G.U.//Vol.3
Remember this is a summary for Vol.3,Read at your own risk if you havent played the game or Dont want to be spoiled.

We start off with Haseo returning to the sight where he fought against Ovan,and found out the truth about everything at Briona Gwydion.He thinks back since the first time he met Ovan,realizing that through out this whole search for Tri-Edge,Ovan knew it was him who attacked Shino,but for hiding this for so long...makes Haseo feel like he was a blind fool for not seeing this at all.He still wonders what Ovan means by him becoming stronger,whatever it takes he will finish this.At the Serpent Lore,Yata is thinking about Ovan and his condition,and why he never asked for his help or CC Corp at all.He believes that at this rate,AIDA may have already made it to the real world,and may start widespread panic.Suddenly,his connection is terminated,Yata does not know what is going until the higher admins warp in,next to Yata.

After the event with finding Mellow Grunty,Pai informs the members of G.U. to come to Serpent of Lore.When Haseo gets there,him and the others find out that Yatta has gone missing,Kuhn thinks it's a bit much to declare him missing...but Pai says he missing in the real world as well.Suddenly,she hears the Serpent of Lore start up,she runs to it but doesnt see Yata there..instead,its Sakaki. Pai is stunned by his new appearance,Haseo asks if he has fused with AIDA,Sakaki doesnt tolerate being talked down to.He reveals to them what happened to Yata,that as soon as his admin privelages were taken away...he was run away from the computer.Sakaki kicks around the life-less PC of Yata, Pai tells him to stop it,but Sakaki questions them on defying him.It turns out that Sakaki has taken over Yata's postion,Pai refuses to believe this since she was never told about it.He then orders Haseo and the others to pledge themselves to him,but of course,with him knowing their response...they refuse and walk away.He reminds them he will always be watching them.

Haseo receives another e-mail from Pai,telling her and Atoli to meet them at an area,once they get there,Pai teaches them to Area Hacking,allowing them to go a place called Outer Dungeon,a place where Sakaki can't find them.After meeting up with the rest,Pai tells them how Sakaki is in charge and that the admins let him get away with this,but also Ovan pulling the strings too.Everyone states their reasons to help out in The world,Haseo admits he doesn't owe Yata anything...but that doesn't mean,he will give up and run away from The World;he will see to it in the end.Pai continues her search for Yata in the real world.

A different e-mail is sent to Haseo announcing the tournament coming up,and it's Taihaku who is in charge of it.When Haseo gets to Lumina Cloth,he finds out that due to the tournament,PKing is allowed in town..Sirius was the one who invited him and tells him,this is Taihaku's doing.Sirius tells Haseo to come with him to go watch an arena match,he sees Taihaku fighting alone in there,and informs Haseo about Taihaku's sword,Maxwell.After the finishing blow,Haseo notices the black dots,leaking out of the sword...then another strike,and the players are absorbed,the sword starts to talk...asking to feed it some more.Haseo is shocked by this,Sirius tells him it was never a sinister sword before,he decides to leave as he doesn't want to see Taihaku like this.Haseo thanks Sirius for letting him know about Taihaku being like this,Sirius asks if he and Taihaku have anything against each other,in which he doesn't.Realizing something else,Sirius has noticed Haseo has changed..before he use to push people away,Haseo admits he just...hasn't had decent luck with keeping friends.Sirius admits he is glad to have met Haseo,and just doesn't want Taihaku to end up like Alkaid,Haseo tells him he will save them both,Sirius is glad to hear that,and he sees that as his only hope.Haseo finds out in an e-mail from Sakaki,it's as he suspected,Sakaki allowed the PK tournament to go through.

After another meeting in the Outer Dungeon,Haseo receives an invite to the tournament and registers,after he does so,he finds out Matsu and Antares were also invited to be in the tournament too.They are both excited,and this is the chance to show how much of a man they are,Haseo thinks they are out of their mind,telling them that Sakaki is behind this,but they don't care....they are ready to go,so they both head off to go train for the tournament.After they leave,Haseo sees the PKers way back from months ago,the ones that tricked him and PKed him on the first day into The World.They don't seem to remember him,then again...his appearance has changed a little.He finds it strange that people he know are all getting invites to this tournament.Shortly afterwards,Haseo receives a message from Silabus,telling him to come to Breg Epona and that something is up with Gaspard.When he gets there,Gaspard decides he is going to open his shop,regardless of getting PKed,Silabus thinks Haseo should tell him to stop,but Haseo encourages him to do his best,after all he decided this on his own,Gaspard has gotten a little stronger.Haseo swears he will protect them.

Kuhn sends him an e-mail to invite him and Atoli to a dungeon to decided on who should partcipate in the PK tournament,when they get there Saku and Endrance arent there,so they go to the Beast Statue thinking they are there already.Turns out they arent...so they wait,and the finally show up.Just when Kuhn was getting started on who should be in it,Endrance says he isn't joining them and walks away,of course Saku follows.Kuhn finds it unusual for Endrance to act this way,so Atoli insists she joins,Haseo refuses but she shows to them that her avatar,Innis,is still with her,she has finally awakened.With that said,Atoli and Kuhn will join Haseo in the tournament.

Entering the tournament,Sakaki reveals himself he is the one in charge.The audience starts to boo him,since he was against PKing after all,but he will prove to them he can put on a good show.Bringing in Haseo,the crowd gets more displeased,Atoli tells Haseo she hears that sound again...which means an AIDA is near by.They can't figure out the exact location of it,Kuhn assumes this whole arena is an AIDA server.The challengers enter,which are PKs that Haseo has PKed before,Sakaki lets the audience know that when he is in charge,he will put on a good show.After winning through the matches,Haseo asks Sakaki if thats the best he can do,he answers him that it wouldn't be fun if it ended so soon.Afterwards,Atoli is relieved they won the fight,Haseo asks how the other matches went,she tells him Antares and Matsu won their's.Kuhn comes running towards Haseo telling him bad news,and it's about Sirius.Going to the arena they see Sirius has been defeated...by Team Hetero.Kuhn and Haseo realize they are not normal players,but of course it's Sakaki's doing,then Haseo soon realizes that the whole point of picking people Haseo knows...is to have them defeated by these infected PCs,this just angers Haseo even more.

Haseo receives an e-mail from Kaede,inviting him and Pai to a dungeon.To his surprise,Pai shows up in town,she had gotten the same message.Once they get to the Beast Statue,they talk about Sakaki and how he has been taking over things,they want to help but Haseo says to leave it to them.Zelkova then asks Pai about the Outer Dungeon,and wonders if they have seen anything,Haseo and Pai are both shocked he knows about this,Haseo answers him saying they havent seen anything else besides Outer bugs,with that said,Zelkova and Kaede take their leave.Pai wonders who Zelkova is,since he got a hold of her,with her private cell phone.

Into the second round of the tournament,Haseo is going against Iyoten and his partner,these were the same people who PKed him from before, they are excited to take him on,because they are getting bored with PKing beginners.Haseo can't believe they are still doing this,this angers him and threatens them he will cut them up and make sure they wont ever bother beginning users again.This pleases Sakaki,he wants Haseo to feed into his anger,and unleash his avatar on them,killing them.Haseo is just about ready to finish them off,but then he suddenly remembers what happened when he lost himself in having power.He stops himself,Sakaki is shocked,Haseo says he won't go back to being the Terror of Death,he refuses to loose himself.The fight is over and they have won,after the fight,Kuhn is relieved that it didn't turn out worse,Haseo says he never planned on using his Avatar,but Kuhn doesn't exactly believe that,and asks Atoli what he means...instead she says she has always believed in Haseo.

