A/N: For anyone who actually wanted too see the horrid early stages of the cover- my bad for not posting it on time lol. But nonetheless- there it is as above as this chapters cover photo. Yes in case you couldn't tell by the 2 pixels on the screen, that's Karia, Seric, and King Metallica on Seric's "Best Friend". And this cover takes place before the most current events- and even before Amandeath as well.

They're also on a (ugly) ocean, and the green thing in the background is the pillar Vega (where people get Blessings from yadayada). Yeah lmao I'll see where it goes next though, thinking about adding a massive tidal wive in front of the boat in the cover as well but that's about it. Still don't know how I'll be able to turn something like this into a fullblown cover though lmao. But anywho- now for the hopefully better work of mine, the chapter!-

Last chapter, the quartet managed to teleport to the green haired doctors "lab" in one piece. After she stopped breathing Karia's heart transplant immediately begun- leaving Amandeath to her own means for a while until Metallic finally woke up. Although he couldn't move due to using his Emperor form and from Prósopsi's lightning strike on him- the robot was thrilled to discover that Karia should live after she went through two surgeries.

Seric's P.O.V.

"Huh- well well well, where do we go from here then sir?" I ask the giant, long necked, brown fur covered girl who's walking alongside me using her arms. Of course she's eight foot five and a half feet tall as well. Guess I should clarify, we're walking on a red brick road surrounded by a thick cool orange mist and a few twisted buildings.

"Noooot a clue... but do you? After all you're the one who's got a bunch on his platter hm? Poor kid... who's always been a burden. Always will be, yeah? Let the girl die, never fought back, poooor boy..." The girl says to me as the back of her fur covered neck extends itself right down to in front of my small face. That's not something you see today- or everyday I might suppose. 'Least I can't see her face though.

Anyways in slow motion the friendly girl's head starts to twist. Then suddenly, a tan colored blur smashes through the ground in front of me and engulfs my entire human-beast pal! I think it crushed her too, there's blood flying out from his fist now... awww... damn, I was just liki-

"Boy, what are you doing? Do you think you can afford to waste time like this?" A voice booms into me, causing me to get blown miles and miles away down across the soft road like a tumbleweed. I... wait...

"This is... that's Habram! N-no, all of this- this is all a dream right?! After all I woke up in the real world, then I got knocked out again I think... no. Shit- who knows what God can do here, what if I'm trapped aga-"

"Greetings, yes it is I, HABRAM. A good question... I will say that you are in fact dreaming right now, but who knows if I am real here? If I am... doubting my powers would certainly be a sin. Although, that would be suitable for your personality. Sounds like something I- or Habram would say hm? Maybe I can infiltrate your sleeping mind- alongside your concious mind of course. After all I did mark you, and in the end I'm certain that you remember what I told you back in nothingness, "I Am God"." Habram says to me as I continue to fly through the air, with me now skidding across the road- but being entirely unharmed.

"Shit he's right it would be... and if anyone doubts him- they go- they go to hell! F-fuck, shit shit shit this is really bad- huh?" I think to myself in panic as I suddenly stop flying as I bump into a soft surface behind me, it almost feels like a person.

Before I can scream I get flipped up onto my feet in slow motion as I stare down the infinite road in front of me. At the same time a smooth hand grips my hair, and another starts to carress my back.

I start to feel a warm breath hit the side of my face, until Habram whispers into my ear, "Don't worry, you're with me now boy. But, you did doubt me so you will be punished- on that note I will see you soon."

*SWISH!*

"AHHHHHHHH!!!!" I scream in pain causing the world around me to shake as something slashes my back. I-it hurts, my splattered blood is even raining down onto me now from above... oh God... this is...

My eyes are forcibly shut as I continue to scream, until suddenly I hear-

"P.A.L.! Are you alright? We hatched you from your shell of fried skin, so you should be A-OK now! We even put clothes on you, so come on please I can see those eyes shuttering you can't hide it!" King Metallica...? I think shouts to me as I slowly start to open my eyes.

"Hah, sweet. and yeeeep, we saw everything when we changed you... even your small rod." I hear... who... ah right, Amandeath say with a small laugh. And wait, I was naked- did she really see that...?

