The group woke up the next morning to find that Jasper was not in the guild at the moment. Jasper had woken up early and left to go do some unknown thing.

  "Who the hell wakes up at, wait, shoot do clocks exist here?" James asked.

  "What's a clock?" Wade asked. "And why does it sound suspiciously close to cock?"

  The group went to a restaurant Tabatha recommended, where they ate breakfast.

  "Is Jasper single?" James asked Corin. "I have a strong feeling he's a single pringle."

  "What do you mean single?" Corin asked. "What's a single pringle?"

  "James, stop saying dumbass shit from Earth to them." Janica said.

  As the group finished their breakfast and left the restaurant, only to be met with a giant group of, yet again, cloaked figures, this time with masks. The figures were all quite muscular looking, with scimitars in one hands and spikes made of ice in the other. The masks they wore covered their entire face, its silver color looking odd against their red cloaks. They surrounded the entrance the group emerged from. Every one of the figures had a symbol on their chest that looked like the previous symbols they saw.

  "More assassins?" James joked. "God damn man, if this was an anime, the plot would be so dogshit I would stop watching. Actually, if this was an anime, it would be an isekai right?"

  "JAMES THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR JOKES!" Janica said, quickly summoning shields as the figures blasted them with ice spikes.

  Corin controlled the wind to push hard against the figures, but they stood unfazed, their cloaks remaining on them. Wade quickly flew out of there to avoid the danger, knowing he would be no match in an actual combat scenario. Zewei rapidly slashed at figures with his gauntlets, knocking multiple back as their attacks banged against a blue shield. While Zewei was pushing a few back, James summoned a rifle, but not just any rifle. He summoned an explosive combat shotgun from Fallout 4, and started blasting enemies back. The figures were stunned, but recovered quickly, seemingly immune to bullets. One of the figures blasted wind underneath him, and tried to jump around the shields, only to realize that the shields surrounded the group members fully. Zewei was still knocking figures backwards, but he was unable to go through any of the cloaks. James then remembered that armor piercing things existed, and so he summoned a .50 Cal machine gun from Fallout 76, with legendary modifiers like Anti Armor on it, piercing the cloaks with ease, but since he summoned a more powerful weapon, he was exhausted more easily.

  James pushed through exhaustion, firing the .50 Cal rapidly at the cloaked figures, their numbers dropping one by one. The figures tried different attacks, but they all were useless against Janica's shields. After all the assassins were dead and looted, James and Janica collapsed to the floor, unconscious after using so much energy to summon their spells. The attacks from the enemies rapidly drained Janica's energy, and James' use of more powerful weapons exhausted his further.

  The streets were stained red, the smell of blood prominent even after the bodies disappeared. The group quickly picked up the siblings and rushed to the teleport tower, where they went back to the guild to make sure Janica and James regain their energy.

  "That fight must've drained them a lot," Wade said as they were putting the pair into their bunks. "I'm surprised they didn't collapse mid fight!"

  Soon they saw a pop up appear near James and Janica's heads.

  Level up! Level 3!

  Increased energy and reaction time.

  Gained new spell!

  Janica: Explosive Shield, summon a shield that when attacked it detonates.

  James: Permanent Clone Summon, summon one clone permanently who can do nearly everything you can, clone can be controlled, clone looks slightly different.

  "What does all of this mean?" Wade asked, looking at the pop ups.

  "Let's ask them once they recover." Corin said.

  Meanwhile at the Adventurers Guild, the head of the guild was yelling at Derek.

  "Why did the group not use their full spells? It's like they underestimated them! I thought you briefed them, Derek!"

  "I did sir," Derek said. "I told them that the boss wants a bunch of kids to die, don't underestimate them."

  "Well it's obvious that they didn't listen to you, because they all got wiped out, our spies recorded the whole fight on recording tablets! I can't even send more powerful groups after them, since that would destroy the town they're in! We need to attack them when they're not in some place that can be easily damaged by powerful spells. Next assignment they get, I'm sending powerful troops to follow them. Derek, make sure they use their full potential when fighting that damned pair!"

