Chapter 4
Luca and Yoshiki went over to a small hedge, away from Bianca and little Alus who were inside their cottage. Yoshiki looked over them and smiled.
"No wonder why you were begging me to take you here. You wanted to go back to them. And I still can't believe they are real people." said Yoshiki.
"They are. I knew I had to go back to them." said Luca.
"But there is something I still don't get. You wanted to return to them since the beginning, and why did you choose me?" asked Yoshiki.
"Do you remember back in the arcade? When we went to play a few games there." said Luca.
"Yes." replied Yoshiki.
"You were so good at most of the games, I lost so many times. And when I found out that this Hacker managed to put Nadja back in the digital world, I had to recruit you to help me out." said Luca.
"Nadja? Now I will need to know more. I never played Dragon Quest before so I'm kinda lost." said Yoshiki. He wanted to go hands on deck to help his friend. If he was the only chance, he wanted to take it.
"Nadja is a wicked priest with magical powers. He's the main villian in the game, and he's very powerful. To fight him, you need to be at a very high level." said Luca.
"And you just told me all this? Oh great." said Yoshiki.
"What?" asked Luca.
Yoshiki turned on his glasses to check on his status within the game. In RPGs, levels were very critical and a necessity to complete a game. He gasped when he noticed his level was at the maximum! Then, Dr. Kirigaya's words appeared on the glasses.
I took the liberty to maximise your level too. I had a feeling you had to be in the action eventually.
"I'm at level 100! Wow!" said Yoshiki.
"Well, no worries. But we can't just face Nadja yet, even with a high level. No doubt the Hacker might have done something to make the villain stronger." said Luca.
"Then why don't we do the same? Let's find a way to outsmart the hacker." said Yoshiki.
"How can we do that?" asked Luca.
"I may not have played Dragon Quest, but I have played sports. And there is one way to stop him. Team work." said Yoshiki.
"Teamwork? You mean... oh. That's already been done. Armies have gone up against Nadja and we won last time." said Luca.
"But Nadja is going to destroy this world again. Surely the people of this world will rise up again to stop him. And you are the hero of this game. Why don't we do that?" said Yoshiki.
Luca nodded and smiled. "Look who'se getting the hang of things." said Luca.
"I am a fast learner dude." said Yoshiki with a friendly smile.