The Cursed Paradise (Edentia Online)

Chapter 8

[Aeneist] castle stood proudly in front of us, a castle made of sky blue marble stones. Wind swiftly moved filling the air into the castle. Two castle towers designed like a scorpion arms, maybe taken from [Yaldu]'s form, a huge coarse grass field beneath between the two towers. As the copper gate of the castle opened slowly, we stepped inside.

"Wait a minute ! ah there is it !" I grabbed [Aeneist] castle's map on the right side of the gate. So we don't get lost, I hate being lost. "Okay which one we should explore first ?"

"Hmmm, let me see." Rango took a glance at the map, scrolled with his pointed finger. "Left tower... since it's quite near than the right ones."

"Whatever.. just keep going." Tyler shrugged his shoulder.

We went around, explore it from the left tower. In front of us a staircase appeared, we took the stairs that circles around. The scenery of the tower wall with many colorful mosaic windows on each side. The mosaic tells about the game's history, on the middle way to the top there was a mosaic shown the man who hacked this game also a man with silver hair pointed his sword toward the hacker. I stopped for a while and gazed at the mosaic picture. I touched the colorful glass with my fore finger, and an information box popped in front of it.

△A fellow knight challenged himself with the black mage [Zagato Vritra]△

A fellow knight huh ? so the game has been hacked so bad, that even the system runs terribly.

An icon of a clock ticking on the top right made me interested, so I clicked it.

△Time : January 15, 2020△

△1 Janadia 1656△

Janadia.. January.. oh I get it ! its the time passage ! so today is.. I quickly waved at the gesture and looked at the current time passage △24 Janadia 1656△ A week in here is one day you spent in real world..A week in here consists of six days.. great so many time that I killed.. I said angrily inside my though. The game hacker didn't allowed real world time showed in the game, it could calling player's mind about real world that they leaved. No problem I counted the days that I spent here, woah 3 days..?! today is 18 January 2020 I can't believed it !

"Liza, don't just stop there and stared at that picture. Let's keep on moving." Rango voice startling me. I nodded and leave the picture behind.

After passed that 'strange' mosaic, there are only plain clear windows, a scenery of vast field, forest, and mountain spread. It all arranged beautifully made me forget that it is a cursed paradise. But this clear glass will replaced as the game history goes by.

"Well, another history haven't written yet, so does the game is still a long way to finished. But remember, kill your time and time will kill you." Tyler seems understood what's running on my head. "Well I have seen that guy somewhere when I and my brother crossed the battle field. You know him ?" I raised my eyebrow couldn't believe what he said.

"Really ?" He nodded. "He's a friend of mine. We decided to separate for a while and meet somewhere, in nearly time."

"Oh.. I get it.." He sighed. "But, I've been high and I've been low. Far beyond and far below, never seen you before." He took a glance at me and smiled. Uh... awkward moment.. I though. Then he took my hand in his hold, I felt his hold tighten my hand. What the ? I slapped his hand away.

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A while seem like forever, we travelled around the castle but there wasn't a sign where the [Faery] were.

"It's useless you know, let's get out of here." Rio groaned, he held his feet and massaged it.

"Heh, little kid like you shouldn't played this game." Tio teased him, his joking tone made me giggle.

"Oh yeah ? I shouldn't save you for the first time then, I should have leave you died slowly then." Rio crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"I protected you, you should thank me then, and respected me as i'm older than you."

"You two SHUT UP !" I screamed, the twin's voice break in silence as the echoes filled the hallway. "If you dont want to be kind each other. I'll leave." I stomped my right foot and ran away from them. I abruptly opened the map, and crossed the hallway. The red cursor that indicate an enemy grow larger as I stepped near. Faery.

"Iza ! Iza ! where are you ?" I heard Tio echo faded away, I tried not turn my head back.

"We're sorry about that."

"Shhh, she's near us." I shocked when the cursor moved into my location where I stood, I looked at my left and right; nothing there. Left Right.. Up. [Faery] frightening grin and her bluish green eyes snaped at me. She was grabbed the ceiling above six feet above. "Run !"

We dashed into the sky hall upstairs. The sky hall decorated by the crystal clear window, bright light shone the place. [Faery]'s throne on the middle, above it there is trellis with the diameter of the throne; light beam shoned it make it looked more majestic.

Tyler slapped his hand slightly, "Defend Skill ! Wooden block !" a wave of aura emerged from the ground forming a plank of wood. It covered the passage to the throne room. [Faery] kicked a wave of wind, Tyler stood still. [Faery] seem concentrated as the wind aura flowing from her body, the waving aura formed a sphere in front of her chest. She pushed the wind sphere to the wooden block. It swooshed and cracked the wooden block, Tyler sliding on the floor, I and Rango held Tyler. "gah..she's powerful." Tyler panted.

She swinged her hands, all of a sudden a mist came out. I snapped my hand, a flickering small flame came out. Rango both hands were holding a water sphere. While Tyler is already formed his hand into twig, his left hand clutched a dagger. Were ready !