Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Modry tried to console her as his mind was trying to figure out an answer to her question.

"Don't worry; Ibro is a brilliant young man that can't be harmed easily. Why don't we go inside to meet Ruliv? He might have some news about him that I don't know. After all, the two of them are close and Ibro seems to trust him the most."

Oya refused his good intentions as she became extremely worried about Ibro. The last straw of hope she clanged to was Onita and her search, so she said with haste while taking a return scroll to Ihnasia:

"I have another place to look at, can you please ask the governor about him while I return again?"

"Sure, I hope you can find him. I will wait for your news then, I hope it will be good," Modry said while watching her figure disappear in front of him. 

A deep worry emerged inside him as well, as he sensed some crisis was about to hit them soon. He turned around as he entered the camp again, he needed to speak with Ruliv and relay these news to him immediately.

Oya appeared again at Ihnasia city, where she chose to log off without hesitation. Her heart was like a horse race, running to the end line without knowing if it was a winner or a loser. 

Whatever happened to Ibro, she felt Onita would have the answer to that. Once she appeared at Onita's place, she heard her voice coming from behind:

"Welcome again, Adventurer Oya."

Oya turned abruptly to face her while saying with some tears over her face:

"I went to Renalt world, and he isn't there. Please tell me you have some news about him."

Onita sighed as her looks changed to feel very conflicted. Oya felt this change in time as she stressed:

"I want to know anything about him, even… even if it's… bad."

"Sigh, ok I will tell you what I have found. I revised all the records regarding the last actions of Ibro and I found the last actions he had done in this universe."

Oya's face froze as she muttered:

"Last actions in the universe? What does that even mean?"

"Ibro found a strange relic in the game world here, this relic appeared suddenly beside his place, and he went into it. After he entered it, he vanished in thin air with the relic itself," Onita said.

"What do you mean he vanished with the relic? He just disappeared from here and didn't leave any trace of him? What is this relic? Where is it?"

"I just told you, it appeared out of nowhere and disappeared with Ibro. I don't know where it came from and don't know where it disappeared."

Oya looked in disbelief towards Onita as she muttered:

"How can something dangerous like that enter and exit the world that you control without any restrictions? How can I find Ibro now? How can I be sure he is fine?"

Onita sighed with human emotions as she said:

"There are many secrets that you don't know, child. Ibro is fine, as there is a very faint connection between here and his place, and throughout this connection I can assure you that he is alive. The issue is I feel some danger approaching him, danger that lurks here."

Oya felt some relief from Onita's words to be thrown into worry again in the next moment.

"What do you mean a danger lurking here?" Oya asked.

"There is a strong creature that is interfering with my core in the Apidon world. I believe it was the one who brought this relic here and moved Ibro away," Onita said.

Oya stood silently thinking about what Onita said, before asking:

"Do you suggest that this was a trap set by an enemy here?"

"Sure, there is a strong moleecian monster that no one here can face, except Ibro. Ibro had the potential to rise and win over this monster for sure, so this monster sat a trap for him to send him away, that's my guess," Onita explained slowly.

"Then, we need to kill this monster so Ibro can return?" Oya said after a period of silence.

"That would be the only solution for us, but you are alone and weak. You can't depend upon those players in the Apidon world as they are also weak," Onita said with a regretful sigh.

"Don't worry about that, I will make sure to be very strong like Ibro," Oya said decisively.

"You alone aren't enough, as it would take longer than you think to be barely able to stand against this monster," Onita said, shaking her head.

"Then I will make sure many of the players will be as strong as me," Oya didn't lose hope by the comments of Onita, instead, she made up her mind and decided to take another approach to solve this problem. Onita watched her silently before saying shortly:

"Good luck then, I will always keep an eye over your actions."

"You won't be disappointed," Oya said while her figure began to fade away from this world. After her disappearance, Onita's face changed to show a very sad expression. She muttered dejectedly:

"Don't be mad at me when you know the truth, I can't help him or you with my current crippled state. 

Even if I told you the truth about his travel through time to the past, you couldn't do anything to help him. The only help here is to let me free, so I can raise all of every players' powers… yes, that's the only option."

She then began to fade away as well, leaving this vast place quite empty.

Oya, on the other hand, appeared again at Ihnasia square with her mind determined on becoming strong. She was very experienced when things came to this point, gathering up players and leveling everyone together. She took a deep breath before muttering to herself:

"Ibro gave me once many things he had acquired when he was at Apidon world. I stored everything at my village warehouse, but I didn't yet take things from there."

Oya didn't have to go to the village to retrieve her stored things, as she could simply rent a warehouse here in the city and link it to her warehouse at the village. She wanted to look for the alliance establishment stone, the one Ibro showed to her from before. 

She planned to establish the first guild ever in the game, and try to gather up all the professional players that she knew under the flag of this alliance. 

Oya didn't know that she was walking on the same old path her character once took, the character that she took his place in this world. Many ideas popped up her mind as she started to set up a big plan about the future steps she would take.

'I need to confirm the presence of the alliance stone in my belongings, and I also need to know the conditions for establishing such an alliance.'

Oya knew where to find the answer to such a question, so she first went outside the square wandering the whole city. She was searching for the adventurer hall and the city administrative hall, which she found simply few minutes after leaving the square.