(Forest)

Roquette backed up in shock. She had just witnessed the giant carnivorous flower swallow up Annie and Duke…and then the ground returned to normal, except the two of them were gone.

"What…what the hell just happened?" she stammered to herself.

She then tilted her head to movement coming from the bushes. Suddenly the tall lanky crimson ogre lunged out of hiding towards her.

"Stupid human!" he roared. "Why did you have to ruin that!?"

Roquette barely had any time to react before he came charging at her furiously. The girl tried to dive out of the way, but Crock's reach was too broad for her to escape. His long arm clutched around her. Roquette squirmed and struggled, but to no avail. The ogre then angrily tossed her through the woods. She hit a tree with powerful force.

"Ugggh," she groaned in pain as her entire body began to throb.

"You're not done yet!" Crock growled as he came sprawling towards her.

Roquette clenched her teeth as she painfully pulled herself up. Crock was upon her fast though and pinned her down with his massive hand. Roquette had had time to draw and arrow from her quiver though which she thrust into his palm. The ogre cried out and recoiled. Roquette took the chance to take off.

"You can't escape me!" the ogre sneered angrily.

Not too far away, Montana and Keith were traversing through the trees.

"So how exactly do we know what we're looking for?" Keith asked as they slid along the branches.

"Oh trust me, I'll know, right!" Montana said. "See, back in Australia, right, you have to know the Flora…or else it could kill you, right!"

Montana shook Keith by the shoulders for emphasis.

"Okay, I'll trust your judgment on that," Keith said.

"Like it's not this," Montana said while pointing at a flower. "Or this…or that…or this one…or even that…This on here! Is not it…now you might think this one might be it…but it's not actually. Here we have an interesting case…but not really because it's not what we need."

"Okay, okay, I get it," Keith said. "Why don't you just focus on pointing on when you do see it?"

"Roger that!" Montana exclaimed.

It didn't take long though before Montana spoke up again.

"Ooh there it is, that's got to be it, right, I just know it!" she squealed with excitant.

She pointed to a teardrop shaped orange fruit floating in a stream of golden light.

"Somehow, I feel like you didn't have to be a botanist to come to that conclusion," Keith remarked.

The two walked up to grab the fruit, but just when they were in reach the ground shook. The tree that stood behind the fruit burst to life, its branches becoming hands that it used to grab Keith and Montana.

"SURPRISE BITCHES!" the tree yelled. "DIDN'T EXPECT THAT DID YOU, THAT'S RIGHT I'M A FREAKING WALKING, TALKING TREE! NO ONE EVER EXPECTS THE TREE!"

Keith squirmed and wriggled until he was able to squeeze out of the branches.

"HEY, NO ONE ESCAPES FROM THE TREE!" the tree shouted.

The tree threw Montana at Keith, as she hurled through the air, though, she managed to grab the fruit. Then the two collided and slid through the dirt.

"NOW I, THE TREE, AM GOING TO FREAKING OBLITERATE YOU!" the tree shouted. "I WILL CRUSH YOU TO MULCH AND THEN ABSORB YOU THROUGH MY ROOTS! MWUHAHAHAH!"

However, the tree found the two were just out of his reach now. No matter how far he stretched his branches, he just couldn't quite make it to Montana and Keith.

"Didn't you say you were a 'walking, talking tree?'" Keith asked.

"I, THE INCREDIBLE WALKING AND TALKING TREE, MAY HAVE GREATLY EXAGGERATED MY WALKING ABILITY!"

"Well, it was nice meeting you, Mr. Tree, right!" Montana said with a wave. "But I think we'll just head out now."

"NO, YOU WILL GO NOWHERE!" The tree shouted as Montana and Keith turned their backs and departed. "YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF THE TREE! YOU WILL FEEL MY WRATH!"

(Mountain)

BonBon and Neil wandered through the tunnels of the cave, aimlessly searching for anything new.

"This is pointless," Neil groaned. "You do realize we're in a computer simulation right? For all we know these paths could be endless."

"Or, we could be just around the corner of something great!" BonBon said. "It's all about perspective!"

The two turned the corner to find just another continuous tunnel.

"Aha!" BonBon exclaimed.

"Still nothing," Neil pointed out.

"Right, but maybe the NEXT one!" BonBon said while dragging Neil along by the wrist.

The two rushed along deeper into the tunnel and again found just another turn.

