"Guys we need to move quickly, Luke and his crew are coming after us."
"Ok, let's deal with them later."
They weren't scared of Luke and his crew because they knew they were stronger than most of his crew members. But what were they even doing in this volcano, they first thought they would clear the level if they managed to get to the last island.
"I wonder what the task of the level is?"
"Yeah, it was weird how we didn't get information on the level and a task."
While they were walking on a path inside the volcano, Lena and Eddie started talking about the Task of the level and Luca was lost in his thoughts. Ben was walking a few steps in front of them.
They walked on this path for a long time before Ben suddenly stopped.
"Guys the path ends here"
"What? That can't be possible"
"Lena he's right, the path ends here."
"No you are wrong Eddie, there is a path. We just can't see it"
Eddie was looking at Luca with a confused face, what did Luca mean by that?
"You know, like a secret path"
"Why should there be a secret path in a volcano."
Even though Luca told him, Eddie still couldn't understand it. Until Ben said something.
"Eddie, we are in a game, and in a game, there are always secret paths"
This explanation was enough for Eddie and they started searching. They scanned the walls, the ground and even the ceiling of the path but they couldn't find a secret path or something that activates a secret path.
"Luca and Ben, I think that you were wrong. There is no secret path."
"Eddie, even though we didn't find one, it doesn't mean there isn't one."
Ben answered Eddie but he himself wasn't even sure anymore. Maybe they were wrong about it but just as he thought that something came up in his mind.
"Luca, the theme of this level is water, so maybe water is the key to opening the secret path"
Luca's face lit up and he hugged Ben.
"Oh Ben, I could kiss you right now"
"No, please kiss someone else"
"Eddie, Lena please get out of the way."
Luca hastily activated his water skill 'water wave' and shoot it at the walls, ground and feeling but nothing happened. Then they could hear screams coming from the entrance of the volcano.
"Luca find it quickly, they will be here soon"
"I am trying right now Ben"
Luca activated other water skills but they didn't work, and Luke and his crew were coming closer and closer. Ben, Eddie and Lena started telling Luca all the water skills he had and Luca hurriedly used them, but again they didn't work and no secret path was opened.
"Shit Luca, why aren't your skills working. This wasn't what we dreamed about back then in Anton's garden"
Anton's garden? Yes, that must be it! Luca was now sure which skill he had to use, but where was the question now? Luca heard the screams becoming louder and louder, he then quickly activated his first skill 'water pistol' and aimed at the walls.
Ben saw the skill Luca was using and memories flashed before him, memories of the last nice evening when Anton was still there and they didn't have to fight and kill for survival. But Ben was pulled out of his daydream when he was grabbed by the shoulder and dragged into a darker path.
"Hey stop it, hmhmhm"
Eddie put his hand over Ben's mouth and Luca put a finger before his lips. They were now on the secret path, they heard voices coming from behind the wall, it was Luke talking to his crew.
"Hey boss, the path ends here"
"Did you really look right, Patric? Boss, I think we should go back."
"What? Are you dumb Jones? You see, there are a lot of little puddles, how do you think they got here?"
"I don't know boss, maybe from the ceiling, like a dripstone?"
"Good guess, but there aren't any dripstones here. So it means a water user was here, and that not too long ago."
"Hah, you are really clever boss"
The group had heard enough and silently walked on the secret path, this path was a lot smaller and they weren't able to walk properly because the ceiling of the secret path was too low. They had to walk in a bent-over way, without light and very slowly.
It didn't take them long to discover some light at the end of the secret path, and soon enough they were able to see inside the volcano. From the point, they were standing, a small spiral staircase stretched out, alongside the inner wall of the volcano to the ground.
"Boah! This is beautiful"
"Yep it is"
Ben and Lena were astonished by the inside of an active volcano. Luca also joined the conversation and found out why the dragon looked at him.
"I didn't know such a beautiful tree existed, and it can even survive in the lava down there"
Ben and Lena were nodding to Luca's statement that the tree was really beautiful, the tree was about ten meters high and had silver-pink leaves that reflected all the light coming at it. As a result, the tree glowed whenever the sunlight hit it.
"Hey guys let's head down there"
Eddie broke up their conversation and the three of them went over to him, who was already going down the stairs.
"Hey Eddie, you have to enjoy this"
"I am sorry Lena, but I can't because the players from before are still hunting us, and I think that there are more secret ways so we have to act fast."
Shit, the three of them totally forgot about Luke and his crew, it was good that they had Eddie, who kept track of such things. They went down the spiral staircase and arrived at the bottom of the volcano, before them was the beautiful tree and only twenty meters of lava separated them from it.
"Ok so how do we get over there?"
"That is a good question Luca, normally I would say that it was impossible but we are lucky because we have someone who can fly us"
Eddie, Luca and Lena looked at Ben, Ben sighted out and said.
"Okay, I will be your taxi"
Ben transported one after another and after five minutes all four of them were standing on the island, just when they entered the small island a loud sound could be heard and an explosion occurred. The explosion took place at the beginning of the spiral staircase, they all looked up and Luke could be seen, he also saw them and screamed at them.
