A Little Test

Still finding his way out of the Redmist Valley, Roasted Boar continued heading south and Yale tagged along. While they walked, Roasted Boar told Yale the stuff he knew about Ashnakara and the events that happened in the Fatelord Plane starting from the time when Yale suddenly disappeared.

"Wait, so there's an alliance now? And the Chicken Lord trained the members of the Golden Phoenix? Then how strong are you guys now?" Yale asked but he was still gloomy since he knew that Jay was 'dead.'

"Me and Nuggets are already Fatelords. I became the Fatelord of Fire, and Nuggets became the Fatelord of Lightning. The rest of the core members are divine beings. But even though becoming a divine being means that you are only a step away from reaching the power of a Fatelord, even though it may seem powerful in the Fatelord Plane, the power level of a Divine Being is just like a drop in the ocean compared to the higher ranking planes, just like Ashnakara."

"Then you're saying even a farmer in this plane could beat you easily?" Yale asked and was surprised. But he was also wondering if how strong he was compared to everyone else since he had the Dark Star System, and due to killing millions of goblins, he had a lot of tricks up his sleeve due to the rewards the Dark Star System gave him.

"If it was a week before, then you could say that. But after I fiddled around with Spirit Power and turned it into a medium that allows me to use my spells, I am probably as strong as the Ashnakara women. And just recently, I've been experimenting on turning Spirit Power into Fate Particles."

Just as Roasted Boar was going to ask Yale what happened to him when he got 'kidnapped' by a Fatelord...

"Kill them all!"

"Archers, fire!"

"1st and 2nd units, spread out!"

Roasted Boar and Yale heard the shouting and when they hurried to where the shouts were coming from, they saw that they actually managed to get out of the Redmist Valley. But the first scene they saw was that there was a war happening in front of them.

It was a pretty obvious that there were three parties warring against each other since the women fighting and killing each other mercilessly was either wearing a full set of silver armor, fur clothing, or a dark red dress.

Each party's troops were pretty much the same. There was the infantry, cavalry, archers, and there were even some who were fighting it out while flying in the skies.

The unique thing that was noticeable was the mounts of the cavalry troops and the weapons that the melee fighters used.

The fur clothed women wielded a large saber on both of their hands and looked as if they were dancing in the battlefield every time they cut someone down. The silver armored women had spears and shields which is pretty typical for a knight. As for the women wearing the dark red dress, they had a variety of unique weapons like throwing knives, whips, and fans.

While the three parties' troops fought it out, there were three women who observed their troops from far away and flew in the air. Each of these three also had a flag on their right hand.

"Seriously?" Yale sighed as he put his hood on again.

"So this is the war those Scarlet Witches were talking about..." Roasted Boar thought to himself and filled in Yale about what this war was about.

"There is currently a war between the four regions in Ashnakara. Each of the four regions treat each other as enemies. Can you see those three observers carrying flags?"

"The lady in the dark purple dress and black heels is carrying a green flag that has a three triangles on it. The lady fully clad in the silver armor is carrying a blue flag that has a unicorn's head. As for the third one who is only wearing fur pants and bandages on her breast, she is holding a yellow flag with a boar's head on it."

"Always remember that the blue color represents Peace, the red color represents Evil, the yellow color represents Order, and the green one represents Chaos. Based on those colors, you could pretty much tell which side these three parties are fighting for." After saying this, Roasted Boar gestured Yale that they should leave before they get caught up in the war.

"Wait, we're not going to join in?" Yale was surprised why Roasted Boar was acting passively.

Roasted Boar sighed as he felt Yale's excitement to throw himself in the chaotic fight, so he explained why he did not want to take a part in this.

"All of the women fighting there is too strong for us right now. You cannot see it since you don't have Spirit Power, but I can see how strong they are just from watching them here in the distance. Their armor and weapons are either manifestations of their Spirit Power or are coated in their Spirit Power. Currently, I'm unable to do the same as them and can only cover my body in smoke and emit an illusory image at my back."

"Wait. Let me try something before we leave." Yale said as he tapped Roasted Boar's shoulder and suddenly vanished from sight.

"Huh? He can use his spells and skills?" Roasted Boar was surprised and saw Yale approaching a group of fur clothed women and silver armored women fighting.

...

"Peace loving idiots! Why are you fighting against us and not those evildoers?" A woman with brown hair and fur clothes shouted as she clashed with a silver armored woman. Every time she swings her sabres, her enemy keeps on parrying or blocking it.

Beside her, five of her allies was also locked in a dangerous position since they couldn't outmatch the spear and shield skills of the silver armored women.

"What makes you think that we like doing this?!! Blame it on the four queens fucking bitch!" One of the silver armored women shouted as she suddenly thrusted her spear forward, killing one of the fur clothed women by piercing her heart.

