It was about an hour since Roy left Turner Territory. He ran along the river, coming out of Turner Territory as fast as he could.
He had not yet seen Leviathan Mountain.
Roy didn't hesitate; obstacles or not, he just jumped over them. Pausing for a moment was not an option.
After Running for a while, a big mountain was visible from a distance. Its vastness could be gauged from the fact that it looked enormous even from such a distance.
'It must be Leviathan Mountain.'
It was told in the game that Leviathan Mountain was one of the enormous mountains, and if you look at it from a distance, it is easy to tell from its vastness that it should be Leviathan Mountain.
This is where I will be able to get the cure for that poison.
Roy's eyes were also on that mountain, and he was moving in the direction of that mountain. A passion was visible on his face. Sweat was visible on his face, but even then, he was not ready to stop anywhere.
'I will take that cure on time.'
Amelia couldn't speak until the end of the game or the anime. All the anime and fans of that game told the developers a lot about why they did not give the heroine the ability to speak.
They all liked this game very much, due to which they all felt very attached, so they wanted the developers to be able to give Amelia the ability to speak, which would make this game even better.
My friend narrated the whole thing to me, He will keep telling me whether I listen or not, and because of this I also came to know about all this.
When the fans applied a request to the developer, the developer gave his reasoning and said that this is a curse and Amelia's curse will be removed only if she has a deep attachment to someone; only then will it be able to be removed and Amelia will be able to speak.
Right now, Amelia does not have such a good bonding with Andrew, but in the future, when Andrew and Amelia are together, their love will grow, which we will tell in the sequels. Due to which all the fans agreed.
As long as it was a game, it could still be accepted for a time, but when it became a reality, this was evident that we would feel sympathy for Amelia for her fate.
I do not want anyone to die because of me, and that too, a girl who thinks good for everyone and is very naive.
I wish that sooner or later if she finds happiness with Andrew, she should get that happiness. She, too, has the right to be happy.
Whatever trees and bushes were coming in Roy's way, Roy was going forward despite it in front of him. He removes the sword from his sheath, cutting them as he advances.
'I won't let her die so soon. At least not until-'
Moving forward, that mountain was also slowly starting to appear near, and Roy's clothes were also torn from many places due to being in the bushes, but this too could not stop him from moving forward.
There was a stubbornness in his face which he probably did not want to go back without fulfilling. There was a gleam in his eyes.
'- She may aware of the joy of life and also she has yet to experience much happiness as well.'
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Fifteen minutes had passed, and Roy was standing at the bottom of Leviathan Mountain.
In front of him was a steep climb of the mountain, which was very high. To go to the top of the hill, he has to overcome that steep; only then will he be able to climb the mountain.
'This peak is very high, how will I be able to cross it.'
Right now, I do not see any other way to climb up the mountain except to climb this steep and go to the top. Maybe there will be another way, but I don't have time to find that way right now.
But the biggest question is that if I have to cross it, how will I do it?
If I try to climb with my hands, then I do not think I will be able to climb up because this climb is very steep, so it is difficult to get a grip of my hands on it.
Roy used a method in the game because his speciality was speed. He tried to run on the wall, but he could not wholly succeed in it.
If I can handle that, then maybe I can be successful. I should look at it.
Roy was standing in front of the mountain with his sword in its sheath, looking at its peak. And looking at the height, he was consolidating his mind to climb up.
'I can do this.'
Roy jumped up and started running diagonally up the mountain, moving uphill quickly.
'I did it.'
When Roy climbed half the steep to the top, his face began to rejoice at the success of his efforts. But as soon as he came out from half the climb, he started falling.
'No, don't fall, Roy.'
Roy started falling and he tried to avoid falling by holding some stone with his hand.
As soon as he grabbed a stone, his hands would suddenly fall behind in pain.
'It's painful.'
Due to the wounds in both my hands, when I am trying to hold a stone, the pain is getting worse, but I have to bear this pain, or else my life may also be in danger.
Roy was trying his best to hold the stones. He was in pain but still trying, unable to hold it, and falling on his face.
'If it doesn't work then-'
Roy was falling downwards. He was about to fall to the ground when he put one hand towards the bottom and started looking at it.
He started using magic with one hand.
'Wind Tornado'
As soon as Roy used magic, a gust of air started coming from his hands and started going down towards the ground.
Roy started falling in the whirlwind of that wind. The gust of wind was powerful, due to which the speed of Roy's fall could be reduced, but it could not ultimately save him from falling.
As soon as Roy fell to the ground, He was thrown away to the other side and spun; he fell to the far side, and many wounds had also come on his body. His clothes were also torn in many places.
'I am experiencing every new face of pain after coming into Roy's body.'
I used to think I could do everything very quickly by coming into Roy's body, so now I should remember from this lesson that everything is not easy without hard work.
