We had two directions to walk, upperleft or upperright, both valleys with nothing in sight. I chose the left, guessing what could go wrong. What can be worse than being here anyway? Being here with Mejni doesn't make my situation better.
After a while of walking, the ground started to rumble, and I saw a child not far away running towards us, screaming. When a big wooden wall erupted from the ground, blocking any road moving forward.
"HELP! HELP! HELP! WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!" The child screamed from the other side of the wall.
I moved closer to the wall and put my ear to it to listen more closely.
"MISTER, PLEASE! HELP US. THE BLUE BOY SENT ME TO GET HELP. PLEASE! MAN WEARING BLACK!" Obviously, a girl was yelling from the other side.
Something hit the grass behind me as I turned around and saw a boy covered in electricity staring at me.
"What the fuck!"
The electricity started shooting bolts in different directions, and I ducked, trying to dodge the bolts.
"STOP IT!" I screamed.
"Oh! I am so sorry, this is not stable, and I cannot hold it for much longer." The blue electro boy said.
I got up slowly, still aware of the electricity surrounding the boy, who was just in blue but had distinct facial features.
"Who are you?"
"I...I...Wizard Kingdom, s...stopped time."
"W-w-what! What are you talking about?"
"I-I-I had...protect the Kingdoms, the superheroes...killing citizens of Valiant. Need help...Can not trust heroes..."
I got up from the ground and brushed off the dirt.
"Listen, kid! You are asking the wrong guy. I do not personally give a flying crap about your so-called kingdoms, so beat it!"
"Bombs...bombs...Earth...pathway!" The boy uttered before disappearing from our view.
"Oh! That is so great. First, I get a rodent nobody understands, and now, Electro Boy, who spits out words with no relevance to anything."
Mejni stared at me from the ground, not smiling, which surprised me.
"PLEASE! MISTER! HELP US!"
"EH! I THINK YOU HAVE GONE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. WE CANNOT BRING THIS WALL DOWN. I AM SORRY!" I yelled back, not really giving a shit. All I wanted to do was find the princess, get the fucking curse off me, and then return home and be on the wanted poster for the rest of my life as a Kingslayer. Then they can kill the princess if they wish. I do not give a shit.
"Welcome to Stage Two."
Oh, this is not good; that is the box's voice. Turned around and saw it floating in the air; it made me wonder if it was laughing every time it presented something, but we could not see it.
"Fank yu!" Mejni said.
It did make me wonder if he said Thank You or Fuck You to the box.
"The wall behind you has no doors and no way to pass it without help. Your mission is to go through the right valley and board the train that will lead you to the next destination. The wall appeared because you are on level Impossible and you need to pass the bonus sublevels before walking on the path of stage Two."
The box was really pissing me off, as the game was fucking cheating on me, putting up a freaking wall so we couldn't proceed.
"Hey! Shit box, why are we mistreated this way?"
"When you entered the game, we did not have any information about you before we scanned you. None of the 199 individuals who entered the game reached level hard, you...Berk Van Polan is a Kingslayer and has the biggest bounty on you. The game master asked me to lead this game when the creation finished. With someone of your caliber, I can not let you pass through on Level Hard, so the game has taken precautions against team Van Polan, as your ranking is of the highest levels of Villains we have ever seen here in the Fallen Kingdoms, Level Super Villain."
What kind of bullshit is that? I don't even have fucking proper powers. How can I be the super villain in this game? They should count me as Super easy mode, letting me walk through everything because the so-called Team Van Polan, it is talking about, is a psycho rodent and a guy who has been in prison for two years. I feel like a two-year-old virgin because of the whole situation.
"I refuse!"
"You cannot refuse any request made by the game master or me. We are absolute, we are the path to finishing the game."
The box is more like 'shut the fuck up'.
"You and your partner being silent seems like you are going to resist my request.
"Tuck no!" Mejni said, jumped down from my shoulder, and got up on a rock. At last, something we both agreed on.
"I agree with the cat! Get the wall down."
"From my understanding, both of you are refusing the request made to your team?
