57 The Hunt of the Dryad (1/2)

A fair bit of the Player's surged forward toward the green haired woman, with an aura of superiority. Moving like a moth's towards a flame, the two sisters and I moved forward and Wit had come over and grabbed my hand.

Wit looks at the woman with a scrunched face, focusing my attention on the woman I notice that wedge appears above her head [Dryad of the Primordial Forest Park], that was an interesting title. Her face was noble as she waited until everyone that wanted to participate was in front of her.

Looking at the fifty or so players that had gathered around her, she raised an eyebrow. ”Very well then let us commence the game,” she spoke loftily as she waved a hand and I felt an extreme amount of pressure pour down onto my body.

It felt like all my bone were being crushed and then grounded into nothing, the feeling only lasts for a couple seconds but it was enough to make me feel a little sick to my stomach. Take in a couple deep breaths, I notice a couple people were bent over and puking.

Looking at twins, I noticed they looked a little green but they didn't lose their stomachs. Shuddering a bit, I shake my head a little bit to drive away that lingering feeling of pressure.

I could hear the sound of birds, twisting my head I find that we're no longer in the square. Instead, we stood on the outskirts of a densely forested area. This was going to be the arena for the playing for the minigame, I couldn't see into the dense pack foliage to far, but I knew that it was probably a huge forest.

She was called the [Dryad of the Primordial Forest], that means that this wasn't going to be a cute little park scavenger hunt. Rolling out my shoulders, I looked over at Wit and find her with the same cool and scrutinizing expression on her face, it looks like the pressure hadn't bothered her one bit.

The woman that had appeared before now felt even stronger, it was like her power had shot up exponentially, her features we're now in a light smile. The whole forest seems to light up at the nearness of the woman.

”Now that you've all decided to enter the game that I've set up, I'll begin to explain the rule and the end goal of the game, please listen carefully I'll only explain this now, and only one time,” she spoke softly but her voice drifted easily to my ears.

The attitude of the crowd turned a bit somber and their full attention turned towards the woman that stood in front of us. However, the two witches looked rather excited and I just shook my head at them, they were an odd pair.

”First the game is called a scavenger hunt because you'll be tasked with obtaining certain items from within the forest for me. The game has a time period of five days, during that time you're to scour the forest and find what I've listed for you. I've also attached a small game that has a general area where you can find some things,” she waves a hand and a small map and list appears in front of each of us.

Reaching a hand out I grab the small bundle that is floating in the air.

”Don't lose these, I wouldn't replace them if you lose them,” she adds as we all open the map and look at the list. The forest was huge and had a great deal of land to cover.

”The second thing to remember is that all forms of violence are allowed. Third, no one can leave until the twenty days are up,” she spoke as she twisted a hand in the air looking bored out of her mind as she explained.

I couldn't help the smile that crept onto my face. What an interesting game admin, she didn't look like she cared to even let us into her forest at all.

”Fourth, I ask you to know that my archnemesis resides in the forest, and will stop at anything to make sure that you can't complete the task that I've to give you,” her voice hardened and a cold glint flashes through her emerald green eyes.

”I've marked where he normally resides, there is an important thing that I need within the part of the forest, I've listed it as an extra item to obtain, if you do obtain that item I'll grant you a Unique ranked monster as compensation,” her words kindle a strong fire in everyone's stomach.

That was a strong monster to obtain for anyone, I even wanted one. It would probably be a monster from the primordial forest behind us, meaning that there could be all sorts of interesting monster to obtain.

”Fifth, there are no penalties for not completing the scavenger hunt, but you wouldn't obtain any rewards,” her voice was starting to fade.