"What ember? I don't have any ember that you may need." "Of course you do. It's right here." The mini-boss replied calmly, pointing softly to the fine, shining ember on Wesley's sword. "The ember on my sword! That of all things? Is what you want me to give to you?" We both know that's not possible. So soak it all in." Wesley said as he flashed his sword at the mini-boss who tried to strangle him."What are you trying to do? Get away? News flash! I lied! There's no way out in this game. There's no turning back. You're in, you are in and that's the final fate of all players. You'll be eaten by Shadow and that is the end of the story! The earlier you get used to and understand that, the better for you!" "And for you too." The mini-boss had told the truth. He never envisaged Wesley would be able to escape. He was now bent on making sure he'd kill Wesley, seeing that he had passed on very vital information to him."There's no way you're making it out of here alive. Seeing what you know,
'You are welcome to the bridge of Despair' a notification read on the screen as the AI voice read rhythmically. Wesley was filled with an awe he was so intrigued at and overwhelmed with. He thought so much that he was close to finding the exit portal for the game. Little did he know he was close but not yet as close as he thought. The grounds immediately began to shake and tumble. He was terrified. The ember was weak and he was yet to exit this level so there was no upgrading or gifting till he did. "What do we do?" Wesley asked, looking frantically at Thorn. "We might need to seek the help of the goddess. This seems like doom if we don't find a way out." "Ta-da? I'm here!" Lily said from behind Wesley's ears. "You scared me Lily! What did you do? The ground is suddenly steadied!" "I did what I had to do to help a dying hero!" Lily mocked. "You mustn't mock me! C'mon! That's what you Lightans do! Help people! Ain't it?" "Yeah, so is it a crime if we take some feather
Wesley mistakenly stepped on a trap. It pinned him to the ground, he groaned in pains. He looked around, wondering where everyone went. The funny thing about the game was that they all were separated but didn't really know that they were at different locations. "Strong! Lily! Zily! What's going on? Goddess White! I don't understand the game anymore!" He screamed. In that moment everything returned to normalcy. They were together again. "What happened?" Strong asked. "I can't really tell, but I think something went savage with the game. "What do you think went savage?" Strong inquired, "I don't know, maybe there was a glitch or something." "There's something going on. It has never happened before in the history of the game." "What is that?" Wesley asked, fiddling with his sword, scared. "Players are being displaced. Some of these players are lucky enough to be placed back to where they were displaced from, some are not. It's like taking a fish out of water and placing it on lan
"Wow! Incredible!" "You deserve it. Your courage amazes me, even as a Lightan. Kudos." Wesley walked through the bridge with Lily behind him. They walked for a long distance, the bridge was getting despairingly long. Now they understand why it was named the Bridge of Despair. Wesley was getting weak. "Wesley! Come on, don't do that! Let's keep going. Don't despair! That's what the bridge wants, for you to despair." "The ember! It can boost my strength, I'm sure." Wesley highlighted as he reached into his bag pack for the ember, it wasn't there. He searched frantically for the ember, it was gone. And Lily was gone too. "No way!" "Yes way! You're our prey now. There's no going back. You're ours to feast on. We didn't kill you. Just something you should know in advance before you die." "Die? Do you really know me?" "We don't, we don't care to. We just want to party!" A host of weird looking creatures creeped out in their numbers from under the bridge. They crept out from all direct
"I don't know Son, please save me, don't let them have me, I saw them kill a young lady, right in front of me. I think she was a player or a relative to one of the players who couldn't meet up to their request." "Mother, I'm sorry you have to go through this. Please try to stay as calm as possible, I've got this. I'm gonna get you out of here. What was the request the player failed to fulfill?" "I can't remember!" She answered, amidst sobs. "That's the weirdest part of it all, I can't even remember what it was, if I could everything would have been a lot easier, I guess." "How did we get in here?" "I would explain that later Mom, please just put yourself together. This is not the end of the world. Now here's what we are going to do. I think I've figured this out. The game wants you to cry, so don't. Laugh instead. That would create an imbalance and thus we can escape. Are your hands tied?" "Yes they are." "With a rope? Or?" "I don't know what they call the material with
Suddenly Wesley is suspended in the air. The two mini-bosses watch in astonished. Suddenly they disappeared into thin air as well as the cage he was put in. Wesley, amazed and confused at the same time with regards to what had just happened, however continued his journey on. He was now heading towards the tower of decision, he remembered everything he was told earlier by one of the mini-bosses he had met. He muttered to himself, "tower of decision? How am I supposed to get there now!" "She would guide you" he heard White's voice say from behind him. "Ouch! You sure scared the hell out of me! What the heck!" He exclaimed as he sat back on a golden pillar standing in front of him. He was now in the Golden City, an immensely beautiful city, just after the bridge of Despair. He had appeared here since he was victorious at the bridge. Few players make it past the bridge. "You're slowly coming to the end of the game. I must commend your strength and tenacity, there have been so many pla
The mini-boss had forgotten to mention to Wesley the fact that he would go through the Street of Confusion on his way to the Tower of Decision through the Beach of Riddles. They had slowly arrived at the Street called Confusion, without even knowing it. The fairies, Lily and Lizot were well aware of this, but were too engulfed in their conversation to realize how far gone they were on their path. They slowly came to a street with the sign post, 'Welcome To The Street Of Confusion', it was indeed confusion. They had been on the street, long before they saw a sign post indicative of where they were. The street was also actually longer than it seemed to be. Most players ended up here, being swirled away by one thing or the other. Wesley also noticed that it was hard to understand what the inhabitants of this street said when they spoke, because the words were all juggled up and confusing. The feminine voice they heard belonged to a witch who lived on that street. She was the only one w
"There's one thing, getting to the Tower of Decision and there's another, finding Lord Shadow. Well when you get there, you'll figure it out yourself!" "Alright! It seems you'll rather be a blind witch!" "No. No. No. Wait. When you get to the Beach of Riddles, there's a ship that speaks, it's name is Menon. It's the only ship that would be able to take you all over to the other side of the sea, that's where you find the tower. Can I go now?" "Sure". She walked off into the thin air, as if there was an open door in front of her. "You've heard the direction she gave. "What's the next step now?" Wesley asked looking in the direction of Lily and Lizot. "We start heading on as she stated." A notification popped on the screen.'Tempest, you have delayed at a particular spot. The time is ticking, the game is rolling, don't be left behind.' "Ouch! Didn't see that coming." Immediately he said this words, he began running in the direction needed, as stated by Goofer, the witch. Strong fol