"That"s right, for those who reach the final special map, the battle is completely forbidden!" Jade nodded and said in a serious voice, "As you well know, this mission is about freeing a small elemental beast that was sealed in the past. When entering the special dungeon Prison of the Snow Fox and saving the pitiful little snow fox, you not only need strength to fight monsters that will block your path.... You also need compa.s.sion, you also need to be smart... So, each of the groups must have at least one member capable of pa.s.sing this little intelligence test."
Although many wanted to reply, none found the right words to do so they could only stay silent. The little fairy"s words made a lot of sense after all, since the mission was about saving a small animal, being compa.s.sionate, and needed to have enough intelligence to free it. After all, it wasn"t possible that one just needed to get to the end of the map, carry the little snow fox, and come out triumphant, was it?
Jade seemed satisfied when she saw everyone unable to reply to her words. With a proud smile, she nodded and pulled out a bigger mana stone as she explained, "I will ask a question and that question can be answered by whoever lights their mana stone first. In the event that 60 seconds pa.s.s without an answer, a mana stone will be illuminated by this higher mana stone; that person will be forced to answer.... Moreover, each group can only fail a total of five times! If one of the representatives answers five questions wrong, then that group will lose the qualifications to challenge this mission during today"s day and will only be able to return twenty-four hours later!"
Jade looked at everyone for a moment and asked, "Does anyone have any questions?"
The place was silent for a few seconds before one person finally stood up and asked, "Although I think I know the answer, I"ll just ask in case but.... What happens in case two mana stones light up at the same time?"
Jade nodded and slowly explained, "It"s not impossible for something like that to happen, even if the chances of something like that happening are low, it"s not zero.... In case that more than one mana stone lights up at the same time, then it will depend on how much mana the player imbues the stone that belongs to them. As simple as that; the brightest stone will decide who has the right to respond."
"Isn"t that a bit unfair?" an a.s.sa.s.sin couldn"t help but complain and point out, "Mages and priests clearly have higher mana than the rest of the professions so they will be able to use a greater amount of mana than us!"
"Em, it"s actually unfair." Jade nodded, agreeing with the a.s.sa.s.sin.
"Then...!"
"But!" Jade interrupted him and asked, "The world you come from is fair?"
The a.s.sa.s.sin was speechless.... Was the world he came from fair? He knew very well that it was by no means fair. He himself had to work eight hours every day from Monday to Sat.u.r.day to feed his family while other people spent hundreds of thousands on a woman"s handbag. How could such a world be fair?
Seeing that the a.s.sa.s.sin did not respond, Jade continued, "Since there are no more questions, then let"s move on!"
Jade raised her small white hand as bright as the purest sea pearl and a green-colored scroll appeared. She held it up and as her eyes shone with amus.e.m.e.nt, she asked the first question:
"What is that which belongs to you but which in reality others use more than you?"
Puzzles!
Only now did everyone finally understands clearly what kind of compet.i.tion this was. Before, the vast majority thought that Jade"s questions would be about mathematics or history, but they were all incredibly wrong and what none of them expected was that the little fairy floating several meters above the ground would actually start the compet.i.tion with a strange puzzle.
Xie Feng frowned and fell into deep contemplation.... Something that belonged only to him but that others used the most...?
Flash!
After about twenty seconds, the first mana stone glowed and Jade gave the first word to that person.
The person who had imbued mana into his mana stone was a stout man who wore a round shield on his back and a large bushy beard covered much of his face. Upon receiving okay"s signal, the stout man frowned and replied:
"That which belongs only to me but which in reality others use the most...my marriage bed."
Jade: "..."
After a moment of silence.
"HAHAHAHA!"
"d.a.m.n man hahahahaha!"
"LOL"
Surprisingly, perhaps purely by coincidence, most of the representatives were men. They probably all thought the compet.i.tion would be a battle and, although not all, most of the female players had chosen life support or priestess cla.s.ses rather than cla.s.ses to fight on the front lines. After all, it was true that women were more likely to be scared of the grotesque appearance of the monsters.
Precisely since most of them were men, everyone could not help but burst out laughing at the stout man"s clear joke. Even Xie Feng could not help but laugh and shook his head in amus.e.m.e.nt.
After practically a minute of constant laughter, the situation calmed down and Jade was finally able to speak again.
"Unfortunately, the answer is incorrect... The correct answer is "our name"" She said with a poker face and pointed to the player who had answered earlier.
Swoosh!
A beam of light shot out at top speed towards the stout man causing the crowd to freak out. Could it be that this little fairy was actually enraged and was going to claim the life of the poor guy who tried to play a joke!?
However, just as the man from before closed his eyes and waited for death, the jade voice rang out again, "One of your five tries just expired."
Opening his eyes slowly, the stout man saw that above his head was a small floating star the size of a fist.
Jade, seeing everyone"s confusion, explained, "That mark represents how many wrong answers each of you has. When the mark reaches number five, the group represented by that person will be automatically disqualified and teleported to the central plaza of Eminentis City."
"Let"s continue."
The players stopped laughing and became serious. No more jokes. Every shot was precious to them and the rewards for clearing every event in the system was undoubtedly precious to let go just for a nonsense; not everyone was willing to waste a precious opportunity like the man before.
"When I am young I am tall, when I grow old I am short. With life I glow and my enemy is the wind. What am I?"
After a minute, no one managed to answer successfully and a mana stone in the crowd automatically lit up. Unfortunately, the person chosen did not know the answer or otherwise he would have already answered before the time ran out. That person also lost a life.
"The correct answer is: A candle!" Jade smiled and announced.
Xie Feng almost fell to the ground when he heard the correct answer. For the love of G.o.d! What was with all these strange questions and nonsensical answers!!!? Xie Feng felt like calling the administration and complaining; but since he knew his cries wouldn"t reach anyone"s ears, he sensibly decided to cry silently to himself.
"Third question! Don"t let me down please!" Jade laughed, clearly she was enjoying the black faces of everyone present!
"I"m not alive but I grow, I need air to live but I have no lungs, and even though I have no mouth, water kills me. who am I?"
Flash!
Not even a second had pa.s.sed after Jade finished reading the third question when a mana stone flashed.
"Oh?" She exclaimed with clear surprise on her face.
Not only was Jade surprised, but all the players also looked at the light source in surprise and were even more surprised when they saw the person holding the glowing mana stone.
"Is that her?" muttered Xie Feng, clearly surprised.
Xie Feng never expected that just like him, Yao Mei was chosen as the representative of the group formed by the core members of the G.o.d of Heaven guild!
Her crimson red hair shone under the sun"s rays, highlighting her beautiful face even more. A dark-colored robe with golden details hugged her clearly overgrown body for her age. However, Yao Mei"s face was as cold as the purest frost in the world.
Yao Mei ignored everyone"s gaze and a single word came out of her mouth:
"Fire."