"Hey hey keep it down, he can regenerate but Seric could still have brain damage so yelling isn't the best idea right now." Another man calls out... damage...? Wait... what... happened...?

"Ah- but... I see. Fair enough, I suppose." King Metallica says a bit quieter this time in a humble tone, and at the same time I can see the room above me. A white ceiling, Metallica's face- but with no crown on his head.

"Pal! I'm so so so so glad to see ya once again! I would hug you again but, after that fight with that NASTY spearman and that idiot Prósopsi's attack I... erm, can't quite do that yet." My eyes open wide at the spearman part.

"Fuck- t-that's right! I was dreaming so- shit... no, fucking hell why me?! Why am I s-so important to God?! What's the point in all of this shit- everyone's going to hell anyways, God doesn't care about any of us, Habram is- no I can't say anymore! At this rate am I going there too?! N-no, he said that, um, that- SHIT!!!" I think to myself with tears dripping from my eyes now as I whimper and start to pant at the same time.

"Thought so, Amandeath help him out here will you- we've gotta sit him upright in case those blue flames you mentioned come out." The man asks as I continue to stare up into King Metallica's sad looking eyes that are still above me.

A second later I feel two hands grip my shoulders that push me up, with me now sitting upright as my legs are lying across the brown carpet beneath me. At the same time my mouth starts to quiver as heat rushes to my fingertips.

"N-no that's right, Habram said that a fate far greater than heaven or hell awaits me. So I-I should be fine... no. Fuck, what if that means suffering in a place greater than hell?! Why the hell, why couldn't he just...!" I think to myself with liquified blue flames pouring out of my fingertips.

*TSSSSSSSSSSSSS!*

"Shit, the amount of Herin it'll cost to fix those holes is insane, even if there aren't any pipes under the floor there. But damn, that's cool. Oh- sorry, I know you're probably scared after going through a near death experience and all, well from what Metallic told me at least." The man says which makes me glare towards him as my throat starts to burn... oh no.

"Sorry is the correct response! I'm certain in my beliefs that our poor and kind pal #1 just went to the glorious afterlife and back. And you're here thinking about your pathetic ugly F.L.O.O.R.?! Ignore him Seric, just let it all out like a dragon, YASHASHA- ah right! Quiet. Yashashasha!" I hear King say enthusiastically as he quiets down. Afterlife... glorious... yeah, dear God I wish. No... never mind. Again, can't say that anymore...

"Waaaait... the hell? S'cuse me." I hear Amandeath say as the shirt- jacket I don't care anyways, that I'm wearing is raised up from my back.

"He... got cut? Was there still glass on the floor? Nah, this is way too big for that... shit, unless someone used their Blessing on him. Hey Marlox, he somehow got fucked up again- a new massive gash is on his back now. It's bleeding like crazy... he'll probably need a new shirt, and keep on guard you two." I hear her say which confuses me for a second, until I remember my nightmare-

"AH- MMPH!" I cry out as I feel a searing heat rise up my throat, and at the same time I hunch over as I vomit out a massive amount of blue flames onto and straight through the floor in between my white pant covered legs.

"That so? Well don't worry someone attacking us here is pretty unlikely, we're closer to the center of the Hopian Continent now. Not like anyone could have tracked us either after we teleported... anyways, let's see." The man says as I can hear footsteps in the back of my mind, with him not being phased by the liquid blue fire. Like I care right now though...

"Damn... yeah he probably jolted in his sleep, and there was still glass underneath him from the table Metallic broke. Yeah I'll go get another shirt, try to make sure his hands don't move and that he throws up in the same hole in the floor." The green haired man continues as he starts to walk away I think...

"SHIT! Habram can- he can even attack me from my fucking sleep?! I mean, I mean that's the only way I could suddenly have a gash like that from out of nowhere right? It's just like- like in the dream, it has to be! Oh God this is fucked... NO I shouldn't say that anymore! No no w-wait, that mark I have- i-is it still glowing?" I think to myself as I shakily start to move my hands to my shirt covered chest until-

"MMMMM-MMPH!" I vomit out more flames, mainly due to the searing acid like flames also pouring out of my fingertips that are now dripping and burning my pants and bare leg.