At the semi-finals,Antares has realized Haseo has gotten far,Haseo tells him he will go all out on him.After the match,Antares admits he is defeated,Haseo tells him he couldn't let him win.Antares asks if he meant to protect him,he was right on,Antares thanks him.But Sakaki butts in,knowing the relationship between these two,he announces to everyone,that Haseo is Antares' pupil,Antares threw the fight on purpose.Antares argues with Sakaki about their honorable match,Sakaki makes him leave the stage,and let's the whole crowd know that Haseo cheated in the previous match.That he used a hacked PC to win.Kuhn asks for proof and Sakaki does,he uses the Serpent of Lore to show footage from the battles in Vol.1,where he went against Bordeaux and Alkaid.Again Sakaki adresses the crowd saying Haseo cheated to get his away through the other tournament palaces,then he adds on saying that the weird cases going on in the world,is all of G.U.s fault.Sakaki asks what the players think he should do,whether Haseo is guilty or innocent,of course they will show no remorse,Sakaki takes that into use and bans Haseo from tournament and The World.Haseo is angered by this,but Sakaki finds this satsifying.Just when it was bad enough,Taihaku enters the arena...along with Endrance and Saku.Saku is laughing at how Haseo is shocked to see them siding with the enemy,even Sakaki himself.Haseo doesn't understand why they are doing this,Saku says her and Endrance were getting tired of being told what to do,Sakaki thinks they are wise for choosing the right side.Taihaku asks Sakaki for premission to remove Haseo being banned,Sakaki is surprised,Taihaku knows he's already cheated his way this far,but he wants to finish him off himself.Sakaki is pleased by this,and will allow it,but to him it doesn't matter,in the finals is the Hetero trio,he is looking forward to seeing Haseo being crushed by them.

At the finals,Sakaki is shown pulling the strings with Team Hetero,telling them Haseo is the bad one and by defeating him they will become a hero.After defeating them,Sakaki thinks that wasn't enough,and unleashes AIDA to come out fully,you can hear the voices from those brainwashed players,crying for help, they are suffering under this and want this to end already.Haseo tells them,he will use his Avatar,but Kuhn says he shouldn't,Haseo tells him to shut up, he will use his Avatar whenever he damn well feels like it.After defeating the AIDA,the players are returned to how they originally looked before becoming contaminated.Sakaki finds it interesting,that Haseo went to that length to do this,but it doesn't matter to him,he has more pawns to play with. Especially with the empreor and his allies.

At the Finals,Haseo and the rest enter the arena,Atoli tries to reason with Sakaki,saying this is all wrong and that his power is taking over him,but of course he doesn't care and wants the battle to begin.Saku brags saying she will take care of Haseo for Taihaku,but he tells her,she doesn't need to do anything he will finish him,Saku is disappointed in hearing that.After getting defeated,Taihaku is just about ready to give in,Sakaki tells him to unleash his hatred already,Taihaku tells him to shut up.He doesn't care about the title of empreor but just that sword,suddenly the sword inside starts to act up and is about to consume Taihaku.Haseo tells Kuhn to shoot,Kuhn fires at the sword knocking it out of Taihaku's grasp,he succeeds.Just in time to save Taihaku,the sword however,is starting to retaliate and Haseo goes after it,using his scythe to break it into pieces,but then,Haseo encounters a surprise attack from AIDA.AIDA tries to consume Haseo,Kuhn and Atoli are in shock,Atoli begs him not give in.Haseo hears her cry,and forces himself to reject AIDA from inside his body,he succeeds.Haseo is weakened from having to fight against AIDA,Sakaki is disappointed in Taihaku,and decides to step in and finish off Haseo himself.But Kuhn and Atoli will not let him through,they get infront of Haseo,protecting him.But Sakaki gets them teleported out of the arena,Sakaki inches closer to Haseo,but Haseo still can't move.Just when Sakaki was about to finish off Haseo with his own blade,Sakaki is stabbed from the back...turning around,he curses the person who just attacked him...it was Endrance.Saku is shocked he went and did that,Endrance says he was waiting for the chance to strike and says he would never betray Haseo.Sakaki is shocked to find out,Endrance was only pretending to be on his side,however,Saku is still not pleased with the idea,she feels hurt that Endrance doesn't care for her and leaves the arena.Endrance tells Sakaki about his own downfall,which is giving into AIDA.Sakaki is angered by this and lets AIDA out,letting it take control of him fully.Haseo looks to Endrance,and asks for his help,just when he is about ready to summon Skeith,he feels a sudden hault,he is still damaged from before.Suddenly,he can hear Kuhn and Atoli's voices,telling him not to give up and don't forget about them,they will always be with him.With this being said,Kuhn,Atoli and Endrance help Haseo to bring about,Skeith.Sakaki goes head on towards Haseo,Haseo says they will end this here.With Sakaki defeated,he can't believe that this is happening,his power is taken from him,and he falls down into the abyss of cyber space.

Haseo looks at Endrance,he says he had to keep quiet in order for Sakaki to believe him,and that his heart will always belong to him.The sponsor is confused on who won,so he claims Haseo the winner.Kuhn sends a message to Haseo that Pai has contacted them,she has found Yata,Haseo asks where he is.Kuhn tells him that he is at @home Raven,they all teleport out to go there.Meanwhile,Sakaki is inside outer dungeon,where Ovan approaches him,he tells Ovan he did everything he told him and begs for another AIDA seed.Ovan says nothing to him,Sakaki wants to know why he won't say anything,instead Ovan tells him,the pursuers are here...his grim reapers and teleports out.A blue orb shows up,it's the Azure Flame trio,with Balmung's sword at his body,Sakaki cries for help,still thinking he is....but just before he can say anything else,Azure Kite floats over to him and cuts him off,with a quick slash of his blades.At Raven's @home,Haseo asks how Yata is,Pai says he is alright but....she explains to them that Yata has closed himself off from the world,due to his responsibilites to G.U. and his pride all taken away from him,he feels he can't trust anyone anymore,not even Pai.She doesn't know what to say to him,right now she is trying to get his rights back,Haseo is counting on her,as she is the only one closer to CC Corp.

Going offline,he gets e-mails of congradulations from everyone else,including Ovan and a very passionate e-mail from CC Corp.But the one e-mail that interests him,is the one from Taihaku,he wants him to go to Icolo.Haseo heads over there,and walks him in further inside,leading him to the Sage room,where he believes it belongs to Haseo,regardless of how it went in the battle arena,the outcome still matters.Haseo asks if he is really okay with this,Taihaku has no need for this anymore,but if that's the case..Haseo asks why he is even playing The World at all.Taihaku doesn't even know himself,so he asks Haseo on how to fill the void when something you are passionate for,is taken away.Haseo thinks back about the Twilight Brigade,Taihaku asks what he thinks.Haseo says he really can't answer that,back then he didn't try to fix it,all he did was run away.Taihaku doesn't understand by that,but Haseo admits he is a lot better now than he was back then,but still isn't good about thinking of "Voids" or "losing power" and everything else.He admits that may be why he keeps screwing up,and everyone else is getting pissed at him.However,this is the only way he can live his life.Taihaku thinks he has already filled that void,Haseo doesn't think so...he can't really tell. Approaching him,Taihaku hands him a sword,Haseo tells him he really doesn't want the Sage room,Taihaku wonders why.He admits he isn't multitalented,he already has a guild of his own,Taihaku understands.Haseo says he will head home now,Taihaku calls out his name,and says he will leave Sirius and Alkaid to him,he agrees to it.After he leaves,Taihaku thinks back to when he had meet him,he wonders what the Forest of Pain has taught Haseo.A short message is sent to Haseo,it's from Saku.She wants to meet Haseo in Lumina Cloth in the back.

Haseo asks what she wanted to talk about,she tells him she wants to say good bye to him.He asks if this is her way of saying she is quitting The World,which is pretty much it,but not to worry,Bo won't quit so he doesn't have to worry about missing a Epitaph User.Haseo doesn't mind that,but more of why she is quitting all of a sudden,and asks if something happened.She says the reason she is quitting is her job is done,Haseo doesn't follow.She says thats basically it,now that he is here,there is no need for her anymore.Haseo still doesn't understand,Saku explains to him,that her body only exists here,in The World and her mind inside of Bo's.Haseo asks if that means,she doesn't exist in the real world,which is what she is saying.He realizes that Saku isn't really Bo's twin sister,but another personality inside of Bo....Haseo finds this hard to believe.Saku says that Bo is really clumsy,and gets picked on a lot in the game and in The World.The reason she was born was because of Bo crying in his heart,she is here to protect Bo,but she realizes it's Haseo protecting him,along with Kuhn and Atoli.She has decided to leave the rest up to him,Haseo wants to say something but Saku asks him to promise her,that he will take good care of him,regardless of being a crybaby.Haseo thinks she should really think about this more carefully,but Saku tells him she was never meant to exist at all,and is no longer needed.He thinks thats stupid she thinks she is no longer needed,she disagrees because of Endrance and Bo who really care about Haseo.To her nobody will miss her if she is gone,nobody in the world will miss her.Haseo still thinks she shouldn't leave Bo like this,she refuses to listen to reason,and won't do what Haseo has to say.Saku runs off leaving,Haseo doesn't want Saku to leave,especially since Bo really looks up to her a lot,it would really break his heart.

