Chapter 42

As the four who had been there all along vanished to the battle screen area whatever thingy place, Saga snorted.

'I understand that this is a special event, with the battle occuring in a city, but I was in the middle of something. Why was I transported here?' thought Saga.

Ivy, Frus, Vrust, and Ygrene were facing Trevrep on the battle screen. Ivy got the first attack and used ALL of her mana for one big fireball, which did 800 damage. Frus was next, and his attack allowed him to use his mana in a normal attack, and adding his anger resulted in a super-critical, which did 750 damage. Vrust attacked for 600 and Ygrene attacked for 500 damage.

Trevrep was more than ready to retaliate. Although Ivy had proved herself to be the most dangerous, he didn't want to do any more damage to her than he needed to. He started by going after Frus. He waved his hand and used a spell than stole some of Frus' health. However, he didn't stop there. For some reason, he was allowed a second attack, which he used to slash Frus with a burning, yes burning, sword.

Then, It was Ivy's turn again. She used her staff to attack Trevrep. But suddenly, it was Trevrep's turn again. He struck twice with his sword, again on Frus. Frus fell, but then got back up. It was his turn, but he couldn't attack. He used a potion to heal himself. Then it was Trevrep's turn again, and he attacked Frus twice more. Vrust attacked again, and then Trevrep healed himself. Ygrene attacked once again; for the record, he wasn't using mana for his attacks - they were status-inducing only.

Trevrep attacked Frus again; this time, Frus fell to the ground. Needless to say, Ivy was angry enough to cause a critical hit. Trevrep shrugged it off, however, and prepared to begin fighting Vrust. Before he could, however, Saga appeared in the battle screen area. He put his hands together and began to chant. A shark, similar to the one he had been hit with, appeared in his hands, and Saga hit Trevrep.

Suddenly, the battle screen warped and seemed to connect back to the main world screen, and a long, high whistle reached everyone's ears. They looked up as one and saw red lights in the sky. Fireballs flew from the four corners of the city and crashed into Trevrep. The number 99999 appeared in red above his head in and he collapsed.

"Cheat codes," said Saga, suddenly right behind Ivy as all but Frus appeared back in the normal world. He was carrying Sprx, Otto, and Maria, who were too drunk to walk. "I was able to get some information at that tavern, but I had to use up most of our gold, both in buying everyone drinks and in getting that game shark. Not to mention, no one would trust us if we didn't drink as well."

As Saga finished, Frus appeared. He was floating and had his eyes closed. Ivy used a Phoenix, excuse me, Feenix Down (Puck's choice of spelling) to revive him, then gave him some healing potions. As Frus returned to normal, Ivy looked up - just in time to see Trevrep riding a wyvern over the city wall.

"There is a castle on a hill, not far from here. Meet me there, and we'll finish this!" called Trevrep.

"That's just insulting!" yelled Ygrene. He was about to continue when odd music played, the words Event Cleared ran across the screen, and everyone was returned to full health and mana.

"There's nothing stopping us, now. It's time to end this," said Frus. The group began to head towards the city exit. Or rather, four members did. Otto, Sprx, and Maria were in a heap on the ground, and Saga was nowhere to be found.

As the others wondered what had happened to him, Saga was looking for something special. Something every game needed. He was looking for a place to save.

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