"Prontera? Why there?" Kaos inquisitively asked.
"This is the third time you've asked me…"
"And I still haven't gotten my answer…"
"Alright…" Catoken and Kaos were on their way to the capital city of Prontera, known for it's bustling streets, many goods, guilds, quests, and most unfortunately famous, the lag. Entering in the south gate was unwise if this was what you wanted to avoid, so the two went around the west entry gate. "We are going to go bounty hunting, but with your lack of patience, I'm starting to reconsider…" Kaos just sighed. Other than that one day outside of the south gate, he had never seen Prontera, let alone it's innards. "…Look at that board. It shows the two types of bounties that are available for taking. The left side shows the noobish ones, like a bothersome monster. The one we're taking is on the right side, the side with bounties even Game Masters need help with. There are two bounties on this side that are available, one of which is going to be easy if we use teamwork…"
Kaos had listened patiently, even while a random merchant shouted in his ear to buy his merchandise. "The bounty states that there is an anomaly terrorizing south Prontera fields. The reason the GM's haven't been able to defeat it is because it has infinite Health…which is where we come in…Kaos?"
"I get it…but I think we should try to get some more information out of the victims of this thing. Izlude?"
"Lets," Catoken assuredly replied. They walked back the way they came, and went around the two fields to Izlude, the port city.
As they walked onto the bridge, Kaos tripped, and hit his head on a wooden pole.
"Honestly, Kaos…I thought your reflexes were sharper than that."
"No," Kaos shivered. "I feel something…hundreds of people, dying…"
"Looks like another one of your powers has come alive. Where is it?" An announcement over the server soon answered that question.
"All players please log out. I repeat: all players log out immediately. An anomaly has been detected in the south Prontera fields. All players, please log out while the GM's handle this…" Catoken grinned.
"It's arrived. Now here's the plan. Although it has infinite HP, it's not invincible. We'll fight it for a bit until it gets cocky, and then use your Data Corruption to disable its infinite Health. When that happens, I'll annihilate it with Dynasty Force. Just in case it won't die the first time, we'll repeat those steps. Got it?"
Kaos, surprised yet anxious, replied with a hardy, "Yes, but I have one question…how did you know what Data Corruption does?"
"Easy…I read your mind. Now let's get going before the GM's show up, otherwise we'll be forced to log out…and I don't know what that does for you." Kaos and Catoken ran to the scene…
…When they arrived, they found a horrific place waiting for them. Trees on fire, bodies everywhere, and a little novice girl running from…an Angeling?
"Holy cow…we have to save that girl!" Kaos rushed over and kicked the Angeling away.
"Kaos, quick! Attack formation!" Catoken shouted. The Angeling got up and spoke.
"Heh…you are idiots. Do you know who I am? The Almighty POING-Jr.! The ultimate fighting machine! You jerks interrupted my fun…so I'll have to take care of you first!"
Kaos and Catoken stood their ground while the novice girl ran away, but not before telling Kaos that she won't forget this.
"DANGIT! My fun got away…now you'll definitely get what's coming to you!"
Kaos smirked. "Is talking all you freaks do? Show us some power to back up your words, shrimp." Almost as if he was a completely different person, Kaos charged at Junior, making him fluke an attack and miss. Kaos appeared behind Junior and stabbed him several times before jumping back. Catoken had pulled out his sword and was about to charge into the fight as well, until a loud tapping noise caught his attention. He looked up and saw a massive shield blocking log-ins, and there were several GM's unable to break it. He quickly formulated his new strategy and charged into the fight, while the GM's were unable to aid and merely watched on as they thought would be the end. Kaos dodged several attacks on his part, and ducked when Junior jumped for his face. Catoken ran over to Kaos just as Junior jumped again, off of a tree and back at them with increased power. They blocked, and Junior bounced back, only to charge at them again. Catoken took this opportunity to inform Kaos of his new strategy.
"Hey Kaos…" He ducked to avoid Junior.
"Hmm?"
"New plan…" He jumped one again to avoid an attack.
"What is it?" Kaos slapped Junior when he charged towards him, forcing him back.
"Look up…looks like the GM's like our fighting." Kaos looked up and saw several GM's trying to hack the shield that was blocking them access. He looked back at Catoken, who was repeatedly dodging all that Junior was trying to hit him with. "If we use either of our powers, I'll be banned for sure…and who knows what'll happen to you. We need a way to block their sight long enough so that we can take care of this thing…wait, what the…" Junior had moved away to the larger part of the field, and was charging up a huge white ball of light.