"Pal #3 keep his boiling hands down! Just take it easy Seric, everything's perfectly fine- Karia's fine and we're not in danger I promise you!" King Metallica commands as Amandeath uses her chest to keep my back upright as she grabs my hands and swings them down to my sides. Luckily at the same time the flames that landed on me sizzle out...

Anyways, Amandeath then says, "So your own flames can burn you... and yeaaah my bad I was zoning out there. ...For when you can or wanna talk though, the hell happened to you back there? Your chest suddenly started glowing and everything, and if you didn't know, you were legit dead as fuuuuck for a while."

I vomit flames out once more as she confirms what I thought I saw before. Habram... marked me.

"Yep, as much as I wanna hear about our savio- or the universe's creators that Seric O.B.V.I.O.U.S.L.Y. saw after he died... I don't think he's in the mood for chit-chat now pal #3. Right, pal #1?" King Metallica asks me, which makes me shakily look towards his face. His eyes look a bit gloomy, but he's still smiling regardless, maybe to make me happy or something...

"S-saviors...?" I can't help but mumble in despair which causes King's eyes to open up wide as a huge grin appears on his face...

"Hmmmm?! Wait what about them don't tell me- did you actually see them pal?!" King Metallica asks with enthusiasm.

"Don't smile, you- you idiot! You... oh- fucking hell this is awful! He loves the Five Kings so much, even got tatoos of them, tells us their tales from scripture. And yet... both them and Habram, the God's that he- he believes in and looks to for guidance... is just going to send him to hell. Everyone to hell... he's... Habram is fucking awful- SHIT SHUT UP HE'LL HEAR ME, I'M SORRY!" I think to myself as even more tears- this time of pity for King pour out from my eyes as I look at him. Of course a wave of panic hits me as well, causing my throat to heat up once more.

"Don't... don't praise... help- MMPH!" I start to tell and ask him- but panic and stop when I remember what Habram told me about what I learned. Of course I throw up a bunch of blue flames at the same time as I hunch over.

"Hm? Don't praise who? My Lords? Ah... maybe you are right there pal... after all, I... have come to realize my multitude of sins myself..." King Metallica says as he lowers his head.

"Can't- I can't tell! If I do- he- Habram said that I'll regret ever being born! S-shit... I can't even ask for help! Oh shit I don't like this... no, maybe this is for the better? What if... what if telling everyone will just cause a worldwide panic? What if hell isn't so bad after all? Yeah... yeah! If he's sending basically everyone there- it can't be THAT bad right?" I think to myself as tears and flames continue to pour from my body as I whimper and sniffle.

"K-King... what is... h-hrell... what's... is... bad?" I try to ask him what hell is like according to scripture as I glance towards his confused face, of course it comes out as nonsense though...

"Firstly- don't worry about it now I suppose but as you can see by my crownless noggin I'm no longer a king, I'm now just Metallic. Literally and metaphorically! Secondly- I've got Z.E.R.O. idea what you meant there pal, but I'm glad to see you're calming down a tad! When you cool down enough we've got a whole load of stuff to discuss like our sniper gal mentioned. Ah but don't worry about that now, since I know you always like to be a worrywart and all. Again, it's so great to have ya back Seric!" King... no Metallic I guess now... I don't care, says in a calming but excited tone.

"YOU should be worried..." Is all I can think to myself as I continue to take in short panicked breaths...

A few hours later...

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"OK, seems like we're all relatively calmed down a bit now. So let's start talking business. Metallic, you told me you're the one who made that massive hole in the ground back there. Of course that was FUCKING SICK, but, it also means that you guys are going to be hunted down like dogs by the Hopian Army. Course that includes me too, since I was with you when Prósopsi arrived. So, like SOMEONE was already asking..." The man who's name I think is Marlox says with sass he glares at Amandeath for some reason... she only glares back at him in return though as she puts another piece of gum into her mouth.

"Anyways, there's going be costs for all this. To me, I mean. The cybernetic heart transplant on Karia costs at least one million Herin- but I'll drop that down to 800,000 for you all. The hysterectomy, again due to the cybernetics costs about 50,000... and yes that wasn't part of the original plan, but if I didn't perform that surgery Karia would have definitely died. The next steps for helping her recover, being the requried medicine and potentially more procedures should be around 100,000 Herin." Marlox says, and at the same time I think I can hear King Metallica's jaw dropping... I'm just staring at the floor though as flames continue to drip from my fingertips.

