nods, "Yes, that will do nicely. Thank you lili Phil!" she pats him on the head.
Paxius looks at Phil with a tinge of arrogance in thought, "Hmph, you can't mess around if your sister asks." He smiles. Phil glares at Paxius and sighs, "You win this time, old man. Don't think I'll just sit here and-" Someone reaches the desk, "Umm excuse me, I'm told this is where you come if you want to explore." A group dressed like adventurers are here.
Lyra and Paxius are walking towards the lot then Paxius glances back at Phil with a smirk and his thoughts, "Stay here until I come back." Phil clenched his jaw as he watched Paxius leave. Then he turns to the adventurers and a crowd before him, "Where will you be going today?"
The leader of the adventurer speaks, "We want to try growing stronger as much as possible!" Phil smiles wryly, "Yes, I'll have someone escort you." And his thoughts, "Don't think you've won, old man!" he looks at the lot as Lyra and Paxius drive away. Phil sends a broadcast to those working with him, "I've got a group here wanting to go explore, who's available?"
"I am." A voice replies to Phil with telepathy, "I'm coming over." The voice speaks. Phil looks at the group then points to a 2.4 meter-tall Azurian, "He's your guide." The group look at the tall Azurian before them exclaim, "Whoaw. Even though I seem them every day, it's still something to have one stand before me."
"Cuwila," The Azurian speaks stretching his hand for a handshake, the leader shakes his hand but it's a firm one. Cuwila turns, "Follow." They follow behind him, they've gotten use to Purebred Azurian's distancing, the Azurites just said the Azurians are shy. Cuwila leads them to a vehicle designed for speed, "This is the carriage we'll be taking." He boards it and the party also joins from the back door.
Cuwila takes the driver's seat then turns to look at the group. Some are trembling, other's feel a great opportunity awaits them, some are making a journal. Cuwila had a thought that person might be the first to die if this wasn't Nytri's territory. Cuwila speaks, "This is Monster Realm, you're exploring. Even if you see something weaker than you, never underestimate it. No curiosity, no risk taking, my orders are absolute. If I say 'let's go' you say 'Yes sir!' Understand?" they all nod.
Cuwila turns around to look at the road, he starts the vehicle and navigates out of the lot towards the road leading out of the settlement. Cuwila saw another group plucking fruits from a tree, fruits bigger than a person. They tried stuffing it in their storage spaces but it's too weak.
Cuwila looks and notices an odd scene of a man trying to pluck a strange looking fruit from a tree of normal height compared to the others. Cuwila's thoughts, "That's not an ordinary tree-." The tree used its leaf to slap the man in the face shocking everyone. The tree removed its roots from the ground and ran away sobbing and embarrassed. The man looks at the fleeing tree, "What did I do?" He looks around and trees like that are looking at him with disgust, "What did I do?!" he grabs his head in frustration and confusion, "WHAT DID I DO?!"
Cuwila sighs and his thoughts, "It's barely been a week and this happened." Cuwila drove for about an hour before stopping, "We're here." The passengers look out, "Where is here?" Cuwila points ahead, "Watering hole, where our water comes from." Cuwila drives to the edge of the lake and a Calamity rises from the water, it lets Cuwila drive on its back and carries them towards the other side.
A lady observes this from the vehicle, "Waow, I didn't know Calamites can be this nice." Cuwila looks at her through the corner of his eyes and she continues, "I guess Calamities aren't evil."
"There're no good Calamity or evil Calamity." Cuwila speaks, "Just people, choices and environment." He looks outside, "This place is under Azurian rule, we've made an environment suitable for everyone. So they choose to stay because some territories restrict the type of people that can enter…..Also, this one is a planteater."
"Ohh!" they exclaimed together. They reached the other end and Cuwila drove off further into the forest, to the Quadrogor's home
[AU:INFO
- Phil: Purebred Azurian, rose to level 800 after the Blighted War.
- Cuwila: A hotheaded Purebred Azurian at level 700. Though hotheaded, always follows his mum's orders to the dot. He's working as a guide and also collecting resources when the chance arises.
- Terraka: Land Tank with dual cannons electric armor. 4 machine guns around it and pretty sturdy.
- Levitatus: A hovering hovercraft of some kind. Not for combat.
- Velkor: High-Speed Vehicle
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