Three days passed in the blink of an eye. The day the prisoners in hell's paradise as been dreading and awaiting have arrived.
Soon everybody gathered in a big hall filled with machine that was connected to a giant machine, the place was so large that you could not see the end if you have not awaken. This then brought the question, how many prisoners is in hell's paradise?
We all saw our name on the machines, we were then told to lie on the machine assigned with our name. As soon as we lie down, we were then injected with a serum, after being injected an helment was worn onto our face, soon we we all asleep.
By the time we open our eyes, we found ourselves in a vast open land, with forest at our front and back, I was quickly found by lirean, who later took me to where Casseos and the rest are standing on.
We all want to move from the wide area and dive towards the open forest in front of us, but we were unable to step out from the place we all stand in, it was like there was a wall in front of us.
Suddenly an avatar appeared in front of us, floating above us like an angel, the avater then said.
"Welcome hell's prisoners, to eternal realm. I am the administrator of this realm and also your guide. You have all chose to participate in this game willingly, and I am glad you chose to, because this a game of survival to test you, a game where death is permanent in virtual and real-life, what more could you ever ask for, if it is the thrill, the adventure, the rewards, it is all in eternal realm"
"This game consist of five different scenarios, and this is the first, and it is called the "hunting" , as the name sounds I don't need to explain it, there is also a time limit of 3 days and a repercussion for being the last 100, if you fail to leave the scenario in three days or you are part of the last 100, consider yourself gone, if but if you don't I will help you summarize it. It is a game where you can choose to be the predator or prey, whether to your inmates or the beasts lurking in the shadows, it is up to you. As for the rest of the scenario, I will explain it for you if you survive, so I say goodbye and have a nice hunting and also make it entertaining" the avater said with a little giggle before disappearing.
As soon as the avater disappear so did the barrier, everyone quickly went out to do their things whether to find for treasure or escaping to the next scenario.
Klein gazed around his teammates, his mind racing with strategy and the thought of abandoning them, but he chose not to. Casseos, the leader scanning the horizon and thinking, while Jax, zephyr, Aria, and lirean are still discussing among themselves.
Soon Casseos spoke.
"Alright team, we need to find the treasures and artifact first, if we occasionally find a beast we may escape or try to kill it.
As they venture into the game looking for treasure so did the others.
Klein and the rest continue walking inside the forest until they saw a rock formation, with a tablet standing in the middle, when they saw the formation, they knew there was something about it.
As they look around the formation they heard a voice.
"Players welcome to the first treasure ground, but before you can enter you must answer this riddle" the voice said.
Soon words could be seen being written on the tablet.
"In the heart of darkness, I am born of light, a fleeting moment, lost in endless night, I am the whisper of a forgotten name, a shadow cast by a flame that's never tamed.
What am I?
Klein and his group studies the group trying to decipher the meaning. They look at each other, confused, and start to brainstorm.
"This is a tough one," Jax says, scratching his head. "I don't even know where to start."
"Let's break it down,," Casseos suggested. "What does 'born of light' means?"
"Maybe it's a metaphor," Aria offers. "Maybe like something that is created from light?"
"But what about 'lost in endless night'?" Lirien asks. "That almost sounds ominous"
"As for me I don't know anything, but the word 'whisper of a forgotten name'?" Klein added. "Doesn't that sound too cryptic"
As they continue, for like maybe 30 minutes, they all came down with one answer, so they said it.
When they said it, nothing happened, so they thought maybe they got it wrong, but soon they notice something.
"Guys look, there is a change," zephyr said.
They notice that the rock on the ground float up, they then start to form a door, when the door was formed they heard the voice again.
"Congrats player, but that is not the end, now to find the path to the treasure find your answer in this riddle:"
"In the depth of life, I am not seen, Yet always coming, never been, I have a head, But never weep, And a bed, But never sleep. What am I?"
After the voice said that, it disappear.
As they step through the door, Klein and his group found themselves in an eerie, dimly lit chamber filled with rows of stone pedestals. But it was what lays on those pedestals that makes their blood run cold. Bodies everywhere, hundred of them, their eyes frozen in perpetual terror, like they saw the forbidden.
Soon they gear the voice again.
"Welcome test subjects or should I say daredevils or adventurers," the game administrator voice boomed, echoing in their ear. "To find the treasures, you must find the monster responsible for this..... blood birth. Search carefully, and you shall find clues to uncover the truth."
The group exchange glances, their eyes brimming on the unspoken adventure, and anticipation , with a little bit of fear.
As they venture deeper into the chamber, they notice strange symbol etched into the walls, pulsing with a faint, otherworldly glow. The air was heavy with the stench of death and decay.
"Let's look for any clue," aria said. "We don't know what we are up against ."
