I looked back and saw the queen waving towards us. We kept walking on the plain grass with only one direction possible as we went through a valley again.
After a couple of hours of walking, we exited the valley, and it became a little awkward, with brown grass pointing up like someone had planted something.
“One more Village,” Mejni uttered, but not only that; the red flag was on the field with brown grass.
We stopped outside, and the red flag wasn't far away. Well, it did look safe enough without any enemies to approach it. We walked forward when I noticed how lean the brown grass was. When I touched on it, it felt like my hair was awkward. I touched the red flag, and the annoying box appeared in the air. It felt weird that the Village looked strange; they had built the cabins incorrectly.
“Welcome to stage two of the game. Do you have any questions before we proceed?”
“Yes, I have several. Does the game have citizens of The Fallen Kingdoms, or are they characters created for the Gameworld?” I asked it because I wanted to be 100 percent sure how much of this was game.
“Yes, civilians you meet in The Fallen Kingdoms are accurate that they are real; if anyone should pass away, they do not get resurrected.” The box explained.
“Eh, Okay! That didn't sound assuring at all. Let's see, who created this game?”
“A son of a mighty Mage from Earth that got trapped and imprisoned in this world. Last effort the Child put a spell and a curse on the Fallen Kingdoms, and it got closed off from the rest of the Valiant world.” Box explained.
Well, that was a weak excuse.
“Why did the ‘Son Of A Mighty Mage’ close off The Fallen Kingdoms?”
“The Fallen Kingdoms rebuilt to be named The New Kingdoms until Azlok started to invade the Kingdoms before they could rebuild, and when The Mage got caught, the child split everything up and created the game to hinder Azlok from taking over more Kingdoms.”
Well, that, though, sounded like common sense, I think.
Hmm, what more can I ask?
“Time is up with questions, and the explanation of the rules will start now.”
What the hell? I may have had more questions.
“Stage two consists of five circles. These circles are shining bright, and your mission is to stab with the two daggers in the circle to make the light go out. If successful, you will pass through to Stage Three.”
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Wait a minute, did it say daggers?
“What Daggers?”
“The Daggers that you have picked up ten meters before arriving at the red flag. You did pick up the Daggers?” The box asked.
We all looked at each other, minus Stella, who was resting and would probably have urged us to pick up the daggers. The ground started shaking, and we tried to keep our balance when I noticed the ground lifting up in the air.
“I think you should hold the grass because I feel bad about this,” I told Mejni and Lol.
They both grabbed the grass, and I started to run back to find the daggers. Suddenly, the ground turned uphill, and I saw something sticking out that looked like one of the daggers. I ran uphill, jumped, and managed to grab the dagger, and the ground under me was not there. I was hanging in the air and could see the other two holding the grass, and we all knew it; if we dropped, we would probably die from the fall. I saw something down under, something looking like an animal crawling on the grass, and they were climbing up towards us. I noticed a small rope on the dagger and saw the second dagger was just a hand-reach away. Quickly, I took the first dagger, grabbed the grass, and moved to the right to get the second one. The wall we were hanging on went down again, and when it pressed down, I quickly tied the rope around the stomach. I needed to hurry because the other two hadn't noticed the creature crawling toward them.
“MOVE!” I yelled to them, and Mejni and Lol split in different directions as I ran at full speed with the daggers on fire and the creature jumping toward Lol. I swung the right dagger toward the creature with a clean hit on its head. It bled out on the grass with half its head cut off as I looked down, wondering what the hell just happened to the ground. When I was going to check on Mejni and Lol, it was strange that they were looking up in the sky. When I turned around, I saw something gigantic, looking like a body of some sort, and we were at the bottom.
“That can't be a body, right?” I asked both of them.
“It...It...It is The Cursed Elfen King!” Lol uttered.
I tried to look as far up as possible but couldn't see the head because it was so far up.
“I think we are on the feet of the monster, and we will die,” Mejni said with a big smile on his face.
I could see the village from a distance and understand why the cabins looked so strange. When I turned around to speak with them, they were gone. When I turned back towards the village, I saw them running towards it, leaving me behind. I tried to run after them, but there was an Elf and a freaking Meerkat we were talking about; they ran like they were trying to break their world record of 100 meters ten times. As they reached the Village, both grabbed hold of something looking like a fence and when I closed in, the ground started moving in the other direction. I quickly stabbed both daggers to the ground to hold on. The ground turned into a wall again, and Mejni hung on the fence with his tail looking down at me with a smile on his damn fucking ugly face. The wall started to bend backward as I was now hanging in the air holding the daggers.
“WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!” I yelled.
“We are on the foot of the king. We must move ourselves to the leg so we do not fall!” Lol commented.
Did the kid say foot? It is an enormous freaking foot, but when I looked to the right, I noticed it was one more field to my right, realizing that my life must be over. If somebody ever complains that something is hard, I will tell them in the face if they have ever faced a monster that is so tall that you can't even see its head. That should shut everyone up.
“Climb Berk!” Mejni said with his smile even wider now.
“Are you seriously trying to get killed? Because I will fucking kill you after this, Mejni!” I uttered in anger.
He didn't respond and just kept smiling. Couldn't they have sent someone who wouldn't smile every time we were on our way to die?