Paintings in the cave

As the hazy figure disappeared, Stefan woke up from his trance. The golden ball of light disappeared from his hands like specks of dust.

It didn't leave any trace of breath, only left suddenly and completely.

It is impossible to say he didn't care. He didn't know where it came from, what it was going to do, or why it had left.

From beginning to end, it was all a mystery.

"Host, What happened?", Heli asked, pretending not to notice anything. 

Stefan replied, "Nothing, Heli".

His guess has not been confirmed yet, so he decided to hide some suspicions about the hazy figure. 

Although he felt that there was something strange about the change of the golden ball, he did not pay much attention to it.

'Host, Since you have got that branch, let us complete the first quest now.'

'Heli, do you have any idea what I could make with that branch?'', asked Stefan.

Heli also had no idea what to suggest, so he decided to search his system database for some innovative ideas. After replying to his host to wait for two minutes, he started searching his database.

Meanwhile, Stefan decided to take a walk for ten minutes. While walking, he did not stop thinking about what to do with the blessed branches.

When he came back to his senses, he realized that he had arrived at a mysterious place. He said it was mysterious because this whole place, although looked no different from the earlier forest, he could see some things that gradually overlapped with this place.

It is as if this place is hiding something very important. Stefan's heartbeat gradually accelerated. His intuition told him that he must stay at this place for some time, otherwise, he would miss something extremely precious. Something which can help him know some things.

Just at this moment, Heli arrived and answered in an excited manner, 'Host! I got some ideas from the system database. You can use the branches to make small rings, pendants, and even wreaths. According to the system's calculation, no matter which era it is, these things are favored by everyone.'

Stefan was surprised by Heli's sudden interruption and jumped behind the tree in fright.

You can't really blame Stefan for being so cowardly. After all, no one in their normal mind would not get scared by the sudden voice, considering the kind of atmosphere he was surrounded by.

But he still agreed with Heli's advice. So, for the next two hours, both Heli and Stefan had a considerable amount of wreaths, rings, bracelets, and so on...

.....

Two hours later..

''Phew....'', Stefan exhaled a hot breath after completing task 1 and moved his muscles a bit.

'Wow!! Host! How did you come to this place?', Heli exclaimed in wonder. The surroundings were so eerily beautiful that he couldn't come up with a suitable adjective to describe it. 

Realizing Heli's thoughts, Stefan helped him to complete the adjective, ''Enchanting.''

'Yes..yes... Enchanting....', Heli followed.

They were interrupted by a notification.

Ding!!

{ [ QUEST- 1

Make handicrafts from the materials present around you. The handicrafts should be beautiful and exquisite and should be able to impress the people they are given to.

Requirements- 5

Progress- 5/5

Status - COMPLETED

Reward: The host will get a house protection charm to protect the house from being invaded by monsters.

Duration: 96 hours} ]

''Does the Host want to enable the house protection?''

= Yes

= No

Stefan chose the yes option without hesitation, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. 

He got up and stretched his legs a bit while deciding to come tomorrow again. He told Heli his decision, but this time Heli disagreed with him.

'Host, we can't just go back like this. According to the rules, we are taught, that every time you encounter something, it is related to your change or basically your predestined fate. So, we should not lose this chance. You may not be able to enter this area again.'

Although Stefan did not believe much in these things, he believed in Heli. He felt that since even the systems are taught about this, there must be something in it that is not easy to get.

So he agreed with Heli and continued to walk deeper inside the forest.

Thirty meters away from him was a cave that looked gloomy from the inside out.

Although scared, his footsteps did not stop because he understood that this chance could not be missed, once missed there is hardly a possibility of encountering it again.

After he took a step inside the cave, a cold wind blew and there was a chill running straight up his spine. Following his instincts, he dodged to the left, and immediately something wrapped around his waist and dragged him deeper inside the cave.

The next moment, when he opened his eyes, he was in a brightly lit area. He observed his surroundings and concluded that he was the only one present there.

Even Heli did not dare to speak anything, for fear that his host would be distracted by him. Stefan walked closer to the wall and realized that there were many realistic paintings on the cave wall.

These paintings all had two figures in them, except the last two paintings. It seems as if they were telling Stefan a story.

He carefully observed every painting and came to the conclusion that all these paintings were mixed up in order to confuse the outsiders entering this cave.

He pondered for a while and confirmed that this place must have something that was hiding in it.

Together with Heli, Stefan started organizing every painting in order. First came the painting of a man in a cave, which looked similar to this cave, except that there were no paintings in it.

Second, the man met with a giant three-headed snake. He fought with the snake but was injured while fighting it.

Third, the man was standing in the cave covered in blood and the corpse of the three-headed snake was thrown at his feet.

Fourth, the man took out the snake's crystal from its head and turned back.

Fifth, the man walked and walked but couldn't find the opening.

Sixth, the man reached the same place where the body of the three-headed snake was still there.

Seventh, it could be seen from the picture that the man was becoming weak as his body lost strength.

Stefan decided to have a rest and eat something before continuing.

..............