  "Understood sir."

  Derek teleported to his house through his ability. He flopped down on a couch and sighed.

  "That old man won't get them, I'll make sure of it."

  While the group was looking over the siblings, making sure they recover, Jasper was researching in a library on how to contact the Adventurers Guild.

  "If I can get the Adventurers Guild to get rid of those two, our group will be safe again once they're no longer there."

  After hours of searching, he found out how to contact the guild, and he made his way to do so. He found out where the nearest Adventurers Guild building was, and he told the staff there all he knew about the siblings. He told them about the siblings' spells, abilities, location, connections, anything he could remember.

  "And make sure to not hurt my group while getting them!" Jasper told them.

  "Understood sir, you said that your group had a human-bird hybrid, human-tiger hybrid, and two humans, correct?"

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  "Yes, avoid hurting those if possible. Just get rid of those siblings, their dangerous. Just being around them puts our lives in danger."

  "We will make sure not to harm any of your group members." The staff member was obviously lying, but Jasper couldn't pick up on the signs.

  Back at the section, James and Janica woke up to find the level up pop ups.

  "I CAN CLONE MYSELF???" James shouted. The group heard his excited yelling and rushed to the bunks to find James hopping up and down. "I don't care if I just recovered from overusing a spell, I'm cloning myself right now."

  James burst out of the room, leaving the group and Janica behind as he rushed to the cafeteria to summon his clone.

  "Oh neat, a new shield summon." Janica said, getting up to close the pop up.

  The group walked to the cafeteria to find James casting an overly goofy spell.

  "Apparently this spell needs a chant, so lemme do that real quick. Bing bong ding, ding dong bong, make sure my clone, has a dong!"

  The group watched in confusion as a circle appeared at the center of the cafeteria floor, before a clone of James stepped out of it, luckily wearing the exact same clothes as James.

  "YO LET'S GO!" The cloned James shouted. "Oh my god, I have legit all of your memories, this is sick!"

  "YO YOU ACT LIKE ME?" James asked, jumping up and down in excitement. "Let's go, we are now best friends, no discussion."

  "WHAT THE HELL?" Janica shouted. "Ah great, now we have to deal with two of you."

  "Ay guess what I'm thinking right now!" Cloned James said.

  "Let's say it at the same time!" James said.

  "Three, two, one-hundred-eighty-four, ZESTY BESTIES! OH MY GOD!" The Cloned James and James said in unison.

  "What should we called you?" James asked. "Ooh, what about Clames? Like clone and James put together?"

  "Perfect name, hey yall I'm Clames now!"

  "You really couldn't come up with a better name?" Zewei said.

  "Clames sounds exactly like claims," Corin said. "What about an actual name that doesn't sound exactly like an already existing word?"

  After a lot of discussion, they came up with the name Jamal, because it started with a J like James.

  The group was about to head back to the bunks from the cafeteria when the glass window inside the cafeteria broke open, with men in red cloaks storming through it.

  A few minutes earlier, the head of the guild was notified by a staff member telling him that Jasper has just told them everything he knows about the siblings.

  "How accurate is his information?"

  "He was seen with the siblings and he was a part of the group the siblings travel with, sir."

  "And the siblings are currently inside the Sky Guild building? If they are, send our more powerful groups after them. Fuck the Sky Guild, I couldn't care less about a guild harboring universe-hopper scum."

  "But the kid told us not to hurt his group in the guild, sir."

  "It's a shame that his group protected the siblings when we sent our previous groups, isn't it?"

  "Jamal," James said as he summoned a .50 Cal machine gun with all the previous effects from earlier. "Let's see if you really think exactly like me."

  James and Jamal both had summoned .50 Cal machine guns from Fallout 76 in front of them, and where blasting at the window where the figures were pouring in. The figures dropped like flies, but a door burst open nearby, with men in red plated steel armor stepping through. While that door was being burst open, another door burst open, and luckily the people who stepped out of it were groups from other sections. The other groups had heard the chaos and were sent to deal with whatever danger was threatening the guild. There were lots of people storming into the cafeteria, groups from the other sections, Adventurers Guild members, and Sky Guild staff, all bursting in to destroy the threat.

