The sky was pouring non stop and standing in the graveyard while soaking wet in water, Gem looked up.
Everyone left and now he was standing alone. His face was emotionless and under the thunder and lighting, he washed all his emotions.
"Host, what are you going to do now?"
"They made a mistake and now they are going to pay for it. I will do what they stopped me to do. I am going to escape from this world and every other world that they created for me.
And once I got out, they are going to pay.
I will make them pay."
He squinted his eyes as he looked in the distance. He might like to live in this world but now he was woken up to the reality.
"Host, I am very happy.
Let's get out of this world."
The mechanical voice sounded happy while Gem lifted his hand and grabbed the necklace.
"We are going to find the ring."
"Yeah, about that....."
The mechanical voice sounded confused. How are they going to find the ring?
"Let's get back to Lizzy. I am sure she can help us.
But before that.... will that ring be present here.'
Gem wanted to confirm and the mechanical voice went quite for a second.
"Host, this world has rules and no one can break those rules not even those gods.
So, that ring is here and the answer is hidden in the riddle
The dragon ring is hidden where sun can't reach and Moon can't shine yet it is always under sun and the moonlight is always bright."
Gem rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Then, let's find that place."
He turned and left the graveyard. After half an hour, he was standing outside the house where Lizzy lived. She was startled to see him soaking wet outside her door.
She brought him inside and gave him a towel. Gem dried his hair as he sat on the couch. Slowly he started telling everything to Lizzy who looked stunned. As he finished speaking, Lizzy was in deep thoughts.
"So, I was not going mad. I was actually waking up again again the same world."
She inhaled deeply as she glanced at Gem.
"I knew this world was fake. One day, I woke up and everything changed around me. It was same yet not the same.
I knew something was wrong but now I can understand everything."
Gem did not expected this from her but now he was not alone. There was someone who was ready to help him.
Lizzy took out a map of the city and the map that she made.
Both of these looked same but in opposite way. As like in mirror.
"I drew this map on my memories. We can use this map to find the location of the ring."
Gem took the map and stared at it trying to figure out the riddle.
"The dragon ring is hidden where sun can't reach and Moon can't shine yet it is always under sun and the moonlight is always bright."
He whispered to himself as he picked a pen and drew a line. He drew another line in opposite direction and then kept drawing it.
"The sun rises and set like this and this is the direction of the moon. What if it's under these spaces where they meet?"
Gem spoke and stared at all the places.
"It could be." Lizzy admitted.
"We have three locations. Let's check these two first and then meet here."
He told Lizzy and both if them got up. First place was the roof of a plant house and Gem went there while Lizzy went to the city school.
Gem entered the roof and looked around. There was nothing he could see as a potential place for hiding the ring. He kept looking around but all was in vain.
After an hour, he went to the third location that was a old church.
As he reached there, Lizzy also arrived.
"I could not find anything there."
"Hm same here.
But why I am feeling we are missing something."
He sat down and rubbed his finger on the floor. There was something in the back of his head that kept telling him he was going in the wrong direction.
He lifted his hand and grabbed the necklace between his thumb and his finger.
"Where is it?
Where is that ring?"
He questioned himself and at the same time he felt a splitting headache. The necklace glowed Blue making him close his eyes as a painful expression appeared on his face.
Behind his close eyes, he saw something.
Was it a hint from the necklace?
It seemed like the necklace had the power to show him the future visions. He did not know how but he unlocked it's power somehow. It could be because of his blood as he was the true son of the dragon king.
"They are very clever."
He straightened up while a strange grin on his lips.
"What happened?"
Lizzy asked him making him chuckle.
"We were in the wrong place all this time. The answer was always in front of my eyes and yet I could not see it."
He nearly ran out of the church while Lizzy followed him.
"Where are you going?"
"The same place where we first met." Gem chuckled as he kept his pace. He find the answer and he was going to leave this world.
For him, this world was pretty easy. But he forgot this was just the beginning and this world was just an illusion. A illusion of his deepest desires.
As he stood in front of the statue in the park, he was completely out of breath.
Now he knew why he felt strange when he first saw this statue. Before in the original world, the statue held the book in both hands but in this world it's one hand was under the book. The statue was always under sunlight or moonlight but it could never reach the ring as it was under the book.
The answer was obvious yet so hidden.
He chuckled as he climbed on the statue and held the forward his hand to take out the ring from the third finger of the statue.