"I WILL REVENGE MY BROTHER YOU STUPID *******"
>Swearing is not allowed in the nest of a dragon<
>Player Luke and his crew will be penalised{Paralized for 10 minutes}<
Arghhh
A shock hit Luke and his crew and they couldn't move any part of their body. Now Luca's guess was confirmed by the System message. There were two options to finish the level, the first one was the harder one, it was to kill all the sea snakes and the harmless dragon. The second one was to steal what the dragon protected with his life.
His baby.
"Guys, we need to find an egg of a dragon."
"Is that the clear condition?"
"Yes it is Ben, the egg is most likely on the top of the tree, so fly up there and get the egg."
"Ok, I will do that."
While Ben opened his wings, Luca told Eddie and Lena what they had to do. They had to search for important materials and maybe some treasures.
"And what are you going to do Luca?"
"I am thinking of a plan, on how we get out of here alive."
"Ok, great idea."
They all had their duties and started to perform them, Eddie and Lena separated and one of them went to the tree and the other to the rocks on the other side of the island. Lena who went to the tree found a few broken branches and leaves from the tree, she packed all of the in her backpack in the status window, which she bought.
She also found some old swords and picked them up, Eddie on the other found a little bit of gold and jewels, and he also put them in his backpack, right when he was about to leave something reached his interest, it was an old hammer.
He picked the hammer up, and despite looking very heavy the hammer actually felt light, with the hammer in his hand and the gold and jewels in his backpack he started running back.
"Lena, what did you find?"
"Just some things for a nest, and what about you? Did you only bring this cool-looking hammer, or what?"
"No, I also brought some gold and jewels"
Lena's face lit up at the words gold and jewels, they didn't talk any longer and went back to Luca.
"Hey, Luca how much time do we have left, until the penalty ends?"
"I would say, about two minutes you two surely took your time"
"You said to look for important things, that normally takes quite a while."
In reality, Luca was surprised, by how fast the two of them were but he couldn't say it out loud.
Then Eddie noticed something.
"Hey, Luca where is Ben?"
"He is still up in the tree"
"Why is it taking him so long?"
Luca looked at Lena and started to tell them something about the dragons, that he hadn't told the before on the ship.
"Ok, so when a dragon lays its egg he is one of the parents of the baby because dragons don't mate in this system. So if the next being appears the baby decides if the being is worthy of being his other parent or not. This process can take minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or even years."
"So what I am getting from that, is that we could be fucked?"
"Yep, that is exactly it Lena"
"But Luca, didn't you say before that this way is the easier one?"
"Yes, I did Eddie and normally it is like that but in our case, some crazy players are hunting us and we don't have much time soooo, you get it?"
Eddie nodded and the three of them looked up at the tree, in that same moment a system message appeared.
> The penalty on Luke and his crew is being lifted<
"Don't panic guys, this is in our favour"
Luca said that to them and soon afterwards the two groups were facing each other. It was like a typical standoff, Luca and his crew was standing on one side of the lava and Luke and his crew were on the other.
"Where is the fourth crew member Luca?"
"He is having a little sleep"
Luke laughed and then became serious very fast.
"Ok, then we will wait for him, I don't want to leave one out of my revenge"
Luca was a bit confused because Luke was already leaving out Anton.
"What do you mean, Anton isn't here so you are already leaving out someone."
Luke looked at him with a confused face and asked a question which shook Luca greatly.
"Who is Anton? I have never heard of him before, is he also a friend of yours?"
Luke was right who even was Anton? Luca was now curious himself, who was this Anton he was speaking of and where do these memories come from?
"Yes, he was once"
Luke had a satisfied look on his face and continued to speak.
"Ok, then this Anton guy doesn't matter, all I want are you four lying dead on the floor."
"That will never happen, Luke, just as I killed your brother I will also kill you."
Luca was surprised by the worst coming out of his mouth, he didn't talk the words someone else did it, he was sure of that.
Just as the two crews were about to fight a system message appeared.
>'Level 5 Water dragons Land' is cleared<
>Rewards will now be distributed the reward depends on which route you choose<
A system window opened, but the title was different for Luca's crew than it was for Luke's crew.
Luke and his crew got the dragon-killing route and Luca and his crew got the dragon-saving route.
_______________________________
Level 5 'Water dragons Land'
Status: Completed
Route: Dragon-saving route
Percentage: 31%
Reward: 50 000 coins, a skill, Title (Dragonsaviour), water dragon armour.
_____________________________
Luca and his friends got this message and without noticing Ben stood beside them, and was holding a small egg, the size of an American football in his hands. A button appeared before Luca and he clicked it, a moment later there wasn't even a trace of them left in the volcano.
"Shiit, they teleported back. Jones, I want the names of the players who interfered with the plan. I want to know why they killed the dragon"
Ok boss I will do that."
Without saying anything Jones and the other crew members went up the staircase and Luke was standing there alone, he still wondered about Anton. When he thought about him tears started to form and roll down his cheeks and he felt hatred within him.
I WILL FIND THAT ANTON GUY.