Board Thread:Stories/@comment-26186871-20171231181101

(This is Chapter 5 of the series. If you haven't read Chapters I, II, III, or IV, read them first.)

Part 1-W̶e̢l̶co̧me͜ t̷o ͘T͡he ͢Vǫi͠d

"WHAT. IS. HAPPENING?!", Bruno shouted. "The weapon fired. The world was corrupted.", the hero recalled. "And we have to find a way to restore it! Thurvius, what does the prophecy say about this?" "It doesn't mention anything about a corruption.. Nor any 'game'. This is beyond me. But, c̷o͠n̛s̛i̢d͡èri҉ng ̢h̵ơw the ̸wea̶p҉on͡ ̀i͡s̡ p͢ow̨ered ̧b͜y̸ ͠t͘he̛ S͏a̧p͟phi̴re ̡S͞t͘one̵,͠ if w̨e ̛d͘e͡s͢t͝r҉o͜y ̛the͜ Sa͞pp̵h̕i̴r̵e ͏Sto̴ņe, ̨w͠e s̶h̛o͘u͝l̡d̸ b͢e a҉b̢l͜e t͝o͟͜͡ ͜r͞ę̸͜ş͡t͞orè̛̛ ̕t̷̡h͡e ̴w͟o͏r͟l̵͢ḑ͘.̸͜͝" "YOU'RE GLITCHING, THURVIUS!", the hero shouted in worry. "I̷ ̕͞m̴̡͏áy̵ ̡͞b̸͜e ͘͝g͡li̸̧t͘c̀h͏̢i͜ń͜g, ̧̕͡b͟ut ̢̀͘I͞'̨͠͞ḿ̴̡ ҉́͘s͝t̀ill̢͞ ̢fi̸n͟e̷̢̕. ̸D̶ò̢ ̀͟ý̛͢ǫu͘ ͞ş̷̛t̸͡il̛l u͏ņd͜ęr̵͢͜s͢͠͝t̕a̡͟͠n͟͢d̡̕ ̸̀m͘e҉?̴͘ ͢͢͡J̴̢̛ù̕st͟ ̶̨h̸̢ę͢a̴̢d͢͡ ̶b̴͠a͘͜c͟͝k̸ ̡t҉ó҉ ̧͜t͜͝h̨e̛͞ ͟͠͡c̵as̶͞t̨̕lę͘, ̨d́͟͠e̷̢s͞t̛͜͟r̷̢ó̧̀y̸ ̀t̡̛he̵ s͢t̷̷̡o̸͞n̷̶e,͝ à̢n҉̨d̵̵̢ ̛̕͞a̧҉l̨͟l̵ ͡s͜h͟͠ouĺ́d ͡҉b̢͞e͜͝ ͢w̛͞el̴̢̕l̀.͏̛͘ You have to restore the world!", Thurvius responded.

And so, they left the inn.. And when they looked at on the map, it appeared as though the party was out of bounds. From time to time, they would end up glitching through walls.. The enemies encountered were also glitched, but the battle mechanic remained mostly the same, other than the stat screen ALSO being glitched.

"The map isn't going to help us.. We'll just have to remember... Which way was the castle?", the hero asked. "It was east, and then north at the forest.", Thurvius responded. "Let's head there." 