The Sandworm came flying towards Alisa. She chopped off its head midair.
“All bark and no bite,” Alisa said, kicking the sandworm’s head into the sky.
“Look out!”
Suddenly, the Sandworm’s dismembered face lunged to attack Alisa!
“Ahh!” (-1 HP)
The Sandworm’s face burrowed into the sand with incredible force.
“Ouch…. Just what was that giant worm monster?” Alisa stood up, her hand gripping her stomach.
“When it comes to primitive life forms like that one, stubbornness is a common trait,” said Tyrone.
A small gathering of the planet’s natives were standing there. They were a mousy looking species clad in robes. There were two factions of them; a group wearing blue robes, and a group wearing brown robes. They didn’t seem to notice Alisa and her comrades yet.
Alisa hastily headed for the spaceport. However, on her way through the plains, a nuisance popped up. Two red bundles of vines appeared in front of her path.
“These must be Man-eaters! They devour humans!” Alisa unsheathed her sword.
The Robot Police came flying down. Alisa aimed her sword for their heads. The camera lens on their faces were the weak spot that caused them to become immobilized. She went on the attack.
Two, three… Alisa quickly repeated her attack. However, she was outnumbered.
“Look out behind you!”
But the young man’s voice was delayed. Alisa was unable to dodge the attack from behind and incurred an injury on her back. (-1 HP)
“Why you, that’s unfair!” Alisa turned around and ripped the camera out of the Robo-Cop’s face. That was the last one.
From the waves, a large-eyed half-fish half-man emerged. It’s a Sharkin! That red rope-like thing was actually an elongated tongue.
“Geh… Gerroff! (get off!)”, yelled Alisa as she gashed at the Sharkin’s tongue with her blade.
“Shaaaa!” the Sharkin quickly pulled its tongue back into its mouth. But, instead of showing signs of slowing down, the creature only grew more aggressive. The monster jumped onto land and bowled Alisa over with its thorny tongue! At this rate, she will lose. Her short sword cannot cut through the Sharkin’s tongue. (-2 HP)
The Sharkin’s long claws glared like a butcher’s knife; they wanted to tear Alisa apart, who was already on the verge of death.
This is really bad! Alisa grabbed a fistful of sand and threw it at the fish-man’s face in desperation, blinding it temporarily. Alisa decided to make haste and retreat. She’d had enough of the beach.
“Damn it, at this rate we’re gunna lose,” said Tyrone.
And then it happened right at that moment. A high-pitched sound came flowing out from somewhere. In a strange turn of events, the antlions receded back into the sand.
“What happened?”
<Phew, I made it in time. Thank goodness, thank goodness,> said a large mouse-like native Motavian wearing brown robes. In her hand she held a large flute.
“Oh, hey, you’re that Motavian Farmer from earlier!”
<This flute produces a sound that antlions hate. I’m happy that it was helpful for you.>
“Aww, you are such a sweetie!” Alisa hugged the Motavian Farmer.
Kuny Noone’s Shop (the black-haired one) was located directly in the center of town.
“Oh, so you want a talking cat? That’ll cost about five million meseta,” said Kuny Noone.
“F-five million meseta!?”
“Haha, I was just joking. Hey, that pot you have with you looks pretty rare. Tell you what – if you trade me the pot, you can have the cat for free.”
It wasn’t exactly what Alisa wanted to do, but she handed the pot over to Kuny Noone. She never imagined that this container her brother had left behind would have a use here. (Hand over LACONIAN POT).
“Okay, this lady here is your new owner.”
The cat gently walked out from its cage. Its outward appearance was slightly different from that of a normal cat; long, pointed ears, a fluffy tail that split into 3 ends – and also, there was a small bottle hanging from around its neck. The cat’s brilliant emerald green eyes suggested a high level of intelligence.
“What’s your name?” Alisa asked. 〈 I’m Myau,〉 answered the cat as he hopped onto her shoulder. Alisa has gained an ally.
“You’re my first ally. What’s your name?”
The cat looked at Alisa.
<I’m Myau,> the cat said.
“Hi, Myau. What happened to your companion, Tyrone?”
<Tyrone went to Medusa’s Cave, but he was turned to stone. The medicine in this bottle can turn him back to normal, but I can’t open the lid by myself.> Myau purred sadly. (Obtain item ALSHLINE)
Tyrone apparently went off to fight Medusa, but ended up losing the fight. With his master gone, Myau was left all alone, wandering aimlessly around until eventually he was captured and put on the market by a merchant.
“It’ll be okay. The two of us will go save him together.”
There stood a stone statue of a rather large man, nearly 2 meters tall. But just why was this in here…..?
“Tyrone?” Alisa murmured as she looked up.
But even so, it’s not like she would be able to carry him out of there. There was nothing she could do.
Alisa discovered a hole in the wall behind the stone statue. She could see light coming from it.
She crawled outside, and as soon as she did, a sudden landslide sealed up the exit behind her.
“That was close! …But what should I do from here? With the way things are now, there’s nothing I can do.”
After doing some thinking, Alisa decided on going after the “talking cat” she had heard about in Scion. If she wasn’t mistaken, she had heard something about it being sold to a merchant in Paseo over on the planet Motavia.
