The Player's System

Bluecliff 3

Jake felt there was something amiss. It was related with the air resistance. The shield met with the normal resistance but then suddenly there was zero resistance.

He waved the shield to test it. It repeated and made Jake confirm the theory of team member Albert.

The air was not stable or perhaps there was secret path. This was portal and they could expect anything.

The brain of the developers probably used all imaginative aspects of virtual reality along with mmorpg. The invisible broken path in the air was one of it example.

After little consideration Jake thought to test it. He marked the broken space and ran toward it. Jake found himself in the empty space which was little because the broken space let the light enter in it.

It was goo method from hiding the enemies. Soon he felt that longer stay was not possible in the broken space.

He came out of the broken space and called Sashi. She was near. Jake pointed what she wanted her to witness and ran inside the broken space again.

Sashi witnessed and got surprised. "Wait I will call team head." Sashi went to inform Junan.

Albert also found the broken space in the air. However he was not sure whether it could lead them at the proper destination.

Once again they gathered because the broken space did not lead them any better clue. The animals were changing their place by appearing and disappearing.

"I would have stayed and watched this phenomenon but time is slipping from our hands. Where is the boss of the bluecliff?" Junan was getting restless. This fifth card seemed hidden from them and waiting for blood battle.

Clark sighed. He wanted to use hammer and call the boss. Perhaps hammering could wake up the sleeping boss.

Orin dragged his thorny mace on the lush grass. The grass got ruined. Slight sings of marked soil appeared. He blinked his eyes whether to believe it some clue or not.

"Does anyone know what is this?" He spoke. Albert looked at him and walked near. He creased his brows and asked Orin to clear the patch of grass.

Orin dragged his weapon on the lush grass and cleared more area. There was sign of small feathery creature and the small part around it was marked. "Could it be some entrance?" Albert looked at team head and asked.

Junan critically observed and nodded. "There is no harm in testing."

Now there was another problem. Orin smashed the weapon but the ground did not budge. Nothing happened. They were startled because the ground was not looking like some rock. It was simple soil.

"This solid ground is giving me headache." Orin was stumped since the weapon could not damage the soil.

Jake stood near. He was looking at the feathery image of the creature. After knowing that weapon was unable to open the entrance there was possibility that they could use the image for the entrance instead of forcefully opening.

Force was not solution. The engraved image has the deep lines. Jake sat near and moved his hand on the deep lines. It slightly gave tiny glint. Jake used his left hand to dig some soil around the image then he poured it in the deep lines of the feathery creature.

Team head silently looked at his actions. At the distance animals came out of the broken space. They were curious as to why humans stopped chasing them.

When they saw that these humans were able to dig out the entrance they were no more harmless. The animals moved toward the humans to stop them from entering in the bluecliff.

All those animals that happened to see any intruder should battle to stop the enemy. They took this oath to save the bluecliff from the enemies. Jake filled his fist with the soil and started filling the deep lines. The soil spread on the half lines when they heard the mad rush of the animals.

Team head immediately stood up. He let Jake do experiment while he took team members to battle. If the animals reached at their heads it would create problem for Jake. So team head also rushed toward the animals.

Other team members followed team head. Jake saw them leaving for the battle. He understood that the team head wanted him to continue if this could help in opening the entrance.

Jake dug more soil with the help of dagger. He poured it on the feathery image. The deep lines got filled with soil. The feathery image moved a bit. The marked circle moved from its place.

There was an entrance. Jake stayed there because the team members were busy. The animals turned out well versed in the battle. In the first glance they looked normal animals but when it came to battling, Junan saw their horns getting sharp, also extra cover of thick skin appeared which was similar of armor against the attacks. The overall appearance matched with buffalo but slightly different at the same time. These were more agile and active.

Team members were battling with ease. They were actually excited. Until now they faced so many weird enemies but these domestic looking enemies were new addition in the list.

The animals were mad at the humans. They did not want to let them enter in the bluecliff however the humans were more brutal compared to the animals.

Soon half of the animals got injured. They were regretful to get defeated. The ground became tainted with their blood. The team members especially Albert noticed the desperate looks of the animals. It seemed that the real bluecliff was safest place.

The bluecliff was at the surface but then the Kaga changed it and shifted inside the ground. It was due to the safety of the card. The animals living in the bluecliff were tempered with the card because Kaga forcefully brought circumstances.

Kaga was worried that they card would vanish with the time so he used animals as the basic of the card.