
Kite checks up on the BBS and finds his post deleted. Inside the chapel, Kite tells BlackRose about what happened to Orca, and she offers her assistance to Kite. Upon leaving the chapel, the mysterious hacker Helba tells Balmung that Kite is the friend of Orca. BlackRose responds by calling him ungrateful to the one who saved his life, and Balmung leaves without taking any further action. Balmung accuses Kite of being the hacker responsible for the degradation of The World. With this new ability, the Data Bug becomes a normal monster, and Balmung is able to defeat it again. At this point, Kite's Book of Twilight activates and gives him the ability to Data Drain. Balmung, though as strong as he is, cannot defeat it in this form. A player named Balmung appears and defeats it, but it's viral core restores it's energy and transforms it into a Data Bug, giving it unlimited Hit Points. There, the two are attacked by a monster that entered the area via an irregular portal. After posting his situation on the BBS, he meets BlackRose, who urges him to take her to the field Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground. It was at this time that The World's servers crashed.Īfter Kite finds out that Yasuhiko fell into a coma, he returns to The World to find answers.

There, the Book of Twilight is added to his inventory. Just as Skeith is about to do the same to Kite, someone distracts Skeith and transports Kite to Net Slum. Orca tries to defend himself and Kite but is no match for Skeith and ends up being Data Drained. Just as Aura is about to entrust Orca with the Book of Twilight, Skeith attacks. While Yasuhiko, known as the legendary player Orca, shows Kite the ropes, the two encounter Aura. Kite has been invited by his friend, Yasuhiko, to play The World. For consistency's sake, the main character will be referred to as Kite, the default name for the character.

This is where the user name and the character name are entered. The game opens with an excerpt from Emma Wielant's Epitaph of Twilight and is followed by a name input screen. The figure set that players received in Japan for reserving Infection. In Japan, players would receive a figure set that recreated the cover of the game and also seven illustration cards if they reserved it. The game should come packed with the first Liminality disc, ' In the Case of Mai Minase'.
