Chapter Three
The first lead
Log entry May 8, 2009
It has been over a year since I meet up with Drako again, it is great to see him after so long. There isn't time to visit though; I was able to retrieve my brother's notes and research about how he developed the scan hack. I was able to recreate the hack and also develop new ones. Some of these hacks have been tested and today I will discuses with Drako and my girlfriend Draconair a new hack that will help us I hope.
"Ok, where is he, he's late." I moaned.
"Oh would you stop whining already"
I looked at my girlfriend's character, a Female wavemaster, tall and had the best figure in the game, her long Silvery hair was down to her knees, her eyes were emerald green, and her attire was robes of purple and blue, however, her character look wasn't like any ordinary wavemaster, for she had Purple Dragon wings in her back. Her wings like that of a griffin except they were scales instead of feathers, her weapon was Banyuinryoku.
I thought at once, boy, how did Drako talk me into hacking our appearance, I remember how I remodeled my character, nothing new except the blue dragon wings, just big enough to use, but small enough to not make my character lose balance, same goes for Drako and Draconair, my wings were more like a gargoyle though. "Well I'm sorry but I developed a new hack to help us out, plus I got a lead from the scans"
I looked around the church, Delta Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground wasn't known by very many people in The World. This church looked the same except a bit darker, the place was ancient and gloomy, a statue of a girl in robes was on an altar, she was chained up and had a very sad look on her face. I decided to look at my sword, Eternity.
"Yeah I know you want to go, however we should take him along just incase, even though we're lvl 63 we should take a full party"
"… Well, maybe he got the keywords mixed up."
Draconair giggled, "You can't wait can you? Well then tell me what the hack is."
"I would rather tell you both at once that way I don't have to say it twice"
"Lazy"
"Hey be nice, it's just I have a lot to tell and that means a lot of talking that will take up time"
"God"
"… What is he doing, fishing, I could have ran to Tokyo and back again already"
"Well sorry I'm late!"
Draconair turned her head to see who it was, but I know, it was Drako, late because of his girlfriend probably.
"Sorry I'm late; my girlfriend wanted me to stay off the computer. Had to wait till she fell asleep" He replied.
"Knew it" I said like a smart ass.
"Go to hell!" he yelled.
"Guess I deserved that, hurry up already, I got something to tell you."
Drako moved into my view, he's character was the most changed, for one, his armor was now red plate mail with a fire breathing dragon emblem on his chest, his hair was longer now, to make for more of a really spiked look, his wings were like the classic idea of a dragons, red and folded behind his back, his new weapon was The Sun Fang.
"So, what did your girlfriend want now Drako?" I asked.
"She wanted me to have sleep with her ;-)." He replied.
"No surprise there" Draconair said.
"Hey, that's not nice" Drako said playfully.
"Alright you two, lets get the meeting started" I said.
"Fine" Drako said with boredom in his voice.
"Very well" Draconair said.
"Ok, I just developed 2 new hacks, both are protection hacks, the first one I call the Aegis Shield."
"Aegis, isn't that in Greek mythology the shield of Zeus?" Drako asked.
"Yes, but it has a definition to, it means a shield or protection, it's a hack that protects character data, it encodes the character's data so heavily that only a true hacker can crack it without the second hack killing there PC, this I call the Aegis Trap."
"Aegis trap?" Draconair said confused.
"It's stands for Protection trap, think of it as a mouse trap, the mouse, or in the case, the code cracker takes the bait, the character's data to erase, and it sends a virus that crashes there system, the virus is temporary, but it stops them from hacking or deleting us. The virus also sends a coded message back to me telling me to reconfig the shield's codes, not bad if I say so myself." I said proudly.
"Nice, you've out done yourself this time" Drako said, "But, what about hackers, I hear there's a legendary hacker by the name of Helba"
"Helba" Draconair said, I looked at her and know she know something about this Helba, "Helba is indeed a hacker, CC Corp has been trying to track her down for quiet some time know. CC Corp has had no luck so far, something as big as here capture would be told though out the company"
"So, how notorious is she?" I asked.
"She's the best hacker that anyone has ever seen, he's able to undo about everything that happens in The World. I'm sure that can include altering character data, from what I've heard, she could deal with your hack easy" Draconair replied.
"Well, let's hope if we ever meet her face to face she'll let us go easily, and thanks again Draconair for the info to make the shield"
"What do you mean Dractaros" Drako asked.
"Don't you know, Draconair is a system administrator for The World"
"Really, never know" He said stupidly, I could till he felt dumb at that point.
"… Data scan shows someone zoned in just now"
I turned my head towards the doors and saw a person come in, a female twin blader, her look was different, she had the standard light cloth look with white and blue colors, her tattoos on her face were circular and sea foam green, however this isn't what made her different, she had cat ears and a cat tail, brown in color like her hair.
"Draconair, what are you doing here, there's a meet in five minutes"
"Ok Rea, sorry but I'm sure this won't take long, what's the field, I'll meet you there"
"Sigma Mysterious Betrayed Fallen Angel" I replied.
"Thanks, BRB" She moved toward the girl and they left.
"Who was that?" Drako asked.
"That was Raeka Neko, she's an admin also, but to Draconair, she's her superior, they are friends so no real worries" I said.
"Ok, what's at Sigma Mysterious Betrayed Fallen Angel?"
