Because there is no work to do right now, I just moved out of that place and tried to find something interesting. I walked without direction and arrived at the front of one cave. What is this? It appears no one is looking for this place. It might not hurt if I came here.
I just entered the cave, and it makes me feel a bit goosebumped. It is pretty dark here. I used the flashlight on the phone to look around. There were just a few bats in here, and they weren't attacking me. I am pretty sure of my safety right now. Also, as I arrived in one room, it made me feel happy. My heart pounded fast, as I got to see one giant set of shatranj in front of me. Although it is a set, it is a set of white pieces only and there is no piece on the other side.
Then, there was one big door in front of me. It says something on it.
'No touch allowed, no escape allowed, only the brave and strategic are allowed.'
How could I read it? It says "no touch", but my urge to touch is much stronger. I need to touch it. As I touched the Shatranj's white soldier piece. The door I entered just closed and there was no way to get out. Then the piece starts to move toward me as if it were a killing machine. About 16 giant pieces were going after me. It was a giant statue, and I was the only person there. I think I need to defeat the Shah. But there is no opening to it. As I thought carefully, one of the soldiers in front of me tried to attack me. It was a quick attack, but thankfully I managed to dodge that attack.
"Be careful, Hulaif. That is a golem, but it's movement is pretty fast. Survive." Mia said to me.
"Wait, that's all? At least give me a weapon. I am weaponless here."
"Don't care, you are still too weak to use me as your weapon. If you want a bit of advice, I can give it to you."
"Ah, OK. Make it simple for me to understand." At the same moment, I tried to dodge every attack from that golem.
"Like usual use Web."
"Ah, I forgot." I click the Web icon on my phone. "Wait a moment, please."
"Boss, do you want to enter the domain." Skid tried to help.
"No domain, I can't use my skills there." Mia intercepted. At the same time, I evade attack from other pieces.
"Skid, what can you do besides domain?"
"I think nothing right now." I need to buy Mia a few times to get this golem's weakness. As I evade a few attacks, Mia analysed the golem.
"The weakness is a gem at their head. You need to destroy it or remove it from them."
"Mia. Become a weapon, I need to attack them."
"But you are not ready yet."
"Please. It is not about being ready or not. All I need to do is survive this battle."
"Okay. If you insist, your maximum time will be one minute. Use the chesscraft feature." As I tapped on the chesscraft's icon, Mia in the bow version just appeared in my left hand from pixel into a real thing. Then, without waiting too long, I shot the arrow at the target. All of the targets have been hit and the golem has become deactivated.
After a few moments, the door is opened. It leads to another room. As I entered the room, the door was closed and there is something in front of me. There is one monument which states, 'no man can pass here without knowledge.'
It seems it is like a challenge of knowledge. I tried to look around this room. This room is empty and just has one door. Is it possible to have a secret door?
After a few minutes of trying to find a way out, I felt I wanted to give up. There is nothing I can do to get out of here except if there is something about the monument itself that makes me curious. I tried to take the word "knowledge" from the monument. I don't believe that they attached that word. As I took out the knowledge word, the monument suddenly shacked and moved. There is a path under it. I followed the path and got to the next place.
As I got to the next place, I found that there was one large golden box on the other side of the place. It must be a box containing a relic, I need to go there. But to get there, I need to cross the rope and fall from it. I will be dead. It was deep down there. I cannot retuck. I have gone this far; there is nothing that can hold me back. I tried to relax my hand and wipe off the sweat on my hand. Before that, there is a word on one monument that sticks on the wall. It says, the more you move, the heavier you become, and the more you move forward. There is no looking back. "Hmm... maybe a riddle like before."
I prepared myself by holding the rope and attempting to swing towards another rope. When I just moved it, I could feel something pulling me down. It was heavy as the gravity was quite different from the ground. I have to get back to the ground quickly to think about this. There might be other solutions to this as well. When I just turned my head back, the rope suddenly disappeared. I needed to know this earlier. There is no going back when I am this far. Does this mean I have to complete this trial to the end?
Without looking back anymore, I swing from one rope to another. As I tried to catch one rope, my hand slipped away because of the sweat. I almost remembered all of my life memories from childhood until right now.
