The Earth After Rebirth

It felt good coming back to Asgard, it had only been a week but it felt like thousands of years to them. But none of them were allowed to go out yet, Hiro was back to being obsessive over the true blood potion and ordered them to help.

Kiro thought a week away from the game would mean his reality warping abilities would be free to use. But it seemed to be going at a very slow rate, when he was offline that rate would go to zero. It was a bummer but at the same time, he didn't want to depend on them.

It wasn't long before Aeron knocked on their gates, along with a crowd that was there to rent some beasts. Kiro thought of stopping that side of business, but it was free money and who could say no to that.

"Now you guys know not to queue here, the website is there for a reason." He reprimanded them, able to take this little break because he had to let Aeron in.

"The website is a hassle, it crashes because a lot of people are using it. This is the only way in which we can get ahold of you." One voice reasoned from the crowd.

"I hear you, but I'm busy at the moment. Hiro would throw a fit if he saw me handling business here." He gave them a genuine smile.

"But boss, there's only 10 of us here, just make it quick. Please."

He took a look at their base, then his eyes fell on the queue. It didn't seem like a lot, he could finish giving them in mere minutes. He decided then to just do it.

"Aeron, you saw nothing."

Aeron simply gave him a shy smile. He wasn't ready yet to get involved in the squabbles of the group. As a new member, he wanted nothing more than to impress them.

Dealing with his customers took more time than he anticipated. Mostly because new ones would appear out of thin air. He regretted starting, but now that he'd started he couldn't stop.

He was only saved by the fact that he had a very limited number of beasts to give out. He apologised briefly, but when he walked away most of them didn't leave.

"We'll wait."

That was all they gave him. He stopped himself from laughing out loud and calling them idiots, he knew that he wouldn't see the daylight until Hiro was done.

'Hiro's gonna murder me.' He sighed, entering the heat riddled room. Everyone else was doing this and that, sweating to the bream.

"That took you long." He commented without looking up once.

"We ran into a small problem at the gate." He said trying to seem small.

"Mm...Hold this." He turned giving him a small vial that looked to have nothing in it. "Don't shake it, it'll explode if you do and kill us all."

When he sensed closer with vibrations he could feel that there was something in there, a liquid that was invisible to the eye. How Hiro could see it was a wonder to him.

He was now very careful with it, he didn't so much as move, you could've sworn he were a statue. Hiro smirked at this satisfied and continued his cooking.

Aeron certainly came at a bad time to be a member. He wasn't used to the heat so he had to be excused a couple of times. The others were used to much worse. After many days holed up in Hiro's dungeon of madness, his lips finally cracked a smile.

"It's done!" He shouted excitedly. "Finally, it's done, come on Ishaan, drink, drink."

Ishaan took nervous tired steps forward. He couldn't believe this was finally the moment, this was finally it, he was going to become a guardian. The fatigue wore off immediately as he stood in front of a potion with a brilliant colour of red.

He took a spoon off the table and before Hiro could say anything, he scooped a spoonful of it. His trembling hand attempting to feed him.

"Idiot. That's not what you use for it."

Sure enough the potion burnt through the spoon and fell onto the floor. Hiro was on the brink of strangling him, if there wasn't a pot of it he would've done it.

"Oh." That's all he managed to say before looking hopefully to Hiro to give him instructions.

"Hold on, why am I still holding this?" Kiro broke the tension.

Hiro had forgotten about that, he slowly walked up to his friend. Took the vial off his hands, shook it before opening the thing and then downed the contents within.

"You didn't need this did you?" He wasn't even mad about it, he just accepted that he fell for his antics.

Aeron was in luck, as a new member, he would also get some boosts through the true blood potion.

"You know, its a bit unfair he gets to drink it this early. I had to wait for months, he should experience fighting with monsters like you, at least once." He complained looking at the potion that was in a vial now. "This won't burn through my stomach?" He asked with a nervous chuckle.

"What do you think I am? Drink."

"You should count your blessings Ishaan, don't make this newbie go through all that. He's a priest, have you no shame?" Felix took his shot, although he was on the ground due to how tired he was.

They both were the first ones to drink from a player made potion, and both received notifications that they'll awaken in a few days. Ishaan was a bit bummed by having to wait, he was ready to use his newfound power now.

All dungeon related activies were halted, they decided to resume them after the two had awakened. That was fair, since they wanted to challenge high levelled dungeons.

"Wow, these are all your beasts? I wish I could awaken beast taming." Aeron complimented.

Kiro was outside, training his beasts. None of which were up to his standards, he just wanted his Hubris back. He wasn't just his mount, he was one of his best friends and he missed him.