After a tiring week I just wanted to write this chapter. Meet another person! Krayon! aka Crayola or Color. In here we are going to my favorite dungeon! Thanatos Tower! YAY!
Thanks a lot to Fortune Hunter for the review! You inspire me, man! You deserve a muffin! -give him a muffin-.
Disclaimer: I only own Sherezard and the fic. I don't own, Tenshi, Warlock, Mexicano, Chrome, Krayon, Zendo, Tony, the guild or Ragnarok Online.
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Chapter 7
Toward the Unknown
A Sniper was walking through the streets of Al De Baran. The sun disappeared behind the horizon just a few minutes ago, even the sky wasn't full covered by stars. The lonely man, with his uniform dyed with black and red and his long brown hair grabbed by a low ponytail, walked toward a building in bad shape. The entrance was now covered by a door, like it was suppose to be.
The guild base of Gate of Babylon was almost empty. When the Sniper came trough the new door, he found just five people in the living room, and by look of things, they were the only ones in the base.
Around a table were two Champions, a High Wizard and an Assassin Cross playing poker. In a couch was a female High Wizard reading a book.
"Wenas guild!"
"Krayon, shu-"
"Don't tell me to shut up! I'm not Chrome!"
Everybody turned toward the Sniper. Sherezard, that was sitting in the couch, was surprise by the way that the newcomer answer her. But she didn't mind.
"Alright, Crayola, don't get mad." Said one of the Champions.
"I'm not mad, Zendo. I just wanted to ask something."
The red haired wizard that was playing card hit in the head at the Assassin Cross that was trying to see his cards.
"Speak
your mind, my dear friend"
"Don't start with your things, Tony"
The Sniper took a seat beside the white haired wizard. The men around the table continued their game, with their ears focused in Krayon.
"What have you heard about Thanatos Tower?"
"Thanatos Tower…uhn…" Everybody turned toward the High Wizard in the table"
"Do you know something, Ryu?"
"Is Warlock for you, and yeah. I heard that some kind of demon live in the top"
"Is not a ghost?"
"Well… the word demon fist better. I heard that he's really fast, powerful both with physicals attack and water magic, carry a giant black sword and the monsters that protect him are… well, a pain in the ass"
One of the former Acolytes chuckled "Good choice of words."
"Yeah, I know" Warlock hit again in the face at the Assassin Cross "Stop it! Mexicano!"
The assassin sends a glare toward Warlock "Why do you wanna know?" asked the Mexicano with a frown in his face after ignoring the High Wizard.
"I just wanted to… By the way, where's Tenshi?"
"He went for more supplies."
"Okay…"
Then everybody continued what they were doing. The card's players were in silence, while the only girl in the room put her face in the book again. Krayon, the Sniper, just stayed there thinking who knows what.
The quiteness of the room was cut by the voice of Sherezard after five minutes of silence.
"Wanna go to Thanatos Tower?"
"Okay."
The answer was unanimous. Everybody went to their room, took what they found and went toward the dungeon.
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The sigh of the tower took everybody's breath. The place was like ripped from a nightmare. The dark walls seem to scream in some kind of invisible agony and the air felt heavy and filled with the smell of blood. The building reached the clouds, and lights that looked almost surreal were coming through the window, cutting the blackness of the night.
"Oh shit…"
"Freaking scary…"
"This place seems to come out of 'Never and ever end'."
"Are we really going there?"
"God bless us…"
"I think that I pee my pants…"
Everybody turned toward Sherezard with a surprise look that she returned with a grin.
"I'm not wearing pants."
Ryu Warlock, High Wizard with green uniform, a Mage Hat and Winged Ears just like Sherezard, rised his eyebrow in confusion.
"Whatever you say."
They paid the few for the warp to the tower, and once inside they were convinced that this was going to be a long night.
The place that was known as the first floor was a majestic structure. Statutes of angel that looked like fallen ones were everywhere, the polished floor with rest of blood were too cold even if their feet didn't touch it and the ceiling was so high and decorate with sculpture of angels that only some kind of dark magic could be able to do it. They felt like they went to another dimension, closed to the real word so the mortals wouldn't know how hell it is.
"Tony, could you stop describing the place like you are writing a book?" Said the annoying Asassin Cross.
"Booooriiiiing…"
A Mimic came jumping toward the small party. Ryu, the nearest one to the monster, throw a Jupiter Thunder paralyzing the monster. With quick reflex, Mexicano kill it in one blow. The other four continued their way to a circular desk near the entrance. There, a petite woman was writing quickly in a paper.
At first she ignored the four people in front of her, and the High Wizard behind them running around throwing his magic to random monster before the Assassin of the Cross could reach them.
After a while, one of the Champions with brown hair made a fake cough so he could catch the attention of the girl.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't see you! My name is Ditze. Welcome to Thanatos Tower. The tower's reconstruction is a Rekenber Corporation project, and the 1st and 2nd floor are now open to the public. So how may I help you?"
The members of the guild were with eye wide open. The petit woman speaks quickly and without taking a single breath. Her smile looked a little disturbing, making everybody nervous. Zendo tried to say something again, but was interrupted by Ditze.
"You may already heard from the Tower Keeper, but we're a contracting adventures to exterminate the tower monsters in the 3th and higher levels on a temporary employee basis"
Once again, Zendo opened his mouth, but was cut off.
"I'm in charge of hiring temp contract workers, so talk to me if you are interested. Only temp worker are allowed to access the higher levels here in Thanatos Tower.
This time nobody tried to say something. The woman in front of them kept her weird smile in her face, making Krayon to feel shivers in his back. After they were sure that Ditze shut her mouth, Zendo speak.
"Sure, we'd like to work for you."
The four people paled when they saw something shine in the woman's eyes. But before she could start to speak again, they heard a scream.
"I'M GONNA CUT HER LITTLE WINGS!"
Everybody turned toward the voice. Warlock was in the floor, cleaning the blood that was coming from a wound in his forehead. In front of him, a small angel with blue hair was swinging from a side to another in a harp.
"THAT'S LADY SOLACE!" screamed Ditze "SHE'S HOLY PROPIETY! BE CAREFUL!"
"That explain why my magic didn't work"
Mexicano used Soul Breaker in the angel, who took the full attack. She scream with a high pitch voice, and throw herself at the Assassin. Mexicano evade the attack, and used Soul Breaker again. Krayon took out three Shadow Arrows, using the last on for the killing blow.
"That was easy."
Warlock, who was in his feet again, send a glare to Zendo. "You didn't do anything, so shut up"
"Whatever you say, my dear friend."
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I'm sorry for cuting the chapter here. I like long chapters, but I dont wanna get people tired. And like I say in the last chaper, this small storyline is going to take more than three chapters to get complete. Don't worry, I will do it!
I dont know if it's because we are slow, stupid or something like that, but we always take like three hours to reach Thanatos, and I don't freaking mind (just when my internet get disconecte in the 11th floor!).
For the people that don't get the joke of Chrome, Krayon is his sniper. If you haven't notice, in all the chapters (exept chapter 4), someone tell Chrome to shut up... no idea why. And I don't know why I put Tony to speak so...so... well... but is fun, so yeah! He stay like that!
-sigh- I wanna play Tales of the Abyss again...Jadeeeeeeeeeee!