"Are you getting worn out yet?" Neil asked.

"Not by a long shot!" BonBon replied!

The two continued along, until this time coming up to a passage that seemed entirely made of ice. The rock just turned to icy tiles leading into an entire cavern with icicles dangling down from above.

"Holy snickerdoodles, we found something!" BonBon gasped in shock.

"You sound surprised," Neil remarked.

"What? Who, me? Never! I knew we'd find something eventually!" BonBon retorted.

"Well, guess we got to see what's waiting for us in there," Neil said as he took a step forward.

Suddenly an icicle plummeted straight for him. BonBon was only able to pull him out of the way a split second before he was impaled.

"That's the second time I've saved your life!" she announced. "What are you, crazy!? You can't just waltz along a booby-trapped passage like this. You wanna get yourself killed!?"

BonBon bonked Neil on the head.

"Okay, well what do we do then?" Neil asked. "This is what we've been waiting for?"

"And we're going to see exactly what's in store for us," BonBon said. "But with a little grace…like this!"

BonBon grabbed Neil by the wrist and dragged him along as she dashed across the ice. She swerved from side to side, dodging falling icicles, dropping tiles, a swinging pendulum of rock and ice. With a twirl here and there, a sudden halt and three steps back, followed by a gracefully leap, she got the two through safely until they landed on a drift of snow.

"Booyakasha! What did I tell you!?" BonBon said while tossing Neil against a wall. "Oops, sorry kiddo."

(Beach)

Portia was carried onto the ship by numerous pirates. She kicked and struggled but was held tightly from all over. The ship took off along the sea again and the shore began to grow in distance from her. Eventually she was tossed onto the deck at the feet of Captain Crazybeard.

"What do you want with me?" Portia demanded.

"Yarr, wouldn't you like to know!?" Crazybeard laughed. "We wouldn't want to spoil the surprise, now would we?"

"He has no idea," one of the pirates whispered to Portia. "He does everything with no plan, just off the top of his head."

"Silence!" Crazybeard roared before grabbing the pirate and throwing him overboard where he was eaten by a shark in a single bite.

Portia winced at the sudden death.

"Now, hows about we make a deal?" Crazybeard said to Portia. "Ye will duel one of me men, the first to get the other overboard wins. Win the duel and ye shall join me crew, lose and you'll walk the plank!"

Portia gasped.

"That plank," Crazybeard said as he pointed to a plank of wood protruding from the helm. "It won't kill ye, but it'll leave ye with some nasty bruises."

Portia stood up with determination. Crazybeard then kicked a skinny pirate towards her. He drew a cutlass and pointed it at Portia.

"P-please go easy on me," Portia quivered.

Her foe seemed uncertain about how to proceed.

"Uh…Captain?" he said tentatively. "Are ye sure we need to—"

Portia used his hesitation to deliver a kick between his legs. As he winced in pain she then grabbed him by the head and delivered a knee to his face. She finished by shoving him over the edge and into the water.

There was a brief silence, followed by Crazybeard announcing, "Welcome aboard!"

Suddenly Chris's voice filled the area and exclaimed, "Congratulations, Portia, by joining Crazybeard's crew you have completed one of your required tasks. You will be moving on to the next stage safely!"

(Catacomb)

Haylor leaned against the wall, color draining from her face. Teddy was desperately trying to find a way to help her but clearly had no idea what he was doing. Missy returned out of the darkness and approached the two of them again.

"Ah! You're back, so back, welcome back!" Teddy exclaimed. "Where's Ilona? Where'd she go!? Why's she not with you!? She's not with you at all, not a single bit!"

"Gee, I don't know," Missy lied with a shrug. "I never saw her. Oh well, you're my new best friend now."

Missy grabbed Teddy and hugged him.

"I am never letting you go, best friend," Missy exclaimed while squeezing him.

"Uhhhhh…okay," Teddy said uncertainly. "But we've really got to do something for Haylor."

"I'm…fine," Haylor rasped as she shakily stood up.

"Aw, she's fine, isn't that just super!?" Missy exclaimed. "I guess miracles do happen to bad people sometimes!"

"What was that?" Haylor asked.

"I said let's go already!" Missy replied.

The three started to move again. Haylor was having extreme difficulty keeping her balance though and walked woozily with her feet tripping over each other. Eventually she had to lean against Teddy's shoulder and have him support her to keep moving.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Teddy asked.

