The Player's System

Exaza 2

Twelfth quest

Jake read through the text. He was quite shocked that the pearl was the basis of the quest yet a four feet skinny human came to hand them the warning.

"This pearl has some sign shining inside." Jake pondered a little before speaking. First of all, he was liable to bring them toward the monster then worry about the riddle.

The pearl has a lifespan and the Mangora monster would vex out his hunger at the humans. Perhaps they would become his meal if the team members were unable to reach there and handle the situation. Jake wanted to characterize a simple solution so that in search of a simple path he could bring them to the substantial challenge.

'There were some troublesome aspects of the strategic games that's why players rarely invest their time in such games. Those games feel dry and dull to move on and take the challenge.

Naturally, the development of such games differed with time and they got lost in the trending lists. The newer formula games took place in the meantime.

As far as the portal game was concerned it was entirely designed with the peak intellect of developers. The strategy was enlisted with the urgency of the completion of each quest. Every related clue and the linked tasks were hazardous.

They could expect battle anywhere, attacks and rivals. The most significant and vital aspect was that the professions were masterly worked over to prove to be a headache to the players.

This made the portal a terrible challenge at every step. It became the reason behind the experienced players falling in the traps of the portal and being unable to complete the quests without damage.

The reputation of the experienced players fell into the gutters because of this portal game. Now they were reluctant to blindly enter at any level. Only a few teams tried their luck in the first three levels and they got disqualified eventually.

They could not keep up with the challenges.

It was a game of brains and guts. Search quests, find the direction of the tasks, tackle the enemies, solve the impaired involvement of the NPC, get deceived or give damage to the opponents, all come in handy in every single level.

There were some hidden formats at every level and most of all the restrictions of the professions at various parts of the quests. Thankfully they did not face complete restriction until now.'

Jake showed the pearl and there was a blur pointer that relocated itself like a compass when Jake moved the pearl. Junan prudently took a look. There was a sliver of glance.

Junan held the pearl but lost the glimpse of the blur pointer. He ardently searched it but could not track it.

"Can you see it if it is still there?" Junan handed it back.

Jake picked and could see the pointer.

"It is pointing to the left side of the forest clearing." Jake held the pearl pointed in the direction.

Junan nodded, he looked around and at the ticking time, "You have brought us where we should be for the task of the quest." Junan waved his hand to gesture others to move behind the younger player.

The destroyed forest silently watched them walking toward the Mangora monster. This monster had been creating trouble for the human colony. It appeared three days ago when the team completed the fifth quest.

The completion of the fifth quest opened tasks of the advanced quests. Junan and others did not check the stat and the in-depth options due to limited time.

At every quest, there were lots of sub-category options that lit up or turned grey indicating the active or inactive task. The developers intentionally made the navigation dense so as to mystify the players.

However, one could spend some time and navigate but because of the portal level and the limited time, it was hard to invest precious time in understanding the ever-changing stat.

The Mangora monster appeared and started troubling the people of the colony. It stuffed several humans in its big mouth. Several managed to escape. They used different methods to stay away from the hungry monster.

Some of them dug the pearls from the ground and transformed them. But there was a problem with the shifting of their form. They could not stay in the monster form for a long time under the ground. Currently, they were living like rogues, not maintaining their stay in the human colony. Their life had become chaotic.

They were told that the team would appear here and solve the problem. After the team completed the eleventh quest. The signs appeared in the twelfth quest. It was time for the team to come and save the human colony.

This was the reason that the four feet skinny humans sent one of the members to hand over the pearl.

They were looking for the team to reach the colony before the Mangora monster started digging the ground and capturing them. The pearl could guide direction fairly.

Jake walked in a rough direction. The uneven ground was another challenge to cross. One could fall in case the underground soil was not smooth enough to stable their grip on the ground.

Clark was walking carefully, still his feet kept digging the ground. It was almost similar to walking in quicksand Despite all effort, it was hard to avoid sinking in the sand.

Clark looked like he was walking on his toes. Albert and Ahram used trees as their support. The Mangora monster was a near-human colony while the colony was empty.

However, the monster found out where the human hid. It could sense their tiny fleshy bodies. The problem was that the tiny humans were not enough to satisfy the hunger, still it wanted to gobble them to halt the grumbling of its stomach.

The humans were trembling, hidden under the ground and waiting when the strong team would appear and address their problem.

Jake turned from the path toward the left. Part of the forest was cleared and there were some cottages. The cottages were not in good condition because the monster ruined them while searching for the humans.

There were several uneven parts of the ground one would think that some underground creature turned the soil upside down. Jake was leading the team so he was ahead of them. He shook his head because red soil fell on him.

The big monster snarled in its slumber and the dry soil splattered. Jake gestured others to not walk forward anymore. He happened to see the monster at much distance. It was a huge NPC that they ever tackled.

Jake held his breath he was afraid that the monster might detect his presence. The task panel openly gave a warning that the monster liked the flesh of humans.

The distance was enough however the size of the monster brought a series of threats. They would not be able to defeat it without knowing weakness or the riddle. The riddle could potentially make their task easier compared to the task difficulty.

Junan silently asked what happened and why Jake gestured them to remain at the back end. Jake spread his hands to portray the monster without speaking anything.

His attention was to bring the team members to the other side of the human colony. It was necessary to know how they should use the pearl to proceed in the task.

As long as they could reach at the other side it would not restrict their current actions. One by one they moved.

Jake kept the appearance on the monster in his head. He was the first one to cast glance for brief moment. The furry monster snarled in the slumber and the face became visible. The distance was not small.

Jake looked at the face and then the pearl. He was trying to observe something crucial.

In the previous few quests his interaction with the task panel was limited with the life saving instructions. Jake could tell that the task panel would not randomly interfere and help him go through tasks.

He should necessarily work hard to understand the big picture of the tasks that could solve the typical problems. He was best at observing and then following the theory.

Also he was nearing at the seventh level of the task panel. He was confident of using both hands for the controls in near future.

The completion of this third level of the portal meant a lot for him. He was excited to open the box of Theola. With the additional perks and rewards from the portal he could expect much improvement in his task panel level.

All was part of his hopes and struggle in the portal. This was not slow progress but enough of chaotic to keep him at his heels. The development of each quest brought several positive and threatening moments during tasks.

Jake wanted to remain strong part of the team till the last level.