The Baronia king is seen as angry at his subordinates for failing to capture the power source for him. Walking back and forth by his throne as Dr. Page stood by the corner.

     The throne room was filled with many mechanical monsters ready at his disposal as they awaited a command. He turns to look at one of his subordinates. The King felt confident about their next move.

“Sullivan! Go forth and destroy our enemies.”

     The man revealed himself from the shadows ready.

     "I am a man of wood. Rust up and ready for battle. As a Knight piece of Baronia, I shall not fail."

"You better be right, or you'll spend the next thousand years scrubbing scrap metal off the foundry of this base." Replied the King.

“I won’t let you down. Onwards!”

     He leaves off with a set of monsters and pawns following his lead.

     Back on earth, the day is already ending as Alistor and the party arrives back home. They had dinner and did nothing much for the rest of the night. They awake the next day to find any news if anything was going on with Baronia's activities. Many news and rumors that aren't certain reached them from many villages as Sairori reports what he heard back with the party.

“There is one confirmed Baronia activity and a few rumored one’s going on right now.”

"Well, the confirmed source is at the east side of the kingdom by the lake."

     Alistor volunteered to check out the confirmed location of any Baronia activity.

"Ha, very confident, I see?" Tannen mocked. "But remember to not bite off more than you can chew. You are still young and inexperienced, I think Sairori and I should go.”

     Alistor started arguing with Tannen as the rest watched until Sairori broke it up quickly.

"Fine then! You can go check it out. Remember, even though you got protection from a Rose spirit doesn't mean you're strong enough. Baronia is after it, so you'll be a likely target."

      Tannen agreed to watch Alistor while Auroa and Maigashi were sent to scout the other city. Sairori and Katty remained behind to protect the village from any Baronia attack as the four left.

     The four were not together long as Alistor and Tannen split up from Auroa and Maigashi at the field.

"Guess we'll see you later then? Bet we'll make it back before you guys," Maigashi pestered.

      Tannen gives a silent stare as Alistor ignores his words.

     A while later, Tannen and Alistor make their way to the lake by the Kingdom of Mathias. They arrive at the lake by to find Pawns near the construction site by the lake. The two of them move a little closer to get a better look.

“Just what are they doing?” Alistor asked.

     Tannen was unsure and could only tell him they were probably building something. Cargoes and materials were being loaded and brought into a cave. Sullivan orders the Pawns to hurry and load the cargo quicker. The pawns are working as fast as they can as the man hands a blueprint to one grunt to carry on into the cave. Alistor suddenly made a small branch snap on accident.

“What’s that sound?” The Knight looked back.

       Tannen pushes Alistor's head down to duck and take cover.

“Somebody must be here watching. Intruders! Show yourselves! Pawns! FIRE AWAY!”

     He shouted as the pawns started to be more alert. A grunt fired a weak laser at the rock the two used to take cover with. Alistor and Tannen jumped out, revealing themselves as the pawns charged at them.

"Well, it's a good time to showcase what you can do with that rose spirit. Summon it!" Suggested Tannen.

"Right, it's time to see what I got."

      Alistor pulls out the Rose blade to call it. The spirit emerges from the sword, intimidating the charging pawns with its size. The grunts are stopped in their tracks for a moment.

“What are you doing? Fight!” The Knight ordered.

     Tannen came in from behind with his massive scythe as the spirit led the way. Five pawns immediately got destroyed with one hack of Tannen's scythe. Another five were blown to pieces by one wing from the spirit's sword. Alistor did his best to fend against a couple pawns. The remaining grunts retreat as a man in wood steps in to introduce himself.

“I see you have one of the legendary rose spirits in your hands, but that does not matter. I am Sullivan. Knight piece leading the first command of the mighty Baronia Empire.”

     They look back at the wooden man as the rose spirit is still at their side, ready for more battle. Sullivan suddenly steps back.

     "I have no time for the lights of you. I have other business to attend but don't worry, you won't be left empty-handed. Pirantus! Come forth!"

      A massive monster jumps out from the lake, making the ground shake. Sullivan laughs as he leaves to enter the cave with the other pawns. The beast makes a loud growling sound.

     "We got to take this one down quickly to catch up with him," Tannen said.

      The monster didn't hesitate to make the first move whacking Alistor with its big mechanical arm. The spirit quickly blocked the impact from its force with no effort. Tannen slashes the monster a few times, only causing minimal damage. The whole monster was composed of multiple layers of heavy sheet metal.

"This thing has no flesh, but it's slow." Alistor pointed.

     The monster aggressively locked on Alistor.  Pirantus stomps the ground many times, building rage as its palm tree head shakes rapidly.