"No!!!"

Just as things were going to get worse for the fur clothed women, Yale suddenly walked in a casual manner towards them.

"Who the hell is-" Before the group of women could even think who the hell it was, Yale suddenly stretched out his right arm and opened his hand widely.

"Grasp Heart." Yale whispered to himself as he suddenly closed his hand. The moment he did, the nine women in front of him suddenly fell to the ground, with blood trickling down their mouth.

"Hmm... it works..."

After doing this tiny experiment, Yale vanished from his spot again and arrived beside Roasted Boar, who was looking at him as if he was a monster.

"Dude, what was that?!! You just stretched your arm out and instantly killed them!" Roasted Boar said as he suddenly grabbed Yale and ran away, fearing that some kind of irregularity will be sensed by the three women holding the flags.

"Oh, I haven't told you anything yet, I forgot." Yale said as he took of his hood again.

"I have a cheat tool called the Dark Star System. I got it from..." Yale was about to say that he got it from a Fatelord, but he remembered that Shera may or may not actually be a Fatelord since she was talking about a place called Antaros.

"I got lucky I guess."

...

While Roasted Boar and Yale were having a 'great' time, Jay and his group were already out of the Evergreen Forest and were at the forked road which led to Traxxes, Bevelona City, or Dragonstone Arena.

"What now Jay?" Rodrick asked and Jay told him that he needed to check something in the Mind Room. Jay was wondering if Ruby was still stuck in the Storage Orb so that he could ask her were the Scarlet Witches' hideout was since he knew that the Chicken Lord and the others were probably there.

--- Storage Orb, Mind Room

"Just how long do I need to wait..."

Ruby was leaning on Cubsy as the two of them lied down on the white floor of the Storage Orb. For an entire week, they had nothing else to do rather than play and sleep. Even though they did not get hungry or thirsty, it was extremely boring and they wanted to at least breath in some fresh air from the outside world.

Then suddenly, an unfamiliar guy appeared in front of them. Of course, it was Jay, but they did not recognize him since he wasn't in his female disguise.

"Who are you?!!"

Ruby and Cubsy suddenly stood up and prepared themselves for a fight.

"Woah. Calm down little girl... I mean Ruby."

"How do you know my name?!!"

An illusory image of a phoenix suddenly appeared behind Ruby as she glared at Jay.

"It's me, Jay. I don't have time to explain why I look like this, but there is an emergency!" Jay pretended as if something was happening and started panicking.

"Me and my friends were ambushed by the Radiant Army! Only I managed to flee but I do not know the way to your hideout!"

"What?!! Where are you right now?" Ruby asked and also started panicking. She did not even doubt Jay since she felt that he was 'serious' due to the look on his eyes.

"At the forked road near Evergreen Forest."

"Hah?!! How the hell did you end up there?!!"

"I ran for my life and ended up here for some reason! I am currently under the ground, still in hiding."

Ruby face palmed herself since she knew that the Scarlet Witches' hideout was at the Redmist Valley, which was located deep within the Doomsday Region. But the place where Jay was at right now, a place near the Evergreen Forest which is located at the central areas of the Utopian Region, he needed a month in order to walk the distance from here to the Doomsday Region.

"Just tell me the direction I need to go." Jay said as he grabbed Ruby by her shoulders and knelt down in front of her.

"West. Keep going west until you reach the Doomsday Region. After that, go to a random village release me there. I can do the rest after that."

"Then what about me? My friends got killed and I almost got killed! Don't I get some kind of reward from the Scarlet Witches for returning you there safely?" Jay continued acting and even started to plead in front of Ruby.

"Fine! Once you release me, I will bring you to our hideout!" Ruby said as she pushed Jay away since he looked as if he was about to cry.

"Wait, how will I know if I arrive at the Doomsday Region?" Jay quickly asked since he had no idea what the Doomsday Region was supposed to look like.

"Seriously?!!"

Ruby shouted loudly and wondered if Jay was a complete idiot or not.

"Yellow grass, warm air, black stones? Just how much of an idiot are you?!!"

Ignoring the last comment Ruby said, Jay thanked Ruby and left the Storage Orb.

"Whew. There were so many loopholes in the story I made up but she did not even question me about it." Jay thought to himself and sighed, thinking that Ruby was still really a child and needed more experience dealing with people.

...

The moment Jay left the Mind Room, he told Rodrick that they needed to head west until they reach the Doomsday Region.

"Doomsday Region? How will we know if we get there?" Rodrick asked as he snapped his fingers, creating three bottles of cola and three grilled cheese sandwiches. He then split it up evenly with Jay and Cidney.

"Yellow grass, the temperature will get warmer, and the stones and pebbles are black in color."

Before continuing their trip, the three of them first ate the food Rodrick made.