Chapter Five

Blood of the Past

May 22, 2009

Dractaros returned after visiting him brother at the hospital, he said that there has been no change. With the friends Draconair has brought in to our quest, it's been easier to get info about what's been happening around the world. There haven't been any news leads since the first one, I've decided to play as my normal self today for I've been living in a sense my second life in "The World".

When I logged into "The World", I zoned into Mac Anu, the Delta Server, the environment setting was dawn, the sun was just rising. The city was somewhat emptier than usual, must be a slow day today. I walked down the stairs to enter the city, first thing a saw was a Long Arm PKer killing a Twin Blader newbie on the bridge, I thought I should get to work.

"Please don't, I haven't saved all day, I'll lose…"

"Shut up Newb, you think I care" the PKer yelled at the newb, "I do what I want to do, and I want to kill you, so there", he raised his spear to make a final blow, I moved in.

"Scuse me, but if you want to kill him, you'll have to go though me"

He turned his head and looked at me, and said "If you wish to die then" He charged me with a quick attack, he looked like he thought he had it in the bag, I dodged his attack with ease, he looked shocked.

"Do you not know who I am, I'm the PK slayer"

"WHAT, T-T-THE PK-K-K SLAYER!" He sounded so scared.

"That's right" I stabbed him in the gut, he was dead, his eyes went clear, his color drained out of him and he dropped down with a faint thug.

"Tsk, not even worth my time," I looked at the victim, "You ok?"

He looked stumped at what just happened, he was frozen with shock. Someone close applaud, as they closed in, I turned my head and saw a familiar face.

Bravo, bravo, well done Drako, so you're the PK slayer"

Dractaros, what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Just browsing around, you seen to be more then I thought you were in 'The World".

I turned my attention to the young Twin Blader, "Well, you should save and continue with your business"

"Right, um, thanks" He speed off.

I turned my attention again to Dractaros, "Anything happening, abnormal scans?"

"Nope, I'm continually running scans, however, all's calm right now, just though I'd see if anyone was trading some good weapons, Eternity is a good sword, but there are better, you?"

"He's going to die is what he's going to do today"

I turned my head to see who said that, a Heavy Blader wearing a red trench coat, black leather boots and black pants and shirt, his face was that of an ideal murderer.

"Man, not you again" I said.

"Yeah, it's me, and this time I'll get back at you for ruining my fun" He laughed like a Psycho.

"Skain, don't you give up, you'll never beat me"

"That's what you think"

"I'm surprised Skain, you didn't try to attack me from behind" I raised my guard ready to attack him.

"I wanted to fight you fair and square, to prove that I'm stronger then you, so you'll never stop my fun again."

What's he up to, He turned towards the Chaos Gate and said, "I'll be waiting at Delta Excessive Unending Duel, a simple stage, wouldn't want you to get worn out before your death, ha ha ha ha" He left with his psychotic laugh filling the air.

"Skain, if only I could defeat you once and for all, but you'll only come back again" I muttered.

"Mind explaining" Dractaros asked.

"No"

"I'm coming with"

"This is my fight, go about your own business"

"Or what, you'll kill me, you aren't one to start PKing"

"… Fine, but I fight him, agreed"

"Agreed"

We headed to the Chaos Gate, I will defeat you Skain, no matter what.

When we loaded into the field what I saw I didn't expect, a field that was an ancient battlefield, corpses of giants laid against the pillars, giant weapons lay broken and blood stained though out the field, the air reeked of blood. "Drako, we're right next to the dungeon entrance" Dractaros pointed out.

I turned my head to the left and saw he was right, the doorway was even facing us, we moved to the dungeon. The dungeon was a castle with blood red color, "Scans say this dungeon is 5 floors" Dractaros said.

"He'll be at the bottom, let's move"

We proceeded forward, after the first battle, Dractaros asked, "Why is this guy after you so badly?"

I looked at the fading body of a Red Wyrm and then said, "I'll tell you, but along the way"

"Ok, sounds fair"

We continued forward, "It started a year ago, before we met up again, I was new to the game, only lvl 5, when I saw my first Player Killer. He just killed a newbie when I arrived, he looked like a skilled Blade master, and he was in the mood to kill again"

"What happened?"

