.hack//SIGN Fan Fiction / .hack//LIMINALITY Fan Fiction / .hack//Legend Of Twilight Bracelet Fan Fiction ❯ Episode Two: .hack//Legacy ❯ Dancers ( Chapter 19 )

Chapter Nineteen- Dancers- The World

 

Sircosgi yawned.

“Bad night?” Badger asked.

“Pretty much.”

“How long are we gonna wait?” Pai asked.

“They have a few more minutes.” Two people gated in behind them. It was Balmung and Orca.

“Very good.” Badger commented.

“Descendents of Fianna, I charge thee with our protection.” Sircosgi said. “I wish you luck.” Balmung and Orca nodded in assent. “Now, I read an article on the BBS. It stated that there is an area where there aren't any monster portals, yet monsters appear everywhere. They have high levels, and it is a relatively low-level area. So, I assume that there is something there that will interest us.” The others grunted. “So, follow me to the field.” Sircosgi raised his hand and gated over.

 

“The last time I saw this was during the Twilight.” Balmung commented.

“Comatose.” Orca said.

“Really?” Badger asked. “What is it like?”

“Sleep.” Was all that Orca said.

“WATCH OUT!” Balmung shouted at Pai. A monster had appeared behind him.

“Level Sixty-Five?” Pai said in confusion as he leapt out of the way. Balmung and Orca rushed the monster in a choreographed attack. The monster fell.

“HAH!” Sircosgi said. The monster rose, this time with a green aura around it.

“Constructed monsters?” Balmung asked in confusion.

“Crap. They can't die.” Orca said.

“Well, if we hit it enough.” Sircosgi said. “We can do it!” He looked at Pai. “Give us some juice!”

“AMPLIFY!” Pai shouted, giving the group a red, invigorating aura. Sircosgi smiled at the Descendents of Fianna.

“Have at it.” He said. The two looked at their levels.

“I gotta get one of these from Helba.”

“Definitely.”

“GO!” Sircosgi cried out, lashing out with a Vak Rom spell. Orca and Balmung slashed the monster, this time killing it.

“HAH!” Badger cried out, rolling from an attack a fighting bones made. Orca and Balmung used sword skills, which sliced the fighting bones to nothing. Sircosgi sighed.

“We need to stop fighting and start running to the dungeon. We can't gate to the bottom, due to the data fluxes. So, we will have to fight our way down. Okay?” Orca and Balmung grunted. “Let's fly.”

 

They stepped into the first room of the dungeon.

“Flesh. I hate this kind. Remind me of Jonah.” Pai said.

“If we were Jonah, where were we supposed to go?”

“Ninevah?” Badger posed.

“Carmina Gadelica.” Sircosgi said confidently.

“Are we going?” Balmung asked gratingly. Orca was already waiting by the door.

“Party poopers.” Pai muttered.

 

“So, I really hate this dungeon.” Sircosgi said.

“I never knew they could have twenty levels!” Badger said.

“I never knew they had so many monsters.” Pai said.

“Well, we're leveling up a little bit.” Balmung posed.

“A little.” Orca said.

“When will we hit the bottom level?” Badger asked.

“I don't know. We're on level twenty five now, and it has at least one more floor.” Sircosgi said, holding the Fairy's Orb aloft.

“Will this ever end?” Pai asked. “I've been on the brink of death TWICE!”

“Yeah.” Badger said. “Sorry about that.”

“Now is not the time for apologies.” Pai said.

“Quite.” Sircosgi said, taking a few steps forward. A Mui Guardian appeared.

“GAH!” He curled into a ball and rolled behind the monster. “Pha Varthkin!” He cried out. The spell decimated the monster, leaving a treasure chest. Sircosgi opened it up.

“A staff. A level NINETY NINE STAFF!” He said in disbelief. He immediately equipped it. It looked akin to the one that BT used, except it was jet black. He smiled. “Rare item.”

“Mirelle's gonna hate you.” Badger said, enviously.

“I have a feeling she's not going to be the only one.” Sircosgi said.

“I heard that.”

 

“Okay, folks.” Sircosgi said at the staircase. “I HOPE this is the last level.”

“Level thirty three?” Balmung asked.

“Odd number to end a dungeon on.”

“Fifty would be best.”

“Would you two stop already!” Pai asked. “I can't take MUCH more!”

“What do you expect from the Horseman?”

“Well,” Pai thought about how he was going to answer Orca's question, “I guess I wasn't thinking TOO far in advance.” Sircosgi sighed.

“I feared as much.” He thought back on the Epitaph. “Well, let's continue on.” The group walked down the staircase.

And right into a field.

“BINGO!” Sircosgi cried out. “We MADE IT!”

“To your demise.” Casper said as she appeared. “You continue to spread your lies, deceit and rumors across The World. When will it end?

“It is a phrase to fight fire with fire. Thus, to show you how you hurt the other players in The World, I show you the manifestation of your evil-doing. I show the Unjust with INJUSTICE!” She waved her arm. A data stream started to form.

“HEY! Where's Boragia?”

“Equivalent Exchange. A life for a life.”

“That violates that law!” Sircosgi cried in protest.

“Hey. With Injustice in play, the balances are stacked in our favor.” A figure began to emerge from the data stream. Casper gave a final laugh before she left the field. The figure took form. Sircosgi gasped.

“Holy Crap!”