"I'll…manage," Haylor said with a cough.

The group heard another rumbling.

"Not this again," Missy groaned.

Tiles from the floor, walls, and ceiling slid open as animate corpses clambered into the hall.

"There's no stopping these guys!" Teddy exclaimed. "No halting, blocking, impeding, or even slowing down!"

The team kept running. Missy ran ahead, but Teddy had to support Haylor which caused them to fall behind.

"Missy, care to help out?" Teddy asked.

"I am helping, I'm leading by example!" Missy said. "You need to be faster."

Teddy just sighed. The zombies were gaining on the two by now. One stretched out its hand to grab Haylor but she managed to deliver a kick and knock it back. More and more were catching up though and beginning to come at the two from either side.

"Hold on tight!" Teddy said before charging at a zombie and smashing right through it with a headbutt.

Missy had reached the top of a shattered flight of stairs. Teddy scrambled up keeping Haylor's hand tightly in his grip. The zombies seemed to have trouble getting up the uneven steps and this allowed the three to put some distance between them.

"Well…that was fun," Teddy remarked.

Suddenly Haylor fell to the ground. Her body seemed even paler than ever. She wheezed before coughing violently.

"Haylor? Haylor!" Teddy exclaimed. "Oh this isn't good."

"Well, she said she was fine," Missy huffed. "If she's not then that must have been lie. Do you have any idea how sinful it is to lie without a good reason? It's disgusting! So either she's fine or we leave this liar here to die!"

"I'm…" Haylor said weakly but couldn't get out anymore before she broke out into coughing again.

Then her eyes glazed over and she stopped moving altogether.

"Say you'll remember me," she said as her final breath left her body, "even if it's only in…your wildest dreams…"

"Haylor," Chris's voice announced, "You've succumbed to your infection and will be leaving this game in 29th place. Congratulations to everyone else!"

"Well, better her than us!" Missy said as she grabbed Teddy. "Three is such an awkward number anyways, I much prefer two!"

(Field)

Raven and Azazel examined the map they had found intently while Mel paced impatiently.

"Hm…I think this is us here," Raven said. "Right here in the middle."

"And where do you think it's supposed to be leading us then?" Azazel said.

"Hmm…it's got to be—" Raven began.

"Okay, enough of the stupid map!" Mel said as she got between them. "Let's actually get to some action already!"

"This map could be our key to that," Raven said. "If we find where it's trying to lead us then we could close in on completing one of these goals."

"That map is meaningless!" Mel said. "We're in the middle of a field, how are we going to define anything!?"

"Well, actually," Raven said.

"Okay, shut up," Mel interrupted again. "Looks it's clear what we really have to do here. We need to find those goblins again and actually get something useless out of them!"

"Taking on an army would be foolish," Azazel said. "We would only be setting ourselves up for failure."

"Oh boo, that's loser talk," Mel scoffed. "I'm actually going to get something done, with or without you!"

"Looks like you'll have to be without is then," Raven said as she and Azazel turned to leave.

"Fine then, I will!" Mel said. "Who even needs you!?"

Raven sighed in relief as Mel left them.

"I think we're better off without her," she remarked.

"Agreed," Azazel replied. "Her habits would only prove to be harmful to us."

"Now, as I was saying," Raven said as she looked over the map. "It mostly just seems arbitrary…but look here it seems to follow the shape of a path…and it just ends at the edge where there's this…well some sort of landmark. I think that's where we're going to want to go."

"Then let's get moving," Azazel said.

(Forest)

Rudy sat in the corner of his cell, he appeared to be in deep thought, but in reality was keeping his eyes on his guard. The smaller blue ogre seemed to be getting bored and was aimlessly pacing. Rudy waited until he was furthest away, then in a smooth motion he got up and charged against the wooden bars. Using his shoulder, he broke free.

"Hey!" the ogre gasped more in surprise than anger.

Rudy grabbed one of the broken sticks and attacked with it. He delivered a blow to the creature's head, but the ogre fought back. The blue creature lunged at Rudy with its hand outstretched, trying to claw at his face. Despite being the smallest of the pack, the ogre was still slightly larger than Rudy and managed to knock him to the ground. Rudy fended him off with his weapon, but the two continued to struggle in deadlock. Rudy inched himself towards the wall were he saw a number of pots lined up. He managed to grab one and slam it over his attacker's head. A substance leaked out over his neck, Rudy didn't want to know what it was. The ogre was clearly affected and struggled to pull the pot off of his head, but to no avail. Rudy delivered a kick to his chest and knocked him against the wall.