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Gem moved his hand and get hold of the ring in the third finger of the statue. As he touched the ring, the white coating on the ring fell down revealing a thick metal ring with engraving similar to the necklace. It was not like a normal ring but looking at it, Gem could feel the difference.He found it. He found the ring and now all he has to do was to get out of this world."Gem, son. Why are you here so late at night?"He froze as he heard the voice behind him. As he turned, he found his mother holding hands of his two siblings.For a second, his grip on the ring trembled but he was quick enough to remind himself that this all was an illusion. It was not real. He needed to find his true identity."Brother..."The little girl called him in himer innocent voice."Let's go home.""Host, do not stop here. You need to get out of this world. Now that you have ring, you know what to do."The mechanical voice reminded him."It is just a dream. You will wake up in your true body once you get
The last thing that Gem remembered was hitting the ground and feeling the indescribable pain but in a second it was gone and he felt light as feather that was floating in the space.He slowly opened his eyes and for the first time he felt strange in his own body. He sat up and felt something different with his body. It was not the body that he was living it. It did not feel weak. Rather it felt good.He looked around and found himself in a room. The room was big and spacious."Welcome host to your original body.""Where are we?"He questioned as he walked towards the mirror to look at himself while the mechanical voice went quite.Gem stood in front of the big mirror and was amazed what he saw in the mirror. He was much taller and muscular than before. His features were same but more sharp and his hair were blode with a red strand. He looked like a character from the the movies."Is this my original body?""Yes host. The two worlds were created in your subconscious mind but your consc
"You came to the perfect person. I know everything about this world and every other one. I can help you get out but you have to take me with you."Gem stared at the girl standing in front of him who was too proud of herself."If you are that perfect then why everyone kept abandoning you." The words hit directly on her heart making her wince in pain. "Ah boss. Don't be so mean. I can prove my worth to you but..."She paused and looked behind him."We have a guest."She pointed towards his back making Gem turned and look where a man was standing. His face was blank as if he was wearing a skin on his face. There was no eyes, no nose or lips."I hope you are good at fighting."Sumi told him as she jumped and landed on the top of the abandoned car while Gem looked around."Host, get that rod."The mechanical voice showed the metal rod that was on the side of the pavement. The thing growled and ran towards him while Gem was quick enough to dodge his attack and ran to the other side. The m
The night was very uncomfortable as there were monsters screeching outside. This place had everything that a prison needed. The guards were of those that had high level of power. Once you enter this world, either you play to keep yourself save or you are killed by those monsters.It was a sick game created by gods.Gem only slept for few hours before he woke up. They came out of the abandoned shop and went on the journey.Sumi was with a group of three girls and a boy. She was like a ration bag and this was the reason she was still alive."Host, we should find a way to get out of this world. There might be a map that can lead us to the exist. If you say, I can find the location but it needed me to go under the installation of new update and it will take some time.""Alright. Do it."Gem spoke to the system who with a ding went quite while the girl looked at Gem."Did you Say something?""Have you tried to get out of here?""Yes, we did.But we could not find the map of the city."She
"Host, turn left and walk two hundres yards more."Gem looked around and there was nothing in front of him just a desert full of sand and dunes. He was walking from past one week and during this he killed few monsters resulting his power level to increase to 20 percent.He paused as he saw a strange symbol in the sand. He found it. He found the map of the city. He walked towards it and started digging the sand to reveal the symbol more clearly. It was a door to the underground temple where the map was present.He stared at the symbols that were strange but he could read these. Before he could do anything, an arrow passed near him and pierced in the door.He turned his head and find a girl standing holding a bow in her hand. The only thing visible on her face was her eyes and the remaining face was covered with a piece of white cloth.Gem dusted his hands and got up as he pulled his sword out of his back."I reached here first."He calmly announced but the girl prepared her bow and loo
."He got the sword. How could he get the sword so easily?Did not you two were doing your work?Or you two need me to show what I can do when people don't do their work properly."The twins shivered who were kneeling in front of a shadow."You have one day to get that sword back or..."The shodow got up and left the room while the twins inhaled deeply."Master is not in a good mood." One of them spike while the other nodded. The tone might be calm but the calmer it gets, the more angry their master was.They entered the second world and looked for Gem who was entering a forest. They also followed him but suddenly he disappeared."Where did he go?"One of them questioned to his brother and suddenly something hit him from the back resulting him falling on the ground. Behind him was standing Gem holding the sword. He grabbed the man from his collar and put the sword against his neck."I do not like company."Living in this world, he learned a lot and the first thing he learned was not to
Gem pulled the sword, holding it in front of him as he ran and jumped from the cliff. He felt powerful. His powers were being awaken each day but he was still not able to go into his dragon form.The sword went through the big monster that let out a lot scream and then fell down. The sword was glowing in his hand before it became dull."Congratulations host, your level had increased to 13."Gem looked at Sumi who blinked and then flashed a big dumb smile. He never understood how she remains happy even in such situation."You came to save me." She got up and Gem noticed she was holding an infant."Stay safe." Gem turned as he attacked the other monsters. Soon, the whole place was cleared while Yumi gave him a nod. She did not say anything but he could feel she was hostile towards him now.They were traveling with a group of people when the monsters attacked them. Soon, the two groups parted. Gem was also going in the same direction where Yumi was going was going."You can come with us.
The new world was more greener than the previous one. It was full of fruits and flowers but they did not see anyone near.The group only wanted to escape from the prison and now they had no idea where they will go. Yumi asked Gem about his destination but Gem was not sure where he would go."Host, this world made for elves. There is no danger here."The mechanical voice told him and he knew what he was going to do. After biding goodbye to the others who were going to explore the new world, he walked in the opposite direction to them. But he haven't walked much when he found the goddess in his way."Running away."She chuckled and a sword appeared in her hand. She moved the sword through the air and waited for him to withdraw his sword."Host, do not draw your sword.Attacking a dragon in elves land is a crime. She won't attack you until you start it."The mechanical voice warned him and Gem took the advice. Without saying anything, he started walking further inside the area while Sum