《I am Legend》


 1 Prologue

    The wind blows against the window continuously as the clouds blocked the sun''s might. Today was not as hot as usual.The tapping sounds of the wind that hit the window woke Ryth up. As Ryth tried to open his eyes, the sound of alarm shocked him as he slammed the alarm with all of his might.


    "I nearly died from a heart attack, this new alarm is too loud." Exclaimed Ryth as he got up from his bed. He went to the bathroom and did his daily routine of washing his face and brushing his teeth.


    After he is done, he went back to his bedroom and looked at the clock. The time showed that it was still 9 o''clock in the morning.


    "Okay, I still have at least four hours before the game''s update is done. I still have time to eat, do my daily exercise and have my bath."


    The game that he was talking about was that popular new MMORPG game called ''The Throne''.


    This MMORPG game was the first virtual reality game that allowed a person to experienced the realistic typical MMORPG. The differences were, firstly, the players could use their expertise in any kind of Martial Arts as one of their advantage in the game. As the players could move like they were in real life, they could also block or dodge the attacks from other players with their martial arts skills. For example, if a player was a master in swordmanship, he had the advantage if he chose the swordman class, or if he encountered another swordman class player in PvP as they could predict their move or see the flaws of their opponents. Ryth was one of the top ranked players in this game. Another differences were that you are able to exchange in-game currency with real-life currency. Thus, many people chose to play this game for this reason and many corporations had built their own guilds in the game as well as had invested heavily into this game.


    Ryth ate his toast and then went outside for his morning run. Just as he walked to the main street, a woman in her twenties walked past him.


    "Ring, ring, ring!"


    Her phone had already rang three times and she still couldn''t be able to get it out of her handbag. She was still crossing the road, trying to get her phone when the traffic lights had turned red.


    Ryth had just turned to look at the woman by chance when he saw the woman walking across the road, while the lights had turned red. He tried to shout a warning to her but she was too distracted, trying to grab her phone out of her handbag. With her tight skirt and high heels, Ryth doubt that she could be able to run to safety.


    Ryth could only try to run after her, while shouting, "Hey lady! Watch out!"


    The woman finally looked up and screamed in shock and fright when she saw a car driving towards in high speed. "KYAA!"


    She was too shocked to move as her body began to shake uncontrollably. Her legs seems to froze in place and she could only be able to closed her eyes and wait for the pain of being hit comes.


    Just as she was waiting for the pain to come, someone suddenly pushed her from the side. She fell on the other side of the road and she opened her eyes to find a nineteen or twenty years old guy still standing in the middle of the road.


    "BEEEP!"


    The car honked loudly but it was too late. The guy couldnt avoid the car in time and it had hit him.


    "Crashhh!"


    "KYAA!" The woman screamed in shock as she covered her mouth with a gasp.


    The car had hit the guy and his body bounced away from the car


    There were shouts everywhere near the accident.


    "Call ambulance!" Someone shouted.


    "Somebody, notify the nearest police station!"


    A bystander ran towards the guy''s body while some ran towards the car to check up on the driver.


    "The guy is not breathing!"


    "WHAT?!"


    "That poor guy..."


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    Ryth opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar room. He tried to move his arms up.


    He winced in pain. "Argh! Crap! That hurts!"


    Both of his hands were covered in bandages. As he began to regain more of his consciousness, he realized that he can''t see anything from his left eye.


    "I CAN''T SEE WITH MY LEFT EYE?!"


    He began to panic and tried to move his body. It still hurts like hell. He gritted his teeth as he tries to push himself off the bed. He slowly dragged himself to the mirror, not far from him.


    "Who the hell is this?" he asked, as he stared at the unfamiliar face in the mirror.


    Despite the bandages that covers his left eye and his forehead, he could see that this face is not his real face.


    "Is this me?"


    He looked like a boy, around the age of seventeen and eighteen years old. And he estimated that his height should be around 173-175cm. This body of his was not considered to be fat nor thin. But he do feel some muscles, which means that this body had done some training. This was a body of someone who does their daily training.


    Just as he was trying to comprehend everything that had happened to him, his head began to hurt, as if his head had been banging the wall for countless times.


    "ARGHH!!"


    He shouted in pain as he tried to walked back to his bed. But then he fell before he could reached it.


    Then suddenly, memories and scenes began to play in his mind, like a movie screening.

 2 Roland

    The heat from the fire woke Ryth up. His head still hurts a bit but it was not as intense as before. He looked around the room until his eyes landed on a muscular man standing near the fireplace.


    He remembered what had happened earlier before he went unconscious.


    Ryth touched his forehead and said to himself, "How come I am still alive? Didn''t I got hit by a car earlier? Not only that, even if I am still alive, whose body is this?!? What happened? Did I just transmigrated to another world?? And who is this big guy?!"


    Ryth tried to understand his situation as sanely as he could. He suddenly coughed, which caught the attention of the muscular man near the fireplace.


    "Cough, cough."


    The man turned his head and then said. "Awake already, eh boy?"


    The man looked like he is in his forties, with his sharp eyes and brown skin like silverq*een chocolates. Even though, he is bald, but he has a long beard, similar like the features of a dwarf that you can see in most games and novels.


    Ryth tried to get up from the bed but the man suddenly said "Don''t move your body, just rest for now."


    Ryth stopped, nodding his head as he asked, "Where am I? And who are you?"


    The man turned his head, smiling as he took a pot, filled with water and placed it above the fire. He said, "There, there, boy. One at a time... But firstly, can you introduce yourself first? Do you remember who you are or where you came from?"


    It seems like this guy was the one who found the original owner of the body and helped nursed him to health when he was unconscious.


    He remembered that the original owner of this body was ambushed by a group of bandits, and the last thing the leader had said before he fell from the cliff was. "You can thank your stepbrother for your death in the afterlife after spending so many money in killing you! Hahaha!"


    Memories of the original body''s owner resonance into his mind, telling him that he was actually a son of a lord. His father was a ruler that ruled a city called Myrad. Like in most ancient times, nobles usually have many wives and concubines and it is the same for his father. His father had two wives. The first wife was his stepbrother''s mother, whereas the second wife was his mother.


    The struggle for the rightful claim to the power first began two months ago. This had happened when his father had chosen him as the successor to the Lord position, instead of his stepbrother.


    His stepbrother protested vehemently against their father''s decision but their father was adamant in holding on to his decision.Thus, it created two factions among the family; which was his and his stepbrother''s.


    However, few days ago, he and his men were ambushed by the bandits hired by his stepbrother. Many of his men died, protecting him, resulting in him falling off the cliff.


    "Ah, how rude of me. My name is Myth and I thank you for saving my life. As to where I came from, I apologize as I don''t really remember where," Ryth answered.


    Ryth wanted to tell the man the truth about him; his real name and where he came from. But he couldn''t trust the man that easily yet. Ryth needs to know more about the current situation that is happening at the moment and he might be able to gain some information from the man. Furthermore, if his stepbrother were to issue a search for Ryth''s body and no body were to be found, he might get suspicious. Hence, for now, Ryth could only be able to give a fake name to the man.


    The most surprising thing about all this was that his name and the name of the original owner is the same. Ryth could not be sure whether all this is a coincidence. Though, now Ryth have a surname, which is Myrad.


    The man then poured water from the pot into a cup. He then added some sugar from a jar, labelled ''SUGAR'', as well as some leaves, which Ryth assumed to be some kind of tea leaves. The man stirred the tea with a spoon as he walked towards Ryth.


    "I see. Nice to meet you, Myth. I''m Roland, your average everyday kind of guy. I lived alone here in the forest until i found you and your friends on the edge of the river with lots of injuries. I found out that you and your friends were still alive, so i tried to save all of you. I am quite surprised that you all managed to survive, despite those heavy injuries that you all have.


    He knitted his brows and said to himself. "Friends? Who?"


    His forehead furrowed. "Friends? My friends are here as well? Where are they?" asked Ryth, feeling restless. With the original body''s owner''s friends being here, at least, he had allies that he could trust completely. He could gain even more information from them about what actually happened.


    Roland grabbed a chair and handed Ryth the cup. "Here''s your tea and drink it slowly, it''s still hot."


    Ryth tried to calm his mind and take the cup of tea from Roland, he said. "Thank you for saving us, Mr.Roland." Ryth bowed slightly to Roland.


    "No need to panic, boy. Your friends are inside the other rooms. And you are welcome." Roland smiled at him.


    Ryth sipped the tea slowly, letting out a soft sigh. "Mr.Roland, this tea is delicious."


    "Of course, boy! This is a special tea that someone gave me not too long ago, hahaha!" Roland laughed for a moment and asked. "Can you move your body now?"


    Ryth tries to move his body slowly. Although, it still hurts here and there but the pain was not as painful as before he gained the original body''s owner memories. He nodded and said. "Although, i still couldn''t move freely without feeling any pain, but i think I''m fine. Maybe tomorrow, my body should be alright then. Once again, thank you, Mr.Roland"


    "Yeah, no problem, boy! But you still can move your body now, right? Come! I will help you walk to your friend''s room." Said Roland.

 3 Masters

    Roland helped Ryth walked to the other room where his friends were resting. He opened the door and saw two beds in the room, with a bedside table between both beds and a small lantern on top of the table.


    He walked slowly to the side of the beds. When he saw the two of them he gasped in surprise. "Llyod and Hill?! They survived the attacks? This is great news!" thought Ryth.


    Llyod and Hill are the original body''s owner most trusted men. Both of their skills are top notch in Myrad City. Llyod is a skilled berserker with his two-handed sword skills. His name brought both fear and respect to friends and foes alike. While Hill is the most skilled archer in Myrad City. Llyod''s nickname is ''Fierce Lion'' while ''Black Raven'' is Hill''s nickname. They are famous throughout the western province of Rysen, a Kingdom in this world.


    Llyod is a 38 year old man with blonde short hair and a ginger short beard. He''s 180 cm tall with a sharp look in his eyes like a lion. Although, his name is ''Fierce Lion'', due to his achievements in the army, he also has a friendly personality. He only shows his ''Fierce'' side to his foes. Llyod is Ryth''s teacher in the way of sword, where although, Ryth prefers the way of one-handed sword, compare to two-handed. Additionally, even though, Lloyd''s specialty is the two-handed sword, his one-handed sword skill is still ranked in the top 10 in western province of Rysen Kingdom.


    Hill has the same age as Llyod; the two of them are sworn brothers ever since they were young, even joining the army at the same time when they were young. Unlike Llyod, Hill has long black hair, are clean shaven and looks younger than his actual age. He''s 178 cm tall and is the silent one among the two. He never shows any kind of emotion whenever there are people around. Even Ryth, the original body''s owner only saw him smiled once, hence, the nickname ''Black Raven''. He is also Ryth''s archery teacher.


    Both of them are loyal to Ryth''s father and had supported his decision to make Ryth his successor. There were rumours that they were being offered to join his stepbrother''s faction but they had declined. But the fact that they were here right now with Ryth was the proof that they really did decline his stepbrother''s offer.


    Rather than calling them ''friends'', Ryth calls them ''Masters'' since they are the one who taught him the most, not just in the way of fighting but also about life.


    Mr. Roland helped Ryth grab a chair to sit and said. "Don''t worry, they are just exhausted. Maybe tomorrow they will wake up."


    Ryth nodded, and after a short time of silence, he asked. "Mr. Roland, did you see any weapons or other devices on them when you found them?"


    "No, they didn''t. I found them the way they are now. Just like you. Only the clothing that you are wearing now." Answered Mr. Roland.


    Ryth said to himself. "It seems that after i fell, no, after the original owner of this body fell from the cliff, they didn''t hesitate to jump after him. They must have removed their armors first and then jump to the river." Ryth sighed. "When they found me, they must have removed my armor as well, so that I won''t drown... And ended up here."


    "Hopefully, those bandits didn''t realize that we escape if they stumble upon our discarded armors," Ryth said to himself.


    "If they did find the discarded armor, my stepbrother will eventually found out about our survival. Guess I need to work things out faster before he catches up to me. I too worried about the mother of the original owner of this body. I have to move quickly and find more allies to help me."


    Ryth sighed and asked whether Roland have a map or not.


    "Sure, I do," Mr. Roland answered. "Let''s leave those two to their rest and I''ll hand you the map."


    Together, they left the room, closing the door behind them and headed towards the living room.


    Inside the living room, a bunch of dead rabbits hung, not far from the cooking area. The furniture and the style of the house are the same like in ''The Throne'' game. This fact surprised Ryth a bit.


    Ryth sat on a chair while Mr. Roland walked to the bookshelves trying to find the map.


    The sound of books being thrown can be heard throughout the room, causing dust flying and Mr Roland to cough.


    "Cough, cough!"


    "Uhm, cough! I think it''s somewhere around here... Aha! Cough! This is it!"


    He took out a yellowish and worn out map from one of the books. Looking at Ryth''s surprised expression, Roland gave him a sheepish smile and an awkward laugh, "Ha-cough! hahaha... Don''t worry, boy! Nothing has changed in this map. I just... Don''t use it too much since its of no use to me."


    Ryth returned a small smile and said, "It''s fine, Mr. Roland. Thank you, this will help a lot."


    "Haha! You sure are such a polite little guy eh! I like you already!"


    Ryth stared at Mr. Roland with fear in his right eye and cold sweat streamed down from his forehead as he tried to cover his body with both of his hands.


    Mr. Roland saw Ryth''s expression and then noticed that he just said something misleading, he hurriedly said. "Ah, no! Not in that way! Don''t misunderstand!"


    Ryth heave a sigh of relief as he swept his cold sweat from his forehead and said. "Mr. Roland, you scare me there for a second." Ryth bitterly smiled. "Can I now take a look at the map?"


    Mr. Roland let out an awkward laugh. "Ha-haha! You know i don''t mean it that way!" He walked towards Ryth and spread the map open. "Here is the map of Rysen Kingdom."


    Examining the map in front of him, Ryth realised that the map is exactly the same as one of the ''The Throne'' Kingdom''s map. Ryth already realized when he went through the memories of the original owner of this body that the map looked the same, and the map in front of him is proof enough that it is indeed the same with the only differences are only the names of villages, cities, and the Kingdom''s name.


    Ryth relaxed his mind and let out a breath, asking, "Where are we now, Mr. Roland?"


    Roland pointed his finger towards one part of the map and said, "Here."

 4 Fener Village

    "Fener Village? This village is in the same location as Reles Village in ''The Throne''. Reles Village is the first village for newbies. Many NPC gave players lots of easy quests to level up. If this world is the same as ''The Throne'' then I can find him here... at the same time it will prove my deduction whether the game and this world are the same or not." Thought Ryth.


    Ryth remembered that there was an Npc named Rudolf. He was a blacksmith before he accidentally broke his right hand, falling into a pit. After that, he stopped being a blacksmith and changed his occupation to a stockbreeder.


    "Now, what time is it, Mr. Roland?" asked Ryth.


    Mr. Roland looked at the clock that hung on the wall and replied. "It''s already 6 PM, why? Are you hungry? I can make vegetables soup for you, I have rice too if you want."


    "Uhm, well, yeah I''m hungry, but that''s not what i meant." Ryth Shook his head. "What date is it today Mr. Roland?"


    "It''s 5th of Mayn, why?"


    "What was the exact date when you found me and my friends?"


    "It was on 2nd of Mayn. It''s has been 3 days since I first found you and your friends." Replied Mr. Roland.


    "So the date when i departed from Myrad city was 1st of Mayn. The date that i got attacked is the 2nd of Mayn. It seems like i have to rush things. I need to prepare tomorrow, since it''s already 6 PM and also I can''t move freely now. Let''s hope that tomorrow, I will be able to move freely without any pain." Ryth said to himself.


    Ryth rolled the map and then helped Mr. Roland cook for dinner. The both of them ate and then went straight to their own bedrooms.


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    The sound of chirping outside the house woke Ryth up, he slowly opened his eye and found that his body doesn''t ache anymore. He quickly got up from his bed and did a short warmup to loosen up his body a bit. "Ahh... That felt good! I can now move freely!"


    After some warmup, he walked towards the vanity mirror and start removing all the bandages on his body.


    After he''s done with it, he saw there are many scars on his body, especially his hands. Those bandits sure did a number on this body. Seems like they have no mercy when it comes to killing someone. But the wounds were not that deep, He could still survive the attacks since he''s a skilled swordman. Even if they did managed to blind his left eye with an arrow, he still managed to survive from the fall. Although, at that time, he could have managed to avoid the attack but fatigue and exhaustion from a long journey made him less focused.


    But Ryth didn''t want to remove the bandage covering his left eye. He wanted to ask Mr. Roland whether he have something he could wear to cover his left eye.


    This new body of his has quite a handsome face,Ryth would have guessed since this body was born as a nobleman. It''s almost like a typical features one should have when you are born rich and noble. With fair skin, big round eyes, thin sharp eyebrows and curly hair, indeed, he is a good looking noble. Though, the colour of his hair seems unique where it is between black and dark purple. And his height seems to be of average height for those around his age, at about 175cm


    "If only i was born as handsome as this on earth, I would already have a girlfriend..." Ryth sighed. "Well that''s a good thing too, if i have a girlfriend, won''t she cry right now?" Ryth smiled bitterly and shooked his head. He has no family since his family died in a traffic accident a few years ago. So he''s really grateful that he was given a second chance to have a new life, even if his stepbrother is trying to kill him.


    He really need to overthrow his stepbrother from the lord position so he could end this unnecessary fued once and for all. He also need to help the mother of the original owner of this body, that''s the only thing he could do for him.


    Ryth put on his clothes and walked towards the door. When he opened the door, he found Llyod, Hill, and Mr. Roland sitting near the fireplace, chatting as they cooked their meals together. Mr. Roland then seems to remembered something and rushed out of the house.


    The sound of the door being opened made them turned towards from where it came from. Then they saw Ryth standing quietly outside the door and hurriedly ran towards Ryth. They hurriedly ran towards Ryth, each of them grabbing one of Ryth''s shoulders, with a worried look in their faces. Just when Hill wanted to say something, Llyod interrupted him and shouted, "ARE YOU OKAY, MY LORD??"


    Ryth felt slightly surprised by their reactions and their worried faces since he is not used to interact with these kind of people. What made him surprised the most was the expression Hill showed to him, this is the second time he saw him showing an expression.


    "Sshh!" Ryth put his index finger in front of his lips and hurriedly said in a low voice. "I didn''t tell Mr. Roland about my true identity... or did the both of you tell him about me?" asked Ryth, feeling anxious.


    Llyod slapped his forehead, turned his head to Hill and said in a low voice. "Sshh! you are too loud!"


    No one talked after some time, both Ryth and Hill sighed in unison before Hill broke the silence. "My lord, I realized that Mr. Roland called you Myth, so i tried my best to shut this old geezer''s mouth before he say something unnecessary. No need to worry, my lord."


    Llyod rebuked. "You are the same age as me! who are you calling an old geezer?!"


    Hill rolled his eyes at Llyod. Ryth heaved a sigh of relief and said. "I will told him when we are ready to face the worst situation. Until then, i hope you guys will keep our identities a secret."


    "Yes, my lord!" both of them saluted at Ryth.


    "Both of you need to start calling me ''Myth'' from now on, understood?" said Ryth as he took out the map that he received from Mr. Roland yesterday.


    "You lost your left eye, right, my lord? we really are sorry, we couldn''t protect you properly..." said Hill. Both Llyod and lowered their heads in shame.


    "No need to worry about my left eye. We have something more important to do! follow me!" replied Ryth.


    They walked in to Ryth''s room, Ryth opened the map and place it on top of his bed. "So this is where we are now. Around here," Ryth pointed at a certain area near the Fener Village on the map as he continued. "There should be a dungeon around here, we need to go there. I must obtain certain items inside this dungeon."


    "We need to get some equipments for us to wear, Is there any strong monsters inside the dungeons?" asked Hill.


    "No, it''s full of low ranking monsters such as slimes and goblins. Even without a good equipment, we still could clear this dungeon with ease." Answered Ryth.


    "No problem then! with me and Hill on your side, no need to worry about any monsters! haha!" exclaimed Llyod.


    "Okay then. I already asked Mr. Roland when we were cooking earlier whether he has any equipments for us to wear. And he said he has some for us." said Hill.


    "Right, lets get ready now, we will head to the dungeon once we have everything here covered." Ryth said with a smile. Hill is really reliable.


    There are bags for him to use, which Mr. Roland gave them to him yesterday after Ryth got inside his room. Mr. Roland said that he could use it, since he thought Ryth and his friends won''t be here for long after they recover from their injuries, they could take those bags with them to bring some things for their journey. Ryth rolled the map and put it inside his bag, and told Llyod and Hill to notify Mr. Roland that they need some equipments they could use for raiding a dungeon.


    Mr. Roland hasn''t returned yet, so Ryth, Llyod and Hill ate their breakfast first. After some time, Mr. Roland have returned and Llyod told him about the dungeon. Mr. Roland nodded his head and led Ryth, Llyod, and Hill to retrieved their equipments in the warehouse. Ryth told Mr. Roland that he wanted to remove the bandages which covered his left eye. He then asked him whether he has something to cover his left eye instead of bandages. But unfortunately he doesn''t have anything, other than bandages, so Mr. Roland could only replaced the old bandages with the new ones.


    After he''s done with the preparation, Ryth said. "Okay, lets go!"

 5 Secret Ques

    As the three of them started walking through the street, Ryth saw how the village was bursting with vitality. There were people who are pushing their carts along the streets and there were people who are reaping their grains. There were also little kids playing with each other, running around with a smile on their faces.


    Up in the sky, the sun shone brightly as the wind made a slight relaxing atmosphere. These made the moods of the people who felt it, better. This perfect morning help motivates people to do their best and become more energetic.


    After some time walking, Hill asked, "My lord, this is not the way to the dungeon. We actually walked too deep into the center of the village where we should have turned left earlier, not right."


    Ryth lightly smiled and replied. "No, we are actually on the right track. We won''t head to the dungeon right away because we will need to stop at a certain place."


    "Where are we headed to, my lord?" asked Llyod curiously.


    "I told you guys already, didn''t I? stop calling me ''My lord'', call me ''Myth'' instead. We need to avoid any suspicion." answered Ryth.


    "O-okay, Myt... lord." Llyod replied awkwardly.


    Hill rolled his eyes at Llyod and said. "Don''t worry my lo... Myth. I will make sure he do what you just told us to do."


    Llyod Rebuked. "Heh, even you nearly said i-" before he could finish his sentence, Hill nudged Llyod with his elbow. "Focus." Hill said. Llyod didn''t say anything and shrugged his shoulder and sighed. "Okay..."


    Ryth shooked his head and smiled. "We are going to meet a certain person first."


    Llyod and Hill got confused and after some time, Llyod asked. "Who? We are supposed to not know anyone on this village..." then like a lightning struck him, he came to a realization, gave a light smile and continued, "As expected of my lo- Myth! You have already gather the information that we needed! Haha!"


    "Uhm, actually I just asked Mr. Roland yesterday whether there is a blacksmith or not in this village. And he said that there was a blacksmith, but now he''s retired and become a stockbreeder. He broke his arm long ago so now we are going to meet him." Replied Ryth with a smile.


    Seeing Ryth brimming with confidence, the two of them decided to not ask anything and trust their lord''s decision.


    When they walked to the inner area of the village, many kids shouted.


    "Hey, Look! They wear armors and carried a weapon on their backs! There is one guy who has a sword on his left waist!" exclaimed one of the kids.


    "Oh, it''s true! Are they adventurers?" said the other one.


    "Although their armors looked worn, they are so cool! I want to become an adventurer when i grow up!"


    After they received some equipments from Mr. Roland, they are now fully equiped with armors and each of them carried a weapon. Ryth wore a dark blue leather armor and carried a sword on his left side. Llyod, on the other hand, carried a great big sword on his back, wearing a leather armor too. Although he prefers to wear plate armors, but Mr. Roland doesn''t own one. So he only could wear the leather armor. Hill, of course, being the archer have chosen a magnificent big bow for his choice of weapon. He carried many arrows on his back as well. He wore a black leather hoodie and black leather trouser.


    Ryth smiled and said. "Haha, kids sure have full of energy." Seeing kids playing with smile on their faces reminds Ryth of his younger sister. Ryth smiled bitterly and shooked his head. He turned his head towards Llyod and Hill and said. "We are almost there."


    Ryth stopped in the front of a big house. It was a humble house with gardens but it is quite huge. There were sounds of chickens that could be heard from behind the house. Just as Ryth was about to knock on the door, a big man had already opened the door and greeted them.


    "Hello, I''m the owner of this house. Are you guys here to buy some eggs or chickens?" the man smiled as he asked the three of them.


    Ryth''s right eye lit up. "Ruddy! Yeah, This is great!" Ryth said to himself. "With him here, i could obtain new equipments any time I want as long as I could heal his arm!" thought Ryth. Ruddy looked like he is in his early fifthies, with brown short hair and brown beard. With slightly sharp eyes, thick eyebrows and brown skin, you can see how much intelligence he had from his years of experience in life. His body is huge with his height around 185 cm. Even Lloyd had to slightly tilt his head to look up at Ruddy''s face.


    Ruddy is actually one of the NPCs in ''The Throne'' that gives players a secret quest. The quest cannot be triggered if the players didn''t come to his house and saw the smithing inside. After they saw the smithing inside, they could ask why Mr. Ruddy stopped being a blacksmith and he would give the player a quest to obtain something to cure his arm. In return, Mr. Ruddy will make weapons and armors for the players for free. As long as they had the materials needed, he would make anything for them. Even Ryth found this secret quest by coincidence.


    Although he''s excited but he tried his best to remain calm and then said. "Good morning, Mr. Ruddy. I''m Myth, and this is Llyod and Hill. We are actually not here to buy chickens but rather we are here to discuss some other matter with you."


    Mr. Ruddy looked a bit confused, but then he said. "Uhm, okay... come in, lets talk inside."


    The four of them walked inside the house and once they were inside, they saw a smithing and many equipments for blacksmithing. But they were dusty and the smithing looked like it has not been used for a long time. They walked straight to the living room and once inside, Mr. Ruddy turned around and said. "Please sit."


    After all of them had sit down on the chairs, Mr. Ruddy asked curiously. "May i know what is the thing that you want to discuss with me?"


    Ryth smiled and said. "Mr. Ruddy, we know you are an esteemed blacksmith, so we want you to make some equipments for us. Of course, we will prepare the materials ourselves and once the equipments are ready, we will pay you."


    Mr. Ruddy looked slightly surprised and then he smiled bitterly, saying "Uhm, I think you should already know that I can''t make any weapons nor equipments anymore." He then pointed at his arm and continued, "See? This hand? It was broken a few years ago. I can''t even exert any power to my right arm."


    Ryth smiled and with confidece shown on his face, he said. "What if I could heal your arm completely?"


    Mr. Ruddy stood up, slamming his left hand to the coffee table beside his seat and asked with a loud voice. "YOU CAN HEAL MY RIGHT HAND?! REALLY?" he has an excited but anxious look on his face.


    Llyod and Hill, both were surprised too. They did not know that Young Master Ryth could even heal a wound, much less a broken hand. They keep thinking to themselves, ''Since when did lord Ryth could use any high tier healing magic?''


    Ryth already knew what kind of reaction Mr. Ruddy would show to them, so he lightly smiled, tapped his index finger on the table as he said. "To be exact, it''s not me who can heal your injury, but a certain item. I can obtain it for you but in exchange, once your injury is healed, I want you to make us some equipments. I will also give you the materials needed to make those equipments. what do you think?"


    Mr. Ruddy couldn''t believe what he had just heard and asked, trembling with excitement, "Really? You really mean it?"


    "Of course, I give you a hundred percent guarantee that it could heal your injury." Replied Ryth with a smile.


    "That''s great news! In fact, if its really true, then I definitely will make all the equipment for all of you and also, I won''t even charge you for the smithing fees! If you really could heal my arm, I will make anything you want!" repeated Mr. Ruddy with anticipation on his eyes.


    Ryth laughed and extended his right hand towards Mr. Ruddy as he said. "Okay, I interpret it as an agreement that you have accepted my offer."


    Mr. Ruddy felt that he could trust Ryth without any doubt. He then took Ryth''s right hand and shaked it. "We have a deal!"


    Ryth naturally know that this item he need to find is a very rare item in ''The Throne''. The fact that Mr. Ruddy, an NPC from that game is really here, proved that his deduction about ''The Throne'' and this world are the same is right. The difference were only the names of the villages, cities and kingdoms. He also know the true value of this item. A single drop of it could heal all of the injuries and sickness one would have. For this item, a mere broken arm was simply an easy task to be dealt with. This item is called ''Dragon''s tears''. Like its name stated, it''s a potion dropped from defeating a dragon. The effect of this potion is just too great.


    He already expected that Mr. Ruddy knew about the potion, because in the game, when Ryth had accepted the secret quest from him, Mr. Ruddy had told him that he also issued a quest to some adventurer he know. But none of them succeed in obtaining it. So Ryth know, that Mr. Roland would agree to his offer and wouldn''t charge for the smithing fees. Ryth was just saying about the smithing fees as a gesture of formality.


    Mr. Ruddy tried to calm his mind as he sat back on the chair and said. "It''s Dragon''s tears potion, right?"


    Ryth smiled and nodded his head.


    "I don''t know where your confidence came from, but as long as you can heal my right hand, i will make anything you want." Replied Mr. Ruddy.


    "Okay, we will go to obtain the item now. See you tomorrow, Mr. Ruddy." Ryth slightly bowed his head to Mr. Ruddy. He then turned his head towards Llyod and Hill, signaling them that it''s time to raid the dungeon. Both of them stood up from their seat and followed behind Ryth as he walked out the door.


    Mr. Ruddy was slightly shocked about the reply Ryth gave him, saying that they would return tomorrow. That potion is not something like cabbage! You won''t find it in some random places! But then he heaved a heavy sigh, because although he was a little sceptical about it, but deep inside his heart, he wanted them to succeed.


    The three of them headed out to the dungeon. After two hours of walking, they finally arrived at a huge dungeon entrance.


    "Okay, Dragon''s Tears potion, Here we come!"

 6 Secret Room

    Ryth and his team walked inside the dungeon. The first floor was easy to handle, since the monsters there were only slimes and goblins. Ryth stopped in front of the stairs that led to the second floor as he said. "Ah, I forgot to tell you guys about something earlier."


    "What is it, my lord?" Hill asked.


    "From here onwards, the monsters will be stronger and stronger as we advance lower. The lower the floor level, the stronger the monsters are. Also, do be careful about the traps. As long as you follow behind me when we are inside a room full of traps, you will be fine." Said Ryth with assurance in his tone.


    "What?!" both Llyod and Hill shouted. "My lord! You said earlier that this dungeon does not have any problems or traps at all!"


    Ryth replied in a stern voice. "If I told you that this dungeon is dangerous, would you let me follow the two of you? Rest assured. I can protect myself. You guys should be the ones who understands this the most, right? Since the both of you are my teachers in martial arts."


    "But, my lord! we need to seek for help! if something happened to yo-" just when Llyod wanted to say something, Ryth interupted him as he raised his hand forward and made a single sign with his index finger. "Firstly, we don''t have much time to search for help nor do we have time to get more people. We need to make it with just the three of us. Secondly, who would want to help us when we don''t even have any money with us? It will just be a waste of time." Ryth smiled and continued, "I know your concern, but just trust me on this, okay?"


    Hill sighed and said. "Okay, my lord. Although, I am deeply against your idea, but with our situation right now, I believe that this is the most realistic plan." Hill turned his head to Llyod and said. "We just need to make sure that nothing happened to Lord Ryth." Llyod didn''t say anything for a second and nodded four times to the point he was like headbanging in a rock concert.


    "Okay, I trust you on this, Llyod, you will be in the front. I will be at the middle to back you up while Hill, you will be behind us to make sure that no monsters can backstab us," Said Ryth.


    Ryth''s team advanced to the second floor, Ryth gave out some pointers on where they should advance or stop. Even when they needed to turn left or right, Ryth led the two of them, helping to avoid as many monsters as possible. Hill was shocked at Ryth''s intelligence. He thought he could do something like Ryth did as well, but when he thought that the one who led them to achieved such feat was only an 18 year old boy with limited dungeon raiding experience, he couldn''t help but wonder whether Ryth is really a teenager and not an experienced adventurer. But Hill hurriedly shake his head as he thought that this was probably the result of Ryth spending most of his time reading on books about dungeon raiding. Although, many people went to dungeons with reason of battling with monsters, but the most important thing is to stay alive. So, knowledge about how to avoid monsters while advancing deep inside the dungeon is an important know-how. It will come in handy as well when they needed to retreat without being discovered by the monsters.


    After they have arrived at the stairs that will lead to the third floor, Ryth walked to the stairs but then he stopped in the middle of the stairs. He then moved near the wall on the left side and touched one of the bricks. He pushed the brick inside.


    The entrances of both the second and the third floor, at first, were suddenly blocked by a hard wall, that suddenly came up out of nowhere. And the wall where Ryth had pushed the brick earlier, has gone down at a visible speed. Both Llyod and Hill were shocked by the sudden changes of the dungeon walls while Ryth wore a relaxed expression on his face and whistling a happy tone.


    "Is this boy really our lord?" both of Llyod and Hill mumbled to theirselves in shocked.


    Ryth lit up a torch that he prepared beforehand and signaled at his teammates to do the same. After that, they walked towards the newly opened wall from before. They walked straight along the cramped alley. It was so cramped that they had to walk one-by-one, rather than side-by-side. Hence, they need to be careful. And then a door appeared in front of them. Ryth told Llyod to exchange their position and said. "This room is full of traps. You guys need to follow every single one of my commands, no mistakes tolerated! Even if, the both of you are strong, I know the techniques and the locations of the hidden traps really well. And those traps are enough to flatten ten of you at the same time! So do be really careful."


    Although it sounded too excessive, but Ryth need to emphasize on how dangerous the traps are.


    Llyod gulped a mouth full of saliva and nodded his head. He didn''t dare to slack off, even for a second. On the other hand, Hill was very calm and collected. He only nodded his head once.


    Ryth was satisfied with their answer and slowly open the door with all of his might. Even though the door was rusty and was heavy to pushed, Ryth was able to push it anyhow.


    Once they entered the room, many magical wall lamps were lit up because of the mechanism that was installed in the room.


    Once the door was opened, the mechanism turned on the lamps. This mechanism was powered by a dungeon core.


    There are were two types of dungeons. The first dungeon was the one that got powered by a magical gem which the boss dropped after death. This type of dungeon is simple where you will find the dungeon boss at the lowest level of the dungeon. Once you have defeated the boss, you only just need to take the magical gem. The other dungeon is mechanism type of dungeon. This is where the dungeon''s power could only be taken by finding its mechanism core. Inside this mechanism, there is a magical gem and once you take it out, the dungeon will lose its power. This mechanism type of dungeon is the most difficult one since you have to find the secret room where the mechanism core is stationed. Once you have gotten the magical gem, the dungeon will crumble, destroying both of the dungeons. Players would only have five minutes to find their way out before everything turned into dust.


    Since they do not need the torches anymore, they have extinguished them and put it inside their bags.


    The room was so big with barely anything inside except three big chests; the biggest one was in the middle, and two medium sized chests were on their left and right. Also, there was a big pillar behind the biggest chest.