"Duh! Yes, we refuse!" I responded with a taunting voice.
The ground rumbled, and the road in front of me fell as I watched down with lava covering the area beneath, with the screams of what I understood was maybe torture.
"Do you both still refuse the request? The alternative is that you have to pass Level three in Hell."
"Say Whaaaat! Did I say refuse? I meant to turn on a fuse, but I did not refuse the request at all. Yes, Yes, YES, we accept the request. That is what I meant!" I said in a nervous tone.
"That is what I thought!" Box answered, and the ground closed up as I looked at Mejni, who had the open-mouth look... again. It continued, "You will get further instructions when you arrive at the trainstation." And it disappeared.
Train station, I haven't liked any trains since the incident. Aw, crap. I started walking back as I noticed Mejni was still staring down at the ground.
"Hey! PET! Let's go!" I screamed out in the air while walking. I could hear his steps as he fell twice while running at me. He jumped up on my back and climbed up my shoulder.
After walking for two freaking hours and the thirst killing me, we arrived at a low-budget train station that, of course, was made of wood. I went inside what looked like an information desk, noticed a big plastic water jug, grabbed a paper mug, and started chugging water, not stopping until my thirst was gone. Looked around the waiting area, but nobody was here. A woman walked in and made an announcement:
"Last call, Berk Van Polan and Pet, please move to the platform to enter Wagon number five." And she stared at me, well, we were the only ones there.
I raised my hand as she smiled. She did look like a human. I wonder if there are other chicks as hot as her. She guided us to the platform, to an ancient wooden wagon with windows with low-budget windows looking like they will crack any moment. I checked beneath the wagon, and that part was metal, thank god.
We went in the wagon, and the girl bent down halfway as a courtesy.
"Have a nice trip, Mr. Van Polan!" She said, smiling with sharp shark-like teeth, making me get a chill all over.
The train started to move, and I opened the door to find a seat when I saw the whole floor covered in blood, and it was red. Nobody seemed to be in the wagon, and I followed the blood trail to check what the Hell was going on. When we came to the end, an older man was bleeding from his stomach and holding his hand hard over the injury. I moved in and helped out, holding my hand over the injury, and he grabbed my neck and looked deep into my eyes.
"There are bandits here; they have taken seeds and plan to plant them. You need to help me, please, plant the seeds and remove the bandits from the train. I do not have much time left. The citizens of Dorei Shuyosho village will starve if the train arrives without food. Plant the seeds and let them rest. Please...Please!" He kept repeating.
"Old man! What exactly do you want me to do? Where am I going to plant the seeds you are talking about?"
He pointed up, What the shit! On the roof?
"You want me to plant seeds on the roof?"
He nodded, and I looked up. How is this small wagon feeding a whole village? Is he crazy?
"Eh, let me go up and check if there is a small field there, I can maybe help you out," I told him, feeling a little bad about the whole situation. Who is a coward stabbing an older man?
I tried to go through the door at the end, but an invisible wall shining in blue colour stopped me.
"No! Bandits, the other side!" The older man pointed in the direction we had entered the wagon.
I went to the other side, entered through a door, and came out onto a small bridge at the end. There was a staircase leading up to the roof, and Mejni prepared himself, putting both his hands on my head. I reached the top, and suddenly a small rumble made me lose my balance a bit as I saw the wagon grow extremely wide in a large field, and a yellow box appeared, scanning my body as I noticed a couple of figures dressed in black not far away.
"New Farmer detected, Welcome to Lason International Train Request Product of Greatness, your mission is to plant the seeds to create food for the citizens of Dorei Shuyosho. I am sorry. Mission update: New Farmer detected. Welcome to the Lason International Train Request Product of Greatness. Your mission is to get rid of the bandits, take back the seeds, and plant them in the field. Failure of the mission will lead to the deaths of citizens in Dorei Shuyosho and citizens of the Fallen kingdoms. Have you understood your mission, Farmer?"
"Uh!...yes!" I said with a lot of hesitation, as I had no freaking clue what the yellow box wanted me to do.