"Cinister, wake up!" Alya shouted.
"Huh? What happened?" Cinister mumbled, half-asleep.
"You promised we'd go on a shopping spree!" Alya said, arms crossed.
"Sh*t, I did say that…" Cinister groaned, remembering.
"Let's go!" Alya beamed, dragging Cinister out of bed and out of the house.
The commotion woke up Ragna, who had been up all night playing games.
"Those loudmouths are so annoying," Ragna muttered, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah, but we should get some loot too," George said, already grabbing his bag.
"Fine," Ragna replied with a sigh, and the two of them headed out toward the store—leaving Michael and Brayden still fast asleep.
As everyone got something new, their loadouts looked a lot more interesting.
George had equipped Alien Goo Armor — a slick, pulsating suit that massively boosted his defense... but tanked his speed.
Ragna held the Legendary Oathkeeper — a radiant sword that increased every stat by 50%, but came with a catch: every attack now had a 5% chance to miss.
They returned home, feeling powerful — until they saw Cinister collapsed on the couch, surrounded by at least fifteen different shopping bags.
"You good?" they asked.
"I don't know, you tell me," Cinister snapped, eyes twitching slightly.
"Three hours..." he muttered, staring into space. "Three hours of shopping."
"How is she going to hold this?" They asked
"Do you know how in video games they have like, an inventory bar? Yeah, she has the same thing," Cinister said, still processing what he just witnessed.
"Makes sense," Ragna replied casually.
"But pack your stuff. We're going to the 8th floor," Cinister said, standing up and cracking his back.
After a couple of hours, we packed our gear and headed to the next floor.
As we stepped through the portal, we found ourselves... on a beach?
Waves lapped gently at the shore. A warm breeze blew past us. It was peaceful suspiciously peaceful.
"What the why is there a beach?" Ragna asked, confused.
"Oh, you guys must be new here," said a tall man approaching us. He looked like a bodyguard sunglasses, earpiece, and built like a tank.
"Welcome to the 8th floor... or as we call it, The Beach," he explained with a grin.
"Um, aren't there supposed to be monsters or something?" Ragna asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, there are," the bodyguard nodded. "But they're North not far from the island. If you want, you can stay here and chill. Or you can go and climb"
"Yeah we will come after the 10th floor battle" said Cinister.
As the gang made their way toward the boss, the surroundings started becoming scarier. But something was off. All the lower-leveled monsters fish, crabs, even sharks weren't attacking them. Instead, they looked like they were bowing.
[Boss: Cracken]
"What do you want humans?" asked the Craken
"We want to make it to floor 9 and 10" Ragna said
The Cracken looked at us and smiled instantly as he lauched five tenticles toward us.
George, thinking fast, stepped in front and raised his shield just in time. Cinister climbed up onto it, using the momentum to launch himself straight toward the Kraken.
"[Sun Dance][2nd Form: Pyroclasm]" Cinister casted as three blazing blue rings shot forward, slamming into the creature.
The Kraken simply smiled wider.
"There's no way…" Cinister's eyes widened in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Alya activated [Sneak], slipping into the Kraken's blind spot and driving her blade into its side.
The Kraken didn't even flinch. Instead, it swatted her away like a fly right toward Cinister.
He caught her mid-air.
"You good?" Cinister asked.
"Yeah… thanks," Alya replied, brushing herself off.
The Kraken grinned wider and suddenly raised one of its massive arms. In an instant, it commanded all the fish to attack.
From every direction, swarms of fish surged toward the team like a tidal wave. Overwhelmed and surrounded, everyone began to lose hope.
"[Heat Wave]..." Cinister muttered, calmly.
A wave of searing air burst from him, forming a shimmering distortion that clouded the Kraken's vision. When the heat finally cleared, the battlefield had changed none of the team was injured, and dozens of fish were flopping helplessly on the ground, stunned or unconscious.
For the first time, the Kraken frowned.
It raised its arm again and hurled a lightning bolt straight at Cinister.
"[Ashen Veil],"said Cinister as he dodged the lighting bolt.
A semi-circle of light appeared where he had been. The Kraken lashed out at it—only for the illusion to vanish, revealing Ragna in full [Arcmail], his body glowing with crackling energy.
Ragna caught the blow with his arm. The shock paralyzed his hand but because they were still within the effects of [Ashen Veil], the damage rebounded onto the Kraken, and it was doubled.
As the Kraken reeled back in pain, Michael appeared behind it and slammed it with towering ice pillars, freezing part of its tentacles.
At the same moment, Alya activated [Sneaky Step], disappearing into the shadows ready for the next strike.
And with a final strike from Ragna the Kraken died and dropped 1/3 of the key, two epic scrolls, a blue ball, 100 gold and a strange stone. Cinister takes the stone and tries to use it but the stone rejected him by sparking and jerking around in his hand.
"Interesting" Cinister said as he stored it in his back pack
"By the way Cinister" Alya called out "The key is 1/3 complete"
"So we need to find more bosses on this floor and we need to train since we almost died" said Cinister.
Ragna took one of the scrolls and gave Micheal the other. "We're using these okay" said Ragna
Cinister also took the blue ball "Looks like I can trade with this thing"
[Aqualith spell: Bubble]
The knight activates Aqualith Reversal, and a shimmering bubble of compressed water forms around them for 1 second. If struck during this window, the spell instantly counters the attack, redirecting the force back at the attacker.
[Special Properety]
If the counter succeeds, Bubble resets instantly, allowing the knight to use it again without cooldown.
If the counter fails (no attack received during activation), the spell enters a 100-second cooldown.
"Nice" Ragna said "Now I'm the strongest"
"Calm down buddy" Cinister said "Let's find the next boss."
Editors Note - Today I'll be describing Juti, Choi, Scrappy and Allen and if you have questions please asks
Juti Volt
Appearance: He has medium sized brown hair and brown eyes. He's about 185 cm (6'1")
Style: He knows color theory and wears out of style clothes but they look fire.
Favorite Dessert: Cake.
Choi Jae-won
Appearance: He has curly black hair hair and dark green eyes. He's about 183 cm (6'0")
Style: T-shirt and long pants and likes to play football with Cinister.
Favorite Dessert: Macarons.
Scrappy Flynn
Appearance: He has curly black hair hair and dark green eyes. He's about 171 cm (5'7")
Style: Likes wearing sweaters and a small bag pack full of snacks.
Favorite Dessert: Everyone of them.
Allen Toutder
Appearance: He has long red hair and dark blue eyes. He's about 186 cm (6'1")
Style: Likes keeping his hair in a ponytail and wears pretty baggy clothes and has crystals floating around him
Favorite Dessert: Anything fruit related.