    Ryth suddenly said. "You guys stay here. Don''t move even for an inch forward, understand?! The door behind us will close soon, so don''t try to walk outside this room. If you do, you will be trapped inside that dark and cramped alley." Ryth smiled and pointed at a big chest in the middle of the room, "Do you guys see that big chest? I will go there alone, after I arrived there, Llyod will go to the chest on the right, while Hill will go to the chest on our left. I will tell you what you need to do later, just do as i say."


    "But my lor-" just as they wanted to say something, Ryth had already walked towards the chest.


    Ryth walked five steps forward then he stopped and took a stone and threw it on the floor in front of him. Suddenly the floor on both sides of the stone that he had thrown out released sharp spears. After the spears disappeared, he took a step forward, took back the stone he had thrown earlier and turned left three steps, he then faced his right where he had throw again the stone on the floor in front of him. Then the next trap was triggered where arrows rain right in front of him. But Ryth remained calm, even whistling as he waited for the arrows to stop coming out of their origin. After the rain of arrows stopped, he advanced three steps and then turned two steps. He was still two tiles away from the chest and he suddenly jumped to avoid triggering the traps hidden in those two tiles in the front of the chest. After he had arrived in front of the chest, he pressed a button on the left side of the chest and said. "Okay it should be fine now, you guys can move without worrying about the other traps. But Llyod, don''t open your chest first. Let Hill open the chest on the left. After he open it and take all the items inside, you can open the chest."


    Llyod''s mouth was opened to the point you could fit two Ip*one 6S inside. While Hill''s eyes were popped out from their sockets. They were so shocked that they couldn''t believe what they had just witnessed.


    Ryth gave a small laugh and said. "Come on guys, hurry up!"


    Llyod and Hill quickly came back to reality and said awkwardly. "O-okay!"


    After they reach each of the chests, Ryth Shouted. "You can open it now, Hill!"

 7 Eye Of Daedalus

    Hill nodded his head and said in a loud voice. "Okay, my lord!"


    "You first try to open the chest by pressing the button on the left side of the chest. And only then, you can try to open the lid of the chest,"replied Ryth.


    Hill did just as Ryth said as he slowly opens the chest. A green light shone brightly inside the chest when it was opened. The three of them covered their eyes with their hands from the brightness. After some time, the light slowly disappears. Hill took a look inside of the chest and saw many valuable herbs inside. Hill told Ryth about what he saw, and Ryth instructed him to grab everything from inside and put it inside his bag.


    Since they planned for this trip to be a one-day journey, they didn''t bring many things inside with them. So Hill can easily put all of those herbs inside his bag.


    "I''m done, my lord. Can I move now?" asked Hill.


    "Don''t move for now, just wait there." Replied Ryth. He turned towards Llyod and said. "You can open the chest now. Just do the same thing as I have instructed Hill earlier."


    Llyod nodded, He then pressed the button on the left side of the chest and lifted open the lid. This time, dark blue light shone brightly from inside the chest. And they also had to cover their eyes from the brightness. Once the light have disappeared, llyod peeked inside the chest.


    There were ebony ingots inside. This type of ingots are the rarest only second to special creatures related materials.


    "My lord! There are 25 pieces of ebony ingots inside and 3 pieces of grand soul stones!" Llyod shouted.


    "Okay, put all of it inside your bag! If it doesn''t fit, just take all of it and place them outside the chest! I will figure out a way!" Ryth was feeling excited inside, but he tried to calm his mind as he heaved a long breath. With so many ebony ingots, he could make any equipments he wanted for their team.


    "Okay, now the both of you just stay there for a moment! I will open the main star of today!" Ryth grinned and shouted.


    He retrieved a pick lock from his bag and tried to pick the lock.


    The room was so quiet when suddenly, there was a "clack!" sound, coming from Ryth''s direction. Llyod and Hill turned to find Ryth had successfully pick the lock, where the sound of it can be heard throughout the secret room.


    A golden light gushed out from the chest for a few moments; it was so bright, brighter compare to the two lights emitted from the previous chests.


    After it had finally disappeared, Ryth peeked inside the chest, holding up the lid.


    I''m really lucky this time! Ryth smiled with excitement. "From what I remembered, it was suppose to be only two items inside but there are 3 items instead!"


    This chest is quite unique. Because in ''The Throne'', aside from the dragon''s tears potion, they will also get one type of random items or materials with a 45% chance to get the second item. As for the third item to appear inside this chest... it only has 5% chance!


    If their luck was bad, they could have gotten only the potion. And if their luck was good, well, there is also the second item. As for also getting the third item... This is quite a miracle!


    Ryth was very excited, he was speechless for a moment before Llyod shouted. "Is there something wrong, my lord?" Llyod''s voice brought Ryth back to reality, he turned his head to Llyod. then he replied. "Ah, there is something that I need to check first. Please wait there for a bit longer." Llyod was somewhat confused but he nodded his head and said. "My bag is already full, there are still 5 ingots and the 3 grand soul stones. I already took it outside the chest!"


    "Good job! Just wait for a moment!" replied Ryth.


    Ryth took out the first item, it was the item for the secret quest, the dragon''s tears potion. He opened his bag and put it inside. He turned back again towards the chest and retrieved the second item, and it was a special creatures materials! Ryth was so excited as he thought to himself. "There are two dragon bones here! With Ruddy''s help, he may be able to create more strong weapons! Unfortunately there are only 2 dragon bones... I can only make 2 one-handed sword, 2 bows or 1 great sword with it." Ryth let out a long sigh and shook his head. He was already lucky enough, he shouldn''t be more greedy. He laughed softly at himself.


    Hill and Llyod were confused by their lord''s behavior. "Is he alright?" Llyod asked Hill with concern. "Those items must be really good if it is able to make our Lord behave like that." Answered Hill with a smile.


    Ryth hurriedly but carefully put the 2 dragon bones inside his bag and then he turned back to the chest to grab the third item.


    A golden eye-shaped item was placed inside. Ryth carefully took it as he wanted to examine the item really carefully. As he hold the item in his hands, someone spoke in his mind.


    "You are the first person who could make it here. I think you are worthy to use my power." Said the mysterious voice with the tone of authority.


    Ryth frowned and then searched for the origin of the voice. He then looked around at his surroundings. But when he saw that Llyod and Hill were looking at him with somewhat confused expression on their faces, Ryth asked, "Do you guys heard that voice?!"


    "Voice? What voice? If it was the weird voice not long ago, it was the sound of my belly..." Answered Llyod with a sheepish look on his face.


    Hill slapped his forehead with his palm in exasperation. He said. "Be more serious, Llyod!" and then he turned towards Ryth. "We don''t hear anything, my lord. What voice are you talking about?"


    Just as Ryth wanted to replied Hill''s answer. The voice sounded once more. "You have such interesting friends, ku ku ku!"


    Ryth was so confused, he asked the mysterious voice. "Where are you? Why can''t my teammates hear your voice?"


    "Ku ku ku," The voice laughed softly as it continued, "I''m in your hand now, and yet you ask me where I am? As for the second question, it''s because I talk directly to your mind, so nobody can hear my voice."


    "In my hand?" Ryth realized that its the eye shaped item voice!


    "You have just realized it, eh? Ku ku ku." The eye shake with laughter and continued, "it seems that we are fated as you are the first person who found me. OCoincidentally, you also have lost an eye. Looks like we are made for each other, ku ku ku!."


    "WHAT?" Ryth shouted at the eye as he continued, "What are you talking about?!"


    "You should have know that I''m an item that has a soul. I''m what everybody called the legendary item." Replied the eye.


    Legendary item! Ryth was so shocked, he couldn''t believe what he had just heard. He took a deep breath and asked. "What is your name?"


    "Uhm, you might know me, since I''m famous long ago. My name is Daedalus. As for the name of this item, call it Eye Of Daedalus." Answered the eye.


    Ryth couldn''t help but face palmed. This guy is such a narcissistic thing! No famous person would simply call themselves famous! Ryth sighed and said. "Okay, How should I call you?"


    "Daedalus is fine," The eye said in a proud tone. "What about you? What is your name, one-eyed handsome boy? Ah, and you don''t need to let your voice out, you can just answer me in your mind. You see, your friends are worried seeing you talking to yourself. Ku ku ku!"


    Ryth felt helpless as he said. "You should have told me earlier! My god, i can''t stand you!"


    Daedalus laughed and said. "Ku ku ku! Don''t get angry boy. I''m just teasing you a bit because it''s been so long since the last time I''m talking with someone." Daedalus paused and then asked. "You haven''t answer my question yet, I already gave you my name boy, now it''s your turn."


    Ryth sighed and said. "I''m Ryth Myrad, you can call me Ryth."


    "Okay, Ryth, nice to meet you. Ku ku ku! Alright, now you need to get out of here right? But you need to get the dungeon core first before you can leave this room." Daedalus paused and continued, "Equip me now boy, I will help you get the dungeon core."


    Ryth then recall something about the ''Eye of Daedalus'', a legendary item in ''The Throne''. It was said this item was so powerful. Ryth was surprised that in this world, He did not expected that the ''Eye of Daedalus'' has a soul. Back then, getting the item was hard enough, even Ryth had problems trying to obtain it. Now that he think about it, he know the reason why. It was because he wasn''t lucky enough when he opened this chest before. In the game,if an item hadn''t appeared on the unique chest, appear on another unique chest. He was lucky now since he had finally obtained a legendary item.


    "How can I fully trust you? What if you have ill intentions towards me??" Rythm asked as he put his hand on his chin.


    If it''s in the game, he would just equipped it the moment he discovered it. But right now, he couldn''t do that since it has a soul, which in turn must have its own desires as well.


    "You are a very cautious kind of a human, aren''t you? I will just tell you what is the purpose of why I sealed my own soul inside this eye once I finished in making it." Daedalus sounded like he inhaled a mouth full of air and said. "When I made this eye, I was already old. But since I spent my whole life in craftmanship, I haven''t see the other part of the world. Such as what is the feeling when you fight a monster? what is it like to have a journey? I want to know what I don''t know. There are so many things that I don''t know about this world" He paused for a second and continued, "I guarantee that I will be useful to you."


    Ryth frowned and then said. "If I found a single thing that sounds and looks suspicious to me, I will take you out and bury you somewhere."


    Daedalus was a bit shocked but then he laughed and said. "Ku ku ku! You really are an interesting fellow! I like young people, always full of energy!" He laughed again and then continued, "Okay, I will help you, and you will help me with my wish of seeing the other side of the world that I don''t know yet. Just the thought of me going in a journey with someone like you already gives me excitement! Sure, we have a deal! From today onwards, we are partners."


    Ryth lightly smiled and said. "I really mean it though, but okay, I will trust you for now."


    At first, seeing Ryth talking to himself scares them. It was as if Ryth had been possessed. But now that he had become quiet all of the sudden, Llyod and Hill became worried and shouted, "My lord! Are you really okay?"


    Ryth turned his head towards Llyod and Hill, Ryth turned towards the two and said that he was fine. He then started to remove the bandage that was covering his left eye. He inserted the eye of Daedalus inside and then said. "You better not disappoint me, Daedalus!"


    "Ku ku ku, just you wait when you see what I''m capable of, you will feel that you are the luckiest man in history!" Replied Daedalus proudly.

 8 Taking Out The Dungeon Core

    After the ''Eye of Daedalus'' went inside his eye socket, he closed his left eye as he tries to adjust the feeling of having a ''new eye''. A second later, he felt great power surging throughout his body. He could felt the mana from the ''Eye of Daedalus'' flow through to every inch of his body. Then Daedalus''s voice sounded in his mind. "Don''t worry, I''m just scanning your body and gathering information about how far your skills are now, it will end real soon."


    After a minute, the mana flow from the eye had calmed down and it flowed naturally like his own mana. He didn''t feel it like it was the first time when the eye went inside. Their mana is now one. The weird feeling was gone.


    Daedalus laughed and said. "Ku ku ku! How about it? The scanning phase is done, you can open your eyes now."


    A familiar interface could be seen in his left eye, it was ''The Throne'' interface! Ryth was shocked that he turned speechless until Daedalus''s voice brought him to reality. "Oi, boy. I can''t read minds, you know? Say something, this is my masterpiece of my life."


    "HAHAHA!" Ryth laughed loudly, after some time, he tried to calm his excitement and said. "I could feel the mana from the "Eye of Daedalus" but it feels so natural, it was harder to sense it now than before." Ryth chuckled and continued, "I feel like with this power, everything will be easier!"


    "Ku ku ku! See? You won''t regret it, partner!" Daedalus said proudly.


    Just as Ryth wanted to reply to Daedalus, Llyod and Hill shouted. "My lord! Are you okay?! Why are you laughing all of a sudden?"


    Ryth turned his head towards the both of them. That is when his left eye could scan that there were two yellow diamond shaped things above their heads. "NPC indicator!" exclaimed Ryth with excitement.


    In ''The Throne'', the indicator for NPCs was colored with yellow, as for players, their indicator was green, and for enemies or monsters, it was red.


    He could see their, jobs and names. However, he could only see the MP bars but not the HP bars and EXP bars. Even the level wasn''t there.


    "No HP bars, EXP bars, and level...? Are these not NPCs indicators?"


    If it''s a NPCs indicator, he should had seen their HP bars, EXP bars and levels too. Because they were in his team or party. But he couldn''t see it. Suddenly, like a lightning struck him, he thought of a possibility.


    "What if they are now real human beings? And I''m the only one with this game system? And this yellow indicators are human''s indicator..."


    This possibility might be true.


    But he could see his own level, job, MP bar and EXP bar. But no HP bar. He could also see the skill, status, inventory and equipment panels. There was a skill slots as well.


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    Name: Ryth Myrad


    Main Job: Swordman


    Secondary: Archer


    Level: 30


    MP: 14000


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    "How come my MP is so high?" Ryth exclaimed in surprise.


    "That''s because I, or to be exact the ''Eye of Daedalus'' gave you a status boost." Daedalus said.


    "Uhm, I see... I guess I have a lot of things that i want to ask you later."


    "No problem, I know you are confused about what you see." Daedalus replied.


    "I see, so that''s how it is... I will just put aside this game system first. After we have arrive at Mr. Rolands house, I will examine it more thoroughly and ask more questions about the system to Daedalus." Ryth thought to himself.


    Suddenly Daedalus interrupted his thoughts. "What are you thinking now? I already told you that I can''t read your mind!" Daedalus asked.


    "How come you can''t hear me? Aren''t I talking inside my mind now?" Asked Ryth curiously.


    "I don''t know what you are thinking right now! If you don''t want to have a conversation with me when you said something, it will not be transferred to me. You need to focus like you are talking with other human." Daedalus answered as he heaved a long breath.


    Ryth lightly smiled and said. "I see, that''s good to hear. It will be really uncomfortable if you can always read my mind."


    "Ku ku ku! Are you worried that I can read your mind when you are thinking about something lewd?" Daedalus laughed.


    "What nonsense are you spouting on?" Ryth said with displeasure as he continued, "Remember, although you already show me all of this, the point that I stated before is still intact! If I really find something fishy, I will take you out and bury you! Do I make myself clear?"


    "Yeah, yeah. You are the boss, Ryth Myrad." Daedalus replied seriously.


    Ryth smiled as he shouted to Llyod and Hill who were still confused about the situation. "I''m okay! it''s just something really good had happened!"


    Llyod and Hill then saw a golden eye replacing their lord''s left eye. They were shocked and hurriedly asked in unison. "What is that, my lord?!"


    "Ah... I guess, the lack of this eye is...it was too flashy!" Ryth answered. He then asked Daedalus in his mind, "Why did you colour it golden?!?"


    Daedalus laughed and said. "Ku ku ku! Because, isn''t it cooler that way?"


    Ryth slapped his forehead with his palm in exasperation as he replied, "No, it doesn''t!" then he heaved a long breath and said to Llyod and Hill. "The name of this thing is ''Eye of Daedalus'', a legendary item that has a soul reside within it. The voice from before that I''m talking about is actually its voice. I''m talking with it before when you saw me talking to myself earlier."


    Llyod''s and Hill''s mouths opened so wide, they couldn''t believe what they had just heard. A legendary item with a soul inside! The chance of finding a legendary item was already slim. But this was a legendary item and it has a soul as well! The chance was one in one million chances! Their lord''s luck was indeed something.


    There was a legend about legendary items with souls within them. But because nobody had ever saw one, it was treated only as a rumour. But now they saw with their own eyes! Legendary items were not like cabbages where you could find it wherever you want! Although they still couldn''t believe it, but they know that their lord have no reason to lie to them.


    Ryth waved his right hand and said. "I''ll tell you all about it after we get out from this dungeon." Ryth the picked up his bag and walked towards Llyod. "Here, put the left over inside my bag."


    Llyod nodded and hurriedly put them inside. And once he was done, he said. "We are good to go, my lord."


    "Okay, give me all of the bags. I want to check about something." Ryth said to Llyod.


    Llyod gave the bags to Ryth. Then Ryth took it and asked Daedalus, "Inventory is something like a spacial storage magic, right?"


    "Yeah, I could open it" Daedalus said.


    "Okay move these bags to the inventory." Ryth commanded.


    Suddenly the bags vanished out of thin air, Llyod and Hill were shocked and said. "What?! What did you just do, my lord?"


    "I have just used a spacial magic skill so that we don''t have to carry those bags. Come here, Hill. I''ll put your bag inside the spacial magic too."


    The both of them gasped in shock as they thought. "Since when did our lord can use a spacial magic? Is it the power of that golden eye?"


    "Okay, everything is all good now. All I need is to get the dungeon core inside that pillar." Ryth said as he pointed his index finger to the huge pillar behind the big chest in the middle of the room. Hill nodded his head while Llyod said as he saluted Ryth. "Okay, my lord!"


    Ryth laughed and said. "No need to salute me, you know?" He paused and continued, "Okay! Both of you follow me. Once we have arrived at the biggest chest, wait for me there and just leave the rest to me."


    If this was the first time their lord acted recklessly, they would probably protest against his decision. But after seeing with their own eyes what their lord could do and that feats that their lord have achieved when they went inside this dungeon, they couldn''t help but nodded their heads without asking any questions.


    Ryth walked to the back of the chest and said. "Daedalus, we need to get the smaller magical gems first from the other 3 smaller pillars to unlock this big pillar''s mechanism which contain the dungeon core inside, right?"


    "Eh, I never thought you are so familiar with this kind of mechanism." Said Daedalus, sounding slightly surprised, he continued, "Well, as expected of someone who could figure out the secret room entrance. But you don''t need to do something so troublesome such as removing the 3 smaller magical gems one by one, just take me to the main mechanism pillar."


    Ryth frowned and asked, "You can open it without the need to remove the 3 smaller magical gems first?"


    "Eh, boy, you are underestimating me too much! Every craftsman needs to study mechanism as well, and I''m known as the most skilled craftsman in history! This type of mechanism is a piece of cake for me." Said Daedalus in a proud tone.


    "Okay, I will just do as you have said." Ryth then walked towards the huge pillar.


    Though, Ryth still need to avoid many traps to get the 3 smaller magical gems. Because there were many traps on the way to every single smaller pillars. The fact that Daedalus said he could open the mechanism without the need to get the other 3 smaller magical gems first, saves a lot of troubles for him. So he decided to try what Daedalus had suggested. If Daedalus couldn''t open it, it won''t do him any harm anyway, since he already knew where the other traps were on the way to the each of smaller pillars. He could just took the 3 smaller magical gems.


    He already knew that the traps were only on the first time they entered this room, and once they turned it off by pressing the button on the biggest chest. There were no other traps behind him and on this huge pillar.


    The only traps left were on the way to the other 3 smaller pillars.


    He walked to the pillar and asked. "Okay Daedalus, what should I do now?"


    "Wait a moment." Replied Daedalus.


    After a short moment, the ''Eye of Daedalus'' let out a light that resembled Ir*n m*n when he scanned something.


    "What is that?" Ryth asked.


    "I am using a scanning skill. Just like when I scanned you before. But this is the type to scan what in front of me. If before I ran my mana inside your body to scan you, now I make the mana flow through out from the eye to a certain distance to scan this mechanism and break the parts of this mechanism that connected to those 3 smaller magical gems pillars." Replied Daedalus while scanning the mechanism.


    "I see..." Replied Ryth in realization.


    "Crack!" "Zurrgg!"


    After a moment, sounds of the mechanism being opened could be heard throughout the room.


    "Okay, it''s done. You can take the core now. Ku ku ku!" Said Daedalus in a proud tone.


    Ryth slightly surprised that Daedalus could really open the mechanism, and in a short time too! But he remained a calmed expression on his face.


    Before he took the core, Ryth looked behind him and said to Llyod and Hill. "Guys, after I take this dungeon core from this mechanism, we only have 5 minutes to escape. Get ready to run when I call. At my signal, run and follow me!"


    The both of them nodded. Ryth also nodded his head and quickly took the core.


    "Now, Run!" Ryth shouted.

 9 The Escape

    Ryth shouted and ran, Both Llyod and Hill followed behind him. Daedalus took the initiative to put the dungeon core inside the inventory.


    The dungeon began to crumble and monsters''s voices could be heard.


    "WARGH!"


    "RAWR!"


    "KAAAK!"


    "Daedalus, could you scan our way out and search for a way that has less monsters?" Asked Ryth.


    "No problem, leave it to me!" Daedalus said in a proud tone.


    The second he finished his sentences, the ''Eye of Daedalus'' shone with blue light and the light gushed out to his surroundings.


    "Is that your scan magic?" Ryth asked curiously while running.


    "Yeah, this magic is for scanning the terrain, or a building. You can use this to scan literally almost everything." Replied Daedalus in a serious tone. After a short pause, he continued, "I''ve done the scanning. This is the result. The red doots all over the map are monsters, while the green and 2 yellow doots are us."


    A map appeared on his left corner side of interface. The map looked exactly like the one in ''The Throne'', Ryth grinned as he thought to himself. "This ''Eye of Daedalus'' is like Ir*n M*n''s suit and Daedalus is Jarv*s supporting him. It''s so convenient to have it in my possession."


    Due to the dungeon already losing its power, the monsters realized that they couldn''t stay there anymore. That''s why it was so easy for them to go straight to where they wanted. Although they still encountered some monsters, but Ryth, Llyod and Hill had no difficulties in killing them. Because, the monsters who were on this floor level were only level 20.


    Ryth could see the HP bar of the monsters as well as their level. He knew he was able to do that, possibly because they are not human beings. Whereas, for the other two, no matter how hard he tried to see their HP bar, level and EXP bar, he couldn''t.


    Ryth then instructed Llyod and Hill to hasten their speed. The secret room was in the floor level between 2 and 3. With their speed that were so fast, they had already arrived on the second floor.After running for a minute on the second floor. They only had another 3 minutes remaining to escape. Just as Ryth saw the stairs that led to the first floor, He saw something crawling out from the floor in front of the stairs. A medium-sized centipede appeared in front of them.


    "It''s a level 35, Dark Centipede?" Ryth''s expression turned solemn. He shouted. "Hill, Llyod! Can you both kill it quickly?"


    "Yes, we can, my lord. But our weapon is already worn out, so I think it will be longer than it should be." Said Hill.


    Ryth frowned and thought to himself. "If only I have a good skill or weapon now..."


    Suddenly Daedalus interrupted his thoughts. "Oi, did you forget about me? remember I have a spacial magic?"


    Ryth came to a realization as he smiled. "Ah, right. You better give me something good, Daedalus!"


    Daedalus laughed and replied, "Who do you think I am? I''m the most and probably the best craftsman in history! I''m not just famous, you know?"


    Suddenly a dark green sword appeared on Ryth''s right hand.


    --------------------


    [Vengeance]


    Attack: 300


    Durability: 200/200


    A powerful sword made of Leviathan''s fangs.


    It can only be fixed and upgraded with special creature''s materials.


    Requirements :


    STR : 35


    It can only be wilded by the person who possessed ''Eye of Daedalus''


    Effect :


    Poison


    Slow the opponent movement and speed by 30%


    Duration: 5 seconds


    Immune


    The user will have 30% resistance to poison.


    Active Skill :


    Borrowed soul


    Create a duplicate of ''Vengeance''


    Requirements


    Need a drop of blood to activate this skill.


    Duration: 10 seconds


    Cool down : 1 hours


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    "This is a very good sword!" Exclaimed Ryth in surprise.


    "Ku ku ku! I made this sword before I made the ''Eye of Daedalus''! It''s an enchanted item, or you can also call it Mythical item. Its rarity is only second to legendary items!" Answered Daedalus with a proud tone.


    "Hahaha! It''s good that you didn''t disappoint me." Exclaimed Ryth as he turned his head towards Llyod and Hill and said, "Llyod, draw its attention! Hill, back us up with your arrows! Attack its blind spot!"


    "Roger!" replied Llyod as he ran towards the centipede and shouted a battle cry.


    "RARGH!" Llyod''s battle cry taunted the centipede.


    The centipede moved towards Llyod as it tries to bite Llyod with its huge teeth.


    "Wushh!"


    But, before it could get near Llyod, an arrow pierced its eye. The centipede let out a loud cry as it received another attack from Llyod''s great sword.


    "BOOM!"


    "RARGH!" the centipede screamed in pain.


    "Wow, that''s [Heavy Swing]. A basic skill for berserker in ''The Throne''. But look at the damage it does to the centipede. That skill is at least level 4!" Exclaimed Ryth in shock. Llyod was probably at around level 45-50 if he has a level.


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    Dark Centipede


    (Normal)


    Level: 35


    HP: 18000 / 25000


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    "Okay! Get back, Llyod!" Shouted Ryth.


    Llyod jumped to the side as Ryth ran towards the centipede.


    "Use the {Borrowed Soul} skill! It will open the hidden skill of two sword style, {Dual slash!}" Shouted Daedalus.


    Ryth grinned since he remembered that this {Dual Slash} skill was so powerful back in ''The Throne''. This skill was one of his favorite skills in the game. But the disadvantage of this skill was its cooldown duration.


    "I need to end this very quickly!" Ryth bit his left hand''s thumb, he put the blood on his left palm and activated a skill.


    "Borrowed Soul!"


    Suddenly, a duplicate of [Vengeance] appeared on his left hand as he charged forward and jump towards the centipede.


    "Die!" Shouted Ryth as he activated another skill, {Dual Slash}!


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    [Vengeance]


    Hidden Active skill


    Two sword style


    {Dual Slash}


    Weapons attack multiplied by 5% of weapons total attack.


    Deal pure damage to the opponent.


    Cooldown : 1 hour


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    The centipede tried to avoid the attack, but Hill didn''t let it move as he shot another arrow, now with archer''s skill, {Cripple}!


    Once it hit the target, {Cripple} can stun the opponent for 3 seconds. Although its duration was too short and it does almost no damage. But 3 seconds were enough for Ryth to end its life!


    -18443


    Ryth saw with his left eye a notification which appeared above the centipede''s head as its head sliced in half. The centipede fell to the ground.


    With +300 attack from one [Vengeance], the other {Vengeance] boosted Ryth''s attack by another +300. Since Ryth could use the sword, it means that his STR was at least at 35 points or more, plus the damage done from {Dual Slash} ended its life in an instant.


    +100.000 EXP


    As soon as the centipede was defeated, Ryth shouted to Llyod and Hill as he ran towards the stairs, "Run! Follow me!"


    Llyod and Hill was still shocked but hurriedly shooked their heads and followed behind Ryth.


    They ran very fast and after a short time, they finally arrived at the entrance of the dungeon. They were quite quick as they do not need to avoid any monsters on the first floor. The monsters there were weak and its only a matter of time until they finished. They fought their way, as they continue running towards the entrance of the dungeon.


    Just as they were finally outside the dungeon, The dungeon entrance fell to the ground, and the monsters who weren''t made it in time was sucked in with the dungeon.


    The terrain where the dungeon once stood there was changed. Now, there was a huge crater there.


    But the danger wasn''t over yet. Ryth saw six monsters outside. Although there were many monsters that couldn''t made it in time to escape, there were still many monsters who had escaped in time. But, the good thing was, the stronger monsters had already killed the weaker monsters. So, there were many monster''s corpses outside the dungeon. The six of them were busy eating the corpses of the monsters.


    He hurriedly signaled to Llyod and Hill to find a place where they could hide. Once they found the place, they examined the situation around them.


    Ryth asked in a low voice but his voice carried a hint of surprise. "Daedalus, why do they killed the other monsters and eating them?!"


    Hill and Llyod turned to Ryth as they heard Ryth had called the eye''s name.


    Ryth saw the two of them was curious about his conversation with Daedalus, Ryth commanded. "Daedalus, let the two of them hear your voice!"


    "Alright." Daedalus said after a short pause he continued, "Listen, okay."


    Hill and Llyod were slightly shocked, it was indeed true that this eye was an item that had a soul within it!


    "But firstly, I will change the eye mode so Ryth can see the mana flow." Said Daedalus as the ''Eye of Daedalus'' turned red.


    There were many red energies gushed from the monster''s body. As they ate other monster''s body, their energy seems getting bigger and bigger.


    "What you see is a mana flow. I deducted that these monsters consumed the mana which the dungeon core had produced and distributed throughout the dungeon. They can live without eating other monsters because of this. But since the dungeon is now gone. The amount of mana they needed was too big that their surroundings couldn''t gave them the amount they needed. Because the amount of mana that flows here is insufficient compared to when they are inside the dungeon. So they need to kill other monsters and eat their bodies as many as possible to refill their mana. And it happened that many weak monsters tried to escape too, hence they are like a bunch of chicken waiting to be slaughter by the wolves." Explained Daedalus to Ryth in a serious tone.


    "So they are starving right now? It''s like they are in a berserk mode until their mana is sufficient?" Asked Ryth with concern.


    "Yeah, you can put it like that. Because they are desperate right now. If they can''t refill their mana in time, they will enter a weak state due to the lack of mana."


    "So is it the same for other monsters who attacked human? It''s to refill their mana?" Asked Hill in serious tone.


    "Yes. It''s dangerous to let so many starving monsters like these around. If they arrive at one of the nearest village, the entire village will be destroyed. Since logically speaking, no small villages has good guards to protect them." Replied Daedalus as he sounded like he heaved a long breath.


    "We have to do something, since we are the one who made this situation happened." Said Ryth in a worried tone.


    "But, how do we handle this situation, my lord? Our equipments are too weak. My great sword already has a crack after I used the {Heavy Swing} once..." Said Llyod as he scratched the back of his head.


    "I realized that you have 3 grand soul stones, I only need one grand soul stone and a couple of minutes. I can make you guys some soul stone bombs if Ryth let me take control of his hands for some time." Daedalus suggested.

 10 Soul Stone Bombs

    "What? You can control parts of my body?" Asked Ryth in confusion. After a short paused he continued, "Why you should control my hands? Can you just tell me what to do?"


    "Yeah, I can." Daedalus replied. After a short paused, He continued, "But I couldn''t control it without your permission, since it''s your body. And you can take the control back by simply tell me to. I won''t do anything ridiculous. It won''t benefit me, anyways." Daedalus stopped, he continued, "As for the second question. I can''t do that, if you make a single mistake, the soul stone will explode."


    "Ugh... but we really need to do something about these monsters..." After contemplating for a moment, Ryth continued, "Hmmm, I get it. I will allow you to control both of my hands to make those bombs. You already helped us inside the dungeon, so I think we can trust you. But don''t try anything stupid, understand?"


    "Easy, boy. I''m already lucky enough to get a skilled partner like you! The way you fought that centipede before, tells me everything about your capabilities! Ku ku ku! Just leave it to me!" Daedalus replied in an assuring tone.


    "You really can make it now?" asked Ryth.


    "It''s easy to make. It will be done in 5 minutes or so." Daedalus said, seriously.


    Ryth knew how strong this thing was. In the game, many guilds with strong background made this bombs for raiding dungeons. As one of the pro player in ''The Throne'', he''s of no exception.


    "Okay, make us some bombs then! Let''s kill them all!" said Ryth as he grinned.


    Actually, If Hill and Llyod didn''t lose their equipment, while trying to save Ryth, they would be able to fight monsters directly. But, now that their equipments were really bad. They were unable to use their full strength due to their atrocious equipment. If they did try, their weapons would break since it could not withstand the power. Just like when Llyod used the {Heavy Swing} skill. That move chipped his greatsword. Their weapons and armors'' durabilities were very bad, since they haven''t been used for quite a while.


    Ryth was worried about the existence of these high level monsters which were in berserk mode. So, he had to think of a way to eliminate them.


    "Llyod and Hill. Keep your eyes on them, but make sure that they don''t discover us."


    "Yes!" The both of them said in a low tone as they nodded their heads.


    "What should I do now, Daedalus?" asked Ryth.


    "Give me a moment." Daedalus replied, after a second, a notification appeared on Ryth''s interface.


    --------------------


    "Do you want to let Daedalus take control over your hands?"


    Yes/No


    --------------------


    "Yes." Ryth replied softly.


    A command box appeared in the right corner of his interface after he said ''Yes''. He could terminate the permission if he wanted to. Daedalus indeed said the truth. Ryth heaved a sigh of relief.


    "It will be done in a couple of minutes, just wait." Daedalus said.


    Daedalus took out the grand soul stone from the inventory. The grand soul stone was about 2 palm-sized. a blue light gushed out from the eye as he scanned the grand soul stone. After some time, a line of yellow light pierced through the grand soul stone. Like a laser, it cut the grand soul stone into 6 pieces.


    Ryth bitterly smiled as he saw his hands moving so quickly without him moving them. "I feel really awkward, seeing and feeling my hands move and do something I have no control of..."


    The feeling was like, you were watching a craftman on stream. But with Virtual Reality.


    "Ku ku ku! Just bear with it, you will get used to it gradually." Daedalus laughed while making the bombs.


    "Alright..." Ryth heaved a long breath as he watched Daedalus making the bomb with an abnormal speed.


    "You know, Daedalus... you are like M*cGyver!" Ryth exclaimed as he smiled.


    "Who is this M*cGyver?" Daedalus paused for a short moment and continued, "Well whatever, judging from your tone, he is a skilled man! Ku ku ku! Just like me! Or maybe, I am better!"


    "Yeah, he is very skilled." Replied Ryth with a smile.


    After a short moment, Daedalus said. "Done!" Daedalus stopped using Ryth''s hands and Ryth could feel feelings in his hands as he is able to move his hands again.


    There were 6 soul stone bombs. Calling it ''bombs'' was somewhat unfitting. Because it resembled more grenades than bombs, since they were small. Their color was dark purple.


    After the grand soul stone was cutted into 6 pieces, its size was only about the same as a thumb.


    Ryth tried to touch it but Daedalus suddenly said in a serious tone. "Be careful. I made the surface very thin. So it won''t reduce the explosion damage."


    Ryth was slightly shocked. Because in ''The Throne'' it will not explode as long as it''s on his hand. He tell himself to be more careful since not everything in this world were the same as in ''The Throne''.


    He carefully grabbed one of the soul stone grenades and examined it as he asked. "How does this thing works? I''m pretty curious."


    "I need to explain it to you first from the basic knowledge." Said Daedalus.


    "As you know, soul stones are used for enchanting weapons and other equipments. It is can also be used for enchanting equipment so that it could have an active skill or a passive skill. Soul stones are really rare, not to mention grand soul stones. So don''t waste them. Make sure you hit the six monsters with one of them." Daedalus said. After some time, he continued, "When you enchant a weapon or equipment, you need to write down the spell which you want to enchant to the weapons or equipments. You also need to check the power of soul stone before you enchant it, to make sure that the soul stone doesn''t carry any other mana except its mana. Because if the stone carry other mana, the stone will explode. But you will be able to prevent it by taking out the other mana before the stone turned black."