Haseo gets an e-mail from Pai that Yata is missing again,and to head to @home Raven.Elsewhere,Yata is inside a dungeon where Ovan approaches him,Yata tells him that Sakaki isn't enough to topple him from G.U.,and why Ovan did that.He answers him that it was only to move the clock forward,Yata asks what he is planning by that,or rather...is his plan to awaken all the Epitaph Users? Ovan says that is one of his plans,but there is one greater plan he is waiting for,it's Yata.He asks why him,but figures out that his Epitaph hasn't awakened yet.Ovan calls him a stuck up,know-it-all boy,he admits that,but is still better than the other Epitaph Users,better than Haseo and Ovan.Yata asks Ovan if it's his way of saying,he is lacking,Ovan tells Yata to face the facts.As a dedicated player,Yata loves The World more than anyone.Ovan corrects him,he loved Aura and this world,Yata pained for AIDAs arrival,he calls them "gods" from another place,he says they wouldn't return his feelings.He tells Ovan they loved him more,and not him.Ovan asks why he thinks he was loved by them,Yata says he was blessed,by Aura and AIDA both.He tells Ovan that he had awakened as an Epitaph User and kept AIDA inside his body,Yata still isn't happy he wasn't chosen,even though he loved them so much.Suddenly..Yata starts to loose himself even more,he yells out saying,"No" over and over...finally...it's awakened inside of him.

Heading to the Serpent of Lore,Pai is there taking over the controls,Kuhn is surprised by this.Pai says that the rights to G.U. were up in the air,so she took that chance to take it back. Haseo is glad and asks about Yata,Pai is still getting a fix on him...she eventually does.They show a fix on his location on the screen,Yata is there inside a dungeon on his knees,and starts to yell out in pain...those markings,the symbols...start appear around his body,everything around him is starting to shake,but the video footage is cut off.Pai yells out his name,and they are all wondering what just happened,Haseo thinks that Yata is the final Epitaph user.Pai asks Haseo to come with her to go see Yata.Arriving at the dungeon,Pai runs to Yata,he starts saying, he alone,is the only one to love The World,but why....before he can say anything,his avatar comes out.Pai realizes it is Fidchell the Prophet,Haseo realizes it is out of control and will control it with his own,he summons Skeith.After data draining Yata's avatar,it speaks of a propehcy,after that, Pai runs to Yata telling him to hold on and say something.Yata wakes up,remembering his avatar had went berserk,he mentions how much he loves The World than anyone else,yet it continues to reject him.He asks why he can't be loved,and why he is alone.Pai slaps him,Yata is surprised by that...she asks why he is saying that,when there are others who are giving him love and not accepting it.Thats not what he wants,he just wants to be recognized...by The World.Pai is starting to think,that he thinks it's okay for him to push out everyone else....in which she tells him,he needs to think about other people's feelings,if he keeps doing this....Pai can't save his heart,and also tells him he is not alone in this world.She tells Haseo to leave this to her,and she will contact him later on.Elsewhere,Ovan goes to the white room where Aina is at,he talks about all the Eight Phases have awakened,when he looks up to where Aina is...she is gone.He calls out her name,wondering where she went.

Haseo gets an e-mail from Yata saying that G.U. is back,and what Ovan's plan is,along with revealing to Haseo,him and Ovan knew each other way back.In another e-mail,Pai lets Haseo know an AIDA signal has been detected....in the root town of Breg Epona.In the town,Bo is wandering around,when suddenly Aina appears out of nowhere,Bo is startled,and then asks Aina if they would like to play together.Haseo asks Pai if anything has happened,only a strong AIDA signal has been found and wants him to go check too.Going to the location,Pai tells Haseo to look,there standing next to Bo is Aina,and infront of them is AIDA.In a blink of an eye,they both vanished,Haseo asks where Bo went and if AIDA took him away.Pai says there is a chance they can follow them,she asks Haseo to invite her to the party,and will do Area Hacking.After searching through the dungeon,Bo is nowhere to be found,Haseo and Pai head back to town.She will contact him if he finds Bo on the server,when Haseo goes to check his e-mail,Gaspard lets him know about a rumor of a ghost being seen in The World,he goes to go look.There wasnt much evidence to go by when he reads it,however,Pai sends an e-mail saying that ghost the PC say,was definately the girl they saw,she wants Haseo to track down that PC who saw her,and get more info out of him.When Haseo gets there,the guy is already freaked out and doesnt want to deal with the whole ghost thing and leaves.Suddenly Haseo hears a loud yelling somewhere else in town,he runs to where it was coming from...but doesn't see anyone at first,until....Piros is seen running.Haseo stops him to ask what he is doing,Piros has seen the ghost girl and will track her down,Haseo thinks he should calm down first since he doesnt know where she is.He then proves him wrong by telling him the keywords of where she is at,Haseo invites Pai to that area.When they arrive at the area,Piros comes charging from the outside of the dungeon,he is disappointed,that girl is not there at all,and leaves thinking it was false information.Pai says that girl is going in and out of the dungeon,it's possible to use area hacking to find her in that dungeon.Ending up Outer Dungeon once more,they find Bo with Aina,he seems to be alright,he greets Haseo.Pai tells him to get away from her,but he doesn't understand...Aina is Bo's friend.Aina talks about expressions from people,and asks why,and that he is the same person.That when he is also one,why is he also two,and why it's so mysterious.She then vanishes,Bo asked where she went off to,Pai suggests they leave this place.Bo apologizes for making Haseo worry,he is just glad he is alright,with that said,Bo says good bye to him and leaves.Pai decides to look into what just happened,and try to make some sense out of it,she will let Haseo know if anything else comes up.

Receiving an e-mail from Antares and going on a quest with him,allows Haseo to kill some time before Pai lets him know of any other news.Meanwhile,Ovan goes back to the place where Aina was,wondering where she went off to,he remembers of the last time he spent together with Aina,and how AIDA came along and ruined their happiness.Just then Aina appears behind him,he is relieved to see her back and asks if she is ok,but she doesn't respond to him at all,she remains standing there...he asks if AIDA did something to her.Black spots start to appear around her,Ovan can't believe it...he looks to his left arm,talking to the AIDA locked inside of him,he tells it,it's bad enough AIDA made Aina unconscious and damns it for taking everything else from him.He continues saying there is no more time,the last resort,which actually is the only resort...is about to start.Haseo receives an e-mail from Pai,with details about the prophecy from Yata's avatar,he heads to Raven's @home.Yata explains to them the only reason he called them all here,is because of Fidchell's prophecy. Pai tells them what she thinks about it and how it's been bothering her,the prophecy talks about a specfic person,she shows them the prophecy.Pai tells them about the left arm having an AIDA locked inside and being an Epitaph User,which means it's Ovan.Haseo realizes this,and so does Kuhn,seeing that Ovan is the only one.Kuhn asks about the Twilight of the Gods,Endrance tells him that refers to the final war of the gods in mythology. Haseo thinks Ovan will bring about at end to this age,Yata tells them they shouldn't jump to such a conclusion,Kuhn seems lost in all this.Haseo says that Ovan has been behind AIDA,and thinks they should go after him, he is the key to all of this.Suddenly,the room starts to become static,on the screen...Ovan shows up,he greets them,seeing that all Epitaph Users have awakened and is relieved.Haseo asks if this was also part of his plan,Ovan says it isn't,but just a coincidence and he believes they have a lot of things to talk about.Ovan gives them keywords,go there and use Area Hacking to enter the Outer Dungeon,he will tell them the truth at that place,and that truth is also for Haseo.

