Third person POV
The next morning, Roxas and his group got a good night sleep and are now eating breakfast with the Nietes' relatives. Amidst the eating and drinking, they planned to go to SM Bacoor, which was just nearby off from the Aguinaldo Highway adjacent to a major crossing from it. What was their plan there? To spend some time as family and have bonding times with each other. Hearing all that from Roxas' subconscious and point of view, Anko was surprised and wondered what the good and exciting things in that mall are.
And so, all of them went there using two vehicles, one was Ricardo's multicab and another as an SUV owned by Ricardo's younger brother and Roxas' paternal uncle. There they entered in and started strolling on its first floor, gazing at its offer of shops and various eateries. Anko was enamored and wondered about going into almost each of them to see and explore what they have in store.
For the next 1 and a half hour, they all have a lot of fun time and had bonding times with each other while Anko was watching from Roxas' subconscious like someone reclining to watch TV. Games from an arcade composed much of the fun they have in this mall. Roxas and his two cousins, siblings Venancio and Darna, are having a lot of fun with tokens they purchased from the arcade's token vending machines and sometimes tried to compete with each other on who will earn the most tickets. Anko really saw that they are having a lot of fun.
And then, while Roxas and his group are still keeping up their fun streak, they all heard some crashing noises coming from the previous floor. This was followed by screams of bystanders and shoppers on that floor and a few growls from a few monsters crashing and causing chaos and destruction there. Hearing that, Roxas and his group were alerted and went downstairs through an escalator, only to see strong monsters causing the carnage and destruction there.
"What the…?" Roxas was shocked.
"Oh, come on!" Anko added with annoyance. "Why this place?!"
"Woah…" Venancio was rather amazed than shocked.
"Guys, we should do something about this!" Kaota said to them.
Ayala nodded at his response.
Because of that, Roxas got his dual swords from his inventory and wielded them with both hands, much to the surprise of Venancio and Darna, who were…
"Woah, Roxas, player rin ikaw dito?" Venancio asked.
"Yes, I am," replied Roxas, "and you two?"
Venancio and Darna got their bladed weapons, which consisted of a longsword and a spear, from their inventories and were now ready for battle.
"Woah! You guys, too?" Ayala asked.
"Yes, for weeks now," Darna responded.
"Wow, nice one, you guys," Roxas replied with enthusiasm and determination for teamwork, "let's take down these monsters."
Then to Anko through an internal voice. "Anko-kun, let's do this!"
"With pleasure, Roxas-kapatid," Anko responded with cool determination.
And so, with Roxas' strength and power boosted by Anko, all of them sprung into action to battle the monsters on that floor in the mall as the chaos continued on. Kaota's spirit guardian boosted his strength and power substantially, and his skills was as good as Roxas', while Venancio and Darna's were average for players between the Levels 20 and 35. But seeing their current levels, Roxas had the unassigned responsibility of shielding them from potential harm that would kill them. So, he did so with a couple of stab wounds and scratches from the monsters.
"Roxas! Are you okay?" Darna was shocked to see his injuries, which were healed typically by Anko, though Darna and Venancio couldn't see him doing that.
"Woah! How did they get healed?" Venancio asked.
"Oh, a little secret hack by me…" Roxas replied, before slicing an arm of one of the monsters, which was a giant red spider at Level 50.
Though they heard it, Venancio and Darna had literal no time for further questions and kept on fighting the monsters until all of them got vanquished from existence. Meanwhile, someone was controlling the monsters with precision until they died to the fighting players. It was one of Akihiko's trusted admins.