I had already reached half the climb; maybe if I tried one more time, I could be able to get to the top of the climb.
Roy began to rise from the ground below.
He had bruises on his body; fatigue was also visible on his face. He was feeling pain in standing but still trying to stand up.
'Don't give up, Kazuo. Do not forget that you are in whose body. Roy, who does not give up no matter what the situation is.'
In the anime, when the party members of the protagonist stood in front of Roy to kill him, there was still no wrinkle of fear on his face.
In a situation where most people run away to save their lives in fear, Roy stood to face them without any fear; he did not run away.
Roy was scum, but he never put his knees in any situation but faced every problem.
If you are in that Roy's body, will you kneel before the situation? Stand early; time is not much; on your one decision, someone's life and death are fixed.
So what are you thinking? Try again.
Roy courageously stood up and started returning to the mountain climb, preparing to climb again. He had in his mind that he would continue to rise this steep.
'I will not leave here without taking that thing for the purpose for which I have come here. No matter how many difficulties I have to face to get it.'
Roy again started running up the mountain.
'I will not give up. As long as I have the strength, I will keep trying.'
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Twenty minutes had passed, and Roy was wiping blood from his mouth as he sat down with one leg on the ground.
He tried continuously, but even then, as soon as he reached half the climb, he would fall. Due to this, blood had started coming from many places on his body, but Roy did not stop trying.
'I always fall down only after climbing half the steep. How do I proceed?'
Even after trying so hard, I am not able to get success, so after all, if I have to climb this steep, then how to climb. I can't understand
I'll probably still need the training to climb the wall, but I'll have to go through this climb for now. Time is running out very fast.
I have to find some way.
When Roy looked back at the top of the mountain, his eyes fell around.
There were trees all around.
In which vines were hanging. There was nothing else to help him climb up.
Roy was lost in thought while looking at the trees.
'I have tried so many times to climb up one way, should I try another approach?'
One of my teachers told me there could be many ways to do the same thing.
If you see only one way, it doesn't mean there is only one solution. It means that you haven't tried well yet to find another solution for it.
Should I try another way too?
How much time did you spend solving this situation in one way? So what is going to be done in trying to solve it in another way?
If it is solved in that way, then it is your benefit.
Roy's eyes were only on the trees from which the long branches were coming. After looking at the trees for a while, Roy started going toward those trees.
'What's the harm in having a look?'
Roy went and stood near the tallest tree among those trees. And as soon as he stood, he started pulling as many vines as possible from that tree.
Several vines were broken due to Roy pulling the vine down, but Roy was still pulling it.
'This can work.'
After pulling under several vines, Roy took the vine in his hand, which had not broken by pulling.
As soon as he took that vine in his hand, he pulled it to his left.
Due to Roy pulling the vine, the tree to which this vine was attached also started bending down.
'Roy, give me strength, you are powerful, aren't you? Give me courage.'
Roy was pulling that vine with all his life, due to which that tree also started bending down towards him.
The tree was not very thick, leaning downwards due to some hard work.
Roy started pulling the vine of that tree towards a big stone and started trying to tie that vine to that big stone.
'Get tied up. A little more, just don't break.'
Roy, with great care, not applying much force, slowly started tying the vine to that stone.
Roy was pulling the vine very slowly so it would not break anywhere. He was tying with all his might.
After trying for a while, he had tied the vine to that big stone, due to which the tree was bent down.
After tying that vine to the stone, Roy started climbing very slowly on it from the other side of that tree and climbing slowly; he had reached the other side of that tree.
The tree was very tall, and Roy had to face many difficulties in making balance on it, but he maintained his balance by doing no unnecessary movements.
'This should work or else it will become very difficult. Time is running out.'
If this method does not work now, I will have to give up and climb with my own hands, no matter how much pain I have to bear in climbing up. Other than that, I will have no other way.
I can only pray that this method works.
Roy came to the end of the tree and turned his face towards that mountain. And Roy started looking towards the top of that mountain. He also took out his sword in the sheath and began to tilt his body slightly downwards.
Roy closed his eyes and started encouraging him to try this method. And after closing his eyes for a few moments, he opened his eyes back.
'I can do it, have courage, Kazuo, you can do it.'
Roy opened his eyes and cut the vine tied to the stone with his sword, which broke, due to which the tree came back to its place very fast, and he was tossed very fast in the air.
Soaring in the air, Roy was about to hit the mountain a little below the top where the stones were.
'Just a little more pressure then I will reach the top.'
Roy was about to hit the stones, he was just a little away from the peak, but he still could not reach the top.
Roy moved one of his hands towards his feet and started looking in front.
'If even this force is not able to reach me to the top, then I will have to apply the force myself.'
