The four heroes found themselves out of the game and back in the planning room of their base, the Great Light. For a moment they said nothing, merely taking a moment to adjust as they recalibrated to being back in their own bodies. After a long moment, the Golden King stood up and spoke to the others who were stretching their bodies. "I will head back to my room to examine the data we have gotten." The Golden King stated simply before leaving the room without another word.
The other three look at each other for a moment before Ashbringer spoke. "Well, that sounds like the Golden King we know." He said simply the other two nodded, confirming their earlier suspicions that something off was happening in the game world when it came to the Golden King. "So after that fine adventure, I think I'm done for the day, so I'm going to my room and going to bed. You guys are the same?" Ashbringer said he was curious about his teammates plans while mentally exhausted about the whole dungeon raid.
The Distiller spoke first. "I'm probably going to check on my drinks, but then I'm following you into dreamland." Distiller said, his voice slightly excited as he always was when checking in on the progress of whatever drink he was concocting, though he was showing the same mental exhaustion as Ashbringer. Ashbringer and Distiller then looked to their third member for his plans.
"While I'm going to work on my gasses for a little bit, I think I've got a new, more effective laughing gas. Then I'm also heading to bed early." The Purifier said in a neutral tone, to which the other two nodded in acknowledgment, then Ashbringer spoke once more.
"To think earlier today we were just goofing off. Now we're back from an epic adventure, going to check on a couple of personal projects of ours before heading to bed early." Ashbringer said to which the others nodded their heads in acknowledgment of the rapid change in pace for the day.
So they all got up from their chairs in the planning room and made their way down the elevator to their level. They then quickly set out to do what they had said they would. Ashbringer went to his room while Distiller went to check up on his little elixirs, and Purifier made progress on his new laughing gas. Soon enough the three were done with their task and asleep, dreaming of things that happened and things that were never to be.
Meanwhile, the Golden King was in his room at his desk going over the data they had gotten from the equipment that had been scanning the game while they were inside it. Which didn't make any sense to him; it was so complicated. It seemed like the coding for a whole world had been made into zeroes and ones, which was rather troubling as it pointed to this game being some other world.
This meant whoever created the game had the ability to create entire worlds and had decided to create video games with such an ability. Which was either a sign of how harmless their intentions were or how mad they were. Sadly for Golden King, he couldn't make a decision with the information he had on hand. For a long moment he stared unblinkingly at the ever-expanding list of code as it went across his screen.
Then he remembered that the game said he would get some kind of reward for beating the dungeon. So Golden King, being thorough, immediately went to the gaming website and went to his account to find out what he got in hopes it would provide him more intelligence in the situation of the gaming world and how it operates.
He quickly found his reward, an item from the Lord Listex and his servant, the key blitzer. A green stats screen was next to tell him all the abilities of the item as well as a surprising extra feature that changed everything about his investigation into the game. As well as the impact it would have on his world.
Listex's emerald beetle key -undead key- support item: magic wand- description: a key made from black carapace with a handle one end and mandibles on the other to act as a key. It special trait: green geyser lock - this insectoid key had the ability to be instered into any wall or door and leave traps in them to defend the keys owner against Intruders these traps will speed green burning goop they will never run out of this material.
Stolen novel; please report.
This item it able to be materialized- meaning it can be brought into the owners world.-
- would you like to do so- y/n
The screen flowed at him as if tempting him to see if what it was saying was true. Though Golden King would not be intimidated, for he was king, and he would not tolerate any threats to his realm nor leave any opportunities for growth of his kingdom alone. So the Golden King reached and clicked the yes option, causing a green swirling vortex to open up on his personal computer screen.
The Golden king did not hesitate and reached in pulling out Listex's big key out of the green vortex causing it to disappear. He was then left holding the emerald beetle key. The Golden King spent a long time looking over the emerald beetle key, taking in every detail of the item as well as checking the weight of the emerald beetle key in his hand. He then stood up and walked over to one of the walls of his room and put the emerald key to it.
He watched as a green beetle keyhole appeared, taking shape in the wall for a moment as the emerald beetle key went into it. It then disappeared soon after as Golden King then twisted and pulled out the key, which should have set a series of chemical traps in the walls. So to test this, he designated a pen a threat while holding his emerald beetle key and then threw it in the air.
A pipe quickly came out of the wall and shot a ball of burning green goop at the pin, reducing it to cinders at the center of Golden King's room. "Very interesting. I'll have to run more tests with the item, but it seems it will do so sets for my realm." The Golden King said he was quite interested in his rewards potential in securing his base.
Though then his expressions changed to a more concerned one. "I'll have to find out what the others got to be on the safe side." The Golden King said, thinking of those who had also gone into the catacombs of Lord Listex with him. Though he left them be for now, knowing they were asleep, as his base's internal sensors had told him as much.
Simon and Robert had been watching Golden King's reaction to his reward, and both of them had come to their own realizations. "It seems our dear Golden King is much more stiff in his own home." Simon stated that which well and astute observation was an odd one: why would the Golden King become more stiff when he was alone in his own office?
"Yes, you're right, Simon, there's something off about Golden King's reaction, but have you noticed how he seems to be a bit more suspicious of his teammates, far more than when he was in Alyssa?" Robert made another astute observation that had rather dark implications.
"Yes, I did notice, my dear Robert, which means we're looking at a Golden King that got worse when he left the game. I do wonder why that is, don't you?" Simon said in a rather curious voice as this confirmed that Golden King was in an altered state of mind, but he was improved instead of being controlled.
The only important questions for Simon and Robert were how and why. "I suppose we'll just have to continue watching the show as it unfolds and see what answer we can get out of the performance, won't we?" Simon said in an intrigued voice, very much looking forward to seeing how this unfolded. Robert just sighed, then nodded his head in agreement before turning back to the TV screens to continue watching events as they unfolded.