.Hack//WORLD

Cookie Two: Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground

Janx and Silver HeArT return to the highland town of Dun Loireag early that morning after two hours of dungeon wandering. Silver HeArT had gotten back into the swing of things and had aided Janx on multiple occasions; Even resurrecting him once using Rip Mean. The two gathered a lot of healing potions and other medicines as well as spells, but they got the best stuff at the end. Silver HeArT stole away the Silver Grunty item that Janx had really wanted to increase his HP. Janx walked away with a Long Arm weapon and a pair of Dante's Blades. He also got a Wavemaster rod while Silver HeArT wasn't looking.

The two of them stood there by the gate for a few moments. "Uh, that was fun." Janx stated nervously. "Yeah." Silver HeArT said nodding. "Uh, so call on me if you ever need a good Twin Blade you hear." Janx said leaving Silver HeArT for the town. About three other players were logged on by now. "Hey wait!" Silver HeArT yelled as Janx stopped and turned to her. "If you need me you call me as well. I'm going to go rest now, but I'll be in Mac Anu tonight at ten. You don't have to come, but it'd help if I can't find anyone else." Silver HeArT said nervously.

"Okay." Janx replied. "You send me an e-mail if you need me then. I'll check mine five after ten." Janx said waving goodbye and running off into town as Silver HeArT logged out.

Janx came across another Wavemaster making this the third one in three hours. "Uh, hey. Do you want to trade?" The female Wavemaster turned to Janx. "Huh? You bet, if you got something I don't have. I want to get every item possible." The perky Wavemaster said full of cheer that even scared Janx a bit. "I uh, got this staff." Janx said as the girl looked on.

"You got a deal Mr. Twin Blade." The female Wavemaster replied. "My name's, er, Janx." Janx said a bit taken back by her energy. "Oh, mine's Mistral by the way." The Wavemaster replied.

"Okay. Uh I'll trade you this staff for the Enou blades you have." Janx said getting back to the point. "It's a deal." Mistral said with a nod to emphasize her agreement. "Okay thanks Janx. I should get back to making breakfast, so bye-bye." Mistral suddenly logs out as Janx runs off to the Elf Haven to store his surplus items.

Janx sat around a bit near the Chaos Gate thinking. "I could probably pull one more dungeon off this morning." Janx said to himself and changed to the Delta server arriving in Mac Anu in seconds. "Wonder where I should go? Someplace easy would be best." Janx thought to himself as he put keywords together. "Here we go: Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground.

Janx soon finds himself outside a cathedral-like place. "This is a weird dungeon." Janx said as he ran to the doors of the asylum. Inside there were pews along with multiple chandeliers. He walked forward to find a chained up statue of a girl. "What's this?" Janx asked to himself.

A loud noise startled Janx as he turned to a man with large wings. "What are you doing here?" The winged knight asked as he approached Janx. "Who are you? I've never seen such a character outfit." Janx asked back as the winged knight came to Janx. "Why are you here? You shouldn't be." The winged Blademaster demanded.

"Leave this place now." The winged knight ordered. "You're that Balmung character aren't you?" Janx asked stepping back from the other. "Heh. Of course I am. Now do as I say and leave this dungeon." Balmung said with a scoff. "All right then." Janx said as he left the dungeon.

"What is it about this dungeon?" Balmung questioned. "There was an incident here recently. Two actually." Balmung said as he leaned against the gate that fell before the girl statue. Another player soon enters; it is Orca of the Azure Sea. "Tell me the two events that recently occurred at this spot Orca." Balmung said to his partner. "There was a monster who sent a player into a coma here. Also a Wavemaster and a Long Arm were here not long ago." Orca explained.

"So what of these two players?" Balmung asked. "That I do not know. This is something I must look into. There is a dungeon over in the Sigma server I wish to check out. I'll contact you with any news of the situation." Orca explained leaving, as Balmung looked on in question. "What is it that is hiding in 'The World'?" Balmung asked with worry.