"I'm getting out of here!" he announced as he ran off.

Meanwhile, Roquette was still dealing with an ogre of her own. She scrambled through the thick jungle while the large red creature lumbered after her. Not realizing how much he had neared her, she let out a cry of shock as his long arm clutched her ankles.

"Ah!" she moaned as she hit the ground and rolled through the dirt again.

She didn't waste any time though. She rolled between her pursuer's legs and continued to run in a new direction.

"You can't run for me forever," Crock roared.

"You can't chase me forever," Roquette retorted. "I guess it's just a game of who drops first."

Crock charged for Roquette again, but stumbled as someone jumped on his head.

"Don't mind me," Montana exclaimed as she bounced off of him and back into the trees. "Just passing through, right."

Keith followed suit and hurried after Montana. Crock turned to snarl at them but then returned to look for Roquette again. She was gone. Disappeared into the wild- vegetation. Crock roared angrily and punched a tree over.

(Mountain)

Hunter, Kitty, and Mona continued to make their way up the mountain. Kitty was exhausted and breathing heavily as she leaned against the stone cold wall. Hunter seemed fairly worn out as well, while Mona said cross-legged drinking tea.

"Well, at least we already dealt with the Yeti," Hunter remarked. "The worst is behind us."

"Oh don't be silly," Kitty laughed. "Contrary to popular belief Yetis are pack creatures. The one we saw was likely a loner, most likely excommunicated because he was the runt of the pack."

"You can't just make up facts like that," Hunter scoffed. "Yetis don't even exist in the real world, where do you—"

The group then heard several roars coming from above.

"Well Yetis do exist here, so I suggest you just trust my resources," Kitty replied.

The group continued to climb.

"Look," Hunter exclaimed as they reached another ledge.

He crawled over to a crack in the rock and ice though. It showed that this part of the mountain was hollow. Peering in he was able to see a wide cave.

"Something tells me that's where we're supposed to go," he said while taking out his pickaxe.

He began to chisel away at the rock until the gap turned into a passage large enough for the three of them to fit through. The group slid in and entered the cave. The cave proved to be surprisingly spacious, the three could stand up comfortably and walk through the area without struggle.

"Alright, now let's be careful here," Kitty said. "There could be Yetis anywhere. We're likely closing in on their hoard."

Suddenly the group heard the same roaring, only much louder as it echoed throughout the chamber.

"Well…that's not good," Kitty remarked.

The entire cavern started to shake and rumble. Then a group of towering beasts barged out from every side.

"Hm…are we ready to die?" Kitty asked.

"We're all going to die one day," Mona pointed out.

"Can't argue with that," Kitty said. "Let's do this!"

Kitty raised her sword and charged at the nearest Yeti.

(Beach)

Judie was using her hands as mock binoculars as she spied on the pirate ship on the water.

"The target is in sight," she said. "Time for your first mission. Before us we see a band of pirates, and where there's pirates there's…"

"Uh…" Calvin replied cluelessly.

"Treasure!" Judie said as she shoved him over the edge of their vantage point.

Calvin him the sand and Judie gracefully slid down to join him.

"Too slow," she said to his dazed face while snapping at him. "You gotta make the connections like that, you gotta think lightning quick! Mental Activity: I say Tomato what's the first thing that comes to your mind!?"

"Uh…Potato?" Calvin asked.

"Wrong!" Judie snapped. "Tomato, Ketchup, Burger, McDonalds, Old McDonald, Farm, Crops, Crop Circles, Aliens! You see where I'm going with this!?"

"No," Calvin answered as he got up and rubbed his head.

"Well you've still got a long way to go," Judie replied. "But it's time to prove yourself. I want you to use your new found Duskowl skills to swipe that map from those pirates."

"How!?" Calvin asked perplexed.

"I can't tell you what to do, you've got to channel your own inner strength!" Judie said.

"You've had no problem telling me what to do all this time," Calvin retorted.

"Are you going to keep trying to argue with me or are you going to live up to your potential and do something useless for once in your life!?" Judie asked. "Let me give you a hint, it's the second one, now GO!"

