The Player's System

Chapter 32 - First Shingle

First Shingle

Fortunately the formation made Sashi stand by the side of the young player. Jake was already thinking to get the help of the female player. Her weapon was suitable for the attack. The sharp blades gave off the shine and attacked. 

All seven team members fended off the attacks with their best weapons. The attacks were coming randomly. One after the other ogre fell. The team members used long range weapons to keep the ogres and their poison blade sticks at distance. 

The minute perfection of the game portal was enough to let the players hear the movements of the ogres. They halted their breathing to hear the ogres. Team members also helped others in case they were late to response the incoming attack. "Should we blast the cottage and get rid this latching latch of the ogres?" Hammer boy was throwing away the creatures however they were never ending. 

Jake listened and got alert. He did not want them to get agreed on this suggestion. The blast would kill the eyeless serpent and the precious shingle would go to waste. "It is impractical, we are currently surrounded by the ogres and making way between them is fairly neck breaking. We have to wait and keep mass killing until the number decrease. I am sure there will be a limit for every cottage and the assigned ogres." Junan refused after explaining. 

Somehow his premonition was accurate. The game developers could not let the ogres make the overall experience of the game dull and boring by bringing the ogres at one place to not end. These creatures could damage by forming plans, and using the available means. The only safe option was to keep battling till the ogres finish off or the player reach his limit eventually. 

Until now they gathered enough of hp to battle next entire day. With this it was not necessary to ignore important aspects. Jake heard and agreed. He was blinking in the dark smoke only to catch sight of the eyeless serpent. It was such pity that eyeless serpent was the boss of these ogres. The ogres of this cottage resembled with the toads barely standing on two feet and holding the blade sticks. 

Their eyes sparkled when they came near for the attack. This aided the team members in tackling. The toads in the second colony were similar however they used their poison tongues for the attack while these bothered with the blade stick. 

It was rather strange. Junan noticed it and wanted to talk about it nonetheless he was supposed to keep silence in order to hear the movements of the ogres. The boss of these ogres was unable to provide enough of poison so they could only use poison sticks. The eyeless serpent was created by the Python. 

With the destruction of the second Heart most of his creations could not use poison individually. Also the limits were striking with every single step of the players. The army of toads was bound with the eyeless serpent. If it could not provide them source of poison then they could only rely external means. 

Junan seemed getting the core of the situation, this was the reason that his attention was not fixated on the escape. The words written on the book of Detection were still fresh in his head and he was looking for the variant that could point out the source. 

Many dead bodies piled up around the team members. The number did not decrease instead the ogres waiting outside jumped inside to join others. "There is big shadow at the corner. Can you see it?" Jake almost whispered. 

Sashi looked at him and then the corner where he pointed. "For me everywhere is black shadow unless the ogres show up the ominous eyes." Sashi shrugged her shoulder. Despite blinking several times, she was unable to see the shadow. Jake got disappointed. 

As soon as he pointed his hand the shadow hid again eventually Sashi was unable to see it. "There is some creature maintaining this smoke. Next time it showed up I will tell you." Jake again whispered not knowing what else to go with. 

"You should tell team head so that he could plan something." Sashi replied in the middle of killing the ogres. "Your weapon could help in silently attacking the shadow. If I spoke out loud then the shadow might destroy the cottage on our heads." This time Jake warned her grimly in low voice. 

Sashi heard the last sentence and looked up. The cottage was big and it could damage more than half of hp; the truth that the eyeless serpent was not capable to do that however Cobra Lord could easily destroy the whole cottage. Sashi gulped dry breath and nodded. She agreed to attack when the young player gesture. 

Jake heaved breath of relief. His was using gun to kill the ogres. The cool down time was near and he was thinking what he would do at that time. There was shield hung on his waist, he thought to use when time will come.

He was also keeping eyes at the corner to spot the shadow. Because he had seen fourth eyeless serpent, Jake was hundred percent sure that this shadow belonged to the third eyeless serpent. The system clearly mentioned that three eyeless serpents bear the shingle. He wanted to see whether this one bear it or not. 

"You cannot randomly attack with the arrow, keep in mind. The vessel on the head should only cut off with the tip of arrow." Jake gave instruction. Sashi was stunned the way this young player was guiding her. She was in no way arrogant about the fact that she was experienced player however the words of the young player were enough to make her doubt on her skills of using arrows. 

Since they promised to listen the suggestions of each other, Sashi could not deny. She was in fact ready to test her accuracy of the target and the attack. Jake kept looking around in hope to get the glimpse of the shadow. The eyeless changed the location knowing that one player spotted its presence. It was in the second corner.