Suddenly, zephyr stopped in his tracks, his gaze fixed on a pedestal in the distance.
"Guys, look at this," he whispered, his voice trembling.
On the pedestal lay a body, with it's eyes removed, replaced by two marbles, near the body lay a book, it was covered with blood.
Klein went towards the body, and pick up the book.
Even though the book was bloodied, it could still be ready. On the book first lies a date entry.
"4, April, opera era
I met a beautiful woman, her name was Ella, she was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, but she was a commoner, but I don't care, but will the world be like me and turn a blind eye to the romance between a noble and a commoner.
30, April, opera era
The romance between me and Ella has grown, but the people are starting to suspect that something is going on between both of us. I don't want to put my Ella in harm way, so I would try to abstain from seeing her, so I told her and she agreed. But it pained me that she quickly agree.
17, June, Opera era
Time passed, and I found out that I could not live without seeing her, so I went to where she is staying at, and always look at her from the shadows. It seems like I was the only one feeling pain from not seeing one another. She still continue leaving alive like how she was leaving before she met me.
21, June, Opera era
As I continue to look at her, I started to feel obsessed and angry with her, I don't know the reason why, maybe it is because of the men I see around her. Soon bad thought start to enter my head, I really tried to keep it at bay, but with every single day I see men around her and not me, I went ballistic, I killed all the men around her, I don't care maybe, it is her father, brother or friend, I don't care.
30, June, opera era
People soon start to call my Ella, the man witch. They say every man that stay around her always die, all her friends start to leave her, for the fear that maybe it may affect their own life, everywhere she goes, she always received insult and rebuked, but still her smile did not die, she still smiles, but same as my obsession, it did not die, it just keeps growing.
7, July, opera era
The insult and humiliation my Ella is facing has now reached an extreme height, it has start to affect her mother, her only last leaving relative, so I tried to interfere, but it just make it more worse, they say that she has bewitched me, that I have been put under a spell, that I am her next target. Now they are saying the nobles are no longer save too. But still with all this my Ella smile did not die.
15, July, opera era.
My Ella came looking for me at my estate for help, that I should help her, but how could how help her when I was the caused, it was my jealousy and obsession that caused it, but I couldn't tell her that, I don't want her to hate me. So I told her I would try.
21, July, opera era
Today I saw that my Ella's house had been burnt down, luckily my Ella was not inside, but her mother was inside, she was burnt to ashes with the house. Now when I see my Ella, she looked broken, her smile has been destroyed, I was too late to save her, now my Ella has been brokened. But I can still save her.
25, July, opera era
I tried to save her, but I was intercepted, I believe it was the suitor she rejected. Now my Ella is sentence to death by beheading. She was taking into the prison cell.
27, July, opera era
She was taken to the town center to be hanged by the guillotine, I watched the whole process, but I was unable to do anything. I am saw she saw my face.
30, July, opera era
After her death, things were calm until it was not, plant start to die, everything start to turn black and rot, it was chaos all around.
1, august, opera era
Soon, a monster appear and start to attack, it destroy everything and everyone, I and five others are the only surviver, the monster feed on people soul, because the bodies are still intact, and I am suspecting that the monster is my Ella, out for revenge.
3, august, Opera era
This is my last entry, the rest are dead, I am the last surviver, now I am sure it is my Ella, and she know that I am the cause of her problem, I am sad and happy that she is back and I will die in her h.......
As Klein finished reading the book, he looked at the dead body and gave it a nice kick, he was still gentle, because aria, and zephyr want to destroy the body to smithereens.
As I read it finish, we know what we are supposed to do.
"Look, there is something in his eye and it says 'beware the devourer of soul'" lirean said
Now we know what we have to do, so we walked forward ready to save Ella soul.
We walked and walked, until we came to a large, dimly lit chamber, deep within the passageway. And there within the passageway lies the monster, that caused the blood birth.
Ella, who is now the "devourer of eyes", her body is now a mass of dark, shadowy tendrils that seems to shift and writhe like living darkness.her skin is deathly pale, pulled taut over her skull, and her eyes....her eyes are the most horrifying feature of all.
Her eyes which are black as cole, seems to gleam with an inner fire, a thirst for souls, that cannot be satiated,her gaze are so petrifying that they could freeze her victim in terror, making them easy prey for her soul-consming hunger.
Her mouthis a twisted, lipless slit, filled with razor sharp that seems to be constantly dripping with a dark, vicious fluid. Her very presence seems to draw the air out of the room, leaving her victims gasping for breath as she prepares for strike.
If not for Klein and his group strength, they may be like the rest of her victims.
......................................................................................................... Watch out for the upcoming battle, vote for me, and add my book to your collection, I would be expecting your vote.