Save The Mankind - Fantasy Game

Mankind was on the brink of a disaster. Someone has to shoulder the responsibility to save mankind by not only participating in the horrific fantasy game but also winning it. People neither had the courage nor patience to confront the fantasy game clogged with perils. If no one shows the guts to play the fantasy game, then mankind gets wiped out forever within 24 hours. Tensions flared high when the breaking news hit mankind like a ton of bricks. Despite people being gripped by fear, a young lad named Ajay manifests the courage to play the fantasy game against all the odds. His parents believed he possessed some divine qualities that could render him sufficient strength to play the horrific game. His task wasn't easy and to make matters worse he has to complete the game within 24 hours, even a second post that would destroy mankind. The young boy knew that he shouldered the hopes of the entire mankind, failure to complete the game within the stipulated time will invite catastrophic destruction. 

Ajay glances at a hugely erected board that had sheltered the below information.

The fantasy game constitutes three worlds.

1) Fire World

2) Water World

3) Air World

Whoever participates must navigate through these worlds. If they die in any of the worlds, they lose and the game ends. There will be unknown dangers in all three worlds posing threat to kill the player so it is up to the player to use his mind to overcome the challenges. Once the player successfully sails through the above-mentioned worlds, he will get access to a room where he has to solve the riddles. If he can solve all riddles then he will automatically get back to his original place thereby winning the fantasy game and also mankind will be saved forever.

Note: There are some mysteries that will not be revealed to the player. He can unravel those mysteries only when he starts playing.

Fire World

Ajay sought blessings from his parents and the almighty before slipping into the game. Everybody wished him good luck and the clock started ticking. An alien named Kaleshi had slipped into a deep meditation on a different planet. Can Ajay overcome the perils hidden beneath the cloak of these three worlds? Does he possess enough inner strength to overcome the odds or will he succumb to the fear to further exacerbate mankind's life? A lot of unanswered questions lingered in his mind to spoil his inner strength but he took a deep breath to end their onslaught. He looked at the clock that had already started sprinting and the door opened to set in motion the fantasy game. The mind-boggling adventurous game hitherto never tried before finally finds a player.

Fire World

Ajay stepped into the fire world but there was no sign of a fire. The spacious hall around reflected its majestic grandeur as if to assure him of unassailable protection. The beautiful atmosphere around aroused his solitary musings and he wondered what harm this amicable world could do to him. His mind was in harmony with the fire world. In a jiffy, a door opened to reveal nine pictures of the deity. Being spiritual, the room attracted the boy so he strode inside to behold the grandeur of pictures of Gods and Goddesses. He didn't comprehend that it was just a prelude to the imminent cyclone that would materialise next. He closed his eyes and bowed down as a token of respect to the deities. His divine happiness ran out of steam when the door closed and demons emerged from God's portraits. On the pretext of being Gods, the demons had lured the boy into the room. Sensing the imminent danger, the boy racks his brain to see if he could come up with a plan to evade the monsters but to no avail. He taps his toe only to realize that there was a door under his feet. The ugly demons broke into wicked laughter as if they had the upper hand over the boy and the boy couldn't afford to lose his life because his defeat means the eradication of the entire mankind. Before the demons could bring out their A-game, he quickly opened the door and jumped inside.

All Ajay could see now is a fire log in the middle of the room embedded with pitch darkness. To add to his woes, the perilous darkness was complemented by dead silence. In these circumstances, you never know what happens and suddenly out of nowhere light bathed the room to wipe out the darkness. But the light didn't bring any smile to his face rather petrified him. He was engulfed with eight black alligators that acted as if they were deprived of food for a month. This game is more heinous than what he predicted. The alligators opened their big mouths intending to fill them with prey. Subsequently, one of the alligator bit Ajay's left arm doing serious damage to his body. His arm was now in the alligator's mouth which led to the loss of blood. The other alligators slowly inched towards him to tear him apart. Just before he thought this would be the end, a thought sprang up in his mind that he was in the fire world. Will the fire come to his rescue? He picked the fire log from his right hand and swung at the alligators one by one. Consequently, all alligators perished to make him live another day. He was profusely sweating and bleeding. Will this serious loss of blood prove to be fatal to sabotage his endeavour? He clutched his injured hand to prevent loss of blood but the excruciating pain of losing the arm was unbearable. When he was on the verge of collapse, he saw an exit door asking him to enter a three-digit number. He tried some random numbers twice but that couldn't unlock the door; he was now left with just one chance. Despite the unbearable pain, he used his mind to come up with three numbers. He had seen 9 deity portraits, eight alligators, and one fire log. So he went with the number 981. He filed a secret petition to God to save him while the door creaked open to render him liberation from the fire world.

