Stelle was just looking at the newcomer, a little confused, after all, she had never seen him in Xianzhou before, but she seemed to completely ignore any dangerous situation. "Oh heya, for someone who uses a shovel, your performance was groundbreaking!" Stelle didn't miss the opportunity to make a joke at that moment, but Ace? He wouldn't miss it either.
"I know, sometimes I'll dig some up!" At that moment an instant friendship was created by two idiots, they stopped to laugh for a moment until more enemies appeared. "So, do you want to compete? Whoever defeats the most enemies pays for the snack!" Hearing Stelle, a smile appeared on Ace. He didn't need to say his answer since they both already knew what it was, so they went after the enemies.
His worries from before were being alleviated after everything, and his tension finally disappeared from his shoulders, now he could be more himself, joke around in light situations, or even have fun in combats like he had against the goblins.
Ace began to dance in the middle of the battle, his movements were smoother, but the way he moved made it difficult for the enemies to attack him. His feet moved to the side along with his body that was bending; his hands remained firm, and he jumped forward, making enough momentum to not only impale the enemy but also push him and others out of the aircraft, making them fall and disappear in the fall.
When one tried to attack him, he jumped back twice, moving away and then using the thrusters on his boots to be in front of the enemy. Instead of using his spear, he used his horns, and with the force of the headbutt, he made that armored monster be thrown into the sky. "Four to two! You need to speed up, baseball girl! Or I'm going to hit a home run in this match!" The flames of competitiveness between the two increased, to the misfortune of the enemies who were being hunted like animals in hunting season.
"Hahaha, that was fun!" Ace felt freer, the enemies weren't strong enough to make him tense, so he was taking everything as a joke, just like Stelle, who was carrying her baseball bat while poking a fallen enemy. "Oh! We haven't introduced ourselves, have we?" Her armor began to disappear as if it became only light, which returned to her belt, a red light shining with it. "I'm the galaxy's baseball player, Stelle!" The dramatic way she posed made them both just laugh together.
"And I'm Ace, the best grill master in this universe!" Watching from afar were March 7 and Dan Heng, who were just going to turn to leave because they didn't want to deal with that, but Himeko stopped them. "Oh, I see you're having a lot of fun, aren't you? I'm Himeko, a pleasure." The elegant red-haired girl introduced herself as the rest of the Astral Express approached.
"I'm Dan Heng, and this is March 7. Thank you for helping our companion against the enemies." As always, Dan Heng remained reserved but polite with foreigners. The person who approached Ace and made him shiver was the oldest of the group. "And I'm Welt Yang; it's a pleasure." This man was strong, ridiculously strong, which made Ace pay attention.
"It's great to meet you all. I was passing through on my trip when I heard someone fighting. I went to see and decided to intrude, but...could you tell me where I am?" He could get the information from the system, but this wasn't the time, since he was surrounded by a lot of people, and it would be a bit strange for him to just stare into space.
"Ah, you're in Xianzhou Laofu. If you want, you can come with us! And could you transform again later? I want to take a picture!" March 7 was energetic as she carried her blue camera. Welt seemed...strangely excited looking at Ace's morpher, but without any malice behind his interest.
"Of course, I don't see a problem with that. I'm traveling to find useful materials for my creations, but I don't have much local knowledge for that... Could you give me some tips on places?" Stella was the first to step forward, along with Himeko, who seemed interested as well. "Of course, we'll help. Since you call yourself an inventor, you must have created your armor, right? I'd love to talk about it over a cup of coffee." They talked for a while. Himeko and Ace talked for a long time about technology.
"I know some things that might be useful! Although one of them is on another planet...Anyway, how about we go get something to eat? I'm hungry." With Stelle's suggestion, everyone left the place. Ace looked at everything in awe, especially the flying ships. "I hope I can buy a blueprint for one of those aircraft. It would be very useful where I came from." A motorcycle was great, but who wouldn't love to travel the skies with an aircraft?
The conversation turned to what Astral Express did. Exploration of other planets was exciting to Ace, but what also made him curious was the train. He hadn't expected the interstellar transportation to be a train. "I guess in a way I'm the same; I like exploring new places and traveling through different worlds, although the way I do it isn't so orthodox." The system was wonderful, of course, but the trip to a world of Ace's choice was very expensive. "Huh, this place is busier than I expected." Ace followed the group to Aurum Alley on Stella and March 7's recommendation.
Aurum Alley was a culinary street, so there would be several stores for them to try. "It's really cozy here; it seems like a great place to enjoy and chat." He loved the place. It seemed so calm and perfect to enjoy something to eat with friends. If he ever found a way to take his friends to other worlds, he would choose this place without thinking twice.
"So Ace, where did you come from? What's interesting there?" Himeko asked Ace interestedly about the stories of the planet Ace came from, perhaps thinking about visiting it on his journey. "Not much, honestly. It's a peaceful planet with not much to do, although trouble always comes there..." Ace was talking about Rita's invasion, how she was sending monsters to attack the place and their hatred for the Power Rangers.
"Let me see if I understand correctly. These conquerors want to dominate the planet, but a being decided to recruit teenagers to defend the planet by giving them special morphers, and you, even without having access to this Morphin Grid, decided to help? Huh...so your search for materials makes sense, it's a big disadvantage not to have access to this power." Dan Heng finally decided to say something after being quiet for so long.
Welt also seemed thoughtful about Ace's whole story, he didn't notice any sign of lying coming from Ace. "Basically, of course my trip there has its problems, after all, I have no way of contacting my friends. It's worrying, especially the group of adventurers I'm part of." Ace's story with the group of adventurers in the world of Goblin Slayer caught everyone's attention, despite the repulsion and total disgust of the women in the group when they discovered what the goblins do. Ace didn't know what he had just done, but his actions at that moment would cause the extinction of a race in the near future.
"I imagine, but I can help with that at least a little." Welt Yang, the oldest of the group, volunteered to help Ace with the communication problem, which made Ace feel relieved, and a warm smile appeared on the blonde's face. "Thank yo—" When Ace was about to finish speaking, an explosion happened in the middle of Aurum Alley.
The group quickly went towards the incident, but upon arriving, Ace was shocked. "WHAT!?" Somehow, the person in that place was Goldar along with Foot Soldiers and Mara Soldiers, in the distance, a distorted laughter was happening.
Aha was amused by the scene.