"I defeated him, after that victory, other PKers decided to try their luck, all fell to my blade, I eventually decided to kill any PKers I encountered. This is how I became so well know, I saved people that are being hunter by Player Killers, eventually, Player Killers started to fear me, I devoted my free time to saving anyone fighting Player Killers. Then one day, I found a new player killer who killed 4 people at once, this player was Skain."

"He was looking for more to kill, he said that monsters weren't very fun, and that people were more entertaining. This as I'm sure you've guessed throw me for a loop, I killed him with a single attack. Since then he hasn't given up on killing me, he got close once only because he caught me off guard, he said he'd never stop until he's defeated the PK Slayer"

"Man, that's tough, so he wants revenge"

"Yeah, but he will never defeat me"

"… We're already at the stairs to the fifth floor"

I looked at the mini map and saw it said B4, "that was quick, don't remember leaving B1, oh well, lets go"

We descended the stairs and proceeded though the first corridor, in the middle of the next room was Skain, the room was nice and big for a fight. I moved forward to the center of the room, Skain said, "So you can't go anywhere now without someone to do your dirty work, man you are sad"

"He's not my guard, he's here to watch and make sure you don't pull anything"

"Whatever, time to die"

I raised my guard and prepared for his first attack, he lunged at me with incredible speed, I barely had time to block the attack, I launched a counterattack but he blocked with his sword, the force of the clash throw us a few feet backwards. What's this, he's far to fast, what's going on.

"Heh heh heh heh, ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha, you don't get it you fool" Skain exclaimed, "I'm much to strong for you, heh heh heh, tell me what level are you oh great slayer"

"Lvl 65" I said.

"Oh, good level, however, I'm level 70 now"

"What!" If he's telling the truth, then I have little chance of defeating him this time.

"Heh heh heh heh heh heh, you stand no chance, my stats are far to high, as my level is, your dead this time, why not just get on the ground and let me cut your head off"

"You may be a higher level then me Skain, but I will never give up, level and stats only mean so much, my determination is what will win this battle"

"Hum! You fool, perhaps I need to prove myself a little" He looked as though he was charging an attack, then he shouted, "Vak Maxima!"

"Ralo Maxima!" I shouted back.

Our two attacks clashed, however I pulled out a successful blow when our attacks neutralized each other, "VAK MAXIMA!" I hit him hard with the attack he was sent into the wall with a loud crash. I looked up and saw he made a mark in the wall, he got up, looking hurt, "WTF, how did you do that"

"You may beat me when it comes to levels, but not skill, and faith, without these traits, you will never win"

"I don't need any of those to kill kid, I've killed people with such little effort, you are just lucky this isn't the real world kid, or you'd have died long ago"

He got up ready for more, I stood ready, however, the whole place started to shake, "Drako, scans are off the charts, abnormal incursions in progress!"

"WHAT! Dam what bad timing" I looked up, a portal was opening, a portal that wasn't there a moment ago. The portal opened and a Head Hunter appeared, just like what Dractaros Described, tall with green spots. I didn't know what to do, I stood ready to attack it, but Dractaros told me to do something.

"Drako, distract it, I'll handle it"

"I hope so" I backed off, hoping nothing would happen, it backed me into a corner. It raised it sword ready to strike, I stopped with fear, I couldn't move, it was going to do the same thing that happened to Draco.

"Activate Data Rewriter!"

The Head hunter stopped dead, I looked at it, the spots were disappearing, it moved back, "Drako, attack it!" Dractaros commanded, I didn't care if he ordered me, I attacked it, and it fell down dead, I felt my nerves were a little shot, I looked at Dractaros and said, "Nice work, what did you do?"

"I tested a new hack I developed, it rewrites the targets data and is suppose to kill it, that bug appears to be to strong to get killed by the hack"

"You tested it just now!"

"It was on my to do list today"

"Well, at least it works"

"Yeah but I got something when the hack completed its purpose, something called a Virus Core, I'll take it for scanning, maybe it will reveal something"

Maybe, wait, where's Skain!"

I looked around, Skain was gone.

"Maybe he jetted, I'm sure you'll hear from him soon"

"Yeah, maybe, let's get out of here"

I don't know what happened today, but that Bug is the one link we know is linked to what happened to Draco. What of this Virus Core, I don't know what's going on anymore, however I will never quit, and I will always be there to help my friend, I will help him find out this mystery, in part because the mystery seems to involve me now.

End of Chapter five