"Our first lead my friend, our first lead." I started to move towards the exit and continued, "I did a scan this morning and it revealed abnormal conditions, no monsters, no portals"
"Just like you told me about the dungeon your brother" He fell silent for a moment and then said, "Ok, let's go, ten minutes of waiting, no problem"
"I'll be able to get some proper scans at the field, lets warp out … sent the invite, got it?"
"Just did"
"Right come on"
I gated out and a moment later Delta materialized before my eyes, however we weren't going in, we turned towards the gate and selected Sigma, again the world around us dissolved and rematerialized before my eyes. Sigma, also called Fort Ouph the Aerial city, a fling fort high in the sky, hidden in the clouds, this place has a dusk look today, the fort had no real buildings, instead it had little stone huts for the shop NPCs, the paths towards the other areas of the fort were narrow, but not enough to accidentally bump a person off, I know we didn't have time to look around however Drako needed to restock on his items, "Don't take to long plz"
"Ok, got to hurry anyway, morning's in three hours, for me I should say"
"You get up early!"
"No, just saying when the sun rises"
"Oh, for a minute I though hell froze over"
"You jackass" I knew he was kidding, as he had a bit of a laugh in his voice, "Well, best not stall" he hurried off towards the item shop. I activated a hack I developed around the same time I created the appearance hack; I call it an admin hack. I can change the name color of any character to the same color that admins have.
I stood ready to select the field to Sigma Mysterious Betrayed Fallen Angel, will I find a lead to help my brother, I wondered, I hope.
"Ok, all stocked up, lets go"
I looked and saw Drako was back and ready to go, "Fine, the field is … Sigma Mysterious Betrayed Fallen Angel" Rings of ruins appeared around us and warped us to the field.
The field was a snowy wonderland with fresh powder, not even the smallest of footsteps was in the snow. I looked around and saw that there wasn't any portals close by, the sky was dark though, so visibility was limited, the stars shown very brightly in the sky, there were not clouds in the sky, a storm must have just passed. I prepared the program; meanwhile, Drako looked around for the nearest portal. When I got the results of the scan, it turned out that the field monsters where gone as well, "Drako, there aren't any monsters on the field".
"That I can see, I've check a good part of this field and no lone monsters"
"Let's regroup and head into the dungeon"
"Roger"
I stood there for a minute checking the scans again; the conditions seem to be the same, Drako returned just when I got the second scan back, still the same.
"The dungeon is behind me" He said.
"Let's go, Draconair should be here soon"
We headed towards the dungeon, leaving our footprints in the fresh powder behind us, will we find the answer or will we fall the same as my brother, I though. The entrance to the dungeon was like a small castle, we entered the doorway and went down the stairs, the dungeon was that of a castle, however, there was a red tint to the place, like that of fire. "Drako, use a fairies orb, I'll get the scan underway"
"Ok"
I scaned the field and when the map came up, the scans said the same thing as the map, no portals, "Hold on" I said, there was something else on the scans, a person in the next room, "There's someone else here".
"You sure Dractaros?"
"The scans don't lie" who's in this dungeon; anyone who enters this dungeon would have left if no monsters. We entered the room; it was Draconair waiting for us.
"Hey Draconair, though you had a meeting to go to" Drako said.
"I did, however, the administration discovered that this field was having abnormal conditions, I volunteered to check it out so no admins would catch you" She replied.
"First thing tomorrow, you have to help me block there watch over use" I said, she nodded, "Ok, lets go down".
We proceeded forward, towards the stairs, scan's showed that it was a two floor dungeon, a short walk in the park, I hope. When we when down the stairs I checked the scans again still nothing, except the Gott treasure room disappeared, "Guys, keep your guard up" I said to my team mates.
We proceeded slowly onward; I was determined to not lose anyone else, as we went onward, nothing else changed the whole time we were there, we reached the room were the Gott Statue use to be, a small room with a single chest was there, "What is this, there was nothing here" Drako said sounding disappointed.
"I can't say, lets take the chest at least" I said, we approached the chest, I opened it, treasure wasn't inside it however, a stone tablet appeared.
"What's this?" Draconair asked.
"I haven't a clue" I replied.
I reached out to touch it; a message appeared before my eyes, "What is it?" Drako asked.
"It's-it's a message, on my screen, it reads Three people with shadows set out to combat the wave, one human and two half spirits. I don't get it, what is this?" I said puzzled.
"Sounds like a piece of a poem or a passage from a story" Draconair said.
I looked at Drako, "What do you think?" I asked him.
"I've heard that text before, is there anymore?" He replied.
"Yes, however, it's all jumbled, I'm recording this, I'll try to unscramble it, looks like that's all that was here".
"I'll prepare my report, don't worry, I'll keep you and the text out of it" she said looking at Drako.
"Thank you, well, if that's all for today, I must get some sleep, bye you two, sorry we didn't get anything on your brother Dractaros" Drako said.
"It's ok go get some sleep, and see you sometime soon, I'll send for you when we got a lead" I replied.
He gated out, I stood there for a moment wondering what we just found, "Draconair, may I ask you something?"
"Shoot away"
"Why are you helping me underneath CC Corps nose?"
"…"
"If you don't want to answer that, then that's ok"
"Because" She stopped for a moment, what is she trying to say, "Because this is wrong what happened, I fell that I should do all I can to help as I feel it's CC Corps fault"
"… Ok, thanks" I had a feeling that there was another reason that she was helping me, however I decided not to bother her with it again.
End of Chapter Three