The Player's System

Central city

They appeared in a garden. It was empty and silent. The lavishly decorated garden plants and the active fountain added charm in the surroundings.

Clean and carpeted roads were opposite of what they witnessed earlier. They seemed all alone in the big city. No one came to threat them. They were looking as if they reached particularly at the wrong place.

"To be honest I was thinking that this time the king personally would appear to scare us. He is not informed? How come? May be he in dilemma whether to let us loose horse what we want to or he is planning at the back end?" Orin picked his book and commented.

Junan kept three tears carefully. He knew that these tears would help in times of trouble.

Albert looked in direction where old structure buildings were standing as if spying Runners. They were equally silent. It could have been strange however it was justifiable.

The people staying in the central Mala city were not common. They were elite people with the orders of the king. They would never help runners in anyway instead they might scheme and stab if the runners tried to trust them.

Jake remembered the warning of the task panel. He was quite active when observing the surrounding.

"Destroy the third king and his spell." Orin read and captured the attention of the team members. They heard but did not immediately spoke.

They were trying to digest and dissect the simple yet incomplete clue. Ahram sighed. He was getting habitual with the half information but Sashi could not keep her dissatisfaction. "As always this trash book is reluctant to tell us the path. How indifferent? They should have at least designed it thoughtfully." She looked away letting team head decode to find this king and his spell.

Junan slightly smiled. He was no more impatient with the type of quests. "We can search the path too. It is secondary concern. First of all what is this place?" Junan put his hand on his chin after placing his sword on his back.

They nodded. This place was also strange. "Probably they would suddenly attack or ambush. I might not search every house to kill enemies. Let them come in the dark. My hammer would nip them in the dark." Clark waved his hammer.

The searching part was not his type. He might directly use some weapon to destroy the locality. Others shook their heads. Thankfully not everyone in the team was similar to other or else it would have been mess of team.

Such team might not survive further levels. In this team everyone bore different qualities of players. Collective force was feasible for perfect team.

"Our quest is clear. We will kill this third king. He is from different empire and reached here for the rituals. If so then he will be waiting for the right time. From all the settings we are supposed to save the Ashmorn however these kings could potentially harm or damage our future quest that's why we should get rid them." Junan paused for a moment.

He wanted to explain what he gathered from all the previous clues and the quests. The team members heard him attentively. They did not want to miss single detail because they were responsible to make sure the quest should complete. It should not be spoiled because of some foolishness. Of course none of them wanted to be labeled foolish.

"The path will appear if we roam around the city and find some clues for example the difference of the structure. After all a palace must not resemble normal houses also I have read that ancient ages used to intentionally higher build their palaces. For example there could be some prestigious soldiers or the separate queue in the paths." Junan spoke.

He wanted to tell them that they needed to walk in the city and the path would eventually appear.

"Since the Ashmorn tear brought us here it means we are near the palace." He spoke last sentence to tell his opinion. This was simple they were near the palace for sure.

Jake took deep breath. He could relate the opinion of team head.

This whole garden and the area covered the east of central Mala city. Ruma Palace was located at the east corner where the last garden of this part ended. The palace was prominent from afar. Once they crossed this society of elite class team members they could easily spot the palace.

The elite class society was emptied out after the order of the king. Later the attendants and the personal security of the third king occupied these houses till the fortnight.

This said the team members could expect anything from the sneaking windows. The security guards were hiding and keeping strict eyes at the team members.

They were responsible to protect Ruma Palace and the third king. He could not personally join them and kill the Runners. He was afraid of the light of day and darkness of the night similar the first king.

Palace was safest place for him till the rituals.

The loyals would die to save the king. They were equally afraid from the runners because they heard the rumors. The runners were not random but the creators of the foundation of this Empire centuries ago.

They worked for the safety of the empire selflessly. Their association existed and the ancestors handed their responsibilities to the present generation.

The history of the runners opened up after the king revealed that Arena Runners were threat for the Empire of course no one knew the truth.

Later the Duke of Arena exposed the truth after knowing that he did not take part actively in the struggle of Arena Runners.

He was bound to do this or else he would not be able to stand his head up in front of ancestors.

He completed his responsibility this way however the loyals were afraid of the kings. They did not want to offend them openly by refusing their orders.. Others were simply against the arena runner thinking that they should kneel down in front of king in all conditions.