Chapter XI
\"I\'d like to share a revelation during my time here.\" Continued Cad. \"It came to me when I tried to classify your kind. I realized that you\'re not actually players. Every player on this world instinctively develops his characteristics, to somehow finish the game, but you role-players do not. You move to a game and you try to convert other players into doing nothing but standing around and chatting. No one listens to you though and you, instead of actually \'playing\' the game, get discouraged and go away. The only way you can survive is to spread to another game. There is another type in the internet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A troll. Role-players come and go, they don\'t create a stable player-base. You are a plague, and we are the cure.\"
\"Alright.\" Said Kwartz. \"Whatcha need, besides pants and three pairs of them clean socks?\"
\"Arms.\" Answered Unitearica. \"Lots of arms.\"
\"Loadin\' up.\"
Suddenly Unitearica\'s model changed. Instead of just one pair, he had five pairs of arms.
\"No, Kwartz! I mean the weapons!\"
\"Hurry up, Uni\'o!\" Yelled Karyuu. \"What is taking you so long?\"
\"I\'m looking for a 44 slash dark longsword... But this isle has only longswords up to 34 slash... Hmm... There\'s a 22 slash Short Longsword in here...\"
\"Hmm... checked the isle 23?\"
\"Yeah, only shortswords there.\"
\"Ah! Now I remember! Draklar was taking some from isle 45!\"
\"Let me check.\" Unitearica rushed towards the said isle, losing all the stamina on his way. After few minutes he was there. \"Hmm... Well there are 44 slash longswords here, but no dark ones...\"
\"Is it really needed?\"
\"Well I want to have a dark longsword...\"
\"Bah...\" Karyuu rolled her eyes.
\"Flaming, lightning, cold, rusty, leet, battle, fluffy, da... Ah! Found it!\"
\"Great, we can go now.\"
\"Not yet, I need to find a scorched battleaxe...\"
\"...\"
\"Why isn\'t our plan working?\" Asked Cad.
\"Perhaps we\'re asking the wrong questions...\" Answered Tmed.
\"Drey has a plan!\" Uttered Drey.
\"Hmm?\" Cad turned to Drey. \"Ah, what the heck... It can\'t get any worse. Go ahead.\"
\"Leave us alone now.\" Drey waited for others to leave the smithy. He approached Draklar and started peering at his face. He moved a bit closer... \"Drey!\"
\"What the... Hast thou lost thy mind?\"
\"Noes!\" Drey shook his head. \"Im goings to be proposing to you.\"
\"Thou want\'st to marry me?\" Draklar cocked an eyebrow.
\"Noes! Proposing some swords!\"
\"What kind o\' swords?\"
\"Like longsword of teh sex +4.\"
\"Really?\"
\"Noes, like 62 slash longswords or 78 slash broad swords.\"
\"Hmm... Sound\'th good... But what dost thou want in return?\"
\"Nothing...\"
\"Wow! That be\'th most kind!\"
\"Well, nothing, but also password to the secret forums area.\"
\"I be afraid, I cannot accept that.\"
\"Two swords.\"
\"Hmm...\"
Karyuu and Unitearica approached the temple. Out of a sudden a priest rushed out of the great building and turned in their direction. \"Welcome to the temple of Laanx! Please, make yourself comf--\" The priest fell down with a pencil stuck in his head. The two moved further into the temple. Once they got inside, all the characters looked at them. Before they would do anything, Unitearica started attack. One after another, the characters were falling down. Some tried to run in panic, others screamed the words of anger and leet. Unitearica rushed onto the stairs and put down a tower shield. He stepped onto it and pushed himself, thus sliding on it down the stairs. While doing so, he kept throwing axes at the screaming characters, in the end hitting the ground and landing on his jaw. Unitearica stood up and dusted himself off. He took a look around, only one person was still alive. He recognised him - it was Monk. Upon approaching him, he unsheathed his Dark Longsword and spoken. \"Sporks aren\'t implemented yet, punk!\" Said that he smashed the Ylian\'s head.