"...Should I just leave? I... Habram said that I'll work with him when I get my memories back. And the only way I know how to get them back is by completing the trials... should I complete them for Karia then? I mean, fuck, he never said anything about punishing me for not completing them. And considering what he's done so far, and how his other servant turned out... I-I don't know if working with him is the best idea. But no no what if that spearman- Diosa was insane BEFORE he started to hunt souls...?" I ramble on to myself in my thoughts as I stare down into the hole in the carpet in front of me that my blue flames made.

"Lastly... from now on, I'm going to have to live on the run and in hiding. After all, I saved all of you. So. For that reason, sorry but I'm going to need five million extra Herin from you al-"

*CLICK!*

"Fucking scammer... IIII knew this was sketchy. What makes you think we can- or will pay that much Herin off?" I glance my eyes up to see Amandeath now holding her arm with her sniper attached to it up to the mans head. The tip of the barrel is right on his forehead...

"Jeez- take it easy! Easy! Karia still- still needs plenty of treatment, so if you killed me here she'd be done for. My pricing is fair, my life is being changed drastically here too o-ok! It's fair, please d-don't shoot!" The man calls out shakily as he raises his hands in the air.

"Yeah just cool it there Amandeath! He's an aquaintance level pal of ours, and we C.E.R.T.A.I.N.L.Y. don't blow those level of pals brain's out! He saved all of our behinds after all! ...Wait a minute, your sniper isn't even working yet you ignoramus- so stop making a fool of yourself!" Metallic shouts back to her in a frustrated tone...

"Hah... yeeeep, you're right. It's broken. But he didn't know that you iron dumbass, we could've used the sniper to threaten him into fixing her for free. Well then again, guess my fists could do the same thing..." Amandeath says with a long sigh as she lowers her gun from the mans head.

"H.E.Y. when I can move again, you'll pay for disgracing my new name! But you shall be spared. For now!" Metallic shouts back.

"...No... if I left these three, where would I go? I don't have any money, I barely even know anything about this continent... or this world. I have no choice but to stay. Maybe I could convince Karia to not have me do the trials- no, I couldn't tell her why I don't want to so that's pointless. Fuck man..." I continue to think to myself, barely caring about what's going on around me but still listening and watching just in case.

"A-ah... haha... I'll... be right back." The man says as he turns around and starts to run, but before he can get far Amandeath grabs his shoulder and pulls her towards him.

"My combat skills are just as deadly as my sniper. Juuuuust saying, in case you were thinking of pulling something off..." Amandeath says in an intimidating tone as she rests the sides of her hands against Marlox's neck. He shakes his head like crazy to agree, and so she lets him go, and instead of running the man stands in place this time.

"Um... r-right, haha... well. It seems like you're other allies still want to solve this, through- other means, so let's try that. S-since you caused so much destruction Metallic, and since Seric was able to take down a Commander... wouldn't it be pretty simple for you three to just bounty hunt for the money?" The doctor adds meekly.

"...Ah! That IS true... hm... well you used to have a blast hunting bounties- right Amandeath? So how about it? You have the skills don't ya? So why would we bother to hurt our savior when we can just take down some lousy baddies once I'm able to fix myself up?! Well... I suppose I have sinned too but... anywho! How about it pal #3?" Kin- no Metallic tries to convince Amandeath, but gets depressed for a second... weird.

"You kidding me? Fuuuuck that shit, what you did back there could probably match what Head Commander Prósopsi can do. And you want to run around the continent that's probably looking for us like crazy? And take down people at the same time- who would need to have crazy high bounties for us to pay off our "debt"?" Amandeath says.

"...If you wanna go get yourselves slaughtered like stupid cows, go right ahead. There's not enough in all this for me, even if I am liking you guys. If you're really asking me to risk my life to be kind to some dodgy  doctor I just met... I'll be taking my stuff and leaving you all here." Amandeath finishes as she glares towards Metallic's wide eyed face and angry looking eyes.

A/N: Seric finally wakes up with minor physical injuries... but, his mind is now scarred for life- and Amandeath is now threatening to leave the quartet?!

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