Sora was in Lumina Square having a small breakfast from one of the place's stalls and had to admit that it was something delicious like the breads and sandwiches to accompany the dish, and the owner who attended the place was kind, in addition to listening to some music after all his Gummiphone had an application to be able to play different songs, and although he could hear from the bands of this world, he also had other songs belonging to other worlds an example would be a well-known band AC / DC listening to one of their songs, among other bands from different worlds it was interesting if he had to say, in addition to a good melody, when he returned home, he was going to show them to his friends.

He had finished his first weekend working as a delivery man and thanks to Tron and his routes he was able to finish Sunday without problems, earning a good bit of money thanks to Mr. Clancy , after finishing his work, there was nothing else to do the rest of the day , the Heartless didn't show up and there was nothing interesting on the proxy network, so he decided to rest for the rest of Sunday, or try to understand some things like his computer and Gummiphone and then sleep.

Now it was a new day and he enjoyed his breakfast, while checking the latest news from New Eridu, typical music stuff, or something about the cinema, between some arrests almost everything normal, although he saw in one of the articles about the disappearance of a criminal gang known as the Pumas who managed to escape from the authorities again.

"Ah, even though this world is on the brink of destruction, there are still people who want to cause more trouble," Sora thought seriously, looking at the details of the robbery as well as the losses of some officers, whether due to the chase on the street or in the Hollow where the criminals managed to escape, but he decided to drop the subject. After all, he had finished eating and then got up from his chair to say goodbye to the store owner and gave some tips.

As he left the cafeteria he saw how people lived their daily lives calmly, he decided to walk and see more of the place, noticing certain interesting places, like the Cinema that apparently had very interesting titles and if he had time he would see them, while in another part there was a public security station, among other stalls, in addition to seeing a guy dressed as a cat waving around the place.

"I must say that this world is very interesting, if I have time maybe I'll see more of the place" Sora commented in his mind looking around the place and there were still places in New Eridu that he had to see, but he left those thoughts behind when he noticed that his Gummiphone was vibrating, then he turned it on and saw a message from Tron.

Before reading the message he went to an even more private place to talk to his friend and after a few minutes he came to an alley where he used his headphones

"What's wrong Tron?" Sora asks calmly.

"I found some interesting Proxy jobs, although they are still very frequent, escorting some supplies through the Hollows, escorting some young people who want to see the interior with their own eyes and others not so subtle when it comes to criminal gangs" Tron would say calmly reviewing the proxy network jobs.

"So everything is normal like last week" Sora would say while leaning against a wall

"If we continue like this we could rise in rank in the network in a few weeks, but time is not our ally, we must make your name rise faster, in order to start attracting the attention of certain officials of the New Eridu government who investigate the Hollows" Tron would say with a somewhat calm, but also serious

These words left Sora thinking, but he had to admit that Tron was somewhat right, after all the time was not on his side, it was just a matter of time before the Heartless grew stronger and could escape from the Hollows to make a huge mess throughout New Eridu.

"So how do we increase our reputation?" Sora asks a little curious.

"Taking very difficult jobs, an example is this" Tron would say and then send a message and files

Sora opens the mission file and saw that it was a Search for some folders with certain content, it seemed like a normal job, but as he continued reading he noticed that it was in one of the very dangerous Hollows where there were Ethereals of a large and dangerous level, causing many newbies to not go to that place and veterans to see it as a waste of time and resources, also seeing the previous comments is that this mission was sent for a certain time of weeks, but nobody paid attention because of the danger that was given and the loss of resources, after all the Deniques it gave were not many to cover the necessary expenses.

"What do you think Sora?" Tron asks calmly through the communication

"I understand why no one takes that quest, if we take it and complete it will my reputation go up?" Sora asks.

"That's for sure" Tron would say calmly.

Sora just sighs "Then I'll take it" He comments on this and then writes a comment and accepts the mission to search for those folders, after a few seconds a new comment appears saying "-Thanks for accepting the mission -" and then indicates where they would meet and explain more about the mission.

"Well, it's time to get to work," Tron would say, then show a map of New Eridu and the place where they would meet the guy who asked for the job.

Sora just watches him and heads to the meeting point.