Water World

Ajay heaved a sigh of relief after passing the first hurdle successfully. What surprised him was his lost arm being in the right place of his body. He couldn't sense any pain which had slid him to the brink of death in the fire world. Based on the observed and experienced patterns, he deduced that irrespective of what happens in the current world, it will have no bearing in the next world. Akin to the fire world, he couldn't see the sign of water. In the fire world, the fire had come to his rescue, so he thought it would be clever for him to find the water so that he can use it as leverage to overcome the potential challenges. In his quest for water, he happened to see a raging cheetah that set off to attack him. He looked around but couldn't see water so he sprinted as if there was no tomorrow. Eventually, he found a tree and climbed to the top of the tree while panting at the same time. The clever cheetah sat at the bottom of the tree as if to do some exercise and then started climbing the tree. Ajay's heart dropped to his tummy seeing the wild animal approaching him by climbing the tree. How does he handle this hostile situation? No water to his rescue. He understood that embracing fear in these situations would only cause more harm so he took a deep breath. He broke the branch of the tree and wielded it as a weapon against the cheetah which sensed the danger and decided to climb down. The boy tried every trick in the book to shoo the animal away but it wouldn't budge. Eventually, a roaring lion gave it a tough chase thereby indirectly allowing Ajay to climb down the tree. He walked in the opposite direction of the wild animals.

His search finally ended when the sight of a river rendered him a warm welcome. He cupped his hands at the bank of the river and slurped it. The coolness of the water clung to every cell of his body to render him goosebumps. The cool atmosphere conspired to put him to sleep but he pinched himself to ensure he would be awake to face the challenges instead of falling prey to slumber. In a sudden turn of events, a stag ran over him courtesy of the chasing lion which had saved him from the cheetah an hour ago. Unfortunately, the sharp horn of the animal had targeted his eyes so he lost vision in his left eye that continued to puke blood. It was a double whammy for the poor boy. His left eye was bleeding and now the lion is close enough to assault him. The lion stood just inches away all set to make him a toast but he showed the presence of mind at the right time by splashing water over its body. The lion perished and the boy lived for another day. He found it extremely difficult to grapple with the injury courtesy of the stag's accidental run but he kept on backing himself to find the exit door. It looked like an open space with no sign of any door which further added salt to his wounds. He clasped his left eye and touched the only boat at the spot. Can you believe it? The boat had concealed the door inside which finally brought a smile on a blood-smeared face. Three animals, one river, and one boat, so he went with the number 311. To his surprise, the number turned out to be wrong; he floundered thanks to his anxiety and pain. After much pondering, he deduced that he saw two wild animals, one herbivorous animal, and one boat. So, he tried the number 211 next and waited with bated breath for the door to creak open. After a few seconds, the door chimed open much to his excitement. 

Air World

The pain receded. His lost vision came back to give him much-needed relief as he embarked on an air world now which has its own set of ploys to breach his momentum. He took a glimpse around to see the exit door but all he found was a huge tree sprawling its branches and leaves around. Ajay stood under the tree trying to be vigilant but what caught him off guard was none other than the tree itself. In a jiffy, the tree bent itself to exert all the weight upon Ajay but the clever boy sensed the danger and just in nick of time saved himself from the deception nest. That quick dodge had consumed all his energy to make his heartthrob. The branches of the behemoth tree pile drove themselves onto the ground dotted with pebbles. The tree tried to throw its weight around him to neutralize his mastermind but could only bite the dust. 

