Parzival Pov:
"I'm right now confused as well more on alert on the fact that we just met a boss who destroyed the lich, his forces as well replicate a sword from final fantasy as well looking like a evil version of me. Also the fact that he was sentient, almost like Halliday when I got the egg. He seemed so real, like if he was actually alive, like he was infront of me. Also that he was a creation of both him and OG, it doesn't make any sense. Right now where walking to Halliday's Journals to look up any info on this 'Ultimate Boss' as well see the curator to know if he knew about him since secretly he was OG but me and the other's kept his identity a secret."
The six were heading towards the journals not in disguise as right now they weren't being swarmed by fans or anything crazy as it seemed relax and empty, they walk inside as they head straight to the curator who was standing infront of the archive's door with his hands behind his back as well looking like a well groom butler as lozer notice him as he stayed back from his sight as aech looked saying "What's up with you?", "Um, nothing. Just want to stay back, like if anything happens that's all." he said making up a bluff as the group stands in front of the robot like servant as he looks at them saying "Greetings High Five, and what pray tell will you like to see to.." before finishing he soon notices Lozer who was behind aech as the curator notices giving a disapproval look saying "It's quite rude to hide your presence when you are with people young Lozer." he said as the green avatar stepped out from aech as he smiled innocently like as parzival looks at him and at the curator asking "You know him?", "Of course, the young man has tried to do the boss challenge over twenty one times and has failed each one. I've told him he should do it with a group or try leveling up but he is quite stubborn, like a certain boy coming here everyday." he said looking at parzival as he nods which made art3mis chuckled a little as he got serious as he asked "Curator, we need information on halliday's bosses, one that's called "Ultimate." he said as the curator seemed a little hesitated when he heard that name as he looked around if anyone was near as he walks to the door and opens it, "Follow me." he said as he walks in as the group did so as Sho says "Does anyone have that feeling that he is going to get deep into this and it will be dangerous?" he asked as the group nodded as they followed him inside as art3mis looks at lozer asking "twenty one times?", "Yeah, that many times I've tried and died." he said as they followed the robot butler to the archives as they kept going to a wall.
"What I will show you, is one of the darkest secrets in halliday's gaming history." he said as he presses some buttons in which they see the door open as they enter the room, the group looks around seeing posters of Halliday's game posters as well other types of books, games and movies about bosses, monsters and manuals from game companies with small stick notes on the bad guys. "Look at all these manuals, this is where he must have studied each character and program them into the game." Parzival said amazed like as the group looked around seeing the books as the curator soon walks to one of the books and pulls out a small book with a skull on top as he seats down opening the book. "This individual, what did he look like?" he asked parzival as the teen pulled out his eight ball camera orb and he opens it showing the image of him as the curator looks at him replying "It is him, this is quite bad." he said as the hologram shows the two creators as Aech says "We already saw this when that madman tore apart the lich as well his men, but what exactly are we dealing with?" he asked plainly trying to get to the point as the curator raised his eyebrow at him replying "Not entirely, you see. Ultimate was a unstable npc, he had a few glitches halliday tried to fix but couldn't due to the company always bothering him which lead to ultimate changing. When he and the others defeated him, they took his powers and hidden them across haliday's movies. It is because most of his powers are from video games which he was original design for, so in order to keep his powers away he placed them with bosses he wouldn't be able to handle sine he was in his weak condition" he explain as they looked at the artifacts that were crafted from ultimate's power.
"But he said that I freed him, i don't understand how." he asks as the curator looks into the book showing a hologram of his imprisons as ultimate was wrapped in chains from almost every video game halliday had made, "Halliday placed a spell on him which would keep him imprisoned for the rest of the game, the only way for him to be free is that only the lives of a thousand avatar would set him free but those lives would have to be both stand for the light as well the darkness." he explained as art3mis looked each image of ultimate in a different form saying "But when we saw him. He called himself 'Mordred', after the knight that betrayed king arthur, why's that?" she asked as the curator looks at each replying, "When halliday and OG design ultimate, they didn't want him to have one form but always change, it was a tactic to challenge players. Though soon the more he changed, the more he became corrupt, he became violent as well more unstable with each form he took. Whenever he took a form it would be to challenge the hero, he would style himself after that hero, it appears he has took the forms of your favorite heroes antagonist's." he explained looking at parzival who looked at ultimate seeing the boss kill avatars as well fight anorak in a image as he pulls out the wand he got from the lich.