Finally arriving in the Outer Dungeon,they are all warped to another area,which is a white room.Yata points out it being familiar to him,Ovan says it is the creator's room,Haseo sees Aina in the chair.Ovan explains to him,this is the black box left by the creator of The World,not even the Serpent of Lore knows of this place.He shows them a book,which Yata points it out,it's the Epitaph of Twilight,Haseo doesn't care,he wants to know if there is a way to cure the Lost ones,to cure Shino.Ovan finds that funny,Haseo asks why he is laughing,he tells him changing this is easy but bringing things back to the way they were is difficult.He gives him an example of milk and tea mixed together,how can you seperate them? You can't and there is no need to,however,he reminds him of the AIDA server and how he broke through it,the consciousness of the Lost Ones were there.He tells him,if he can defeat Ovan maybe he can bring back Shino's consciousness,but Ovan thinks he doesn't have a chance and laughs at him.Haseo calls him a bastard,and Ovan wants Haseo to defeat him,if he wants the truth he must take it from him.Haseo lets out a yell and goes after him.After going against Ovan,he yells at Haseo saying it's not enough.And asks him if thats the limit of his strength,he tells him to use his avatar instead,his fully-developed Avatar,his grim reaper.Ovan summons Corbenik which has a huge AIDA attachment to his avatar,Haseo realizes that Ovan is serious,he is fine with it...since it's what Ovan really wants.After defeating Corbenik,Ovan seems somewhat relieved...he mentions the Rebirth is coming.Yata says it's the final wave,the surge of Rebirth,using the Terror of Death as the key to the resurrection,Yata asks if that was what Ovan planned all along? Everyone else teleports out,except Haseo...Ovan says that Yata's assumptions are close but yet so far,Haseo asks what his aim was...Ovan answers him by saying his goal was to save his little sister,who is a Lost One.Haseo asks about his sister,Ovan tells him her name,and is probably the first Lost One.He remembers of when he attacked her...the AIDA in his arm,he did that to her.He used the Twilight Brigade in order to find a cure for her,but then came Shino. He adds on that The Rebirth is a safety device left behind the creator of The World,a restarting program.However only the full-awakened Terror of Death is capable of activating it,now Ovan can let the program start all over the internet.Haseo stops him,saying that it will restart the entire network.Ovan tells him that AIDA hides throughout the entire network,it's the only way to erase it,he knows it's a gamble...but it's something he is worth betting on.Haseo asks him,knowing that he is putting his life on the line,Ovan says yes to that.He is upset and calls Ovan a bastard,asking why he never believed in him or why he never trusted him,he demands to know.Ovan tells him did believe in him,it's why he chose him,protected him and why he raised Haseo.He is at a loss of words after that,Ovan also adds on that Haseo responded better than he could have ever dreamed,and thanks him for it.Haseo won't accept that,he cant believe thats it,Ovan finally comes clean about everything and he thinks that everything gets straightened out like that? While being this close to the end,when its really this bad? He asks Ovan how many people he has hurt since he started,how many have grieved or suffered? He stepped on so many people just so that Ovan could achieve his self-serving dream. Haseo yells saying,"Nobody has that right! Everyone grieves and suffers...and truths they want to ignore",and also adds on that Ovan isn't special,he is just like everyone else.Ovan responds to him that everybody's dream is special,regardless of what it is.He also has something important to tell Haseo,he has found the Key of the Twilight,it is the sign he has arrived at the truth.The eight Epitaph Users,together,were for him,the Key of the Twilight.Haseo can't believe it was just for him,Ovan says it is true.Haseo asks what exactly Is the Key of the Twilight,Ovan smiles at him...saying,maybe it's like a blue bird.Aina comes down infront of Ovan,he slowly inches towards her,hugging her,he says he can hear it...the preludes of awakening,the rebirth is beginning.Finally,the AIDA inside of Aina,is starting to come out,a strong blast of energy is damaging Ovan's PC,he is starting to crack all over.Ovan yells for Aina to final wake up,and she finally does..she says his name,he smiles finally getting to see her awake again,this releases a sudden burst of energy once more,showing AIDA up in the air,causing a massive explosion.

After everything has settled down,Haseo ends up in a totally different place...which looks to be a wasteland.He is lying there,with his PC suffering major damage,already crumbling away...he can't even move.Then from over the horizon,a large shape comes into distance,which is actually a city..but beneath the city itself,is very large stone shaped...turtle,the flying ship moves closer to Haseo and everything blacks out.He finally regains consciousness but has no clue whats going on,where he is,what just happened and where everyone went....he wonders if he is dead.Haseo is surrounded by darkness,he can't see anything....he doesn't understand,he starts to wonder what was the whole point of all of this.With everything he has done up until now,and wonders if it was all just a waste.Out of the darkness he hears a voice calling his name,he recognizes it...it's Zelkova,he wonders what he is doing here...Zelkova continues that Ovan has activated the power of the Rebirth,since he is an Epitaph User,his PC and consciousness is heavily damaged.He continues saying,having learned of Ovan's truth,Haseo is on the verge of losing himself,he tells him to ask his Epitaph....just who "Haseo" is,and to head towards his own truth.He starts to remember from the start,after Shino went into a coma,he felt all alone,all he had back then was revenge against Tri-Edge.All he cared about was power,thats how he became the Terror of Death.He used to think before,he thought he was fine,but on that day against Tri-Edge,and data drained by him,he lost his power...in the middle of all that,he met everyone else.They only pissed him off from the start,he only planned to use them and then later on loose them.But then...at some point it all changed,they became really important to him,he realizes he has met all kinds of people since this started.People he could only understand by dealing with them head-on,others who caused nothing but trouble,but were good,others who have different reasons of their own,while sharing the same goal,and who he could count on.After all that,he starts to wonder how they are all doing now.He starts to realize,thats it...

Shino,Alkaid and the Lost Ones..they are all,still waiting for him.He remembers telling himself,he will still see everything through to the end,thats why....he is here.Haseo hears another voice,saying he has found him.Coming down from above it's...Haseo? But his outfit is white instead of black.The other Haseo asks if that is his answer,he only laughs at him and calls him a moron.He asks how many times he has turned his back on that road,and how many times he has forsaken it? Also saying it's a pain,and it's harsh...and asks him if he will still go down that road.Haseo says,that his mind is made up,the other Haseo just laughs again...but he understands.He realizes that Haseo doesn't need him anymore,he says good bye and starts to walk off.Haseo says thats not truth,he isn't going to let him go,the other one doesn't understand...Haseo tells him,that he will see things through,and tells him to come on,he is taking him with him.Haseo realizes that the other is...himself.With that being said,Haseo's body starts to change...he receives a Job Extension,his final form...the Xth Form,and saying,"I'm right here".

He ends up in another place,which looks more like a run down city,he wonders where he is...walking further,something approaches him.It looks like a dog shaped being,with a monitor for its head,it welcomes him to Netslum.Haseo asks what that is,it answers him by saying its a paradise for hackers and abnormal AIs,in which you can also call it a pile of The World's junk data.Haseo is still lost....it tells him,its an illegal server,nothing like The World,or rather...it is both The World and not.Haseo asks if he means that,all the people here are...hacked PCs.The PC laughs,Haseo asks what is so funny about that,the PC asks him if his PC has been tampered with already.He looks at his hand,in which it is true...he then asks the PC if he has seen Zelkova.It tells him the last time it saw him on the bridge,it tells him good bye and walks away.Haseo goes on ahead,where he is at the bridge,he wonders if anyone is here,appearing from behind him,Zelkova's voice is heard,he notices that Haseo has gotten a Job Extension,the Xth form.Haseo sees Zelkova,he sees that Haseo was able to recover the connection between the Epitaph and his consciousness.Haseo asks what the Xth form is,and if Zelkova had anything to do with hacking his PC.He admits he did,but the power source came from his Epitaph's power and his force of will,Zelkova only messed around with the connection a little.Haseo seems a little confused,he asks if he is really Zelkova,in which he says he is.He continues to ask Zelkova,why Moon Tree's Guild master is in a place for hackers,he tells Haseo its sort of...his home.Now he asks Haseo if he can remember how he ended up in Netslum,Haseo answers by mentioning Ovan and the Rebirth.Zelkova tells him he is correct,and the aftershock of that program,which blew him away to this parallel version of The World,which is Netslum.That force was strong enough to damage his consciousness,his PC body and has also gone to the entire network.Haseo admits he almost lost his soul back there,he then asks Zelkova just who he is exactly,and how he knows all this.Yata comes in from behind answering his question,Zelkova is a resident of Netslum,Haseo turns around to see Yata,everyone else is happy to see Haseo is alright.Yata tells him that aftershock from the Rebirth blew them all apart,but Zelkova somehow gathered them back together,Haseo asks Yata if he has known about this place.Zelkova says that Yata is like a celebrity around here,Yata only says that was a long time ago.

