I Hate Bugs! Terror in Terrestrial Forest!
"Graah! Where is that freakin' NPC!?" Seth yelled. Searching for NPCs was never considered to be fun in the Dorumon's eyes. In previous MMOs, Seth had always relied on databases like WoWHead to find obscurely placed NPCs. However, the boy had done this same exact quest in the beta. The quest involved killing bug Digimon in one of the few bug zones in the game, Terrestrial Forest, most of which were Champions, to get a specific item to drop and then find the NPC he was currently looking for, a KoKabuterimon. However, Toei, in all of its 'wisdom,' apparently moved the NPC to a different location. Seth, however, was easily irritable, making only five short minutes of searching for the bug Digimon one of the most irritating tasks in the entire digital world.
KoKabuterimon
Level: Rookie
Type: Bug
Attribute: Virus
Attacks: Scoop Slash, Beetle Lariat
"Stupid little bu-" Seth looked up as he bumped into a much larger Digimon, a Kuwagamon. "Oh, this won't be fun. Dash Metal!"
Kuwagamon
Level: Champion
Type: Bug
Attribute: Virus
Attacks: Scissors Claw, Power Guillotine
The massive Bug Digimon didn't even blink as it launched a counterassault. "Scissors Claw!" Oddly enough, the attack didn't go as it was planned in Kuwagamon's digital mind. It was…slow.
'That is why I love Dash Metal. Even though it doesn't stop higher level enemies when they're at high health, it's still enough to slow them down.' Seth grinned. 'I just hope I can make it out of this.' "Metal Cannon!" The attack literally passed right through the Champion, with one word floating over its head: Evade. There was only one reason that 'Evade' would pop up over an enemy's head. It was, if you will, bugged, meaning that the enemy had to be reset by a moderator or by the weekly server reset. "Oh, come on! This is not what I need right now!"
The Kuwagamon roared as it charged, the effects of Dash Metal starting to wear off. "Power Guillotine!" The attack was much faster than Seth expected, knocking him to the ground and taking a large portion of his already low health along with it. The Kuwagamon started to glow, signifying an even worse turn of events for the Dorumon. "Kuwagamon digivolve to…"
"What!? Toei said that NPC enemies couldn't digivolve!" Seth's jaw dropped as he ran backwards, coming close to hitting a couple trees.
"GranKuwagamon!"
GranKuwagamon
Level: Mega
Type: Bug
Attribute: Virus
Attacks: X-Scissor Claw
"WHAT!?" This was unprecedented, along with very unfortunate for Seth. "Oh, screw this; I'm filling out a ticket!" The Dorumon ran as fast as his little legs could go as he filled out a moderator ticket, an in-game way to contact moderators about problems with the game. "Come on, come on, hurry up and send!"
Edge of Terrestrial Forest
A massive blue knight, UlforceVeedramon to be exact, was standing outside of the large zone, waiting for a player to arrive at his location. "It seems that the player is running this way rather fast. A mob, bugged or not, shouldn't be able to move this far off of its tether."
A purple Digimon ran out of the forest, straight for the knight. "It's coming this way!"
The moderator seemed to recognize the small Rookie Digimon. 'Wait, a Dorumon? You have to be kidding me…' The knight's train of thought was disrupted as a massive GranKuwagamon tore out of the forest, knocking down several trees in its path. "A Mega? There aren't supposed to be any Megas in the game until the next patch, especially not in this area," the mod looked over to the player, that was now sitting down and panting behind him, "Beowulf1111?"
The Dorumon raised an eyebrow as he lifted his head up to look at the knight. "Yes," he said between pants.
"I want to know what happened as soon as I get rid of him." UlforceVeedramon extended his UlForce Saber on his right wrist. "Ulforce Saber!" He called out as he flew towards the Mega, intent on finishing this quick. That scenario, however, was nothing but a pipe dream. UlforceVeedramon realized this as he passed through the GranKuwagamon. "What?"
"X-Scissor Claw!" The Mega level bug came close to slicing the moderator in half, before stopping immediately, as if it was frozen in place.
The moderator tapped a few buttons on his left wrist guard, causing the bug to delete. 'Megas aren't even coded into the game yet…How did it…' The moderator looked over at the Dorumon with a glare, while the Rookie was looking at…loot? A bugged, un-coded enemy dropped an item?
"Hey, cool, that starts the quest to digivolve into Glademon," Seth looked up at the moderator, "Hey, can I ha-"
"No," the moderator glared at the player, "What, exactly, did you do to cause an un-coded enemy to appear?"
Seth noticed the skeptical look on his interrogator's face. "Don't look at me like that! I didn't do anything! I was just looking for a KoKabuterimon to finish the quest I need to do to digivolve! I turned around and 'Bam!', it was there!" Seth inched closer to the dropped item, Royal Sword.
"Don't even think about it. Are you sure that's all that happened? You didn't exploit or anything?"
"Why would I spawn a hostile Mega?"
"Point taken…You said you were looking for KoKabuterimon, right?"
"YES!" Seth yelled an exasperated look on his face. "I mean, yes, sir."
"I'll put a waypoint for you. Now, go finish the quest. I don't want to hear from you for the rest of the day, got it?"
Seth furrowed his brow. That last comment was a little harsh. "Thanks. You have no id-" UlforceVeedramon disappeared, leaving a somewhat upset, but at the same time overjoyed Dorumon. "Well, at least I can finish the quest now."
I AM ALIVE! Sorry about not updating for a while, I've had a lot going on lately. Anyways, it's nice to have a few reviews on a story, especially one from such a good writer as Frozen. Speaking of whom, I fixed the little mistake you pointed out in Chapter 2, Frozen, along with a few spelling/grammar errors in the last 2 chapters...and I added a disclaimer to chapter 2. Also, if anyone want to read a real MMO Digimon story, go check out Of Blood and Binary by Keyo-Red Angel of Hope and Raven.
Well, until next time read, please review, and ja ne!