A few hours later

Sora had arrived at the indicated place where the subject who asked for the mission wanted them to meet, and he was already using his combat clothes to hide his face for now he waited calmly, while he was in his thoughts, but after a few minutes he began to hear footsteps and then he looked at the source and saw that it was an old man.

"What's an old man doing around here?" Sora wondered as he looked at the elderly person.

The old man approached Sora and then said a few words that surprised our keyblade wielder a little.

" You are Keyblade ?" The Older Man asked.

"Eh yeah" Sora commented a little surprised that Grandpa was his contact " Are you the one who asked for the job?" He asked.

"That's right," said the Elder, then took some things out of his pockets. "You'll need this."

Sora took the things that the old man had given him, it was a map and a key,

"These objects will be useful to you, and the map on the back has something written on it that will help you when you reach the objective, like the key. I need those folders back in my hands," said the Old Man seriously, but also noticing the tiredness in his voice.

"If you allow me," Sora would say, looking at the old man, "What objects do those folders have?" He asks something curious.

The older man hesitated for a moment to tell him, but knowing that no one wanted to accept his job, in addition to the problem he was in and that he needed those folders urgently made him sigh in defeat.

"The folders have certain deeds to a piece of land, which is in New Eridu that is now located in my home, I need them to prevent a certain company from taking it from me, I don't know how but they managed to buy a lot of land after the fall of the old capital, that includes my house and I have been in a fight with these people for years over my home, in addition to being the original owner of that land, although at first the fight was not bad at all, even that company did not put much interest, but now the last few weeks they are attacking with everything and I can barely stand the demands" The Elder would explain with some sadness "That house is the last thing I have left for me and my two grandchildren who live with me, and the deeds that are in those files are my hope to save everything, after all they are made of papers, it is almost impossible for them to be corrupted by the Ether that is around the place"

At those words, Sora remained silent and then looked at the map as if it were the key. "I understand." He could only say this and then look at the Lord. "I will find those scriptures."

"Thank you. . . just be careful what they denied my words they say that there are extremely dangerous Ethereals, I wouldn't ask anyone to do this, but the desperation of losing everything" The older man would say regretfully and then look at Sora "if you manage to find the folders please call me on my cell phone, I'll have the money ready"

Sora just nods at those words and then enters the Hollow and begins his mission.

Hollow

Sora had entered the Hollow looking at the remains of the city and then seeing the map that he saw to the Old Woman in the first place

"Tron you can scan it" Sora would say calmly

Tron quickly scans the map with the help of his helmet and then quickly digitizes it, which then appears on Sora's visor.

"I have everything scanned to guide you" Tron would say calmly while giving a digital image of the map

Sora just nods and starts walking through the place, where he could only look at the remains of a city, abandoned cars like old newspapers to pick one up and see about the construction of a plaza that was about to be finished, after reading that he leaves the newspaper on the ground to start running.

During the first ten minutes he was in the cavity he had no problems, he did not encounter any enemies, but everything would change when a group of ethereals appeared from one of the alleys, Sora without wasting time and with speed quickly finished them off making sure they had no chance to attack, and then our keyblade bearer continued on his way.

Along the way, Tron gave names of certain streets and places to see if he was on the right path to reach the objective, which was one of the government buildings of Eridu before the fall. Sora stops and sees that there were three different routes.

"Tron, which route should I take?" Sora asks.

Tron appears and then looks at the map and examines it. "You must look for a pizza-themed restaurant, there you will find the way" he would say.

Sora does as he says and then looks for a pizza restaurant and after a few seconds he finds the Restaurant with a slice of pizza that was its mascot and then follows the route, but then he meets other groups of Ethereals, but to his surprise they were accompanied by three very strong Ethereals, Two were very large and one was somewhat thin, but it floated.

"Two Farbautis and a Thanatos " Tron said analytically.

"So it's those" Sora said looking at the three Ethereals seriously thanks to the wise proxy network of these, in addition to the ability of the Ethereal Thanatos that could teleport anywhere , and make his attacks really difficult to predict, but he already had experience with this type of attacks.