Haseo is thinking about Ovan,how he wanted to save his comatose sister,but in the end,he only destroyed himself for her.Yata is about to mention Ovan,but Kuhn tells him that is enough for now,Pai notices Haseo looks different.Yata looks at Zelkova and asks him if he was experimenting with an Epitaph User's PC,he answers him by saying the Xth form is an illegal power created from the fusion of the Epitaph and the user's PC.Haseo questions the word power,and how its not needed....Zelkova knows his battle with Ovan is over,but the seeds of danger haven't vanished from The World.Haseo asks what he means by that,Zelkova tells him to put his mind at ease,and should rest.Everyone else walks off with Zelkova except Atoli,Atoli looks at him,Haseo wants to know whats going on with The World,the net,everything.Atoli can't answer that,but she reminds him that they are both here,before he can say anything else,Kuhn and Pai are calling for them to come over there.They all see in the distsance,the town of Mac Anu,the ship asks if this is alright? Yata tells it is and thanks it,Kuhn asks who he is talking to.The ship answers that it has been here the whole time,Yata tells them he is Tartarga,the ship itself,Kuhn is amazed by that,Yata also says he is an old friend.Zelkova walks up to Haseo,letting him know he has the power to resist the seeds of danger in this world,but at the moment,he cant activate his power completely.Haseo doesnt understand,Zelkova says he can trust in what he can do now,and to think it over with his friends and to keep going.He also lets him know,that he can help him out if he can,and to not hesitate to call him when Haseo needs him.Kaeda wil also help out with Haseo as much as she can,Zelkova lets them know they will be arriving soon.Haseo finds out that the activation of the Rebirth,caused network problems in the real world on a global scale,this includes fiance,communication,transportatino and the media....all aspects of life were affected;the Third Network Crisis.Thats what society called it,however,even during all that,The World became peaceful again,since the Rebirth activation,there hasnt been a single report of any AIDA phenomena anywhere.Haseo says Ovan's name,he wonders if he got everything he wanted,the Lost Ones are slowly returing to normal in the real world,but not...Shino.From what Haseo has gathered from the e-mails and messages from his friends,he has come to a conclusion its finally over...however,Shino and Alkaid still havent come back..but thinking about Ovan,he wonders if this is what he really wanted.Haseo receives an e-mail from Yata,telling him about Shino and how there has been some slight activity with her brain waves,but thats not it,he wants to tell him something else in private,he heads to Morrigu Barrow Wall.

Haseo goes there,and sees Yata there,he reminds him its been a while.He asks what Yata meant in that e-mail,he tells Haseo to look below him,not sure what he means,he goes and looks.Down below,over the cliff he sees a lot of movement going on,these bird shape figures flying around,but its what hidden even further,decides to show up and surprise Haseo.With 4 red glowing eyes,it looks back at him and sinks back into the darkness,Haseo asks Yata what he just saw.Yata tells him he has found several areas in The World showing the same phenomenon,and thats it completely different from AIDA.Haseo asks what it is then,Yata thinks its an Anti-Existence,Haseo doesnt understand,Yata asks if he remembers Fidchell's prophecy.He tells him that the giant shadow from the prophecy,must be the Anti-Existence of Rebirth,it is a shadow of the Morganna Factor,in other words,of the Epitaph Users,with the use of power that was not meant to exist created anomalies in the data,and the light of the Rebirth created this as its shadow.Yata knows what it is and its name....its Cubia,the bitter legacy left to them by Ovan.He continues saying,if the effects resulting from the Rebirth were spread throughout the entire network,then Cubia will spread as well,not just in The World but through out the entire network too,the true apoclypse has now begun.Haseo asks for him to hold on and asks about Alkaid and Shino,their consciousnesses are probably still in The World,Yata says he will take full responsiblity that he has done.Thinking back to seven years ago,when The World and the real world were in danger,he was on the battlefield.Haseo thinks back to seven years ago,which was the Second Network Crisis,Yata tells him that was when Cubia was present during that time, Haseo is surprised this isnt the first time its shown up,Yata adds on that Ovan was the one who to get rid of AIDA at the cost of his life,he cured the Lost Ones and protected The World,he wants to protect it with his life as well,he believes that will fullfill his dying wish.Haseo realizes that Yata is finally saying what he means,he will not allow The World to be destroyed.He agrees,Shino and Alkaid's consciousnesses is still in The World somewhere,Haseo will not let them be destroyed,and protect them with his life.

While offline,Haseo receives an e-mail from...Aina,she wants him to meet him in The World,going to the dungeon he finally meets her there.She knows he is Haseo,he asks for her name,he sees she has finally woken up,she also tell him,she had been asleep for a quite a long time.Haseo asks how she knows him,since she was unconscious when Ovan and him first met each other,she answers him that she was unconscious in the real world,but she has memories in The World.Those memories,are her brother's memories,during she was asleep,her consciousness would sometimes connect with AIDA in Ovan's left arm,she would see visions of what was happening in The World,its like she was dreaming.Haseo thinks she became one with AIDA,Aina says that is correct,and so thats why she was with her brother,always with him.Haseo is glad,since Ovan's help was to bring Aina back,he is sure he would be...Aina interrupts him,she doesnt see whats so good about this.Her brother is comatose,he is now wavering between life and death,Haseo realizes this,when the Rebirth started,he is sure Ovan suffered much deeper damage than the rest of them,now he is in a coma.Aina asks if Haseo remembers when he first met her brother,she reminds him that her brother saved Haseo,Ovan guided him and helped him,she doesnt understand,why Haseo didnt save him.Haseo cant answer that..Aina runs off upset,Haseo still tries to think of something to say,but then a strong shake happens in the dungeon,he wonders what that was.He gets a message from Yata to come to the Serpent of Lore,its about Cubia,its starting to move.

When he gets there,Pai tells him that Cubia has become active,fragmented,and has begun corroding various areas,this not only bad for The world's system but for the entire network as well.She also believes this is Cubia's influence,there is already an impact,at this rate,this will be a cause for a lot of damage.Kuhn realizes they are saying...Yata instead speaks out,that humanity is on the verge of Third Network Crisis.Suddenly,Bo comes running to Haseo,he asks what is wrong,he tells him that some horrible monster is after Aina,and he has never seen it before.Haseo asks what he means by that,Pai think its Cubia.Bo really wants to save Aina,and needs Haseo's help,Yata knows its the shadow of Epitaph Users,its dangerous,however...Ovan sacrificed himself to save that tiny life,they cant let it be lost.Pai looks for her,she finds her in an area,Bo wants to go and asks Haseo to take him with him,he agrees to it and tells him they have to hurry.They find Aina surrounded by those bird figures from before,Haseo and the others defeat them just in time.Bo runs to Aina,Haseo says this place is dangerous and should head back,Bo agrees,he calls out her name again,but she tells him to shut up.She asks if those guys are the ones that are breaking The World right now,she believes that if Ovan isnt in this world,then let it end,for all she cares.She also thinks if they think he is bad,then this stupid game can go away forever,Bo disagrees,The World to Aina was the only place to meet her brother,its the only reason The World meant to her,she looks at Haseo and says he couldnt bother to save him,but not only that...but destroyed AIDA,it was also the last link between her and Ovan.If she had a choice,she could have stayed linked together with her brother thruogh AIDA,she would have been happy,than she is now,she just feels miserable.She was happier when she was lying there unconscious,Haseo looks down,hurt by what she has said.Bo disgrees again,saying she shouldnt be saying that,throwing her painful feelings at somebody else,just because it hurts,he also believes Haseo is a nice person and has a good heart,so...Bo believes that she shouldnt take advantage of his kindness like that,and not hurting yourself by hurting somebody else.Haseo approaches her,he tells her Ovan wanted to save her,he wants her to believe in what he did,who else will believe in him,if not her? Ovan really wanted her to live,she finally realizes this,she apologizes and goes on crying.

