The situation reminds me of the Kingdom of Gold ruled by Ravan from the epic of Ramayana , That story also had a kingdom entirely made up of gold .
Hanuman a deity served The incarnation of Lord Vishnu
Shree Ram . And Ram waged war against Ravan after he kidnapped his wife .
Or it might be the lost city made entirely of Gold El Dorado.
Maybe the quest is something related to that .
We tried to understand the meaning of the quest . And started interpreting the quest in different ways .
McElroy:
Maybe by destruction it means that there is someone evil controlling the kingdom . So thats why we are supposed to destroy the whole Kingdom .
Jay :
Theres a fault within your hypothesis , if that was the case it would have said to destroy the king or end the rule or something.
McElroy:
Then maybe there must be something evil lurking in the kingdom itself that's why they are asking us to destroy it .
These hypothesis were getting out of hand .
Era :
If you aren't sure about the quest you're supposed to do then just go and see . It's that simple.
Jay :
Guess that's the only thing left to do .
And so after a frame skipping we stood before the golden gate . Where mercenaries were stationed . Theyet is in without any fuss .
The entire city was golden from the buildings to even the pavements . And the people were also golden .
I tried to control them using metal magic but they wouldn't even budge .
So I came to a conclusion . The skin is golden not the internals . Other wise they'd be walking like C3po
One of the golden skinner approached us .
? :
I haven't seen you before , are you new here .
Jay :
Yes we are travellers we have come a long way .
? :
You might be tired from traveling let me take you to a great place inn that I know .
Jay :
Thank you .
?:
Much appreciated
He took us to an inn and I thought it would be an off budget , your run of the mill for advertisement.
But I was wrong .
We faced a truly luxurious inn I have ever seen in my life .
Just like a 5 star hotel . It had evrything from swimming pools to very grand rooms and beddings and all of the service was great .
Jay :
I don't think we could afford to stay here . We are running on a very tight budget .
? :
Don't worry it's free to live here . You can stay as long as you want .
Jay :
Free ?
McElroy:
Free ?
We were both skeptical when we heard the word free .
Jay :
Oh , I almost fell for it . It was a good joke .
? :
I didn't say any joke .
From the distance a mercenary came by .
Merc :
Any troubles , we're having .
? :
No I was just guiding them to the inn . But they think I'm joking .
Merc :
It happens a lot , with travellers who are new .
Merc :
Listen you guys , you can fully trust the citizens of the kingdom . They'll help you . I have to patrol the kingdom
And don't cause trouble for them . Or I'll be the one who causes trouble for you
? :
They look decent I'm sure they won't . Come in now let's get you check inn .
After that the person made us checked inn at the inn .
When I asked the fees for the inn the registrar said that they were free .
Registrar :
We also provide all types of services and we'll provide you with breakfast, lunch and dinner.
And if you want to tour the kingdom we'll also provide a guide who can take you around the kingdom .
We took the key and entered inside the room and it was polished sqeakily clean .
The walls were a lighter shade of gold .
The bedsheets and the bed were white in colour . But they had stitching of gold on them .
There were various design stitched on them . Design of different flowers and leaves accompanying them as a part of a plant.
the opposite wall a veranda with a beautiful view of the kingdom . And on the window curtains made of gold strings .
The gold strings were so slim that they felt like silk .
I just relaxed as I say in the bed and somehow my sore muscles started relieving themselves . And my muscles relaxed a bit and I don't know how but I fell asleep .
It must have been due to exhaustion from all the running around I've been doing since coming here .
But all my fatigue just melted away .
Like that time in the dungeon where we met Mariel and then took her to an adventure .
But then we lost her to the hands of the immortals .
Technically her pendent version .
And another teammate we lost was the singer with a beautiful voice that made heaven close to the lands .
Just listening to her was a bliss and she sang a lot during our trip together .
She got captured because of some suspicion.
But I swear ome day I will rescue her . I just need to find out her whearabouts .
After a few hours I woke up stress free . I washed my face with water . The water was colourless but it refracted yellow light due to the base being golden .
And I had a lavish dinner with our group Our plates were made with pure gold . But apparently the food was not made of gold . I was wrong in my guess .
We still haven't found something wrong with this kingdom .
There has to be something evil lurking here for us to ask to complete such absurd quest .
The people are king , everything is essential free . I don't see any sign of there being an illegal activity or any sort of black market . Or anything at all . There are no signs of any corruption.
This is a place where one mistakenly call it paradise .
There must be something wrong with this place . Not everything can be free .
Era :
Really you're just fixated on the word Free .
Jay :
There is nothing in this world or the next where everything is free .
McElroy:
There was something I was wondering if there is a version of Era who mostly don't tell us anything. There might be a version of Era who tells us everything.
Era :
You're absolutely correct . There is one version of me from the timeline number 56778293457 . She actually violated the rules set by X and told both of you everything .
And in a few minutes she died of cancer . As her body cells violently mutated. And soon formed a mass, a violently clump of cells where the veins were incorrectly formed so it spilled blood out of every single opening. And then she died as oxygen couldn't reach her mutated cells.
A truly violent kind of death.
Jay :
Damn !! And you saying without any emotions sent a chill down my spine just now.
Era :
I know not everything is fun and games knowing everything about everything .
Jay :
If you know everything about everything you should also know how to defeat him.
Era :
That's the thing. I do know what I know and how to defeat him. But I don't think you will want that.
Jay :
Why not?
Era :
You'll have to see that for yourself.
And that's how we ended our day in a serious note