Without wasting any more time Sora launches himself towards the group of enemies, the normal Ethereals were the first to attack, but our keyblade wielder managed to finish off some of them easily, but would be interrupted when he saw how one of the Farbautis tried to crush him, but he managed to dodge one of the attacks quickly, but he would not rest when the Thanatos appeared behind him and tried to cut him.

But Sora quickly managed to block his opponent's attack, after all he already had experience with fast enemies, the Thanatos disappeared to prepare for another possible attack, our keyblade bearer, in order not to waste time decided to attack one of the Farbautis with everything.

"RAGNAROK" Sora shouts, firing a large amount of spells that hit one of the Farbautis directly , finishing it off quickly.

The other Farbauti, seeing how his companion has fallen, roars with anger, to go straight to Sora, as Thanatos also takes advantage of that to attack, causing there to be two attacks at the same time.

Sora, seeing the two attacks, is on guard and blocks the first attack that came from Thanatos , then pushes the ethereal and jumps, dodging a big blow from the Farbauti , and then launches a fire spell that hits the back of the Farbauti, causing it to scream in pain.

"THUNDER" Sora shouts his spell and a good amount of lightning hits Farbauti

This upon receiving a large amount of electricity causes the Ethereal to become paralyzed, causing our keyblade wielder to take advantage of this to give a great cut to his enemy and causing him to fall to the ground defeated, now only one was left to defeat.

In that the Thanatos appears trying to attack from different places, but Sora managed to block each attack in an easy way, making the Ethereal look... annoyed, it was strange, but it did not matter, our keyblade wielder only needed an opportunity to give a definitive attack and the moment had arrived when Thanatos appeared to attack, but Sora dodges the attack with a jump, then

"STOP" Sora shouts as a clock appears above the Ethereal 's head.

Sora put on a smile knowing that he had the spell to stop time back and without wasting time he takes advantage of everything and gives a large number of cuts to the Ethereal so that then the clock will reach zero and Thanatos will receive a large number of blows causing him to roar in pain and then fall dead and disappear.

Sora just looks around to see if there was an enemy, then sighs for a few seconds, the battle was over for now, but he had to continue.

One Hour Later

Sora had advanced through all the ruins of the city, even so on the way he managed to finish off a good number of Ethereals, whether normal or Elite enemies, although due to the large number he received certain blows, but nothing that Curaga could not help heal, after so much moving and fighting, he had finally reached his destination.

"Tron, are we there?" Sora asks.

"If we are in one of the old government buildings of ancient Eridu" Tron would say looking at the government building "It is better to go inside if I remember correctly, on the other side of the map I left some notes, maybe it will help us to find those folders"

Sora turns the map over and sees some words explaining where those folders were in the first place, after reading those notes he advances to the building

Government Building of Ancient Eridu

Sora had entered the place looking around, seeing how there were chairs like different things on the floor, no doubt the time was not good with this place, besides noticing the ethereal rocks that always appeared, in that he turns the map and reads the content and he advances through the place looking around

"No matter how long I stay here, it definitely gives me the creeps," Sora commented as he walked through the halls of the government building, but along the way he found in one of the rooms a place decorated with some things for a birthday party or something like that.

"They never expected the Hollow to appear on this day" Tron said looking at the scene

Sora could only nod to continue on his way and find the folders that the Elder urgently needed.

After a minute of walking Sora finally manages to find the Archives room. Upon entering he notices many boxes, but he sees the words on the map that the old woman had given him and it said the location of the folders. A few minutes passed in the search. Sora finally finds his target and decides to check the folder first to see if it had his target, after reading the folder and checking if the shot was correct.

"Tron I have the target in my hand" Sora would say while looking at said object in his right hand in his hand

"Fine, but first you must take a photo of the building to show that you arrived at the place, so that the old lady and your future clients know that you were here" Tron would say, after all they needed proof to show that they took on a certain difficult mission.

Sora just nods to leave the building and then take his Gummiphone and take some photos of the government building, then open a portal directly to the base and prepare to give the news to his client, but for now he had to rest.

The next day

Sora had woken up very early, then sent a message on Tron's recommendation to his client to meet in a place a little away from the public eye, implying that he had obtained the paperwork she needed.