Aina is recovered,they go back to the Serpent of Lore.Haseo asks about her,Pai tells him she is with SakuBo,and also mentions that Aina finally understands,blaming Haseo wont bring Ovan back,and to leave her alone for a while.Yata informs him that the monsters he fought,were Cubia's "hunting dogs",a Gomora.He asks him if that wasnt the real thing after all,Yata says he is correct,Cubia is able to produce more of those things,which means its pointless attacking every one of them.They can destroy them all of if they destroy Cubia's main body,but....since it is the anti-existence for the Epitaphs,fighting each other would only result in their powers cancelling each other out.With the Epitaph of Rebirth destroyed,it would be pointless to fight it.Kuhn asks what they can do,Yata suggests if they could convert with God...Haseo asks what he means.Yata asks him if he hasnt heard the story before,about there being a goddess that once watched over The World,this goddess was the world's "strings",the system itself.The ultimate A.I.,that ruled The World...Aura.Haseo remembers the first time he heard that name,which was from Shino,he finally remembers now.Yata continues that she is a goddess,a deity that exists in The World,if she was the system maybe..Kuhn asks how they are going to talk with her.He answers him by saying,its a path not even Ovan could walk,it will be difficult.Haseo suggests the cathedral,Yata agrees and will go with him.Aina wants to come along as well,she has something her brother gave her.Wheh they get there,Haseo notices that Cubia isnt here yet,Yata believes its protected by a holy power,Haseo thinks Yata really believes in that God,he instead says the cathedral is up ahead and to go on.

Yata tells Haseo in order for Ovan to find the ultimate AI,Aura,Ovan had to form the Twilight Brigade,and invited Haseo into it.Haseo remembers the objective for the guild,which was to find the Key of Twilight,and Yata adds on,the sign that they would arrive at truth.He also believes that Ovan originally wanted to borrow Aura's powe to get rid of AIDA,Haseo adds on that the eight Epitaphs represented the truth to Ovan,signs of way to meet Aura.Aina approaches the alter,saying Ovan's name,Haseo asks what it was that Ovan gave her.She shows them what it is,its the Book of Twilight,Yata remembers it from the creator's Room,Aina tells them that her brother read books to her,lots and lots of them from that secret room.Her favorite was the Epitaph of Twilight,the book starts to glow,and somehow...Aina is being controlled,and starts to float up.Yata thinks it just may be....Aina starts to read lines from the Epitaph of the Twilight.The cathedral starts to shake,Yata is starting to think,that this is the original text of the Epitaph of Twilight.Haseo sees his body glowing red,he believes,its reacting to his Epitaph.Yata is starting to realize,that this may be it..the Key of the Twilight,is the sign of truth.Haseo is starting to think,that if they bring all eight Epitaph Users PC here....Yata thinks so.Haseo reminds him,that Ovan is gone,Yata tells him to remember Ovan's words,his words....he remembers the last time he saw Ovan,and how he told him to defeat him with his fully developed avatar.He realizes,that all eight are inside of him,Yata tells him he is correct,him and his Terror of Death,fought out and devoured their Avatars,as a result,he can carry the powers of all eight,the key is within him.Haseo reazlies this..Yata tells him,that he..is what Ovan was searching for.Its Haseo,the Key of Twilight,is him.Yata wants the goddess of this world to be awakened,Haseo summons Skeith,and his final form is revealed.Skeith grabs a hold of Aina,and streams of light,the power of the eight phases,are going inside of her,but then....Aina lets out a loud scream.Haseo returns to the cathedral,he sees blue orbs coming down...its them,Azure Kite and his allies,they go after Haseo.

After a very tough battle,Haseo wonders if these guys can even die,Azure Kite makes a leap towards them...a female's voice is heard,she tells him to stop.This makes Kite freeze in place,he listens to the voice and obeys.Haseo is shocked,they listened to her,Yata tells him,that of course they did...they are Aura's knights,he wonders if they are the pursuers,that Ovan mentioned,are they the guardians of the system? Haseo figures out,that they were after anomalies in the system of The World,they were after AIDA and Ovan.Yata asks if Aina if she is....she speaks,saying Cubia is the shadow of the Epitaph Users,Haseo is amazed by this,and Yata realizes that she is using Aina's PC.He asks Aura if she was the one who brought Fidchell's propehcy,if so...he wants to know how to save The World.She tells him that great goals are always fulfilled through personal sacrifice,Haseo thinks of Ovan or...Yata thinks maybe she is saying they should abandon their Epitaph User PCs.Haseo is starting to get it,Aura says the man who used the Epitaph of Rebirth,has been already lost,even if the other seven were sent back to The World,Haseo thinks it wont work....but Aura tells him,she will remain asleep,she has no power to decide the future of this world,it will be decided....by the players of the game,by people.The future of the world lies at the ends of human will,Azure Kite and his allies approach Haseo,they give him an item,he asks what it is,but they vanish and float away into little blue orbs.Aina continues,she is Aura,she is the goddess that brought about this world's dawn,yet once again,the twilight of the gods has come.She tells them,who seek light in the twilight,that they..are like her,the little children of Morganna,and may they find happiness,Aura disappears leaving Aina's body.Haseo goes to Aina's body,Yata says Aura's name and that she has gone back into The World,into the vast sea of data.The cathedral starts to shake,Haseo knows they cant stay here much longer,Yata suggests to head back to the Serpent of Lore.They head back to town,Yata says that Cubia's consumption is faster than he expected,most of the players are logging out,sensing something unusual is going on,at this rate,countless towns will seize to function.He tells Haseo if he has business in a town,he better take care of it now,and tells him to head back to the Serpent of Lore when his preparations are complete.

Yate lets them know,that Cubia is devouring the areas around The World,sadly,there is no safe place left in The World.The place starts to shake,Pai asks for Yata's orders,they will take shelter in the outer regions,the safety of the Epitaph Users come first.Haseo asks what he means by "Outer Regions",Yata answers him,a place that is and at the same time,isnt The World.He figures it out,its Netslum,Yata tells them they have to move directly to there from here.Pai tells him that Kuhn and the others are already ahead,other PCs who are all logged in have gone to Netslum too,Yata tells them this place wont hold much longer,and should go.He lets everyone else teleport out,but himself,he admits it is time to abandon G.U.'s base of operation.In Netslum,Haseo is remembering Aura,the Ultimate AI,he never thought he would get to meet a deity.Yata tells that they did,but she had no intention of coming to The World or the network's salvation.Pai thinks Aura is a system,without a voice,Atoli thinks maybe a natural system,or as Yata claims,maybe an aloof system,she flows along with The World,she is The World.Endrance comments about calling her a goddess,worshipping her image is simply the way humans chose to see her,he thinks maybe thats why she leaved the Cathedral's altar,Pai wonders if there is no other way to get rid of Cubia,Yata suggests other ways.Heading to the bridge,Kuhn asks if this is the serpent of Lore,Yata tells him he moved some of the Serpent of Lore's system to Netslum,Zelkova shows that he can use it too.Pai is surprised by it,Yata tells her that Zelkova's skills are equal to his and her's.Zelkova tells them that Cubia has taken over The World and reproduced,but also Cubia's influence is causing an excessive strain on the entire network.Yata tells them,"necrosis" is occuring,in areas of lower tolerance,Zelkova tells them at this rate,the network will completely shut down.He then shows them a map of nuclear plants,they all show signs of being abnormal,they are trying to regain control of the systems,but...so far nothing is working,if this goes on,there will be meltdowns.Kuhn and Atoli are shocked by this,Zelkova admits that it is true,Kuhn realizes that,this means the whole human race is in danger,Zelkova says he is correct,Yata says it is truely the Third Network Crisis,humanity has fallen into it,Haseo cant believe all of this because of Cubia.Pai asks Zelkova if he can locate Cubia's main body,Zelkova is on it,but it will require a little more time.Yata says the real problem is all the Gomoras,he knows its completely pointless to attack them,but leaving them alone while mulitplying...could make humanity suffer.