The wind started coming around Roy's hand, and Roy did not take his eyes off the front.
'Wind'
The air pressure started coming out of Roy's hands, due to which he was slightly upwards, but the peak was still a few steps away from his face.
He was just an arm away till the top, but as soon as he came up that much, he started falling back down. He was just about to fall back down.
'I won't go back without crossing you, whatever happens now.'
Roy, holding a sword in his other hand, hit him on the top of the mountain so that the blade got stuck inside a bit of stone. And Roy took as much life as he had left, taking the support of the sword with one hand, made his body upwards.
And as soon as he removed the magic with his other hand, he kept it on top of the peak.
'I make it '
Giving weight on his other hand, Roy reached the top of the mountain and lay down as soon as he climbed up. His breathing was fast, and his heart was beating very fast.
He was looking at his hand with one hand in the air.
'I can't believe I got past this.'
Thankfully this method worked. I expected it to be only sixty percent successful, but it worked. I am thrilled that my luck supported me in such times.
Now start moving forward; you have no time Kazuo. If you want to find the poison's antidote, stand up and start your search.
Roy got up from the ground below, keeping his sword in his sheath from the stones, and started preparing to go inside the mountain forest.
He had many injuries on his body, due to which he was in pain, but he was still preparing to move forward, bearing that pain.
As soon as Roy was ready, he started running fast towards the woods. He was going in so fast that it was difficult to see him well. He was just moving without stopping anywhere with the urge to get something on his face.
'I'm not going to go back without taking that method along.'
Roy just started going to the forest with this in his mind.
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A little time had passed. The darkness of the night had also deepened. Dark clouds were starting to form in the sky. And slowly, snow started falling from the sky.
Roy was standing in front of a big tree while searching in the jungles. Its stem was black and huge, and the colour of its leaves was also red.
Roy was standing in front of that tree and turning his gaze around.
'If my memory is correct, then it must be that tree.'
In the game, I saw my friends playing; whenever one of Andrew's party members was injured by a Kreman monster attack, they all came up to Leviathan Mountain.
On Leviathan Mountain, there was a tree which was black and whose leaves were red. They used to come there and got teleported somewhere.
I searched all over the place, but I could not find any tree other than this one which matches the description of the game but now, if you go from here, where to go?
I didn't play the game, but whatever I saw my friends playing when they came in front of this tree, they teleported from here to a cave called Dungeon of Myth, which maybe I didn't know very well.
'Think, Kazuo, think, your friends must have talked to you about something or the other in front of you.'
If I pay close attention, the game's screen had many descriptions before teleporting, and they couldn't proceed when they didn't press the ok button from the game controller.
But now, how would I know that description?
My friends were very chatty, they never kept quiet, whatever they did they used to tell me all. Whether I liked listening to them or not, they kept telling me about the game too.
They must have said something or the other about the description, too, but I cannot remember what it was.
'Think Kazuo think. What was that description on which Akira had praised the developers a lot, why can't you remember.'
Fans liked the way that description was made, they all wanted to bring a scene in this anime, but their wish was not fulfilled as there were no scenes related to it, but still, my friends were very happy to read that description.
Why were they happy?
Because we were all doing software engineering, later on, we also had to make a lot of software, and my friends had to go to make games. That's why they used to praise the developers a lot. Because one day, they also had to become a developer.
But why can't I able to remember.
Roy had kept one of his hand on his forehead, trying his best to remember the description, but he could not remember it. He was grasping his hair in his hand so that he would remember.
But even then, he could not remember the words in the description.
'Kazuo, time is too short, you can remember. I believe you can remember. If not for yourself, at least think about Amelia, she will be killed. So one cannot let anyone die because of himself remember.'
Roy concentrated his full recall power with all his best effort, closing his eyes and keeping his hand above his head.
He tried his best to remember what his friend had told him while walking around with his eyes closed.
His body was still injured, but he was paying all his attention only to remember that thing without paying attention to it.
'I remembered.'
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This happened when Kazuo's friends were sitting in his hostel room. Three boys were sitting in front of the laptop; one was seen playing the game on the computer, and the other two were watching his game.
They all were watching the game in such a way that they liked the game very much.
"Kazuo, see this, see this scene that I was telling you, this would have been the work of a master developer, what is the work of a master developer, how much he has put in his mind, only a good developer does this work."
One of the three boys playing the game on the laptop looked at the boy working above the table and asked him to look at his computer.
But the boy was busy doing his work.
"Kazuo, come early because of you we have paused this game. Hurry up and see how deeply the developer thinks about making the game. Come early, don't waste our time."
"Kazuo hurry up, I too have to go to study after playing this game, because of you my turn will be late. Come soon, what are you doing?"
Seeing that boy not coming, the two boys who were watching the game were also asking him to go and watch the game with them, but that boy was still not listening; he was doing his work with his entire focus.