With that Judie disappeared. Calvin glanced around.

"Okay, how hard can it be to bust out some skills?" he remarked. "I've got skills, I don't need some psycho training to prove that."

Calvin grabbed onto a tree and pulled it back, making it into a sling and launching himself across the water. Once he was fired into the air he hit the sea and began to bounce like a pebble along the water. He was not as stealthy as he had hoped though as the pirates did take notice of him.

"Captain…there appears to be a…lad of some sort…bouncing on the water," one of the pirates said as they looked through the spyglass.

"Why that sounds crazy!" Crazybeard exclaimed. "So crazy it'd be right up my alley!"

The captain shoved the other pirate out of the way and took the telescope from him. He peered through and saw Calvin. However, the boy had lost momentum by now on his latest bounce just hit the water and sank in.

"Um…that was not supposed to happen," he remarked as he floundered through the water.

Just then he saw a shark fin emerge next to him and began circling him.

"And…I'm outta here!" Calvin exclaimed as he madly began paddling back to the shore.

"Bah! Not worth my time!" Crazybeard said as he threw the spyglass away with disappointment.

Calvin frantically and awkwardly splashed through the water. Sinking underneath from time to time only to pull himself back to the surface. He finally reached the shore again, just before the shark emerged and chomped right where he had been a second ago. As he turned around he saw Judie waiting expectantly for him.

"Well?" she demanded.

"I didn't get it," Calvin said dismissively.

"Of course you didn't, I knew you were destined for failure," Judie said. "That's why you were the distraction while I swiped this!"

She revealed a dusty old map.

"I was the distraction!?" Calvin snapped.

"Obviously," Judie replied. "Did you really think I'd trust you to a mission like this when you're clearly so very incapable?"

"I could have died," Calvin insisted.

"But you didn't, and that's why you're my protégé and not just some nobody on the street, keep it up!" Judie said. "Now let's find this treasure!"

Meanwhile, Garfield, Beatrice, and Todd were wandering along a different part of the beach.

"Oh hey guys, look at that!" Beatrice exclaimed as she pointed upwards.

The boys glanced up and saw an opening in a tall rock spire.

"Hm, you think it's important?" Garfield asked.

"Yes, yes I do," Beatrice replied. "Let's check it out."

"What makes you say that?" Garfield asked. "Could just be a part of the scene."

"No it's important and we're checking it out," Beatrice said firmly.

"Sounds like a challenge to me," Todd exclaimed. "Let's do it!"

The larger boy ran to the spire and quickly began scaling it. Garfield just shrugged and followed after him. Beatrice brought up the rear. Todd's eager scrambling up the rock caused several pebbles and dirt to chafe off and roll into Garfield's face.

"Guys, guys!" Todd exclaimed once he reached the top. "You've got to get up here and see this!"

Once the others joined him they saw a light blue glow emmenating from the inside of the cave.

"Well…that certainly looks telling to me," Garfield said.

"Come on, let's go!" Todd urged.

The cave opened up into a surprisingly spacious chamber. As the boys continued the light got brighter. Soon they had found a bridge that crossed over a pool of water. It lead to a single stone platform with a cerulean conch floating and glowing above it.

"Wow, jackpot!" Todd exclaimed.

Todd rushed across the bridge and Garfield carefully followed behind. Beatrice stayed off the bridge, her eyes glowing blue again.

"I told you this was important," she said. "Unfortunately, you'll be too busy drowning to reach your treasure."

With a flick of her wrist a blue streak covered the bridge then it vanished. The boys plummeted down into the pool of water.

"There's no escape for you now," Beatrice continued. "It's only a matter of how long you can keep stay afloat.

(Catacomb)

