://Roots>>Episode 8

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Continuing from where the previous episode left off;Haseo,Taby,and Sakisaka all vanished from the lake,and have now reappeared back at the other Lost Grounds.It would seem that the triangular mark serves as a teleportation device.Realizing this,the group decides to try another lost grounds,which is the cathedral.This is Taby's first time,but for Haseo,this is the one place where he got a better understanding from Ovan and Shino about how unique this game is,and the reason for the search of the Key of the Twilight.Inside the cathedral,they look around for any virus cores.Haseo smiles at the altar infront of him,Sakisaka takes note of him making that face,Haseo wonders what he means by that,he says to forgot about it.Saki brings up what Shino has stated before,the Lost grounds are forgotten areas that no one can alter,admins cant close or delete them.All of a sudden,a shriek from Taby is heard.Both of them turn to see where she is,she is nowhere in the cathedral.Saki tells Haseo tend her a message,but its not going through.Instead he goes to the spot Taby was looking around at,right before she disappeared.And now,Sakisaka disappears too,leaving Haseo alone there.The door to the catherdal opens,and Ender steps in,she has been following them.She asks Haseo where his friends are,and demands to know,or she will kill him.Suddenly she is interrupted by a message sent to her,and walks away. Out in the fields,Gord is fighting off two players,in which he believes they might have a virus cord,since rumor has it,that the Kestrel guild has it.They dont know at all about it,and they take off running.Gord's source provider steps in,he tells Gord who really has the virus core,its Bordeaux.Haseo returns to the guild home to tell Shino what happened,but it seems she already knows and tells him that she already asked Sakisaka to do something for her. Gord goes to Phyllo to ask where he can find Bordeaux,Phyllo asks him why he wants the virus cores so badly,and why he wants to beat Ovan.He answers,that he wants to make Ovan realize that Gord is better than him.Tabby returns to the guild home and explains her experience of the place she got sent to right after she disappeared inside the cathedral,which of course was nothing more than a bug in the system.Shino also points out,that its a little dangerous to move together,due to Ender following them to the cathedral.Haseo asks what they should do now,Taby will continue search for the the virus cores,and Haseo is to check on the info. they have collected so far.

Gord meets up with Bordeaux's gang out in a night field,it seems she wont give up that virus core so easily.Back at the guild house,Haseo is still there,looking at the virus core in his hand.Shino walks up to him,and shows off the one she has.Haseo asks how many are there in total.According to rumors,its the same number as to how many Lost Grounds areas there is.Which is five,but the virus cores also have different colors too.When Shino mentions the colors,Haseo is starting to think of what could that mean,as if he might have an idea about those different colors.Bordeaux's gang start to attack Gord,and is back into a corner,she admits his attempt at bravery for trying to mess with them.Gord takes this chance to knock her down,getting ready to strike her.But she says for him to hold on,and will give it to him already.He isnt buying it,he realizes she is acting strangely obedient,all of a sudden,both of her men attack Gord.Thinking he is already dead,Bordeaux soon realizes both of her men attacked each other instead,and fall to the ground.Gord sneaks up from behind,giving her one more chance to hand over the virus core.She tosses it up in there,leaving Gord distracted for a second,but quickly steps away to avoid her attack,she retaliates,but Gord quickly finishes her off before she can land a strike on him,and catches the virus core just as it comes back down.

Haseo and Shino are at the lake,he points out the towers or pillars,that have the different colored spots.Since there are 5 virus cores,counting the place where the virus cores will be used,makes a total of six,which makes up that there are six lost grounds in total.Haseo suggests he wants to contact Ovan,but Shino insists she will do it.He goes quiet for a moment,she asks him,what will he do once they find the Key of the Twilight.He doesnt really know,so he asks her.Shino says,its a secret,and makes a smile after saying that.Haseo doesnt quite understand,he asks Shino of the connection between her and Ovan.She answers,that she is an acquaintance in reality.Shino will go on ahead to tell Ovan,Haseo wants to go too,but she says he should go continue looking for the rest of the virus cores,and that to live up to Ovan's expectation.

Shino meets up with Ovan at the waterfall area,and asks if he has read her mail.He has,and says its an incredible discovery by coincidence.Ovan adds on that its about time,and tells Shino,when they do find the Key of the Twilight,he might be gone for a while,and not to worry if she cant get a hold of him.Back at the lake,Haseo continues to explore the area some more,he doesnt know yet that Ender is following him again.Walking past a wall,he notices the triangular mark from earlier,and once again,the mark lights up and teleports him away.Ender realizes she has lost her target.Haseo ends up a in a dark place,with nothing but lines,that are considered the skeleton frames.Floating around the area,he notices a yellow virus core.Heading over to it,its out of his reach,there seems to be a type of barrier or a light wall in his way,he follows along the wall and finally grabs hold of it.Haseo returns to the guild home,but doesnt know that Gord is hiding near the entrance,he is waiting for Ovan to finally make his move.

TaN is also getting ready to make their move on Ovan,it seems they are after his data with some device they have prepared,and once they capture him,it will all go according to plan.Inside the guild house,everyone is there,Ovan states that the path to the Key of the Twilight,is now open.Shino points out,that since the towers at Koushita Bawa[the lake] have matching colors,it is safe to assume that is the place where the virus cores can be used.Ovan says,this is now the chance to get ahead of TaN,it is time to make their move.

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