.hack//Horizon (Ch.1)

"All right!". This particular heavy blade had a productive dungeon adventure with his party. As they were walking to get out of the dungeon, he and his party discussed the adventure.

"That was excellent, I leveled up by 5!" said the heavy blade.

"That's nothing, I leveled up by 6!" retorted the wave master.

" Oh would you two boys quit competing," said the female twin blade "let's focus on the haul we got in this dungeon!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah, it is a good haul isn't it? Especially the stuff from the Gott Statue." replied the heavy blade.

"Yeah" agreed the wave master.

"Excuse me."

The voice came so suddenly that the group whirled around to see who had scared them so badly. When they finished turning, they saw the character model of a twin blade, shrouded in a shadowed portion of the dungeon.

"What do you want?" asked the heavy blade, trying to calm himself down.

"Would you happen to have a sprite ocarina?" asked the mystery man. "I forgot to get one before I got down here."

"Sorry, we don't have one" replied the twin blade.

"Good" said the mystery man. Before the group had time to respond to this comment, the mystery man leapt from shadows, quickly killed the wave master and twin blade, and instantly returned to the shadows.

"Who are you?" screamed the heavy blade, readying for attack.

The pk smiled and said "You're worst nightmare!"

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At the boards

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Attn: Gamers

There have recently been a rash of player killings in "The World". The most recent victims of this epidemic was a party of low-level players who were in a dungeon in Delta Server. If anyone has any information on an attack, please let us know. There will be a reward of unlimited credit at any root-town shop, on any server.

Thank you,

Lios

System Administrator

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Same Day

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Later in a dark corner of the Omega Server root town, a group of three PC's were talking about the sys. Admin.'s post on the board.

"Well, it looks like we're starting to get some attention around here" said one.

"Yeah, this game's gotten too quiet and boring, it's about time we livened it up!" exclaimed another.

"What's next, boss?" asked the first guy.

"We continue what we've been doing" responded the boss "all of this is just the tip of the iceberg. Very soon everyone will see just how big this thing is gonna get."

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End Ch.1

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