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Chapter 24 - Reach out the stone

[ Warning! Not enough Comrades]

[Need 5 more players to enter, with one player age 16+]

" What can we do now? Its a great match to earn priviledge", said Ailee.

" Don't worry, let's invite our friends. I'll invite Patrick and Sean, its your choice to invite the other three", said Jason.

" Wow, Are you talking about Senior Patrick? When did he become your friend", asked Jimmy.

" Yeah, few days ago. All the blue scot players know me", replied Jason.

" Mm, of course you're popular!", exclaimed Jimmy.

" Don't waste time! I'll call Zina and Eric from my side as they are online now and what about you Jimmy?", asked Ailee.

Jimmy thought for a while and said?," I'll call my funny rowmate Ronald. He'd be forever online. That's it, let's invite them all now".

Few minutes after they'd sent the request, system displayed the notification.

[ Patrick21 and Sean9 accepted the invite]

[ Zinabeauty and Eric02 joined the match]

[ Ronald777 accepted the invite]

" Oohoo! Let's begin the quest", Jimmy exclaimed at top of his voice.

Ailee and Jason had already planned to leave home, only after finishing the match.

They collected and kept all the necessary items like water, soft drinks, eatables and their tablets near them, before the commencement of the match.

" Hi, guys! We're all in. Who's hosting this match?", Patrick asked from the other side.

" Ailee's hosting and she has all the control tricks too", replied Jason.

" What's the delay hostie? Let's get in right away!", Patrick asked Ailee in a friendly tone.

" Yeah! I'm entering", saying Ailee gave permission to the playing connecters and clicked the begin button.

[ Welcome back]

[ Well done! You have gained access to play the stage one of SURVIVAL COMRADE right away]

" What is it guys? Did anyone get any message?", asked Jimmy.

" Its because of me. I've DISCERTED Key in my treasure, which I gained from defeating someone from dark Land. It has power to unlock and regain a lost game", said Patrick.

They all complimented Jason for inviting Patrick and they requested Patrick to share his screen with them.

Patrick shared his screen for few minutes and it displayed the following:

[ Key of DISCERTION unlocking Stage one of Survival Comrade. ACCEPT OR DECLINE]

[ Felicitation! You've level uped using a rare treasure. Claim the priviledge]

" Thank you so much for using the key for us! Let's get in and enjoy now", saying Ailee screamed and pressed the button as they had no idea of where they were falling that time, as they got access to stage one directly.

They all screamed heavily, as they fell into a very deep land which was full of smoke and crazy noise. They sniffed heavy stench everywhere and they felt hard to breath 'cause of the stink.

" What is this place? I can't resist this smell?", Zina said as she felt digusted.

No one replied to anyone and they all stood in sheer silence. They all looked here and there and they took some time to observe the place.

Jimmy held the hands of Jason tightly, as he was unable to see anything in the mist. Within few seconds, his body got completely drenched up in sweat, out of fear.

Having no idea about the match, each one proceeded in the directions they wished to.

Now, they heard a heavy siren which shooked up everyone's heart, with its sudden appearance.

The display on the left corner beeped steadily, 'cause of the increase in their rate of heart beat.

[ Caution: Act vigilant! Vent out some air and relax yourself. Comrades heart rates are increasing]

They all followed her commands and breathed heavily. At some point, they reached an Arch, which looked old and haunted.

" Don't enter anyone! Let's wait until her second announcement", Sean warned everyone.

As per Sean's words, the second announcement came few minutes later, to test their patience.

[ REACH OUT THE STONE]

The name of stage one displayed in the big screen.

[ Comrades you are now standing in the land of Atlise and its severely toxicated. People had turned into monsters and the land is now in the hands of destruction]

[ The person who finds the Eternity stone and touches it, will become the Master. Remaining Comrades and the people of Atlise will become his subjects.]

[ Then, everything goes to the hands of the master. He should do three task to rescue the people]

[Task 1: Fight the dangerous monsters and help your subjects to find the Eternal flowers]

[ Task 2: Direct and help the subjects to prepare the healing portion, inorder to rescue the people]

[ Task 3: Use your intelligence and turn back everything normal]

[ Note: The Connecters can play only one task per day, so it'll take three days to finish this Quest]

With instructions explained, they all ran in different directions to find the stone. The world was designed accurately like Atlise, but some imaginary and creative changes made, to make the match Thrilling and challenging at the same time.

After walking in several directions, they stopped at a point, where they saw a long bridge infront.

They all had no idea of the bridge each one faced and the bridges appeared inaccordance to the environment, they were standing.

Zina saw a steel bridge, with number pattern whereas Ailee dealt with a bridge made out of ice and snow.

Patrick and Jimmy came infront of a wooden bridge, which looked 1000 years old; While Jason stood infront of a flowery bridge and Ronald confronted a bridge in the middle of a dark cave.

They still got some time, to converse with each other as a team. But, once they set their foots on the bridge, they no longer can recognise each others as friends.

Zina noticed the timer running faster and so she talked with everyone," Guys, I'm standing infront of a highly secured metallic bridge and I don't know what will happen if I move forward. If anybody has any request or if you see anything strange tell now. Once the timer stops, we won't be able to communicate unless someone touches the stone. Do you all see what I'm seeing now?.

" Mm, not actually. I feel extremely cold here. I'm in a place fully covered in snow and that's how my bridge is", replied Ailee.

[ Beeeeep] [ Timer up]

[ Its time for me to say goodbye!]

[ GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT THE STONE...]

The voice said its last words and took its leave.

From among the thousand bridges spread around, eight of them began their adventures from the eight bridges they'd selected without their knowlege.

With a mixed feeling of fear and excitement, they all moved ahead, in the test held by Connector, to teach them how to face challenges in life.