Last chapter, Seric discovered that Karia expectedly still despises him even after helping her, and so he cautiously went to talk to the new crewmember, Amandeath. He discovered more about her past life, and her Blessing which practically allows her to make anything she touches have zero recoil, or more specifically zero reaction forces as they get turned into action forces.

A few days after the fight with Amandeath, still on the outskirts of the Hopian Continent...

Seric's P.O.V.

"Alrighty then! Is that everything we need to T.H.R.I.V.E. pals?" King Metallica asks with enthusiasm as he stands on our white docked ship while rubbing his hands together frantically causing them to turn a bit red.

"Yeeeeep. Got my stuff already, which isn't much..." Amandeath says lazily as she walks towards the edge of our boat and chews on a piece of gum and slowly pats her right pink and white checked pajama pant pocket. Over the past few days, King Metallica continued to take care of her, and with the medical pads and good rest her injuries have completely healed.

"Yeah." Karia says in a more depressed tone than Amandeath as she walks out of the living quarters wearing her jean jacket vest and pink and green inked arms. She still looks quite tired- but with her wounds having completely recovered due to those medical pads King Metallica bought, as well as her only having one truly "bad" injury from Amandeath's gunshot which luckily only tore through the edge of her arm.

"Yeah I'm good I think. Should I just leave the boat here still, or?" I ask as I stand up from one of the seats on deck, with me having been ready for a while now. Course we can always re-summon the boat when we need to, so I'm not too panicked about it.

But, I am thrilled to be able to finally move out of this dark and sketchy alleyway, as we've had the boat docked here awkwardly because of Karia and Amandeath needing to rest for days now... quite a few bandits came to visit us to say the least.

"..." No one responds to me, and they instead jump off of the ship and onto the pavement just below us.

"Wow thanks." I mutter.

"So, pal #3, I've been on watch so I haven't got the time to chat with ya yet! Where're you from?" King Metallica asks as we walk beside each other, with Karia being as far away as possible from me of course- but Amandeath as well.

"I dunno, here I guess... there's not really any sections to the Hopian Continent or whatever..." Amandeath says as she continues to walk and stare straight ahead while King Metallica looks at her blankly.

"O.K., not wrong I suppose! Then... hm... I know, what was your life like as a P.U.N.Y. child, the same as all the other meatbags 'round here? Or were you something special?!" King Metallica asks as he points his right index finger by me towards Amandeath, and his other arm straight above us towards one of the massive secured see through tubes that are transporting countless overweight citizens on chairs.

"...Hah... special... yeaaaaaah, guess you could say that. I was born into a family of bounty hunters, why I've got the "death" in my name, runs in the family... my dad wanted a boy for his first kid, but he got me. Soooooo, he gave me a fat middle finger with my name's prefix..." Amandeath explains which interests me, but confuses me for a bit at the same time.

Karia snickers as we exit the alleyway onto a slightly less dark empty cracked street surrounded by neon inked spray painted buildings... I can't help but snicker for a second as well when I realize the meaning behind her name.

"You laughing at my name? You're lucky my sniper hasn't been fixed yet... or..." Amandeath starts to say, but stops herself mid sentence as King Metallica gives her an intimidating glare and I quickly take a few steps back towards the alleyway.

"Or what? I kicked your ass once I can do it again bitch." Karia adds in with a scoff as the three of them continue to walk.

"Hey hey no catfights here! This is bonding time not breaking time! But, you're not getting your sniper fixed for another week now because of that missy!" King Metallica scolds Amandeath with a wagging finger as he slaps his hands in front of the two to stop their walking.

"Wooooooow, oh come on, I said that on instinct I tooooooootally didn't mean it..." Amandeath groans as she suspiciously looks to away from us, which obviously disproves her point...

"Heh. Anyways, so, "Amandeath" you ever had a boyfriend before? You don't really look the type that guys would like so..." Karia says passive aggressively with a smile as the three of them start to turn and walk through the dark abandoned street again, with me quickly joining back with them awkwardly making sure to avoid Karia.

"Mm, prooooobably more than you... my last one broke up with me a while back though." Amandeath says which makes Karia smirk.

"Oh reallyyyyy? How come?" Karia asks victoriously with a mocking tone as she leans her head towards Amandeath.

"Didn't like the barrel in his face when we fucked. Can't really take the thing off..." Amandeath says with no restraint as she raises up her right arm and shows how her sniper's barrel lies right along her wrist.

Me and Karia both laugh, and King Metallica does after as well to fit in I'm guessing.

Though I abruptly stop and mentally slap myself in the face after remembering how she just got mad. "Sorry!" I mumble honestly, but Amandeath just rolls her eyes at me... what that means kind of worries me.

"OK then... hah, damn it whatever. In case you're wondering I've had a bunch as well. Though I've done most of the dumping" Karia says with a unsympathetic last chuckle, but hey I guess Amandeath could be joking around. Maybe.

"Rigggght... and oh, yeah Seric, the hell is your Blessing? Actually... don't you have like two or something, cause you've got the boat and your invinciblilty stuff yeah?" Amandeath asks as she looks towards me as I'm walking next to her now.

