Realm of Myths and Legends

e there so many people gathered?

”I ’ll see if I can find out anything from one of my friends. ” Luna said as opened up her system interface.
However, she was still unable to access the messaging system.

Luna shook her head as she said, ”The message system seems to be blocked for our avatars as well.
I suppose it ’s due to our main bodies still being within the Chaotic Dogma Realm. ”

However, how could Luna know that even if their real bodies were here, the message system would still be inaccessible thanks to the event currently going on?

”For now, we should focus on obtaining some form of information as to what is taking place here.
Halls and Guan Yu will ask around to accomplish this task. ” Izroth said.

”Leave it to us! ” Guan Yu said with a voice full of confidence.

”We ’ll make sure to gather as much information as we can before we return. ” Halls responded.

Halls and Guan Yu then began to go around collecting information from the nearby players.
Even if they were not able to handle the complicated stuff, at the very least, they could collect information without much issue.

”Zi Yi, do you have any idea as to what the Returning Shard would look like? ” Izroth asked.
Out of everyone here, Zi Yi was the most knowledgable about the world of RML.
After all, she had read hundreds of books that were available within the Amaharpe library.
If there was anyone who would have any clues regarding the Returning Shard, it would be her.

Zi Yi rested her thumb and index finger on her chin as she began scanning through her memories.

A few moments later, Zi Yi muttered some words to herself.
”Ah, that ’s it…! ” She remembered that she had indeed come across the name Returning Shard somewhere before.
Or rather not the name, but something similar.

”It ’s not much, but I remember that a shard which returned someone to their home was mentioned briefly in a popular fable I read at the Amaharpe library.
I ’ll spare you the entire story. ” Zi Yi said.

She then continued, ”A man went on a journey far away from home.
In the end, he accomplished his goal, but he was cursed to wander in a world without direction.
At the end of the story, the man eventually battles against a powerful beast for seven days and seven nights.
With his willpower alone, the man managed to tear the beast ’s soul from its body and from it, a shard was formed.
He then returned home at last. ”

”Could the shard in the story be the Returning Shard that voice spoke of? ” Luna asked.

Zi Yi nodded, ”There ’s a good chance that the shard in the story is related to the Returning Shard. ”

”In the story, the shard was formed after the man tore the beast ’s soul from its body.
Obviously, I do not believe that anyone here is capable of such a feat at this point.
However, we may not need to be. ” Izroth said.

Valentine thought about it for a bit.
He then said, ”A powerful beast…
If we were to give it an equivalent, then that would be an elite or boss monster.
In this situation, it may be safer to assume that it ’s the latter. ”

”Agreed.
Though, the easiest way to find out is to simply test it for ourselves. ” Izroth said.

After coming to that conclusion, as Izroth awaited the return of Guan Yu and Halls, he approached the gates that led into Amaharpe.
However, when he tried to enter into the city itself, there was an invisible barrier blocking his path.

’Just as I suspected.
Our avatars cannot enter into the actual city itself. ’

Izroth opened his inventory and discovered that he could still access the items there as if it were his actual body.
It seemed that besides a few restrictions here and there, their avatars were basically an exact copy of their original bodies.

A few moments later, Halls and Guan Yu finally returned with some important information.

Apparently, sometime after they entered into the Chaotic Dogma Realm, a surprise event popped up out of seemingly nowhere.
The name of that event was Protectors of Amaharpe.

Players who participated in the event would defend the gates and walls of Amaharpe against wave after wave of monsters.

After explaining all of their findings to Izroth and everyone else, it gave them a much clearer understanding of their current situation.

”Then, do you know when the next wave will start? ” Izroth asked.

”In around five minutes.
It should be listed in your events section. ” Zi Yi responded.
During their conversation, she was reminded of the events section of the system interface.
She had nearly forgotten all about it due to everything else that occurred within such a short period of time.
If she had remembered sooner, it may have saved them a bit of time.
However, they still would have needed more information regardless of that.

”Then, we ’ll face the first elite monster we see.
If it fails to grant us a Returning Shard, then there will be no choice but to defeat a boss level monster. ” Izroth said.

However, doing so would be quite tricky in this situation.
Not only were numerous guilds present, but those top guilds would be vying over the bosses that spawned.

Izroth was told all about the sectors of the top guilds.
It was no different than when those top sects within the Seven Realms used to claim certain territory as their own during important events.

’A boss that spawns in the sector of a top guild will give them an obvious advantage.
Our best chance is to deal with the boss before it approaches close to Amaharpe.
But, that may not be completely possible.
However, if we were to do that it would mean… ’

”Right now, we should make our way to the frontline.
This first trial may not be so simple after all. ” Izroth said as he began heading towards the frontline with his party members following after him.
They were going based on pure speculation at the moment.

There was a good possibility that the Returning Shard the voice spoke of could be metaphoric or hidden away somewhere else on this battlefield.
But, in the end, the only way to find out was to push onward.