44. The first one was received

What was the temple like ? The temple consisted of several tests that a certain star must pass. This was due to the fact that the star became worthy of a stone, as it was written in the book.

(But this seems like utter nonsense. What I see is that an ordinary mortal could handle it)

Entering the temple, the first room appeared before them. It was a square room with a small cube in the middle of it. Marcy Tutu picked it up and started solving it. And in the process of solving it, the room changed in the same way as a small cube.

Marcie was spinning the cube, the room was spinning the same way. She changed sides, the room repeated after her. The cube and the room were connected, and that was the task.

It was necessary to create a passage for them by collecting this strange rubik's cube.

( But what do the stars have to do with it ? This riddle could easily be solved by some person with a sufficient IQ.)

While the room was changing, it didn't show up on them in any way. They used their powers to levitate above the ground. So the changes in the room did not bother them in any way. Marcy also hovered above the ground, turning over in the air and solving a puzzle.

(If the rest of the tests are as easy, I will be very upset with you, Administrator.)

Quickly solving this puzzle, Marcie opened the passage to the next room. Everything was more complicated there. The whole room was decorated with multicolored tiles, the color of which determined which trap was activated. To solve this problem, it was only necessary to stand on the necessary tiles, which were marked in green.

(Classic. A puzzle with tiles, where each tile has a trap. One disappointment. )

It took them much less time to solve this riddle, 2-3 minutes. And here is the last riddle.

To get to it, you first had to climb a very long spiral staircase. There was a trap on the stairs itself, every step of the way. And they spent more than an hour on this shit. After all, they had to avoid traps, as well as gradually rise.

There were traps that threw them down, and because of this, all progress had to start over.

But soon, they came to the final room. It was a huge hall, in the middle of which stood....a chess board ?

( Chess ? Are you kidding? Maybe you brought backgammon or checkers here ? No, then let's play basketball and football, why not?)

" Chess ? And how am I supposed to solve this ? " – Marcie stood in front of the board

In fact, it was not chess, but their Amphibian counterpart. But it doesn't matter, because it was chess. Marcie placed the pieces on her side in the correct order, then made a move, she played white.

After she made a move, the room changed. Marcie was pushed aside as the room in front of them changed to a chessboard, on an enlarged scale.

(This smacks of plagiarism. Harry Potter ? And where is the secret room or the troll in the toilet ? )

Large analogs of chess pieces appeared from the floor and repeated Marcy's move. A second later, Black made his move, which was displayed both on the large and on the small board.

"Hoho, but this is for me. " – Marcie cracked her fingers, then smiled and her eyes lit up green

Adam and the girls could only sit on the sidelines and look at the furious Marcie, immersed in the game with her head.

"And as always, she's overzealous. " – Sasha chuckled

"It's still Marcie, it's in her blood. " – said Ann, looking at Adam a little

For almost half an hour, Marcy fought her battle with an invisible opponent. Having lost almost all of her pieces, Marcy was able to checkmate her opponent on the last move. After that, the pedestal with the chessboard disappeared into the floor, as did the large board with the pieces.

At the end of the room, the wall glowed green, opening a passage for them.

They passed through and found themselves in a room full of ancient amphibian records. No one except Adam understood them, so everyone paid attention to what was in the middle of the room. There was a pedestal there.

When Marcy approached it, it lit up and an opening appeared in it, shaped like a stone.

Adam silently reached into his bag and took out a jewelry box. He turned the key and one of the stones came out of shape.

"Congratulations to Marcy, apparently you are the first of all who will find new opportunities. " - He solemnly handed her the stone

Marcie nodded, then looked at the pedestal with a serious look. She carefully inserted the stone into the mold....

[ WHOOSH ! ]

As soon as the stone was placed, the pedestal began to vibrate. The whole room lit up green and began to vibrate. The lines on the pedestal began to glow and it came out of the ground.

The stone slowly came out of the pedestal and began to spin around in the air while green lightning gathered around it. Everyone quickly moved away from him so as not to get hurt.

The stone was gaining momentum and spinning harder and harder.

Everyone was looking at the stone, but there was one more inconspicuous detail. Marcy's eyes also glowed by themselves and this light gradually turned into stone.

Adam just happened to notice it when he looked at his sister. Gradually, all the light from her eye turned into stone, as if giving its charge.

[ SHHH ! ]

In an instant, the stone abruptly stopped. The light, lightning and noise disappeared. It only vibrated softly in the air, painted completely green. The girls watched in fascination until Adam came up and took the stone.

He immediately put it in the box. The box lit up with multicolored flowers for a second, and then calmed down. The first stone has been received, there are two left.

"Good job. Now we have one of the three. Let's go back. "- Adam hid the box in his bag and everyone nodded in unison.

The way back took much less time. Two days later they arrived in Newtopia, at the end of the day. The girls went to their rooms, as they terribly wanted to sleep on beds and not on hard ground.

Night came.

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It was night outside. The moon illuminated the Amphibian, giving the nocturnal creatures a piece of light in their lives.