"Hulaif!!! Wake up! Do you want to die now?" Suddenly, I realised and hurried up to catch the tip of the rope.
"Fuh, I thought I was going to die. Thanks, Mia."
"You better be cautious."
"Okay." Then, I climbed the rope and started to swing back. Although it was really hard to climb and swing, I used all my muscles to move. There is nothing to gain if there is no pain.
The moment my leg reached the ground, I was relieved when I arrived at the other side. All my arm muscles still ache from swinging. I rested for a moment. "Hulaif. I think you'd better rest first. Who knows what will happen when you open that box?"
"Thanks for your consideration, Mia. But I can't stop my curiosity behind that box."
"Please be careful and alert this time."
"Okay, Mia." After resting a bit, I went to the golden box in front of me. As I opened the box, there was a light that made my eyes become dazzled for a moment. "Ugh... my eyes, I can't see. What happened?"
"Hulaif, get out of there!" I heard Mia's voice and saw her move as she said. When my eyes are okay. I felt a bit surprised when there was one monster in front of me. I can see it was a big and dark creature inside that box.
"What is that thing?" I hid at the back of one big stone nearby.
"It is a mimic."
"Huh? What is that?"
"That is a monster that can eat anything. It always appears as a chest type. The person who opened the chest of the mimic will face them. Actually, most people die when facing them. It is an unbeatable and powerful monster unless you don't wake it up like before. What is your plan right now?"
"How about running back?" As I looked at my back, the rope suddenly disappeared. "I know, this might be a test for me."
"How can you defeat that monster?"
"I am not sure right now, but I will think about it."
"Human. I smell a human scent. Where are you? Your hide is useless. You can't return, nor can you move forward. All you can do is become my food. Die human. " This monster is hungry. I have no weapon except to use them(Mia and Skid) as a weapon. There might be a way to get out of this. "You cannot run, you cannot hide."
Suddenly, I could feel the temperature here rising quickly. I looked at that monster, I think I know why the temperature is rising right now. It is because the monster spits its fire everywhere. Because of that monster fire, the fire is spreading. The black smoke started to develop. If this happens continuously, I will die of heat and without enough air.
"Mia, could you use the web here to search for that monster's weakness?"
"Sorry, too hot to think." I believe I will perish as a result of the heat. Ah, wait! I still have a gut and ideas to think about.
"Skid, are you there?"
"Yes, boss. Can I help you?"
"Can you control the water?"
"I can. Why?"
"Could you lend me your power?"
"Sure. You can. Did you want to use a domain?"
"No. Something new."
"Wait, Hulaif! Don't say to me that you are going to use Skid right now?"
"This is the only way." I looked at the chesscraft icon on my phone. It seems I can use Skid power right now. I tried to imagine the weapon that would suit Skid. I think faster before using the power. I closed my eyes and visualised the weapon.
"Ah, I found it." Then, I tap on the chesscraft icon. Suddenly, Skid got out of the watch screen and appeared in my right hand. She transformed into a small bazooka cannon with Skid tentacles at the cannon tip.
"Boss, what happened to me?"
"You turn into a weapon."
"Wow, do I look awesome?" I nodded.
"Now, let's defeat that thing."
"Aye. Aye, Boss."
"Good, that is the spirit." I get out of the hideout to face up with that monster.
"I know my guess is right. Now a powerless human in front of me is going to be my meal. For a long time, I think I will treasure this meal. Should I keep its parts in my store?"
"For a monster, you sure talk a lot. Because you made this place burn, I think this is the end for you." Then, I shot using the cannon. I was shot using a cannon. One waterball just appeared and became the bullet for this weapon. When the waterball hits the mimic. I could tell that the monster had become more rage. Then it spits a large flame everywhere. "Hey, are you sure you are not a dragon?" I rolled to evade being hit by the fire.
"How dare you provoke me with water? I am a supreme mimic. The highest hierarchy of all mimics." It seems it is not a dragon. What a letdown.
"Then, it appears that your existence makes a situation more dangerous." I shot at the fire that was spreading around me, and it spits fire every time.
"Human, you give me no choice to make me use my ultimate power. Here comes my ultimate, 'devour the world'." It seems it charges its energy to eat me.
