Ascension of the Monster Queen

"What in the world was that?" As they looked at the other entrance, Ian asked, and Cortan stood up, sighed, and his eyes began to glow blue as a barrier formed in front of the entrance, and Yonja smiled.

"That should keep anything from entering, if something does, I'll know, you guys can rest easy and sleep in peace, well if you can here," He said before sitting back down, and Nessa began to fall asleep, but before she could, Isamu tapped her on the hand, and she looked at him and smiled.

"Well, guys, I'm calling it a night, good night," She said.

"Good night," They replied as she laid back the covered with a blanket and Teruo and Isamu laid beside her and she placed her hand around them and they closed their eyes.

"Good night, guys," She mumbled and after a little while, they fell asleep.

The others were tired as well and since they didn't know what other monsters they will be fighting next, they decided to call it a night as well and each one of them took a corner and went to sleep but, none of them slept soundly, despite sleeping, they were all on alert.

The next morning, when Nessa woke up, she saw some of the others had already gotten up and when she checked the time, it was already 10am.

"Good morning, guys," She said.

"Good morning, Nessa," They replied.

"Are you ready for another day of being terrified of what you might face next?" Sophia asked and Nessa chuckled.

"Yeah, I guess that I really am ready, I don't mind, to be honest, but we better be careful, after that roar last night I am pretty much certain we are going to be fighting something big and strong next or just strong," She responded and Sophia sighed then patted Nessa on the shoulder.

"I know what I am going to do," She said and Nessa glanced at her.

"What are you going to do?" Nessa asked and the girl smiled before wrapping her arm around Nessa's neck.

"I am going to stick by your side, for some reason I find you more reliable than the others," She responded.

"That's good to know," She said and Yonja sighed.

"You really are shameless Sophia, I heard what you just said you know," Yonja said and she grinned.

"I am just being honest, there is nothing wrong with that, is there, Nessa?" She asked.

"Nope, not what I know, I think honesty is the best policy," She responded and they began laughing.

"If only that was true," Nessa added.

"Yeah, if only because believe, the truth doesn't always set you free and honesty is not the best policy," Yonja said and they nodded.

"That's true, for once we are starting to see eye to eye, Yonja," Ian replied and Yonja glanced at him then scoffed.

"Things change with time, and people change with time as well," Yonja said, and Ian chuckled as Nessa took out a few things from her bag and fed Isamu and Terou, who had just woken up and began stretching before eating.

"Well, they sure seem energetic," Sophia said as Isamu and his new friend started eating, and Nessa smiled before taking out her breakfast and began to eat.

"Yeah, they are always like this in the mornings, they are strong and healthy as well, that's good, I still have to keep an eye on them, they don't know much about certain things, as yet, but believe me when I say they are not to be messed with despite being so cute," She replied as they wagged their tails and Sophia smiled.

"They are more dangerous than they look, huh?" Yonja asked and Nessa nodded as Sophia stretched off.

"I really feel like going back to sleep, but there is no way I would be able to do that, you guys have your breakfasts then we will get going, to be honest, the sooner we are out of this place, the better it will be for us," Sophia said.

"I agree with her, I don't like being in here, in fact, no one does, let's get ahead of our obstacles and get to the end of this place then get out of her as fast as we can," Nessa replied.

"It's hard sleeping on this ground as well, I don't want to be in here any longer, so," Niva added and they smiled at her.

"That is true, the ground is going to give us back pain and we are going to start walking like old people, holding onto our back," Cortan said and they all burst out laughing and he grinned as Nessa finished eating her breakfast.

She then stood up and began packing her belongings, as did the others, because the majority of them had finished eating and doing what they needed.

"Are you all set to go?" Nessa inquired, and Isamu nodded. She stretched off and sighed, as she had been twisting and turning a lot during the night due to the discomfort of sleeping on the floor.

"Lady Nessa, do you want to ride with me? I can take you with this current height and you can relax on my back as well," He said and she smiled then patted him on the head.

"That's a tempting offer Isamu, you know it is but I can't do that, not here, I am going to walk through this with them, also if the situation in here starts to get bad, I want you guys to take care of it after that, if I can't, only if I can't, got it?" She asked as they exchanged glances, then nodded and she patted both of them on the head before looking at the others.

So, are you all prepared to enter the next area of the dungeon? Ian asked as they exchanged glances and sighed afterwards.

"Yes," They responded as Cortan went to the barrier, placed his hand on it and it began vibrating.

A minute after, the barrier disappeared and Ian exhaled deeply.

"All right, let's try out best and cover most part of the dungeon today, got it?" He asked and they nodded, then he smiled.

"Let's go," He said before entering the next part and they followed him.