Chapter 44 - To Do

To do

All of them were busy with the creatures. Junan moved left in hope to follow up the sword for a difficult attack angle, the slanting position marked his sword and he twisted with the flow. This move was complex however it made the creature fell lifeless in the next blink. 

Jake could not help but praise the team head. Junan was doing wonderful moves and keeping the creatures at distance. "Little boy you can fire bullet when it needed, I know you are eager to blast away the forest however the last serpent is hiding somewhere." He formally spoke out seeing the kid silent. 

Jake was actually looking for the opportunity to kill the last serpent so to get enough of Exp for level two. The level three was yet to get his hands on. His attentions were fixed for the level three to heal his broken bones. He could not speak about it. 

"I wanted to go through monster killing in order to gather hp. I wish to become just like other senior players." Jake expressed his thoughts. He knew that his words did not carry much enthusiasm when amounted in the scale. With the one hand working he could not carry it in all the upcoming levels, most of the spectators outside of the game portals were aware about it. 

They were paying on the bets whether the younger players could pass first three levels. They had been curious about the outcome of the first level. Only Jake was confident. Junan was caught by the words of the younger player while Jake fired the bullet for the creature that tried to pry on the team head in his ignorance. 

"Good snoop." Junan nodded his head and resumed his battle. This forest was names Violet Jungle. The last serpent captured so many races of the creatures in order to lead an army against the players. 

All races were different. Jake received the notification of the system. The forest would take eternity if they only followed the onslaught of the races. The system was trying Jake to remain focused with the several aspects along with the leftover time for the first level. 

[Cross three broken gates in half a day and you will be rewarded rest of Exp for level two]

[In case you failed, half of the hp will be deducted from your stats]

[First broken gate is towards the north of the forest]

Jake read through and coughed. With these notifications, he was able to find some direction where the team could put their struggle. Jake noticed that each one of them was battling with the full swing. "Team head did you notice something off in the north direction?" he spoke to get the attention of the team head. 

Junan was busy with the creatures however he became attentive listening the words of the younger player. "What did you see?" Junan asked curious. There was vast forest in front of them. Almost all parts were giving some violet lightening every now and then. "This violet jungle has something to offer us?" Orin chimed in the conversation. 

He recently opened the book of detection and found the name of the place where they were battling. He was much glad to break this news to the team head. Junan did not reply to him instead looked in the direction where Jake pointed. 

The place was indeed strange. "I think we can go and take a look if there is something awaiting us." Junan deliberated for few moments and decided. Jake heaved deep breath; thankfully he was able to bring the team head venture the place. 

Team head was clear that he was fighter and during battles he might miss few details, there was no harm in following younger player and his premonition as long as they find some clue to clear the forest in the limited time. 

The first broken gate was first step to get rid the army of the serpent. There were several races of the creature ready to attack however near the gates there were only chosen two races. If they could kill them then the broken gates would give space for advancement toward the serpent. 

In case they did not use broken gates then their advancement would be slowest. The slow advancement meant that they would run out of time soon. The game was not just limited with the tasks or facing bosses. 

"Everybody we are moving toward north. Split half of you to cover the back. Others would keep strict lookout if the creatures were bring another troop. We are heading towards north to see if there is something special for this level." Junan informed. 

They were not battling with much distance, the previous experience was enough to make them care their present place and situation. By splitting their overall strength reduced. They felt that they might get stabbed by the sudden attack of the enemies. 

In normal it would not have scared them however it was no more in-game life but the bet of living alive till the end. They understood their responsibilities. The creatures were speechless when they noticed that the players were moving towards north. 

The serpent clearly gave orders to keep the players engaged so that they should not venture around the Violet Jungle. They knew the aggression of the serpent would sky rocket knowing this. However they were limited in their space and could not chase beyond the set limit. They could only watch them leaving. 

The occasional lightening gave them some bright light to see the ground. It was hard to tell when this ground would turn gluey or sticky. The memory of the previous street was still fresh, their hair stood on roots end to imagine the extremely hungry cannibals swimming in the gluey liquid. 

Sashi lit the weapon to see the ground. They followed behind team head. Until now they built trust for the team head and his skills of leading the team members.. Same went with the team head trusting them.