The next morning, the group awoke to the smell of breakfast cooking in the kitchen. There, they find TRITHAL and Danika cooking sausage, eggs and french toast.
David (to Danika and TRITHAL): "Thanks for making breakfast, you guys!"
TRITHAL: "Zen-zen!"
Danika: "We're used to getting up real early in the morning, and we thought we should earn our room and board for last night, so we made you all breakfast!"
AXEM and THRAX: "Dickass!"
As the party was sitting around the breakfast table, they engaged in discussion about what was going on, what with the note and all.
THRAX: "Okay. So you guys wanna know what went on with me, huh? Well, here Smilin' Bob read this! I took the liberty of writing down a sort of summary of what went on."
Smilin' Bob: "Hey cool! Okay, here goes... ahem.."
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Volume One is over.
The party members have split to various locations all over the land of fantasy. Thrax, with the five remaining Saibot chicks in tow, make their way to Ragnarok Island to search for an old man who might know how to find Xanatos.
After two weeks on the island they are finally able to get a name: Gwharlihim.
It takes another two weeks before they run into the old man's great-great-grandson, Elric.
Gwharlihim left years ago. No one knew where he was, or even if he was still alive...
The seven of them spend the next two months going over some notes and journals that he had left behind. After analyzing the info, they determined that the best place to continue their search would be in the territories outside the Prefectural domains. They are called territories because they are not big enough, and their governments are not organized enough or powerful enough to be considered a Prefecture. The closest one is the Okreman Territory, way over on the far side of the Incisor Sea.
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Smilin' Bob: "Yeah, and another one is WAY south. That's where I went on vacation!"
TRITHAL: "Nobody cares, Smilin' Bob! Besides, now is not the time for that! Keep reading!"
Smilin' Bob: "Sor-ry! Jeez..."
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So, off they go...
They get on a ship heading that way and spend the next week on the damn boat. When they finally disembark at the small port village of Garr (which is the only elf-human village in Okreman Territory), they immediately start asking questions... Well, to make an already long story a little bit less long, they go to the central city of Okremafort, where they learn more shit... Then make their way to the very edge of the Land Of Fantasy in the Valley of the Badlands. There they have many battles and whatnot.
So a month has gone by since they boarded that ship and guess what? That's right! They've finally made it to the house of Gwharlihim, deep within the Badland Valley. Why he chose such a horrible place to live is beyond me!
Old Man: "So, you want some answers! Well, I can tell you all there is to know about Xanatos. Even tell you why you're having these dreams and why your eyes are becoming like a dragon. But first you must prove you worthiness in battle!"
BATTLE MODE ON
THRAX the HellFire Vs. Gwharlihim the Dragon Lord!
THRAX (Lv 22, 83/83 HP; 128/128 SP; 3923 EXP)
DrgnLord 2000/2000 HP; 800 SP
Gwharlihim: "Let's see what you've got, little boy!"
Gwharlihim transforms from a frail old man into a large, ferocious dragon, then attacks THRAX with his tail. THRAX loses 23 HP.
THRAX draws his short sword and casts Flame Strike. The blade of his sword bursts into flames. THRAX runs up and slashes DrgnLord several times, causing 150 HP damage. THRAX uses 8sp.
DrgnLord: "Is that the best you can do?"
DrgnLord jumps up into the air then lands down hard, creating DragonWave. THRAX attempts to jump out of the way and only loses 10 hp in the process.
THRAX casts Blaze Whirlwind. With his blade ablaze, he spins around at a high speed, creating a whirlwind of fire around himself. He then harnesses the energy and focuses it into a single energy blast. DrgnLord loses 750/1850. THRAX uses 20sp
The move apparently pissed off our little dragonlord! DrgnLord casts DoomBreath. THRAX loses 40hp.
THRAX uses his turn to restore his HP. He uses 50sp
DrgnLord slashs THRAX with his foreclaws. THRAX loses 20hp.
THRAX pulls out his DragonDagger. Now with both blades drawn, THRAX performs his ultimate attack: Blades of the Dancing Flame. DrgnLord loses 940/1100HP. THRAX uses all remaining sp.
DrgnLord: "You little twerp! You think you can actually beat me?!? HA!"
DrgnLord casts Aura Blaze. THRAX nearly collapses.
Okay, lets take stock of the two fighters:
THRAX 13/83 HP; 0/128SP
DrgnLord 160/2000HP 56/800SP
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Smilin' Bob: "I sure hope Thrax thinks of something fast!"
Anri: "Shut up, Smilin' Bob! Thrax! Listen to me. You can do this. I know you can!"