"Sorry Skid, this might use a lot of your power, but don't worry. I am sure I will let you rest enough after this. Time to use our ultimate too. Let's go 'tsunami shot'." The tentacles spin faster before letting the water out. As it collects energy, the endless water exits from the weapon. Thanks to a few tentacles that keep me from moving backwards and falling from here.
When the monster is about to use its power, I make sure that the monster drinks the endless water from the cannon. "Boss, are you sure this is going to work?"
"Don't worry, I am pretty sure about this. With this high pressure, it cannot be near us and it needs to drink the water." A few minutes passed, but nothing happened to the mimic, and this water still got inside its mouth. "That monster can't talk while the water goes through its mouth."
"Human, stop it. I can't be sure I can drink this water anymore. I felt like I was going to vomit the water I drank. I surrendered."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, anything besides the water."
"For a monster, you make a wise choice." I stopped using the 'endless water'.
"Who said, I am not going to eat you?" Suddenly, that monster moved toward me faster and tried to eat me. "That is what you get after provoking me too much."
"Actually, what do I have?"
"You human. How could you evade my attack and be at my back?"
"I know that you are going to use that. That is why I am using a Skid's ink to make you confused. Because you wasted the chance given to you, I will push you to the downside. Now, 'high-pressure push'." The high pressure of water is compact and is released toward that monster.
"No, human, you cannot do this."
"Yes, I can."
"Argh... Curse you human." It seems that the monster fell into that high-gravity zone.
"Mission complete. Thanks Skid. You can rest right now."
"Okay. Boss." Well, what do we get here?" It seems that the monster left its items here.
"Hulaif, this time let me check the item here for sure." As I waited for Mia to analyse the item, I sat down and rested for a moment. "Hulaif, I sense an unlimited space inside this item. Please be careful. As I took the item, it looked like a silk pouch. Suddenly, a notification comes from the phone. I look at that. It states. 'Do you want unlimited storage that can be carried everywhere easily?'
Hmm... This might be the reason why that monster is immune to the water. When I accepted the permission on the phone, the silk pouch disappeared from my hand and one icon appeared on my phone. That icon looks like a pouch itself. It said that it is storage.
I tried opening the storage, and there is one statement that stated, 'You can store anything you want, but not a living being. Use a camera to store the things you want.
What should I store using this? There is nothing to store. I should move forward. There might be a treasure beyond that room. I entered the next area, and I am on the outside right now. There is sand on the ground. It is bright here. The door disappeared from my sight. I need to find out whether I am on the outside or still inside that cave.
I look around here and I can see that this place looks like a garden to me. There are so many plants here. It's all grown lush. I sat for a moment on one of the benches, looking around to clear my mind. It is peace here.
As I continued to look around one more time, I noticed one monument that stated: 'The garden cave is a new beginning for living things. find the right plant to call it here.' Tch, why so many riddles here? Hmm...find the right plant, what should I find? I think all the clues are in the statement given. The new beginning, what is that mean?
I look around. This time I need to find the plant that looks like a keyword. I'm still unable to solve this riddle after an hour of searching. I sat in front of the pond to think. As I thought about how to solve the riddle, I found that there are some plants that are close and one of it is blooming. It seems that the plants are the same plant.
Wait, is that plant a lotus or something? I thought maybe it was the right answer. I took the lotus that still had not bloomed to put it at the monument. There is water in it.
As the lotus is put in the water, the lotus starts to bloom and the monument starts to shake. As fast as I can, I get away from the monument.
Suddenly, I heard a voice in my head. It really makes me feel a tingle. "Thou shalt complete all of this trial, may bless a part of the power that can unite this world."
Suddenly, a scroll appears under the monument. As I touched the scroll, it suddenly disappeared and entered the phone.
There is one scroll inside the storage on the phone. I tap on the scroll, and it says open. I taped on the scroll to open. As it opens, there is something on the scroll that makes me feel weird about this world.
It says: 'A calamity will happen in this world soon. People will fight each other; the innocent will be the one killed; no one can escape; there is no hope.'
When I looked at the monument again, one light appeared. When I touched the light, it suddenly all became white, and when I realised, I was back in that village. Right now it is dark and no one at the outside except there is one human came to me with a torch.