Kingdom of Gold, El Dorado

The situation reminds me of the Kingdom of Gold ruled by Ravan from the epic of Ramayana , That story also had a kingdom entirely made up of gold .

Hanuman a deity served The incarnation of Lord Vishnu

Shree Ram . And Ram waged war against Ravan after he kidnapped his wife .

Or it might be the lost city made entirely of Gold El Dorado.

Maybe the quest is something related to that .

We tried to understand the meaning of the quest . And started interpreting the quest in different ways .

McElroy:

Maybe by destruction it means that there is someone evil controlling the kingdom . So thats why we are supposed to destroy the whole Kingdom .

Jay :

Theres a fault within your hypothesis , if that was the case it would have said to destroy the king or end the rule or something.

McElroy:

Then maybe there must be something evil lurking in the kingdom itself that's why they are asking us to destroy it .

These hypothesis were getting out of hand .

Era :

If you aren't sure about the quest you're supposed to do then just go and see . It's that simple.

Jay :

Guess that's the only thing left to do .

And so after a frame skipping we stood before the golden gate . Where mercenaries were stationed . Theyet is in without any fuss .

The entire city was golden from the buildings to even the pavements . And the people were also golden .

I tried to control them using metal magic but they wouldn't even budge .

So I came to a conclusion . The skin is golden not the internals . Other wise they'd be walking like C3po

One of the golden skinner approached us .

? :

I haven't seen you before , are you new here .

Jay :

Yes we are travellers we have come a long way .

? :

You might be tired from traveling let me take you to a great place inn that I know .

Jay :

Thank you .

?:

Much appreciated

He took us to an inn and I thought it would be an off budget , your run of the mill for advertisement.

But I was wrong .

We faced a truly luxurious inn I have ever seen in my life .

Just like a 5 star hotel . It had evrything from swimming pools to very grand rooms and beddings and all of the service was great .

Jay :

I don't think we could afford to stay here . We are running on a very tight budget .

? :

Don't worry it's free to live here . You can stay as long as you want .

Jay :

Free ?

McElroy:

Free ?

We were both skeptical when we heard the word free .

Jay :

Oh , I almost fell for it . It was a good joke .

? :

I didn't say any joke .

From the distance a mercenary came by .

Merc :

Any troubles , we're having .

? :

No I was just guiding them to the inn . But they think I'm joking .

Merc :

It happens a lot , with travellers who are new .

Merc :

Listen you guys , you can fully trust the citizens of the kingdom . They'll help you . I have to patrol the kingdom

And don't cause trouble for them . Or I'll be the one who causes trouble for you

? :

They look decent I'm sure they won't . Come in now let's get you check inn .

After that the person made us checked inn at the inn .

When I asked the fees for the inn the registrar said that they were free .

Registrar :

We also provide all types of services and we'll provide you with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

And if you want to tour the kingdom we'll also provide a guide who can take you around the kingdom .

We took the key and entered inside the room and it was polished sqeakily clean .

The walls were a lighter shade of gold .

The bedsheets and the bed were white in colour . But they had stitching of gold on them .

There were various design stitched on them . Design of different flowers and leaves accompanying them as a part of a plant.

the opposite wall a veranda with a beautiful view of the kingdom . And on the window curtains made of gold strings .

The gold strings were so slim that they felt like silk .

I just relaxed as I say in the bed and somehow my sore muscles started relieving themselves . And my muscles relaxed a bit and I don't know how but I fell asleep .

It must have been due to exhaustion from all the running around I've been doing since coming here .

But all my fatigue just melted away .

Like that time in the dungeon where we met Mariel and then took her to an adventure .

But then we lost her to the hands of the immortals .

Technically her pendent version .

And another teammate we lost was the singer with a beautiful voice that made heaven close to the lands .

Just listening to her was a bliss and she sang a lot during our trip together .

She got captured because of some suspicion.

But I swear ome day I will rescue her . I just need to find out her whearabouts .

After a few hours I woke up stress free . I washed my face with water . The water was colourless but it refracted yellow light due to the base being golden .

And I had a lavish dinner with our group Our plates were made with pure gold . But apparently the food was not made of gold . I was wrong in my guess .

We still haven't found something wrong with this kingdom .

There has to be something evil lurking here for us to ask to complete such absurd quest .

The people are king , everything is essential free . I don't see any sign of there being an illegal activity or any sort of black market . Or anything at all . There are no signs of any corruption.

This is a place where one mistakenly call it paradise .

There must be something wrong with this place . Not everything can be free .

Era :

Really you're just fixated on the word Free .

Jay :

There is nothing in this world or the next where everything is free .

McElroy:

There was something I was wondering if there is a version of Era who mostly don't tell us anything. There might be a version of Era who tells us everything.

Era :

You're absolutely correct . There is one version of me from the timeline number 56778293457 . She actually violated the rules set by X and told both of you everything .

And in a few minutes she died of cancer . As her body cells violently mutated. And soon formed a mass, a violently clump of cells where the veins were incorrectly formed so it spilled blood out of every single opening. And then she died as oxygen couldn't reach her mutated cells.

A truly violent kind of death.

Jay :

Damn !! And you saying without any emotions sent a chill down my spine just now.

Era :

I know not everything is fun and games knowing everything about everything .

Jay :

If you know everything about everything you should also know how to defeat him.

Era :

That's the thing. I do know what I know and how to defeat him. But I don't think you will want that.

Jay :

Why not?

Era :

You'll have to see that for yourself.

And that's how we ended our day in a serious note