After a quick dinner and getting everything ready, Sora returns to New Eridu but with his Keyblade suit waiting for his client, meanwhile he listened to some music from one of those bands from other worlds, but everything would end when he heard some footsteps and then turned around and saw his client.

"You did it," the Elder commented with joy, but also with caution.

Sora didn't say anything, after all he had the right to be suspicious, the proxy network was full of treacherous and criminal people, and then he took out of his backpack the folders that had the papers

"Everything is here" Sora would say as his voice filter activated "I even disinfected everything to prevent it from having Aether energy in it in the first place, see it as a courtesy on the house"

The Old Man takes the folders to read them and after a few minutes he puts on a smile knowing that they were authentic "You did it" he would say looking at the Proxy he hired

"I kept my end of the deal" Sora would say and then show a picture of his Gummiphone and show the government building inside the Hollow "I even took a picture to support my work"

The Old Man was surprised when he saw the building. "It's been so long, and the truth is that the place hasn't changed much. It brings back some memories... not good ones, after all, I always had to go to that building when I forgot to pay certain licenses for my job," he would say, and then laugh a little remembering the past. "Thanks for introducing yourself."

"You're welcome" Sora said calmly.

"It's better that I fulfill my part of the agreement" Said the Old Man as he took out a bag with a large amount of Deniques that he had "It's all my savings that I've managed to get to fight against that damn company, but with the papers I have now, I'll have the case won, this belongs to you now"

At that point the old woman gave the Deniques to Sora and when she saw that they were good, they were enough to buy supplies for two months.

"Thank you" The Old Man would say and then leave the place while he had everything to save his home.

Sora looked at the deniques to see how the Elder was leaving and then he followed him "Hey wait" he would say

Hearing his words the older man stops to look at Sora "What's wrong boy?" he asks, surprised.

Sora takes half of the deniques and then gives them to the Elder. "I think you'll need this more than I do." He would say.

At this act the Elder is surprised "Why are you giving it to me?" He asked somewhat surprised that this proxy gave him half of the pay.

"Let's just say I live more for adventure, money is not my problem, I just need you to tell me what I did to increase my reputation, and see it as a gesture of good will" Sora would say calmly.

The old man tried to process everything he had heard and then took half of the money and then looked at Sora. "You are very different from the Proxies that are on the network." He would say, somewhat surprised.

"Let's just say I'm a different kind of proxy, who's more into adventures and fighting," Sora comments calmly.

The Lord nods and then leaves with the papers to save his home and half of the money so he can use it for his family.

"It was a nice gesture to give this gentleman half of the profits" Tron would say appearing in Sora's visor

"He needed the money more than I did, and we don't really need to have that much, since we have a good amount of expenses for supplies, in addition to having a personal power generator" Sora would say , and then look at the following jobs on La Red Proxy "Well, it's better to keep moving up the ranks in this network"

After saying those words Sora leaves the place for his next jobs.

Meanwhile in the Hollows

The dark subject was walking through the rest of the ruins of ancient Eridu more specifically in the center of Hollow Zero, he just looked around seeing buildings in the air like different things passing by here having many questions

But those questions would be interrupted when a pair of Ethereals appeared surrounding the dark being.

"Well, it seems that you don't like my company, isn't that so?" The dark subject would say, looking at the Ethereals. "Well, what do you think?" Then his hands would be wrapped in a dark fire, looking at his enemies. "I don't like your company either."

After saying those words, the Ethereals roar to attack the Dark Subject, then sounds of fighting, screams and explosions are heard for a few minutes and then everything was silent and the place was only left with the Dark Subject watching as his enemies vanished without more, but then he noticed one that was still moving and then approached and grabbed him.

"Interesting" The dark subject would say, watching as the Ethereal tried to get out of his grip, but that didn't matter, after all he felt something in this being "You were human before, it's very curious"

By saying those words the Dark Subject quickly destroys the ethereal and then leaves the place, there were new questions and he would find the answers

END OF CHAPTER

I hope you liked the chapter

Thanks to this mission that was a suicide, Sora will begin to raise the proxy network, in addition to taking more missions of this type, to raise his level among other things, of course by doing so they will soon meet certain brothers

If you have questions about the fic, I will try to answer them as much as I can.

Without further ado, I say goodbye, friends.