The Player's System

Unsure of direction

Ahram picked his weapons and extended his hand toward Jake Lin. Boy stood up and surveyed the surrounding. "These bushes are hugging like old friends, I am sure they did miss the team." Ahram removed few of the troubling boughs commenting with sarcastic tone. Jake slightly smiled on the new type of sarcasm wording.

"If I am not wrong then this place is filled with poison." Jake felt the stench in the surrounding and uttered. Ahram twitched his nose, "The scale is similar of the first colony. We should inform others as early as possible." Ahram got alarmed because they were no more keeping grass roots with them.

"Be careful. My premonition says that bushes are here to make us fool. The real thing is hidden behind bushes. There might be ogres or the serpent itself waiting for the right time to attack." Jake spoke in low tone.

"Ahram suddenly halted his steps when he heard the young player. He wide opened his eyes and circled extra big eyeballs as if he could see the hidden serpent. He started to consider which weapon could help in the bushes against ogre that might appear in front of nose at any moment. Ahram decided to use drill weapon for short range attack.

They walked to search the other team members. It was not difficult because they could hear Albert speaking shit about the place. He was not worried that spectators would take him bad player. His shield and the spear along with him were tangled in the bushes. His pose was quite hilarious and Orin painstakingly commented some words which added fuel to fire.

The dull green bushes looked nemesis in the dark surrounding. "They intentionally wanted to play with us. Such ironic situation. We are the players and being played as well." Albert stood up and commented.

He removed bushes, closed the shield and picked the spear. Junan did not speak anything because female player fell on him. It was quite embarrassing. She almost crawled on his body before getting up. It was not intentional though. Before Junan could comment about the place, hammer boy shouted. Perhaps some ogre attacked in the darkness.

All of them joined finally. They were alarmed knowing that they were stuck in the poison area again. Some of them sneaked in every direction to spot the enemies. They found few gleaming eyes of the ogres. "So this time they came up with mix of plans. There is no option for quitting. Fight till the end. We will decide how to tackle this situation." Junan listened team members and commented.

They could see that bushes were everywhere. Their path was almost blocked and they could not see the direct view of the third broken gate. According to the eyeless Serpent the present trap was stronger and the team members would not be able to find the third broken gate.

The players were surrounded with the ogres without coming in their notice. Every ogre was made of poison. The long range attacks were restricted with the help of bushes. "No matter if the smart player wreak his brain he would not be able to cross the broken gate. By the time they reached, the gate would have been closed by then." The hissing sound of the serpent informed the slave ogres.

This increased their enthusiasm to defeat the team members. This place was no more restricted with the clearing option. The team players have limited time to find the third broken gate and slaughter their way through and walk inside.

The ogres troops would turn in to spoke immediately if the players succeeded. However in case they kept slaughtering instead of walking then it would bring bigger trouble because after set time, they would remain confined in the ridge until the game portal announce the ending of the available time and first level.

"We should start clearing these bushes and see what is awaiting us. Without clearing them it is dangerous to walk around. The surface is uneven under feet." Orin suggested.

"We don't know how much time it would take to clear. First of all we should find where is the broken gate. The poison in the surrounding is added threat and this time we did not pick the grass roots." Sashi shared her concerns. Her concerns were genuine. They were clueless about the presence of the eyeless Serpent.

"The third shingle is also necessary to get hold on. Using all means could make the efforts fruitful. Keep your eyes open and let's clear the bushes along with ogres." Junan commented.

He was sure that once the population of the ogres decreased, team members could roam around and search the broken gate and the serpent. Previously the ogres were standing troops in front of the gate and it ease up their chase. Here the gate, ogres, creatures and the serpents were not in view.

Jake was listening their conversation. He did not agree what all of them suggested. It would greatly reduce the chances of winning the level. The complex structure has already increased the approach levels toward the bosses. It was utterly impossible to advance further without killing these bosses.

So to say they were bound to cross the approach levels first. However with the right kind of decisions they could work on the problems one by one. A player always think like a player however a newbie search ease and clear methods to pass the level.

Jake was no different. The things in his mind were clear and his intellect could carve path to reach right spot. Just that he needed to make the team members understand simple logic rather than the player's thick tricks. Most of the players followed fixed methods of any game.

"There is no solution for the poison other than cross the third broken gate in limited time. As for the eyeless Serpent is concerned, it would definitely chase us when we reached near the gate.." Jake spoke at the last of their suggestions.