"You people refuse to go down easily! There is no player that can match the mighty might of me! ANGEL BLAST!" Junior shot the ball at an intense velocity towards the general area where Kaos and Catoken were standing. Dodging it easily, they were unfortunately blinded by the light, long enough for Junior to close the large distance between them. Luckily, Kaos regained his sight just before the impact, but did not have enough time to dodge the blow. He tried to block it, but his damascus gave in under the pressure and shattered into several pieces. The recoil, however, repelled Junior back…into Catoken, who suffered a direct hit. As Catoken regained his sight and composure, he moved quickly to a spot near the shield. Although he had been hit, it wasn't a grave wound, but he needed to be careful. Junior redirected another Angel Blast towards Catoken, who did Magnum Break at the last second and redirected the blast upwards towards the shield. Another blinding light flashed, except this time, the GM's were blinded.
"Now, Kaos!" Catoken yelled. Kaos was about to attack, but Junior charged and landed another direct hit on Catoken, knocking him unconscious.
"Your turn, thief-punk…" Junior turned around, but Kaos was no longer there. Junior looked up and saw Kaos coming down with his foot. Slamming Junior's face into the ground, Kaos vehemently shouted, "YOU PATHETIC LITTLE FREAK! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!!!" Kaos landed without a sound and unleashed a flurry of kicks and punches until he yelled "DATA CORRUPTION!!!" and shot his palm straight into Junior. He grabbed Junior's heart and with a trail of lightning firing off of his arm, ripped it out and crushed it, grinding it until it was nothing more than fine digital shards. Junior popped and phased out of existence, and Kaos fell unconscious.
In his blacked-out state, he was dreaming of a pitch-black room with a chair next to a table. He didn't know why, but he had a sudden urge to sit at the table. So he supplemented himself and sat down at said table. All of a sudden, an ominous figure approached him out of the darkness, clad in a Ragamuffin Manteau. Kaos started to shiver as this figure spoke to him, "Kaos…new powe…ata Enlightenment…go and…" His voice was overpowered by a much louder voice shouting, "KAOS, WAKE UP!"
Kaos awoke, writhing in pain from the encounter. His duel with the blob left him battered, but still alive. Catoken was sitting by him under a palm tree in what looked like a desert field south of Prontera.
"Heh…sorry. This was as far as I could carry you before you started shaking and talking nonsense."
Kaos regained enough energy to reply with a weak, "What…did I say?"
"Something about Enlightenment and how you need to use it wisely…wait…did you have a vision?"
"Yes…and I think I have a new power as well…" Kaos sat up, brushing the desert sands against his hands. It was a feeling of relief and comfort, as well as a strange feeling of security. "Let's try this…" He sluggishly rest his hand on his aching chest, and calmly whispered, "…Data Enlightenment…" His entire body slowly rose off of the warm sands, and a strong wind blew into Kaos's face, cleansing him of all his wounds, and restoring his stamina to a new height. He landed on his feet, looked at his hands, and dusted himself, while Catoken watched in amazement. Kaos merely replied with a strong, "So, what's our plan now?"
Catoken stood up and paced under the tree. "After you fell unconscious, I woke up. Junior was reforming, but with only a little Health, so I took care of it with Dynasty Force. He dropped this…it would probably serve you better than me." Catoken rummaged through his sack and pulled out a shining white dagger with a sharp blade, a sword guard hilt, and an emblem in the shape of a KK crossing over on the end of it.
"What is this? I can feel power emanating from it and engulfing me in a wave of energy…"
Catoken smiled. "Just as I thought. I looked that up in the item dictionary that I carry on me, and it's one of the rarest items in the game. It's called Baldur's Blade, named after the Baldur sword that most of the GM's use. It is said to have been pulled from a root of the tree of life, Yggdrasill, it is a dagger that can transform into any weapon the wielder desires, and is only outmatched by the Baldur's Sword and Mystelltainn. Apparently, only those who have a history with the Game Masters can wield it…"
Kaos looked up from the blade, with a faint glint of wonder in his eyes. "A history with the GM's? I wonder…wait, then why can't you wield it?"
"I wondered about that too," said Catoken, "considering we both have a history with the GM's because of that fight not too long ago. But then I looked at the length of the blade. I gave that dagger to you because…" Kaos glanced at the blade again, and then became wide-eyed. "…It has your name written all over it." Sure enough, across the length of the blade was an engraved name: Kaos Tatsumaki Knight.
"What does this mean?"
"I don't know, but we need to move. Something doesn't feel right here…let's go back to Prontera."
Kaos shrugged. "I agree, although the GM's will be crawling all over the southern field."
"We'll warp via Izlude…" Kaos began to walk towards the not very distant city when Catoken told him, "By the way…thanks back there."
"No problem. I just hope this isn't the beginning of more anomalies like Junior…"