Chapter 40: Breaching Security

Several muttering Dark Wizards gathered behind the long hall in Barbarian Village. Master Samuel was coming out of hiding to meet them. He had been very busy in the last few weeks. First of all, he had been helping in the search for Gypsy Aris. Second, he had been helping a new friend. This person, apparently, was very strong, and could easily kill anyone who opposed Master Samuel and his cronies.

After a few minutes of waiting, Master Samuel and the mysterious cloaked man came from the direction of the wilderness. They both had identical, evil grins.

"You are my people!" Master Samuel shouted, and the muttering among the wizards was gone in an instant of hurried hushing.

"My people," Master Samuel said, pacing down and up. "I'm sure you've heard of the other world by now. Our plan is circulating around that world. It is the world in which Ilookgood99, and some others, have come from. But, there aren't just people who are against us that come from it. I have managed to hire a person from that world. This person has managed, using energy from the other world, to make him extremely strong. He is going to aid us in the invasion of the Stronghold of Security. He can't come to introduce himself right now, but you'll meet him in time.

"I'm confident all of you know the plan, but, for those forgetful ones, I'll repeat it. The Stronghold of Security has been infected by the darkness spreading, mainly because of us and our….plans. It is bursting with possessed creatures, which will give us no problems, especially since I was the one who possessed them. We will work our way through it. You might have troubles, since there have been rumours about the walls collapsing, because of the disturbances. When you arrive at the bottom, you will wait at the cradle of life for me. There are two things I want to take from there-a bone from the bottom floor (that is another ingredient I need for our potion) and the…"

I woke up, screaming. My head was pounding. I was trapped in my blankets! I wriggled myself out of my bed, and landed on my head on the dusty floor with a bang. Moaning, I sat up, and rubbed the bump that had formed on my head. I remembered with a jolt of excitement the happenings of yesterday.

I had been working hard most of the day for Clayguy7. I was rewarded dearly. Later, I got in a fight with Gunther the Brave, leader of Barbarian Village. Worse yet, he was possessed! I was very lucky, because I wan. He dropped bones (which I buried, obviously), a huge sack of coins (which I stored), a stone hammer, and a huge stone sword. I couldn't wield the sword. You needed level 35 Attack to wield it. I could wield that hammer, though. I tested it out on some rats in the sewers, and it worked better then I expected it to. I went to celebrate in the long hall, and got very, very drunk.

I yawned, and went to splash water on my face from the tap. I put on my weapon belt, some decent clothes, and went down the stairs.

In the kitchen of the rune shop, I got some meat and eggs from the larder. I got a saucepan from the shelves above, cracked the egg inside, slapped some meat on the stove, and let it all cook. The sun was sparkling outside. I waved my Barbarian hammer around a bit, only to smash a few plates. Just as I finished cleaning them up, Amy11 walked inside.

She looked and smelled beautiful- her long, blonde hair went down to her thighs like spun gold. Her very cute blue eyes twinkled in the morning sunshine. I found myself stuttering a hello. She was so cute, I found myself forcing my eyes away from her cleavage. I really liked her-I loved her, as a matter of fact.

"Good morning, sunshine. You're up early," she trilled, going up to me and giving me her usual form of greeting-a hug.

"I woke up from a nightmare, I'll explain about it later, when there are more people here," I said. She smiled.

"Remember last night? You were absolutely hammered," she said. "It was cute, watching you chat up girls you didn't even know." I blushed furiously.

More and more people crowded into the kitchen. Just as Creator walked into the room, rubbing sleep out of his eyes, I stood up to make my announcement. "People," I said. "I've had another dream." Everyone gasped. One of Mainiac97's dreams meant something really bad!

I explained my dream to everyone. Aubury was looking very concerned. "I've heard about the Stronghold of Security too, that it has been infected with darkness. Apparently, the final reward has had minor changes. If Master Samuel wants something, it can't be good. We must beat him to the final reward, or something very bad will happen, I can tell!" We all roared in agreement. "Go get supplies, and meet me in barbarian Village!" There was another tumultuous roar of applause, and everyone charged off to get stuff. I heard Osrie1 muttering about runes and meat pies, I heard Mark ranting about throwing axes, and I heard Slinky contemplating about getting her machete.

I ran to the bank to fetch some more arrows, runes and spare healing tonic. I ran towards barbarian Village, feeling for my hammer. It would become very useful in my trek into the Stronghold.

I arrived at the scene. Clayguy7 stepped forward.

"I've volunteered to help with this 'breach of security'," Clayguy7 said, smiling warmly. "Well," he then said, staring at me, his gaze boring into me like a drill. "You can go first." I stepped forward, and looked into this black hole. It seemed like it would go on forever. I gulped, and stepped inside, wondering what'll be at the bottom.