Early morning had set with the sun showing itself with all its blinding glory lighting up the world forcing the shadows back to the depths of whence it came. The two woke up to the smell of burning wood as their fire had died down during the night. Royal got up first getting dressed and preparing himself for the day ahead. He quickly went outside to check the weather conditions and discovered that it was quite chilly even with the sun shining bright. The wind felt as if it were trying to freeze you to death. The temperature was much lower than it usually is out of nowhere making Royal wonder what caused such drastic change. Cloudy came out from the little cave taking a gander noticing a roaming fog rolling in around them.

"It'd be dangerous to move in this weather. We should stay put till it dissipates just a bit at least."

"Yeah I think so too. That would also allow Nick to get just a bit more sleep so we don't have to hear his whining the entire time for the rest of the way up."

Royal said exhaustedly.

They both chuckled at the thought of Nick complaining the moment he wakes up. The fog grew thicker as they kept watch for monsters and other threats. Eventually the fog died down leaving the sky clear blue with puffy white clouds floating aimlessly.

"We should be able to continue with our journey now. Let's make haste."

Royal said breaking the silence as they all gathered themselves ready to depart.

"Yeah lets go! We wouldn't want to get lost or run into any problems."

Cloudy claimed.

"Alright everyone lets go!"

Royal yelled out to Nick as he got up in a daze barely able to notice what was going on but was eager to get out and away from the foggy weather and ominous threats once he came to understanding. As they began their trek Nick held onto Cloudy's shoulder for dear life for fear of falling down the cliff face. He wasn't sure if he could catch himself in time should he fall which made him frightened of heights.

"I think it's best if you hold onto me instead of falling."

Cloudy said.

"Huh?" Nick glanced up at him puzzled.

"I'm sorry to ask you to do this but would you mind holding my arm a bit tighter? I don't think I can keep myself upright if you keep moving around so much."

Nick nodded his head placing his other hand to Cloudy's shoulder.

"Thanks."

Royal smiled and patted his back reassuring Nick that he would be fine. They continued their journey leading the way without incident. Their sights eventually locked onto the top of the peak finally witnessing the top ahead with only just a short way to go now encouraging them more than before to reach their destination. The steps began to crumble under their own feet as if it was just sand. The walls of the mountain would shake and tremble causing rubble, debris to almost hit the three sending them down the mountain in a bad way. Clouds lingered in the sky with the sun poking through occasionally causing the tops of the clouds to glow and sparkle. As they neared to the top Royal went up ahead to scout out the area for any traps or dangers that may lurk nearby. After walking through the rocky terrain for a while and avoiding a few pitfalls Royal soon located a large opening that led through to the other side.

Royal mentioned for the others to wait for him as he ventured forward cautiously looking over his shoulder to see if anyone followed behind. He was relieved to see that there wasn't a single soul who came after him. He entered the tunnel to find it to be narrow with little room to walk through with a steep climb ahead. He went through careful not to lose his footing and make a fool of himself while climbing up until he reached the top. He saw light at the end making a dash for it forgetting he was supposed to look out for traps but fortunately his luck prevailed with nothing happening to him. What he saw made his jaw drop leaving him in awe. Eventually Nick and Cloudy followed behind not respecting Royal's order but he didn't mind this time so they could also see the wonderous scenery around them. Their breaths were stolen seeing everything around. They were at the top of the mountain top where everything was considerably larger than themselves. Rocks seemed like boulders, leaves were the twice the size of humans but not nearly the size of the leaves that came from Splinter Forest. The land spread out in front of them with fields of crops and plants covering the ground in abundance with tall trees surrounding it. There were plenty of animals roaming the top giving them a wide plot of land as they approached closer. The air was filled with the scent of flowers and the sweet aroma of fruits hanging in the branches above that were the size of trees. Birds were everywhere chirping merrily and singing their songs as they took flight for food shockingly though the animals were not the as large as the wildlife but it was confusing to say the least. Added to all of that there was even a lake in the center that could be considered a small ocean for how identical it looked.

"Holy~ shit~.."

Nick whispered to himself taken by the sight.

