CONNECTING TO TOWER NETWORK…CONNECTED.

ACCESSING MISSION LOGS…DONE.

SEARCHING FOR LOG…ERROR! LOG NOT FOUND.

CLOSING MISSION LOGS…DONE.

GUARDIAN CALLSIGN: ******

PASSWORD: **********

LOGIN ACCEPTED.

OPENING JOURNAL PROGRAM.


Anything close by?

Nothing for now.

Good, I still don't like that I had to disable the radio, I mean the hive have never noticed it before.

So why would they now?

Is that why you have the journal program running?

Yeah, the journal is stored in the helmet's memory until it can reconnect with the tower, better than nothing if something goes wrong.

If anyone can find it.

Do you have a fix on the Crypt's location?

Yes, due east of here inside that mountain.

Got it.

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Any idea if the database is locked up like the other one was?

Not from the information I got but I did contact scarf's ghost and he did have some.

And?

Apparently the door will be locked like the Urn, but the key is guarded by a wizard instead of knight, the wizard is called Zytho the Digger.

The Digger?

Don't ask because I don't know why she's called that.

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Tunnel up ahead.

I see it.

Looks like a way into the mountain.

And the Crypt is near the top.

Think the hive have an elevator we could use?

Not likely.

Then the stairs it is.

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Ok now I'm mildly concerned, we should've run into something by now.

These tunnels seem to run throughout the entire mountain and a mile under it.

Wait large chamber up ahead.

Woah that is a lot of thrall.

Scans show almost a thousand on the floor and still more on the walls, but something seems wrong.

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It's too quite.

What?

Almost every thrall we've met has chattered and shrieked once it noticed us, but these ones aren't making any noise.

Also look at the moving ones' faces, three glowing eyes, never seen that either.

Let's get going before they catch us, last thing we need is shaking the hornet nest.

Good idea.

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Still nothing, no acolytes, no knights, not even a wizard. This is supposed to be a major hive compound, so where are they?

I don't know. I'm picking up hive signatures but they keep disappearing. It's almost like som.

What?

Nothing, it's just that I could have sworn that I was picking up guardian signatures but their gone now.

Could it be interference from the mountain, I mean it is crawling with hive and who knows what kind of machinery. We're supposed to be the only guardians on this side of the moon.

Maybe, just keep on guard this is starting to feel like a trap.

Yeah me too.

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Got a lock on the key's location.

Finally, thought I was just going to have to wander around till we stumble on her.

Take the next left path.

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Stay on this path till you can go to the right, signal is coming from the other side of this wall.

Anyway to knock down the wall?

Without killing ourselves, no.

Ah man.

You are such a ti.

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Was that what I think it was?

Great, close quarters with an ogre. Just what every guardian dreams of.

Opening up ahead, and who knows that ogre could be on the other side of the mountain.

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You were saying?

I did say could.

Can you kill it?

With it covered it rocks like that, sure, if I had about 12 of these.

And how many do you have?

3.

Not good.

Look, other side of the ogre.

A wizard.

Zytho.

3 to 1 says that she's controlling the big guy.

Can you tell me which way to the Crypt from here?

Scanning.

There's a door far side of the cavern that should lead straight up to it.

Ok.

I'm going to drop the wizard and book it to the door.

What about the ogre?

That's over 50 meters from the wizard to the door and no cover between.

First two rockets should take out the wizard, the last one along with a grenade should stagger that brute long enough for me to get to the door.

I'd advise against this normally, but we don't have much of a choice.

I'm ready when you are.

On 3.

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2.

3!

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Wizard's down, but the ogre is enraged.

Damn it all.

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God I hate those things.

Keep moving, hive signals are appearing all over the place.

I think we kicked over the ant hill.

Right.

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There's the door.

Opening now.

Looks a lot like the photos of the World's Grave.

Similar construction.

Wonder what the doorway is for, it just opens to the surface.

Wow that is a long way down.

Enough sightseeing, transmatting down the bomb.

You get to arming it, I'll grab what I can from the archive.

On it.

Ok it's armed.

Is it on a timer or remote?

Both technically, we'll trigger it once we get into orbit and it will go off 30 seconds later.

Alright I've got what I can, transmat.

Connection lost.

I can't get a lock on the ship, something's blocking my connection.

Uh jenn, is this thing supposed to be blinking like that.

What?

Oh no, it's been triggered.

Warning, Antimatter ordnance detected!

Run Crayak, the window!

Son of a!

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GUARDIAN DOWN.


CONNECTION TO NETWORK TERMINATED.