As the boy sauntered down the road, he happened to see the same road being split into two parts at a particular spot. Out of nowhere, a girl materialised asking him to take the right route which he politely refused. To add to the chaos, the girl started germinating her clones around the boy and they all pointed their finger toward the right side of the road. Their reverberating tone prickled his sensitive ears as he entwined his ears with the help of his fingers. The girl and her churned clones disappeared as if they had served their purpose to confuse the boy. The commotion certainly created confusion in his mind. Instead of taking the right route, he went to the left route thanks to the illusion created by the girl to hack him to death. His heart swelled with pride when he saw the exit door and without wasting a minute, he appeared before the door. Just before he let his mind slip into the calculation task, a monstrous punch right to his chin made him startle. A huge hulk-like man glared at him like a hungry lion ready to catch its prey. His delirium state evaporated and a tinge of anxiety percolated through his bones. Until now he had surpassed all expectations despite being thrown into insurmountable territories but defeating this monster is indeed an uphill battle. The monster picked him up with one hand and tossed him up on the side table to break his backbone. Ajay winced in pain but the ruthless beast yet again swirled him in the air and hurled him at the other table. His bones implode with a shattering sound to inject even more pain into his body. The boy has bathed in blood thanks to the unbelievable hitting from the monster who was at his ruthless best. The family images flashed in his mind for a second, and drops of tears propelled out to call him a loser. Did he forget the significance of this world? The behemoth's legs flanked his body and he was on the verge of hitting the sword on the boy's vulnerable body to put a full stop to his life. The dreaded boy finally took a leaf out of his own experience and blew air from his mouth which touched the feet of the monster thereby vanishing him. With much exertion, he tried to get back on his feet but the serious damage done to his body put him in a spot of bother. He somehow dragged his body towards the door and typed the number 111( One tree, one girl, one monster) to get liberation from the air world.

Riddle Solving Room

Ajay managed to get inside a weird house dotted with a plethora of rooms. Can he pull it off? He overcame all the stiff challenges posed by all three worlds and now he has to crack the final hurdle. He could see the big screen that had concealed ten riddles in its womb. What appalled him was the time left. He has to crack ten riddles in just three minutes which is indeed a herculean task. All negative energies will swarm to his mind in these three minutes but he couldn't afford to feed them at this juncture. He pulled out a seat and started solving the riddles one by one. He was on a riddle-solving spree but eventually when he saw the time it had come to zero. Still, three riddles were left unattended. All his hope faded away and an air of despondency hung in his mind. Unbidden, tears flew down his cheeks to testify that he succumbed to the inevitable agony. The last thing that he didn't want to happen was the eradication of mankind. While he sobbed incessantly, he heard a sound from the behind room that stirred his sense. He swiftly strode towards the room door only to get astounded by an alien which was none other than Kaleshi. Using the powers of deep meditation, Kaleshi materialized in the room without having to navigate through the three worlds. Kaleshi wanted to see the end of mankind so that it and its breed can flourish everywhere. So, it reduced the time deliberately from the back control room to see that Ajay doesn't attend all ten riddles. The weakness of these aliens was they had no strength to fight against human beings which was apparent now. Kaleshi tried to evade confrontation with Ajay and the latter went inside the control room to see that there were still three minutes left to solve the riddle challenge. It dawned upon him that the alien had conned him so he scampered off to the main door to solve the remaining three riddles. Kaleshi tried everything it could to disrupt Ajay from solving the riddles but the latter gave a jaw-dropping punch which made the former motionless. Just in nick of time, Ajay managed to solve all the riddles thereby saving mankind from tragedy. The chances of biting defeat loomed largely but the boy leveraged his brilliant mind to avert the disastrous outcome.

Ajay had successfully won the fantasy game despite all the odds stacked against him. He had endured excruciating pain in all three worlds but in the end, everything was worth it. He waded through the ordeal to come out victorious. His family and the people of the world lauded his efforts and bowed down in respect. He took the risk to play the dangerous fantasy game which was a testament to his confidence and courage. The mankind that was on the brink of a disaster had indeed been saved by a boy who deserved all the respect and appreciation. Thereafter, November 15th was celebrated as 'Victory Ajay' Day to commemorate his heroics that saved mankind from disaster.