Jack saw a young bald man looking at him while standing against the wall. he whistle a few times.

"  Are you talking to me? "

Jack asked quietly.

Then the stranger came forward with a smile.

" Yes, you. Heard about your chat with that boat owner. Heard you need some extra coins. I can help you with that mate. "

The stranger whispered.

" Who are you? " Jack asked.

" Name's Carlo. Quietly, Follow me " 

Carlo lead Jack near to a forest nearby. There were no people out there.

" There's a treasure in this forest. People call this place ZEKORL forest. If you help me to find it I will share it with you. Deal? "

Carlo told Jack about the treasure hidden in that forest.

Jack thought about it and replied 

" Deal it is "

" Aye, Meet me at the forest tonight. "

Carlo said and walked away.

Jack waited till night inside the 'Kingfisher inn'. Jack started to hear Ann's voice.

" Jack, I have told your father to warn the villagers. But things are going out of hand. Villagers are panicked. Some tried to leave. Your father gave them a good speech and calmed them down. "

Ann said.

" He is good at giving advice. He is my hero. "

Jack said Proudly.

" When you go farther I am losing the connection between us. I won't be able to see you. "

Ann said.

" Don't worry. Everything is fine. Everything will be. I will bring help soon "

Jack said.

" I hope so. Be careful. Many lives are counting on you "

Ann's voice faded away.

Jack took a deep breath and held the Amulet close to his heart.

After the night arrived. Jack went outside. He put on a torch and went to the forest. He heard wolves howling from the distance. Jack saw Carlo waiting near a ruined building. 

" Are you ready mate? "

Carlo asked. He was excited.

" Yeah, I think I am "

Said Jack.

Both walked forward. There were more ruined buildings. They were made out of White stones. There were stones with Ancient looking carvings. Then they saw a cave. There was a door that looked similar to the door Jack saw in the hidden forest.

" According to my Grandfather, This door is the entrance to the treasure vault. We need to get this door open "

Carlo said.

Carlo tried pushing and prying the door. But it didn't move.

" I could use a hand now "

Carlo invited Jack to join him.

Jack touched the door and helped Carlo to push the door. Then the door started to move.

" You have lucky hands mate,"

Carlo said happily.

Both took torches and walked into the cave. Inside was really dark. There were Giant stairs that leads down. Both walked their way down.

There were giant statues of unknown life forms that looked similar to Humans. They were made out of obsidian.

" Who might have built this place? "

Jack was amazed by it.

" Who else other than The Gods  "

Carlo replied.

Both of The young men walked down the stairs for an hour. Then they saw a light shining through a hole in the wall. They went that way and they saw five tall Crystal Skeletons standing in front of them.

Both Jack and Carlo draw their weapons. But they didn't move. Carlo threw his Axe at one of the skeletons. The skeleton broke down and turned into dust.

In a few seconds, other skeletons broke down and turned into dust.

Carlo picked up his axe and it was crystallized. He took it and walked forward. Then they saw something they didn't expect.

An Underground City made out of Crystal. There was a giant Shining Crystal pyramid above the city. Light came from it and it reflected on the crystal towers and beautiful rays were shining. There were crystals on the floor that was countless like Sand on a beach.

" This is Amazing. I knew it. My grandfather used to tell me stories about a city of crystal, hidden from the eyes of the world. We found it. "

There were Tears in Carlo's eyes. He was really happy. He screamed and danced. He ran toward the city.

" Wait, Don't run "

Jack was doubting if there was any danger there.

" We are Rich! , We are rich! Hurrah! "

Carlo jumped on the crystal with happiness.

A few moments later Jack found a room full of Golden coins, Gold ingots, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, pearls, gems , and black rocks. Jack took coins as many as he can carry in his purse. He saw something shining among the gold. It was a beautiful golden ring that had a ruby on top of it. Jack took it and wore it.

Carlo came to Jack while wearing a crown and some Jewelry.

" I am now more Wealthier than any king of Wach-jedu. I will make this my kingdom. I will be its king. Helchi will no longer be a poor town with Fish everywhere. Today We won. "

Carlo screamed while drawing a golden sword and holding it up.

He laughed with glory.

" I should go Now "

Jack said.

" You deserve to be my second in command or maybe My Advisor. Maybe my guardian. You deserve more than a few coins "

Carlo held Jack's shoulder and said.

" For Me, money isn't the important thing. It is my family. My loved ones. I have to do what I have to "

Jack said. It made Carlo's smile go away.

" Alright, mate. If you ever need help let me know. Go, Forward mate. "

Carlo said goodbye to Jack and went to the Throne. He sat down and looked glorious.

Jack went back to the inn to take a nap. On the next morning, Jack returned to the boat owner and gave him 200 coins.

" Here, Now take me to Ivoria."

Jack said

" How did you ...., oh Doesn't matter. Take this boat.I am not going to that place "

The boat owner said.

" But you said ...." Jack said

" The Damn boat is all yours. Go now or I will take it back. "

Said the boat owner.

" Fine"

Jack got into the Boat and started rowing. He headed his way to Ivoria. Jack rowed the boat for six hours and it was evening. There was only fog. Helchi disappeared from Jack's sight.

He couldn't see where is going.the water was green and unclear.Jack took his compass out and looked but It didn't seem to work.

He was lost in the fog.

" Can anyone hear me? Hello !? "

Jack Shouted.