    Ryth nodded his head as he thought to himself. "It work the same as in ''The Throne''."


    "I need to scan the grand soul stone first because I need to cut its power in a certain area before I can pierced it with the yellow mana. If I didn''t do it before hand, the grand soul stone will explode." Daedalus explained.


    "Ah, I see... so how do you use this thing?" Ryth asked.


    In the game, you just need to throw it because it was treated as one of magic tools.


    "As I said before, if there is any other mana inside the soul stone, it will explode, so-" but Ryth interrupted Daedalus and said.


    "You just need to make your mana enter the soul stone, and once it will turned black, you need to throw it right away..."


    "Exactly!" Daedalus commended Ryth. If he had hands, he would probably gave Ryth two thumbs up.


    "Alright." Ryth thought to himself, turned his head towards Hill and Llyod and said. "Get ready, we will eliminate the 6 of them at the same time. We all need to make sure we won''t miss the target when we throw the bombs at them."


    Daedalus then explained to them how to use those bombs.


    Ryth also told them of his plan, after they were done, Ryth said. "Okay, Hill, get to your position!"


    Hill nodded his head as he jumped up to the tree.


    "Llyod, taunt all of them! I will back you up!" Ryth commanded.


    Llyod ran to where the monsters were and when he was near enough, he shouted a battle cry!


    "RAARRGH!"


    "WAARRGH!"


    "KAARRGH!"


    The six monsters were level 35 just like the centipede from before, but these monsters were in a berserk state.


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    Troll


    (Berserk)


    Level 35


    HP : 30000 / 30000


    ------------------------


    Ryth sneakily hide behind a bush, he waited for the monsters to be in one place. He examined the monsters ahead and thought to himself, "Troll''s defense is high. Normal attack won''t do much damage. But they are weak against fire. Those bombs will absolutely end their lives!"


    Llyod got chased by the 6 trolls. Their body was big, so their speed was a bit slow. But, berserk mode trolls were different. Their speed was higher than a normal troll, more like twice the speed of a normal troll.


    Llyod tried to put out damage as many as possible to those trolls. He avoided their attacks and charged forward to attack. Although it was only a normal attack, it was still good enough. The trolls''s HP bar was reduced at a visible speed. Some damages were critical hits.


    -400


    -434


    -802


    "RARGH!" the trolls screamed. They surrounded Llyod and tried to attack him together, but then Ryth charged forward.


    With [Vengeance] on his hand, he ran so fast and use a skill.


    "{Stream of Light}!


    6 slashes, one on every single troll. Dealing good damages and the [Vengeance] effect started to took a toll to the trolls.


    -1102


    (Slow the target by 30% for 5 seconds)


    -1140


    (Slow the target by 30% for 5 seconds)


    -1222


    (Slow the target by 30% for 5 seconds)


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    Swordman Skill


    {Stream of Light}


    Made 6 slashes in a very high speed.


    Attack: Multiplied the weapon''s attack by 4


    Cooldown : 10 minutes


    MP: 120


    --------------------------------


    This skill was very good, it''s attack damage was high enough. But its mana cost was also high and the cooldown was long.


    Naturally, swordsman requires very little mana. Their skill only needs to consume a little mana, so this was already considered as high cost mana skill. But Ryth got his status boosted from [Eye of Daedalus]. He has 14000 MP. Even he was stupefied by the INT boost. It was just too OP! As expected of legendary item, indeed.


    The trolls''s speed were reduced by 30% which pushed them back to their normal speed. Llyod and Ryth tried to make as much damage as possible to them.


    Hill was still attacking the trolls from above the tree and could only deal very low damages, because he couldn''t use a strong skill. If he did, his bow would break. But some of the damage were critical hits.


    -123


    -232


    -112


    Suddenly, Daedalus shouted, "Hill, now! Llyod and Ryth, go back!"


    Hill took out the 6 bombs and after seeing his teammates already in a safe distance, he jumped to the side as far as he could, he injected his mana inside the 6 bombs and throw the bombs while suspending in the air.


    "BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"


    "RARRRGH!"


    "KAARGH!


    The sounds were very loud. The screams of trolls could be heard as they were burnt by the fire which was caused by the explotion. Their HP fell rapidly and then hit the 0 mark.


    +10000 EXP


    +10000 EXP


    +10000 EXP


    The notification appeared 6 times, but on the 4th, Ryth leveled up. He was now level 31.


    --------------------


    Name : Ryth Myrad


    Main Job : Swordman


    Secondary : Archer


    Level : 31


    MP : 14000


    ----------------------


    After he had leveled up, his MP was back to full again.


    The smell of trolls''s burnt corpses could be smelled as they heaved a sigh of reliefs.


    "Finally! This great sword of mine is nearly on its last leg, it could break in any moment!" exclaimed Llyod as he sat on the ground.


    "My bow is not in a good condition either." Said Hill, expressionless.


    Suddenly Daedalus laughed. "Ku ku ku! See the might of those bombs? Aren''t I great?!"


    "Yeah, yeah, you were great." Ryth smiled as he shook his head. Daedalus was a narcissist so he could only bitterly smiled.


    But Daedalus did save them a lot of trouble. Although his personality was a bit weird, he was really helpful and reliable in the end.


    "You can still see through the bandages right? I don''t want to attract too much attention. This eye is too flashy..." Ryth said to Daedalus.


    "Ku ku ku! Do what you want and yes, I can still see through the bandages. No worries!" Daedalus laughed.


    "Okay." Said Ryth as he retrieved the bandages from his bag inside the inventory and covered his left eye again with the spare bandages.


    It was already afternoon, around 4 PM. The sun is still up, but is slowly getting darker.


    "Okay! Let''s go to Mr. Roland''s home. Tomorrow, we have something important to do." Said Ryth to Llyod and Hill as he smiled.

 11 Meeting Mr. Ruddy Again

    They walked back to the village. Fortunately with the help of daedalus''s scanning skill, they didn''t ecountered other monsters on their way home. If they did, it would be a very bad situation, since only Ryth has a good weapon while Llyod''s and Hill''s weapons already on their limits.


    They arrived at the village in 2 hours. The sun was already set, the moon now took its duty to light up the darkness. It was already 6 PM when they arrived at Mr. Roland house.


    Mr. Roland was preparing to cook for dinner. Ryth, Llyod, and Hill wanted to help him, but he refused and said that they could took a bath first. Ryth was helpless with Mr. Roland''s persistence, so he gave up and took a bath first.


    After he was done, he saw Llyod and Hill already helping Mr. Roland cooking the meal. It seems that they had already finished bathing before Ryth.


    Speaking of why they could took a bath at the same time, it''s because Mr. Roland house was quite big. he has 3 bedrooms, a living room where they cook there as well on the fireplace. and there were 3 bath rooms. One is inside Ryth''s room, 1 inside Mr. Roland''s room, and the last is near the living room.


    Ryth guessed that Mr. Roland had a big family long ago, but under a certain reason, they were not here anymore.


    "Ah, Myth! There you are! Llyod and Hill told me what happened in the dungeon! You are quite a strong boy, eh? Hahaha!" Mr. Roland waved his hand as he greeted Ryth.


    "Ah, I''m just lucky..." Ryth scratch the back of his head as he smiled to Mr. Roland.


    The 4 of them chatted for awhile, and then Ryth helped Mr. Roland with the dishes. After he''s done with the dishes, he went straight to his room.


    Ryth lay down on his bed and asked Daedalus. "Can you show me my status?And also, tell me all of your abilities."


    "Okay, no problem."


    The status panel appeared on Ryth''s interface.


    -------------------


    Ryth Myrad


    STR : 38


    AGI : 46


    INT : 30 (+110)


    END : 36


    VIT: 32


    LUC : 10


    (5 free points unused.)


    -------------------


    "Wow, the INT boost from [Eye of Daedalus] is just cheating!" thought Ryth in shock.


    "Amazing isn''t it? The eye doesn''t need any minimum status requirements, since you have to took out one of your eyes to equip it. That''s why I said that you and I are fated back inside the dungeon." Daedalus said in a proud tone.


    "I see. So that''s why I can equip it right away." Ryth thought to himself and asked, "Daedalus, there are many legendary items, right? Do you know where the others are?"


    "Yeah, there are. But I don''t know exactly where they are, since they are scattered around the world." Daedalus replied.


    "Oh, that won''t be a problem." Ryth said with a grin.


    "What?! You know where the other legendary items are?" Daedalus asked in shock.


    "Well, I think I know a bit... but I''m not sure either. I need to see it for myself." Replied Ryth. He knew where the other legendary items were in ''The Throne''. But in this world, anything might happened. So he could went to where they are according to his memories. But whether if it''s there or not, he doesn''t know.


    "Okay, put aside the legendary items talk. Let me know all of your abilities, Daedalus."


    "Alright..." although Daedalus wanted to know further about the other legendary items, but he decided to show Ryth his abilities first. He could ask him about the legendary items whenever he want anyway.


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    [Eye of Daedalus]


    Skills


    Scan


    Level (Max)


    Blue mana will spreadout to scan the object.


    Can scan everything, except a place with High level magic barrier. The user need to scan and find away to break the barrier first, before he could scan the object he wanted to scan.


    Can be use for scanning enemies. The enemies will appeared on the mini map.


    Cooldown : 2 seconds


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    Laser


    Level (1)


    A line of yellow mana will come out, it can cut hard materials.


    Used for crafting


    Can be used for making crafting materials into threads


    Cannot be used to attack monsters.


    Can be upgraded.


    Cooldown : 1


    Duration : 5 seconds


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    Mana seeker


    Level (Max)


    The [Eye of Daedalus] will covered in red mana to see the flow of mana and mana traces.


    Mode to allow the user see the mana flow and see the mana traces that was left before 24 hours.


    No cooldown.


    Unlimited duration.


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    "Are these all of it?" asked Ryth.


    "Yeah, for now." Replied Daedalus boasting.


    "What do you mean? The laser one that can be upgraded?


    "Mhm, that too. But that''s not what I mean. Ku ku ku!" Daedalus laughed and continued, "You can upgrade the [Eye of Daedalus] with a certain materials to unlock the other skill."


    "Oh? What is this material you spoke of?" Ryth was somewhat curious now.


    "There are elemental gems throughout the world. Each has their own uniqueness." Daedalus said.


    "Ah... so if I could obtain any of them, you can upgrade the [Eye of Daedalus] and it will acquire a unique skill from it?"


    "Precisely. You are smart, partner! Ku ku ku!." Daedalus laughed.


    "Well, after we are done with these matters regarding my stepbrother''s rebellion, maybe we can search for those gems." Said Ryth in a relax tone.


    "It''s a promise okay? Let''s get those matters done, then. With Hill, Llyod, and me on your side. Nothing is impossible! Ku ku ku!" Daedalus said in a proud tone.


    "Alright, alright... Let''s just sleep. We need to wake up early tomorrow." Ryth said, as he closed his eyes.


    --------------------------------


    Today, the way Ryth woke up from his sleep was different... the sound of cirping outside? No. The wind tapping the window? Neither. It''s because of...


    "Wake up boy! New day, new spirit! Ku ku ku!" Daedalus''s voice was so loud, Ryth woke up in an instant as he shouted back to him. "You are too loud! Can you be a little more considerate? I''m so tired due to all of those things yesterday!"


    "Come on, partner! Show some spirit! Ku ku ku!" Daedalus ignored Ryth''s complains and laughed.


    "Huh... now I know, my morning would never be the same as before anymore..." Ryth sighed as he shook his head.


    Ryth got up from his bed and do some exercise, he took a bath first, change his clothes with the ones he received from Mr. Roland. Then he changed his bandages too and went outside to the living room for breakfast.


    He found Mr. Roland, Hill, and Llyod making breakfast. Ryth sat near Mr. Roland and told him about what he wanted to do today with Llyod and Hill. He gave his thanks to Mr. Roland because he already helped him and his teammates so much. Ryth said that he owed a favor to Mr. Roland and he would return this favor in the future. Although Mr. Roland said Ryth doesn''t need to repay him, but Ryth couldn''t accept it. Mr. Roland could only sighed as he nodded his head in helplessness.


    After breakfast, Ryth, Hill and Llyod packed their things inside their bags and said goodbye to Mr. Roland.


    Mr. Roland''s eyes was a bit watery as he waved his hands towards Ryth and his team disappearing to the distance.


    "Make sure, we don''t forget this debt." Said Ryth to Llyod and Hill in a low voice.


    "Of course, we won''t!" Said them in unison.


    "That Roland guy is really friendly and kind. He is a man worthy of my respect." Said Daedalus in agreement.


    They headed to Mr. Ruddy''s house to complete the secret quest.


    After some time, they arrived. It was 7 AM in the morning.


    Mr. Ruddy was at the terrace of his house when he saw them walked towards him. A hint of shock could be seen in his eyes.


    "Did you guys really obtain the potion?" He asked in agitation as he stood up from his seat.


    Ryth only smiled and nodded.


    Mr. Ruddy''s mouth was opened, his eyes were out from their sockets. He was speechless and couldn''t believe it.


    "Come in! Let''s talk inside!" Said Mr. Ruddy in excitement.


    They walked inside, straight to the living room and sat on their seats.


    "Do you really have the potion?" asked Mr. Ruddy in hurry.


    Ryth smiled and said. "Yeah, we do. Here." He lifted his right hand above the table and took the potion out of the inventory.


    Suddenly, a medium sized potion appeared on the table.


    When Mr. Ruddy saw it. He could see that the potion is as clear as glass! It is indeed the dragon''s tears potion!


    Mr. Ruddy''s hands were trembling, even his broken hand was no exception.


    Ryth lightly smiled and said, "Yeah, you can drink this, but afterwards, you have to make us some equipments."


    "Of course! I will make you as many as you want!" Mr. Ruddy nodded his head mutliple times.


    Suddenly, Daedalus asked in confusion. "You want this guy make you some equipments? Are you forget about me?"


    "Well, when I made an agreements with him, I already told him if I can heal his hand, he will make me some equipments. And at that moment, I haven''t meet you yet, so I need his skills. Also, there is another reason why I want to heal his broken hand." Replied Ryth.


    "Okay, what is the reason?"


    "I want to recruit him to my domain as the castle official blacksmith." Ryth smiled and continued, "I made this agreement to built a good relationship first with him. I do have many good blacksmiths in my domain. But Mr. Ruddy''s skill is higher then them, his skill is only second to you if what you said that you are the most skilled craftman in history was true."


    "Ohh, I see."


    "You can have a drop of it, Mr. Ruddy."


    Mr. Ruddy nodded his head as he took the potion, and drink a drop of it.


    Suddenly a golden light surrounded his right arm. After some time, he shouted in excitement.


    "I could exert the power to my right hand again! Hahaha! This is like a dream!"


    "I''m happy for you too, Mr. Ruddy." Ryth smiled and continued, "Can you make us the equipments now? We have the materials needed."


    "Sure! come to the smithing room now, follow me!"


    After they had arrived in the smithing room, it wasn''t as dusty as the last time they went here. Mr. Ruddy must have already cleaned it before hand in case when Ryth and the others shows up.


    He prepared the smithing and exercise a bit to loosen up his right hand. After a short time, he asked, "Where are the materials? Put it right here."


    Ryth gave him 12 ebony ingots and said. "Here are the materials. I want a set of heavy armor for this big guy here." He pointed at Llyod and continued, "And a bow, a one-handed sword, a great swordand 2 daggers.


    7 ebony ingots for the heavy armor set, the bow is for hill, the great sword is for Llyod, and the one-handed sword is for him. As for those daggers, it''s for the helper he would meet before he made a move againts his stepbrother.


    "Okay! It will be done in a couple of hours! Wait inside!"


    -----------------------------


    They walked back to the living room, Ryth sat on the chair and asked. "Daedalus, I need you to make a clothes armors for me and Hill. You can do it right?"


    "It''s easy! I could make it for Llyod too!" exclaimed Daedalus.


    "No, Llyod prefer heavy armors... he''s a hardcore fan of it..."


    "Ah, I see. It''s okay then, I can make it for the two of you!"


    "Alright, you better not disappoint me!" Ryth said as he smiled.

 12 The New Equipments

    Cloth armors are one of the types of armors. Other than cloth armors, there are light armor and heavy armor. Light armor and heavy armor are the usual type of armors that you can find anywhere. But for cloth armor, its requirement skill is very high. If you scale it from 1 to 100, it''s a big 100 points.


    Only smithmans who have already reached the greatest height in smithing could make cloth armor.


    "Okay, here are the materials. Please make it immediately as we need it urgently as to not waste any time." Ryth requested politely.


    "Alright, give me the control of your hands, and I''ll make it right now. Ku ku ku!"


    The command box appeared and Ryth gave it a yes without a second thought.


    Daedalus started to transform the ingots to threads with his skill and sewing them manually.


    And it could be seen how very skilled he is in sewing them, he is very fast and nimble with ''his'' hands.


    "Wow, that''s some crazy skills you have there, Daedalus!" exclaimed Llyod in excitement.


    "Ku ku ku! I already said it, didn''t I? I''m the most skilled and famous craftsman in history!" Daedalus laughed.


    After 3 hours straight, finally, Daedalus is done with his sewing. "I''m done! Here, give it a try!" shouted Daedalus.


    "Eh? You''re done already?" asked Ryth in shock. He would have thought that it will take at least 6 to 7 hours to sew 2 clothed armours. Well, after all, it is harder to make this, compare to making light or heavy armour. Even though, he had sew it manually, a lot of mana is also required to sew these clothed armors. This is because ingot threads cannot be penetrated by normal sewing needles. Hence, Daedalus had to transfer his mana to the needle, in order to sew the clothed armour.


    "Told you, I''m peerless in terms of crafting! Ku ku ku!" Daedalus shouted boastingly.


    Ryth touched his forehead with his right hand in helplessness as he sighed. "Okay, I''ll try it now."


    He put it on and it was fit his body perfectly. It''s the same for Hill as well. Ryth try to test his movement by moving, jumping, running and take a fighting stance to try its flexibility.


    "It''s perfect! Well done, Daedalus!" Ryth shouted and turned his head towards Hill and asked, "What about yours?"


    "It''s perfect. I already tried to penetrate it with a knife and Llyod''s sword, they can''t even scratch it." Hill replied.


    "Of course! You can''t scratch it with low quality materials. It can only be damaged by weapons made with ebony ingot, Mythical weapons or above! But of course, if there is an enemy with high magic ability, they could imbue their weapons with magic to damage this clothes, so do be careful." answered Daedalus.


    "I see. We will keep that in mind." Ryth said. Daedalus had let the others listened to his voice. He sent his voice straight to their minds. It''s like he''s using a team voicechat.


    Hill''s cloth armor is a black hoodie type with a black trouser. Its appearance is of a classic hoodie for archers. It suits Hill really well, with his nickname ''Black Raven''. It made him look modernly chic.


    As for Ryth''s, it''s the same like Hill''s cloth armor, but with a yellow line from the right shoulder and down to the waist.


    "Daedalus, could you make the color different? I''m sick of black clothes... it''s giving me a vibe of light novel''s MC..." Ryth said as he heaved a long breath.


    "What is a light novel?" Daedalus was somewhat confused, he continued, "I can... actually, I want to enchant your clothes armor too. So I can do it when I''m done in enchanting it."


    "Oh okay then. I will tell you the color that I want later." Ryth said, feeling satified.


    They chatted for awhile. After three hours, Mr. Ruddy walked inside the living room and said. "It''s done, guys." He wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued, "You can try it now!"


    Ryth smiled and replied, "Thank you, Mr. Ruddy."


    They walked towards the smithing room and told Llyod to try on the heavy armor.


    "The weight is just perfect! I like this! The design is cool too!" Llyod shouted excitedly as he try to move and swing his hands around, pretending he''s wielding a great sword.


    "Haha! I''m glad to hear that! As you know, I haven''t make any equipments for a long time, so I''m not really confident on these equipments. But hearing you like it, I''m relieved." Mr. Ruddy said as he smiled.


    "Do try the weapons too!"


    Ryth, Hill and Llyod grabbed their respective weapons and gave them a try. Llyod swung his great sword, while Ryth first examined its design and tried to swung it twice. Hill gave the bow''s string a pull and tried to measure its weight with his hands.


    "These are good weapons, no doubt about it, Mr. Ruddy. Thank you." Ryth said as he slightly bow his head.


    "No need to thank me." Mr. Ruddy said hurriedly, and continued, "Besides, I can use my right hand again due to your kindness for searching a godly potion like that to heal my broken hand. You can have the potion back, you may need it later." Mr. Ruddy returned Ryth back the potion. Ryth took it and put it inside his inventory.


    "Ah, yes, you have a spatial magic, right? You are indeed amazing at such a young age." Mr. Ruddy gave his compliment to Ryth.


    "Haha, you flatter me. It''s just that my luck is good..." Ryth said.


    "Kahaha! You are still humble. Most of youngsters nowadays will be boasting about it, and yet you said it, it was all just due to luck!" Mr. Ruddy laughed.


    Ryth bitterly smiled, he was indeed just lucky. If his luck was bad, he wouldn''t be able to find the [Eye of Daedalus] inside the dungeon.


    "Now what will you do, Mr. Ruddy? Will you open your weapon shop again?" Asked Hill.


    "Probably yeah, but I still have to do my stockbreeder business as well, so it won''t be as frequent as before."


    "I see... we will pray for your success, then. Thank you, we will take our leave." Ryth said as he cupped his hand and slightly bow his head.


    "Ah, why not stay for lunch first? I will prepare some meals for you all!" asked Mr. Ruddy.


    "Ah, thanks, but we will pass. We have something else to do. We will be leaving this village today." Ryth smiled as he shook his head.


    "I see... I pray for your safety on your journey! Do come back anytime, you guys will always be my esteemed guests!" Mr. Ruddy said.


    Hill and Llyod also cupped their hands, and they follow behind Ryth.


    "Ku ku ku! I have to say that Ruddy guy''s skill is indeed good." Daedalus laughed.


    "Right?" Ryth smiled.


    They waved their hands towards Mr. Ruddy and continued their journey.


    "What is our goal now, my lord?" asked Llyod.


    "We will go somewhere first, before heading towards Myrad City."


    "Oh, okay... but where?"


    "Tango forest." Ryth answered.


    "What? isn''t that the dark elf''s territory?"


    "Yeah, we will go there to add some new teammates to our team."


    "My lord, you know someone there that will help us in this struggle of power?" asked Hill curiously.


    "Yes and no." Ryth smiled and continued, "We will see if it''s possible or not once we got there."


    Hill and Llyod were confused by their lord''s decision. But they still trust him and asked no further.


    "Off we go!" Ryth said in excitement.

 13 Dragon Bones

    It''s already midday and the sun is shining so bright. It''s a really hot day. Ryth''s team are already half-way to the Tango Forest.


    "Should we rest for a bit, my lord?" asked Llyod.


    "Yeah, It will be problematic if we get tired when we encounter a dangerous situation." Ryth said.


    They walked a few steps ahead until they found a nice shade under a big tree. They sat down and had a chat with one another. Then Ryth left the two to walk alone, wanting to relax his mind. Although, both Hill and Llyod wanted to accompany him but Ryth told them that he won''t be long. So, they will just wait for him.


    "Daedalus, open the status panel for me."


    "Okay." Replied Daedalus.


    "I will just add these 5 points to AGI and STR. 3 points to AGI and the rest to STR." Ryth added the points and said ''Yes''.


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    Ryth Myrad


    STR : 40


    END : 36


    AGI : 49


    VIT : 32


    INT : 30 (+110)


    LUK : 10


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    Ryth wanted to check his skills first and understand them. He said. "Daedalus, open the skill panel."


    The skill panel appeared and Ryth read it carefully.


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    Swordman Skills


    {Cut}


    (Level 3)


    Cut the enemy with the sword.


    Attack: 300 (+Weapon attack)


    MP: 10


    Cooldown : 3 Seconds


    {Stab}


    (Level 3)


    Stab the enemy with the tip of the sword.


    Attack: 400 (+Weapon Attack)


    MP: 20


    Cooldown : 5 Seconds


    {Whirlwind}


    (Level 3)


    Spinning with sword and slice the enemy 4 times.


    Attack: 125 (Per Attack) (+Weapon Attack)


    MP: 25


    Cooldown: 20 Seconds


    {Deflect}


    (Level Max)


    (Unlocked after AGI hit 20 mark)


    Deflect any kind of attack with your sword.


    MP: 10


    Cooldown : 5 Seconds


    {Stream of Light}


    (Level 3)


    (Unlocked after AGI hit 35 mark)


    Made 6 slashes in a very high speed.


    Attack: Multiplied the weapon''s attack by 4


    MP: 120


    Cooldown : 10 minutes


    {Half Moon}


    (Level 1)


    (Unlocked in level 30)


    Jump and attack like slicing the moon in half.


    Attack: 500 (+Weapon attack)


    Critical hit chance : 50%


    MP: 90


    Cooldown: 30 Seconds


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    "All of the skills are the same as in ''The Throne''. This will be easy for me, then." Thought Ryth to himself.


    "Now it''s the time to examine the weapons. Open the inventory, Daedalus."


    "Right away!"


    The inventory panel appeared. Ryth took out the ebony sword. He examined it, and asked. "Daedalus, you can enchant it, right?"


    "Of course! It''s easy, ku ku ku!"


    "Enchant it later, together with this ebony cloth armor." Ryth said.


    "But, you already have [Vengeance], why did you asked Ruddy to make you this sword in the first place? Do you want to fight with a two swords style, dual wielding?" asked Daedalus curiously.


    "Uhm, no. I don''t want to be a dual wielder." Ryth shooked his head and smiled.


    "Then, why?"


    "Keep guessing, haha!" Ryth laughed.


    "Well, okay... I will know about it eventually, anyway."


    Ryth only smiled and unsheathed [Vengeance].


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    [Vengeance]


    A powerful sword made of Leviathan''s fangs.


    Attack : 300


    Durability : 200/200


    It can only be fixed and upgraded with special creature''s materials.


    Requirements :


    STR : 35


    It can only be wielded by the person who possessed ''Eye of Daedalus''


    Effect :


    Poison


    Slow the movement and speed of the opponent by 30%


    Duration : 5 seconds


    Immune


    The user will have 30% resistance to poison.


    Active Skill :


    {Borrowed soul}


    Create a duplicate of ''Vengeance''


    Requirements


    Need a drop of blood to activate this skill.


    Duration : 10 seconds


    Cooldown : 1 hours


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    "Daedalus, since you are the one who created {Vengeance], you can replace the active skill {Borrowed Soul}, right?" asked Ryth.


    "Eh? Why? It''s a powerful skill right?"


    "Ah, not now. I''m not prepared yet, so this skill is still useful. But I would like to replace it with another good active skill once I''m prepared."


    "Prepare for what?"


    "I want to look for other mythical weapon, especially one-handed swords, that''s why. So I don''t really need the [Borrowed Soul] skill."


    "I made that skill so that it could create an element of surprise to catch the opponent off-guard... how about this? If you could upgrade [Vengeance], I can add another active skill."


    "Ah, that works too..."


    Like a thunder struck him, Ryth said to Daedalus. "Actually, forget about enchanting the ebony sword! I almost forgot that I have 2 dragon bones!"


    "Okay then, I have 2 dragon bones. So tonight, you can upgrade [Vengeance] with one of the dragon bone. And the other dragon bone, you can use that to make me another sword. Also, enchant the cloth armor and the newly-created sword with the grand soul stones." Said Ryth in excitement.


    "Hmm... but I need smithing to make the sword. The other tasks are a piece of cake for me." Said Daedalus.


    "No need to worry! We will be visiting an old smithing place tonight, since we will be passing by a village on our way to Tango Forest. I heard that there is a smithing place there in the village. We can ask the owner for permission to use the place for a couple of hours. Then we can rest at the village for the night."


    The Tango Forest is in the southwest of Rysen Kingdom. Fener Village is in the south of Rysen Kingdom. The village that they will be visiting is pretty near to the Tango Forest. While Myrad City is in the west of Rysen Kingdom.


    "Okay. And what about those daggers in the inventory?" asked Daedalus.


    "It''s for someone that we will meet at Tango Forest." Said Ryth.


    "I see... you already planned it that far, eh?" Daedalus asked.


    "Well, pretty much." Ryth smiled and whistled.


    "I''m curious about how you know all of those things..." Daedalus asked.


    "Hahaha!" Ryth laughed, ignoring Daedalus''s question.


    Daedalus only sighed as he didn''t try to ask any furher.


    Ryth has the dragon bones and two grand soul stones to enchant his armor and ebony sword. These are the two reasons why he is going to the Tango Forest.


    Firstly, he want to make a certain NPC join his team. Secondly, there is something inside the forest that he wanted to obtain. It''s a scroll that could unlocked a hidden class for swordman.


    In ''The Throne'', he had failed to obtain the scroll because he was sick at that time. Hence, he couldn''t login to the game. He was so upset back then.


    "In this world, if it''s there. I swear I will get it, no matter what." Ryth swear to himself.


    If he could obtain it, it will at least boost his fighting capabilities up to 2 or 3 levels!


    Ryth walked back to where Hill and Llyod were. Llyod and Hill was cooking their lunch of rabbit stew when Ryth returned. They ate and rest for a bit more.


    15 minutes after lunch, they packed their things and are getting ready to go. As for Ryth, he put all of his belonging to the inventory, except for [Vengeance] of course.


    Ryth and Hill equipped their cloth armours, while Llyod took off his heavy armors and put it inside Ryth''s inventory. He now wore a better light armour, unlike the one he wore before, which was in bad condition.


    On their way to the village, fortunately, they didn''t encounter any strong monsters. This make their journey easier and quicker. It was already 5 PM in the evening when they finally arrived. They went straight to where the smiting place is located. They immediately asked for permission to borrow the place from the owner. Since the place is already closed, the owner allowed them to use the place, but that''s after Ryth had given him a bag filled of rare herbs.


    Hill and Llyod took a bath first at the Inn they rent rooms at, while Ryth looked around the area. After their bath, the two began to prepare for dinner while its Ryth''s turn for the bath. The dinner was already laid out on the table when Ryth got out of the bath.


    After they ate, Ryth immediately went straight to the smiting place.


    Once there, Ryth let Daedalus take control of his body so Daedalus can make the weapons and the upgrades.


    Daedalus worked non-stop for 4 hours straight. Once done, Daedalus showed Ryth the new sword and the upgraded Vengeance. Next, Daedalus began to enchant the armors and weapons.


    It''s already 2 AM in the morning when Daedalus finally finished with the enchantment of the items.


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    [Will of Ryuujin]


    A powerful sword made of Ryuu''s bone.


    Attack : 310


    Durability : 200/200


    It can only be fixed and upgraded with special creature''s materials.


    Requirements :


    STR : 37


    Effect :


    Electric Shock


    Paralyze the opponent.


    Duration : 3 seconds


    Immune


    Will have 30% resistance against lightning type attacks


    Active Skill :


    {Lightning Piercer}


    A Trust attack in light speed.


    Attack : 1000 (+Weapon Attack)


    Critical Hit chance : 55%


    Requirements


    MP : 200


    Cooldown : 50 minutes.


    -----------------------------


    [Vengeance]


    A powerful sword made of Leviathan''s fangs.


    Attack : 450


    Durability : 250/250


    It can only be fixed and upgraded with special creature''s materials.


    Requirements :


    STR : 40


    It can only be wielded by the person who possessed ''Eye of Daedalus''


    Effect :


    Poison


    Slow the movement and speed of the opponent by 40%


    Duration : 6 seconds


    Immune


    The user will have 40% resistance to poison.


    Active Skill :


    {Borrowed soul}


    Create a duplicate of ''Vengeance''


    Requirements


    Need a drop of blood to activate this skill.


    Duration : 15 seconds


    Cooldown : 45 minutes


    {Beyond the Boundary}


    Give the player status boost of STR and AGI by 70%


    Requirements


    MP : 300


    Duration : 2 minutes


    Cooldown : 24 hours


    -----------------------------


    "Wow! This {Beyond the Boundary} skill is just too OP!" Ryth shouted in excitement.


    "Ku ku ku! I thought that you would like a buff type skill, so I added it." Daedalus laughed.


    "You are genius!" shouted Ryth.


    Ryth take a look at his cloth armor, the color had already changed. The colour is now in green sacramento. A dark green color.


    -------------------------


    [Ebony Cloth Armor] (Enchanted)


    Made of ebony ingots


    DEF : +300


    Effect


    Magic Resistance : 30%


    ---------------------------


    "Uhm, about the name... I couldn''t come up with a good name, so you can change it if you have a good name for it..." Daedalus said awkwardly.


    "Haha! It''s okay! Now, let''s rest and tomorrow, we will go straight to Tango Forest!" Ryth laughed.

 14 Tango Forest 1

    After resting for the whole night, Hill and Llyod woke up, feeling refreshed. Ryth, on the other hand, looked more tired. Probably it is because that he had slept late and woke up too early. As usual, Ryth did his daily morning routine; washing his face and doing some morning exercise. After he had done, he took a quick shower and changed into his armor and also changed his bandages.


    He left the room and met up with the owner. He and the two gave their farewell and continued their journey to the Tango Forest.


    "After we arrive at the Tango Forest, what shall we do, my lord?" Llyod asked.


    "We will head straight to the dark elf''s village first."


    In the game, once you have arrived at the Tango Forest, you immediately need to go straight to the dark elf''s village. In that scenario, you may encounter a unique quest that allows player to obtain their own NPC bodyguard. Coincidentally, player may also be able to encounter a hidden class scroll for swordman type. Thus, it would be like ''Killing two birds with one stone''.


    "Daedalus, is there a feature like a quest log or something?"


    "Ah, yes. Let me open it up for you."


    A feature called a quest log suddenly appeared in front of Ryth.


    ----------------------------


    Main Quest


    Struggle of Power


    End the foolish antics of your stepbrother once and for all.


    Condition


    Kill or imprison him.


    Rewards


    EXP : 1.000.000


    Myrad City Reputation : +100.000 reputation points.


    ------------------------------


    "Oh? It''s a main quest?" Ryth asked, curiously, and continued, "Why was the secret quest of healing Mr. Ruddy''s hand isn''t counted as a quest? I don''t think I receive a reward or anything at all."


    "Ah, that''s because you accepted the quest before you equipped me. But this quest is different. Since your goal now is to overthrow your stepbrother. The system made it into the main quest." Replied daedalus.


    "Eh... what a waste..." Ryth heaved a long breath.


    "Speaking of which... how in the world you know about EXP?" asked Daedalus, and he coontinued, "I never explain it to you."


    "Uhm... how do I put this...?" Ryth put his thumb and index finger on his chin and continued, "I will tell you when the time comes, haha!"


    "Hahh... again... okay if you don''t want to tell me, I won''t ask any further."


    They continued their journey to the Tango Forest, stopping once for a lunch. After a couple of hours, they finally arrived at the forest.


    A few minutes after arriving into the forest, Ryth and the two suddenly heard a scream ahead.


    "WAAAAAH! Someone help us!"


    "UWAAA! help us!"


    The screams sounded like it came from a bunch of children.


    Ryth''s eyes widened and shouted at Llyod and Hill to come help, "Lets go help them fast!" They ran towards the origin of the screams.


    A blue beam then spread all over their surroundings and in an instant, a minimap popped out, showing 3 red dots and 3 yellow dots near them.


    "I already showed what lies ahead in the minimap!" Shouted Daedalus.