Haseo suggests to fight them,Kuhn asks if they should fight them one at a time,he asks him if there is any other way,atleast until they find Cubia's main body,they have to defeat them.He thinks about Shino and the other Lost Ones,they are the only ones who can save them,so far they havent done anything,not even go against the Anti-Existence,or Cubia...as long as there is something he can do,he wont sit here and just do nothing.Haseo encourages everyone to fight,Yata agrees that they must in order to do what they can as of right now.Zelkova says he will ask the other players for backup,so they can also defeat the Cubia Gomoras that have spread through out The World,Pai agrees they are short on manpower,but wonders if it will work? Not to mention most of the players logged out when they started to see something wrong,Atoli says they should try it,even if its one person,its better than not doing anything at all,she encourages the rest to do everything they can,she asks Haseo about it.He agrees,and says to lets do it.Zelkova says he will make arrangements,but it will take some time,and tells him to look around Netslum while they wait. In Netslum,Haseo sees Gaspard and Silabus,he is happy to see them,as they are too.Gaspard tells him about that horrible monster causing The World to...but doesnt understand whats going,however,he knows its getting really bad.Haseo tells them that The World is in danger,and should stay here,Silabus agrees and Gaspard decides to build a Guild Shop here.Now Saku enters the area,Haseo is surprised to see her,they are both speechless until Saku calls him stupid.She tells him that he didnt win her over with that stupid e-mail,she is only adventuring with him again because they are so hopeless,she only considers him an extra to Bo and Endrance,making a face at him,she runs off.Haseo has no clue what just happened,long as he is happy.

Kuhn says they have already sent out e-mails to the players,Atoli adds on all they can do is believe in them,Haseo asks for Cubia's main body.Zelkova tells him that Cubia's main body is producing Gomoras all over The World,but still cant find its location yet.Yata tells him to hurry up,they dont have much time left,he will go on ahead to battle the Gomoras,if atleast he can help The World even a tiny bit longer.Endrance knows its an endless spawning enemy,even if it is hopeless,he will be fine as long as he is with Haseo,and even if he werent with him,as long as his heart is with his in the same place....Bo wants to fight too,he tells him why,because he really likes Haseo,and says he isnt scared,really.Haseo thanks them both,Zelkova tells him of the dangerous areas where Gomoras are infesting the most,which is the Lost Grounds.He tells them to do Area Hacking,and fight them in the Outer Dungeons.Yata believes they are decarling war,Haseo knows they have to use Area Hacking at the four Lost Grounds,Yata suggests to save and Zelkova tells them to use the Chaos Gate when they are ready.

Arriving at Dragonbein Range,Piros is there laughing and realizing The World's in danger,Haseo is surprised to see him.Piros tells him there is nothing for him to fear,since Piros the 3rd is here.....he asks where they are,and will get rid of them.It seems he read the e-mail,then Haseo hears his name being called,its Silabus and Gaspard,he wonders what they are doing here.They read the e-mail,and want to help out,Haseo is surprised....Silabus since he is their Guild Master after all.Gaspard admits he is weak,but if you ask him to do something he will do what he can,Silabus says they will fight too,because....they both love The World.Gaspard agrees with Silabus,there are a lot of things they dont want to loose,as they run off to go fight,Haseo says thanks.As long as there are guys like them around,Haseo wont let The World die.And another shows up,its Antares,he says for him to go on ahead,Haseo is surprised by this too.Antares also tells him to come back with a smile on his face.Haseo says he bet he will.

Arriving at Arche Koeln Waterfall ,Haseo is surrounded by Gomoras,running from behind him,a figure wipes out most of them,its...Alkaid! She looks at him and tells him,dont just stand around. Haseo is surprised to see her,she greets him,he rus to her seeing she woke up.Alkaid laughs at him,asking who Haseo is talking to,she is always in top shape,he ought to know that by now.Haseo approaches her relieved to see her again,he hugs her....Alkiad is surprised,she is startled,and wonders what he is doing.Haseo calls her an idiot and asks where she was,Alkaid is offdended by that,Haseo is trying to hold back from getting too emotional,he tells her to dont disappear on him like that.She is speechless after hearing this....suddenly more of them appear,two other figures come running,and eliminate them.Its Sirius and Taihaku,Sirius tells Haseo he has come back from hell,along with Alkaid,Sirius read his e-mail,he called all the ranking Arena members,and agreed to raise up and fight the monsters,in response to Haseo.Haseo is surprised by that,Taihaku continues that the stain in his name from the Sage Palace has been wiped clean,suddenly more players show up,Taihaku tells Haseo to look,at the all the players who trust him,he is the Arena Emperor,Sirius adds on,he is someone to look up to.While giving a hard smack on the back,Alkaid tells him to go on ahead,and tells him not to loose,she has told him before,he is a strong man.With that said,Haseo and the others run off,more of them come back,Alkaid tells them to not mess with Icolo,Sirius comments there is no point in lecturing monsters before fighting them,Taihaku joins in by saying,facing the power of the swords of Icolo,will show why the empreors will reign supreme.Heading to Barrow Morrigu Wall,they see a lot of Cubia's Gomoras,his name is being called,its from Kaede,along with Matsu and the other leaders from Moon Tree.She informs him of the e-mail and the message from Zelkova,Matsu tells him,"It's do or die! We're leaving the big guy up to you,Haseo!",Kaede wishes him good luck. Arriving at Coite-Bodher Battlefield,Gomoras are blocking Haseo's way,and there are a lot of them,he is amazed by how many there are.Out of nowhere,a large blast is inflicted on the Gomoras and it turns out..it was caused by,Gabi! Haseo is surprised he showed up,he greets Haseo,and says he read his e-mail,but it was tough for him,since it was more than three lines.From the Chaos Gate,more players arrive,its Bordeaux's gang,she greets him and Negimaru is excited about it,Haseo is surprised they showed up.Gabi tells him that he brought those guys along since they were bored.Iyoten and his partner warps into,he tells them to leave everything to them,they wont let them down.Gabi tells Haseo to go on ahead,Haseo tells them he will thank them when this is all over,more show up,Gabi gives his three line speech to charge,everyone else charges forward.After all the Lost Grounds have been dealt with,Haseo heads to the bridge.Yata tells him that the Goromas have gone down,Haseo mentions its all thanks to everyone helping out.Zelkova mentions that The World and its players,are all deeply connected by a mysterious and unseen power,Haseo asks about Cubia,Zelkova has found him by believe it is that giant data moving around,he gives him the keywords to its location.Aina steps in saying Haseo's name,Haseo turns around and says her's,at first she cant seem to speak up,until she finally tells him,that her brother really loved The World,she begs him,to please save this world.Haseo tells her,he will not forget Ovan,he will fight to the end,with his memory in his head and his will in his heart.Zelkova informs them to go after Cubia now,and Yata tells everyone save and check your equipment,all the Epitaph users will move out and take on Cubia.Once all eight Epitaph Users arrive there,the area is showing signs of being unstable,Haseo notices this.Yata tells him,due to Cuiba's influence its interfering wiht the Area Data.which means Cubia's body,as Yata continues,is in the deepest part of this area,and they should settle things with the shadow of the Epitaph Users,Haseo says for them to go on.Making it further inside the Outer Dungeon,Haseo realizes a lot of Data Noise,Kuhn says even the internet connection is bad,Pai says that is on a scale never before seen,Yata doesnt know how great an anomaly Cubia could cause once its fully awakened.Endrance wonders what will happen when the Epitaph Users and the Anti-Existence meet head on,what will happen to the real world? Atoli tells Haseo to be alright,and to not worry,she mentions it was over plenty of times before,but he always came through,so there is no need to worry,and it's important to start bit by bit,one step at a time.Doesnt matter if you start slow,you've got to keep walking without giving up....Haseo was the one who taught her all those things,she wont give up no matter what and fight along side of Haseo.Haseo is confident after hearing that,he agrees,it will be alright,they will be fine.Bo is silent,but standing right beside him,without anyone seeing her but him,Saku tells him to quit worrying and he will be fine,she is right here with him,the two of them cant loose.Bo agrees,if its the two of them trying real hard,they've got nothing to fear.Kuhn admits they are the only ones who can protect The World at the moment,Endrance agrees,they will see this through the end,Yata comments on the pharse,protect The World,he admits he hasnt felt like this,in quite some time.Haseo encourages everyone to lets go.

