It was dawn. TRX and the others woke up. Green adorned the entire landscape, and the winds caressed the protagonists as they observed everything around them.

  They went to explore the surroundings, visiting a river that was close by. They bathed in its crystal-clear water, feeling refreshed. Afterward, they lay down in the sun to dry off and rest.

  "Hey... Does anyone know how many days we've been here?" Roundy asked.

  "It is impossible for us to know for certain, but I estimate three days," said Pointy.

  "I already want to go home... This place is very lonely... It scares me," said Roundy.

  "It scares us too, but we don’t even know where we are," TRX replied.

  "...What do we do? We can't do anything..." said Blocky.

  "Poor things..." said a hoarse voice in the distance. "Getting caught up in a conflict beyond their comprehension..."

  The group was startled after hearing the voice and immediately turned to see where it was coming from.

  It was about 20 meters away, approximately. It was someone whose face could not be seen because he was covered with a cloak. His cloak had several colors, to be more exact, it was blue and crimson red. It also had a kind of v-shaped accessory, it seemed to be made of gold.

  "It is truly sad... To be taken away from your home to fulfill a mission of which you don't have the slightest idea... And to be forced to fulfill it... Although, to be honest, it's the first time something like this has happened... And, for that reason, I will not allow you to continue advancing, it took us a long time to seal off this world."

  "What are you talking about?" said TRX.

  "Seal this... world?" said Roundy.

  "So you're their ally too?" said Blocky.

  "Yes, the first monster said something about unsealing this world and something about a Hero?" said Pointy, looking sideways at that guy. "Tell us what the hero is!"

  "No. I won't... I have a lot of things to tell you, but it's impossible for me... I'm sorry... You must die."

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  He finished saying that, and it started to rain very hard. The powerful winds made it impossible for Pointy to keep flying, and he was swept away by them.

  While this was happening, that guy jumped in Blocky's direction and attacked her with his right hand, from which a blade emerged. Blocky quickly protected herself with an ice barrier and made spikes come out of it, which pierced that guy... But what was on the spikes was only his cloak. He had disappeared.

  Everyone was looking at the cloak in surprise, and out of nowhere, that man, with his cloak and all, appeared behind Pointy, who was floating, and gave him an elbow that made him fall.

  "What?" shouted Blocky when she saw that.

  "Watch out!" shouted Roundy too when he saw the enemy's movements.

  The caped man quickly approached TRX, running with his arms behind his back, and tried to stab TRX with his blade. But TRX was more agile and dodged it, stepping to the side of the blade and nimbly getting behind him to make him fall.

  "Blocky, now!" shouted TRX.

  "Huh?"

  Blocky, who was a few meters away, began to freeze the raindrops that fell on the guy. The drops turned into blades and, apparently, hurt the guy, who was not expecting this attack. From his body came a red liquid that the group had never seen before.

  "That was... surprising, I have to admit... But... Are you ready for this?" shouted the man. Still lying there, he clapped his hands once, and a tornado appeared in the distance. "Grand Tornado!"

  "W-What's that?" asked Blocky.

  "It can't be, that... Is that air?" said Pointy, who was being healed by Roundy. "Roundy, get away from me!"

  "...Okay!"

  Roundy moved about 25 meters away from Pointy. Pointy, seeing that Roundy was in a safe zone, shot down to the ground and exploded, making a deep hole.

  "Come on, quick!" shouted Pointy to the rest.

  They all went to the hole, which was about ten meters deep.

  "Blocky, cover the roof quickly!" said Pointy.

  "Okay!"

  Blocky did as she was told and covered the hole with ice. When the tornado passed over the ice, it began to break it. Blocky did her best to keep her defense from shattering, but she was getting tired. Roundy healed her during this time so Blocky wouldn’t exhaust herself.

  The tornado then drifted into the surrounding areas, destroying everything in its path. Meanwhile, the man struggled to recover from his wounds.

  "I see what they’re trying to do... They are truly impressive creatures. Despite this being their first time seeing a tornado, they made a quick hypothesis of what it might do and planned something to defend themselves... Truly, they are amazing. Due to the divine wounds my body received, I won't be able to survive Grand Tornado's power... Heh, not bad though... To perish by these beings... Although, at the end of the day, this is all my fault, I shouldn't have... I shouldn't have..."

  That guy, after saying that, received a full-on attack from his own Grand Tornado, disintegrating from its power.

  After he perished, everything calmed down. The group stayed under the ice for a while until they realized that everything had settled. They began to hear birds singing.

  When they stepped out, everything was a ruined mess. It was a very depressing sight, but in the sky, they could see birds.

  The group was surprised by this too.

  They moved away from the battle site and went to a more peaceful place: a forest a few miles away. On the way, they passed by a river, which also ran through the forest, and found that there were many fish in it, of different colors and shapes.

  When they reached the forest, they also saw birds of all kinds and colors.

  "Seriously, this reminds me of something," said TRX.