The sun dipped below the horizon.
Orion and Ryuta have walked for a mile and haven't yet reached the palace.
As they walked, they spoke to each other.
"If the palace is real, and it is a bait, how will we escape?" Orion questioned.
"Well, first of all, we will run—like a madman, that's it," Ryuta responded with a slight smile on his face.
"Are you kidding me right now? That's — that's the plan, for real!?" Orion spoke in a tone of disappointment.
"Well yeah, that's it. No fancy outro or stuff." Ryuta said, gesturing with both hands in a mocking flourish.
"Can't believe you at all," Orion muttered.
Two hours Later, they finally arrived at the palace. The palace was stretchy and unbalanced, yet it had a gorgeous design and color.
They opened the door and were shocked at how big the palace was inside. It was beautiful, like staring at a heavenly place.
It is goldenly light colored. The king walks towards them. Walking down the stairs, with red carpet.
The king has a normal look, looking average, yet his form and tone give him the aura of a king.
"Hello, young adventurers, my name is stretchy Lian," he said in confidence.
"Hello, stretchy Lian king. My name is Ryuta. Like you said, I am an adventurer," Ryuta spoke with a tone of respect.
"My name is Orion, The One And Only Strongest Adventurer," Orion said with confidence, with a smirk on his face.
"Hmm—, I like these two, Stretchy Lian thought to himself. Ok, we shouldn't really be talking here; come on, follow me to the diner room," He said as he raised his hand, palm up, and with a slight curl of his fingers, gave a subtle beckoning motion.
Stretchy Lian opens the golden door of the diner room.
As it opens, it shows a red blanket covering the wide and long table with a golden glass bottle, golden spoon, and fork, a silver plate, and a candle lit up.
Ryuta and Orion sat beside Stretchy Lian in front of them.
"Ryuta, if you are an adventurer, what accomplishments have you had so far?" Stretchy Lian questioned.
"I have saved my own country," Ryuta replied.
"And, what about you? The great adventurer Orion," Stretchy Lian questioned.
"I have good accomplishments, better than the other adventurers. I have jumped in the most dangerous mission, protecting the hostage at risk, and many more," Orion murmured.
"Well that is interesting," Stretchy Lian replied.
"The food is done, My King," Butler murmured.
"Very good my Butler," Stretchy Lian said.
Ryuta and Orion stared at the well-cooked steak as if they were looking at the steak with suspicion.
"Is this steak well cooked? what ingredients does it have, King?" Ryuta questioned.
"It has salt, pepper, butter, and a special secret ingredient. Young adventurer, do you wish to cook, is that why you're asking me?" Stretchy Lian replied, his hands slowly hiding below the table.
"This is getting intense, are you fighting about the food? You know you could just give it to me," Orion said while chuckling awkwardly.
"This isn't about the food. Orion," Ryuta said as he stood.
Ryuta kicked the king with his left foot and kicked another one with another foot; the king spun backward. As Ryuta runs towards the king, Ryuta's ability, returns to life, automatically activates slowly.
Ryuta swung his sword at the king, but the king sidestepped effortlessly, his stretchy body bending unnaturally to evade the strike.
Ryuta cast small slash skills, and Souls Slash to the King. But The king Stretch His Body again to evade it.
"Do you know that the skills you just cast are dodgeable?" Stretchy Lian said while laughing.
Ryuta ran towards again to the king, but the king created a big fist, and he punched Ryuta and was thrown off the wall of the diner room.
"Hey, Look Behind You," Orion said, as cast his bow spell.
The king blocks with his stretchy hand, the raining golden arrows from the roof of the diner room.
"How dare you destroy my Roof!" Stretchy Lian said angrily.
Orion ran outside the diner room, but he was held by the King's hand."I can't move,—AHHHHHH!!" Orion screamed as he was held.
The king threw Orion outside the diner room, with powerful impact.
Ryuta saw it, and he ran again towards the king; the king Stretch his body to grow larger. Ryuta stood there, shocked by the power of the king. Seconds later, the king threw a powerful punch to the ground, shaking the diner room floor; Ryuta was alerted and finally moved. Ryuta ran again toward the king, and at the same time, the king threw a powerful punch again. Ryuta struck the broken floor close to the king feet's, and with one hand at the sword, he slid and kicked the king's feet with a powerful impact, causing the king to fall to the ground and come back to normal body again.
The king stood up, and at the same time, he launched a big and powerful axe kick. Ryuta dodged it, and the king launched a big punch at the same time Ryuta dodged, sending Ryuta thrown out once again outside the diner room. Orion, At the same moment, ran toward the king and simultaneously cast another bow spell."One Shot," Orion muttered to himself, as the arrow being cast turned into a giant golden arrow. Orion released the arrow from the bow. The king dodged the arrow, not knowing the arrow came back, and the king was hit in the back. The king stood up again, feeling dizzy, seconds later, the king circled around his arm, and as the arm grew larger and larger, the king stretched his arm and punched Orion With such powerful impact, Orion wasn't able to dodge it, because of the speed it had from just circling around by the king.
"These young adventurers, are such a pain in my head," Stretchy Lian silently said to himself.
Ryuta stood up, side by side with Orion.
"Are you ready?" Ryuta said to Orion as he activated his Return To Life Ability.
"I am Ready," Orion's body glowed in gold color, his hair and his shirt even his bow, as he concurrently said, "Sagittarius Shots," Orion whispered to himself, as he nocked the arrow, preparing to unleash the storm of golden arrows.
Finally, as the arrow ability was unleashed, at the same time, Ryuta ran towards the king and silently said."Divine Light Slash," as he swung the sword toward the king. The king fell to the ground because of the impact. As the king was lying down from Ryuta's attack, the arrow that was cast earlier hit the king repeatedly until it was over. Orion released another golden arrow; Orion teleported where the arrow had dropped, and Ryuta dropped his sword; simultaneously, Orion And Ryuta punched the King after standing up again.
"This is such a stretchy fight, isn't it," Orion joked awkwardly in front of Ryuta.
"Haha—get good at joking; it doesn't appeal to me very much," Ryuta replied as he turned back, and he silently chuckled.
They open the palace door and leave.