I was laying in my bed my mind running a mile a minute. The Item World. I was both excited and terrified. I'm going to see what makes my sword so strong. I turned over trying to sleep but it was useless. I laid back in my bed and sighed. I got really lucky against Surt and if I didn't have Excalibur, I'm sure he would have killed me. I'm pretty sure that the rest of the Twelve are just as strong or even stronger than Surt. If I don't have Excalibur to fight them...I don't want to think about it. I jumped up and put on my leather armor and grabbed an Iron Sword. I tip toed to the dojo and pulled the door behind me. I turned around and saw Yuki standing there waiting for me."What took you so long? We have work to do." She asked me while pulling out her sword.

I collapsed on the ground dead tired.

"I forgot how intense you could get about training." I moaned.

Yuki put away her Katsuki and sat down next to me in silence. I sat back up and looked at Yuki.

"Is something wrong?" I asked her.

"How can you be so laid back about all this? The Item World is a dangerous place with a team but on your own, I can't even imagine. I know you're strong Nick but..." Yuki had a worried expression on her face.

I looked at Yuki. "Squish." I said while poking her face.

"What the hell was that for?!" She cried out in annoyance.

I grinned. " I just thought it was cute how you were worrying about me."

Yuki opened her mouth to say something but just sighed. I jumped to my feet.

"Don't worry too much, Yuki. I'll be fine. I'll figure out what's wrong with Excalibur and fix it. Trust me." I held out my hand to help her to her feet.

Yuki smiled and took my hand. "If I didn't trust you, I'd be even more worried."

It was finally the day that I was supposed to go to the Item World and we had all gathered in the meeting room.

"Are you sure about this Nick? We can go with you." Amy asked me.

"I told you guys, I'll be fine." I replied.

"Gunny, tell me what I can expect in the Item World?"

Gunny still looked unsure but put on his goggles anyway.

"The Item World is a magical dimension based on a chosen weapon. Depending on the strength of the weapon, the inhabitants will be either be weak or as strong as an Overlord. Judging from Excalibur, you'll probably have the latter." Gunny told me as he pushed his goggles back on his forehead.

"Gee, thanks for that Gunny." Dan muttered sarcastically.

"Jezebel, I'm ready for this." I said patting my Knight Sword and my other sword.

Jezebel nodded as her eyes turned blue. She put her power into the sword lying on the table and it began to open a rift above it. I nodded towards my team and leaped into the portal. It closed shut behind me.

"Do think he'll be okay?" Mille asked Yuki.

"I hope so." Yuki said simply.

I came out of a portal in the sky and fell flat on my face. I looked around in the strange place I was in. The normal blue sky of the Netherworld was a blood red and I was standing on what looked like multi colored tiles. It seemed that there was nothing for miles. I stood up and dusted myself off. This doesn't seem all that bad I thought to myself. Then I felt a massive spike in mana pressure. I drew my sword and barely managed to block the powerful blast directed at me. I looked up at my attackers and saw that it was an Executioner along with a number of other powerful looking monsters.

"You wish to find the guardian? Then you must face the Gaunlet." The Executioner bellowed in it's powerful voice.

I got into a fighting stance and gave the group of monsters a grin.

"Well, looks like this going to be as hard a I thought it would be."