Ilona hit the ground. She groaned as pain shot through her body. All around her was nothing but darkness. She rolled over with an ache coursing through her. All she could see was just inky blackness. Then she heard something moving with her. She clenched her teeth and pulled herself up. She grabbed what felt like a rock or some sort of block to gain some support. Focusing her eyes she could see a large silhouette moving in the shadows. She didn't like the look of it. She tried to back up. Moving just shot searing pangs over tender spots on her body. She kept moving though. The creature that was sharing the space with her seemed to have taken note of her and was moving towards her. Ilona tripped over something and fell down again. The large creature didn't stop nearing her. Ilona tried to regain herself. As she did, she realized that what she had stumbled over was in fact a litter of bones. She momentarily winced, but didn't allow herself to lose focus. She turned her head, she could see the monstrosity that was coming towards her now. Its head was almost human, but deformed and misshapen into a rotting skull. The rest of the body seemed to be some unnatural mix of both human and spider. Black fur coated it, eight legs moved in a sporadic synchronism. It was coming straight for Ilona. The girl moved faster than before, desperate to escape the monster. The creature roared and lunged for her. Ilona desperately grabbed a bone and jammed it into the monster's oncoming mouth. The beast seemed slightly hurt and backed off, just for an instance, allowing Ilona to run again. She came to a wall and didn't waste any time. She flung herself at it and tried to scramble up wherever she could. She found the ledge of an indent in the wall and tried to scramble up to it. The creature came after her though and bit down on her leg.

"AAaaaah!" Ilona screamed in pain.

She fell towards the creature, landing on its face. She desperately wrangled her leg free and climbed up on to the creature's head. The monster began backing up and trying to shake her off though. Ilona had to move quickly; she leapt off of the creature's head and into the niche. The creature snapped at her and began to scale the wall as well. Ilona looked around, she spotted a large boulder and began rolling it towards the edge. She wasn't moving fast enough, the creature was already nearing its head to the opening. Ilona gave a final lurch of strength and sent the boulder rolling. It dropped over the edge and slammed straight into the creature's skull, shattering it to pieces and causing it to drop dead. Ilona let out a small victorious sigh, then felt all the pain come shooting back.

"Congratulations Illona!" Chris announced. "You've destroyed The Monstrosity of the Depths and earned yourself safety on to the next phase!"

(Field)

Caleb and Gillian carried the wounded Jacquie along the field. They could see the towering city now, walls sprung up, surrounding it from all sides. They still had a distance to cross though, and they could see another band of goblins milling about between them.

"We can't afford another fight," Gillian said, "Your friend needs help immediately."

"Get her to the city," Caleb said. "I'll handle these guys."

"Are you sure? " Gillian asked.

"Do it, I'll be fine," Caleb assured.

Caleb then clutched his staff and ran towards the group.

"Hey, dummies!" he called. "Catch me if you can!"

The goblins raised their weapons angrily and chased after Caleb. The boy led them away from the women. Once the goblins had all given to the chase, Gillian helped carry Jacquie towards the gate of the town. Caleb meanwhile kept putting distance between them. Soon, though he realized he was going to have to turn around. The band of goblins was gaining on him. With a sharp twist, he turned around and ran straight for them.

"Alright, move it!" he exclaimed as he swung his weapon and knocked them out of the way.

Many of them he was able to send sprawling just from the shock effect. As he kept moving though, others began more aggressive. They started to fight back , and Caleb found himself outnumbered. He swung his staff around, trying to block oncoming attacks from multiple directions. Caleb wasn't interested in fighting, though, just getting back them. He tried to force his way through. The goblins put up a fight thought. One using a trident delivered a sharp blow to his shoulder. Caleb winced, he was losing his chance, more and more were coming at him. Suddenly one of the nearest goblins was impaled by an arrow straight through its chest. Caleb was shocked, then another arrow hit a goblin in the head.

"Come on!" called a foreign voice. "Get moving!"

Caleb regained himself and began to fight off the goblins with his staff again. He was able to force his way through and then just began to sprint straight for the gate. He saw his savior, a tall boy with red hair and a blue cloak. He was wielding a bow and firing with skill, always hitting his mark. Caleb made it inside the gate and the boy followed before it closed shut. Caleb looked around and saw that the field was gone, he was now in a bustling city full of buildings all around him. He saw Gillian waiting for him in the street.

"Your friend is resting she should be able to recover," Gillian said.

"My name is Sylvander" the boy introduced. "Thank you for helping my Aunt. It means a great much to me."

"Attention, Caleb and Jacquie!" Chris announced. "You've both completed a set of tasks. Jacquie for taking the blow for Gillian and therefore keeping her safe to her destination, and Caleb for reaching the central town. Both of you will be moving on to the next stage!"

"What even is the next stage?" Caleb remarked to himself.

"Perhaps we should talk," Sylvander said to Caleb. "You are clearly a skilled warrior to have survived during this horrid goblin uprising. I think someone of your talents will be very needed, very soon…"

(To be continued…)