Hiking through the forests and valleys, P.K. Pally continued his wandering from town to town. His mother sure picked out an interesting name. She told him 'Pally' was short for 'paladin', but she wouldn't say what the P.K stood for. Anyways, P.K. Pally was a professional wanderer. There were times where he wouldn't see anyone for weeks, traveling alone. He liked to consider himself an adventurer, although he was not signed up with any guild. He made sure the areas he traveled through were basically empty of monsters, and even if he would encounter one, he was confident that he could remain hidden, He was not a fighter, not at all. Although he did enjoy hunting occasionally. The only 'weapon' he had was a small dagger, that he only used for his camping needs.

Today he was traveling through some plains, next to a mountain with a forest at its base. There seemed to be some ruins to the side, so he changed his course to have a look. As he got closer, he noticed that it used to be a small village. None of the buildings had any roofs, and most of the walls of the buildings were only standing at half of their original height.

It looks like there are only the ruins of the buildings left. I don't see any items around. Not even any tables chairs, or cabinets.

The village was built around its main road. A long road with a few rows of buildings on each side. The road extended past where the buildings ended for a short stretch. One thing that stuck out was that on the end of the road among the buildings was a large archway. P.K. Pally wasn't sure what it was for, since it was at the edge of the village, and there was even a building behind it. But he was amazed that it was still standing. All of the buildings broken, without roofs, and this archway, standing two stories tall. He placed his hand on the stones of the archway, as if to test how strong it was. The stones of the archway suddenly began to shine. P.K. Pally pulled his hand away, and stepped back. As he did so, the archway became filled with a glowing blue liquid. The liquid stayed within the borders of the archway, and did not spill onto the floor. The liquid was so thick that he could no longer see through the archway.

What kind of magic is this?

He started to back away, keeping his eyes on the archway. Slowly backing away, to the protection of one of the ruined buildings. When he reached one of the buildings, he backed up inside the open doorway, hiding himself inside, with only his head sticking out, to look at the archway.

He closed his eyes, trying to concentrate on his hearing, to listen for any moving thing that might be nearby, but he could hear nothing out of the ordinary.

Not surprisingly, P.K. Pally was confronted with another 'magic' that he had never seen before, and a blue screen popped up in his vision.

The next Wave will begin in 10 seconds

Startled, he tried to grab it, but his hands just passed right through it, and soon it was replaced with a timer, counting down.

9 seconds...

6 seconds...

He was getting anxious. Should I run?. He started to frantically look around. What should I do?

3 seconds...

He crouched down by the door way, still with his head poking out, to see what would happen.

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He closed his eyes expecting an explosion, but after waiting for a few moments, nothing happened.

After a little while longer, seeing as nothing changed, he stepped out of the building he was in and looked around. Everything was the same, and the archway was still filled with that glowing blue liquid.

After staring at the archway for a few seconds, he turned around. Slowly turning looking at the ruined buildings again, when he finally saw, down the road, a goblin was slowly marching towards him.

At first he froze. Then when his senses came back to him, he ran to the sides, to hide among the ruins. Ducking around a corner, he sat down behind one of the buildings, shaking a little. Goblins were supposed to not be much of a threat, especially a single one. Apparently they have the physical strength and agility of a child. But P.K. Pally had never fought one, and he was a little scared. He pulled out his dagger, and held it tight. He focused on his hearing, and it did not seem like the goblin was coming after him. Slowly he came out of his hiding spot, and walked around some buildings to come out behind where the goblin should be. Sticking his head out, he could see that the goblin had kept on walking at a slow pace. Did he not see me?. Slowly the unarmed goblin made its way towards the archway, and walked through. Where is he going?. P.K. Pally walked back through the ruins, and made his way around to behind the archway, but the goblin was nowhere around. He closed his eyes, and still could not hear the goblin.

P.K. Pally gathered his courage, held the dagger tight, and stepped into the building behind the archway. There was no goblin, but this room did have a table in the middle. On the table there was a bow. There were many shelves behind the table on the wall. On one was a quiver, and on another, arrows. There was even a copper sword on a stand by the side wall.

You have failed to stop the horde

Another blue screen popped up in front of him.

What did I fail?

Unsure of what was going on, he stepped up to the table to inspect the bow. It would be a good idea to just take these items, and get out of here. He picked up the bow and was confronted by another blue screen.

Wooden Training Bow – 25gp

Would you like to buy the bow? Y/N

I have the option of buying the bow? 25gp is a fortune! I could get a master class silver bow for that much gold! I'm not buying this bow for that much, how would I buy it anyways?. P.K. Pally decided to just take the bow and go, things around here were to strange for him to handle. He walked through the doorway, and as he passed through, the bow disappeared out of his hands. He looked around in wonder, and saw that it was back on the table where he first found it. Forget this, I'm out of here. He started to walk quickly away from the village, almost running. When he was a short distance away, he collided with something was stopped short. He felt as if he ran right into a brick wall.

You have not cleared the area. You can not proceed to the next stage.

There was no wall in front of him. Just an open plain. He stood up and extended his hands. It felt like there was a glass wall in front of him. He banged against it, and there was no effect. Not even a noise.

He looked back at the ruined village. Maybe there's something in that haunted village that can help get me out of here.

He started to slowly make his way back to the village.

The next Wave will begin in 10 seconds