Alan stood at the exit gate of the Eldoria market, feeling a little nervous tightening his around the sword's grip, looking at the timer on the blue screen in front of him.
The timer shows 10 seconds left." Anna, why is there a question mark in resonance?"
[You have to wait for a little longer, you haven't chosen your path] Anna said.
"Path, what is this? When I checked Brother Ren or sister Amanda's stats, there was not a path, even Elena and Christiana didn't have paths." Alan asked.
[ Ren, Amanda, or your wives they don't have paths, no one in the world has paths, only you have a path because you have the almighty Anna]
Alan rolled his eyes, hearing her narcissistic talk, but didn't say anything because of the blue timer in front of him, after the timer ended, he vanished from there.
He found himself at the edge of a forest, twisted trees loomed overhead, their branches blocking out the fading light.
"Anna, what is this place?" Alan asked confusion etched on his face.
[It is the forest of the death, where you have to complete your weekly task] Anna said.
"What do you mean by a forest of death, did you send me here to die or what?" Alan questioned.
[Haha, take a chill pill, the forest is divided into many stages, and you are now on the level 1 stage, and the dreadminds you will be fighting are on your level, there are more stages in the forest, but you can not enter now, after completing each level then you can move onto next level, but I suggest you don't take this lightly because it's your first time-fighting real battle, so be careful] Anna said.
"So what if I die here?" Alan questioned.
[Nothing, you are just going to die while your body is going to become the food of the dreadminds] Anna said.
"What! Nani the fuck," Alan screamed.
[Wahahaha! Look at your face I should have captured it as a memoir, and your wives surely would have liked it, their protective husband is a pansy.] Anna mocked him, she was going to tease him again but stopped because of his angry look[ okay, calm down, you are not going to die, you are going to respawn from the start until you've completed your task in the given time, but keep in mind each time you will die, you are going to feel pain, your pain will not be reduced and if you don't complete the task in the given time frame, kekekekekekekeke] Anna laughed like a maniac.
Alan understood what that demonic laugh meant." let me guess, it going to be some weird punishment again."
[yes] Anna said, controlling her laughter.
"And, what is that punishment?" Alan asked with a frown-filled voice, by Anna's laugh he guessed that this time the punishment would be a hundred times weird than previous ones.
[kekekekeke, look at your task screen, I have some surprise for you] Anna said, continuing with the demonic laugh.
Alan was annoyed by her laugh, but he had made a decision, if he found a chance to meet this woman in the future, she was going to pay for all this mental torture.
Alan ignoring all of this looked at the weekly task screen in front of him.
Weekly Task:
Forest Of Death: Level 1
1st wave: Kill 3 Early Rank Soulborn Howler Dreadmind in 20 minutes.
2nd wave: Kill 5 Early Rank Soulborn Gremlin Dreadmind in 30 minutes.
3rd wave: kill 1 Mid Rank Soulborn Slyth Dreadmind in 1 hour.
Punishment: Getting pegged by a Gremlin.
"The fuck, what is this? You are saying, I'm going to mid rank dreadmind, as if it's not enough, what kind of punishment is this? Pegged by a gremlin, who thought this kind of punishment? Alan asked, his jaw dropped seeing the task and punishment.
[...]
"Ah! Is this some kind of your fetish Anna?"
[Ye-, no, no, only a maniac can think of these types of punishments] Anna said, coughing, clearing her voice.
" And that person is you," Alan remarked.
[...., NO, I'm not, it the system giving you these tasks, I do not have any hands in it] Anna said pausing for a second.
" Yeah, yeah, I believe you," Alan said rolling his eyes, and continued," You said, the task is given to me according to my level, so why a mid-rank dreadmind is here?
[Do not worry, Almighty Anna did not make any mistake, just scroll a little lower in the weekly task, and you are going to find three buffs given by me that will help you to increase your attribute or skills for the task, keep in mind, you can only choose two out of three]
Alan scrolled a little lower and saw three options available for him.
Option 1: When your health drops to 50%, your defense going to increase two times.
Option 2: When your health drops to 50%, your strength going to increase two times.
Option 3: When your health drops to 20%, all your skills effectiveness going to be doubled.
note: Buff time is only 5 minutes.
Alan looked at all the stats available in front of him and pondered deeply what option could benefit him.
" The dreadminds are too many plus there is a dreadmind higher level than me, so it would be better if I choose option 1, and for the second one option 3rd would be the best, I haven't perfected my skills, so it is the option, my skills effectiveness going to be doubled, it would be effective against the Slyth dreadmind." With that, Alan chose the two options, and the options disappeared.
Taking a deep breath he stepped into the forest, it was a bright night because of the full moon. Suddenly, a chilling howl ended the silence, sending shivers down his spine.
He quickly activated eternal gaze, focusing his vision to see ahead, in the distance, he spotted a pack of howler dreadmind, their eyes glowing like embers.
Suddenly he heard a robotic voice in his mind.
1st wave started
Time remaining: 19:59