    "Good! There are 3 enemies right ahead. Llyod, you take care of the one on the right! Hill, you take care of the one in the middle! I will go for the other one on the left!"


    Once they arrived near the area of where the red dots appeared, they saw 3 level 20 monsters. Despite their huge bodies, they are still weak, when compare to Ryth and the two. For the children, however, it seems that the monsters are too powerful for them.


    Ryth and Llyod quickly ran towards their respective targets while Hill jumped to a high point, adjusted his bow and took a shot at the monster.


    {Skull Piercer}!


    An arrow in a very high speed head towards the monster.


    -11000


    Hit mark appeared above its head. The monster who only has 6000 HP instantly fell to the ground.


    Ryth unsheated [Vengeance] as he avoided the monster''s attacks. He then activated a skill.


    {Stream of Light}!


    -1200


    -2403


    -2304


    6 slashes hit the monster, some of the attacks were a critical hits. The monster fell to the ground with blood gushing out from its body.


    Llyod, on the other side, was also done with the other monster, almost at the same time as Ryth did. He placed back his great sword at his back.


    "Wuu wuu wuu..."


    Two of the children were still crying, while the other one tried to calm them down. He steeled himself from crying and asked Ryth, "Who are you...? Thank you for saving our lives..."


    Ryth nodded his head, "Uhm, I''m Ryth, this big uncle over there is Llyod, and this is Hill." Ryth smiled and continued, "Why are you guys here? isn''t this area dangerous?"


    The brave kid wiped his tears and replied, "We were playing here as usual, but suddenly, there were monsters coming from there." The boy pointed his index finger towards the west.


    "Both of you stay here, I will check it out real quick." Ryth said in a solemn voice.


    "But, my lord-"


    Llyod couldn''t finish his sentence as Ryth interrupted him, "Relax, I will only take a look. I will return later."


    "But we do not know much about this place..."


    "It''s okay, trust me. I know what I''m doing." Replied Ryth as he smiled.


    Ryth quickly ran towards the west. And with the help of Daedalus, he was able to detect the traces of mana left behind by the monsters.


    "If I recall it correctly, that dungeon should be around here..."


    Ryth stopped and swiftly hid behind a tree.


    "Ah right! That''s where the secret scroll is! Hopefully, in this world, it''s still there."


    After some time, Ryth thought, "I see... okay let''s head back."


    "You just wanted to see the dungeon to make sure of something?" asked Daedalus.


    "Yeah..." Ryth smiled.


    The reason as to why Ryth had insisted on having a look was to make sure that it is the same dungeon in ''The Throne'' or not. Now that he is confident that it is still the same, he returned back to where his teammates are.


    Upon watching Ryth''s return, Llyod and Hill stood up. "What''s the situation there?"


    "Well, I found a dungeon there. But it seems like there is something wrong. Usually, monsters wouldn''t get out from the dungeons but it seems like the monsters before were actually from inside the dungeon."


    "Eh? How come?"


    "I''m not so sure about that. But lets put it aside for now," Ryth said. He then turned towards the children who had already stopped crying. "Can the three of you kids lead us to your village?"


    "Mhm!" The brave kid nodded his head in agreement.


    "They saved us, so they must be good people." The boy thought to himself.


    They were about to head off to the village when suddenly, a group of 5 wearing black hoodie appeared before them.


    "Halt! Who are you people?" One of the men shouted. He then seemed to notice the children behind Ryth and was furious. "Release those kids immediately!"


    Then one of them, who seemed to be their leader, signaled for the angry man to stop talking and introduced himself politely, "I apologize for my subordinate''s impolite manners. My name is Woodgard and it is nice to meet you."


    Woodgard pulled back his hoodie. He has a handsome face, who looked like he is in his early 20''s. He has sharp eyes with a pointy nose. He''s as tall as Hill. Despite his friendly attitude, there is a mysterious aura that surrounds him.


    "Ah! It''s him!" Ryth''s eyes lit up.


    "What? You know him?" asked Daedalus.


    "He''s the one that I wanted to invite to our party."


    "Ah, I see¡­. But how would you persuade him to join us? He looks like he is someone who holds one of the top positions in the Dark Elf''s village. And also, he seems quite suspiciously mysterious."


    "Don''t worry about it," Ryth said to Daedalus. He then takes a step forward, cupped his hand and replied, "My name is Ryth. And with me are Llyod and Hill."


    Woodgard nodded and returned back the gesture. "Thank you for helping save these children. We are very grateful that you were around to save them. He then tilted his head in a questioning look as he asked, "May I know why you and your friends are in our territory?"


    "We would like to meet with the chief of the tribe. We have something to discuss with him."


    Woodgard was slightly surprised and said. "Not everyone can enter our village, let alone meet with our chief. I hope you don''t take any offense from this, but we can''t just let unknown people enter our village, we are sorry."


    "Yeah, especially humans like you." Said the person who shouted to let go the kids before.


    "I know your tribe suffered a lot from the discrimination and hate. But you have my word. You will have none of these from us. We will respect what''s being followed in your tribe." Ryth bowed and continued, "I really need to meet your chief."


    "It''s okay, uncle! They are good people! When this big brother are away to check about the monsters origin, his teammates didn''t do anything to us! They even gave us a bread each!" Said the brave kid.


    "Yeah! I think so too!"


    "Me too!"


    Woodgard sighed. After contemplating for some time, he finally agreed to their request. "Okay, but I need you to give us your weapons. We will escort you to our village."


    "Sure." Ryth nodded.


    "Is it really okay, my lord?" asked Hill, whispering.


    "It will be fine, Hill. We need to gain their trust first. Only then we can ask for their help later on."


    "Okay."


    Few minutes later, they finally arrived at the village.


    They stopped at the entrance to the village. Woodgard bowed and welcome them inside, "Welcome to our humble village," he said, with a little bow.

 15 Tango Forest 2

    As they entered the village, Ryth looked around the area. The houses in the village were built on large trees, where stairs and ladders are placed on the trees as a way to get to the houses. Bridges were built across each tree, as a way to get from one house to another house. The design and concept of the architecture are similar to the ones in ''The Throne''.


    In the middle of the village, there stood the biggest tree, together with the biggest house. Ryth assumed that this must be the house of the chief of the dark elf village.


    Woodgard guided them towards the house and said, "This is the house of our chief. I will bring the leader inside while the rest of you can stay here."


    Woodgard walked inside, followed by Ryth. Inside the house, there is a man sitting in the middle of the mat, with two guards standing on each side. Even if he looks like he is in his thirties, one could not underestimate him by the strength emitted from him and the wisdom that reflected in his dark eyes. The man was wearing a black robe, with silver hair unbounded.


    Ryth cupped his hands as he bowed his head. "Greetings, respected chief of the Dark Elf''s tribe. My name is Ryth Myrad."


    The Chief nodded in acknowledgement. He then swept his hand in front of him, inviting Ryth to sit. "I am Fenar, the Chief of the Dark Elf Tribe. It is very nice to meet you."


    Woodgard took a step forward, before his chief, giving a bow in respect. "Chief. He and his teammates have saved the three children from the monsters that had came from the dungeon, when they were playing outside the village."


    "I see." Fenar turned to Ryth and said his thanks.He then frowned, his gaze an unspoken question. "However, I just recalled something. Isn''t Myrad the name of a city on the western side of Rysen Kingdom? May I know what is your purpose of coming to our village?" He asked.


    Ryth straightened in his seat. "Yes, I''m the young lord of Myrad City." He paused for a bit and continued in a serious tone, "I will be blunt. I request your help in my upcoming battle with my stepbrother for the position of the Lord of Myrad City."


    Fenar was slightly surprised at Ryth''s bluntness. He then shook his head. "I see. But I am very sorry. We, the Dark Elf, have never involved in human fights. So, we do not have any intention to join your campaign."


    Ryth hold up his hand. "Please, Chief Fenar. Do not decide on it yet," he assured. "If I can take the Lord position back from my stepbrothers, I will gift you with lands. There are many vacant lands in Myrad City. I will build a home for the elves in the city and give it to your tribe. Of course, you have my word that no one will hurt your tribe in any way, when you live there. That land can be your home in the city. Other than that, I will help with the employment for your people. So, you don''t have to live in the forest ever again."


    Ryth took a long breath and said. "Please believe me when I said that I wish to create a city where every races can live side by side. This will be my first step towards this goal."


    In Myrad City, it is populated mostly by the human race. So, there are no other races living in the city.


    Fenar let out a long sighed as he stared at the young man in front of him. He could see the determination in the young man''s eyes, showing him how serious he is.


    The memories of the original owner keep playing in Ryth''s mind. He could see how much care he has for his people. He does not just sit around and let other people do his work. He also tries his best to make his people live a better life.


    In this world, similar to the game ''The Throne'', there are many races, with its minorities. And yes, there is also discrimination against the minorities, not just for the races, but also for religions.


    Thus, this pushes the original owner of the body to create a city where there are no discriminations. Ryth also wished for that. He always question why people find it a problem when it comes to diversity. Isn''t diversity suppose to be more interesting, don''t you think so?


    Fenar nodded. "I believe you are quite adamant and are determined to see this through. However, our condition seems unlikely now. We only have a few people left in the village. Our village needs more men who can fight against those monsters from the dungeons," he said with a grim look on his face. "We could not possibly abandon this forest, allowing it to be overrun by those monsters."


    "I''m fully aware of this matter,so-" Just as Ryth wanted to say something, a loud voice interrupted him.


    "BOOM!"


    "KYAAA!"


    "BOOM!"


    The ground beneath them began to shake. Sounds of explosion and screams can be heard throughout the village.


    "What is happening?!" Fenar stood up from his seat, and suddenly, a guy came running in to the room and said. "Bad news, chief! The monsters are attacking our village!"


    "What?!" Fenar and Woodgard gasped in shock.


    "I will go there now!" Said Woodgard as he hurriedly ran to the door.


    "Hold on!" Ryth shouted as he quickly stood up.


    "What? I have to go now!" Said Woodgard impatiently.


    "Give me back our weapons. We will help you to fend off the monsters." Said Ryth.


    Woodgard thought for a second and gestured to his companions to return back their weapons. "Okay, here are your weapons," he said. "If you are still willing to help, let''s go!"


    Woodgard ran out of the house, followed by Ryth. He took a look behind him, as he ran, noticing the serious look on Ryth''s face. ''It seems that he genuinely wants to help,'' Woodgard thought to himself.


    Together with Llyod and Hill, who also got their weapons back, they ran until they reached the middle of the village. From there, they could see many monsters breaking into the village.


    The Chief, who was behind them, quickly ran to the front. He began to give out instruction to his Dark Elf warriors while Ryth, Hill and Llyod quickly equipped their equipment.


    Ryth stood next to the Chief and Woodgard and said that he will take the front line. He only need the elves to back him up. Woodgard and Fenar were surprised at his suggestion. Not wanting to depend too much on these humans, Fenar instructed Woodgard to join Ryth''s team to assist them.


    Ignoring those behind him, Ryth began to concentrate. He noticed that most of the monsters were around level 20. Their levels are pretty much the same as the ones who had attacked the kids before. Daedalus use his scanning skill and the monsters showed up in the minimap.


    "There are 70 monsters." Daedalus said, red light glowed from the bandages. Daedalus use the mana tracer skill and continued, "They are not in berserk mode. But something seems off about them. They aren''t hungry either so that is why they are not in berserk mode. However, there are traces of dark mana that are mixed with their red mana!"


    "Miasma!" Ryth said.


    "Miasma? Is the cause of monsters going out from the dungeon is the miasma? There is someone using cursed magic?" asked Hill.


    Ryth nodded his head.


    "How did you know? You are a swordman, aren''t you?" asked Woodgard.


    "I have a skill that could see the mana flow. I use this skill when I tracked the monsters and found the dungeon before." Replied Ryth.


    "I see." Said Woodgard, nodding in understanding.


    This is one of the features in ''The Throne'' when evil being controlled the monsters inside the dungeon to make the dungeon more difficult.


    "So that''s how it is. No wonder the rewards are good, the difficulty is quite hard." Ryth thought to himself.


    The person who cleared the dungeon and got the hidden class scroll was indeed lucky but skilled.


    "Okay, follow me!" Ryth shouted.


    The four of them quickly jumped down from the tree. Ryth jumped right to a monster, unsheated [Vengeance] and activated a skill in mid air.


    {Half Moon}!


    -1603


    A critical hit to the monster. It''s HP fell to 4397, after that Ryth activated another skills.


    {Whirlwind}


    -1460


    -840


    -2472


    Because of the level difference, the damage Ryth dealt to the monster was astonomical. The monster fell to the ground.


    +30.000 EXP


    "Oh, it''s still the same as in ''The Throne''. The level difference is still intact. But why when I attacked the monster to save the kids it dealt a normal damage without plus from level difference?" Ryth thought to himself.


    Llyod use his taunt skill and the monsters swamped around him. Llyod use his skill {Heavy Swing}.


    The sword skill hits several monsters.


    -13.342


    -14.101


    -10.203


    -11.220


    It hits 10 monsters at the same time, the monsters were dead in an instant. The new sword boosted Llyod''s attack so much.


    +20.000 EXP


    +20.000 EXP


    Ryth got the exp just by being in the same party a Llyod. "Wow, I''m getting a lot of free EXP."


    Hill on the other hand, with his arrows gracefully hitting a lot of monsters with just normal attacks. He helped to cover his teammates'' blind spots.


    Woodgard with his 2 daggers killed every single one of the monsters with just one attack. Using his stealth skill, he doubled the damage output from his attack.


    "So strong... I need to level up so I won''t be a hindrance for them." Ryth sighed as he charged forward. He bit his left hand''s thumb.


    {Borrowed Soul}!


    Another [Vengeance] appeared on his left hand and use another skills.


    {Stream of Light}!


    {Cut}!


    {Stab}!


    He use all of the skills he has, although some the monsters are not defeated instantly, the poison effect from [Vengeance] slowed them down. Hill and Woodgard easily get rid of them.


    "Fire!"


    Rain of arrows pierced the monsters. Fenar led his men from above the trees, shooting the monsters with their bows. Because the monsters are only at level 20. Their HP quickly fell and the numbers swiftly decrease.


    After a few minutes of battle, all of the monsters are defeated.


    The battle was intense. Although the monsters weren''t that strong, their numbers were still quite a headache.


    Ryth almost leveled up to level 32 in just one battle.


    "Finally, it''s already done... Oi Daedalus, {Burrowed Soul} isn''t really helpful, it''s duration is too short." Said Ryth complaining.


    "Well... I added it just for an element of surprise, so..." Daedalus awkwardly replied.


    "Can you make its duration longer?"


    "Uhm, I can if you give me agrand soul stone."


    "I see..." Ryth replied and then thought to himself. "Once I get the hidden class scroll, I won''t really need that skill anymore, so I think it''s fine to leave it as it is."


    After that Fenar and his men approached Ryth''s team.


    "I thank you for your aid, it will be a lot difficult if you didn''t help us." Fenar cupped his hands.


    His men and Woodgard also cupped their hands.


    "Yes, no problem. What about the casualties?" asked Ryth.


    "We are still checking about that... but two people have died from this battle, trying to protect those who could not fight..." Fenar said with a solemn look on his face.


    "So, as you can see, we will have to clear the mess. You and your team will have to wait. Once I and Woodgard finished with those matters, we will continue our negotiation." Said Fenar.


    Ryth smiled and shook his head, he said. "No, we will help you out."


    Fenar, Woodgard and his men were slightly surprised, Fenar said. "You are indeed different with the other humans. I will accept your helping hand, then." Fenar slightly bowed his head followed by his men and Woodgard.


    "It''s okay, no need to bow your head." Said Ryth hurriedly, he continued, "Trust is not made, but born."


    Fenar and Woodgard smiled and said. "Okay, men! Get to work!"


    They walked and started their jobs, as for Ryth and his team, they followed them and start doing what they can help them with.


    ------------------------


    It''s already evening when everything had settled. The clouds have covered the moon, blanketing the village with darkness as the wind blows in the air, ruffling few trees nearby. It had become a peaceful night after such an intense battle.


    Once they are done with their matters, Fenar, Woodgard and Ryth''s team returned back to the Chief''s house.


    "Okay, let''s continue our negotiation." Fenar said.


    "Yes." Replied Ryth with a smile.

 16 The Dungeon

    "I thank you again for your help in saving our village." Fenar bowed his head in gratitude.


    Ryth smiled awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head. He is not used to getting this kind of gratitude. "Its no problem. I just do what I believe is the right thing."


    Fenar nodded. He like how humble Ryth is and decided then, "We will help you with your battle for the position of the Lord. But as you can see, we need to protect the forest first from the monsters. Unless we clear the dungeon and remove the core, these monsters will keep showing up," Fenar said bitterly.


    "Hmm¡­" Ryth said, thinking. "Yes, that is a concern." He then punched his fist to his other palm and said, "And that is why we will help you in clearing the dungeon as well. You can be assured that we will do whatever it takes to help."


    Fenar''s eyes widened in surprised. "But¡­ you have already helped us a lot. It would be ¨C"


    "No problem. With your permission, some of your warriors can join us in this mission. I am positive that together, we can clear the dungeon," Ryth cut in. He then said, "I believe that you have already tried to clear it, right? What is it that made you to be unable to clear the dungeon?"


    Fenar looked at Woodgard, signaling him to explain.


    Woodgard sighed. "The monsters inside are extremely strong. As we go deeper into the dungeon, the stronger they are. We only just reached the second floor before we have to retreat. We could not even make it to the stairs that will lead us to the third floor," Woodgard explained.


    After examining the battle earlier, from Ryth''s deduction, he sees that the average level of combat power of the dark elf tribe was not that bad. To put it on level terms, it could be said that most of them should be around level 30, whereas for Woodgard''s level is around 50. It is similar to Hill and Llyod''s level. It is no wonder that he is strong.


    Ryth nodded, tapping a finger to his chin, as he thought of a plan. "I see¡­. with Llyod and Hill here, things will get easier. We can clear the dungeon, at least by tomorrow morning." He turned to Fenar and Woodgard and said, "As for those who will be joining in this journey from the dark elf tribe, I will leave it to you, Mr. Fenar and Mr. Woodgard."


    Fenar cleared his throat nervously. "Uhm, actually¡­ there is another reason as to why we want to clear that dungeon," he said.


    "Another reason?" Ryth cocked an eyebrow.


    "Yes... in our last attempt to clear the dungeon, one of our commander fell into a trap while trying to save one of his subordinates. Unfortunately, he has been trapped inside while his subordinate managed to escape."


    "How long has it been?"


    "About 2 days ago."


    "So, you can''t save him because there is too many monsters to defend against?"


    "Yes, the attacks are now more frequent lately. The last horde was the biggest one."


    Ryth nodded in understanding. "I see¡­ then we need to clear that dungeon immediately." He turned to Hill and Llyod. "Lets have a rest first and prepare for tomorrow''s raid." He turned back again to Fenar and Woodgard, "We need at least 10-20 people. I have a feeling that this dungeon is a boss-type dungeon."


    Fenar nodded in agreement. "We will prepare everything by tomorrow morning. And we will immediately set out first thing in morning." He turned to Woodgard and said, "Help escort our esteemed guests to the guest house. Make sure to treat them properly."


    "Understood." Woodgard nodded and turned his head towards Ryth and his teammates. "Follow me, Mr. Ryth, Mr. Hill, and Mr. Llyod."


    After a few minutes of walking, they reached in front of a house, which is almost as big as the Chief''s house. It looks quite cozy and has that homey feeling.


    Inside the house, the group looked around the house. It has 4 bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a dining room.


    Llyod looked astounded at the architecture. "Wow, this house is very welcoming. And it is amazing how it is on a tree," Lyyod gawked in amazement.


    Speaking of which, the trees in the Tango Forest are about 10 meters in diameter with a height of 40 - 60 meters, hence it is really big. That''s why they can built houses above the trees.


    "I agree, this will be a new experience for me." Hill added.


    "Glad that you like the house, please treat it like your own home. If you need anything, just tell my men outside the house." Woodgard said and slightly bowed his head.


    "Okay." Ryth nodded.


    -------------------------


    Once they have settled down in the house, the three of them had their baths and had eaten their dinner. They were discussing about the plan for tomorrow and how to tackle it.


    A couple of hours later, they went on their separate ways to their own room. Ryth went to his and laid down on the bed.


    "Daedalus, can''t they sense you? I mean, the dark elf people." asked Ryth.


    "Yes, I hid my mana. The bandages helped to cover me physically too, so I think they don''t know that you possessed a legendary item such as this eye," replied Daedalus.


    "Good then. I will change the bandage tomorrow morning, okay?"


    "It''s alright."


    After a pause, Ryth asked, "What do you think about the miasma?"


    "According to my knowledge, the miasma is coming from an evil being inside a dungeon. So maybe the boss is miasma related."


    "Ah, just as I have suspected, then." Ryth heaved a long breath and said. "Let''s rest for today. Tomorrow, we need to wake up early."


    ---------------------------


    At 5 o''clock in the morning, Daedalus woke Ryth up. Ryth did his daily routine, and went to the kitchen to help with the breakfast. Although the dark elf tribe had provide them with chef, but Ryth wanted to cook by himself. So, he had politely declined the offer.


    After everything is done, he said to Llyod and Hill. "Lets go."


    As they walked outside the house and greeted the guards outside. Ryth asked Daedalus. "Does the inventory has a limit? I haven''t check it."


    "The inventory has limits. 500 slots is the limit, but you can upgrade it later."


    "Eh? I can?"


    "Yeah, with grand soul stone, of course. Ku ku ku!"


    "Well, finding one is already lucky, so if I have nothing to do with the grand soul stone, I will use it to upgrade the inventory." Replied Ryth. He then paused and continued, "How many slots do I have left now?"


    "You still have about 430 slots left, no worries. I will inform you if you are closer to reaching the limit."


    "Okay then."


    They walked to the entrance of the village where everyone has already gathered there. Ryth approached Fenar who was currently talking to his men.


    "Good morning, Mr. Fenar."


    "Ah, good morning!" Fenar greeted. He then gestured to the men behind him and said, "These are the men who will be joining you in your journey."


    There are 11 people including Woodgard. 5 of them carried one-handed swords on their waists, and the rest has a bow each. Only Woodgard wore 2 daggers, which is strapped on his waist.


    Daedalus had already informed Ryth that Woodgard''s daggers were made by orichalcum ore. A material for weapons and armors, but still lacking when it''s compared to ebony.


    "Mr. Woodgard, I have something for you." Ryth took out the daggers from his bag, pretending that it was taken out from the bag. But actually, he only put his hand inside the bag and took it from the inventory.


    Woodgard was shocked that he couldn''t believe his eyes. This daggers were clearly made by ebony ingots! Ebony ingot is a very rare materials. One could only rely on one''s luck to obtain it! He had thought that the armor Llyod wore and their weapons were the only things that they have that which were made by ebony ingots, but turned out that he''s wrong.


    "How could I accept this..." Woodgard was speechless.


    "It''s okay. It''s for increasing our success rate in clearing that dungeon. No worries." Ryth smiled.


    Woodgard had mixed feelings; guilt and excitement. Guilt because he and his tribe have been getting help from these strangers whom they had just met yesterday. And this made him feel ashamed when they have nothing to offer, other than being their support in Ryth''s upcoming battle. Excitement because he could not wait to test out the weapons that Ryth had given to him.


    From then on, Woodgard swore in his heart that he will repay this debt soon.


    "Thank you for this." He bowed to Ryth and his teammates in gratitude.


    "Okay, Mr. Fenar. I will be the team leader, is that alright?" Said Ryth.


    "Yeah, I think it will be better if you are the one who lead the team." Fenar paused, and continued, "I pray for your safety." He cupped his hands and turned towards his men. "Listen! Everyone should listen to Mr. Myrad''s commands! Understood!?"


    "Yes, Chief!"


    All of them shouted in unison.


    "We are off then." Ryth bowed down to Fenar and lead the group out of the village.


    After a few minutes of walking, they finally reached near the dungeon.


    Hiding behind some of the bushes and trees, they found 5 monsters roaming around outside the dungeon.


    "There are around 5 monsters outside the dungeon, how do we do this?" asked Woodgard.


    The monsters are around level 20. The same type of monsters that had attacked the village.


    "We will kill them all at once." Said Hill.


    "Okay, elves, take down one of the monsters. I will take one myself. Llyod, Hill and Woodgard, you three get one each. Lets do this." Ryth said with determination.

 17 The Lost Man

    At Ryth''s command, they attacked the monsters at the same time. Llyod used his taunt skill, and when the monsters attentions turned towards him, the team attacked their respected targets.


    Rain of arrows rained down on the monsters. At one area, there was an arrow with speedlight, piercing through the head of one of the monsters, receiving critical hits. In another area, there were monsters who got stabbed and sliced swiftly. It can be seen closely that it had been done by the new ebony daggers wielded by Woodgard.


    The monsters all died in an instant.


    Once done, all the elves retrieved their still useable arrows from the dead monsters. One of them turned to Ryth and said, "Mr. Myrad, we are ready to go."


    "Good, but first, I have to tell you that my commands are absolute. This is for your own safety, so listen to everything I say!"


    "Yes, sir!" They shouted in unison.


    Ryth nodded his head, satisfied by their answer and then said to Daedalus. "Scan the dungeon now, Daedalus!"


    "Got it!" Daedalus activated his scanning skill, the eye let a blue beam gushed out to their surroundings. The minimap now show where the enemies are, including the dungeon''s paths and many other things, until Ryth found a yellow dot in the floor level between second and first.


    "Hmm¡­ Seems like I found your missing friend, Mr. Woodgard." Said Ryth to Woodgard.


    Woodgard and the other elves were surprised. It seems like the blue light that was scanning their surroundings were one of the human''s skills. Looks like it helps to scan the area for threats and people. That skill is too OP!


    "Okay, move!"


    They went inside the dungeon, the first floor was only filled with level 10 - 15 monsters, so it was a piece of cake for the team to go through the first floor. Also, after Ryth told Daedalus to check the mana flow of these monsters, he only found little traces of miasma.


    "It seems that these monsters aren''t affected by the miasma as bad as the monsters that had attacked the village." Ryth said.


    "Yes, we think so too. When we got here 3 days ago, we found that the monsters in second floor were much stronger. Actually, the monsters that had attacked the village earlier was those same monsters we spotted in the second floor," Woodgard informed Ryth.


    "I see..." Ryth nodded his head and signaled to his team to proceed deeper.


    They took down the monsters very quickly and have already arrived at the stairs that will led to the second floor.


    "Ryth, you should stop in the middle of the stairs and check the wall on the left side. I will scan it, I think there is a secret passageway to where the missing man is." Said Daedalus.


    "Mhm, I think we should save him first. But what do you think about it? Should we come in together or let some of the men guard outside since the area might be cramped."


    "I think for now, it''s better to proceed together. I can spot all of the traps anyway, so it should not be a problem."


    "Okay, then." Ryth nodded.


    They walked towards the stairs and stopped at the spot where Daedalus had mentioned. Daedalus scanned the area with his skill and then instructed Ryth to press a brick on his right side. Suddenly, sounds of walls being moved could be heard and the wall in front of them opened.


    The elves looked confused, wondering as to how Ryth knows about the secret passageway. And after the wall had opened, they were even more surprised. They did not expect that this exist in this dungeon.


    "What''s wrong guys? Lets go in!" Ryth said.


    Llyod and Hill could only smiled in bemusement. They could understand how the elves are feeling now. They were the same before and now, they are already accustomed to their Lord''s skills. Especially when it comes to dungeons.


    Inside the dungeon, Ryth could walk wherever he wanted to as if he knew about the place like his own backyard! Even before he found the [Eye of Daedalus], Ryth found a secret passageway that led to the secret mechanism room. This proved that his knowledge about dungeon was nothing but vast!


    They quickly followed behind Ryth and then after some time, they arrived in front of a door.


    "Scan it, Daedalus."


    "Easy."


    He scanned it and after a second, Daedalus said. "You can open it now, nothing''s inside except the missing man."


    Ryth nodded and pushed open the door.


    Inside the room, there were a lot of jail rooms. It seems that this room is used to trap people inside. And in one of the jails, there is a dark elf, who is trying to break out with his weapon. But it was useless. The jail doesn''t even had a scratch.


    "Dang it!"


    The dark elf then hears a noise of a door being pushed. He turned around and saw the door in front of him opened. He immediately made a fighting stance. But then he was surprised when he saw Woodgard behind the man who had opened the door. He shouted in happiness. "Woodgard! Everyone!"


    He ran forward to give a great friendly smack on Woodgard''s back and said, "Hey, hey! Did you guys come to save me? Didn''t think that you all would manage to find me here. And I can''t even make a scratch at this door!"


    "Easy, Tregnar, we will get you out from here."


    Tregnar realized something and asked, "Who are these humans? Why are you guys with them?"


    "These are our guests who had helped us a lot when the monsters attacked our village yesterday. The team leader is the young man here, Mr. Ryth Myrad, the one with heavy armor is Mr. Llyod, and the archer with black hoodie is Mr. Hill. They are good people, Tregnar." Woodgard explained.


    "I see, I thank you for helping my village survived the attack." Tregnar slightly bowed his head and continued, "I think you can only open the cage with its key. The key is on the dungeon boss."


    "How did you know about the key?"


    "Look at there." Tregnar pointed at the walls beside the door. There was a writing.


    ''I will make you my experiment material for later, you can''t get out from the prison unless you have the key. But the key is with me, you can do nothing about it, HAHA!''


    "What''s with this creepy writings?" Ryth asked and continued, "You have met with the boss before?"


    "No, I lost my conciousness before I could meet with the boss. And when I woke up, I found myself inside this jail. But sometimes I could hear his laughter from below me. So I think it''s in the lower level, and since it can move freely inside this dungeon, I make a deduction that it''s the dungeon boss." Replied Tregnar.


    "Your deduction might be right. And it can talk in our language as well, looks like he is indeed the mastermind behind all of the monsters attacks occurrence." Woodgard put his index finger and thumb on his chin as he said.


    "What''s with this dungeon boss? an S?" Said Ryth to Daedalus.


    "Ku ku ku! This is the first time I''ve encountered such situation as well, this will be interesting!"


    "What? The boss is an S and you are an M?" Ryth put his right hand''s palm on his forehead.


    "No, I''m just feeling a bit excited to experience something I haven''t! Ku ku ku!"


    Ryth sighed and said to Tregnar. "Okay we will go forward to the lowest level to defeat the boss. According to my map, this dungeon has 4 level of floors, you just need to wait here."


    "Can you guys really do it? Seems like the dungeon boss is really weirdly unique."


    "Yes, I believe we can do it." Ryth said firmly.


    "You can rest assured, with him and his team here, we can clear this dungeon." Woodgard added to convince Tregnar.


    "Alright, but safety comes first. You guys don''t act recklessly."


    "Yes, don''t worry." Woodgard and the elves nodded their heads.


    Just as Woodgard wanted to walk towards the door, Ryth said. "Wait, we don''t need to go back and go through all the troubles."


    The elves, Woodgard and even Tregnar were surprised at his words. And one of the elves asked, "Mr. Myrad, did you find something like a shortcut?"


    Ryth nodded as he looked around. "Well, just think. If the boss can write that creepy writings over there and wanted to make Tregnar as his experiment material, and if it really reside in the lowest level of the dungeon which is the fourth floor. Won''t it be too troublesome for it to go through all of the floor one by one?"


    Woodgard and Hill came to a realization and said in unison. "Another secret passageway..."


    "Correct." Ryth smiled.


    Although he already scanned it before, but he wanted to make the elves trust him more by giving them an explaination and show them that they would benefit from befriending him. That''s why he say all these to them.


    Ryth walked towards the corner of the room and told Daedalus to scan the floor.


    "There is indeed a passage here. A mechanism is installed here. I can break it in a minute." Daedalus said confidently.


    "Break it, then."


    Daedalus requested a permission to use Ryth''s both hands and started doing his job.


    "What is he doing?" asked one of the elves.


    "He''s trying to open its mechanism. Looks like it may be a problem for him since he is just a swordman. He might have many useful skills such as the scan skill and mana tracer skill. But breaking a mechanism isn''t a simple jo-"


    Just as Woodgard wanted to finish his sentences, the floor opened.


    "Ding!"


    "Oof, I opened it too hard." Said Ryth while scratching his head.


    The elves, Woodgard and Tregnar were dumbfounded that their jaws dropped.


    What the heck?!


    This is a mechanism! He is only a swordman! How did he managed to open the mechanism?


    Hill and Llyod heaved a long breath as they smiled bitterly and said. "Come on guys, we have to go."


    The elves and Woodgard came back to the reality and nodded their heads.


    "Okay, Tregnar, wait here, we will be back once we have defeated the boss." Said Ryth.


    "Ah! Yes, okay..." Tregnar replied awkwardly.


    "Evil being, here we comes!" Thought Ryth to himself.

 18 Boss Fight 1

    The team walked through the passageway. It was very dark and the air felt moist.


    After sometime, they arrived in a small and white room, similarly like a laboratory kind of room. Inside the room, there were many type of monsters corpses on the tables and fluids with different colors inside transparent glass tubes, just at the side of the room.


    The room wasn''t bright nor dark but rather, it was quite dim. Smell of rotted flesh was in the air, must probably coming from the dead monsters. Some of the elves had turned pale from the smell and wanted to vomit, while the four big shots, Ryth, Hill, Llyod, and Woodgard would just covered their noses.


    "Ugh, what the heck is this place?" Ryth thought to himself, feeling disgusted. "These are all monsters'' corpses¡­ yet, the dungeon boss itself is a monster. Is it doing an experiment on its own race? This is just like a mad human being doing experiments on other human beings as well, like in the movies."


    "Looks like we are up against a mad monster," Ryth mused. "No wonder there are feeling of evil miasma around here."


    "Yeah, but I think every evil being is mad like this one, Ku ku ku!"


    "You still can laugh at this situation? Look at your surrounding, it''s so gross." Said Ryth to Daedalus, as he touched his forehead, getting dizzy because of the smell.


    "Ku ku ku!"


    Ryth look at his minimap, there is a red dot in the next room.


    "Everyone, the boss is on the next room, be ready." Said Ryth to the team.


    "Yes!"


    They slowly walked to the corner of the room. There was a huge door, hidden by bunch of broken cupboards. Llyod and Hill pried away the broken cupboard from the door and slowly pushed the door. As the door opened, a loud and cracked voice can be heard from inside the large room.


    "GAGAGA! SO YOU LOT CAN MAKE IT HERE, EH?"


    They both turned to the voice and saw a human-like creature, standing in the middle of the room, in front of a large table. It wore a lab-suit with a large red stain. Apparently, if one can look closely, the red stain appears to be blood. It''s taller than Llyod and not only is the lab suit was red, its skin was also red.


    As they come closer, they could that it has two horns on its horn with sharp eyes, a scar on one of its eyes.


    "A high orc!" exclaimed one of the elves.


    Ryth immediately activated his skill to see the status and saw its name, race, level, job and HP bar.


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    Vanstorm


    (Evil Boss)


    High Orc


    Level 35


    Swordman


    HP : 600.000


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    The level is quite low for a boss, however, its HP was quite high, possibly due to its race of being an orc and the effect of the miasma.


    "GAGAGA! very nice! I have many experiment materials coming for me!" The boss licked its lips as he watched Ryth and the group with excitement in its eyes.


    "Ugh, gross... what a weirdo." Ryth wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.