But there was no sound at all.

After some minutes Jack felt like something is moving in the water.

Jack took his staff and loaded the crossbow. Jack stopped moving and covered himself. He heard something hissing.

Then something rose up from the water. It was a Big River Serpent.

It looked like a hybrid of a snake and a salamander. It hissed and tried to attack Jack. Jack fired the crossbow and hit the serpent's head. It started to bleed and it pushed Jack's boat.

Jack fell down to the river. He lost his staff from his hands. The serpent grabbed Jack's leg by biting it. Jack screamed in pain. He started to drown. The serpent took Jack to the bottom of the river. It was really dark and The blood from Jack's leg was flowing in the water.Jack was almost out of breath. He punched the serpent's head to break free. Jack punched its eye with the Golden ring he found. The ruby on it made The serpent's eye bleed.

The serpent released Jack from its mouth. Jack saw his staff stuck on seaweed. He pulled it and stabbed the Serpent's head with its spear. The serpent was badly wounded and it disappeared while going more deeper. Jack was out of breath. He tried swimming upward. But he started to drown. Jack took his staff and aimed the Grappling hook upward and shot it.

The hook went up and it reached the land. then the rope started reeling up Jack. He held the staff till he reach up.

Jack reached the land after that. He screamed in pain. He looked at his leg and there was a serpent's fang stuck in his leg.

He pulled it out while putting pressure on it. He started to bleed.

Jack drank a potion to make the poison go away. Then he put some healer leaves on his leg and tied it up with a bandage.

Jack was already in Ivoria. He smiled through tiredness and fell into sleep.

After some time passed Jack woke up. It was night. He stood up and start to walk. there was only sand on the ground. It looked like a desert .on the north side there were snowy mountains afar.

Jack walked for almost an hour on the sandy plain. He heard wolves howling from the distance. It started to get colder. Jack lighted His Staff. There was only a small light.

Jack heard the wind blowing .there was a sandstorm coming toward Jack. Jack covered his eyes and kept moving. Jack got hit by a derby and his bag fell down. Jack Tried to reach for his bag but the wind was too strong. The bag got opened and some of Jack's stuff got caught in the storm. the urgent letter was in the bag and it also got caught by the storm.

"No !!!" Jack screamed. The letter disappeared. The storm went away after a few minutes. Jack was covered in sand. He was shocked after He lost that letter. He searched everywhere for it.

" No, Please gods. Why did you do it? what an idiot I am "

Jack talked to himself.

Jack took his bag and gathered what he could find. Still, he could not find the letter.

Jack fell down to his knees while feeling hopeless.

" I have failed to save my home. What have I done? I am just a useless boy. I should have stayed home. "

Jack said.

" Jack, I feel your pain. But this isn't the end. You are still here. You still can save your home. Don't give up now. Losing that letter doesn't mean you have lost everything. Courage Jack. I am always believing you. You gave me hope. Now I give you hope. Stand up, Jack. You can do it. You are the bravest person I have met. You are a great person. You always will be.  Stand up Jack "

Ann's voice said.

Jack swiped away the tears and took a deep breath. Then he looked up at the sky. He felt braveness in his heart.

" Everybody loves you, Jack. We all do. You are not alone. You never were"

Ann said.

Jack stood up with his full strength and took his staff to his hand.

" I will try my best, Ann. I am glad you are always with me. I shall not give up.People need me more than ever. I have to do it. And I will."

Jack said without a doubt. Then he continued moving forward.

Jack walked his way to thereloria and then he came up with a small village called ' DUHRI '. He went to the village to spend the night. There was a rest house named "Sleeping Cave".Jack bought a room for a night.

 He entered his bedroom. there was another person sleeping on the second bed. He had a sword near him while sleeping. He seems to be a Hunter or Ranger. His face wasn't visible because he was facing the wall. Jack washed and cleaned himself up. Then he wore soft clothes and drank some herbal potion to dull the pain of the wounds. After that, Jack lay on his bed and went to sleep.

Jack slept peacefully for some hours.

After Some time passed Jack woke up after he heard a thudding.

" Dus ! "

Jack looked outside from the window to see what was going on. There were some people outside carrying torches and Axes. Some of them set fire to a house and captured the people who were inside. Jack heard someone banging on the door of the rest house. Jack took cover to hide from the attackers.

Jack slowly prepared his bag to leave. Then someone came from behind and covered Jack's mouth.

" Shh... They are bandits from Grey Camp. If they catch you, they will use you as food for their dogs "

It was the same person who was sleeping on the bed next to Jack.

He had long hair and not so grown beard. He had a scar on the right side of his face.

 He had let Jack go and took his sword to his hand.

" Quickly, Follow me "

He whispered.

" Who are you ? "

Jack asked him.

" I am Valthron. Let's chat later. Come here "

Said Valthron.

He pushed some boxes toward the door and blocked it. 

The bandits found out someone is inside.

" Someone is inside it . Burn it down ! " a Bandit yelled.

Then someone threw a torch at the rest house. The fire came inside and started spreading.

" Quickly, we have to move . "

Valthron climbed up and broke the roof. He made a way to climb up.

Valthron climbed up and helped Jack to climb.

"There he is ! "

A bandit screamed. The bandits started to shoot arrows using Crossbows at them.

Jack quickly cast a magic shield and covered Valthron and Himself. Valthron was surprised and impressed.