\"Uhm, Uni\'o...\" Karyuu poked him.
\"Hargh!\" He almost attacked Karyuu. \"Huh? What is it?\"
\"I don\'t think those people have anything to do with our mission...\"
\"...What?\"
\"Yeah, we were supposed to glitch to the temple tower, after all...\"
\"Oh, well...\" Unitearica took a look around. \"Let\'s go...\"
\"What were you doing?\" Spoke Cad once he and Tmed got back to the smithy.
Drey glanced at them while putting down yet another sword. There was over twenty of them, each of different type, lying all around the room.
\"He doesn\'t know...\" Said Tmed.
\"Know what?\" Asked Drey.
\"Rebels are storming our units.\" The Kran continued. \"Somehow they found out we have spies in the temple... and wiped them out.\"
\"Thems are smarter than we thought...\" Drey picked up the swords.
\"Find them and ban them.\" Finished Cad.
\"I repeat, we are under attack!\"
Karyuu and Unitearica kept pushing characters down from the roof of the temple. Those who were pushed down, couldn\'t climb up fast enough to support all the others. Finally the last one was pushed down.
\"Hey!\" Unitearica heard from the behind. He turned around - it was Game Master Drey.
He attacked him with dual longswords, but Drey was too fast. He managed to dodge every single blow that Unitearica aimed at him. When Unitearica got tired, the Game Master counter-attacked with his daggers.
\"Karyuu... Help!\" Unitearica managed to dodge most of the attacks, but finally some of them scratched him slightly.
\"Only role-player.\" Said Drey and prepared for the final attack.
\"Dodge this.\" Karyuu swinged her pencil at the Game Master.
Drey dodged it. \"Heh...\"
\"Ok, how about this?\" Suddenly Drey felt an awful pain in his groin. Karyuu moved her knee away and Drey fell to the ground. \"How did you do that?\" Karyuu turned to Unitearica.
\"Do what?\"
\"You moved like they do. You power-leveled, didn\'t you?\"
\"Just forget it, we have mission to do.\"
\"Can you climb the tower?\"
\"I can try.\"
Once they got up onto the tower, Karyuu contacted the Kran. \"Kwartz, get us to the NPC Room. This should be a safe returning point.\"
\"No...\" Said Cad once he noticed Karyuu and Unitearica who appeared on the map.
Not waiting even one second, they started running away from the Game Masters. \"We must get them away from Draklar.\" Said Karyuu. \"Until he gets free from the rope.\"
Draklar took one of the swords that Drey forgot to hide and cut the rope with it. \"Kwartz, get us out.\" He said.
\"You goin\' back to the tavern... Just go to invisible room.\" Answered Kwartz. \"Bird and the guy, go to the second temple balcony.\" Just then all disappeared from the NPC Room.
\"Damn it.\" Muttered Cad.
\"The trace was completed.\" Said Tmed. \"We have their position and the birdies are standing by...\"
\"Order the strike.\" Added Cad.
\"Thems not out yet...\" Whispered Drey.
\"Dost thou believe it now, Karyuu?\" The Enkidukai received a tell from Draklar.
\"Less than before...\"
\"Whate\'er... We shall meet back in the Crystal Blue.\"
\"Gotcha.\"
Draklar moved to the invisible room and soon logged out from the Planetrix. Soon after, Karyuu and Unitearica got onto the balcony. The Enkidukai quickly logged out, but before Unitearica could do the same, Drey teleported himself to his location.
\"Mr. Unitearica...\" He spoken.
Unitearica moved away a bit and glanced at the temple well. He then turned back to the Game Master.
\"Run, guy. Run!\" Kwartz sent him a private message, but Unitearica wasn\'t moving. He only stared at the fierce Game Master.
\"What is he doing?\" Asked Karyuu.
Draklar glanced at the console. \"He be\'th beginning to believe...\"