    "It sure is... I get the creeps, just looking at it." Llyod added.


    "But it is definitely strong so be careful." Ryth warned everyone.


    The high orc has 2 swords on its left and right waist. Seems like it can battle both hands. This may pose as a problem for Ryth and the others to battle against.


    "It''s swordman, dual-wielder, on top of that." Hill said.


    "Get ready!" Ryth shouted, "Archer, make some distance! Llyod, tank it! Hill, make sure it has no time to breath, attack its blind spot! I will pair up with Llyod!"


    "Sir! Our side jobs are healer! We can take turns to heal the team and attack the enemies!" Said one of the elves. He gestured at the other 4 elves behind him, who was also holding one-hand swords.


    "Eh? You guys are healers?"


    "Yes! We are combat healers!"


    "Ah, I see... so they have cleric as their second job. That''s good." Ryth thought to himself.


    "Okay! Two of you, attack it with me! the other three, heal whoever gets hurt! But your priority is to heal Llyod! Swap with your friend if you ran out of mana and attack it while replenishing your mana! Normal attack is okay but just make sure that the boss has no time to react for counter!"


    "Understood!"


    "Woodgard, I''m counting on you to deal the damage!" Ryth said.


    "Yes!"


    "Daedalus, maybe I will need to use the new weapon. Be on guard. I might call on you at any time to exchange my weapon."


    "Roger that, partner! Ku ku ku!"


    Although being a swordman is strong where they could deal high damage but unfortunately, Ryth''s level is low, compared to the boss. Hence, the damage that he can dealt with are quite limited. So, it is more realistic to make Woodgard the main attacker, while Ryth and the others help to fend off the boss''s attacks from Woodgard.


    Llyod ran forward and shouted.


    {Battle Cry}!


    "Oh? You want to play with me? Sure, GAGAGA!"


    ''Taunted'' text appeared above its head.


    The boss ran forward and took out one of its sword. The agility of the boss was fast as it swept the sword across.


    "Clang!"


    The sound of the boss''s sword and Llyod''s sword clashed sounded throughout the room, the wind caused by the clash blew the laboratorium tools that were near them.


    Luckily, Llyod was able to fend off all of its attacks with the help of Hill and the archers.


    "Attack it while it''s still taunted by Llyod''s skill! Hold nothing back!" Ryth shouted to the team.


    The elves and Hill began to attack the monster non-stop, dealing many damages. The damage it received appeared and vanished at visible speed.


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    Ryth ran to the right side of Llyod and the boss, unsheated [Vengeance] and activated his skills.


    {Cut}!


    {Stab}!


    {Whirlwind}!


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    The {Whirlwind} skill dealt around 550 damage per attack while some of it were critical hits.


    After Ryth done with {Whirlwind}, he activated {Stream of Light}. Six slashes landed on its body, it dealt 1800 or more damage per attack, some of it were critical hits as well.


    Then, Ryth ran to a nearby table, his right leg stepped on its edge. Using the edge, he boosted himself and jumped backwards. In mid air, he activated a skill as he decend from above the boss''s head.


    {Half Moon}!


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    The attack damage appeared on its head, with 50% chance of critical hit. Ryth was lucky enough this time.


    "GAAAGH!" the boss screamed in pain, "You won''t get away with this! Looks like I have to eliminate you first!" it turned towards Ryth, swung its sword using a skill {Cut}.


    "Watch out!" Llyod shouted. The taunt skill wore off pretty quickly. It seemed that the miasma effect help to speed up the duration of the debuff and taunt skills.


    Just when Ryth readied himself to use {Deflect} to block the attack, Woodgard appeared on its back and stab the boss.


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    "GAAAAGGH!" it screamed in pain again as Woodgard keep attacking it nonstop.


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    "His attack is crazy! When he use {Stealth} and then activated {Backstab}, the damage is multiplied!" Ryth musedas he move backward to distance himself from the boss and wait for his skills''s cooldowns. "And his normal attack is already crazy enough to deal huge damage!"


    The teamwork of Woodgard and Llyod were amazing. Just from the two of them, the damage that they dealt with was quite huge that the boss''s HP fell to 60% in no time.


    Ryth''s skills''s cooldown was already over. He ran towards the boss again as he activated {Burrowed Soul}.


    {Dual Slash}!


    He attacked its right side waist with it.


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    The {Dual Slash} attack was indeed terrifying and with dual [Vengeance], each dealt 10100 damage. Followed by Hill''s {Skull Piercer}, the boss''s HP fell madly, hit the 50% mark.


    "Seems like I have to take you all more seriously." The boss took out the other sword, and its fighting stance changed.


    "Everyone! Be careful! The boss''s attack patterns will change from here on out!" Ryth shouted, the {Burrowed Soul}''s duration was already done, he continued, "Daedalus, give me the [Ryuujin''s Will]!"


    "Alright!"


    The Lightning sword appeared on Ryth''s left hand, the katana let out a blue lightning spark, Its color is white and the grip is painted in dark blue.


    "Hill, cripple it! Once its effect is gone, Llyod, taunt it again!"


    "Understood!"


    "Woodgard, deal as many damage as you can!"


    Hill use {Cripple} with his new bow, each cool down only lasted for only 2 seconds.


    Woodgard moved forward with his pair of daggers, quickly use {Quick Step} to get nearer to the boss and activated {Dual Stab} to stab the boss.


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    "GAAARGH!" the boss screamed in pain as it got paralyzed by the effect of {Dual Stab} for 4 seconds. The team used this chance to attack it without delay.


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    Hill''s {Skull Piercer} dealt an astronomical damage, while Llyod swung his great sword and also dealt quite a damage. All of them using their skills nonstop.


    When Ryth saw the HP of the boss already hit the 30% mark, he quickly ran towards it, jumped and activated his skills simultaneously.


    {Half Moon}, followed by it, he use {Cut}, {Stab}, and {Whirlwind}. The boss screamed. Once its paralyzed effect had wore off, it swung its two swords.


    Ryth use {Deflect} to block it as he activated another skill, {Stream of Light}!


    The damage was doubled since he wielded 2 swords, [Vengeance] and [Ryuujin''s Will].


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    The damage total was over 20.000. The boss couldn''t react as it was slowed down by [Vengeance]''s effect and [Paralyzed] by [Ryuujin''s Will]''s effect.


    Although the effects from the attack were low, it was still good enough. Usually, when dealing against a boss, effects from the attack may have no effect or little effect.


    After the {Stream of Light} skill ended, Ryth use {Lightning Piercer], the active skill of the lightning katana.


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    "GAAAGH! I will kill all of you!" the boss screamed in anger.


    It immediately increased its speed, attacking blindly. Some of its attacks managed to injure some of the elves. The elves who were in charge of healing the team quickly cast their spells to heal them.


    Llyod used his skill {Heavy Swing}, {Breaker}, and {Dual Swing}.


    The boss managed to avoid the skills, except the {Heavy Swing} as it nearly pushed him away.


    "Clang!" The boss managed to hit Llyod''s armor, but its sword couldn''t penetrate through it. Yet, imjury was still done as it did managed to damage the armor. This is quite surprising because Llyod''s armor was made from ebony ingots!


    "It''s going on a berserk state! It imbued its swords with magic and miasma! Be careful! Elves, go back to where the archers are and focus on healing! The three of us will handle it!" Ryth shouted as cold sweat began to fell from his forehead.


    "This is bad! We have no pure tanker on this raid since there wasn''t any tanker in the dark elf''s village! We need to end this quickly." Ryth gritted his teeth and said to Daedalus. "We will be using it!"


    "That? Are you sure? The cooldown is a whole full day. You won''t be able to use it for 24 hours."


    "It''s okay! Just turned to the mana tracer mode!"


    "Very well!" Daedalus shouted as the [Eye of Daedalus] turned red.


    The boss HP has already hit the 10% mark. It howled in anger, "GAAAAARGH! I''M MAD, DIE!" it grabbed a sword near it and put it on its mouth.


    Its whole body shrank and now the high orc was as tall as Ryth. But the miasma gushing out from its body became even darker. Now the boss wielded 3 swords!


    "Watch out! This is its last berserk stage! Although its body shrank, but its speed increased a lot!" Ryth shouted to warn his teammates, "Llyod, use your taunt skill! Healer all of you, heal Llyod!"


    Ryth raised his right hand to the air as a dark green light gushed out from [Vengeance]. Power started gathered to Ryth as he shouted, "{Beyond the Boundary}!"

 19 Boss Fight 2

    "BOOM!"


    Power began to gush out from Ryth, making the surroundings to turn bright with dark green light, which lasted for a second. Soon after that, Ryth began to feel that his body had become lighter and more flexible. Ryth felt amazing.


    Llyod shouted as he turned to taunt the boss.


    {Battle Cry}!


    "GAAAARG! DIE!"


    The ''Taunted'' text appeared above its head as it ran towards Llyod.


    In the blink of an eye, it is already in front of Llyod.


    Its attack patterns were so different with the three blades, compare to before. Llyod could barely be able to block all of its attacks. He sustained quite a damage here and there but fortunately, because of the heavy armor that he wore, he was able to endure the damages.


    "Healers! Heal Llyod!" Ryth shouted out the instruction. "Archers! Attack it with all of your skills! Woodgard! Come with me! We will end this quickly!"


    Woodgard nodded as he followed Ryth towards the boss.


    Woodgard quickly used {Stealth} and appeared behind its back. He then used the skill {Backstab}.


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    More arrows landed on its body, as well, helping to deal more damages.


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    Hill, who was several meters away from the boss, also used his skills {Skull Piercer} and {Power Shot}. These attacks hit the boss, even though, his other skills couldn''t even land on it.


    This is probably because of the increased agility of the boss. It managed to avoid most of the arrows that were shot at him. And at the same time, it was battling with Llyod.


    This also happened to the other archers'' attacks. Although, they never stopped shooting at the boss, it still managed to avoid them because it was just too fast. Only few of their normal attacks managed to scratch it.


    The damage from Llyod was indeed great. However, the effect from {Battle Cry} was slowly wearing off. The boss, that had regained some sanity, finally realized as to why it had difficulty battling with Llyod, turned its gaze towards the healers. It emitted great dark miasma from its body and quickly ran towards the healers.


    The healers who was watching the boss, suddenly shivered in fright. The text ''Intimidated'' appeared above their heads, indicating their current status. It seems like they could not move for 3 seconds.


    Due to the effect of ''Intimidated'', one of the healers could not move. But the boss had already appeared in front of it. It immediately jumped up and spin in midair.


    Llyod and Hill was shocked at the speed of the boss. "Crap! It''s too fast!" they exclaimed.


    Woodgard bit his lower lip in frustration. It seems that the boss''s speed was faster than him by a mere second.


    The healer, who thought that he will meet his doom, closed his eyes in despair as he await for his death. However, suddenly¡­


    "CLANG, CLANG, CLANG!"


    The sounds of swords being repelled echoed throughout the room and the elf saw that their commander was blocking all of the boss''s attacks with his two swords.


    The elves'' mouths dropped open in surprise. "Wait, what?? How was he able to match up to the boss speed??" they exclaimed as they watched Ryth and the boss exchanged attacks after attacks.


    As he battles, Ryth could see where the boss'' mana flows and ran at the same time.


    Ryth kept up the pace, blocking while damaging the boss. He used the skill {Deflect} to help him increase the possibility of increased blocks. After that, he activated all of his skills.


    {Cut}!


    {Stab}!


    {Whirlwind}!


    "GAAAAGH!" the boss let out a screech as its HP fell at a visible speed.


    The boss use its skill {Cut} as it shouted, "DIE!"


    He could only blocked the other two attacks manually with his swords but the last one managed to hit him. One of the three swords'' attack landed on Ryth''s abdomen, leaving a mark on his armor.


    Ryth could not managed to block the attack since he had already use {Deflect} to protect the healer. And additionally, the skill was still on cooldown.


    He gritted his teeth in pain but endured it. Although, it could not penetrate through the armor defense but getting hit by it felt like being slammed by a Warhammer, rather than sliced by a sword.


    He could feel that some of his ribs were broken. High orc''s STR was indeed frightening. If the boss had a better weapon, Ryth probably have no chance against it and most likely die.


    Ryth and the boss kept on exchanging attacks on each other. Ryth did managed to block some of its attack and tries to counter it. However, the boss still managed to avoid Ryth''s counter and hit him with its own attacks.


    All of the healers began to concentrate their healing on Ryth. His body glowed with a golden light, indicating that the healing skill was used on him. Although, the healing skill could not heal broken bones instantly, however, it still managed to lessen Ryth''s pain.


    "We have to end this quickly! The duration of my skill is short!" Ryth shouted. Woodgard, who has the fastest speed in the team, activated his skills to attack the boss'' blind spot while the boss was busy attacking Ryth.


    {Dual Stab}!


    {Deadly Strike}!


    {Backstab}!


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    "GAARRGGH" the boss howled in pain as it gets paralyzed by Woodgard''s skill. Thanks to [Vengeance] slow effect and [Ryuujin''s Will] paralyzed attack.


    Although the {Ryuujin''s Will] couldn''t paralyzed it, the effect downgraded to slow effect and [Vengeance} slow effect only could affect 15%. Nevertheless, that was enough to make Woodgard and Ryth beat his speed.


    The boss'' speed now had fallen to Woodgard''s level, while Ryth could only caught up with the effect of {Beyond the Boundary}.


    Ryth charged forward, jumped and activated his other skills in midair.


    {Half Moon}!


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    With dual wielding and the STR boost, Ryth''s {Half Moon} attack rose.


    "GAAAARGH!!" the boss shouted as it tried blindly to use the {Stab} skill.


    But Ryth managed rolled to the side, leaving only a scratch on his face. He immediately lifted both of his hands towards the boss and shouted.


    {Stream of Light}!


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    Ryth moved in with light speed, slicing the boss 6 times. The total damage of {Stream of Light} was over 26.000! The STR boost really made Ryth''s base attack raised a lot.


    The boss HP gradually hit the 0 mark as its head flew in the air and its body fell to the ground. The miasma surrounding it slowly dissipated.


    "WE WON!"


    "YEAH! WE ACTUALLY DID IT! MR. MYRAD AND HIS TEAMMATES ARE AWESOME!"


    The elves cheered in happiness. After a fierce battle, they finally won against a boss with miasma affecting it. And the best thing of them all was that there are no casualties at all! Even if some of them did sustained some damages, it was not a serious injury.


    Ryth''s breathing was heavy, as the {Beyond the Boundary} effect began to wore off. He felt he has no strength to stand up straight and fell to the floor.


    The healers were out of mana as well. They too fell and sat on the floor while breathing heavily.


    The archers let out a sigh of relief as their hands trembled with exhaustion and excitement.


    "ARE YOU OKAY, MY LORD?" Llyod and Hill shouted in unison.


    Woodgard walked to Ryth and asked, "Are you okay, Mr. Myrad?"


    Ryth smiled as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Yeah, I''m fine... I just need to rest for awhile. I can''t move my body¡­ that was so tiring!"


    Hill and Llyod heaved a sigh of relief, when they know that their lord was alright.


    Llyod replied, "Yeah, okay then... we are kinda tired too."


    "Just tell the healers to heal everyone once they have regained their mana back."


    "Understood."


    After some time, the healers finally regained their mana and each one of them immediately went to their injured teammate and heal them.


    Although, they could not heal broken bones, they could only be able to heal outside injuries, just as they did with Ryth. Hence, Ryth''s ribs were still broken.


    Some of the healers who joined them in the journey were women. Their eyes lit up when they saw Ryth sitting down on the floor. Like a wolf that found its prey, they immediately ran over to offer him some help to bandage his abdomen, ignoring the other injured elves.


    Woodgard winced in embarrassment as he watched the petty fight the women have over bandaging Ryth. Some of the male elves also touched their forehead in embarrassment, as they heaved a long breath. These women... the one who got injured was not only Mr. Myrad! Show us some attention too! They cried pitifully in their hearts.


    Ignoring the attention he had gained, Ryth slowly stood up and said, "Alright, let me check the boss loot first."


    "Ku ku ku! It seems that my decision to follow you is right!" Daedalus laughed as the [Eye of Daedalus] slowly changed back to normal.


    Ryth laughed out loud, attracting weird looks from his team. "Of course! I''m also lucky since I got the [Eye of Daedalus] which helps me to find the weakness of the boss! This mana tracer is so useful in my battle!"


    "Told you right? Ku ku ku! I''m awesome!" Daedalus shouted in excitement.


    After some time of silence, Ryth groaned to himself. "What have I done? I shouldn''t have complimented him in the first place..." Ryth heaved a sigh and touched his forehead in dismay.


    Ryth shook his head as he walked towards Vanstorm, the boss'' dead body. He saw two keys on the floor near its body. He touched both keys and two texts appeared above them.


    ''Chest key''


    ''Prison Key''


    "Oh? It seems like the dungeon core is not the only thing we should look for. And apparently, we can find it inside the chest?"


    "Looks like it, partner!" replied Daedalus. "Okay then, lets go grab all of the items inside, free that dark elf and go back to the dark elf''s village."


    "Yeah, alright." Ryth nodded.


    He turned towards the team and said. "Okay, I will grab the loot first." He then turned to Woodgard and throw him the prison key, "And here is the key to open the prison."


    "The rest of you follow Woodgard and wait for me there. We will go back together to the village," Ryth further instruct.


    "Understood."


    Ryth walked out of the room and into the next room.


    He then saw a big chest in the corner of the room. He walked towards the chest and opened it with the key.


    After he had opened it, he was amazed to see many items, other than the dungeon core inside. In fact, there is also a sealed scroll.


    Ryth grinned in happiness. "Yeah! This is what I came for! With this, everything should be easier against my enemies in the future."

 20 The Hidden Class

    Ryth opened the sealed scroll with the help of Daedalus.


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    [Hidden Class]


    [Troika Class]


    3 swordsman style, a unique hidden class for swordman.


    5 New skills will be added.


    Requirements


    Level 30


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    "This is it!"


    "Oh? Seems like with the help of the game system, you can learn it instantly without the need to practice like the others do, ku ku ku!" laughed Daedalus smugly.


    "Heh," Ryth scoffed. "It really is convenient to have [Eye of Daedalus]."


    He then closed the scroll and place it inside the inventory and said, "I will use it once we get back to the dark elf''s village. Right now, let''s get of here."


    "Yeah, that would be for the best." Daedalus replied.


    Ryth then walked towards Woodgard and the other dark elves. "Alright. You all go and free Tregnar first, once you are done. The others can just wait in the prison room. Just send one person to inform us," Ryth instructed. "After that, I will grab the dungeon core and we can escape here together."


    Woodgard and the other dark elves nodded.


    Ryth waved his hand in assurance. "Don''t worry, there are no other traps here. Llyod, Hill and I will take care of the loots first."


    "Understood!"


    Woodgard immediately lead the dark elves to the prison room to free Tregnar from the jail, leaving Llyod, Hill and Ryth in the room.


    Ryth then went to check the items inside the big chest. He crouched down in front of the chest and examined the big chest.


    Llyod and Hill, on the other hand, went to look around the room, taking note of anything worth to bring back.


    Other than the Hidden Job Scroll and the dungeon core, Ryth also found 2 grand soul stones and a couple of magic scrolls. He examined the scrolls intently.


    Magic scrolls are types of scrolls that enables user to use a high level magic once. All the user would need to do to activate the skill is to drop a blood onto it and at the same time, also pour mana into it.


    "Wow, I got lucky again! The first one is..." Ryth exclaimed in happiness.


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    {Mana Shield}


    Level 7


    Summon a powerful mana shield to protect the user from the opponents attacks.


    Duration : 5 seconds


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    Daedalus took the scroll and place it inside the inventory, while Ryth continued to looked at the next scrolls.


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    {Fire Pillar}


    Level 7


    Summon a Fire Pillar from the sky to attack the enemy.


    Attack : 70.000


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    "Wohoo! Bullseye! Hahaha!" Ryth exclaimed excitedly.


    "Oh! It is indeed a good item!" Daedalus joined in.


    "A good item, my lord?" Hill asked, looking over at Ryth.


    "There are many good items here, hahaha!"


    Llyod and Hill smiled, seeing their lord laughing in excitement.


    "Okay, let''s see the next one is..."


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    {Void Portal}


    Level 5


    Make yourself jump to the other dimension, nothing could scratch the user.


    Duration : 5 seconds.


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    "This is a good scroll, I can avoid area skill with this." Ryth smiled smugly and placed the remaining items inside his inventory.


    Not long after, one of the elves showed up. "We are ready to go, Mr. Myrad."


    "Okay, I will take the core now. On my command, follow me!" Ryth said.


    Ryth quickly grabbed the dungeon core and shouted. "Follow me!"


    The dungeon began to trembled, cracks also began to widen on the ceiling and on the floors. The dungeon is about to crumble down.


    The four of them quickly ran towards the prison room. Once they arrived, Ryth shouted to the other dark elves and Woodgard to follow him. With Daedalus'' guidance, they successfully escaped from the dungeon.


    Once outside, the dungeon finally collapsed into pieces.


    Ryth and the rest of the group looked behind them and sighed in relief.


    "Mr. Myrad, I have to say, with you being in our party, it made our raid much easier. I can''t believe that we really succeed in slaying the dungeon boss!" one of the elves shouted in excitement, pumping his fist in the air.


    "Mr. Myrad, Mr. Llyod, and Mr. Hill. I can''t thank you enough for helping me escape from the dungeon and helping my tribe regarding this dungeon raid." Tregnar bowed his head to Ryth and his teammates in gratitude.


    Ryth scratched the back of his head with a sheepish look on his face, watching Tregnar bowing down at him. He waved his hand in the air and said, "It''s okay, Mr. Tregnar. No need to bow."


    "Yeah, Mr. Tregnar! We are already friends, aren''t we? Hahaha!" Shouted Llyod, laughing.


    Woodgard and the other elves saw Ryth and his teammates in greater heights now. This is the first time that they heard any human said that they are their friends.


    "They are truly such trustworthy allies. I believe helping them in their upcoming battle is not enough to pay our debt for all they have done." Woodgard thought to himself, smiling.


    "Okay everyone, lets head back to your village." Ryth said.


    "Yes!" The dark elves shouted in unison.


    It was already past noon when they finally came out from the dungeon. A few minutes later, they finally arrived at the entrance of their village.


    The guards who was standing near the entrance of the village saw them approaching. They were surprised to see none of them being injured. And by looking at the happiness in their faces, it seems that they are successful in this raid. What''s more surprising was that they saw Tregnar in the group.


    "They succeed!"


    "They really made it! We are finally free and safe!"


    "Yes! No monsters flood anymore!"


    ---------------------------


    Inside the Chief House, Fenar sat on his mat, expression of worry and anxiety in his face as he thought of many scenarios of what''s happening in the dungeon. This raid was very important to their village. If they fail, worst come to worst, the village might perished. However, if they succeed, then the village will be safe. Children will be able to play outside the village without worry. The people can gather foods and herbs from the outside. Hunting would become much safer.


    As Fenar was thinking about the many scenarios, he heard shouts from outside the house.


    He looked up to find one of the guards hurriedly ran inside. "Chief! The raid team has arrived!"


    Fenar immediately stood up, eyes wide open. "REALLY?? DID THEY REALLY SUCCEED??" he asked worriedly.


    The guard, finally realized his rudeness, immediately cupped his hands in respect as he bowed down. "Yes, Chief! Tregnar is also in the group! They succeed in slaying the boss and also clearing the dungeon!!"


    Fenar put his hands on his hips and laughed out loud. "HAHAHA! THIS IS GREAT!"


    He then gestured to the guards beside him and said, "Come, lets go and welcome Mr. Myrad and thank him for his help!"


    "Yes, chief!" they shouted in unison.


    ----------------------------


    Ryth, Llyod and Hill were walking, on their way to the Chief House, talking with the elves. Ryth also answered some of the questions posed by the elves who seemed curious about his abilities and skills.


    Not long after, they saw Fenar coming towards them, together with his guards.


    Fenar immediately cupped his hands and bowed to Ryth when he was in front of him. "Mr. Myrad! I can''t thank you enough for your help!"


    "It''s okay, I''m the one who wanted to help you guys, anyways. And it''s not like the success was because of me alone. It''s because we work together." Ryth smiled as he cupped his hands as well.


    Fenar was surprised, this guy is a noble and yet, he''s so humble and friendly towards them. Maybe... the day when every races would lived happily side by side would come true in the hand of this young man.


    "Come to my house! We will discuss more about your matters. It won''t take long, you can rest after that..." Fenar said, inviting them into his house.


    "Okay then, lets go." Ryth nodded his head and signaled to Llyod and Hill to follow him.


    Woodgard and Tregnar also followed them.


    As they walked towards the chief house, many of the elves were shouting to them.


    "Thank you!"


    "Thanks for rescuing our friend!"


    Ryth, Llyod, and Hill gave them a smile and waved back at them in acknowledgement.


    "This sense of achievement¡­ felt different from what I''ve felt long ago¡­ It is not something like the feeling when you successfully create new equipment but a whole different feelings¡­" Daedalus mused in amazement. "It''s probably because listening to their thankful gratitude¡­ it felt wonderful¡­"


    Ryth laughed softly. "Haha¡­ Right? Doesn''t helping other people makes you feel happy? Its like seeing them smile makes you want to smile too."


    "Agreed." Replied Daedalus.


    Few minutes later, they finally arrived at the Chief Throne. Fenar invited them to sit on the mat and together they sat down, forming a circle.


    "Mr. Myrad, thank you once again for helping us." Fenar said.


    Woodgard and Tregnar also cupped their hands towards Ryth and his teammates in gratitude, standing beside Fenar.


    "It''s okay, you already thank us enough! No worries." Ryth smiled.


    He then continued, "Regarding the loots from the boss, we''ve got plenty of good items. But I hope Chief Fenar could give us the magic scrolls." Ryth then took out the two grand soul stones from his bag, pretending that it was taken out from the bag, and put it on the table in front of him.


    "No, no, Mr. Myrad! We can''t take it from you!" Fenar exclaimed, shaking his head. "You already helped us a lot. Just take all of the loots!"


    "But we work together to clear the dungeon..."


    "No! It''s okay. This isn''t enough to repay our debt to you..."


    Seeing that Fenar won''t accept the loots, Ryth could only sighed and replied, "Okay, then..."


    Ryth placed the grand soul stones back to his bag and put it inside his inventory.


    Fenar smiled, and change the topic. "Now, it''s our turn to help you. We will join you in your upcoming battle."


    Llyod''s and Hill''s eyes lit up as they said. "Really? You will help us?"


    "Yes, this was our agreements in the first place."


    "So, when are your men ready to go on the journey with me?"


    "We can leave once we have solidify our village''s defense first. After that, I will let my men join you. However, as you know, we have too little capable men, so we can only let a few of them join you... since we need to protect the women, the children and the old elves as well."


    "I understand," Ryth nodded. "This is more than enough."


    "It will take 2 to 3 days to solidify our defense. After that, you can head to Myrad City." Fenar smiled.


    He inwardly heaved a sigh of relief after he had heard Ryth''s reply. He was worried that Ryth might not agree to their conditions.


    "Chief, I would like to request something," Tregnar said out loud.


    "What is it?"


    "I want to be part of Mr. Myrad team to help him."


    "Me too! I can''t just watch by when Mr. Myrad has done so much for us." Woodgard added.


    Fenar thought for some time and replied, "Okay, you two can join Mr. Myrad."


    He then gave a light laugh and said, "I too wanted to come to help you, Mr. Myrad. However, I have a village and my people to protect. So I can''t join you..."


    Ryth''s eyes widened in surprised as he turned to look at Woodgard and Tregnar. "Are you sure?" he asked, uncertain. "Don''t you need someone in charge of your men? If the two commanders joined me in this journey, who will replace them?"


    Fenar shook his head, waving his hand. "That will pose no problem for us. I too can command my own men. Now that the dungeon is gone, the village is much safer. We will be fine here."


    Ryth cupped his hands towards Tregnar and Woodgard and said, "I thank you for your help this time."


    "No, Mr. Myrad. We would like to thank you for accepting our requests to join you," said Tregnar and Woodgard in unison as they cupped their hands.


    Fenar nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "Woodgard, Tregnar, please guide Mr. Myrad and his teammates to their assigned house."


    "Yes!"

 21 Leveling Up 1

    With Woodgard and Tregnar leading the way, they finally arrived in a quaint and cozy-looking house. The house was a bungalow, painted brown and green. It is presumably painted like that to blend with the trees, making it easier to hide from enemies.


    Inside, the three of them waved Woodgard and Tregnar goodbye, while thanking them for guiding them to the house.


    Llyod took off his armor and handed it to Ryth, who passed it to Daedalus to fix the damaged area of the armor.


    Ryth immediately went to take a bath, cleaning the grim and dirt after the long battle at the dungeon.


    Few minutes later, feeling refreshed from the bath, he went out to the dining room, to find that their meal has been prepared by some dark elf. Both Llyod and Hill were already sitting down and having their meal.


    Once they are done with their meal, Ryth turned to Hill and Llyod and said, "Alright, while waiting for the elves to get ready, let''s go hunt for monsters first."


    Hill looked puzzled and asked, "Why, my lord? Isn''t it safer here?"


    "I want to accumulate as much battle experience as possible."


    Llyod crossed his arms across his chest, grinning. "Ah, I see. That is a great idea! We need to be prepare! We will help you with that, my lord!"


    Ryth nodded. "Thank you."


    "Ku ku ku! In this world, it''s only you who can progress quickly because of the system." Daedalus said.


    "Yeah, I know," Ryth replied. "But then again, even if they have jobs, I can''t see the levels."


    Daedalus laughed out loud. "Well, with the help of those two, leveling up should be easy for you. It will be like a child''s play."


    Ryth warily smiled. "It is all thanks to you, to be honest. If I hadn''t found you, leveling will be difficult for me and doing all this quests may pose a problem for me." It''s true. Without Daedalus'' help, he definitely will have a hard time. For example, like when they were inside the first dungeon, he wouldn''t have known about the traps, the mana trace and the techniques to kill the berserk monsters.


    "..." Daedalus was a bit surprised by the sudden topic. After a short pause, he continued, "Ku ku ku! No problem! With me on your side, nothing is impossible!"


    Ryth inwardly rolled his eyes. Letting this one go doesn''t hurt at all. ''I''ll just let him be happy for now,'' Ryth thought as Daedalus'' laughter still rings in his mind.


    Ryth then went to his room and changed his clothes. After that, he went out of the house and went to look for the village''s smithing place.


    After asking the elves around about the place, he went straight to the place. As he arrived, he saw an elf standing outside a house. The elf apparently saw him coming since he was waving Ryth to come over.


    As Ryth came nearer, the elf greeted him. "Hello there, Mr. Myrad! What can I do for you? Do you need any help with your equipment?"


    Ryth smiled at the elf, who is apparently the smith in the village. "Ah, hello. Yes, I would like to fix my equipment." He then gestured at the house and asked, "May I borrow your workbench?"


    The smith''s eyes widened in surprise. "Eh, are you also a smith, by any chance, Mr. Myrad?" he asked. This Mr. Myrad is full of surprises. Not only is he a strong swordman, he is also knowledgeable when it comes to tactics and mechanism.


    He had heard any good stories about this young human being. He heard how he brilliantly led the team inside the dungeon and beat the boss inside. Yes, this Mr. Myrad is indeed full of surprises¡­ in fact, he is very extraordinary. But it never crossed his mind that he is also capable in smithing!


    The smith immediately invited Ryth inside his workshop and said, "Mr. Myrad, you can leave the fixing to me! It''s the least I can do after what you have done for the village. Why don''t you take a rest?"


    He then offered Ryth a seat to rest.


    Ryth scratched his cheek with a finger in bemusement. "Ehhh¡­ ummm¡­ are you sure, Mr. ¡­.?" He asked, feeling unsure.


    The smith guffawed in delight. "Hahaha! How impolite of me," he said, extending his right hand to Ryth. "The name''s Har. Nice to meet you, Mr. Myrad!"


    Ryth shook his head, grinning. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Har." He then asked again, "Are you sure? I wouldn''t like to bother you if you are busy. I mean, I can fix it myself. I just need a workbench to work. With your permission, of course!"


    After minutes of persistence from Ryth, Mr. Har then sighed in defeat. "Alright, you win, Mr. Myrad. I mean, yes, I do have some stuffs to do, fixing the equipment of the raid team. But I can still fix yours if you need them in a hurry," he said.


    Ryth waved his words away. "I''m definitely sure." He then continued, "Besides, I also want to learn more about smithing. So the only way to do is try to fix them myself."


    Ryth was saying the truth. Ever since he saw Daedalus made those bombs, weapons and armor, Ryth was curious and wanted to learn. He became more interested in smithing and so, he wanted to learn by watching Daedalus fix his and Llyod''s armors.


    Mr. Har nodded in understanding. "Alright, sure." He pointed at the right side of the room and said, "You can use the workbench over there. You can use it anytime you like."


    Ryth stood up from his seat and nodded. "Thank you."


    Mr. Har put his hands on his waist and laughed. "Haha! No problem! If you need any help or have any questions, do not hesitate to ask me. I can help you with anything!"


    "Yes." Ryth bowed and walked to the workbench.


    -----------------------


    Couple of hours later, Daedalus was done with the repairs. It was a good thing that Ryth still have plenty of ebony ingots to fix their armors. If not, it would be really troublesome to find more ebony ingots since it is rare.


    Ryth said his goodbye to Mr. Har and went out of the house.


    He walked back towards his designated house and walked inside.


    Upon entering, he heard a shout from the living room.


    "Check! You still haven''t improve a bit since back then. You need to make use of your brain more often."


    "What are you talking about?! I always use my brain! And I already improved a lot! Now, I can take down your rooks!"


    "It''s still too easy for me! Did you not know that I intentionally let you ate those rooks to put you into trap?"


    "Eh? Really?"


    "See? I told you already, you need to use that brain of yours." Hill said in his usual expressionless face.


    "You said rude things with that poker face of yours! It really pisses me off!" Llyod shouted angrily.


    "Haha, it seems you guys are having fun."


    "Ah, my lord!" Hill and Llyod stood up from their seats, as they watched Ryth walking in, with an amused smile on his face.


    "It''s okay, just relax. Rest for today," Ryth waved them down back to their seat. "Tomorrow, we can hunt monsters while we are in our best forms."


    "Yes, my lord." Hill and Llyod nodded their heads and returned back to their seat.


    Ryth walked towards Llyod and put the armor next to their chess table.


    "Here is your armor. Daedalus already fixed it."


    "Oh, thank you, Mr. Daedalus!" Llyod bowed his head towards Ryth.


    "Ku ku ku! No problem!" Daedalus said, he had already channeled his voice to the three of them so that Hill and Llyod could heard his voice.


    "Okay, if the dinner is ready, just wake me up, I want to take a nap first." Ryth said to them.


    "Yes, my lord!" Hill and Llyod said in unison.


    Ryth went to his room and took a nap.


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    It was already evening when Llyod woke Ryth up for dinner. The three of them had dinner together while talking amongst themselves. They talked about the previous dungeons, the villages and more. Few minutes later, after they are done with their dinner, Ryth said, "Okay. Early tomorrow morning, we will go and hunt the monsters. Let''s prepare some foods and drinks. We might be hunting until the evening."


    "Okay, my lord."


    "Right. These are the copy maps of the Tango Forest that I got from Woodgard before." Ryth handed them the maps.


    "We will study it tonight." Hill said as he nodded his head.


