Yuma locks eyes with Nezxa. Glaring at him because he killed Kuza.

“So you wanna join us… In an alliance…?” Nezxa nods as the two lock eyes and sparks fly.

“Well then… Why don’t you take your pretty boy face and travel to Heaven's Gate yourself with your BIG BOUNTY and all!” Nezxa blankly stares.

“You got me there… But trust me… I won’t be able to get there by myself… I wanna see my family again… I promise… As soon as we make it past Heaven's gate, I’ll leave you alone… Please” Yuma looks away and sighs as the wind blows.

“Set course for the next island closest to Heaven’s gate… This World shall understand my pain… And to do so, I must strip them down to their bare bones and take them out myself!” Cani nods as Nezxa laughs at Yuma's height of 5 foot 2.

“Aye Aye, captain”

Yuma sits in a small room under the deck thinking to himself. Cani walking past and stopping.

“There you are… What are you doing down here? Some help cleaning the deck would be nice Yuma” Yuma looks at Cani.

“What exactly is Heaven's gate?... What is Mantra exactly?” Cani scoffs in shock.

“What? We’re helping you travel to the Infinite sea, When you don’t know about Mantra OR Heavens Gate-… Oh right… Your Memory was wiped yesterday…” Cani sits down beside Yuma.

“I’ll start with Heaven's Gate… Heaven's gate is the only way to enter the infinite Sea and it’s heavily guarded by The World Government…” Yuma raises an eyebrow.

“If the sea is infinite in all directions… Why is Heaven's Gate the only way in?” Cani sighs and looks up.

“Shortly after the Infinite sea appeared seemingly out of nowhere… The World Government was formed and they built a wall to stop people from Exploring…” Yuma is confused.

“I’m confused… Why would they build a wall to keep them in?” Cani stands up.

“They’re ruthless… backstabbing-” Yuma stops her.

“So what’s beyond that gate?” Cani sits back down.

“Mantra… It’s a type of ability you get granted based on your genetics… There have been 4 types discovered… Uitsoten Mantra… Allows the user to Emit anything based on the Element they Receive… But they risk losing their physical body” Yuma realizes and gulps.

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“Then there’s Ipulatie… which me and Nezxa use.. It allows the user to Morph their body or look like a certain creature permanently, Including Lizardmen… and…” Cani stops herself from throwing up.

“Catwoman… but risk losing their sanity” Yuma slightly chuckles. Cani gritting her teeth.

“Then there’s Fysiek… Allowing the user to gain transformations as they master their abilities… Each transformation has special techniques…” Yuma nods slowly.

“And lastly… The most rare, Isueel… Allowing its user to manipulate their surroundings with their eyes including making illusions and infinite nightmares… But risk damaging their eyes permanently” Yuma nods.

“What do you think I'm gonna be when I go through Heaven's Gate?” Cani goes to speak but gets interrupted.

“Hope it’s not Ipulatie… I heard the transformation from Human to creature they are designated is very painful…” Yuma stands up. Nezxa looked at him with the two locked eyes.

“But the question of what your Mantra will be should be saved for later… for right now, you should focus on training your Physical body so you don’t rely too much on your Abilities…” Cani nods in agreement reluctantly.

“Well, we better get back to cleaning the Boat… We can’t travel on an old, dirty, wooden vessel… More or less I can’t… Don’t know about you guys though…” Nezxa wipes his nose.

“Yeah, messes with my allergies…” Nezxa scrunches his face and turns away. Sneezing a hole through the wall of the boat unwillingly.

“Oh… Sorry”

The two punch each other in the face. Yuma sliding back on the white sandy shores, bright green plants blow calmly in the breeze. A bright blue sky above as Nezxa jumps forward. Punching toward Yuma with a magma covered fist. Yuma blocking him and grabbing Nezxa’s shoulders and kneeing him in the stomach. Spinning around and kicking him in the face. Nezxa slides back engulfing his fists in magma again.

“Magma field!!” Nezxa slams his fists into the ground as magma explodes from underneath. Yuma jumping between the magma pillars and jumping at Nezxa. Nezxa looks up and Yuma slams the bottom of his foot into Nezxa’s face.

“Not smart” Nezxa explodes into a ball of magma sending Yuma sliding back. Sweat rolling down his face as he rushes to catch his breath.

“That was close…” Cani runs over and stands between the two of them.

“You two have been training for a whole day now… and I have some news you might wanna hear” Nezxa and Yuma look at her.

“I did some calculations… and the next island… Jayan… is only a day’s length away” Both of them are slightly shocked.

“Already!?” Cani nods.

“Yup… if you forgot… we’ve been traveling for a whole day now so… once we leave Jayan… the next island should be only a day’s length away instead of 2 days” Yuma nods as he glares.

“Let’s get going shall we?” Nezxa walks over and looks at Yuma.

“You aren’t ready… you’re struggling to keep up with me while fighting so you’re not ready… we don’t know what awaits us on that island… for all we know there could be a riot…” Cani sighs.

“He’s right… if you can’t hang Nezxa with a 1.57 million Enni bounty… then you’d die against the Demon lords with 10 billion Enni bounties…” Yuma clenches his fist.

“Take me to Jayan… I don’t care what risks there are…” Yuma glares at Cani.

“The faster I get to Heaven’s Gate… the faster I can free this world from the wretched Government” Nezxa gulps as Cani sighs.

“Fine… but if you die… it’s on you… I’ll continue without you…” Yuma pauses.

“Wait, why?” Cani turns around and walks away. New bounty posters in her hand. Two poster’s standing out. One with only the last name ‘Shisha’ visible. Obviously over 1.5 million Enni. The other giving Yuma a Ѥ1,000 Enni dead only bounty.