They were walking to the fruit stalls near their hotel. The men and mostly Anastasia were getting some odd looks from others. The young girl and the boys weren't surprised I mean they were wearing masks, anyone would get suspicious and curious.

Finally arriving at the Produce Palace-- an open-air market, they went to go buy some food.

The Produce Palace had small kiosks on every single corner to sell newspapers. On the sides were the stalls and shops and in the middle was a stone path for people to walk on.

Anastasia and the boys separated paths. The boys were going to buy some meat while Anastasia was going to buy some "clothes."

The 4 boys wanted to buy alot of meat, but first they had to decide who was going to pay for the food. Rock, paper and scissors was their ultimate weapon when deciding stuff like this. They played a quick round of the game, and of course Edward lost. He reached out to the his pocket only to find a note.

"I took your wallet, thanks."

Edward was extremely mad. While his head was about to pop off because of Anastasia, the other boys were laughing so much they were chocking on their own spit.

In the end Edward beat up Albert till he agreed to pay for the food.

○Meanwhile Anastasia...

The goddess was at a stall called "You're the Zest!" her mouth was watering just by looking at the sign. It was a literal lemon heaven for a fellow lemon addict like her. From sweet lemons to sour lemons, every type of lemon was there.

In a split second she had wasted all of Edward's money on lemons. She decided to buy 4 of every type of lemon there. The woman at the stall was wondering what she was going to do with all those lemons. Nonetheless, she bought so many lemons the worker offered her 2 wooden baskets for free.

After a good 30 minutes of looking around Anastasia went searching for the 4 men. Her arms were exhausted and her hands were all red she was about to give up. However with a little bit of hardwork Anastasia found the boys. They were inside a cafe sitting near one of the windows.

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Anastasia entered the cafe. It looked almost exactly like the hotel lobby, but bigger and with more furniture.

The 4 boys spotted Anastasia coming towards them. Before Anastasia could even speak Edward stood up in fury.

"Why did you steal my wallet?! And all you bought is lemons are you crazy?! I had 120$ in there! Why did you just buy lemons!?" shouted Edward.

"Because," replied Anastasia

"Because?! BECAUSE?! That is your reason?! Because?!" replied Edward furious.

"Sorry, but that's all your squeezing out of me," said Anastasia while smiling.

Lucifer put his hand on Edwards' shoulder signaling him to calm down and let go of his anger. He calmed down and gave up. What's lost is lost and shall never come back.

After that, Anastasia put both of her lemon-filled basket on the table and sighed out of relief. The boys saw her red arms.

"Hey, how long were you carrying those baskets?" questioned James.

"An hour," replied Anastasia confused.

The boys were surprised she could hold the baskets for that long without showing any signs of weakness. An ordinary girl of her size would only be able to hold those heavy baskets for 3 minutes.

Anastasia quickly sat down on the chair near Lucifer. With no hesitation whatsoever she asked a question the boys wanted to ask her since yesterday.

"Say, why are you guys-- the most powerful adventurers in the history of Poseidon, be in the middle class area instead of the upper class area?"

The upper class was where most adventurers and wealthy families lived. That class was all about status and wealth. Most people who lived there were sickening. They were called Aristocrats and were hate by all commoners. The main reason they were so despised was because they looked down on all commoners. Some of them were loved by commoners, yet almost all of them were adventurers.

The middle class area was where most people lived. They were normal and had happy lives.

The lower class area was where people who were unable to pay their taxes lived. Most of them wither away from hunger or from a disease.

"We got a mission to complete around here. A Dorza monster was said to live around here. We're waiting for it to wake up from his nap," said Albert.

"A Dorza? What is that?" asked Anastasia.

"A Dorza is a rare monster that comes out once every 12 years. All high ranked adventurers are obligated to kill this monster. What makes it so terrifying is how it explodes if you don't kill it in a short amount of time. It could probably wipe out this whole capital depending on the size of the Dorza. They are usually green and the darker the shade of green is, the more closer it is to exploding. But the lighter the shade of green is, the more time the adventurers have before it explodes," explained James.

Anastasia smiled, she was entertained. After so many years she can finally fight again.

Right after James' explanation the floor started shaking. It was time for the awakening of the monster.