    Ryth went back to his room. Inside, he walked to the table and sat on the chair. He took out the {Troika Class} and break the seal with his mana. A text appeared above it.


    ''Requirements are meet.''


    ''Opening the scroll''


    The seal broke and the Ryth rolled open the scroll. A yellow light glowed from the scroll and many texts appeared on Ryth''s interface.


    ''Changing Swordsman Class to Troika Class.''


    ''Success.''


    ''5 new skills added.''


    "Yes! Finally! I got this hidden class for swordsman!" exclaimed Ryth in excitement as he stood up from his seat and pumped his right hand to the air.


    "Ku ku ku! Good for you, partner!"


    Ryth smiled, sat back to his seat and said. "I will check the skills tomorrow, I''m still pretty worn out even after taking a nap."


    He talked with Daedalus for some time before he slept.


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    It was 5 AM, and as usual, Daedalus woke Ryth up with that loud voice of his. Ryth stood up from his bed, went straight to the bathroom to washed his face. As usual, he did his everyday exercise and took a bath. He put on his armor and replaced the bandages with the new ones.


    He walked out of his his room and headed straight for the kitchen.


    Inside, he saw both Hill and Llyod just finished with their food preparation.


    They had their breakfast in the dining room.


    It was already 6 AM by the time they finished eating. Ryth stood up from his seat and said. "Okay, lets go."


    "Yes!"


    "Where are we headed today, my lord?" asked Hill.


    "To the east of Tango Forest."


    "Are the monsters there strong?"


    "Yeah, if we hunt monsters that weaker than us, we will never improve." Ryth stated as they walked towards the door.


    As he opened the door, the sunlight shone on him. The weather seems great today. He turned his head to the both of them and said, "Without challenges, there will be no developments."


    Hill and Llyod were in a daze. They thought to themselves. "Our lord clearly has grown up," they mused in their thoughts, as they followed behind him.


    They first went to the chief house, to inform Fenar about their plans for today. After that, they headed straight to the east side of Tango Forest.


    It took them an hour to get there. Suddenly, they heard shouts coming from their front.


    "RAAWRR!"


    "GAAAWR!"


    There are two monsters, the first one was a big wolf, and the other one was a big bear.


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    Black Wolf


    Level 40


    HP : 560.000


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    Big Tusk Gizzly Bear


    Level 40


    HP : 660.000


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    They hide behind a big tree and a big rock, Ryth said. "Wow, it seems like they aren''t in good terms with each other."


    "Yeah, it seems like it. They look like strong monsters. What should we do, my lord?" asked Hill.


    "We will observe it first," Ryth said. "If there is an opportunity, lets take it from them," he said sneakily, with a smile.

 22 Leveling Up 2

    The big bear roared as it ran towards the big wolf.


    "GAAAAWR!"


    It swung its huge right hand, making a loud noise of "CRACK!"


    However, the big wolf jumped to the side, avoiding it. Its attack landed on a tree, instead. The tree fell to the ground with a "BOOM!" sound.


    The big wolf immediately ran towards the big bear, seeing its advantage and bit its shoulder.


    -4560


    "What the feck? Just a normal attack can caused so much damage?!" Ryth said in disbelief as he watched the fight, wiping the cold sweat off his forehead.


    "Wow! This is quite interesting!" Daedalus exclaimed in amazement. "Another new experience for me to witness! Ku ku ku! I am so glad that I sealed my own soul inside the [Eye of Daedalus]!"


    "Oi, this is not the time to laugh," Ryth scolded, covering his face with a hand in exasperation.


    Ryth turned to Hill and Llyod and said," Hill, Llyod! We will attack them once they are weakened! Just wait for my signal! And remember, all you two need to do is to support me. I will defeat them to accumulate more experience. However, should the situation get dangerous, you two have my permission to kill it, instead."


    "Yes, my lord!" the both of them said in a low voice.


    "Just be careful," Daedalus warned." That big wolf already know of our presence."


    "Yeah, I know." Ryth nodded his head, and continued, "This will be a good chance to test my new job."


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    The battle went for almost 40 minutes, the big wolf''s and the big bear''s HP have already hit the 15% mark.


    "Just wait for a bit more..." Ryth muttered.


    The big wolf was already exhausted, the same goes for the big bear. The both of them became slower in their attacks as their stamina slowly decrease.


    The big wolf pawed the big bear''s shoulder, jumping onto its back and bit its neck.


    The bear swung its claw to push the wolf off his back. Once the wolf was on the ground, the bear hit the wolf''s abdomen and bit on the big wolf''s neck.


    -4124


    -5242


    -4223


    Their HP madly fell until it hits the 10% marks.


    Ryth saw this opportunity and immediately yelled, "Now!"


    Llyod rushed in and activated his {Heavy Swing} skill, while Hill activated his {Rapid Fire} skill.


    -8073


    -9723


    -8812


    Their HP fell madly to 3%.


    Even though, the Wolf knows of their whereabouts using its keen sense of smell, it couldn''t move because the big bear was gripping its body tightly.


    "GAAWRGHHH!"


    "RAAAAWRGH!"


    The animals screamed in pain. The two animals immediately released each other.


    Just when the both of them wanted to retreat, something arrived in front of them in a flash.


    With [Vengeance] on his right hand, [Ryuujin''s Will] on his left hand, and the ebony sword being hold in his mouth, The [Eye of Daedalus] turned red as Ryth ran in a speed of light.


    "Stream of Light!"


    -1023


    -1453


    -2212


    With one addition of swords, the {Stream of Light} skill now was able to dealt 18 slashes. The total damage each of the monsters received was over 11500! The big wolf and the big bear were swinging their claws towards Ryth, but with the help of the [Eye of Daedalus] mana tracer mode, and the animals'' status that were in weak state due to exhaustion, not to mention the slow effect from [Vengeance], Ryth could easily avoided their attacks as he activated his skills.


    {Cut}!


    {Stab}!


    {Whirlwind}!


    After the {Whirlwind} skill ended, Ryth jumped towards the wolf as he activated another skill.


    {Half Moon}!


    -2523


    The text appeared above the big bear''s head, as its huge body fell to the ground.


    +EXP 500.000


    Golden light gushed from Ryth''s body as a sign of level up. But he paid no heed to it as he turned his attention towards the big wolf. He lifted [Ryuujin''s Will] towards it.


    Blue lightnings covered the katana and suddenly, Ryth disappeared in thin air.


    {Lightning Piercer}!


    "WUSH!"


    The lightning katana pierced through the big wolf''s body as it split in half.


    Blood gushed out from its body, but Ryth didn''t get any bloodstains on him since he moved too fast.


    +EXP 480.000


    "Ku ku ku! That was such an intense battle! It''s so thrilling!" Daedalus shouted in delight.


    Ryth grinned in happiness as he looked down at his winnings. "Well, thanks to the support of Hill and Llyod, it was pretty easy."


    His exp bar rose to 70%. Now he is already level 33. He sighed in relief as he noted his level.


    "Fuh... I haven''t even use the special skills of the {Troika Class} and yet I am already this strong with just the addition of one more sword." Thought Ryth in bemusement. "I will try and use them later."


    "Are you okay, my lord?!" Llyod and Hill asked as they ran towards him.


    "Yeah, I feel great," Ryth nodded as he gave a thumbs-up. "This has been a good experience for me."


    Llyod grabbed both of Ryth''s shoulders, disbelief expression in his face. He did not realized that he might have shown discourtesy towards his master when he did this. "My Lord! What was that earlier? Did you just mastered the 3 swords style??" he asked in shock.


    Hill was also stunned in silence. His rarely seen shocked expression also in his face.


    Ryth just laughed and said, "I''ll loot the monsters first, you guys can go rest."


    "No, no, my lord," Hill refused. "We did nothing but only dealt some damages to the two of them."


    Hill then pointed at the corpses of the two animals. "We will help you with the loot."


    Ryth could only sigh and nodded, "Okay."


    Llyod and Hill started gathering the loots from the bear.


    Ryth, on the other hand, haven''t started yet and instead, he talked to Daedalus. "Open the Status panel for me."


    "Sure!"


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    Ryth Myrad


    Level 33


    STR : 42


    END : 38


    AGI : 51


    VIT : 34


    INT : 32 (+110)


    LUK : 11


    5 Free points available.


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    "Ohh, that''s good. Daedalus, assign 4 of the free points to STR and the other one to AGI."


    "Consider it done!" replied Daedalus.


    Daedalus added the free points as another notification appeared on his right corner of interface.


    ''AGILITY points are already over 50. You''ve unlocked a new skill.''


    "Oh?! I almost forgot about this! Now I have a defensive and offensive skill in one!" Ryth thought to himself, feeling excited.


    Ryth told Daedalus to open his skill panel.


    ----------------------


    {Fast Steps}


    (Level Max)


    (Unlocked after AGI hit 50 mark)


    Increase AGI by 35 points


    MP: 30


    Duration: 5 seconds


    Cooldown : 20 Seconds


    ----------------------


    "Hell yeah! Haha!" Ryth laughed, pumping his fist in the air.


    Hill and Llyod turned their heads towards Ryth and asked, "What happened, my lord? A good loot?"


    "Haha, don''t mind me." Ryth waved his right hand.


    Ryth started checking the big wolf''s corpse but he could only find its fangs, fur and claws. Aside from that, no other loot had caught his attention, but he stored all of them in his inventory anyways. This is because most of it could be sold later.


    The big bear was the same. Hill and Llyod could only find its fangs, fur and claws that could be considered as good loots. The other was just second rate items. Similarly, Ryth also stored all of it as well to be sold later.


    After that, Ryth and his team began to hunt other animals, but they were weaker than the big wolf and big bear, as their level was only at level 35.


    They continued to hunt monsters until afternoon.


    With the help of both Llyod and Hill, Ryth finally reached up to level 36. A whole 3 level increase.


    His status was boosted further. Ryth only looked for a second before closing the status panel.


    As for the animal loots, Ryth placed then inside his inventory. His inventory was almost full. It was then he decided to give some of the loot to the dark elf people later to make some space for his inventory.


    Ryth said to his teammates, "Lets call it a day, time to go back."


    "Yes!"


    ----------------------


    They walked back to the village, and went straight to the chief House.


    They met up with Fenar and gave him some of their loots. Although, at first Fenar refused to accept it, but the persistent Ryth made him surrender and accept all of the items that Ryth gave to them.


    Now that the inventory had much more space, Ryth could store more other precious items later if he encountered some more animals/monsters in the future.


    Of course, he didn''t give all of the worthless items to Fenar. Those, he will keep it to be sold later in the city''s adventurers guild or merchants.


    Ryth and his teammates next went to their assigned house, took a bath and ate their dinner. After that Ryth went straight to his room and slept.


    -----------------


    The next morning, after Ryth had done all of his daily morning''s things, someone knocked on their door.


    Llyod opened the door and saw a guard on the other side.


    The guard immediately bowed down and said,"Mr. Llyod, Mr. Myrad, Mr. Hill! Our chief said that he has something for Mr. Myrad and he wants you to come to his house whenever you are ready."


    "Something for me?" this piqued Ryth''s interest a bit.


    "Yes." The guard nodded his head.


    "Okay, I will be there in a few minutes."


    "I will wait for you." The guard smiled.


    "Come in then and wait inside," Llyod invited.


    "No need, I will wait outside."


    Seeing the guard have no interest to wait inside, Llyod replied, "Okay, then. We will be ready in a couple of minutes."

 23 The Gif

    Few minutes later, Ryth, Llyod and Hill went out of their assigned house and began to follow the guard to the chief''s House.


    Once they have arrived in front of the house, Ryth nodded his thanks to the guard as he slightly bowed his head.


    "No problem sir," the guard said hurriedly.


    Ryth knocked on the door. And when there was a voice saying to come in, he opened the door, walking inside with Llyod and Hill behind him.


    As he entered, he found Fenar sitting on his mat, with a woman beside him. She was wearing a silver robe with a witch hat and a staff on her lap. She looked like she is in her mid thirties, with long silver hair, big blue eyes and red thin lips.


    Wood gard and Tregnar were there too, standing behind Fenar, together with another 2 guards beside them.


    "Mr. Myrad, Mr. Llyod and Mr. Hill, good morning," Fenar greeted them, inviting them to sit on the mat. He gave an apologetic smile and said, "I''m very sorry to call you this early in the morning. Come, have a seat please."


    Woodgard and Tregnar were there too, with 2 guards behind Fenar.


    Ryth and the other two greeted back and sat down on the mats.


    Ryth waved Fenar''s apology away and said, "it is alright. So, why did you ask us to come? The guard said that you have something for me?"


    Fenar nodded. "Yes, it is something that we, the Dark Elf Tribe, would like to give you for everything you have done for us. And also for the tremendous help that you have given us these past few days."


    Ryth seemed surprised at this. "Oh, but we do not mind at all."


    Fenar shook his head and continued, "That won''t do. We still would like to give you our gift."


    Looking at his determination and stubborn look, Ryth could only sighed. "Alright then¡­"


    Fenar nodded and then he introduce the woman beside him. "Ahh¡­ Before that, I would like to introduce you to Madam Elsa. She is a witch from our village."


    The woman stood up and bowed her head. "Greetings. I am Madam Elsa. It is a pleasure to meet the saviors of our village."


    Ryth returned back the gesture as he stood up and bowed his head. "It''s a pleasure to meet you too, Madam Elsa. My name is Ryth Myrad. And the two men beside me are Llyod and Hill," gesturing to the two men who also stood up and bowed.


    The four of them then sat back down again.


    Madam Elsa opened her hand and a small chest appeared, floating in mid-air. "On behalf of our village, I would like to gift you with this. This is one of our tribe''s greatest skills," she explained." Coincidentally, it is of swordman skill class."


    She then waved the chest away softly.


    The small chest floated mid-air until it reached in front of Ryth.


    Ryth carefully took the small chest with his two hands.


    He nodded his thank you at both Fenar and Madam Elsa. "Thank you, Chief Fenar and Madam Elsa."


    "Hello, nice to meet you too." Ryth nodded his head.


    Fenar laughed heartily, rubbing his chin with his hand. "I suspected that this skill might be very useful for you. Woodgard and the other elves have told me stories of how you have battled in the dungeon. It amazed me," he said.


    "Not only are you a capable person but I also believed that you have a good heart," Fenar continued. "This skill will be better off with you."


    Ryth laughed awkwardly. "You are exaggerating, Chief Fenar. I''m just a normal man."


    Fenar continued to laugh. "I like your attitude there, young Master Myrad. Despite being a noble, you are very humble. You don''t treat us differently, even if we are not human beings like you."


    He then put on a serious expression on his face. "Hence, why I agree to let Tregnar and Wood gard helped you in your journey."


    He turned to Tregnar and Hill. "Isn''t that right? You two better give your best to help Young Master Myrad," he said sternly.


    Tregnar and Woodgard stood up straight and said loudly in unison, "Yes, Chief!"


    "Thank you. This means so much to me, " Ryth said humbly, as he slightly bowed his head to them.


    "No problem. I also want to inform that maybe you can start the journey in two days time," Fenar advised.


    "Really?"


    "Yes, we will be done, strengthening our defense by then."


    "Okay, Chief Fenar."


    --------------------


    After a couple of hours, they were done with the meeting so Ryth and the other two went back to the assigned house.


    He walked to his room, sat on his bed and took out the small chest from his inventory.


    "I wonder what kind of skill is inside this chest, ku ku ku!"


    "Well, lets see, shall we?"


    Ryth opened the small chest, and took out the scroll inside. He rolled it open.


    ------------------


    {Unleashed}


    (Level 1)


    Give the player status boost of STR and AGI 50 points each.


    Does stacks with other berserk skill. But the duration will be cut to half.


    Requirements


    MP : 400


    Duration : 2 minutes (1 minute if activated at the same time with other berserk skill.)


    Cooldown : 24 hours


    -------------------


    "Wow! A berserk skill! Now I have two of it! With {Beyond The Boundary} and {Unleashed} I can increase my status real high!" exclaimed Ryth in happiness as he jumped up from the bed and pumped his fist to the air.


    "Ku ku ku! What a skill! This must be one of the high tier skills the dark elf has!"


    "We really need to kick my stepbrother''s butt real hard so I can be the city lord again and fulfill my promise to the dark elves." Ryth said with a determined glint in his eyes.


    "Ku ku ku! Okay then, lets level up more since we have two days. Better use this time to learn as much exp as possible."


    "Yeah, you are right. We will gooutside of the forest, to hunt stronger monsters."


    "Oh? Any place in mind?"


    "Sort-of¡­ Since I am now level 36 now, its probably be okay to go to that place, " Ryth mused.


    "Okay, then. Let us prepare our items."


    Ryth took out all of his weapons. He placed the lightning katana on his left side of waist, while {Vengeance} and the ebony sword on his right side of waist.


    "Okay, lets go."


    He went out of the room and saw Llyod and Hill talking amongst themselves. He approached them and told them to prepare.


    Llyod and Hill looked puzzled at this sudden plan. Although, they wanted to know where they are heading to, they then realized that they can easily asked Ryth about it as they travel. Hence, they only asked him how long will the journey take.


    Ryth had answered, "Probably a day or two."


    After they have done preparing their items, they immediately went to the Chief''s House to inform Fenar of their plan.


    They went straight out of the dark elf village and began to walk to the west, heading towards the hunting place


    Pointing at a certain area in the map, Hill asked Ryth again to be sure, "So, will we be heading to this place, my lord."


    Ryth looked over and nodded. "Yeah, that should be the place we are heading to now."


    Llyod blinked his eyes in surprise. "Lake of Fu? But wasn''t there a rumour before? About a sea serpent there?"


    Ryth nodded, feeling confident. "Yeah, there is and we will be hunting it," with a smirk on his face.


    The sea serpent was just level 40 in ''The Throne'', and it was a water type monster. With [Ryuujin''s Will] element, lightning. The damage of it will be pushed higher and its paralyze effect will be effective.


    Just like when they were fighting the trolls back then. The Trolls took higher damage from fire since it was weak against fire.


    They walked for an hour as they were walking towards the designated area. Since they are still inside the Tango Forest, they also took the chance to kill the monsters inside to gain more experiences.


    By noon, they could already see the road ahead, they finally out of the forest.


    There was no other people that could be seen around them.


    Just when Ryth was going to came out from the forest, he saw a carriage that seems to be heavily guarded. It was about to pass them and before it did, the three of them immediately hide behind the big trees.


    Ryth, Llyod and Hill wore a surprised look on their faces after they saw a familiar necklaces around the guards'' necks.


    "Thats the Fang Bandits that had attacked us!" Ryth, Llyod and Hill turned their heads towards each other in silence.


    There was about 25 people that were fully armored.


    "You all know them?" asked Daedalus to the three of them.


    "We do," Ryth said grimly, a frown on his face." These were the same bastards who had attacked us before. My stepbrother paid their boss to get rid of me."


    "Eh? Why are they here? Although looks like there are rarely people who pass this place, the chances of them meeting other people is still less."


    "Maybe they will attack every people they encountered. Looks like that carriage is for slaves. They kidnapped people to be sold and now, they are heading to a black market or slave trader."


    Ryth looked at the carriage. He saw a girl with short hair, with her mouth being covered with cloth and eyes big, filled with fear and anger.


    Sensing someone was watching her, she turned to look at the area Ryth and the other two were hiding. She tried to scream for help and purposely made a fuss at the back of the carriage.


    "Mffh!" She struggled to broke free from the chains that bind her arms behind her back and the cloth that covered her mouth.


    "Stop it! Damn elf!"


    "Just accept your fate already! No matter how much you struggled, no one will help you! Hahaha!"


    The guards were shouting and mocking the girl as they laughed.


    "What should we do, my lord?" Llyod asked.


    "Of course, it''s obvious, right?" the bandage on his left eye gushed a red light, he grab the ebony sword, before putting it on his mouth, "We will help the elf to get rid of her kidnappers."

 24 The Elf

    "Daedalus, can you set up a function whereby I can chat privately with Llyod and Hill inside my mind?"


    "I can. But you have to understand that it can only reach 200 meters."


    "Oh? You actually can?"


    "Yeah, easy job."


    "That''s great, you know. I mean, I can''t exactly talk with a sword in my mouth."


    "Ku ku ku! Try talking in your mind now. I have already channeled your thoughts to them. But they still need to voice out what they want to say."


    "That should be okay," replied Ryth.


    Just when Ryth wanted to move forward, Daedalus shouted.


    "New quest is triggered, partner!"


    Ryth immediately saw a box appeared on his interface.


    --------------------


    Optional Quest


    Resque


    Save the kidnapped elf from the bandits.


    Reward : 300.000 EXP


    --------------------


    "Optional quest?"


    He had a puzzled look on his face as this is the first time that he saw the interface appearing like this. He then said to Daedalus, "Why weren''t there any triggered quest when I helped out the dark elf to clear the dungeon?"


    Daedalus laughed awkwardly. "Ah ha ha¡­ Actually, there was! You must have not realized it before. I also forgot to mention about it. It probably appears when you were busy checking your status and skill panel."


    "Eh? This kind of quests does exist??" Ryth asked, surprised.


    "Yeah. The main rewards for that quest were the help of the dark elves and lots of reputation points. The skill was just a bonus reward," said Daedalus as Ryth scrolled down the previous quest panel.


    Ryth studied the panel and came to realization. "I see, so that''s what happened."


    He turned his head towards the carriage and drawn out [Vengeance] and [Ryuujin''s Will].


    Without turning, he gestured to both Hill and Llyod to get ready. "Hill! Cover me and take care of the bandits near the hostage!" Ryth instructed.


    "On it." Hill took his bow out and took aim.


    "Llyod, come with me!"


    "Okay, my lord!"


    Ryth ran towards the carriage as he activated a skill.


    {Fast Steps}!


    In the blink of an eye, Ryth had shorten his distance with the nearest bandit.


    "What the f-, Who the hell are yo-" the bandit looked shocked at the sudden figure in front of him that he did not have the chance to fully draw out his sword before Ryth slashed him.


    "GAAAARGH!"


    Blood gushed out from the bandit''s chest, the other bandits that were near the first one were shocked when they heard the scream. However, before they could fully draw out their swords, they were already slashed.


    "Slash, slash, slash!"


    "AAAGH!"


    "MY HANDS!"


    Ryth had already slashed the six of them with the [Stream of Light]. He then shifted his gaze to the carriage as the other bandits shouted.


    "That guy heading towards the carriage!"


    "He''s after the elf! Take him out! Finish him!"


    "You dared to attack the Fang group?! We will make you wish that you were never born!"


    Llyod followed behind Ryth but he was slightly slower than Ryth since Ryth use the [Fast Steps] skill. The skill gave Ryth additional points of AGI by 35.


    The commander who was standing near the carriage frowned when he heard the shouts. He then realized something was amiss.


    There was no way that the two unknown guys would attacked them without noticing their necklaces, which has their insignia. They must have known that they are from the Fang bandits gang. So it''s possible that there were more than the two of them.


    He shouted, "Be careful! There must be other peopl-"


    The commander didn''t manage to finish his sentence before the guards near him screamed in pain. He quickly draws out his big sword.


    "CLANG!"


    He swiftly deflected the two arrows that were about to hit him.


    "Archers!" the commander shouted, "There are at least 2 or one skilled archers in the woods! Be on guard!"


    The other bandits'' eyebrows furrowed as they began to regroup to guard the carriage.


    Ryth, who immediately hid behind a large tree, smirked at the bandits'' panicked actions. "This will be a good chance to try my new skills."


    The 3 swords glowed with blue light. Ryth suddenly disappeared from the shadows and towards the unsuspecting bandits.


    {Starry Night}!


    Several slashes landed on the bodies of the bandits, who were blocking Ryth''s path. The blue light formed many lines of light, beautifully like an astrological line, sparkling. The hands, chests or legs of the bandits were cut by Ryth.


    "GAAAGH!"


    "What the heck? He''s a 3 swords style swordsman?!"


    "I''ve never seen anything like that!"


    Surprise and fear filled the bandits'' eyes.


    -----------------------


    {Starry Night}


    Level 1


    (Troika Class)


    The swords will glow a blue light. The 15 slashes will form a sparkling line like an astrological line in the night sky.


    Attack : Weapons'' attack multiplied by 5


    Requirements


    MP : 550


    Cooldown : 60 seconds


    -------------------------


    The bandits who were far away from Ryth''s attacks, tried to attack him but before they could reach Ryth, Llyod had swung his great sword across their paths.


    "Don''t you forget about me!"


    "BOOM!"


    "GAAAGH!


    From the trees, Hill crouched on one of the tall branches and shot his arrows towards the commander. It trapped the commander, enabling him to not make a move to help his subordinates. Few minutes later, the bandits were wiped out. The only bandit remained was the commander.


    Looking at the bloods on the ground, where the grass was now painted red, Ryth took a deep breath to calm his mind. He tried not to vomit as the smell of deaths reached his.


    "Hang in there, partner!" Daedalus laughed. "I get itA This is your first time, seeing something like this, right? Well, If I could vomit, I would have vomit from the first guy we''ve killed earlier."


    Ryth heaved a long breath, "Ugh, yeah¡­ I''m alright now." He then scolded himself, muttering, "Demit, Ryth! We are still in battle! You need to focus!"


    "HOW DARE YOU!" the commander screamed in pain, as he keeps deflecting Hill''s arrows. "I WILL KILL YOU!"


    Hill had used all of his skills to attack the commander non-stop. However, the commander was strong enough to deflect his arrows.


    His face was solemn as he concentrated on deflecting the attacks. But when he saw the man with the three swords, he was shocked. His eyes widened when he recognized the man.


    "YOU! HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!"


    From what Ryth had recalled from the original owner''s memories, the commander in front of him was not the actual bandit''s boss. But they are the one who were involved during the time when an arrow pierced past his left eye, making him blind.


    Ryth scoffed. These guys make the perfect targets to vent his anger on.


    Letting out a red light from the [Eye of Daedalus], his bandages became blood red. His clothing too became red, from the bloods of the bandits he had killed.


    The commander was furious when he saw the smug look on Ryth''s face. His face became red in anger as he ran furiously towards Ryth, swinging his great sword.


    {Heavy Swing}!


    Ryth quickly activated {Deflect} skill as he twisted around the great sword that landed on the ground with a "BOOM!" sound. As the great sword began to stuck on the ground, Ryth quickly activated another skill.


    {Stab}!


    However, the commander noticed this and let go of his great sword. He avoided Ryth''s attack and counter it with a kick to Ryth''s abdomen.


    Ryth blocked the counter with his swords, falling back a few steps.


    Llyod ran towards the commander, who was distracted with Ryth and swung his great sword.


    The commander quickly grabbed his great sword off the ground and lifted up to block Llyod''s attack.


    {Heavy Swing}!


    "BOOM!"


    The commander fell to his knees, gritting his teeth as he was pushed back a few steps.


    Just as he was about to distance himself from Llyod, Ryth was already nearby and has activated his skill, {Lightning Piercer}.


    The commander tried to avoid the attack by turning to his right, however, at the same time, he saw an arrow coming towards him. Hence, he tried to turn to his left. But his timing was off and he got hit by Ryth''s attack.


    "WHOOSH!"


    "GAAARGH!" the commander screamed in pain as he got pushed back and fell onto the ground, groaning.


    The thrust power of {Lightning Piercer} was strong enough to make him vomit blood. The commander wiped his mouth with his left hand. "What the heck? How could my ebony armor be easily pierced by that sword? Is that sword made from some kind of special material??" he said in disbelief.


    Although, his armor protected his stomach from being stabbed, but the part of the armor that protected his abdomen was ruined. It could not even stop the damage where the commander was still hurt from Ryth''s {Lightning Piercer}.


    As he tried to stand up, another arrow shot out at him, stopping his actions. It directly hits at the hole of the armor.


    Ryth and Llyod saw this advantage and quickly ran forward to launch their next attack.


    "GARGH! Heck!" the commander gritted his teeth in pain. He tried to stand up again, enduring the pain as he tried to lift his great sword.


    However, before he could stand again, Llyod had swung his great sword and shouted.


    {Heavy Cut}!


    Ryth activated his skill as well.


    {Cut}!


    The commander could only blocked Llyod''s attack, but couldn''t react to Ryth''s.


    Blood gushed out from his neck. Although, the commander was quite strong himself, but when he was facing a level 50 archer and a level 50 berserker at the same time, on top of that, there is another swordsman with a 3 swords style.


    He was not able to concentrate on one opponent. So, as a result, he was quickly defeated at their hands.


    "Are you okay, my lord?" Llyod asked in worry, once they have defeated the commander.


    "Ugh... I''m fine... It was just too overwhelming for me. I will go to the carriage."


    Ryth sheated back his swords as he covered his mouth. With a pained look on his face, he walked towards the carriage.


    Inside the carriage, he saw an elf girl sitting on the floor of the carriage. Fear and caution filled her eyes as she watched Ryth peeked inside. When Ryth climbed in, she hurriedly distances herself from him.


    Ryth heaved a long breath as he finally calmed down. He sat down across her and noticed the shackles on both her ankles and wrists.


    Ryth walked nearer to the elf and said, "Wait and keep still, I will try and break the shackles off you."


    The elf didn''t respond for awhile but then nodded her head.


    "Daedalus, break it."


    "Alright!"


    The [Eye of Daedalus] let out a blue light and scanned the shackles, "This is a shackle that sealed a person''s mana. That''s probably why the elf could not free herself."


    "I see..."


    Daedalus asked for the permission to use Ryth''s hands. Ryth answered ''yes'' to the permission. Daedalus took out his tools from the inventory and began breaking the shackles.


    "Click, click, click!"


    The shackles broke. Ryth put the shackles to the side and removed the cloth that covered the elf''s mouth.


    The elf was so beautiful. Her eyes are golden, with long eye lashes, short silver hair just slightly above her shoulder. Her hourglass figure was beautiful too with the right curves.


    She was wearing a black T-shirt, with a leather jacket that stopped slightly above her stomach, and a tight black trouser. She wore a chocolate leather shoes.


    Ryth gulped, this is the first time he saw a girl this beautiful with his own eyes. He coughed awkwardly and asked, "Are you okay?"


    The elf nodded her head and said, "Why are you helping me? You are a human. Isn''t this near the territory of the Dark elves because I remember some dark elves coming from the woods."


    Because of the discrimination humans have towards the other races, Ryth could clearly understood why she was being cautious in front of him. He could only sighed.


    Ryth then looked at her in the eye and said, "Does it matter? Do you believe that all humans hate elves? I don''t exactly know the reason why people would want to hurt each other but I''m not like them. I want to help each other, instead."


    The elf looked slightly surprised. She has never met a human who would want to help an elf. "Who are you?" she asked, confused.


    Ryth then thought it is better to tell her his real name so that she could trust him more. "My name is Ryth Myrad," he answered. "But you can call me, Ryth. What about you?"


    The elf blinked her eyes in surprised and answered back, "I''m Azalea Bryhana. And I thank you for saving me," giving Ryth a small bow in gratitude.

 25 Azalea

    Ryth gave her a small smile, trying to make her to feel at ease. "You''re welcome!"


    Ryth could now see the yellow diamond-shaped panel above her head.


    -------------


    Azalea Bryhana


    High Elf


    Swordswoman


    -------------


    "So, how did you end up being captured by those bandits?" Ryth asked in puzzlement."


    Azalea bit her lower lips nervously, looking quite awkward. "Uhm¡­ That is¡­"


    Ryth could see that she was still hesitant to tell him. Ryth could only sighed and said, "Well, its alright if you don''t want to tell me. You are free now, anyway," gesturing at the broken shackles near her feet.


    After a few minutes of silence, Ryth asked, "So, what is your plan now?"


    Azalea was still hesitant but then she answered, "¡­. Uh, maybe I will go to the Dark Elves Village first to seek some help."


    Ryth blinked his eyes in surprise. "Oh really? Well, my friends and I will be going back to the Dark Elves Village later. Why don''t you join us?" Ryth invited. "It is much safer than being alone."


    Azalea was quiet as she thinks of the pros and cons. She then nodded her head in agreement. "Um, okay then."


    Ryth jumped down from the carriage, with Azalea following behind him and walked towards Llyod and Hill. The two men were burning the corpses, to make sure there are no evidences left behind.


    Daedalus chortled in amusement. "Ku ku ku! Are you that nervous, boy? I can hear your heartbeat beating so fast. Are you really that nervous talking to that elf girl? Love at first sight, eh?" teased Daedalus.


    Ryth became beet red in embarrassment. "Shut up!" he hissed. "Or I will dig a hole and bury you there!"


    "Ku ku ku! Sorry sorry!"


    Ryth snorted. The real reason for him to be so nervous because he actually doesn''t know how to talk to a girl, especially one as beautiful as Azalea. In his previous life, he had never talked to a girl, nor do he have any relationship with them. He only plays with his virtual gaming helmet.


    Llyod''s eyebrow furrowed in worry. "Are you alright, my lord?" he asked, looking at Ryth''s slightly red face.


    Ryth''s face became more heated as he gritted out his words. "Yeah, yeah. Never mind that. Lets just get out of here."


    "Yes, my lord!"


    Llyod and Hill noticed the elf girl behind Ryth. Hill asked, "Is this the kidnapped elf who was inside the carriage, my lord?"


    Ryth nodded.


    Azalea moved forward and bowed. "My name is Azalea Bryhana. Thank you again for saving me," she introduced herself.


    Hill nodded in acknowledgement.


    Llyod smiled as he answered, "No problem! Our lord is the one who did most of the work! You should just thank him, instead!"


    "She already thank me earlier." said Ryth.


    Azalea glanced at Ryth in confused. "Lord?" she thought to herself. "Is this young human some kind of big shot somewhere¡­? Hm¡­. His name is Ryth Myrad, right¡­? Ryth¡­ Myrad¡­?" then suddenly, recognition hits her and she said out loud, "Myrad City?!? Is he the previous Lord that was announced dead a couple of days ago?!?"


    "Uhm, so you are Ryth Myrad? The lord of Myrad City?" asked Azalea, turning to Ryth.


    "Ah, yes," Ryth said, scowling.


    Azalea frowned in puzzlement. "But you''re still alive? The announcement of your death was published a couple of days ago. And your stepbrother took the position now."


    Ryth snorted in disgust. "Ah, that brat? he sure moves fast."


    "You don''t sound surprised."


    "Well yeah, that brat has been plotting to kill me, by hiring those Fang bandit group that kidnapped you before."


    "What?!" Azalea exclaimed in shocked.


    Ryth shrugged. "Well, yeah. To be honest, that is the reason why we helped you in the first place. I just want to vent my anger on them."


    "Oh¡­ On my way here, before I got kidnapped, I heard the merchants were talking about the announcement of your death," Azalea said. "Apparently, your stepbrother was so saddened by your death, it was difficult for him to announce your death."


    "The heck? What a bastard." Llyod cursed, while Hill furrowed his brows.


    Ryth sighed and thought, "That schemer is really good in acting. He should be an actor, instead."


    "What a brat! And he''s the one who set you up and he still could act like that," Daedalus snorted as well.


    "Well, we will make him pay for it soon." Ryth assured Daedalus.


    Ryth then walked towards the lake.


    Azalea looked confused at the path Ryth was taking and asked, "Aren''t we going to the Dark Elves Village?"


    Ryth scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Uh yeah. We''ll go there after we hunt a monster first. Only then we''ll go to the Dark Elves Village, if that is alright with you?"


    Azalea thought for some time and then said, "Okay, then..."