“What is it doing?” Alistor asked.

     Before he could say more, Pirantus bulled him out of the way as Tannen avoided the attack.

“You were saying again.” Laughed Tannen as Alistor got back up from the hit.”

"That thing actually understands me?" Alistor showing disbelief. "Well, that's what I get for underestimating something after the first move."

     The monster decides to charge at him again. Tannen attempts to intervene by attacking it, but it ignores him to continue its rage on Alistor. He tries to dodge, but the monster comes to a halt.

“What?”

      Coconuts came shooting out from the monster's head, exploding on impact. Alistor gets sent flying back as Tannen takes cover.

“You got to try putting me to more use.” The Rose spirit suggested.

“How? Aren’t you already out to fight?”

"You can manipulate commands for me. My power is only good if you can utilize that sword. For instance, try using one of my special attacks. The Rose Crown Crasher."

     He started to follow the Rose spirit's advice concentrating for a moment. He manipulated a few moves to damage the monster as it continued to focus on hitting him only. Pirantus fired its mouth laser as Alistor dodged. It fires its mouth laser the second time.

"Try telling him to block," Tannen suggested.

      The Rose Spirit shields Alistor with his body as he tells Alistor to unleash his finisher.

“Crown Crasher!”

     The Rose warrior's fast finisher defeats the monster as it collapses and explodes.

“Did we really do that?”

     Alistor couldn’t take his eyes off the sight of victory for the moment till Tannen interrupted. They head to the cave.

"The cave of Mobius is what the sign reads." Spoke Tannen as they took their steps inside.

     They both finally caught up to see construction inside the underwater ruins. Baronia is constructing a silo as a monster to destroy Mathias, but a barrier prevents them from interfering. Alistor and Tannen must dispel the barrier generators spread out in ruins.

"The barrier reads five, so five sources are powering this thing. We must find and destroy them." Tannen ordered.

     The cave contained different passages that weren't long and led to other rooms as they checked one path after another. Two of the five generators were guarded with a few grunts that were easy enough for them to handle.

“Two down and only three to go.” Muttered Alistor.

     They stumbled upon two passages that were deeper than the last ones. They decide to take the left passage to see what lies. Opening the doors, they find themselves in an empty room. The lights quickly turned a different color as a faceless monster appeared before their very eyes. It puts on a happy expression mask and starts attacking.

“What is that thing?” Yelled Alistor.

     The monster levitated in the air shifting its expression of faces with masks around its head.

"I am Face Changer!" The monster introduced itself in a mechanized voice. "You are intruding, and Baronia don't want you meddling with our plans. Your faces will be mine!"

The battle begins with this monster shifting out its masks. The enemy shifted to its happy face to attack them slowly. It then switched to an angry act to fight at close range. It started confusing them by playing with its masks until Alistor let his guard down.

“Gah!”

    It faked out Alistor as he assumed the monster would strike him. It quickly shifted to a sad expression hitting Tannen with a projectile.

“How annoying…” Pestered Tannen.

     The monster was having fun teleporting in places. Tannen pulls out his magnifying glass to analyze the enemy.

“This monster is playing games with us. We’ll have to play by its own game by tricking it.”

     They both play along with the monster's act as Alistor gets on the floor face down. It puts Face Changer in a state of interest and curiosity. The enemy started approaching him. When it got close enough, Alistor was able to scare it with a fake out attack leaving itself vulnerable.

“Got ya!”

     Tannen whacks the monster hard on the side with his scythe. The impact from his weapon caused their opponent to spin rapidly in places across the room.

“It actually worked? I can’t believe it.” Alistor said.

     Face Changer suddenly got up and wasn't ready to stay down as it was in a rage. The mask on its face suddenly shifts into an expressionless face as it pulls out a long sword.

“Here it comes again.” Pointed Tannen.

     Face Changer mindlessly attacks them in a desperate rage as its last-ditch effort. They both moved out of the monster's way as it crashed into the generator. Face Changer was destroyed in an instant explosion caused by the machine.

“Let’s take care of the other room.”

     They quickly head back into the room they were in before. Alistor and Tannen take the path from the right passage and find a big door before them. They open the door and enter the next room.

"There's so much water…."

     They were now in a room with a pool. Water gushed from all sides of the walls leaving only the bridge and platform at the center for walking. The following generator was latched on the other side of the wall. Alistor couldn't take his eyes off the generator as Tannen heard a creaking sound.

“Somethings in this room.”

     A mechanized shark beast jumps out at them. Taking Tannen by surprise.

“No introduction needed.”