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Chapter 1
Setting The Bait
Mori stood quietly, overlooking the waterway that passed through Mac Anu. He rarely trained anymore, more interested in collecting rare items for trading. Mori considered himself a traveling merchant of sorts. He had become widely known in the world for being able to retrieve nearly any item, if not by trade, then by working endlessly. It all came at a price though, the harder the item was to get, the more it cost, items or money.
Ding... Finally, someone was requesting his services! Would it be someone looking for rare, hard to find items? Perhaps it was someone trapped in a dungeon that needed potions and antidotes. Whatever was wanted, Mori would deliver, no matter what level the field was, no matter how long it took him.
Subject: Requesting immediate help!
Sender: Qweron
Field: xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Mori, I require your immediate help!
I require the items listed below.
1) 25 healing elixirs
2) 10 of each recovery item
I am willing to trade numerous rare items in exchange,
and I also have a near limitless amount of currency.
Please Hurry!
Mori sighed, another player needing items that were worth nothing. He gathered the requested items quickly and gated to the field.
"I hate darkness fields." He grumbled, "Ap Do!" He cast the speed charm, quickly rushing through the field to the dungeon. He pulled a fairies orb from his inventory, looking for the path that was already cleared. Once the orb had finished revealing the dungeon he rushed to the lower level.
"Why can't these idiots bring enough of what they need? I'm tired of doing these low paying runs." He once again revealed the map, finding the player hadn't continued past this level of the dungeon. Once again he took off at full speed, quickly finding the player.
"Thank you for coming so quick, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to continue on without this stuff." Qweron seemed to be hiding something, and wasn't doing a very good job of it. The trade request came and Mori offered the items. "What do you want for your services? I only have a couple dozen Silver Scarabs."
"I thought you had more. Fine, just give me those; at least I'll get a bit of money." It wasn't even three seconds once the trade was completed that Mori was surrounded by Qwerons' party members. "Damn it. How many times do I have to tell people? Don't ever try to trick me." He quickly drew his blade and took defensive position.
"You really think you can take all of us at once? You're really stupid for coming on your own." The three blademasters pulled their blades and started the attack on Mori. It seemed like Mori might actually lose a battle, though looks could be deceiving. Mori defended himself effortlessly, his strength and defense seeming much too high for his level.
"You really think a rare merchant wouldn't use every skill enhancing item he came across?" Mori wasn't even attacking them yet, just defending. He then uttered something, which the others could not hear, his blade releasing a pulse of energy an instant before he went into a berserk-type attack. His blade hit the three numerous times, at what seemed impossibly high damage levels. Once his attack had finished the three dropped to their knees.
"You… You're…. A hacker… You mu-must be." His character finally faded to grey, then vanished into the surroundings.
"No… Not a hacker, just full of rares." Mori pulled a sprite ocarina from his inventory and gated to the field. "Players are beginning to become predictable." He returned to Mac Anu, then logged out…
Subject: Do you do dungeon escorts?
Sender: Kirian
Field: xxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxx
Hiya! I heard there is a really good item at
the bottom of this dungeon. I know your information
says you're a merchant, but I am willing to give you
a lot of aromatic grass and a special event item I won.
If you can please help, please meet me tomorrow at
xx:xx in Lia Fail. Thanks!
Mori read his E-mails, deleting the worthless offers. Out of all the e-mails, only one seemed worthwhile, and he knew someone who traded currency for treasures. He copied down the field keywords and logged in.
"Mori! Where've you been?" A rather short twinblade called to him. He quickly ran to Mori's side, having to walk quickly to keep up. He was indeed a unique character; someone had hacked him and changed his size, as a joke, the administrators refused to fix it.
"Around… I'm actually about to help a player get through a dungeon so she can open a special Gott Statue." Mori made a short stop at the items shop, selling off all of the silver scarabs he had been given. "Whatcha need Yuzi? I'm kind of in a hurry."
"Oh… Uhh, nothing. I was wondering if I could come with you." Yuzi looked rather goofy next to Mori, the two seeming to be complete opposites. "I need a bit of training, and I know you go to a lot of high level dungeons."
"Fine, but only if you try your best not to die, I want to make this trip go quickly." Mori invited him to his party and proceeded to the chaos gate. "See you in Lia Fail." He then disappeared within the golden rings, Yuzi quick to follow. Once both were in Lia Fail, Mori invited Kirian to the party.
"Hello Mori-san! I really want to thank you for-…" the wavemaster, Kirian, was cut off abruptly.
"Don't worry about talking. The only reason I agreed to help you is because I am quickly growing bored with the tasks people are asking of me." Mori spoke the keywords to the gate and the three vanished within golden rings. Once in the field Mori used quite a few stat increasing potions and together they entered the dungeon…
"Yuzi damn it! Get your act together and heal me!" Mori was having difficulty in fighting the monsters in this dungeon. His HP had dropped to almost nothing, he could rarely hit the monster, and he was all out of healing items.
"Pha Repth!" Yuzi healed Mori just in time, having to quickly dodge an attack made by one of the monsters. "I thought this dungeon was a lower level than you!"
"It is! I never should have come here!" Mori quickly used a revive on Kirian, blocking another attack, and answering it with one of his weaker skills. "Kirian! Who the hell told you about this place? This dungeon is ed up!" Mori finally managed to finish off the one he had been fighting, leaving just one more in this room.
"I… I don't know! I got an E-mail from someone and it was all messed up, like it was corrupted or something." She screamed loudly, her character once again being replaced by a ghostly figure. This time Yuzi quickly revived her, running away at high speed to avoid being attacked.
"You two stay back, just keep healing me otherwise we're all dead!" Mori took another hit, his HP now down half way. He quickly countered the attack, managing to hit the monster.
"BiVak Rom!" Fire engulfed the monster from the wavemasters spell. "Mori! Finish it off with one of your really powerful skills!" She cast Vak Rom this time, the spell much weaker, didn't even hurt it.
"Fine." Mori responded, beginning the skill. His blade released a pulse of energy, throwing Mori into a berserk-type attack, every hit landing, and finally killing it. Mori dropped to one knee, covered in digital blood. "Kirian, heal me."
"Sure thing." She got close to Yuzi and Mori, "Phal Repth!" The healing energy passed over all of them, restoring them to their full health. The three stood together, looking at the map of the dungeon. They were still only on the second level of the dungeon, with more than 3 levels remaining. A moment of silence passed, contemplating whether they should continue on. Without speaking, the three nodded and continued to the next floor of the dungeon…