    Since she has no weapon and she''s currently weak, she could not very well defend herself if she goes to the Dark Elves village. There might be some monsters nearby. So, she decided to follow Ryth and his teammates. But then, she is still cautious towards them so she distances herself a bit.


    Well, when you are the only woman in a party, you will feel uncomfortable too, right?


    They have walked for a few hours, where they had a break once to eat lunch and rest.


    Then they finally reached the Lake of Fu. The surroundings of the lake were covered with dense forests. The lake was very beautiful, sparkling blue where your reflection can be easily seen. The wind blows as they entered the lake, making them refreshed after the bloody fight from earlier.


    "This place is such a peaceful place. Such serenity," Daedalus mused in amazement.


    "Yeah, it''s unfortunate if the rumour is true," Ryth interjected.


    "What rumour?" asked Azalea.


    "I heard that there is a serpent-like creature in the Lake of Fu. So, we are here to defeat it."


    "Is this some kind of quest?" Azalea asked.


    Ryth shrugged. "Nah¡­ Just doing this for some experience and to kill time."


    "But who would want to hunt a monster just to kill time?" Azalea asked again, still confused.


    Ryth was actually saying the truth. He really is here, just to get more exprience while waiting for the dark elves to be done with their matters.


    "So, how do we get that thing out of the lake? Or does it even exist to begin with?"


    "Well, lets see."


    Ryth walked towards the lake, drawn out [Ryuujin''s Will] and touched the water with the tip of it.


    He let channeled his mana to his sword, and the lightning gushed out and sparkled through the lake.


    "BBZZZT!"


    "SPLASH!


    The water in the middle of the lake suddenly gushed out like a fountain and a massive serpent around 15 meters high with its blue skin and big fangs appeared.


    "SHAAA!"


    It let out a snake-like sound "Szzzzt" , a red diamond-shaped panel appeared above its head.


    ---------------


    Blue Giant Lake Serpent


    (Level 40)


    HP : 550.000


    (Water type monster)


    Resistance :


    Water type magic : 70%


    Weakness :


    Lightning type magic : 70%


    ----------------


    "Wow! Look at the body! Its really huge! And that fangs!" Daedalus exclaimed in excitement. "You can use them for a good weapon! This sure is a special creature!"


    Ryth tapped his chin, thinking. "Yes, it is. Even if it is a special creature, it is still weak, compare to a dragon."


    "It is still a special creature! And special creature still gives great items! Its rare to get this kind of item!" Daedalus assured. "You should be happy! With me, you can make anything you want with those items!"


    Azalea''s eyes widened in shock. She took a few steps back and thought to herself, "Wha- What''s wrong with this people? This is obviously not something that you should hunt for fun!"


    Azalea looked up at the roaring serpent and back again at Ryth.


    She was surprised to see the confident look on Ryth''s face, showing no fear.


    "is he some kind of a battle maniac...?" Azalea thought, looking at him weirdly.


    Llyod and Hill immediately posed into their battle stance, getting their weapon ready. Hill stood near Azalea, protecting her while Llyod stood near Ryth.


    Ryth patted Llyod on the shoulder. "Don''t worry. I''m confident that we can kill it!"


    He then turned to Azalea and said, "Azalea, you can watch from the side." He titled his head in question. "By the way, can you use magic? If yes, that would be great! You can help us with some offensive magic if that is possible! The faster we are done with this thing, the faster we can go back to the Dark Elves Village."


    Azalea was lost in thoughts until Hill cleared his throat loudly. Azalea blushed as she said, "Ah yes. I can use magic. I can help too."


    Ryth raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Ohh¡­ So, her second job is a magician," he mused thoughtfully. "But how did she end up being caught by the bandits if her main job is a swordswoman?"


    He shook his head. "Ahh, never mind. We have something else more important to think about," he said softly to himself.


    Ryth turned his head towards the big serpent and shouted, "Okay, then. Lets do this!"

 26 Blue Giant Lake Serpent 1

    Ryth placed the ebony sword on his mouth and then drawn out [Vengeance], forming his fighting stance.


    "Daedalus! Turn on the team voice chat function!" Ryth instructed. "Connect the chat to Azalea, as well. I will explain this to her."


    "Okay!"


    Since Azalea''s first job was a swordswoman, she doesn''t really have a staff. However, she also doesn''t have a sword after her sword was stolen by the bandits. To protect herself, she made a defensive stance, looking around for the blue serpent, when suddenly a voice rang in her mind.


    "Yo! It''s me, Ryth."


    Azalea jumped in surprise as she looked around for the voice. "What the heck! Where did that came from??" she exclaimed.


    She heard Ryth clearing his throat awkwardly. And then he said, "I''m talking with you telepathically."


    Azalea gasped. "Eh, you can do that too?? Is this one of your skills, as well??" she asked, still in shock.


    Ryth laughed awkwardly in the chat. "Uh, yeah. Its a skill of mine where I used it to communicate with the three of you. But only I can talk into your mind. So, if you want to reply to me, you have to say it out loud, okay?" he explained.


    Azalea looked over at Ryth with a weird look. "He has a skill like that¡­?" she thought. "I thought he is just a normal swordsman."


    She then faced towards where the blue serpent is and nodded. "Sure. I understand," she replied, going back to her defensive stance.


    "Hill! Go attack the blue serpent with all of your skills!" Ryth shouted in the chat. "Make sure that you hit its vulnerable parts!"


    "Understood!"


    The giant blue serpent swam above the water in an astonishing speed, swimming towards them.


    Ryth then shouted in the chat, "Everyone! Fallback! We will battle it out on the ground!"


    The three of them immediately jumped back further on land.


    The area around the lake was a grassland, filled with few trees, surrounding the lake. It makes them easier to move around the area, avoiding the blue serpent.


    Ryth readied his weapon to face off the big serpent as the {Eye of Daedalus} turned red.


    "SHAAA!"


    The big serpent came out from the water and slithered towards Ryth. When it was near to Ryth, it opened its huge fangs. However, Llyod quickly blocked the attack, using his skills.


    {Heavy Swing}!


    "CLANG!" The sounds from the clashes of the sword and the fangs made the air vibrate and gushed out. Llyod''s ebony greatsword could only blocked it but it does no damage to the fangs. However, since Llyod''s strength is really high, he could withstand its power.


    As the blue serpent was distracted by Llyod, Ryth immediately saw the chance and shouted, "Attack its belly! Only those special material weapons can attack the scales physically!"


    "Understood!" Llyod and Hill shouted.


    Ryth''s swords glowed with blue light, and he disappeared.


    "Llyod, switch!"


    {Starry Night}!


    -2703


    -2425


    -1765


    "SHAAA!" the big serpent screamed angrily as it swung its tail towards Ryth.


    Ryth jumped over its tail, avoiding the attack and activated his skill {Deflect}. The skill helped him moved around its tail in the air fluidly. And he immediately activated another skill.


    {Cut}!


    The three swords cut through the big serpent scale.


    -2352


    After the attack, Ryth safely landed on the ground and hurriedly step back, switching with Llyod to block the blue serpent.


    Ryth turned to Azalea. "Azalea! Go attack the serpent with a Lightning element magic type!" he instructed.


    "Ehhh¡­! But I can only use water and wind elements! I don''t concentrate much on my magic spells since its only my second job," Azalea said, flustered.


    "Then, can you make a solid water barrier? like a floating, flat, simple one?"


    "Yeah, sure, I guess."


    "Great!" Ryth exclaimed. "On my call, attack it first with your wind element magic! After that, you can cast the barrier!"


    "Okay!" Azalea answered, concentrating on her casting.


    On the other side of the lake, just near Azalea, Hill keeps on shooting his arrows on the blue serpent''s vulnerable part, especially the broken scale which was hit by Ryth earlier.


    {Skull Piercer}!


    {Multi Arrows}!


    {Power Shot}!


    -15204


    -4423


    -3435


    -15640


    "SHAAA!" the big serpent screamed in pain. It turned to where Hill was and was about to attack him when a gushed of wind knocked it back.


    {Wind Gust!}


    -4305


    "BOOM!"


    The big serpent fell against the trees from across the lake, crushing them. As it struggled to get up, another wind crushed it right on its head.


    {Wind Piercer}!


    "BOOM!"


    -4450


    "Holy crap!" Ryth exclaimed in shock, his eyes widened. "She''s so strong! She should be at least level 35! If her magician class is only her second class¡­ imagine her skills as a swordswoman!"


    He narrowed his eyes. "Now, I''m getting more curious as to how did she end up being caught by those bandits," he murmured to himself.


    As the battle goes on, Llyod and Ryth moved together, running towards the blue serpent. Llyod activated all of his skills while Ryth imbued [Ryuujin''s Will] with his mana. He lifted his weapon up and when lighting appeared on the katana, Ryth instantly activated a skill.


    "Switch!"


    {Lightning Piercer}!


    "WUSH!"


    -3743


    (Paralyze)


    (Slow)


    "SHAA!"


    Its HP fell to 65% really quickly. With Azalea, Hill, and Llyod repeatedly attacking the blue serpent, giving it no chance to move, Ryth used the opportunity to use all of his basic skills as well.


    {Cut}!


    {Stab}!


    {Whirlwind}!


    "SLASH, SLASH, SLASH!"


    After Ryth''s {Whirlwind} ended, he lifted the two swords on his hands towards the big serpent, yellow lights glow on the three swords.


    {Stream of Light}!


    -1803


    -1942


    -992


    "SHAAA!" the duration of paralyze effect had wore off. The blue serpent was getting more furious as it swung its huge tail towards Ryth and Llyod.


    "Back off!" Ryth shouted.


    Llyod had back off before Ryth shouted.


    Once the both of them were in a safe spot, Ryth activated his {Deflect} skill and he jumped to avoid the blue serpent''s tail when it was about to hit him. He then activated another skill in the air.


    {Half Moon}!


    "SLASH!"


    -3712


    Azalea launched her attacks as well.


    {Wind Blade}!


    {Wind Spear}!


    "BOOM!"


    After he avoided the big serpent''s tail attack, Llyod advanced.


    {Heavy Swing}!


    {Heavy Cut}!


    Hill attacked it with all of his skills as well. The big serpent HP dropped quickly to 50%.


    "SHAAA!" the serpent let out a screech, text boxes appeared above everyone''s heads.


    (Dizzy)


    (Duration 3 seconds)


    Ryth got dizzy all of a sudden. It''s like the world seems to be spinning around. He touched his head, trying to stabilized his mind.


    "Ugh!"


    "Hang in there!" shouted Daedalus.


    The serpent launched an attack towards Ryth and just when its fangs was about to bite Ryth, Ryth had regained his normal state, a blue light covered his body. He immediately activated {Deflect} as he twisted around to avoid the attack.


    After he had avoided the attack, he activated another skill.


    {Hedgehog}!


    Ryth jumped and did a front flip. The swords radiated with yellow lights as it slashed at the serpent''s neck.


    -5405


    "SHAAA!"


    -------------


    {Hedgehog}


    Level 1


    (Troika Class)


    The swords will glow with yellow lights, the user will jump and spin once and slice the enemy with the three swords.


    Attack : Weapons'' attack multiplied by 5


    Effect :


    Bleed 2% of remaining HP per second


    Duration : 5 seconds


    Requirements


    MP : 350


    Cooldown : 60 seconds


    ------------


    The serpent retreated as it cried in pain. Hill took the opportunity to shoot his arrow towards its right eye.


    {Skull Piercer}!


    "SHAAA!" the big serpent continued to scream in pain as it struggled to retreat. However, another incoming attack just landed on its huge lower body.


    {Wind Gust}!


    "BOOM!"


    When Ryth regained his conscious, he realized that the one who cancelled the effect was Azalea. She had casted a purify water element magic to him and the other two. She literally just saved their lives.


    Llyod quickly rushed towards the blue serpent, jumping up as he shouted.


    {Full Swing}!


    "SHAAAA!"


    Hill also doesn''t waste time and repeatedly shoot his arrows, without fail.


    Its HP quickly fell to 30%.


    It was then the serpent saw Azalea behind the three of them, casting. It seems to realized that it was Azalea''s cast that helps to debuff the effect. It slithered quickly towards the girl, hissing in anger. It then let out a stream of water, like a dragon breathe out fire.


    Llyod and Hill became anxious when they saw that the serpent had changed its target to Azalea.


    Azalea''s face turned pale as well. This is because she doesn''t have any strong defensive spell that could help her in this attack, other than her water barriers. If she have her sword, she might be able to stand on her own.


    As the serpent keeps attacking her, Azalea could only keep up with her water barriers, which were broken one by one.


    Just as an attack were about to hit her, a shadow appeared in front of her.


    Azalea blinked her eyes in surprise. The shadow in front of her was actually Ryth, who had used {Fast Steps} to get to her. He quickly opened a scroll and activated a skill.


    {Mana Shield}!


    A white colored mana ball covered them just as the water stream was about to hit them. The attack hit the shield, instead. However, the mana shield didn''t even budge an inch, not receiving any damage from the attack.


    Ryth looked back at Azalea and thanked her for earlier.


    Azalea blushed and nodded.


    She then looked at the mana shield around them. She was surprised to find that it is a high-level mana shield. She didn''t expect that Ryth could have this skill as backup.


    Azalea sighed inwardly as she thought, "I was planning to repay my debt to you with that debuff. And now, here you are saving me again¡­"


    Ryth turned back to face the serpent. After the water stream attack has failed to penetrate through the mana shield, the serpent tried to retreat back. However, Ryth was already furious because he had to used that rare scroll. "You will pay for forcing me to use that rare magic scroll," he hissed in anger.

 27 Blue Giant Lake Serpent 2

    "Azalea! Are you okay?" Ryth asked in concern.


    Azalea was still in shock by the scene in front of her until his question brings her back to reality. She blushed and awkwardly replied, "Ah, yes. I''m fine¡­"


    Ryth nodded as he turned back to the serpent in front of him. "Okay, good," he said. "We will need to finish off this serpent now. So, we need you to focus on damaging the serpent.


    And later, we will need your barrier spells. Just be alert and cast whenever you can," he continued.


    Azalea nodded, looking serious.


    Ryth sighed to himself. "Demn it. What a waste of that magic scroll¡­ Ahhhh whatever. Life is more important."


    He then shouted in the team chat. "Llyod! Lets go! We need to end this really fast! Hill, Azalea! Keep on attacking the serpent! Make sure to target its vulnerable parts!"


    "Understood!" Everyone answered in unison.


    Azalea immediately changed her position away from Ryth. This is to ensure that the serpent would not be able to launch any same kind of attacks in one go.


    Ryth quickly run towards the blue serpent, dodging the water attacks that the blue serpent spouted out. Llyod helped by attacking in front, making sure that the blue serpent does not get closer to them.


    The land around the area was all wet making movement on the grass difficult. Ryth had to focus his mana on his feet so that he won''t accidentally slip.


    Hill, crouching on one of the branches in the tree, repeatedly shoot arrows towards the serpent.


    -3242


    -3413


    Azalea casted her wind element magics as well.


    -3403


    -3252


    "SHAAA!" it swung its tail to Llyod.


    "BOOM!"


    Llyod was not able to avoid the swing attack on time and got thrown to the side, smashing against a big boulder. However, he was not fully hurt due to him blocking the attack with his greatsword. However, it also made the durability of his greatsword decreased by a lot.


    The blue serpent immediately slithered towards Llyod, ready to attack him.


    Ryth smirked at the serpent''s actions. "Did it just forget about me?" He then moved his sword to the right, activating a skill from the distance as he slashed [Vengeance] and [Ryuujin''s Will] diagonally.


    {Cosmic Vibes}!


    Ryth cut the air, making the two forces gushed out from the slashes. It then landed on the blue serpent before it could attack Llyod.


    "BOOM!"


    ----------------


    {Cosmic Vibes}


    Level 1


    (Troika Class)


    Two swords in hands will glow with yellow lights, the user will swing them diagonally and it will produce vibes to attack the enemy within 100 meters.


    Attack : Weapons'' attack multiplied by 5


    Effect :


    Knockback


    Requirements


    MP : 300


    Cooldown : 55 seconds


    ----------------


    "SHAAA!"


    It angrily turned to Ryth. It changed its direction and moved towards Ryth, letting out a water stream attack from its mouth.


    "WOOSH!"


    {Fast Steps} cooldown had already ended so he quickly activated it again, avoiding the attack. After avoiding it, Ryth quickly increase his speed towards the blue serpent.


    {Stream of Light}!


    The streak of lights suddenly surrounded the blue serpent, making it difficult to move as it struggled in the bind. With a scream of pain and anger, it lifted its huge tail and slammed it on the ground.


    "BOOM!"


    The small trees and rocks near the area went flying, due to the effect of the blue serpent''s tail attack.


    Ryth had already jumped back to avoid the tail attack before it had happened. However, Llyod who was still leaning against the boulder, tried to stood up but was blown again further, knocking against a large tree.


    Hill grabbed on the branch he was crouching on while Azalea grabbed onto a nearby tree to avoid being blown away, as well.


    "Are you okay, Llyod?!" Ryth shouted in concern.


    "Ugh! Cough! I''m fine."


    Ryth heaved a sigh of relief.


    He then turned to Hill and Azalea and found that the both of them were alright. It seems that they are ready to attack the serpent again.


    {Wind Gust}!


    {Wind Spear}!


    {Wind Piercer}!


    "BOOM!"


    {Skull Piercer}!


    {Multi Arrows}!


    "Stab, Stab!"


    -12524


    -3232


    -2423


    Llyod carefully stood up and posed an offensive stance. He then jumped forward, activating his skill.


    {Ground Splitter!}


    "BOOM!"


    -12422


    Llyod attacked the serpent, targeting its vulnerable areas.


    The serpent screamed in pain.


    "SHAAA"!


    Its HP gradually fell, it hit 15% mark.


    As it weakens, the serpent began to realized that it could not win against Ryth and his group. It tried to retreat back to safety.


    "It''s trying to escape!" Hill shouted.


    "Azalea, any skill that might stop it from escaping?" Ryth asked as he chased after the blue serpent.


    Azalea shook her head. "I don''t!"


    Ryth sighed. "Never mind," he said, as he activated {Fast Steps}. His body glowed with white lights while his weapon, [Vengeance] glowed with dark green light.


    {Unleashed}!


    +50 STR


    +50 AGI


    {Beyond the Boundary}!


    (AGI and STR status rose by 70%!)


    "WUSH!"


    Power gushed from Ryth''s body as his AGI and STR increaser. {Fast Steps} became even faster than before.


    Ryth then shouted, "Azalea! Make as many solid flat water barriers around the serpent! Just randomly place it up in different places!"


    "Eh?!" Azalea was confused but then she hurriedly replied, "O-okay!"


    She began chanting, and suddenly, many water barriers appeared, floating in the air near the big serpent.


    The blue serpent was getting closer to the lake as it began to retreat.


    Ryth quickly jumped towards the nearest barrier, his swords began to radiate blue lights as he activated his skill.


    {Starry Night}!


    "SLASH, SLASH, SLASH!"


    Ryth jumped to the other barriers, one after another as he slashed the big serpent with his swords.


    Lines blue light sparkled in the air, it was really an amazing view to see.


    "SHAAA!"


    "Eh?! He just used my barriers as his stepping stones?!" Azalea exclaimed in shock. Never did she expected that this kind of movement can be used as a support for offensive attacks.


    Llyod and Hill who were watching from afar were looking proud and amazed at the same time. They were so proud at seeing how their Lord has become very skilled and talented when it comes to strategy and movements.


    When the blue lights slowly disappeared, Ryth quickly jumped to the highest barrier that Azalea. He then jumped backwards as he activated another skill in the air.


    {Hedgehog}!


    -22102


    "SHAAA!"


    The blue serpent''s HP fell to 0 instantly. With Ryth''s strength and agility exceeding 100 points, his attacks soared leaps and bounds. The blue serpent fell to the ground with a loud "BOOM!" sound.


    +350.000 EXP


    Ryth sheathed back his swords and went down using the barriers.


    Azalea was in a daze as she saw Ryth from the distance.


    She knew that this man must have a lot of battle experiences since he also know about the characteristic of magic. If not, how did he know about that how you could use the barriers as stepping stones?


    Azalea was also excited at the same time because as a swordswoman, what Ryth had shown during this battle was amazing. She can also make use of these insights as her way of learning. Especially in a group battle.


    Both Llyod and Hill walked towards Ryth, who was standing beside the corpse of the blue serpent.


    Llyod patted Ryth on the shoulder as he complimented, "That was amazing! When I saw those blue lights forming that many lines in the air. I was mesmerised that I forgot about my wounds for a moment."


    Hill stood beside Ryth and asked, "Are you alright, my lord?"


    Ryth smiled in assurance as he wiped the blue blood of the serpent on his clothes. "Yeah, I''m good."


    When Azalea reached the three of them, Ryth looked over and thanked her. "Thanks again for your help in this battle."


    Azalea nodded. "No problem."


    Ryth gestured at the corpse and said, "We will take the loots first while you can rest under those trees over there." He then took a bottle of water from his bag and passed it to Azalea. "Here you go. You can have this."


    Azalea was hesitant at first.


    Ryth then realized what''s the problem and said awkwardly, "Uh, don''t worry. There''s nothing suspicious about this drink."


    He took the bottle back from her and drank some without touching the rim of the bottle with his lips. "See? There''s nothing," he assured her.


    Azalea felt ashamed for suspecting his good will towards her and accepted back the bottle of water from him. "Thank you."


    "No problem." Ryth waved his hand, indicating that it''s not a big deal.


    Azalea walked to the nearest big tree and rest while the three of them began to loot the blue serpent''s corpse.


    "WUHUU! This is great! I could make another special material equipments from its fang and scale! Ku ku ku!"


    Ryth jumped in shocked.


    "Demmit, Daedalus! Don''t suddenly shout in my head! I know you''re excited but calm down!" Ryth scolded.


    "Ku ku ku! Sorry!"


    Ryth drawn out {Ryuujin''s Will} and cut its fangs.


    (Blue Giant Lake serpent''s Fangs)


    (Special Material)


    +2


    (Added to the inventory)


    Llyod and Hill took the scales from the corpse and pass it to Ryth.


    (Blue Giant Lake Serpent''s Scales)


    (Special Material)


    +10


    (Added to inventory)


    "Hmmm¡­ Seems like there are still many scales I can pick out from its body. I should get as many I can," Ryth mused to himself.


    "Well, I guess these loots can compensate for that magic scroll," Ryth whistled happily.


    After some time, they have finally finished with their looting. By that time, it was already late afternoon.


    Ryth and the other two walked towards Azalea, who was resting underneath the shade of the tree. Ryth then said to her, "Lets go. We will be heading back to the Dark Elves village."

 28 Back To The Village

    Lyod and Hill walked over to Ryth and Azalea.


    Llyod smiled down at Azalea and said, "Wow, Miss Bryhana! You were incredible!"


    Azalea was surprised by the sudden praise that she blushed furiously. "Ah, uhmm¡­ Not really," feeling a bit embarressed.


    Ryth bowed down in gratitude at Azalea. "Yes, you really helped us a lot. I thank you."


    Azalea waved her hands in an agitated motion. "No, no!" she said, with a troubled look on her beautiful face. "Its nothing much! You helped me alot too!"


    Ryth turned to Llyod and Hill and said, "You guys go ahead first."


    Llyod and Hill nodded their heads.


    Hill walked up front but Llyod slowed down his pace. He then turned to give Ryth a smile and a thumbs up.


    Ryth sighed as he watched them go. "What the heck is this guy thinking?" he thought.


    He turned to Azalea. "Okay, lets go."


    Azalea nodded her head. "Okay."


    The two of them began to walk behind Hill and Llyod, a little further back.


    Ryth scratched the back of his head awkwardly as he tries to open a topic. "So¡­." he began slowly. "Do you know anyone from the Dark Elves Tribe?"


    Azalea peeked at him and then lowered her head, blushing. "Mhm¡­ kinda," she said. She felt that she could trust Ryth. He hasn''t been trying to do anything to her. So, its probably alright to lower her guard around him a bit.


    Ryth nodded. "I see¡­" he then continued. "Well, we will be arriving at the Dark Elves Tribe sometime this evening if we hurry."


    "Okay, Mr. Myrad."


    "Eh? Don''t be so formal, just call me Ryth." Ryth waved his hand. He then said awkwardly, "I mean, I guess I was too ahead of myself. I did call you by your first name when we were fighting that serpent. I apologize if I am too forward."


    Azalea hurriedly said while waving her hands. "O-ohhh no, you can just call me Azalea like before."


    "Oh... okay then." Ryth heaved a sigh of relief.


    They continued their walk for quite some time. Azalea and Ryth began to talk about the fight against the blue serpent earlier. Azalea became easier to talk with as she began to slowly open up. She grew more animated as she talked about the skills and techniques Ryth had used against the serpent.


    A couple of hours later, they finally entered the forest. Fighting off the smaller monster in the forest, Azalea became more accustomed to Ryth, Hill and Llyod''s teamplay.


    After hours of fighting in the forest, they finally got out of the forest and arrived at the entrance of the Dark Elves village. The guards at the entrance hurriedly greet Ryth and the other two.


    When they saw Azalea in their party, confusion can be seen in their faces. How did a High Elf end up together with these three men?


    Ryth originally wanted to level up and gain more experience, while waiting for the dark elves to sort up their matters. And now, they hurried back to the village because it seems like Azalea is in a hurry to reach the Dark Elves village. So, they decided to comply with Azalea''s request.


    Since Ryth already have all the necessary materials to make a new weapon, he thought maybe it is better to head to village then.


    They immediately went straight to the Chief house. Ryth wanted to talk to Fenar about Azalea.


    The guards who were guarding the Chief house looked surprised to see Azalea behind Ryth.


    Ryth knocked on the door and walked in when he heard Fenar''s voice to come in.


    Fenar stood up from his mat when he saw Ryth and the others walked in. "Ah, you are back, Mr. Myrad," he greeted.


    Ryth bowed and cupped his fists together. "Yes, we have just arrived at the village."


    "Do you have any busine-" Fenar couldn''t finish his sentence when he saw a high elf girl behind Ryth.


    "Miss Azalea!" Fenar exclaimed in surprise.


    Ryth cocked an eyebrow at the greeting. Seems like they know each other, indeed. Hill and Llyod looked at each other in surprise too.


    Azalea slightly bowed in respect and said softly, "Greetings, Chief Fenar. Its been awhile since we''ve last met."


    Fenar bowed back. "Ah, yes! Long time no see," he greeted. "But why are you here, Miss Azalea?" he asked, confused.


    Azalea sighed. "Um, yes. But can I meet with Lady Elsa first, Chief Fenar?" she requested, looking awkward.


    Fenar nodded his head.


    He then turned to one of the guards, standing beside him. "Please call for Lady Elsa to come over," he said.


    "Yes!"


    The guard immediately went out of the house to call for Lady Elsa.


    Few minutes later, Lady Elsa came, with the same guard behind her. When she saw Azalea in the room, she looked quite surprised.


    Azalea quickly rushed over to Lady Elsa''s side and hugged her.


    Lady Elsa rubbed Azalea''s head and asked, "What happened? Why are you here, my dear? Are you alright?"


    Azalea nodded, closing her eyes as she continued hugging Lady Elsa. "Yes, Lady Elsa. I am fine." She then turned back and looked at Ryth and the others. "These gentlemen helped saved me earlier."


    Lady Elsa blinked her beautiful eyes and said to them, "I thank you for saving this girl," bowing in respect.


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    Optional Quest Completed


    Rescue Operation.


    Save the kidnapped elf from the bandits.


    Reward : +300.000 EXP


    -----------------


    His EXP bar soared to 90%.


    But Ryth ignored the announcement. He felt awkward, seeing Lady Elsa bowing her head to him. "Eh, its no problem! Please rise your head," he said quickly, trying to make Lady Elsa lift her head. "Azalea also helped us with the fight."


    "Oh?" Fenar said in surprise. "Mr. Myrad, you help saved Miss Azalea, is it?"


    Azalea nodded, releasing Lady Elsa. "Yes, he did. I will explain what had happened earlier on."


    Ryth scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Ahh¡­" he said slowly. "Should we go? We will return back to our house if you need some privacy."


    Azalea shook her head. "No, you can stay and listen."


    Azalea already had a good impression of Ryth after he had saved her from the bandits. She believed in his good intentions. And from the way he had interacted with the Chief and also to the other elves, she knew that these humans are good people and she can fully trust them.


    Fenar gestured to the guards to wait outside to give them privacy. Now, the only people left in the room were Lady Elsa, Chief Fenar, Ryth, Hill, Llyod and Azalea.


    Once everyone has settled down on the mat, sitting on a circle, Azalea began to talk how she got caught by the bandits. She talked about how her mother had passed away a long time ago and that her father was the High Elf Tribe''s Chief. He was her only family left. But then, her father suddenly died, making her the new Chief of the High Elf Tribe.


    She was mourning over the death of her father. It was so sudden. She did not know the details of how he suddenly died but she had her suspicions.


    A month of mourning, her ambitious uncle came knocking on her door, trying to force her to marry him. Marriages between close families are common when it comes to the race of Elves. However, Azalea rejected his proposal because she still suspects that her uncle has a hand to her father''s death. Problem was that she has no evidence nor proof.


    A day after she rejected her uncle''s proposal, late at night, her house was ambushed by many men in black hoods. All of her guards were killed and her personal team of guards were injured. But they managed to help her escape. She tried to help blocked the chaser but they pushed her further to safety.


    She somehow managed to escape from her chasers, a couple of days later. Running nonstop for days, Azalea became more tired. Her stamina began to run out from running and hiding.


    However, her bad days continued on when she suddenly encountered a group of bandits in the forest. She was already weak from the fights and the running when she met up with them.


    A group of 25 bandits were too much for her to fight. After minutes fighting with them, they saw an opportunity when she made a mistake and got captured by them.


    It was a few days later when they encountered Ryth and the others. She was finally saved by them.


    Present time.


    Lady Elsa patted Azalea on the hand, as she sat next to her. "I see¡­ You have experienced a lot, my dear."


    Azalea put her head on Lady Elsa''s shoulder and hugged her. "Mhmm¡­" she murmured softly as tears started to fall from her beautiful eyes.


    "Don''t hold back," Lady Elsa said, concerned. "Just let out all your feelings now. You''re safe now."


    Ryth hung his head. "Azalea is such a strong woman... seems like Lady Elsa is like a mother figure to her," he mused thoughtfully. "Guess meeting up with Lady Elsa can put her heart at ease. She can finally cry out her sorrows now."


    "What a despicable man! This world is filled with bastards such as your stepbrother and her uncle! Making a beautiful girl like that suffered! What a scumbag!" Daedalus said in anger.


    Fenar touched his forehead with his index finger and his thumb, he said. "I didn''t expect that the situation there has become terrible," he paused for a bit and turned to Azalea, "You can stay here, Miss Azalea."


    "I actually already heard about the news of your father''s death. And you, being the new Chief of the High Elves Tribe," Fenar said. "But I didn''t know that your uncle had anything to do with your father''s sudden death."


    He then turned towards Lady Elsa and said, "Elsa, let Miss Azalea stay with you for the time being. Will that be alright with you?"


    "Yes, chief." Lady Elsa nodded.


    Azalea sniffed as she brushed away the tears from her eyes. "Thank you for listening. And I apologize if I make you all uncomfortable."


    "It''s okay," said Ryth, waving away her apology.


    Azalea nodded. She then turned to Fenar and asked, "Can you help me?"


    Fenar looked slightly surprised at her request and nodded. "Of course, we can," he said slowly. "However, we already promised Mr. Myrad to help him as well¡­"


    Ryth frowned thoughtfully and then shook his head. He turned to Fenar as well and said, "Ah, that should be alright. We can postpone our plans for now. Lets help her first."


    Azalea and the others were surprised. "Is that really okay with you, Ryth?" she asked nervously.


    Fenar and Lady Elsa turned to Azalea in unison. "Eh? Ryth?" they said, surprised. They already call each other by their first names?


    Fenar quickly turned to Ryth. "Are you sure, Mr. Myrad?" he asked, worried.


    Ryth nodded. "Yes, it should be fine." He turned to Azalea. "We will help you. But we will seek your help as well once we are done with your matters," he said.


    Azalea jumped up in happiness as she grabbed Ryth''s hands. "Thank you, thank you!" she said, "Yes, I promise to help you!" with her face close to his.


    Ryth began to look mesmerized by her beautiful eyes and said, "Uh¡­ yeah¡­ Its a promise then." He quickly cleared his throat, feeling so shy suddenly.


    Azalea immediately dropped his hands when she saw his red face and said awkwardly, "Haha¡­ okay¡­"


    Ryth felt this is a good way to recruit more strong parties in his party. He will help Azalea first then he can get her help in return.


    Azalea was still sad, but her expression was so much better than before.


    Lady Elsa turned her head towards Fenar and said. "We will be going to my home, she need to rest."


    "Yes, I understand," Fenar nodded. He turned to Ryth. "Again, I thank you for saving Miss Azalea."


    "It''s alright, we only did what needs to be done." Ryth smiled, "We will taking our leave as well, Chief Fenar." He cupped his hands.


    "Yes, rest well, Mr. Myrad, Mr. Hill, and Mr. Llyod." Fenar nodded and cupped his hands.


    Ryth and his teammates went back to their assigned house where Ryth took a bath, ate dinner, and went straight to his room.


    "Daedalus, tomorrow you will make a weapon for me."


    "Oh? With that rare materials?"


    "Yeah. And I want to give Azalea a new sword too. She might need it and the most important thing is, it might cheer her up."


    "Eh? Cheer her up? Falling for her, I see."


    "What are you talking about?" Ryth retorted, "I just thought that she might need a new weapon.


    And since she will be helping us later in the future, this might help her a lot in battle." Ryth paused, and then continued, "Although she was smiling earlier on, she must still be feeling very sad right now. And with that new weapon, she can train with it and forget about her sadness and sorrow."


    "Hmm... suspicious... but, okay, then! Ku ku ku!"

 29 New Quests

    The next morning, the sun just rose up the horizon with clouds spreading out with an ethereal glow.


    Ryth woke up, stretching his arms over his head. He ignored the loud voice of Daedalus, who was chattering non-stop, telling him to wake up.


    Ryth did his daily routine of changing his clothes and bandages, going for a run and so forth. After he had done with his shower, he went straight to the kitchen where Llyod and Hill had finished preparing foods for breakfast.


    They ate in complete silence, the three of them lost in their own thoughts. Ryth was recalling his battle from yesterday, already thinking ways to improve.


    After an hour of eating their breakfast, Ryth was about to make some weapons when someone knocked on their door.


    Ryth walked over to the front door and saw an elf standing outside. It was one of the elf who guards the Chief House.


    The guard bowed down and greeted, "Good morning, Mr. Myrad." he then stood up straight and continued, "Lady Elsa has requested for your presence together with the other two men to her house this morning."


    Ryth raised his eyebrows. "Lady Elsa? What does she want from me?" he asked, curious.


    The guard shook his head. "I''m not sure, Mr. Myrad. She only said to bring you over. She will explain later once you get there."


    Ryth nodded in understanding. "Alright, just give me a moment." He then continued, "Why don''t you come inside to wait?"


    The guard shook his head again. "Thank you, Mr. Myrad but no. I will just wait outside here," he refused politely.


    "Okay, then."


    Few minutes later, Ryth and the other two followed behind the guard on their way to Lady Elsa''s House. Once arrived, the guard knocked on the door and stand aside for Ryth and the others to go through.