For once Royal agreed with what he was saying muttering the exact same words unable to stop admiring the plants and life around them.

"What a beautiful place."

He said looking around at everything.

"How can something like this exist?"

Cloudy echoed his thoughts as he admired the scenery with Royal. 

"This is the most beautiful place I've ever seen. Can't believe this is real."

"That's because you're used to living in a city. This is like.. The Garden Of Eden told to us by our caretaker back in the orphanage."

Their admiration was cut short as Cloudy pointed out a massive entry way nearing the peak.

They adventured through the massive plateau seeing all kinds of mysterious plants and strange phenomenon's. They also couldn't get over the fact it wasn't either cold nor hot inside but normal while before it was freezing. Nick points out that certain plants were growing at an extremely rapid pace while the air up there was very thin making it less likely plants and more so gigantic trees would flourish. They all couldn't understand what was going on but agreed it was just a phenomenon. Royal led the other two up toward the entrance into a grotto Cloudy spotted earlier and once in front of it they truly realized how large it was. Towering up to at least a whopping fifty feet tall possibly housing a massive troll or something that could rival that size making them second guess whether it would be smart to enter or not. Nick takes matters into his own hands with a sigh and steps inside to investigate the situation alone. Cloudy and Nick's weapons were strapped to Royal as he made his way into the unknown with caution and curiosity.

"Damn.."

Royal mumbled in surprise as he heard Nick's voice echo in the tunnel.

"Where are you~?"

No answer came forth from his friend except for more muffled sounds as if he was moving around as if searching for something. Royal soon realized why when he noticed a light coming further down the tunnel. He proceeded down the tunnel with his footsteps echoed loudly with Cloudy right behind on guard. Quickly reaching where the source of light was coming from it was Nick standing looking around with him holding a flame above the palm of his hand using aura.

"I got worried for a moment. Wow~.. This place is dazzling."

"I knew you'd think the same as me. It's fucking amazing how nice this place looks!"

Nick shouted hearing his own echoes run down and up the cavern.

Royal took lead again with Nick and Cloudy standing beside one another as they started a useless conversation.

"Hey can't you make that flame bigger? It's difficult enough to see in here so turn it up will you?"

"Huuuh~? Do you really want me to lose control of this flame making it consume everything in this place?"

Nick shouted firing back at Cloudy's statement.

He responded nervously telling him to continue what he was doing and he wouldn't bother him to much about it. As the three surveyed the further they went a light from afar came into view. Royal was the first to see and turned back to tell them of what he saw but when he did the two were squatting on the ground holding their heads seemingly in pain.

"Are you guys alright? What happened? Do I need to get some supplies out of my bag?"

"Fuck~ I don't know... I just got a really bad fucking headache all of a sudden~."

Nick muttered trying to fight back the pain.

"It's as if something is telling us something~."

Cloudy added in.

Royal shifted back seeing the entrance close by and moved forward thinking whatever was messing with them had to be nearby. But what he saw instead was a beautiful grotto filled to the brim with gold as there was gold painted all over the walls of the place. There was enough gold to by an entire kingdom and then some for future generations after that. It made him speechless from the amount of gold that was up ahead of him never really having a lot of money in general due to living as an orphan. Abruptly a hand was placed on his shoulder startling him immensely. It was Nick. Royal reprimanded him for doing that but was all of a sudden taken aback noticing that they weren't in pain anymore. 

"Yeah we aren't too sure either but our damn headaches are gone so let's keep moving on."

Nick claimed feeling better.

Royal let it slide and grabbed Cloudy so he wouldn't stray to far back and entered the dazzling golden dungeon together. He removed the straps holding their weapons and handed them their respective weapons telling them to be on guard not knowing what to expect inside a dungeon especially being it was technically their first exploration into one together. Cloudy suddenly remembered the incident with Hunter absolutely massacring the dungeon boss in the last one they did. The more they went down into the grotto the more it was filled with gold and jewels that many people would dive into. But what really caught their attention was the fact there was not a single monster nor beast inside.

"Whatever is in here is most likely something that is capable of keeping beasts away with it's presence alone. It's going to be a tough battle but with what we were taught we can do this."

Royal said encouraging them.