James stood there shocked when the Alpha's head detached from its body. At best, he hoped to crush its windpipe or Adam's apple if it had one. He couldn't even begin to understand what just happened. Looking at the sword in his hand, he only wondered "How the"?

  Danny who had been spshed in blood that released after the Alpha lost it head went to wipe the blood from his eyes. In doing so he felt the metal covering his face give away and break off. looking down at the inverted face he held in his hand before it started to fall apart. Feeling the cool air on his skin he looked up at his brother who was holding out his hand, "That was-" Danny started. "Ridiculous, completely ridiculous!" James finished grabbing his hand and pulling him up. They were lucky to be alive. If not for the quick thinking of the two of them they would probably be chew toys. If not for the armor provided by the Metal Mushroom they would probably be dead many times over. Most of all they were lucky that the mushroom's effects didn't run out until the end.

  "No- not that, what was that light!?" Danny asked remembering the strange light that occurred when the Alpha's head was cut.

  "What light?" James asked confused.

  "When the sword hit its throat, it released a bck light," Danny said pointing at the katana.

  James looked at the katana in his hand "It's not that I don't believe you, it shouldn't be able to do anything in its current state." Looking over the sword in his hand it didn't seem any different than when he first pulled it out. Besides the inability to pull the sword from the sheath. James hadn't used it since he started training (pying) with goblins and slimes. He found that katanas weren't exactly newbie-friendly. Instead, he had switched to normal short swords. There was less of a learning curve, which allowed him to get used to dodging their odd movements. Returning the sword to his item bag he finished thinking back to when he first started pying around with goblins in his apartment.

  "Anyway, we survived. Haha-HAhAhA" James started to ugh and Danny seeing his brother couldn't help but be drawn into his infectious ughter. The two ughed releasing the stress from overcoming their life-and-death struggle. "HAHAHAHA".

  Once they were finished ughing James went over and pced one of the Alpha's fingers into his item bag, "Where the-" He looked around for the severed head within the dense brush before finding it by following a blood trail and adding it to the bag. “We got our trophy, so the hunting trips over,” James said as he looked over at Danny before spotting something at his feet. On the ground there was something odd, a neckce made of various fangs and bones, this must have been the thing James saw dangling from its neck. "We really did get our trophy." He said picking up the neckce.

  "You have got to be kidding me. That's the loot?" Danny asked incredulously.

  "Well, I can't be sure without testing it, either way, it's time we go home." He looked back up as more of the metal coating covering Danny was crumbling off. While Danny's arms were now freed, James heard a cracking noise in his ear as his own started to break apart. “Or would you rather stick around without protection?” Their guns were broken, and their power-up-based armor was crumbling before their eyes.

  James held out his arm waiting for the mysterious screen to eventually float close enough. (Really need to figure out how to make that happen faster). While they waited Danny started patting down his legs getting the crumbling metal off before James sent him through. Once Danny had returned to the living room he stood there looking at the TV thinking about everything that had just happened. "Don't look at me like that! You're the one who wanted to go on an adventure!" It was extremely jarring watching his brother retort from beyond the screen.

  James had to stay behind for a couple more minutes waiting for the rest of the shell to fall off. Patting his body down to hasten the process. Once the metal had finally fallen off James exited the TV, he gave himself a once over to make sure there was nothing wrong before checking his brother, "Just to be on the safe side you should probably take a potion." James said as he pulled out a photo from his vest pockets before pulling out a test tube of red liquid.

  "Why-" Danny was about to ask, then he remembered (I hit that tree pretty hard…) he did take a decent hit to the chest (and might have a mild concussion). "Fine, why does it have to taste so bad though?"

  "I'll take one with you if it makes you feel any better," James said pulling out another tube. *Munh* James grunted as the red liquid past his lips onto his taste buds. "The reason they taste so bad is because these are the low-quality ones. I can't be sure of the side effects from the stronger potions so on the side of caution these are what you get" (I need to test the Elixers (better-tasting ones) more).

  After downing the unpleasant liquid “Can I keep this?” Danny asked referring to the silken 'soft armor' he was wearing.

  “Why not?" James saw no problem in letting him keep it. "I'll be taking that though" James pointed towards the satchel bag that hung over Danny's right shoulder. After handing it over, "Now, go take a shower, you’re covered in blood, and you smell.”

  After sprinting through the forest and the battle with the Alpha, both of them were covered in sweat that was unable to excrete out of the metal shells now sticking to their bodies. In Danny's case, he had the addition of the Alpha’s blood that had drenched his front and the bulletproof vest that covered his torso.

  "If you need me I'll be 'in' my room," James said as he picked up his things before heading upstairs.

  Once James left Danny was left alone to think (“Was it exciting?”) He remembered his brother asking that while they ran. It was certainly an experience he would never forget. “Haa~, I need a shower”.

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