17 Who stole it from me!

Diana moved nimbly towards the x marks the spot on the map. She was carefully moving forward. She was already attacked by a Qi-4 panther, which meant some of the other beasts might be even stronger! She smelled something odd like the scent of a man.

However, she couldn't place her finger on it, but she knew the treasure was hidden in these parts. She soon stopped as she heard a man's voice.

"Sir, Great Alakaral! The King is calling you." A voice shook the forest.

"Hmph, tell him I'll be there in two seconds." The man roared back and swung an axes hilt. Five large Sequoya Trees were immediately slanting towards the ground.

"Ah, the famous king of Men wants to see me. This should be interesting!" Alakaral dashed.

Diana Hong scratched her head, and watched the muscular man run off. The trees soon plopped down and bounced like a pile of sticks.

"Boom!"

The small girl hid behind the trees. After Diana saw that, she immediately realized this was the men's neck of the woods. And, even worse, she could tell that Alakaral was at least two times faster than her. He, one moment, was in her vision, and the next he was a mile away. She finally sighed in relief and pulled out her blade.

A few feet in front of her there was the marked location on the map. It was apparently by where the man chopped down the trees. So, she went over towards the man's men who had stayed behind. There was two of them.

"So, you think Alakaral will find it today, Jay?"

"No, he'll probably have to search somewhere else." Jay responded in knightly gear.

"Ugh, I just want to find it, so boss can take us out of here."

Diana, smirking evilly, quietly snuck behind the trees and approached them. She was quiet enough to reach their backs without ruffling the leaves. Her two swords grazed their necks.

"Ugh Hum, What exactly are you guys looking for?"

The men slowly shivered while turning to look at her face. They gulped in a mixture of air and sweat.

"We were looking for a key, miss. Is there a reason you didn't know already?"

Diana Hong tightened the blades pressure as blood started trickling down their necks. Finally, they were terrified.

"You think I'm an Amazon, don't you." she laughed, "Dig for me right now and I won't end your lives."

The two nodded at each other and did what she said. She pointed to a spot a few feet away from their hole.

….

Tao Lin and Derek sat down next to each other while The Alchemist walked into the room. Derek had just finished his nap, and his eyes were beady but coated with stardust. His room was a palatial chamber. The windows showed the clouds, and a waterfall sprinkled just outside of it.

He had gone downstairs and saw his brother.

Derek hoped to awaken his cultivation organ soon. He was the youngest in the family, younger than Arden by 3 years, and younger than Tao by six. Hopefully, in about six years he'd be like his brother.

Regardless, The Alchemist walked in and saw the two brothers. One of them was thin like paper, and the other looked plumper like a peach. The two brothers were chatting about their history. And the Alchemist couldn't help but smile.

"Hey Tao! You've come a long way from cleaning out dumpsters." Derek joked.

Tao Lin laughed and pat his brother on the back.

It was so nice for Tao Lin to see his brother again! There was nothing more precious than family. It was like the water of the soul. You may need to drink water to live, but you needed family for an eternity. And he had high hopes for his brother.

"Derek, you better join us soon," Tao Lin said, "It won't be the same without you."

Derek laughed, and his belly jiggled. "Maybe when I'm in there, I'll become as thin as you."

"You'll always be our fatty brother. Just don't take too long. Mom's probably planning for you already."

The Alchemist pulled up and scrapped into his spot. "Yes, the more Lin's we have the better. Glad to see you made it out Tao Lin."

Tao Lin nodded, and pointed down at a small piece of paper. "Here, I drew something for you while we were waiting. Take a look at it Alchemist."

Derek turned his head. "What so you're not going to tell me about it Tao." Derek shrugged. "Now that you're all incredible your poor brother can't participate."

"Well, I'm sure mom will give you some training. Perhaps you'll lose that belly soon."

The Alchemist held out his hand and gawked with his mouth agape at the paper.

Derek looked over at him and turned his head. "Is everything okay, man? You look like you saw a ghost."

The Alchemist shook his head. "No, this isn't a ghost. This is the answer to everything we've been wanting! Derek you won't have to wait to play the game for long! Tao Lin you better tell me where you found this map. I've been looking for a clue about earth in that game for ages. How is this even possible? You've found the map to Eldorado's tomb!"

"I'll answer your questions," Tao said, "But first why don't you tell me the truth about the game."

Derek looked back and forth between them shocked.

….

On the outskirts of Vecina, the Beginner's Wonderland, 17th of December 2315.

There were two sides battling. One side only had five members, and the other side had eighty.

The side with five members had formed a pentagon. Each side cutting away the monsters sending out anywhere between 100 and 200 damage. However, there was more bodies around the oldest.

Her new sword, torn out of the hands of a low zombie, reaped countless lives. Coins swarmed to her

like she was a queen, and her two sons yelled trying to keep up.

Next to them the two identical twins were doing a four-sword dance. It seemed like they had become one. They had the prettiest swordsmanship. And Arden nearly lost his grip as their dresses spun in the air.

Today, The Antarcticians were fighting their first battle against a flock. And it was the first massive battle in Cosmic Order! After all the waiting, they had finally discovered what this game was made for. Indeed, it was for war. Large scale wars between different teams. However, Natalia wasn't interested in winning the battle. She could only see someone's shadow looming behind it.

Suddenly, she struck her sword down as the King of Low Bones swatted away some of its minions.

"You, foolish lady, shall die first!"

"Cling, Cling, Cling!"

The two swords, one held by a big bone hand and the other off a human grip, swiped at each other. Chrissy and Rosie turned back after wiping out the rest of their side. A huge mound of bones was lying all around them. They rushed over to Arden to help him out.

"Do you need some help Arden," Chrissy said, "We're sorry we took so long."

Arden nodded his head. Suddenly, he started working a little bit harder. He felt like he had truly entered another world. The feeling of having two girls that looked the same fighting to keep you alive. What was that feeling like? It was better than being famous! It felt amazing, and he could barely watch them as they chopped up the rest of the low bones. He would do anything for them!

"Mom, look out." Yeoh threw his sword with a slight bend as his muscles tensed with momentum.

"Whoosh!"

The sword sunk right into the monster's skull as his bloody mom looked back with anger.

"How dare you steal him from me!" She walked towards her son with her blade drawn.

However, Arden wasn't worried about them. He was having the time of his life collecting the spoils with the girls.

….

Diana picked up the key as a second Quest was unlocked. "You've found the [Key to the Amazonian throne]. Return it to the city of the Amazon's in one piece to receive your reward."

Diana Hong put it away before turning around and looking back at the two dead soldiers. Her body grazing against the side of the tree.

"Who did this!" Alakaral screamed.

She tried her hardest to not make a sound.