Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Oya's brain suddenly lit up with an idea as she muttered:

"You might not be able to do it, but I can."

"What do you mea…"

Before he even could continue his words, Oya closed the call as she rushed right away into her game capsule. 

She entered the game without delay, to reappear again at Shonty's square. She didn't stay there for even a second as she took out a return scroll to Ihnasia then she tore it while murmuring:

"I can talk to the game system already; I hope Onita would have an answer to my question."

Oya then appeared at Ihnasia city. There was an easy way to meet Onita, which was through trying to exit the game in Ihnasia city. Oya learnt from Ibro that there were two Onita, one was the usual Onita that every player had met when entering the game. 

The other one was the one Oya aimed to meet, as through Ibro's guess she was related to the core of this game. Oya chooses to log off to find herself appearing again in the same vast bright place that she visited two times before.

"I find it quite strange for you to try and log off the game in your domain," That soft female sound came from behind Oya, who turned to find Onita was there standing silently looking at her in an interesting way. Oya, on the other hand, was seriously looking towards Onita as she said:

"I came today on purpose, you know my friend, Ibro, right?"

"This information I can't share it with you," Onita replied simply without any emotion.

"Well, you might have to."

"Really?!" Onita became more interested in the courage of this player in front of her.

"Ibro had gone missing, he isn't in the game, or outside it," Oya just said these words while watching the reaction of Onita, whose face changed immediately as she muttered:

"He could have gone to a world that doesn't belong to my jurisdiction."

"What?! Is there such a world here?" Oya asked with disbelief, as the voice of Onita was already heard in this very quiet place. Onita looked towards her as she replied simply like she was stating a known fact:

"Yes, there are many worlds like this, for example you both recently went on a remote world that I don't control."

Oya's face changed as she muttered:

"The Renalt world?"

"I believe that was its name before its destruction," Onita said.

Oya looked straight towards her as she asked with doubt:

"Why would you abandon some worlds?"

"Because of some risks my core will face if I stayed at any world invaded by those moleecian monsters, so I have to abandon any world that fell under their brutality," Onita replied simple before adding, "I suggest you go over there and search for him."

Oya found such a theory possible to occur, Ibro had some investments at Renalt world, but they just returned from there, why would he go there again so soon? Before she leave this place she said:

"I will look for him there, but can you also try to check his location and his last actions here before he disappeared?"

Onita looked deeply towards Oya before saying:

"Although the probabilities of him being at this Renalt world are way higher than anything else, I will check his last actions here. I will send you back now."

Oya found herself again standing at Ihnasia square. She didn't delay as she took out one return scroll to the destroyed Ronat city. Once she appeared there, she didn't stop as she moved in a hurry towards the outside. 

She passed through tons of ruins until she found herself out there in the open. She spotted the camp that was built by Shonty city from far, which appeared like a tiny brown dot. She moved with haste towards that camp with a troubled heart and disturbed emotions. 

She didn't take long before reaching the front gate of the camp, where she was stopped by the guards of the gate.

"Hold up, this is a private place for Shonty city," One of the guards shouted aggressively towards her. She stopped while saying:

"I'm Oya, a close friend of player Ibro. Can you tell the governor Ruliv of my appearance? I want to meet him immediately."

"Stay here until I send a message to the governor," The guard replied at once when he heard the name of Ibro. Ibro was like a celebrity there, as everyone knew about his achievements. 

Oya waited impatiently while the guard moved into the camp and disappeared there. After some time, the guard returned with some old looking man, a man Oya had seen before at Shonty governor's palace.

"Hi again my child, why are you so disturbed? Is there something wrong?"

He was Modry, the great magician of Shonty and the head of the library. Oya rushed to ask:

"I came looking for Ibro, have you met him recently?"

Modry looked strangely towards her as he said:

"Last time I saw Ibro was when you two were together, did the two of you… you know… got some quarrel together? It's normal for young people to be hot headed and lose their tempers sometimes."

Oya shook her head as she said with a sad tone:

"That's not it, the issue is I can't find him anywhere."

Modry's face changed immediately to ask with concern and worry:

"Have you looked for him in your real world?"

"I looked for him everywhere, he is offline but he isn't anywhere to be seen in the real world. I thought he might be here, so I came to look, but it seems he didn't come here too."

Modry had seen a lot in his life, so he suggested:

"He might have gone to a special dungeon or even to a new world; this kid never ceases to amaze me."

"No, even when he came to Apidon world or here I could still see him online. This time is different; I feel something terrible has happened to him."