That night Violet had another nightmare. It was the same dream as before and she again saw the flames and felt the shaking of Quarton but this time she saw something additional. This time she saw the tower. It began small like where it was currently but then it rapidly got taller. Then once it was tall enough and complete she saw a glowing light coming from the top and after Quarton began to crumple and she woke up.
"Oh no. So that tower will be the cause." She said to herself as she remembered the horrifying dream.
"What did you say?" Melody said as she woke up from Violet's talking.
"Oh…nothing. Just had a nightmare." Violet said.
"Okay." With that Melody fell straight back to sleep. Violet laughed at how fast she fell to sleep. Then she too went back to sleep. Now, she had to tell the boys as soon as possible about her updated dream.
The next day Violet did not wait to tell the boys what she saw. They already figured that was what was going on but they were happy that now they were certain. However, the boys had to go to Quarton to do Simon's plan. If they didn't, who knows what would happen, so they went straight to the portal. Violet watched them and actually felt a little sad. She finally had a dream but it was just one that told them what they already knew. Not only that but now they had someone on the inside and so she felt that now she was not needed anymore. She thought that with Simon's help they can figure out all the information they need without her. saw how upset she was and wanted to say something but before he could, Melody came through the door.
"Violet! Lets go hang out with Beni again. This town is actually very interesting." She said cheerfully.
Violet tried to hide the fact she was upset and said, "Sounds good."
Melody quickly noticed. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"It's nothing. Just thinking about some things." Violet said wanting Melody not to worry.
Melody thought for a moment then said, "Okay. But you know what helps me sometimes?" She asked.
"What?" Violet replied.
"Not thinking about it." She began to laugh. "Sometimes if I need to remember something or figure something out, I find that not thinking about it helps me more than thinking about it." She said. Violet just looked confused. "Sorry, guess that doesn't make much sense."
"It's fine. I think I get it. In short, just relax and it will come to me?" Violet said.
"Exactly! And what better way to stop thinking than to have random fun with friends." She walked over to Violet and grabbed her wrist. "So lets go. Beni is already waiting for us."
"OK. Just stop pulling." Violet said. was happy Melody came and now he just hoped Violet would be alright from now on. He also hoped the boys would be alright because he had this feeling the battle will only get harder.
On Quarton, the boys have already told Simon to become their ally and they brought him to the Corekai to let them know. The Corekai were actually thrilled to have an ally from the enemy's side. However, the knights left out the part about him telling their secrets to the enemy in return telling them their secrets.
"Well, I better get back to the Guild. When should I return?" Draxt said.
"Come back once a week. We still don't completely trust you yet." Tributon said.
"He is right." Bravenwolf said. "Come back every week and do not attack us anymore."
"Fine." Draxt said sounded disappointed.
When they got all that settled, Draxt left the knights to go back to the Guild. On his way there his AI activated. "What will you do now?" It asked.
Draxt know it was the Guild Masters and said, "This is to be expected. They are not idiots. Of course they don't trust me yet. Just wait and in due time they will grow to trust me."
"Very good." The Ai said. Then it stopped talking.
The boys watched Draxt leave and hoped that the Guild Masters fell for their act. They assumed they did, but they would have to wait and see. But for now they could not do anything more so they headed back to Earth. For the rest of the day, they just hung out trying to think of what else they should do. Simon is a little help, but he is still not allowed in the tower, so there is only so much he can do.
They continued to go to Quarton and fight the Guild for many days. Like planned Simon would go to them and tell them updates on the tower and the Guild. He never found out much, but he does know that the tower is getting higher and rumors around the Guild were beginning to emerge. They believed something big will happen at the end. No one knows what, but they all think it's bigger than the games ending. The boys all knew what would happen at the end and Simon did too but he couldn't say anything or who knows what would happen to him with the game masters.
After awhile they began to think it was pointless, but then something surprising happened to Simon when he entered the Guild. He was called to meet the Guild Masters. He was nervous, excited and scared. He didn't know what they would say. He worried more on if they were found out or not.
He was led to a solitary room where no one was. The man closed the door on him and said, "They will be with you in a minute." Then he left.
Not long after the man left a voice was heard over the speakers in the room. "Simon?"
"Yes." He said trying to act cool.
"We have something to ask to you." The voice said.
"And what would that be?" Simon said beginning to get nervous.
On a screen, Simon noticed a picture appeared of Toxsa and the others. Simon got really nervous when he saw this picture and waited to find out what they had to ask about them.
"Do you know these kids?" They asked.
Simon had to think about where this was going fast. If he said one wrong thing he might ruin the plan.
"I know the little one. He is my cousin. The others, I guess I know, but not very well. The most I know is that they are friends with my cous'." Simon said sounding cool again.
"We see." The voice said simply.
"Hey you know…" Simon began when he thought of something. "...my cous' is actually very good at games too. Maybe you can invite him to the Guild too."
The voice got quiet for a moment then said, "We will think about it. That's all. You may go."
