There were four obelisks found in Code that governed the different races. We had the diamond, erald, ruby, and sapphire gemstones at every monolith. Each of the pillars had resins worn by the non-player character wearers or users, not players, since these NPCs needed to rule the lands, and the players could not.
If soone stole the resin from the wearer, that individual would die, and the arcane coming from the resin will transfer itself to the new bearer of the gemstone. The previous owner will eventually die because of the sudden collapse of the magic transfer coming from the stone.
We can find the ruby obelisk at the dragonewt's kingdom, near a remote island with a volcano that served as their landmark. So people said that the ruby allowed the wearer to manipulate the fire elent at will. It can also increase the surrounding temperature up to three thousand four hundred twenty Celsius.
The ruby had the sa heat capacity as the tungsten.
Legends told that the wearer was a dragonewt born with peculiar arcane. People had caught sightings about him from before, but the dragonewt seed nowhere seen in Code. It was as if he disappeared without a trace.
However, not even Code, the ga, could provide much information about this eerie crown.
Sapphire obelisk, also called the Wonderland Obelisk, stood tall at Wonderland Island. People assud that the stories about the islet remained a myth since nobody had ever witnessed the place. The dwarves knew them from aeons ago, specifically the second millennium from now.
My system claid that a doll nad Alice was the princess of the tiny kingdom. Deep blue sea water surrounded the island, with great marine monsters guarding the underwater trench.
Below the reef, a vicious monster continues to swim at the depths of the raging water. Or so the legends told.
The erald obelisk remained untouched inside the Elven Kingdom. The rchant told that the bearer of the resin was none other than La Finta herself, the Grandmother of the elves. She was the sole ruler of the long-eared elf factions and continued guarding the gemstone with her life.
The towering viridescent obelisk stood tall at the centre of the empire. It gave the elves quests and missions for the fresh players entering the ga as elves.
The automated voice inside my head gave interesting information about these players. These adventurers who beca elves were the only ones that the long-eared creatures trust.
But with the constant strife and the exclusive news from the war, there might be a ti that they will doubt these players and hold them hostage inside their dungeon.
The last obelisk was the diamond gemstone found on the mainland. It was the sa pillar I used to send the request to kill the king, and the system gave the players tasks for them to do.
King Arthur was not the one who held the resin. It was soone else hidden inside the castle. Nobody knew the whereabouts of the gemstone, but the kingdom concealed the diamond inside the mainland. The ga developers did not want the players to complete this ultimate mission. Thus, they hid it sowhere that nobody could expect.
These were the words written on the scroll.
The rchant stood up from the bench and touched the space from the monitor coming out from the screen. With a high pitch sound, the screen zood in. It afterwards revealed the map that I travelled and charted.
His forefinger pointed at the middle of the four pillars standing tall like a square. The trader circled the place and looked at in the eyes, telling that the information was sothing that I should note.
"After getting the four resins, you will see a pillar erging at the centre. It would be your ticket to see the ga developer you wished to seek," the broker said, and grinned at .
I looked at the four obelisks and marked them with my fingers. All four colours: red, green, blue, and white, appeared at the landmarks, circling them continuously.
The erald resin was the easiest to get since I could just stir up so trouble here in the Elven Kingdom and kill La Finta, just like I did with King Arthur. Although this job might be too difficult for to do, I must accomplish the task with no mistakes.
It was my only opportunity to et the bastard ga developers, and I will never let this chance slip by my grasp!
The boiling blood reached my head and even flushed my cheeks bright red. My eyes narrowed while placing all of my anger at the innocent trees in the distance. As I glanced at my hands, the warm and sticky liquid dripped from my fingers, creating a tallic sll whiffing through the air.
I shook off the wet feeling and stepped on the puddle of blood. I did not want anyone to see my weakness and get the better out of .
My primary concern was the sapphire obelisk, which appeared closer at the Elven Kingdom in the monitor. It was just fifty miles away from here compared to the ruby pillar.
I will leave the mainland for the last as if it was a dessert from my main course al.
As if the rchant could read my thoughts, he cleared his throat and caught my attention. I raised my head and laid my ears, ready to listen to the broker.
"Before going to Wonderland, you first need a ship. The seven dwarves will help you make one, and you have half a billion gold coins or a palladium bar. If you made it that far, you would et a girl nad Snow White. She is the Dwarven's present Queen, ruler of their race," the trader evenly spoke. "That girl will help you slay Alice and the magical beast that guards the sea. You can never defeat Alice alone, especially when she is living in Wonderland."
I nodded my head and gave my acknowledgents to the dragonewt. The rchant grinned in return and brushed his scaly chin as if it was a moustache growing from his face.
"Not bad for half a billion gold coins for this information, my dearest custor?" The dragonewt added.
I let out a laugh and bead the rchant a smile, thanking him for everything he had done for until now.
It was all still fresh inside my head from what happened back then to . The people I love perished before my eyes and sacrificed their lives to save mine. I could do nothing but cower away, bathing my face with these salty tears.
But the ga had changed. I am a player now, more equipped and prepared for battle. I killed guiltless people with these hands of mine, still drenched with the cold blood coming from their body. Pixelated or not, the liquid continued flowing through my veins, reminding of the monster I have beco.
"Match should not see this side of ,"
A whisper escaped my lips as I shed a tear. If the child saw her only saviour becoming a monster, not even the ga developers could do anything to help her mind. Nobody would trust a murderer, not even .
But Match was the only person I have and would stick by my side through thick or thin in this journey. Match would rely on . She thinks of as her sister. I was an older sister to Match and protected her in tis of need.
I will definitely hide my secrets from the kid.
"Are you sure about your fate, Red Rose?" the rchant asked, disrupting my thoughts.
He stared right through and pierced my soul. There was no turning back now. Only I can bring justice to my fallen family, watching from above... or even from the codes scripted from the ga.
"I will take the four obelisks and summon the last pillar, just like what you have said," I announced.
My firm voice echoed through the garden, reminding of my goal. I beca a monster, and I will cherish that title for the sake of revenge. Nobody deserved this life. The ga developers designed everyone I see here as puppets as they watched the entire ga.
They found entertainnt when we lost our lives, while I suffered from the loss of my family. We lived in an unfair world where these gods kept ssing with our heads. If the ga developers wished to, they could delete us within a flash.
If the players desired our bodies, they could assault us without getting punished. The non-player characters needed to strive to sell foods for about one copper per bag. The finance was insufficient for our family, and so the rest of the villagers.
Footsteps ca from the stairs. They then paired it with the eager voice coming from a child that aroused from my thoughts. I gazed at the rchant and asked my last question.
"How did you know all of this? And why are you helping ?"
The rchant returned his cloak to his face. I could not see his expression, but I knew he was smiling behind the mask. He cracked up a laugh and went silent afterwards.
"Because you are one of us, Red Rose," He said, and summoned his black crows from before. "You will be the one who can free us all from this despair!"
The rchant vanished from my sight, together with the obsidian birds fluttering above.
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