"The Dove, also known as the Columba constellation, is in the southern sky. The people who controlled this world had referred to soone else and ca from an ark popular to all," the figure said. "It is a symbol of peace and purity. The dove represents hope. How are you, Red Rose?"
The voice who spoke about the symbolism of the dove drawn in the sky lingers inside my ears. My eyes wandered around, hoping to find the origin of the sound. As soon as I noticed the shape, I locked my orbs ahead of .
"The rchant?" I gasped, and turned around.
His narrowed lips and lizard-like face gave away the answer as I continued staring at the rchant. The cloak remained on his head, hiding his presence from and the others. He had not grown in size or shed skin. With the scales that looked rough and solid, I knew the man was the dragonewt.
The mysterious rchant that kept alive in this world is once again in front of .
"Ah, I am fortunate enough for you to rember my existence," the trader expressed.
I gave out a faint laugh and answered, "How could I when you were always there when I needed you the most."
"I am just a re rchant," the dragonewt replied. "Please recollect that."
I gave him a nod and gawked back at the vast sky. The dark yet vague glimr from the moon bathed with its moonlight. No birds or any other creatures disrupted my thoughts as I remained calm and collected from my seat.
The wandering trader trundled in my direction and sat beside , with his head still inclined to the ground. We abided by the silence filling our air. He slowly stretched his cloak and revealed a scroll clipped from the sides.
"I can buy your things to repay you!" I croaked.
I earned a bounty after completing the quest from the obelisk. It was the mission to kill the king and kidnap his family. These two were running around my palm without noticing my sches. The platinum that I had was more than enough to buy an entire kingdom.
But money was my second priority.
I wanted to repay the travelling vendor with all the coins I have for kindness' sake. I could give the rchant half the sum from what I had earned, or even all of it if I must without having in return. If the trader wished to give sothing back, I would gladly take what I can receive.
A soft hum ca out from his lips, pondering from the words I stated. The trader rested his chin on his finger and toyed with the scaled crunching his fingernails.
After a few monts, the dragonewt turned to and broadened his eyes. He had a deal in mind that I cannot wait to know.
"For half a billion gold coins, would you like to trade with ?" The rchant said, and grinned at my baffled face.
He morphed his eyes like a sphere resembling the shape of money. I kept my calm and listened to his every word. My word was my bond, so I shook my head up and down, agreeing to his offer.
"What are you going to provide?" I asked.
Curiosity rose from my head and stroked the slumbering excitent inside of . My hands twitched for a complete minute, as I could not control myself from what was coming out of his lips.
The trader stared at with his stern eyes and revealed his cloak. Much to my surprise, I saw nothing attached to his fine clothes except for an ancient scroll rolled like a tire coming from a carriage.
"As you can see, I only have this scroll as my present," the dragonewt confessed.
He took the coiled sheet out from his patch and showed it to . It had an otherworldly seal that represented sothing modern, yet recognisable in my eyes. The grey lock stood out from the designs, paired with the unique tal found nowhere from this world.
The more I stared at the item; I yearned to know it all.
"This scroll will only open to the wearer and will rip itself into pieces once an intruder grasps this item. I know the content of this unfinished scroll, and I plan on explaining the rest of the information to you, if you wish to purchase it," the dragonewt explained.
"I will take it," I ejaculated.
Without a hint of doubt, I bent my head and summoned my screen. My system heeded my call and projected the monitor, presenting the status information and the money I have in my account.
I waved my hands and offered an invitation to the rchant for the trade. I knew nothing about these options, but sohow, my system allowed to control and learn such things. These were features of this ga.
The rchant enlarged his eyes upon seeing the gold coins. He glanced in my direction and observed for a while before averting his gaze back at the money. If he knew about the quest to kill the king, which was spurring a war against races, the rchant would uncomplicatedly realise I was the one behind the havoc.
However, the dragonewt did nothing to expose . Instead, the dealer walked up and pressed the button, accepting my trade.
The system filled our eyes with glistening sparks that materialised between us. An azure link of so sort appeared in the middle and transferred half of my wealth. This event happened for a complete minute before the radiance had finally died out.
Coins clinking against each other resonated through the garden. As I searched for the sudden audio, there was nothing there to greet but the trader still standing at my fore.
I gazed at my screen and watched the numbers disappear into the rchant. A crackling laugh fled from his lips as he looked at in the eyes. He removed his cloak, shielding his head as the broker t my look.
"Thank you for your patronage, Red Rose. I am pleased to do business with you," the rchant pronounced.
My eyes stared at his figure, still enveloped with awe after witnessing the event. The scroll from before hovered in the air and perched at my waiting hands. A warm sensation surged from the manuscript, as if waiting for to open the item.
The rchant gave a nod, permitting to use the rolled paper. I returned his shake and shifted my focus to the scroll resting on my palm.
Before I could ask for the key from the rchant, an arcanic figure popped in front of , telling to use the object.
However, that was not the end of it all. This occurrence also notified my system, as it sent tons of warning signals all over my head. But after a thorough scan, the automated voice inside my head claid the magic as an unknown key.
The smouldering object fitted perfectly at the holes coming from the lock. I seized the piece and shoved it at the bolt. Within a second, I heard sothing that alerted . A clanging sound reverberated from the scroll, telling that the key unlocked the bolt.
Pixelated particles filled the rolled paper nestled in my hands. After a few seconds, the scroll disappeared from my sight, but the system kept the data inside my head.
Zillions of information surged through my brain as I learned all of them in a flash. The tiniest details that left puzzled gave all the answers that I needed to know.
The text that I had absorbed was the secret content of the ga. I flicked through the pages and read the following words that took shape inside the translucent boxes. Its content was all about finishing the Code and rewarding the player with sothing apart from this world.
That mysterious thing was what I desired the most. It was a chance for to walk outside of this world and et with the ga developer. It was the gleam of hope that I had been waiting for all my life, even if it was the least that I can do.
My hands quivered every ti I rember that hellish day I lost my life and my sister, Clentine, who died from their monster horde. I cannot stress enough how much I bear my hatred for this ga and the one who created this place.
It was more than a cage trapping here, with the rest of these puppets obeying their orders.
I brushed my thoughts aside and continued reading the classified information.
It involved the four primary species that governed the lands and the obelisks it contained.
The pillars from each kingdom represented the entire world. These statues made by the ga developers gave quests and rewards to players after accomplishing such tasks. It also served as a transportation device to send players in and out of the ga.
Each obelisk had a resin attached to a wearer that controlled the specific area. These resins symbolised the ruler of each kingdom and the monunts.. Once the piece of resin detaches itself from the wearer, that creature will die, regardless of its strength or levels.
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