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THRAX drinks down a vial of Auric Energy. THRAX gains 50hp and 20sp.
DrgnLord bitch-slaps THRAX. THRAX loses 20HP "Who do you think you are?!? Stay down, you little shit!"
THRAX uses all his remaining strength and SP and casts Blaze Whirlwind again. Drgnlord loses 180/160 HP.
BATTLE MODE OFF
THRAX gains 1500 EXP
THRAX gains 3 Levels
THRAX Lv 22 - 25
HP 83 - 89
SP 128 - 137
Old Man: "Ah! I actually lost! I guess that means that what I suspected was true! You are truely the Chosen Heir the legends speak of! I shall teach you all you need to know and train you until you can't stand it any longer! The first thing I'll teach you is the purpose of the note."
Anri: "Praise Xanatos! I knew you could do it, Thrax!... Wait... You know something about the note Chris found a while back? That note has been driving us nuts for a while now!"
Old Man: "It's original content is unknown to me. However, I do know it's purpose. A former colleague was given a letter with instructions for Xanatos, should he show up again. It really is pure coincidence that you managed to come across it!"
THRAX: "I wonder what the instructions were..."
Old Man: "I honestly don't know. The one who wrote the note is said to be hiding in this valley somewhere, along with the rest of the dragon clans."
Palledoris: "Any idea who started the Saibot Clan? We are the latest generation."
Old Man: "You're kidding right? You're not? Wow. You humans are so gullible!"
Aelle: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Old Man: "Let me guess, you think that Thrax here is supposed to be some kind of messiah or something, right?"
Rishna: "Yeah, how'd you know that?"
Old Man: "Because my brother, Vibeaureguard Tobias HATED the power that Xanatos, a mere halfling, was amassing. He created the Saibot Clan as a joke! Notice the name: Tobias(his name) spelled backwards is Saibot!"
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Jeremiah: "Silly! Mortal Kombat reference! I know!"
Jeremy: "I know, I know. How unoriginal of me. Ed Boon and John Tobias are wonderful people. They are so nice that I just KNOW that they won't sue me for ripping off their Noob Saibot character and creating the Saibot Clan!"
Jeremiah: "Bwah!"
Old Man: "Get the hell out of here you two! Can't you see this is an intense moment?"
Jeremy: "Sorry."
Jeremiah: "Yeah, sorry."
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Old Man: "Anyway, who would've thought that a stupid joke like that would actually turn into a full-fledged religion?"
Palledoris: "Goddamnit! Everything I've grown up believing is a lie?!? That... that... I gotta get some air..."
They learn more shit from him over the course of the next couple months. THRAX undergoes a full eight months of training. He would have stayed training longer, but he needed a break. Plus, he missed his friends. And then there's the fact that he has no more worshippers.
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Smilin' Bob: "Yeah! What's up with that, Thrax? Where are the rest of the Saibot chicks?"
THRAX: "Keep reading, you dolt!"
Smilin' Bob: "Oh, sorry... oh, right. here it is! Duh!"
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After realizing that THRAX was never a god and all he would ever be is some freak dragon halfling, they lost faith and bailed on our little Thraxy-boy. Well, all except Anri. She'd grown quite attached to him for some reason... ANYWAY, the others head back to Kaivez to start over or something. I have no idea where they went. But back to THRAX...
So he leaves Okrema Territory, having gained tons of EXP, learned some new spells, and gained several levels.
Back at Ragnarok Island, AXEM called and told him Chris was dead so he and Anri headed to Dale Gorge.
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Smilin' Bob: "Hey! You left out the part where I ran into you!"
THRAX: "Yeah, so? Our readers already know that! Remember episode 2? Hello!"
Smilin' Bob: "Yeah, but... Ow! Hey! Trithal threw a pillow at me!"
TRITHAL: "Well, with Chris out of the picture we need someone to hit with pillows. So I nominate you!"
Smilin' Bob: "Aw, man!"
THRAX: "To hell with Bob and that summary paper! Those former me worshippers bailed before I learned this but... I learned alot from that old fart. Including the locations of all remaining dragons. According to the note Gwarlihim found, they are apparently awaiting the return of Xanatos so they can start some sort of revolution against all of humanity..."
Smilin' Bob: "What the hell did we do to them?"
TRITHAL: "Hey! You're a narrator! Not a playable character that is actually allowed to interact! But yeah. What did we do that pissed them off so much?"
THRAX: "Oh god, I just told you guys that so the readers would know the new direction. Plus, that is a fucking long ass story. And this episode is over, so you'll have to wait for the next one."
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