Aragon: "So all we need to do is leave without getting his attention and without getting into fights, who knows what traps he has left for us."

Ichiro: "I hate to admit it but we aren't strong enough to deal with him alone. Let's get going into the Rose Forest and try to not get caught."

Rena: "Then it's settled, we shall flee this area before we are noticed by any resistance."

That night the team readied up to sneak pass the town, and tried to enter the Rose Forest. They got up to the beginning of the Rose Forest, when the air got colder and colder the wind picked up as sight became almost invisible.

Spirit: "Hehehehehahaha fools, you think you killed me but I live on for now you shall never kill the great Spirit Frost!"

At that moment in an instant the spirit burned away from a strange light. It was caused by a young adult who no one had seen before. The kid then kicked away the ashes of Frost and then casually went into the Rose Forest.

Rena: "What was that?"

Ichiro: "I don't know but let's follow him"

Aragon: "And the persuit is on"

The team headed into the Rose Forest, deep within the vines and roses that make a forest like area, that spirals around like a maze. They wondered around for hours till they hit a clearing with an old church house, where they entered. The church was old and decrepit on the outside but inside it was as if it was untouched by time itself. The young man bent over and praying to the statue of the goddess of destruction. Ichiro came up to him only in a flash was greeted by his cheek being cut by a silver dagger, it was so fast in fact that the church benches actually had indents in them where the wind had cut them. Ichiro was stunned for a while till he walked even further up the alley way. He got up to the stand where he was meeted by a knife to the neck again it was almost instantaneous. This kid was fast to fast for the human eye to keep a hold of. The kid released Ichiro then went back to praying. Ichiro getting riled up stepped forward and punched the kid in face, catching the kid of gaurd. The kid wiped the blood of his lip and got up, he sighed and then kicked Ichiro all the way up to the stain glass window of the church entrance. Ichiro was lucky he landed on his feet, with that he drew his weapon but then the kid kicked over a bench and kicked it towards him. Ichiro slashes it but I'd meet with the kid face to face, in which he ducks down trying to time the kids speed to his own, very close cut but he is able to so. Ichiro then uppercuts him and then grabs his leg and throws him across the church destroying the stand. The kid gets up and pulls out two daggers, they both lung at each other slashing left and right dodging each other's blows and spewing magic flames at each other till both were exhausted from the battle till Rena pushed him back and defends Ichiro. The kid gets up and scoffs at them and goes into the backrooms to recover.

Ichiro: What's with him?

Rena: Come on let's go, we have to get to Stars anyway.

The group left without saying a word and headed towards the mountain passes that leads to Stars. The mountain pass isn't very well crossed since the bridges that are on the passes are rickidy and poorly made to cut cost for the mining operations Stars had ordered way back when. The group gets up to the first set of bridges and mining equipment when they see a women trapped under some rubble.

Ichiro: Hey are you okay?

Ichiro frees the women from the earth. The women comes to and gets up from the rubble.

Women: Thanks...

Ichiro: What happened?

Women: The monsters are in an uproar, I was trying to find out why but all I've seen was some strange people huddled around the entrance of the mineshaft near the bottom.

A familiar voice replys with a bit of annoyance in his voice.

Kid: They are known as Death Knights and there are twelve of them all with special traits and abilities. I've seen them cross over the forest pass. Now it seems they've been using magic to control the ancient spirits in certain areas. I don't know why they are doing it but it seems bad very bad.

Ichiro: Right, well let's get going inside it's pretty windy around here, you said at the bottoms right?

Woman: Right, but these caves connect so we can go inside from here.

Ichiro: All right, let's go. What are your names?

Nero: Nero Hiroshima.

Shimmer: Shimmer Shine.

Ichiro: Okay, welcome to the team.

The group goes on into the caverns and gets out of the wind to group up and venture down into the caverns. The caves are damp mineshafts that go through the mountains like a maze, luckily Shimmer was able to get through the mines very well. She lead the investigation as they head into the heart of the mountain. The heart was a giant cave with lava on the bottom as the only thing keeping them from taking a dive was a flimsy metal pathways hanging from the ceiling. The team moves forward on the hot steel leading into a cage hanging above molten lava. As they get into the center of the cage the doors slams shut and locks as a speaker blairs out.

Speaker: Welcome, everyone you may have bested the first now you move onto the second. But I'm not alone I brought over an expiramental beast for you to play with.

The top of the cage opens up and a beast made from stone falls onto the cage rocking it violently, the creature activates and spins out four arms and prepared to fight.

Ichiro: Everyone get ready!

The creature strikes with it stone swords all around while the group dodges the swings, the creature seems to study their movements and tries to counter their advances keeping them at bay.

Nero: This thing is quick and smart. It's learning how to defeat us the more we fight it.

Shimmer: Try disabling the cage. We can drown it in the lava.

Aragon: We'll become fish fry from that Ms.

Shimmer: Hold on to cage and we can climb out.

Ichiro: Alright everyone attack the chains.

So the group starts attacking the chains while trying to survive the barrage attacks from the stone warrior. The chains snap and they hang on for dear life. The group then tries to get to the other side quickly managing that the voice comes over again.

Speaker: Your good but I've overloaded the valcanoes heating systems via mass detention, you won't escape so easily.

The mountain shook as the team hurried to the exit of the mountain pass, as they made their way out of the lava tubes the passages began to crash down on them luckily they made it to the mountain outside passages and bridge ways but as they were about to make over the last bridge, the bridge split into two and the team was split up Nero and Shimmer fell into the raven below as Ichiro tried to save them they were to far to down now to help. So Ichiro and the rest of the group pressed onward to the edge of the cliff but was blocked by magma vent spewing over the only way out of this alive was to plunge into the river and to swim down river. Without much choice Ichiro, Rena, and Aragon jumped into the water being swept away by the current.