  The cafeteria was filling up fast, and the Adventurers Guild members clashed with surprisingly strong Sky Guild members. The battle led to spilled blood on both guilds' ends, and some of the Sky Guild members were starting to drop dead. James and Jamal were the main damage dealers, with Janica supporting them with her shields and explosive shields. Zewei pushed back enemies to open them up to bullets, Corin pushed wind around to move furniture in ways so it blocked enemies, and Wade flew around distracting enemies.

  "I'm, feeling, dizzy..." James and Jamal said, their vision turning blurry.

  Janica quickly cast out healing spells, but she too was getting dizzy. She was about to collapse, but Wade swooped down and caught her before she fell fully.

  "Ay I got you," Wade said as he carried her. He gave Janica some of his bread with seeds on it. "This stuff will replenish your energy, now you should probably go and defend our group again."

  Obviously the bread didn't replenish anything, but since Janica was carried from the battlefield long enough, she recovered enough energy to summon shields again. Wade carried her back to where James and Jamal were, and Janica recast her shields just in time as spells came firing their way.

  "I think it took them a good second to realize our shields were down!" James shouted over the loud chaos. "Crazy ass plot armor if this was an anime!"

  The Adventurers Guild members were slowing losing, and they started to retreat out the window, but some spell from another section's group cast a barrier in the way of the window, trapping the members inside. Taking advantage of the guild members being stunned, James and Jamal fired rapidly at the stunned adventurers, wiping most out and crippling others. Another group finished the rest off, and the cafeteria was now silent as everyone took in how much of a mess there now was. James was the first to speak up after the fight.

  "Does there happen to be a magical cleaning service, or will some poor staff member have to clean this up by hand?"

  After James said that, he looted all the dead adventurers, blood staining the floor everywhere.

  "I think it'll need more than some magic spell to clean that up." James joked.

  "So let me get this straight." The head of the Sky Guild took the group to his office shortly after everyone left the cafeteria. "You guys are from another universe, the Adventurers Guild wants to kill you, and after a bunch of failed assassination attempts, they finally sent a huge horde of their members to attack us after finding out you guys are currently living here?"

  "Sound about right." James said.

  "We are currently still doing a check on how many of our members died in that cafeteria fight at the moment, anyway what should we do now? It's obviously not safe enough for you guys two stay here, seeing that the guild easily broke through the windows, and I honestly can't think of somewhere else that would be safe. I'm sorry kids, but the safety of my guild comes first. I'm genuinely sorry for you guys, but I gotta banish you."

  "HEY YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Zewei shouted. "They did nothing wrong!"

  "I know, but they pose to much of a risk to keep here, plus we can't even protect them if something like this happens again."

  "If they're getting kicked out, I'm coming with them!" Zewei stood up. "Group members stick together, and I'm sticking with James and Janica. We still have no clue where Jasper is, but still."

  "Wait Zewei," James said, eyes wide with fear. "I don't think that's a good idea, seeing that THEY SENT LIKE AN ENTIRE ARMY AGAINST US! I slightly agree with Jasper with this one, we are way to dangerous to be with, and I don't want yall to get hurt!"

  "I agree with Zewei," Corin said. "I would feel guilty about myself forever if we didn't stick by our group member's side, even if it meant putting ourselves in danger. Plus, we can handle what they throw our way... hopefully."

  "Yea, fuck the Adventurers Guild!" Wade said.

  "I'm surprised that you all want to join them, are you certain?" The head of the guild asked.

  The group agreed, and was led to the exit with a box full of their stuff. They all walked to the pier, and went to Tabatha's Tower. A few seconds later, the adrenaline wore off, and the group was hit with what just happened.

  "Ah shit, we're so fucked right now." James and Jamal said in unison.