Synthen & The Quest

'Undoubtedly, I heard a voice, and it was the one that woke me up?' She questioned with uncertainty.

Shanazer was in a confused state. She paced, roamed here and there. Her mind was in critical thinking mode. 'YOU ARE NOT CRAZY SHANAZER, I AM SYNTHEN, I HAVE BEEN ASLEEP WITHIN YOU FOR SIXTEEN YEARS.' Explained Synthen.

Right away, Shanazer realized that whatever she had experienced the previous day was all real.

'You have very limited time. You have got to start your training as soon as possible. I would advise you to start with practicing your martial arts in the quest game. You can find it inside your menu bar.' Synthen uttered.

'What do you mean? Me practicing martial arts? Are you kidding? Look miss, thanks for waking me up, I have other important things to do, like preparing myself for the exams?' Elaborated Shanazer.

'Shanazer, you are soon to encounter danger.' Synthen paused momentarily, allowing every word to sink deeply into Shanazer's mind, then carried on, 'Let me jog your memory a little bet, have you forgotten about the bounty of two billion US dollars already?' Questioned Synthen.

Shanazer got hit terribly, shock gripped her mind as her body began to shake violently like she was electrocuted by electricity. Then Synthen went on to further describe something more personal that she had gone through and never shared with anyone.

'How about the assassin's hunting you in the forest?' 

Shanazer's energy and enthusiasm drained drastically, her loins and bone joints grew weaker, as power left her entire body. Memories of the day she escaped from Gandaska flooded her mind, for they were crystal clear, vividly alive at that moment, emotions of extreme fear raining through her body. Tears automatically started streaming down her red cheeks, shivering and trembling encompassed her. She was keenly aware that her past would catch up with her, eventually, but not this soon.

'How do you know my past so well?' Inquired Shanazer. Her crucial survival she went through, she would not forget, she usually did think about it more often than anything else, and she had been convinced that it was not a coincidence, how do you move from one city to another and not the same planet but to a different planet? It was a question that had not been answered in her mind. Many times she wrestled, fought herself for the possible answer. Maybe this time, she might understand her mysterious life. She had thought about every other way possible but still couldn't come up with a viable solution or conclusion. Mostly she thought she had teleported, but with what? 

'Well, we don't have that kind of leisure time for such questions. Do you want to survive and go on living successfully?'

The answer was obvious, she had to listen to the voice inside her head, who seemed to definitely know about her secretive past life.

'Ok! How do I begin my training?' She asked patiently. She relentlessly gave up all the thoughts and desires to pursue the burning questions that hunted her day and night.

 It's very easy, you have to give permission to the system to take control of your brain and body. Before taking further actions, please go through the terms and conditions. Shanazer did not have the patience to read through the terms and conditions. She right away pressed the option to accept. A full three D display could be seen clearly in her mind. She then went to a quest game with her consciousness. 

Shanazer entered the quest. She was received by another different automated male voice, 'Welcome Shanazer Athens to the game of martial arts fighters in the worlds of champions in different dimensions and fighting. Here only the strong survive. You have been granted a hundred points as a start-up package. The rules are very simple in this quest. You will bet fifty points to enter a fighting match. If you win a match, your points are multiplied by two, and you qualify for the next round. The opposite is equally the same. There are more than one thousand levels, and you can qualify by winning any challenge. If you lose a match, you are taken one step behind and also lose points, but that does not mean you will meet the same opponent you had fought with previously. If you manage to climb up the ladder to the same level you were at and challenge again, you will be given a random opponent. Now, there are only two options. You can start from the beginning of the game and that is level one or first dimension, or you can draw a random selection, and you are given an opponent to fight with. If you win the match depending on the level of your opponent, and you are given equivalent rewards to your opponent's status and, on the other hand, when you follow a level one step by step, you just win the equivalent of your bet, and if you lose all your points you can't enter a fight, you will have to accumulate points and then come back and challenge and once you bet you can't back out.' 

'Draw a fight.' Shanazer wanted to test her strength and gain a lot of experience at fighting. Level one selection is in progress. A display like that of a smart TV appeared, there was a beeping resonance and a number of faces were being swapped, which meant player selection. The selection went on for ten seconds and came to a stop upon reaching Kan Shemin, the Thai fighter. With a whooping sound, Shanazer is transported into a caged fighting ring. She can't withdraw or reverse herself now. There is only one option, that is to fight. Kan Shemin looked like a mature fighter with lots of experience, her dark curly hair covered her face partially, the visible part had a burnt scar. She shouted at Shanazer, 'Hey amateur girl, are you going to stand there forever? Come at me and get the beating of your life. I must warn you that I have never lost a single match in this ring. So come on at me?' She demanded.

Shanazer ran forward at a fast speed, but not the same as her sprinting outside the game. As she reached Kan, she had already created a fist and threw it with all her might, aiming to crush Kan's head. However, Kan was faster. She twisted her head and grabbed the fist of Shanazer as if it was in a slow motion and pulled her hand forward, making Shanazer fly over until she hit the ground. She screamed, 'Ouch.' Her health bar dropped to fifty percent. Right away she became aware that the opponent she faced was a super human, she was more vulnerable here than outside. She looked at her palms, they were bleeding profusely because they had created some bruises from the force landing on the ground. She helped herself arise from the ground as she prepared herself for another strike. It was her first fight with a trained fighter. She knew how to thrust a punch or kick because Tairen Exon had taught her a bit of martial art. She made another ten-step sprint and leaped up in the sky with a round kick aiming to strike Kan's head, who ducked down to the right side and at the same instant gave Shanazer a thunderous heavy kick on her belly, sending her about ten yards from Kan's position. Her stomach experienced the most excruciating, unbearable pain. She hated pain, that is why she always chose to run. Well, today it's different. She got up, before she could devise her next move, she received an outstanding blow as if she was hit with a stone to the head, and she was rendered unconscious on the spot. When Shanazer regained consciousness, she heard two words, 'You are pathetic, you should quit fighting?' Then the cloud cheered with loud shouts, whistling and chanting the name of Kan Shemin. Shanazer had not noticed when she was brought to the caged arena that there were spectators until now. She felt so embarrassed and ashamed. 

Instantly, Shanazer was brought back into her body. The pain is still vivid and severe. The voice of defeat echoed in her head. Even now she was feeling and reliving humiliation. 'You have lost fifty points, and now you have fifty points remaining in your account, do you wish to draw another match?' Informed the male gamer's voice.

'Yes!' Bellowed Shanazer, still pissed about the previous match with Kan Shemin. 

'Level one selection is in progress,' sounded the male gamer's voice. The player selection landed on Kujana Prangando.

Shanazer was transported to a big arena which was fully packed with people. 'Jeremy, I bet five thousand dollars that girl won't stand for two rounds!' Dared Nathan. 'Come on Nathan! A newbie? I'm not going to bet on her.' Rejected the idea, Jeremy.

The crowd roared as Kujana Prangando made an entrance into the arena. 'Kujana! Kujana! Kujana!' Chanted the excited crowd and, at the same instant, going crazy, which surprised Shanazer.

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