Simon said nothing else and left the room. The man led him back, but because of the experience Simon decided to leave for the day. He went home and the very first thing he did was find Toxsa. That wasn't too hard since he was working at the diner. He pulled him and the others, who where also there, to the side saying it was urgent.
"What is it Simon?" Toxsa said looking around to make sure Wakamei was not there.
"The Guild Masters just asked me about you and the others. I think they might be getting suspension of you guys." Simon explained.
"What?!" Toxsa said in shock. "How could they know about us?"
"It's just my guess but I think they may have noticed you guys leaving for Quarton. My bet they asked me to see if I knew anything because they are also not positive."
"Well all we can do is hope they don't know anything." Guren said. "Let's keep going as planned."
The others agreed and left it at that. After that they went home mainly because they had nothing else to do. They did not get summoned and with Simon there they really had no reason to go either. So for the rest of the day they did their own thing.
The next day, Simon went to the Guild just like he usually did. But once he landed on Quarton he was shocked to hear some great news.
"Congrats player! You have leveled up to first level guard!" Said his AI.
"Really? But what about the plan?" He asked knowing it was the Gamer masters.
"That plan will be put on hold for right now." They answered. "We feel we need you in the tower."
"Okay." Simon said not wanting to say anything else.
"Now go into the tower and they will tell you what you need to know." The Guild Masters said.
"Thank you." Simon said acting happy.
Simon went into the tower like he was told and was amazed by the inside. It looked a lot bigger than he thought. There were also a lot more people than he thought. Many were going in and out of different rooms and other were just chatting. Simon was actually a little confused on what he was supposed to do.
"Are you Draxt?" Said an unknown voice.
Draxt turned around and saw another player in a green and blue armor. "Yeah, I'm Draxt."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Navi. I will be the one to show you what it means to be inside the tower," said Navi.
"Navi? Like navigator. Weird name there." Draxt laughed.
"Well I was one of the original players and the Guild Masters needed me to show the new people around. So they called me Navi." He explained. "I'll admit, not an original name but it works."
"I guess." Draxt said.
"Anyway here are the few things you need to know. Please follow me and I will explained." He said walking away.
Draxt followed and they began the tour. They walked all around the bottom of the tower and even a few levels higher but Navi explained that first level tower guards can only guard the lower levels. Draxt didn't like that, but around the lower levels there were many training rooms and simulators. It was a perfect place to train a player for battle. It actually would seem fun if the players were not training to battle the Corekai. By the end of the tour, Draxt admitted that it seemed really cool and worth leveling up. However when he tried to leave the tower, he got some bad new.
"Where are you going?" Navi asked.
"Outside. I want to train…" But then he was interrupted.
"First level guards are not allowed to go outside." He said bluntly.
"What!? Why!?" Draxt said in complete shock.
"It is to make sure no inside secrets get out. We also want the other players to get here without knowing what is inside. And frankly it is just easier to tell who is where this way." Navi explained.
"Well…I guess that makes sense." Draxt said unhappily.
"Don't worry. Make it to the next level and you can go back outside. That level is like army leaders. Very few leave but that is because they are planning for bigger battles." Navi explained.
"I guess I will try." Draxt said feeling a little hope.
"Good luck. It's very hard to get to the next level. There are actually very few players who have achieved that level." Navi said sincerely wishing him luck.
"Thanks." Draxt said nervously.
"Well...see you." Navi said leaving.
"Wait." Draxt said.
"'Yes?" Navi said stopping in his tracks.
"How do I exit the game?" Draxt said wondering if it was any different than leaving outside.
"No worries. It is exactly like outside. Just tell your AI and you should be good." Navi said.
"Okay. Thanks." Draxt said relieved.
"No problem. If you have any other questions feel free to ask." Navi said leaving again.
"OK." Draxt said saying good bye.
Once he left, Draxt immediately asked to leave the game. Just like Navi said, he left and was back at the Guild. He left the Guild fast to inform Toxsa of the new and very bad info. It was not too hard to find him since he was at the diner and the others were with him. Simon was happy to see that he could explain it to all of them once.
Once he was done explaining the level and next level the others were in complete shock. "You can't leave the tower?!" They all said in unison.
"Yeah. Sorry about that. I can still give you secrets from the inside but not out." Simon said feeling very sorry.
"It's fine. At least you are finding out more." Guren said looking on the bright side.
"I guess, but from what I told you will be as much as I know for now." Simon said. "My bet is that once I master all those training sessions and stuff I will level up and that could take a lot of time." Simon explained.
"Well...try to level up as soon as possible." Guren said wishing there was something better they could do.
"I will. If I figure something out I'll let you know." Simon said.
"Thanks." Guren said.
"Well…I guess that's it. I will go help out in the kitchen now." Simon said feeling a little disappointed.
The others just watched him leave. They too where really upset that their spy is now put on hold. Now there were at another loss of what they could do. Not only that but now they know there is a level that had stronger players that are planning an attack as they speak. They were worried they will come soon; and they have nothing to help the Corekai fight them off. They can barely hold off the many first and second levels. But they had to go home that day worried about it because they had nothing. All they could do was hope that they could defeat this game before they make their attack.