Once they teleport to where Cubia is,Haseo asks where they are at,Endrance believes,its as if its a road to hell.Atoli says she can hear it,the echoes of the darkness,deeper than any darkness,the darkness of the human heart,the area starts to shake around them.Its Cubia....and its making his entrance, from above,they all witness its massive size.Yata believe its been waiting for them,Haseo states its coming,Yata tells the others to focus their Avatars together,and to Haseo,they entrust their power to him.Each of the Epitaph Users call out their Avatar's name and vanish,one by one.Haseo knows he is the Terror of Death,and summons Skeith,he goes towards Cubia where it....awakens.After fighting the many heads from the shell,Haseo yells,"Where's the real one?!",finally...Cubia shows his face by breaking open the outer shell.After using Data Drain on Cubia....its uneffective,Yata says that he may some kind of core,and if they are able to break it....Haseo asks for the core,which Yata believes its inside of him,Haseo knows they must go inside of it,Cubia charges up a wave,pushing Skeith back.Haseo still goes in head on,avoiding Cubia's attacks,and dives right into Cubia.Inside Cubia the rest are inside of him,Haseo asks where they are,Kuhn wonders if they are inside that monster,Atoli tells Haseo to look.He asks what it is,Yata says its Cubia's center,the Cubia Core.The area starts to shake around them,Yata says its bad,Cubia's revival has caused a massive strain on the network,its only a matter of time before it causes another Network Crisis,Pai asks if there is a way to avoid it.Yata says there isnt,only by stopping its source,Kuhn knows that they have to defeat it,Yata mentions only if they are prepared to be destroyed ourselves.Kuhn doenst like the sound of that,Pai says it cant be helped,if Epitaph Users and Anti-Existence collide,Kuhn cant believe thats all they can do.Haseo admits they dont have any other choice,even with the real world....they have to do it.Suddenly,a sound is made and everything around Haseo goes black,and orb appears infront of him,he wonders what it is. The orb speaks,its Aura's voice...she says she is the one who remains asleep,she repeats what she has said before,about how she has no power to decide the fate of The World,but only for people to decide.All she can do is,connect thoughts to one another,she wants Haseo to reach out and touch them, touch the feelings of those who share his inner thoughts,calling them little children of Morganna and may they find happiness.

[Keep in mind,whatever members you choose from here on out,each battle will be different dialouge.] Once they get close to Cubia's form,three shadow forms of themselves appear infront of them.Haseo is shocked by this... [Whatever members you chose each will say something,so Im not going to type out what everybody says in each battle.]After defeating the doppelgangers,they tell Haseo to go on ahead while they hold these fakes off. Finally,after taking care of the Doppelgangers they reach Cubia's core,the statue shape starts to crack and reveal Cubia itself,time to end it all.

After going through a rough battle,Haseo wonders if they defeated it.Cubia only pauses,but then starts to crack open,Kuhn sees it is splitting,Pai thinks it wants to take everyone with them,by self-destructing.Yata warns them its as powerful as the Rebirth,who knows what could happen,Pai adds it will cause a severe strain on the network,which means a Network Crisis.Kuhn asks how they will stop it,Yata suggests to unify their power from their Epitaphs and turn it against Cubia..Pai knows that if they do that..Haseo suggests that we dont have any other way,and to try it out,Kuhn agrees and asks everyone to help out.Everyone is counting on Haseo,and they give their Epitaph power to him.Everyone's voices,their thoughts are with him...Haseo uses the power given to him and charges at Cubia,he manages to break through it,its starting to break up,but its still not enough,there is a barrier blocking it.Haseo yells for it to die,but now his PC is starting to crack,he tries to push further.Yata tells him its no use...without the eigth Epitaph User they are all...Haseo yells out Ovan's name,and damns it all,his arm continues to break until he is surrounded by light....he is taken to a white room.Aura speaks up calling the children of Morganna,telling them to pray and hard as they can,only a strong prayer can change the world.Ovan's voice speaks,that Haseo has them all,he touches Haseo's cracked hand,he is surprised to see him.Ovan asks if they can do it? Haseo is confident they can,he remembers everything that has gone on through this entire journey,Ovan vanishes leaving a pile of black feathers next to him.Haseo goes on to say,all these feelings,will all go into this one attack,putting everything he has into that attack,Ovan helps him one last time to do the final push.He manages to break through,finally.... Cubia is defeated,his form disintegrates.

After that has been done,Haseo is in a white room again,there standing infront of him is...Ovan.He tells him he has gotten quite stronger,a lot stronger since back then.Haseo admits he was forced to become stronger,thanks to Ovan,he wonders by putting his feelings together,how much further will Haseo grow? He doesnt understand what Ovan is saying,he starts to see Ovan going away now...Haseo doesnt want him to go,Ovan tells him,this is good bye.But Haseo wants Ovan to wait,he still hasnt found a way to return Ovan's feelings and that he is always like this,he always leaves before he can tell him how he feels,and he is leaving him again,Haseo begs him.....Ovan tells him,one ending is really a new beginning,they are not finished,their journey will still go on...and asks him if that is true? Ovan turns away and walks on,Haseo tries to stop him,he doesn't understand what he is talking about,he still has so much he wants to say to him,he tries to run after him,reaching out his hand to him.But when he tries to reach,Ovan disappears from him,just then...Aura appears.She tells him that the anguish and pain,has awakened Ovan's heart,since it was Haseo's deepest wish.The bonds of the souls are what connect together in the world,and it will be all of them who will drive the new world,she tells him to go,little children of Morganna.Haseo talks about how its finally over,the confusion in the real world and the network has settled down,and he thinks they avoided the real danger of the Network Crisis,The World finally returned to normal,but its different from what it had before.

Getting e-mails from everyone,there is a certain e-mail from Shino herself...she is waiting for Haseo,and to come to the Cathedral,he heads there,to be reunited with her at last.He meets at the alter,she says its been a long time and asks if he remembers.Shino means of what they talked about here,Haseo says about the goddess and Aura,she tells Haseo that she was watching him...the entire time.Her consciousness was also connected to Ovan's left arm,Haseo tells her,his sister said the same thing.She was with Ovan most of the time,catcing glimpses here and there,he mentions that Ovan sacrificed himself to stop Cubia,and in which he created.Shino mentions that Ovan,saw things through that only he could,and thats exactly how he wanted it to end....its as if,they were just living in Ovan's personal story,the characters in a play.Haseo disagrees,Shino knows....footsteps are heard,its Atoli.Shino had asked her to come,Atoli is speechless,until she speaks up saying she is glad Shino's consciousness finally came back,and its wonderful.She thanks Atoli,Atoli comments how Haseo is right,her PC does look like Shino's.However,she knows their personalites are different,comparing Shino to her might seem insulting....she tells her that Haseo tried as much to cure Shino,he tried really hard and for a long time.Shino knows this,Atoli doesnt have much to say,her eyes start to show tears,she says good bye to them and goodluck,she takes off running.Haseo tells her to wait,but she keeps on going.Shino suggests to start the Twilight Brigade again,to go find Ovan,Haseo wants to say something...but Shino tells him,she saw everything,and wants him to be honest with himself.Haseo nods,and goes after Atoli,Shino looks back and knows that Ovan is watching too.Atoli is at the Chaos Gate,she turns around...her frown fades away as soon as she sees Haseo.

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