"So this wand, this is a part of his power. He needed it because he was still weak." he said as the curator closes the book and 0looks at the wand, "Quite indeed. He may be free but he is still in a weaken state for him to be defeated." he explained as he grabs the wand and looks at it examining the wand as he walks to a wall where he places his hand on the right side where it opens showing item spots of artifacts which were suppose to be placed there. "Is this, where the artifacts come from?", "Not exactly master Daito, whenever a item is used they are sent to a artifact hunt or death battle. Whenever they are used they would return here where I would recharge them and send them back. Though these artifacts, are the ones that belong to ultimate. If he were to ever return, they would need to be return here and locked away so he could never require them." he said as he turns to them as the six looked unsure as Lozer says "So, you mean to say, that a ancient boss that halliday locked up, is now free and is going try to reclaim his power and take over the Oasis?" he said as the curator nodded as the green avatar smiled jumping saying "Awesome! That means it's up to you guys to save the day, right?" he asks parzival as he looked unsure asking "I don't even know where to start." he says being honest as the Sho looks at lozer as he says "Why not ask the artifact hunter himself?" he said as the five looked at Lozer who looked nervous.
"Huh? oh no. You guys are the heroes,not me. I'm just the sidekick." lozer said protesting the looks they where giving him as art3mis says "Are you serious? You heard the curator, this guy will be going after the artifacts in the movies you've been trying to win. Thats more obvious than leveling up in world of warcraft when defeating a horde of the undead." she said as lozer still had a nervous look as he responded "Yeah, but this is different in so many ways. This is big, Super mario bros level 8, MK2 shah kahn fight, freaking Akuma!" listing the most difficult levels in video games as parzival went him saying "Lozer, we may be the high five but the way we win was because of the others, all those players on DOOM lost their characters because of Sorrento and IOI, now because of them using that bomb, we got a madman on the run. I know that you feel like your going make mistakes, same as all of us. But what's important, is standing up against men like this, to prove that we aren't just geeks who know about playing a game, but gamers who are willingly to fight for the Oasis." he said sounding inspiring as lozer looked at him smiling as aech crossed his arms nodding saying "That's as close as your going get from a inspiring speech." he said as everyone looked at him as he nods at them.
"Ok, yeah. yeah I'm in" he said nodding as parzival smiled saying "Good, because I didn't want to leave a new member of the team on the sidelines." he said as the green avatar's eyes widen as art3mis goes to him saying "just breathe buddy." she said calming him down as he nods holding his breath still excited like as he then jumps around excited like as the curator sighs, "Oh joy, another member on the team. Though this begs the question of what you all are entering." he says as the five look at him curious about that, "What do you mean? It's just like the shinning, only last five minutes and then we get sent back, right?" Aech says thinking that it will be the same but the curator face expression doesn't change as this made him nervous as Daito added "Then what is it then?" the red samurai asked as the curator turns around while they listen.
"The boss challenge has a set of rules once you accept the fight. They will be unpredictable as well not act like the first game, they will have moves you might not know. You will all be not ready to deal with what you will face." he said warning them as the five look not afraid as they nodded as parzival says "I'm not worried, I mean we've pretty much beat these guys on the challenge list, right guys?" he asked as he looks at his friends as they had a uncertain look as the teen looks at lozer saying "Then I guess we are the only ones, you done most of it right?" he said as the green avatar looked nervous rubbing his head replying "Well, not all of them, I mostly get taken out during the beginning. Though now I'm with you guys, it should be much easier." he said as the teen sighs as lozer pulls out the list showing the list in which they look at it as art3mis says "Halliday stopped him once, which means we can stop him again.", "Indeed, I guess the high five rides again to save the day." each says with her as parzival nods saying "Yeah, because we got one thing that ultimate doesn't have." he said as Sho placed his hand in the middle saying "Skill" he said as date places his hand on his saying "Honor." as then Aech does the same saying "Experience" he says as art3mis places her hand on the others saying "Heart" she smiled as lozer was next as he placed his hand on them saying "Total awesomeness." and finally Parzival placed his hand on all of them as he said "Teamwork." he said as the six now where going to get ready to embark on a mission to save the Oasis and take on this ultimate boss and collect the other artifacts.
