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Chapter 20 - Hidden treasure

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We walked and walked to these narrow Passages, it almost feels like a hour has passed since we were walking. We even encountered Mana suckers , Dead walkers and even giant spiders , they gave me goosebumps.

" Ahh! That's it , enough is enough! We have been walking around these passages for so long now and still couldn't reach the end , to the one you're looking for."

I said as i threw a fit and sat on the ground ,all tired , i looked at Qiang Hao who took a long sighhh and then lightly slapped my back.

" Ow! What was that for ?! "

" Hah...you dumb girl , can't you already see what's happening?"

" Huh ? What do you mean ?"

" Sighhh , i mean we are walking on and on cause we are now stuck in the loop mechanism ."

I looked at him with wide eyes..... Ah now I get it .

" So we are lost now ?"

" No , we are struck and the only way to get out is to find out how to break this mechanism and solve it."

Ohhh ok ok , now I get it fully , so that's it but wait!

"Then why didn't you say that before ?! I could have helped you too." I said as i stood up dusting my clothes.

"Cause You never asked so, Me and Ran are looking for those clues by ourselves." Qiang hao said nonchalantly.

" What the fuck? You could have just told me!" Before i could say more , he glared at me , making me forget all my frustration.

"Hahhhhh , Fine then , let's go , I'll search for those clues too." They both nodded as we started walking again.

It was repeating again, the same pathway, those same posters which had something written on i , which was very blurry ,some of them were old paintings and then these marshal lights on the wall four on both sides ,those old but shiny pot and vase and then different patterns on these walls .

Then we took a right turn which was plain with just two marshal lights and something was caved on the wall here and there.

It was a long route and then again ,we were back to the same place again . I stopped myself and looked here and there for any clue I can get .

4 marshal lights on both walls , same scriptures , same vases and pots and those poster. I stepped closer to them as i looked carefully at the paining, it was a painting of a fairy descending from heaven to earth .

But then my eyes wide open when I saw that the fairy is smilling not so gently anymore but scarily.

That's when i got the idea of what's happening.

" Yes , I got it!" I said loudly "Omg , I'm so smart."

"What are you yapping about? What did you got ?" Qiang hao looked at me in irritation because I was loud , for sure , he is such a drama queen , a total tsundere princess.

" i ,now , exactly know what kind of mechanism we are struck in."

" What is it ?"

" Well it's the type of game I used to play , where we get a place , home or anything with certain things and a continuous loop , to escape, we have to find the anomalies and go back to get to the next level and move forward."

"And what did that have to do with this ? This isn't a game or whatever you were talking about ."He said .

"This is exactly like that , look at this poster , this fairy i saw earlier was smiling very gently but now look , what a creepy smile she has. This is exactly what anomalies is like , so that definitely means we have to go back or maybe mark this anomalies." I tried my best to explain them , like it was exactly same like that , maybe they find it hard to understand but I was surprised to see Qiang hao getting the concept so fast.

"Mhm , i think i understood this now , let's try it then ." He looked at me as he smiled slightly, so pretty. "Being with me , you're getting smart day by day too."

"Oh seriously, don't talk nonsense."

"What? I'm telling the fact."

We bumped each other playfully for a while , then got all serious when Lee ran interrupted us with his classic Ahem.

First we tried the marking, he circles around the painting that had the anomaly then walked forward, but it seems like we ended up in the same place so we turned back to where we came from and Viola, the creepy painting wasn't there anymore.

We repeated this few time and surprisingly we finished walking that passage in few minutes .

"Yess , we are out!" I cheered , getting out of the passage into the spacious hall underground. It had old with designed pillars , wall and even worn out marble floor.

" So, where to the next ?" I asked Qiang Hao .

He looked all serious now , like it's the time for real mission .

"Look we have to look for this specific room which contains a treasure box or some special artifacts." He said.

"But what is it exactly that we are looking for so hard." I asked , but Qiang hao just looked at me and rolled his eyes, gosh even this attitude looks cute on him.

" I think it'll be better if you look for it first , if you find it first I'll tell you what it is."

"Hahh fine if you say so , i won't ask more if you don't wanna tell me."

I turn back at him as I look at my surroundings , as i heard Hao take a deep sigh as he patted my back.

"It's not like i don't wanna tell you , it's just not the correct time, try to understand."

"Yes i understood, I'll do my best to find it so that you can tell me what it is exactly."

"Good , Now let's scatter and search on our own , if you guys find anything, be sure to inform me ,ok?"

"Ok, yes sir" Both me and Lee Ran said in sync.

With that we started looking for that special thing alone . The three of us went different ways as i went on the left side , Qiang hao on the middle and Lee ran on the right side .

Looking for the things that Hao seriously needs .

To be continued.........

Guys, new chapter will be here soon as it's almost done, so stay tune 😁

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