"Oh! It's uh, well... I know that my boat is part of M- Ah!" I start to say until I stumble forwards due to a crack on the road before King Metallica reaches towards me and yanks me back up.

"There ya go! Always keep your eyes on the road pal, seems like I'll have to teach you how to be more aware as well!" King Metallica says happily as Amandeath looks impressed, but Karia just stares at me with disgusted eyes...

"Ah haha, thanks. As I was saying, I know that my boat is part of my Blessing, but my regeneration stuff is passive and always active and I haven't seen any proof of it being connected with my boat. So, hm, yeah maybe I do have two after all..." I respond as I get deep in thought.

"Ohhhh, neat. Wait, why can't you remember if it is though...?" Amandeath says as she looks puzzled, but just before I'm about to answer after a few seconds she finishes "Oh yeaaaaaaaah, amnesia. RIP."

"...Ah! Wait you are a bounty hunter correct? Doesn't that mean that you've got a fine amount of Herin on ya?" King Metallica asks as he rubs his silver fingers and thumbs together at a crazy pace.

"Mm... well some, yeah. Whyyyy?" Amandeath responds uneasily.

"Well it's OUR money now, YASHASHASHA! This is a collective grouping after all! There are some things we'll need M.E.G.A. funds for after all on this journey through the Hopian Continent!" King Metallica says with a laugh sounding relieved.

"Oh? Like what, you have any plans? Do any of us have any plans?" I squeeze my way into the conversation to hopefully get Karia to actually tell me what we're here for.

"Not particularly! I just thought that there's one glorious place I would like to visit, but actually I wouldn't want to interfere with pal #2's secret ambitions here in the land of one of our Kings!" King Metallica explains with a less enthusiastic tone as he throws his arms up and slowly lowers them.

"Where?" Karia surprisingly asks.

"Oh? Why the sole remaining library of the Hopian Continent, it's got E.V.E.R.Y. single writing of the Five Kings in print. And after that interaction with that evil white haired woman on Birzion, I've been wanting to reconnect with my Kings for quite a while. But, that's just my problem, I would never wish to push it onto you three by going all the way over there- and I doubt you would want to go out of your way regardless!" King Metallica explains, trying to sound enthusiastic as he speeds up his walking which makes me sad when I remember just how sad he looked that day when the Commander made him question his beliefs. Also- the fact that he said that he never shows any pain he's truly feeling...

"Yeah, of course we'll go then. It would be cool to learn about that stuff anyways so, don't feel like you're slowing us down or anything." I say honestly, though with a slight amount of concern considering how dangerous this Continent has been so far...

"I'll agree with that scumbag for once. I can wait I guess." Karia explains with a scoff- but, I'm just glad for King Metallica though.

"What...? You really would? But, you wouldn't gain anything from it so why? I normally follow my pals lead and try to help them but... pal #3? What about you?" King Metallica asks in a calmer tone as he turns towards her.

"Huh, what? You talking to me? Uh, I was kiiiinda zoned out... but sure, I'll do whatever. I owe you guys still." Amandeath responds with a furrowed brow.

"You guys... you guys really are some of the greatest pals I've E.V.E.R. had! Barely anyone has ever cared about an ol' bot like me this much before! Thank you from the bottom of my metallic heart!!" King Metallica cries out happily as he swings his arms around all three of us and squishes us to his red robe, which surprisingly has a decent smell that's almost comforting even though I haven't seen him wash it once.

"Shit this hurts! But, it's still worth it..." I think to myself with a smile but Karia's face just seems depressed again for some reason- while Amandeath is squinting her eyes in both pain and confusion as she's being crushed against his side.

*BANG!*

A gunshot comes from out of nowhere that flies right by the side of my head, and at the same time Amandeath's eyes open wide and she slips out of King Metallica's arms and jumps back at crazy speeds.

King Metallica instantly let's go of me and Karia and pushes us behind him while he turns sideways, and frantically looking around us I can see that between two giant cracked buildings next to us about ten guys wearing small tanktops and white stained dirty shorts are standing with one of them holding and aiming a pistol at us.

*BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!*

The shooter fires off five more rounds a second later, with one of them hitting King Metallica's metal as he spins his head around to make sure Amandeath's ok, and the other bullets miss entirely.

"Thanks King Metallica, though I would've been fine anyways. I've been itching for some ass kicking for a while so this should be good, stay back you three." Karia says with an angry look on her face as she cracks her neck.

"Huuuuh? Yeah right, I'm lazy but need fun as well... I don't even need my sniper to be better than you, "bitch"." Amandeath complains as the men seem to be taking out more weapons.

"YASHASHASHA, then it'll be a team fight I suppose!" King Metallica shoots as he spins his head back around to face the gang.

"Uh... yeah I think I'll pas- AHHHH!!" I start to say but get my arm grabbed and swung around 360 degrees by King Metallica before I can finish, and with me of course being sent flying towards the dangerous group.

A/N: The quartet continue onwards, with each of them getting closer with one another- especially with King Metallica! And now, the action returns!

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