Adam was sitting in the office. He kept looking at the sky, and then into a small mirror in his hands. The image in the mirror was divided into three parts, each of which showed the room of a certain girl. It was Adam's invention, the peeping mirror.

He secretly took Olivia's little mirror and drew a peeping rune on it. So if he concentrates, he will be able to spy on the people he needs at any moment.

Adam stared at the three images of sleeping girls for a while longer, then closed the mirror and put it in his pocket.

"Okay, the time has come. "

Adam stood in the middle of the room. A teleportation circle had already been drawn on the floor, prepared upon their arrival. Adam stamped his foot and at one point found himself near the very temple where they had been recently.

He went into the temple, but the entrance was closed.

"I'm sorry, but I don't have time for your stupid riddles. "

Adam held out his hand. A yellow lightning bolt passed through it.

[ BANG ! ]

Lightning crashed into the wall, destroying it and opening a passage. In the next room he did exactly the same. Using his strength, he flew up in the blink of an eye and found himself in a room with chess, he was already expected.

Figures stood all over the room, weapons at the ready. Black and white stood shoulder to shoulder, preparing to ward off the negligent guest. Adam just snorted.

" Pieces of stone and magic decided to stop me ? The strength is not enough. "

He stretched out his hand and clenched it into a fist. The figures rose into the air and began to tremble. Gradually they were covered with cracks, and then collapsed. Their fragments began to shrink until a lot of black and white balls appeared in this room.

Adam opened his hand and the balls fell to the floor and rolled. Adam walked past them, into the final room.

He slowly walked up to the pedestal and took off his helmet. He stroked it affectionately, then took a step back and stretched out his hand forward.

"Well, I wasn't. "

He closed his eyes. There was silence in the room. Adam stood silently in front of the pedestal and tried to find something inside himself.

[ WHOOSH .]

For a second, lightning ran through Adam's body, but unusual.

[ WHOOSH ! ]

A few more lightning bolts ran down his arm. There were more and more of them.

[ BAM ! ]

Adam's body shuddered. He slowly opened his eyes. There was only one color in his eyes. Green, exactly the same were the lightning.

[ SHHH ! ]

Adam raised his hand and the pedestal also rose into the air. With his other hand, he reached into a secret pocket in his robe. Slowly, in the moonlight, he pulled out a gray, faceted stone. Exactly the same one that was in the box.

The stone from his hand slowly flew to the center of the pedestal. There it hovered and started charging. While charging, Adam's hand was shaking a little, but he held it straight. Soon, the stone acquired a green-emerald color.

Adam's eyes slowly returned to their normal color. Ceasing to use the Mind, the pedestal immediately collapsed like a stone.

" Phew....it was harder....than I thought..." – he stood and tried to catch his breath

After a short respite, he walked up to the brightly shimmering stone. He took it in his hand and held it up, looking at it.

"Well, how do you like the spectacle? " – he turned to the invisible observer

"Didn't expect that such a weak and savage race would be able to create substitutes for your stones? And what was my surprise when I found out about their true application." - He clenched the stone into a fist

He reached into his bag and took out a glove. He took off one of his own and put it on. It was a gray glove with metal tips on the fingers. In the center of the glove was a small hole with a glass lid. Adam moved his hand and it opened.

"Now, you should feel that my threats are not a bluff. " – he inserted a stone into the hole

Green lines passed through the glove, after which it turned gray again. The lid immediately closed, turning green.

"I am such a person that I always keep my promises. I promised that I would kill you, now I'm striving for it. I promised that I would take revenge, now I will have the opportunity. "

Adam raised his head to the ceiling. He raised his glove and clenched his fist, mentally directing the flow of energy into his hand. A green aura began to gather around the glove, forming a small ball.

[ BANG ! ]

The ball quickly became a beam and cut through the ceiling of the temple, opening Adam's view of the night sky.

"Well, you bastard.... " - He grinned while the glove on his hand glowed menacingly green

"…..are you ready to suffer? "

Adam flew out into the opening hole and looked at the temple under his feet. Adam held up two hands. The power of Wisdom was concentrated on one hand, and the power of Reason on the other. They mixed together, creating a huge ball of chaotic force.

The ball grew and grew until it became bigger than the temple itself.

"Bye, bye. " – he lowered his hands

[ BANG ! BANG ! BABABABABAH ! ]

The ball covered the whole temple. At first, the sounds of explosions were heard, then a huge cloud of dust rose. And when the dust settled, Adam saw a beautiful sight in his opinion.

The temple that stood for millennia no longer existed. In its place was a huge crater, and you can't say that there was anything here.

Adam slowly descended into the center of the crater. He looked up at the stars and his grin grew bigger as the voices in his head gradually faded.

" Wanted to control me ? So you know, it won't turn out to be a bitch. The first one was removed, two remained. " - He tapped his head with his index finger

There was a man standing in the night. He was chained in chains of morality, emotions and kindness. He looked up at the sky with a smile until one of the annoying heads in his head disappeared. One chain was removed, making it possible to remove the other.

One man, one god, two chains. The situation is accumulating, the final is approaching.