"Let me finish the assignment. I don't have spare time to hear about your game. Already you keep spoiling my mind every day with the talk of this game. Don't disturb me I am busy."
"Kazuo, this work is for the holidays, even if we do it later, it will work, look soon, if we have to make a game sometime in the future, then we will make it like this, see how well the developers have written this scene after thinking."
"Akira, I have to go to my house for the holidays and I could not work at home, so I want to get the work done as soon as possible from me. I don't want to waste my time behind this game."
"Mitsuo, you tell him something he is not going to listen to me. Kazuo is trying to portray himself as more educated."
"Kazuo, well then see what the description is, see that. See, Mir has paused the game for you."
Even after listening to Mitsuo, Kazuo did not stop doing his work; he started speaking to him as soon as he worked.
"You know already, how many times you have told me this description praising the developer. I have no interest in the description, how many times have I listened to the same thing."
Even after Kazuo's refusal, they all wanted to tell Kazuo because they liked this game so much that they wanted to show Kazuo also the goodness of the game.
"Well, listen for one last time, then we will not say it more, promise."
"Yeah Kazuo, hurry up or Mir won't resume the game and we won't be able to get our turn to play."
"Kazuo, hear already, why are you sulking like a girl."
Seeing the three of them insisting so much, Kazuo also gave up and started asking them to tell him while they were working.
"If there is a description, then tell me, I will listen, my ears are open. You say I will listen. Just ok?"
After listening to Kazuo, his friends agreed; after all, they only wanted whatever they liked and would also like to tell Kazuo.
"Ok. Mir, tell him what was written in the description. He is not going to come, so it will be right."
"Then Kazuo listen it is written that-"
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It had become more snowing, and slowly, the wind started blowing. The weather was slowly turning rough, but Roy did not return.
He was standing with his back to the tree, and his sword was in his hand. He was closing his eyes; perhaps he remembered something.
{First, walk ten steps diagonally from the red tree.}
Roy, closing his eyes, dragged the sword down into the snow, going sideways. And as soon as Roy walked ten steps diagonally, he stopped there.
{After ten steps, you must walk ten steps again as soon as you turn to your left.}
Closing his eyes, Roy started walking again, ten steps to his left.
After walking ten steps, he stepped back.
{Now you have to walk twelve steps again towards your left.}
Roy started walking twelve steps to his left; his eyes were closed, and he had not opened his eyes even for a moment.
Roy stopped again after completing twelve steps.
{Now to walk eleven steps in the same direction.}
Roy started doing as his friend had told him.
After completing eleven steps, he stopped back.
{Now, nine steps must be taken by walking diagonally in the same direction.}
Roy proceeded as he had told, marking the snow with his sword.
After taking nine steps, he stopped back.
{Now, you will see that a shape has been made with five corners.}
When Roy stood in his place and opened his eyes, his sword had made a pentagon.
{Now walk straight on these five corners and find its centre.}
Roy was moving directly from every corner of the Pentagon, dragging his sword on the ground.
And after some time, when Roy went on to mark from all over the place, then the whole line was meeting at one place, Roy started walking towards there, raising his sword from the ground.
{As soon as you come to the centre, put your sword in the centre you have found on the ground below, and you will automatically find the way forward.}
Roy stood up to the centre and stood with the tip of his sword down.
'Roy, have courage, you can do this.'
Roy buried his sword in the centre, but nothing happened even then; Roy was still standing where he was before. Neither he was teleported anywhere, nor was the way to go further open.
'Why not the way has open-'
Just as Roy was wondering why the way to go ahead did not appear, the ground where he was standing started shaking very fast, and the sound of stones moving here and there began to come.
'What is this now?'
Roy was trying to stand in one place with the help of his sword, which was buried in the ground, but the ground was shaking very fast, and he faced difficulty in standing straight.
With the ground shaking, the light was slowly starting to come from all the lines where the shape of the Pentagon had been made on the floor.
'I don't feel right. I should get out of here.'
Slowly, the light started taking the Pentagon's shape and coming to the centre. Before Roy had a chance to move out, the centre of the Pentagon began to receive the most light.
And all the shapes that were made inside the body of the Pentagon along the centre started moving from the centre to the vertices and made a pit on the ground under Roy.
'What the hell is-'
As soon as there was a pit under where Roy was standing, Roy fell inside it. And as soon as he fell under the stand, all those vertices returned to their position. And the earthquake also stopped as if nothing had happened.
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It was completely dark inside the pit, and Roy, was falling down; he was sliding so fast that he could not hold on to anything and stopped himself from falling.
Because of this, Roy could not do anything except keep dragging down.
'Will I die like this?'
Roy was just falling into that deep dark pitch.
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