65 Plans in motion

A dark figure separated itself from the shadows and approached the massive black dragon, kneeling as it drew close.

The figure waited patiently for his lord to address him, he did not have to wait long. Only a fool would be unable to see that Morto Venti was beyond angry.

"Slessa! Report!".

The dragons voice boomed out into the cavern, reverberating with intense force.

The being named Slessa looked up as it was addressed and began to speak, quickly getting to the point.

" Everything is in place my Lord, as you have instructed. "

"Excellent."

The dragon's mind was upon the boy that had defeated him as he thought to himself, " So you have decided to change things this time around. You have forced me to move my plans forward....Thorn. "

The dragon turned to his subordinate.

"Soon, he will have no where to hide. Execute the plan immediately. "

Slessa revealed a wicked grin, showing off rows of sharp teeth.

"Yes my Lord."

The dark figure faded out of existence, dissapearing into thin air, leaving the dragon with his thoughts.

******

The Prince and Tide had reached the Throne room, revealing at long last the reason for this ardous journey.

The room was grand, with every inch covered in elaborate and expensive materials. A throne sat upon a raised dias, with what appeared to be a stone egg in the seat.

This egg had cracks throughout it that glowed with a multitude of colors as though it held a massive energy source inside, just waiting to get out.

There were a few things that were bothering Prince Olaf, but he kept his concerns to himself. The prince found it odd to have fought chaos elementals earlier in the dungeon. The chaos stone was lost hundreds of years ago. Chaos magic seemingly didn't exist anywhere, so why would it be here?

There was a particular feeling that Olaf associated with the Chaos Elementals that was hard to explain, it was as though he could sense the chaos. Olaf felt that same feeling coming from the egg that sat upon the throne.

Tide was busy running around the edge of the room looking at the the tapestries so Olaf ignored him and proceeded to the throne.

Suddenly Olaf found he couldn't move.

Ice Shackle!

'What was going on? Thorn said there were no enemies? Is this a hidden boss?'

Olaf saw Tide walk in front of him, his form shifted and changed, becoming slightly different. His clothes changed turning a shade of red that was reminiscent of blood.

His information also changed in the party screen, revealing that was actually a level 31 warlock.

His name was no longer Tidalus Maximus, it had changed as well. His name was really SkyAzeroth.

Olaf racked his brain, trying to understand what was going on.

The truth was simple and apparent though, he had been fooled and betrayed.

The player known as SkyAzeroth began to talk quietly, " I was so tired of pretending to be an idiot. I am sorry to do this to you, but I have no choice. "

SkyAzeroth hands glowed with a black aura as he reached forward and removed the necklace from Olaf as he continued to dialogue.

"I'm sure you wonder how I did it. It's simple, your gem doesn't work against party members. Truly it had been a pleasure, but it time for you to die. "

He held his hand up and a black vortex of energy began to form in his palm.

BOOM!

The doors to the throne room slammed open and Thorn burst in.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!"

Thorn began to move forward but the warlock held up his free hand to stop him, "Not another move, or the prince dies. "

Thorn stopped moving and looked at Tide confused and furious.

"You are always one to accomplish the unexpected, with tricks and deceit. You dealt with that dragon very quickly, so this form will be no match for you. It's a shame that I cannot kill you now for I must take my leave ".

SkyAzeroth disappeared and re-appeared next to the throne. " At long last, the power of the Meta is MINE!"

He touched the egg and vanished with a flash of bright light, leaving behind nothing but the empty throne.

***********

In a private room, located within the palace of the city Excelsia, five hooded figures sat in expensive and lushious chairs.

These powerful figures were the five co-creators of BLANK, and the current guild leaders of the big five.

Standing in front of them were the five avatars, who had just finished giving their report.

The leaders were angry at the unexplainable loss of the prince, but had no choice but to accept it.

After seven hours they had begun to receive alerts that a world event was beginning. They had come upon the conclusion that something happening to the prince had caused the world event to activate. With no way to find the prince the focus had turned to the event, though little could be done. The event would not give any details until it began, so they were unsure of how to proceed.

Lord Justice spoke his idea, "I believe that it will most likely be a city defense event. The question is, which city and for what purpose."

His thought sparked a long conversation, but eventually a plan was made. One avatar would be sent to five of the major cities, along with the corresponding guilds. Although they couldn't protect all of them, they felt this was the best possible solution.

Shortly afterwards, the Avatars were dismissed and the true discussion began.

"A true Thorn in my side! When I get my hands on that boy I will show him the meaning of Torture! ", cursed a balding man who went by the name of ImmortalFox. He was one of the richest and most powerful individuals on the planet, second only to the figure who responded to him.

"Calm down Fox. We cannot afford to let our emotions get the better of us. You can come out now!" The voice was that of a woman named EmbossedFlavor, who was known by all to be the single most influential person in the world.

"I am sorry to have hidden this from you, but all will become clear very soon. "

As she finished speaking a dark cloud appeared in front of them, slowly forming a cloaked figure holding a stone egg.

"I would like to introduce to you, the sixth avatar, SkyAzeroth. "

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