    Hearing Lady Elsa''s voice to tell them to come in, Ryth and the others walked in to find Lady Elsa and Azalea sitting on a couch.


    Lady Elsa stood up to greet them. "Ah, you''re here. Good morning."


    She then swept her hand over to the other couches. "Come, have a seat," she invited.


    Ryth nodded his thanks and sat down. Llyod sat down next to Ryth while Hill sat down on an armchair, near Ryth.


    Ryth looked over at Azalea and said, "Good morning, Azalea. How are you feeling today?"


    Azalea blushed prettily, not knowing why she suddenly feel so shy and said softly, "Good morning, Ryth. I''m feeling better, thank you."


    Lady Elsa was wearing her usual black robe, which emits a powerful aura, giving her a look of a seasoned witch. Azalea, on the other hand, was wearing a simple plain black t-shirt and a long black tights. She looked beautiful, despite the dark colours. In fact, it only made her looked younger.


    Ryth nodded in acknowledgement and turned to Lady Elsa. "So, may I know know why you are calling me here?" he asked, confused.


    "Ah, yes," Lady Elsa said. "This is about Azalea''s father. I suppose I should call Chief Fenar, Woodgard and Tregnar here. They should also know about this matter. But seems like they have other duties to deal with. So, it doesn''t matter. I will inform them later on."


    Ryth nodded. "Alright, but may I ask a question first?" he asked.


    "Of course, what is it?"


    "What is your relationship with Azalea? The both of you seemed close to each other."


    "Oh, that?" Lady Elsa said. She did not expect this question from Ryth. She didn''t know he would be this curious. "I was her magic teacher back then."


    "Oh I see... that explains why she is so strong. She have you to teach her magic," Ryth smiled.


    "Haha, you are flattering me. I''m just an ordinary old witch," Lady Elsa giggled.


    "No, no, I really mean it." Ryth said as he waved his hand, "Right. So, lets get back to the topic. So, about Azalea''s father?"


    "Ah, yes, it''s like I had said before, I want to tell you something regarding Azalea''s father."


    Ryth looked serious as he asked, "What is it?"


    "I had already told Azalea about this yesterday, but I need to tell you from the start..."


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    Few months ago


    Elsa was walking around the High Elf Village. She had something to do in the High Elf Village, so she decided to take this opportunity to visit Azalea, her former magic disciple. But because she needed to hand some papers to Azalea''s uncle urgently, she went straight to his house, instead.


    It was already late afternoon. The sun was about to set, the wind blows through the trees, giving a windy atmosphere. The afternoon was pleasant.


    She had walked for a couple of minutes when she saw Azalea''s uncle walked into the deep forest. Not wanting to shout his name because it would not look ladylike, she decided to just follow him.


    It was already over 6pm when she finally catch up to him, deep in the woods. But when Elsa was about to call for him, a man in a black hood suddenly appeared in front of Wildan, Azalea''s uncle.


    Elsa could sense a dangerous aura from the man wearing that black hood. She quickly hide behind one of the large trees, retracting and hiding her aura, trying to make herself hidden.


    "You are here, sir Wildan," said the man, wearing the black hikd.


    "Yes, just like what we had agreed on."


    "Are you sure, though? He is your elder brother, right?"


    "Heh, he''s just a coward who loves peace."


    "Haha! Well, we will help you gain the position of the Chief and in return, you will help us in wedging war against those filthy humans."


    Elsa covered her mouth in shocked, her eyes opened wide, "Is he trying to plotted against the chief?!" she thought.


    "Yes, don''t worry about that. Here''s hus schedule. I will leave it to you to come up with a plan." Wildan handed a bunch of papers to the black hooded man.


    "Don''t worry, it shall be done." The black hooded man nodded his head as he accepted the papers.


    Wildan revealed a wicked smile, as he turned away and headed back to the direction of the village. The man in black opened his hood to place the paper in his inside pocket. And that''s when Azalea saw a unique symbol on his chest. A red snake symbol.


    "Red Phyton!" Elsa couldn''t believe her eyes. The Red Phyton was a terrorist organization. Its an extremist organization who use violence to uphold their so called ''Justice''. These guys are insane to the bone.


    After he put the paper to his pocket, the black hooded man disappeared instantly.


    Wildan was walking near the area Elsa was hiding, he mumbled, "I''m sure I could have sense someone just now... but it seems like it''s nothing.." He stretch his neck left and right then continued walking.


    Elsa hold her breath. She had already changed her hiding place so she could only maintain her skill to make herself undetectable for awhile


    After Wildan had disappeared from her sight, she hurriedly ran towards the village.


    "I have to tell Chief Hagwin!"


    However, when she arrived at the village, she was contemplating whether she should meet with Chief Hagwin or Elder Wildan for the papers.


    She then decided to meet Elder Wildan to check up on him. She immediately went over to Elder Wildan''s house to hand over the papers.


    However, when she arrived there, it seems like Elder Wildan had gone to Elder Selanar.


    "Elder Selanar?! Is he involved in the plot as well?!" she thought to herself, "Seems like I can''t trust anyone at this rate. What if there are other spies near Chief Hagwin¡­?"


    Elsa quickly masked her shocked expression and put on a serene look. "I see...oh well, I''m just here to pass these reports to him. Would you pass my greetings to him?"


    "Ah okay, Lady Elsa." The guard received the papers and bowed.


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    Present day


    "So that''s what happened..." Ryth put his palm together as he touched his chin with the tips of his fingers.


    "This will be a tough battle... but we do have evidence, though." Daedalus said.


    "I tried to go to his house at night, but it seemed impossible to meet up with the Chief back then... too many people surround him, and they won''t let me see him in private." Lady Elsa paused for a bit and continued, "I wanted to tell Chief Fenar before, but the monster flood before made me very busy... I''m sorry, Azalea."


    "It''s okay..."


    "So, how do we fight against him?"


    "We will reveal my memories and previous sight as the evidence. However, we need the [Crystal of Truth]. That item can only reveal what''s in our memories and deemed them as the truth and it will project them to the audience.


    So, they have no way to claim that we are showing a fake memories. But then again, we don''t have the crystal at the moment. We need to look for it first, " instructed Lady Elsa.


    "I see..."


    Azalea turned her head towards Ryth and bowed. "And that is why I am here, as well. I need your help to get that item. Will you help us? I understand that we have asked too much this time but I beg you!" Azalea pleaded, her voice trembled and tears in her eyes.


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    Side Quest


    [Crystal of Truth]


    Help Azalea and Elsa obtain the rare [Crystal of Truth].


    Reward : 500.000 EXP


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    Optional Quest


    Azalea''s sadness


    Help Azalea find justice for her father and take back her position as the Chief.


    Condition : Expose Elder Wildan for his wicked crimes.


    Reward :


    Azalea join your party.


    800.000 EXP


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    "New quests!" Daedalus exclaimed in excitement.


    "Yeah, I know."


    "Don''t worry, we will help you, Azalea." Ryth smiled at her.


    Azalea didn''t know why, but Ryth''s smile put her heart at ease and she started crying, "Tha-thank you...Ryth."


    "No problem." Ryth took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and handed it to the crying Azalea.

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    So... guys.


    Due to Eid Mubarak, I have to visit my grandma for like a week. The problem is... her house is in the middle of nowhere, there''s no signal nor internet whatsoever. So I couldn''t post a chapter.


    When I get back, I will post the chapter like usual.


    I''m sorry, but I hope you guys understands.


    Thank you.


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 31 Starry Nigh

    Ryth said goodbye to Lady Elsa and Azalea, and then, he headed straight to the smithing place, but Hill and Llyod headed back to the assigned house. Llyod had already handed his sword and armor to Ryth to fix.


    When he arrived at the smithing place, Mr. Har was currently working on the workbench. Ryth greeted him and then asked for his permission to use the smithing place to make new weapons. At first, Mr. Har wanted to help Ryth, but Ryth said that he didn''t want to disturb him. So Mr. Har said okay to Ryth.


    "Daedalus, I want you to make a long sword and a short sword."


    "Oh? The short one is for Miss Azalea?"


    "No, the short one is for me, the long will be hers."


    "Why?"


    "Nothing in particullar, I just want a shorter sword to bite. You know, it''s much more convenient that way, and it will be lighter."


    "Well, okay, then!"


    Daedalus controlled Ryth body to make the new weapons and fixing Llyod''s gears. When he''s done, it''s already over 2 PM.


    "Wow, this sword looks beautiful!"


    "I know, right? Ku ku ku!"


    The short sword''s lenght was half of [Vengeance] and [Ryuujin''s Will], its grip was colored in black, the sword itself was colored in blue with black line in the center.


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    [Blue Heart]


    A powerful short sword made of The Blue Giant Lake Serpent''s Fang.


    Attack : 300


    Durability : 200/200


    It can only be fixed and upgraded with special creature''s materials.


    Requirements :


    STR : 35


    Effect :


    The user will have 30% resistance to opponent''s debuff skills


    Duration : 3 seconds


    Immune


    Will have 30% resistance against water type attacks


    Active Skill :


    {Heal}


    Heal the user gradually during battle.


    Duration : 2 minutes.


    Requirements


    MP : 200


    Cooldown : 10 minutes


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    "It''s skills are very useful. Good job Daedalus!"


    "Ku ku ku! Take a look at the other one as well!"


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    [Blue Soul]


    A powerful long sword made of The Blue Giant Lake Serpent''s Fang.


    Attack : 300


    Durability : 200/200


    It can only be fixed and upgraded with special creature''s materials.


    Requirements :


    STR : 35


    Effect :


    The user will have 30% resistance to opponent''s debuff skills


    Duration : 3 seconds


    Immune


    Will have 30% resistance against water type attacks


    Active Skill :


    {Rain Dance}


    Made 6 slashes with water attribute attacks in a very high speed.


    Attack: Multiplied the weapon''s attack by 4 (Multiplied by 6 if the opponent is weak against water attribute attack)


    MP: 150


    Cooldown : 10 minutes


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    The blue long sword was very elegant, with white line on from the tip to the grip. The grip was painted in white.


    "I had already enchanted them with the two left grand soul stones. Ku ku ku! And I thought, since Azalea''s second job is a mage, she must has quite high INT points, so I added this active skill."


    "Good job, Daedalus." Ryth smiled as he took the two new swords inside his inventory.


    Ryth wiped the sweat on his forehead, he started preparing to head back to his assigned house. He greeted Mr. Har and thank him first before leaving the smithing place.


    He walked down the path, many of the dark elves greeted him with a smile on their faces, Ryth greeted them back as he waved his hands towards them.


    The atmosphere was really quiet, the wind blows slowly really made the people''s hearts at ease. It was a peaceful noon. With the big trees covered them, it''s not a hot mid days at all.


    Ryth finally arrived at his assigned house, he went straight to the kitchen, and he saw there was a note on the table from Hill and Llyod that they were gone to help Woodgard and Tregnar with their things, and also they wrote that his lunch was already being prepared and he could eat it anytime.


    "Ku ku ku! They are very caring towards you."


    "Well, I''m grateful that they are on my side." Ryth grinned and ate his lunch. After he was done, he took a bath because he was sweating a lot during the smithing process, and then he went to his room to take a nap.


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    "My lord, the dinner is ready."


    Llyod''s voice from outside of his room woke Ryth up, Ryth stood up from his bed, "Yes, thank you. I will be there in a minute."


    When Ryth arrived at the living room, he greeted Llyod and Hill, they ate their dinner together. After they were done, they talked a bit for quite a while about what they were helping Woodgard and Tregnar with, and Ryth also handed over Llyod''s equipments that he had already fixed at noon.


    Ryth told them that he would go to Lady Elsa''s house to meet with Azalea and also to test his new sword. Hill only nodded his head while Llyod grinned and then gave Ryth two thumbs up.


    Ryth touched his forehead, went to his room to grab his bag and he walked to the outside.


    It was already 7 PM when Ryth went outside, the fireflies filled flying under the trees, the moon was blocked by the clouds and trees, so it''s pretty dark outside. But the torches lit up on the side path lighten the night.


    Ryth arrived at Lady Elsa house, he knocked the door, "Excuse me."


    A beautiful voice rang from inside, "Yes! Wait a minute!"


    After a minute of wait, the door opened up, "Oh, Mr. Myrad. What''s the matter? Please come in." Lady Elsa greeted Ryth as she let Ryth come inside.


    "Hello, good evening Lady Elsa." Ryth slightly bowed and continued, "I just want to meet Azalea, is she inside?"


    "Ohh..." Lady Elsa touched her lower lips, "She''s not here, probably she''s on the back of my house, below the tree. She''s been training this whole day, after she ate dinner, she went back outside."


    "Oh, okay, I will go there. Thank you, Lady Elsa." Ryth bowed his head and walked to the ladder.


    Lady Elsa glared at Ryth''s back as she thought. "Why is he wants to meet her? Is there something important?" Lady Elsa paused for a second, she heaved a long breath, "But maybe, talking to someone the same age with her will cheer her up."


    Ryth slowly climbed down the ladder, and when his feet landed on the ground, he started walking to the back of the tree.


    "WUSH, WUSH!"


    The sounds of sword''s swings could be heard, Ryth followed the sounds as the clouds who were blocking the moon were gone, it shone brightly on a female who''s swinging her blade gracefully in the bask of light. Her short silver hair glowed beautifully as her golden eyes sparkling.


    Like the whole world paused for a moment. Ryth was in a daze for a second.


    "Hey, is that you, Ryth?"


    Ryth came back to reality as he scratched the back of his head, "Ah, yeah it''s me. Good evening, Azalea." Ryth waved his hand


    "Oh, so it''s really you... good evening too." Azalea smiled back to him.


    "Ah, she''s indeed really beautiful." Ryth turned his gaze to other things and said, "Do you have a moment? Can we talk for a bit? I have something for you."


    Azalea was confused, but then she nodded her head, "Uhm? For me?"


    Ryth opened up his bag, he pretend that he took out the sword from his bag and gave it to Azalea. "This is a new sword that I made this noon, give it a try." Ryth smiled to her.


    Azalea took the sword and unsheated it as she tried to weight it on her hands, "Woah, this is a beautiful sword... and it''s a good sword, the weight and the length are perfect too!"


    Ryth laughed, "Haha, of course!"


    "I will give it a try."


    "WUSH, WUSH, WUSH!"


    "Woah... this is a really good sword. I bet this was made from a rare material."


    "Yeah, I made it from the big serpent''s fang from before."


    "And you give it to me? Why?"


    "Well, I just thought it might cheer you up... and besides, you will need it in our up coming battle, right?"


    Azalea felt warm in her heart as her chest tighten up a bit when she heard that Ryth gave it to her to cheer her up. She bit her lips and asked, "Ah yeah... I need a good weapon."


    "Oi, partner... I know talking to a beauty is making you happy, but don''t forget about the active skill, tell her to try using it." Daedalus said to Ryth.


    "Ah, yeah! I forgot!" Ryth touched his forehead and said, "Azalea, there''s a special skill inside that sword, you can try activating it."


    "Oh? Okay... but how do it works?"


    "Just pour your mana to the sword, when it glowed with blue lights the technique will appear in your mind, and you just need to follow it later."


    "Mhm." Azalea took a fighting stance, Ryth walked a way a bit far from her, and said. "Now!"


    [Blue Soul] glowed with blue lights, bunch of scenes appeared in her mind, "Woah... I mastered it just like that? Now I know what is the skill that attached in this sword!". She lifted the sword towards and shouted.


    {Rain Dance}!


    She disappeared and 6 blue lines appeared as it slashed a big rock near them.


    "WUSH! SLASH, SLASH, SLASH!"


    The big rock fell to the ground, cutted to pieces. Azalea look at the sword in her hand, turned his head towards Ryth and said with a smile on her beautiful face. "Woaah! This is a powerful skill!"


    Ryth smiled as he walked towards her, "I''m glad you like it. It seems that I managed to cheer you a little bit."


    Azalea''s chest hurt a bit, she gripped her clothes with her left hand and said, "Ah, yeah... thank you, Ryth..."


    "No problem." Ryth waved his hands and turned to another big flat rock near them, "Want to talk with me for a bit?"


    Azalea turned her head and said, "Mhm."


    The big rock''s spot was in the open side, they could clearly see the stars from there. They walked to flat big rock and sat on it.


    "How is it? I mean, have you calmed down?"


    "Uhm... well, I think you already know that I train myself until night to busy myself so I don''t keep remembering my father''s death and what I''ve been through..."


    "Mhm, somewhat." Ryth paused for a moment and continued, "What about now?"


    She closed her eyes for a bit before replying. "I''m fine now, thank you."


    "You are welcome." Ryth said, he turned his gaze towards the starry sky and continued, "Isn''t the stars look beautiful?" Ryth smiled as he starred at the night sky.


    Azalea took a look at the sky for a second, and then turned to Ryth. She saw his smiling face, her heart sped up a bit, she said in a low voice. "Yeah, it really puts my heart at ease."


    Ryth couldn''t hear her completely, so he asked, "What? I can''t hear you properly."


    "Ah, the stars really put my heart at ease." She sat, with her knees raised up and her face on top of her knees, looking away from him, feeling shy.


    "Ohh, yeah I think so too." Ryth said, he turned his head towards her. he saw Azalea still facing away from him, the side of her face on top of her knees, hugging her legs. He thought, "Is she cold?"


    Azalea was only wearing a black t-shirt with a tight black trouser, so it must be quite cold for her, Ryth took out a jacket from his inventory and wrapped it on Azalea''s back. "If you feel cold, you should wear a jacket at least... it''s night after all."


    Azalea was a bit surprised by Ryth action, her face became red all the way to her ears, "Ah... yes... I forgot to bring a jacket with me."


    "Haha, so you can be a little bit clumsy at times." Ryth laughed.


    "No, it''s just, there are many things I''ve been thinking, so I kinda forget about the jacket part." Azalea replied, she still couldn''t turned to face Ryth.


    "Haha, yeah I know. I will help you, just don''t try to shoulder all of those things alone. You have me." Ryth stood up and turned towards her, "The others will help you too, so don''t be too hard to yourself."


    "Mhm." Azalea nodded her head, she revealed a smile, she could feel the warmth inside her heart.


    "Okay, I think we should head back. You need to rest too."


    "Okay." She nodded her head shyly.

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 39 Black Thunder Anubis

    "BOOM!"


    Its body turned black because of the {Ancient Dark Thunder Wrath} spell. Its eyes who were blood red before turned yellow.


    "I''ll KILL YOU ALL!" It suddenly disappeared. Ryth, with the help of [Eye of Daedalus] mana tracer mode could see where it was going, he hurriedly activated {Fast Steps} and appeared behind it before the anubis could launch an attack towards Llyod who was tired after his berserk skill effect had wore off, Ryth activated {Cut} to draw the anubis'' attention.


    "SLASH!"


    "Llyod, get back!" Ryth shouted as he fallback a few steps.


    The cut made the anubis turned towards Ryth, it lifted its spear and suddenly, a black lightning came out towards Ryth.


    "BZZZTTTT!"


    Because Ryth had just use the {Fast Steps} skill and {Deflect} couldn''t be use against spell, but he calmly stood there, he only wait, didn''t even try to avoid or block it. Suddenly, a tub form barrier surrounded his body, Lady Elsa cast it on him just in time.


    "BOOOM!"


    Lady Elsa cast another barrier to surround the anubis, the anubis tried to break it, but to no avail, it didn''t even bulge a bit.


    Lady Elsa began chanting as she formed a sign with her scepter in the air.


    The others distance theirselves from the anubis, Azalea also readied to chant, the archers readied their bows.


    A huge red circle appeared in the floor on where the anubis got trapped, and just when the barrier disappeared, Lady Elsa''s spell burst out from the circle.


    "WOOSH!"


    "AARGH!"


    "Wow! With the [Eye of Daedalus] mana tracer mode, I know that it''s a level 9 spell!" Daedalus exclaimed in excitement, like a kid seeing something new with their own eyes.


    "{Hell Flames} is really a powerful fire spell. But because the incantation was too long and its requirements were quite high, that''s why not many players use it in ''The Throne''. But Lady Elsa actually can cut the incantation time." Thought Ryth to himself as he smiled.


    When the flames disappeared, Azalea cast {Wind Gust} and the archers attacked at the same time.


    "WUSHH!"


    "SHU, SHU, SHU!"


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    -2324


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    Woodgard and Ryth advanced forward, didn''t give the anubis a chance to move from there.


    Woodgard appeared behind its back, while Ryth jumped from the side of the anubis, the two of them attacked it at the same time.


    {Backstab}!


    {Hedgehog}!


    "SLASH!"


    "GAARGH!" the anubis backed away, it lifted its spear towards Ryth and a black lightning came out from it.


    "BZZZT!"


    Ryth hurriedly activated {Fast Steps}, he avoided the lightning just by a hair and lifted [Vengeance] as it began glowing with dark green light.


    {Beyond the Boundary}!


    "WOSH!" Ryth''s body gushed with power, his AGI and STR rose up, but his speed was still inferior to the anubis since the anubis was level 40 with berserk skill activated.


    "Anyone who can use buff skill, cast it on me!" Ryth shouted in the voice team chat.


    "Yes!" the others shouted in unison as they began chanting their spells.


    "WUSH!" he ran forward towards the anubis, Ryth''s body glowed with lights as he lifted [Ryuujin''s Will] and [Vengeance].


    {Stream of Light}!


    "SLASH, SLASH!"


    "ARGH!" just when Ryth finished his skill, the anubis had already shorten their distance as the spear on its hand covered in black lightning, it thrust its spear towards Ryth.


    "CLANG!"


    "WUSH... BOOM!"


    "Ryth!" Azalea shouted.


    Ryth was sent flying and crashed on a big pillar. Although Ryth managed to block its attack with his swords, the power of the anubis was stronger because it use its {Thrust} and combined it with {Dark Storm} which enhanced the power and speed of the {Thrust} skill, so it could overpower Ryth.


    Ryth chuckled as he tried to stood up, "Tsk, I''m okay!"


    "Healers!" Lady Elsa shouted and then issued another order, "Everyone close your eyes!", her barrier spells was still on cooldown, therefore she couldn''t use it for the meantime. She hurriedly formed a sign in the air, "{True Light}!"


    A blinding light appeared in front of the anubis, it blinded it and restricted it from attacking as it covered its eyes in pain.


    ''Blind'' text box appeared above its head.


    "ARRGH!"


    Ryth had no time to relax, although his whole body still aches due to the pain, but he could only keep on fighting, because he has to make use of the buff skills to the fullest. He ran towards the anubis as his body glowed with golden lights from the healing spells.


    Woodgard appeared behind the anubis, he activated his {Stealth} and then use {Dual Stab}, but the anubis had readied its spear and blocked the upcoming attacks from Woodgard.


    "CLANG!" it lifted its spear and then swung it with the bottom of the spear towards Woodgard''s abdomen.


    "DANG!"


    Woodgard was sent flying, just as the anubis revealed a smile, Ryth appeared behind its back, he jumped and activated his skill.


    {Half Moon}!


    "SLASH!"


    The anubis gritted its teeth, it turned towards Ryth who had already gone, nowhere to be seen.


    Ryth had already turned to the left side while ducking, then slashed his swords again to the anubis'' right leg, blood gushed out from the attack, but Ryth keep moving, he spinned to face the back of the anubis'', he use his other skills.


    {Stab}!


    {Whirlwind}!


    "SLASH, SLASH!"


    "GAAARGH!"


    The anubis turned towards Ryth, launched its attacks, but Ryth could blocked all of it due to the help of the [Eye of Daedalus], they exchanged attacks endlessly.


    "CLANG, CLANG!"


    "Ryth! Backaway!" Azalea''s voice rang, Ryth hurriedly fallback, but the anubis'' didn''t let him go easily, it chased after him, but then, just when it wanted to rush towards Ryth, a circle appeared below its feet, preventing it from moving.


    {Gravity Field}!


    Followed by a heavy roar of wind, Azalea cast her {Wind Piercer}.


    "WUSH!"


    -4242


    Followed by the archers endless attacks, Hill led the archer to use all of their skills.


    {Skull Piercer}!


    {Multi Shot}!


    "AARGH!"


    Llyod who had already recovered from the backlash of his berserk skill join in the fray, just when the arrows stops attacking the anubis, Llyod had already shorten his distance. The {Gravity Field} spell duration had already over, without wasting time to give the anubis a chance to stood up, Llyod jumped and activated his {Full Swing} skill.


    "BOOM!"


    "GAARGH!"


    Llyod backed away, the anubis was still stuck on the ground, but another red circle appeared below it.


    {Fire Pillar}!


    "WOOSHH!"


    The DPS of the spell''s was outstanding. The text boxes appeared continously above its head.


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    -2312


    -2412


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    -2421


    The Lights on Ryth body disappeared, he felt that his whole body was in burden after that, but he keep his focus on the fight, he lifted [Ryuujin''s Will] to the air as his body glowed with blue light.


    {Unleashed}!


    He activated his other berserk skill, to keep him on par with the anubis'' speed and power.


    The anubis'' HP had already less than 10%. Ryth ran again towards the anubis, he shouted, "Azalea!"


    "Mhm!" she nodded as she lifted her hand and cast her {Waer Barrier} continously.


    "VUNG, VUNG, VUNG!" the sounds of barriers being made could be heard as many barriers appeared near the anubis.


    The anubis noticed this as it started to form a sign with its spear, but Hill didn''t let it finish it, she had already prepared to prevent it with his skill, {Cripple} stunned it for only 0.85 second but it was enough to make it vulnerable to Ryth''s attacks.


    Ryth''s swords glowed with lights, he activated {Stream of Light} as he jumped to the barrier.


    "WUSH... SLASH, SLASH!"


    When the {Stream of Light} ended, he hurriedly activated {Starry Night}.


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    -3214


    "AAARGH!"


    Llyod and Woodgard appeared behind the anubis'' just in time when Ryth''s attacks had ended. Ryth was still on top of a barrier, he sheated back {Ryuujin''s Will}, bit his left hand thumb and activated {Borrowed Soul}, another [Vengeance] appeared as he jumped from the barrier and activated his {Dual Slash} skill, while Llyod use {Heavy Swing} and Woodgard use {Dual Stab}.


    "SLASH, SLASH!"


    "ARGH!"


    Its HP fell drastically, Ryth, Llyod, and Woodgard fallback a few steps, and Azalea had already appeared near them as her [Blue Soul] gushed with blue light.


    {Rain Dance}!


    "SLASH, SLASH!"


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    -2321


    "RAAGH!"


    The anubis'' HP fell to 0 as its body fell to the ground with a boom sound.


    "Finally!" all of the archers and healers shouted in relief.


    Ryth, Llyod and Woodgard fell to the ground, they took a long breaths as they lay down on the floor, "That was really tiring..."'' Llyod said.


    "Yeah..." Ryth heaved a long breath as he sat on the ground, sheated back all of his swords and said, "Let''s rest first before we take the loots and the dungeon core."

 40 Going Back To Tango Fores

    After a few minutes of rest, they began to loot the body of the anubis.


    Ryth searched around for the reward chest, prying into the clothes, thinking, "Hmmm¡­ I


    I believe it should be around here somewhere." He began to recall the time he retrieved the reward back in ''The Throne''. He then walked to the corner of the room and saw something big behind the rubble. He pulled out a huge black chest.


    Ryth smiled widely as he pulled the chest in front of him. "There it is," he said excitedly. He could not wait to see what kind of loot he might find, other than the [Crystal of Truth].


    He pressed the button on the side of the chest and opened the lid.


    A golden light gushed out from inside of the chest. After the light vanished, Ryth took a peek inside. "Hmm¡­ Lets see¡­"


    He slowly opened the chest wider and took the first item out. It was an item used for forging. Other items included many ingots such as ebony. Ryth took them all out and put it inside his inventory.


    "Hmm... not bad, it''s slightly different with the loot that I got in ''The Throne''. But it''s still good." Thought Ryth to himself.


    "Partner, with this many ebony ingots, I can fix our equipments. Your luck is really out of this world! Ku ku ku!" laughed Daedalus.


    Ryth just laughed softly as he continued to take out another item.


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    {Mana Shield}


    Level 7


    Summon a powerful mana shield to protect the user from the opponents attacks.


    Duration : 5 seconds


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    "Oh? I got this magic scroll again!" Ryth''s eyes widened in surprise. He really have to thank his luck.


    He picked another item from the chest.


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    {Ancient Dark Thunder Wrath}


    Level 8


    Black Thunder fall from the sky, boost the user status by 70% of user''s max points.


    Duration : 1 minute


    Does stack with other berserk skill.


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    "Nice! These magic scrolls are great!" Ryth exclaimed in excitement.


    After he placed the scrolls into his inventory, Ryth picked the last loot from the chest, which was the [Crystal of Truth]. He then shouted to the others, "Everybody, I got the [Crystal of Truth], if you guys are ready, I''ll go and take the dungeon core!"


    "Okay!"


    10 minutes had passed and the team had already finished collecting the loot while the others walked over to the big chest.


    Ryth handed the [Crystal of Truth] to Lady Elsa and said, "Just as before, once I take the dungeon core, just follow my lead."


    "Yes, Mr. Myrad!"


    Ryth grabbed the core and shouted, "Let''s go!"


    They began to run. Ryth had already scanned the room beforehand to make sure that it''s the same as in ''The Throne''. There was a passageway for their escape. He led the team in escaping from the crumbling dungeon.


    Shortly after, they escape from the dungeon, Ryth had told the others to rest for a bit. This is because something unexpected happened along the way of their escape. There were many level 25 monsters, and although they were no threat to Ryth''s team, but inside a dungeon that would be destroyed in a matter of minutes, they had used all of their powerful skills to shorten the length of the battle. Hence, they had used quite large mana.


    Fortunately, there were no monsters from the dungeon that had escaped, so they could rest immediately.


    It was already late in the evening where the moon shines brightly without clouds covering it. The wind felt cool as it blows over them, making it soothing for the team to rest.


    They stopped near the big trees, rest for a bit and then started waking again in search for a good place to make a camp for the night.


    Few minutes later, they found a good place near a river to make their camp. They piled the firewood that they have gathered from their walk earlier, and started to cook their meals.


    Llyod, Hill, and Woodgard were talking with the other dark elves near the fireplace. Azalea, Lady Elsa and the other female dark elves were eating their dinner as they talked.


    As Ryth ate his dinner, he too looked around the peaceful scene before him. He smiled as he watched the elves talk happily amongst themselves, together with Llyod and Hill.


    Once he was done with his dinner, he quietly left the group and walked to the river. He sat on a big rock, which was near the river.


    He lifted his right leg to his chest as he laid his arm on top of his right knee, looking up at the moon.


    "I guess it''s not such a bad thing to live in this world," Ryth thought to himself. "I''m really glad that I''m able to live for the second time."


    Suddenly, a soft voice rang from behind, "Hey, what are you doing here?"


    Ryth turned his head and saw Azalea walking towards him.


    He replied, shaking his head, "Uhm, nothing in particular. I''m just relaxing fkr a bit. Those bosses are very tough, all over my body is still aches." He waved his hand to her, indicating to her to come over, "Speaking of which, how about your wound? You were thrown quite far earlier."


    Azalea climbed up and sat beside him on the big rock. "I''m okay, the healing from the healers relieved a lot of the pain, but just like you, it still aches here and there."


    "Hmm, you should rest early, then." Ryth turned his gaze back to the moon and continued, "We will head back tomorrow morning. Maybe, in 3 to 5 days, we will begin our journey to your village."


    Azalea was silent for a moment, then she replied in a low voice, "Mhm."


    Ryth glanced at her.


    She was smiling while looking down at the river. He sighed and said, "Don''t worry, it will be fine."


    Azalea looked up and said, "Yeah, I know it will."


    They were silent for some time, looking up at the night sky. Few minutes later, , Ryth broke the silence, "We should head back and rest. We''ll need to pack our things up early in the morning."


    "Yeah, let''s go." Azalea nodded her head.


    Ryth waved goodbye at Azalea, walking in separate ways to their own tents. Ryth changed his clothes and bandages and went to sleep.


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    The next morning, the sun had yet to rise but Ryth had already packed his things and was already outside.


    Llyod and Hill who woke up before him, waited for Ryth at the campfire. Together, they had breakfast and went to have a bath. After that, they began to walk towards the Tango Forest.


    They headed to the Tango Forest at the highest speed, only take a break for lunch and dinner.


    They finally arrived at Tango Forest at late evening, some time near midnight. They immediately went to visit Chief Fenar who was still awake at that time. They gave him a brief update on the mission and went to their home to rest.


    The next day, the sun had shone brightly. It was already 9 AM in the morning when Ryth woke up. Seems like he was really worn out from the journey that even Daedalus didn''t want to wake him up.


    He quickly changed his clothes, did his daily routine, took a bath and had his breakfast. While eating his breakfast, he told Llyod and Hill to givetheir equipment to him to be fixed. He briefly told them his about today''s agenda and went outside after eating his breakfast.


    "Daedalus, I think it''s time to make Azalea a new armor."


    "Hmm... Yeah I think so as well... She will need more good equipment."


    "Make one for her, then." Ryth suggested, "We have many ebony ingots..." Like a lightning struck him, he continued, "Ah! But let me draw the design for her armor myself, Hehe..."


    "..." Daedalus seemed to caught something as he replied, "Just don''t make an improper clothing, she won''t wear it for sure..."


    "Of course not!" retorted Ryth.


    "Well, okay, then." Daedalus didn''t comment any further.

 41 The New Armor

    Ryth headed straight towards the smithing place. When he arrived, Mr. Har had already started fixing the equipment for those who went on the dungeon raid mission.


    Ryth waved his hand, greeting the elf. "Hello and good morning!"


    Mr. Har turned his head and waved back. "Ah, hello there, Mr. Myrad, how are you?" he asked politely. "Would you like to borrow the smithing place today?" he further asked.


    Ryth nodded as he stepped inside the house. "I''m fine, thanks," he answered. "And yes, I''d like to borrow the smithing place if you do not mind?"


    Mr. Har laughed. "Haha! No, I don''t mind. Go right ahead!" he invited.


    Ryth grinned. "Thank you!" He then walked towards the table which was at the corner. He took a piece of paper and a charcoal and began to draw.


    "It should be like this on this side... Ah! And a little of this on the other side... hmm... how about a stocking?" Ryth mumbled to himself.


    Daedalus was confused as he watched Ryth draws. He had never seen a clothing like that, especially the black leg warmer. It became weirder when Ryth added on a description, stating that he only need to make one of it! What is the point of a leg warmer if you only need one?


    "Why is it only one?" Daedalus asked, confused.


    Ryth revealed a wicked smile and said, "Because it''s cool."


    "Huh?"


    "Well, just do as I said," Ryth demanded and started to whistle.


    "Okay, then..."


    After half an hour, Ryth was finally done designing Azalea''s armor. He then said, "Okay! Make it now, Daedalus!"


    "Uhm, don''t you want to fix the worn out equipment first?"


    "No need, those can wait!"


    "Hmm... okay, then," answered Daedalus. As usual, he asked for Ryth''s permission to use his hands and began working.


    Firstly, Daedalus started on the armor. He brought out all of the materials and placed them on the table. He then began sewing the cloth armor.


    He first started off with the collar where he sewed a blue brooch and a red ribbon on top of it. He then continued on the body of the cloth armor, where he sewed together the shorter shirt with the blue and white dress. He finished off by sewing the white garter sock, with a small hidden pocket on the side.


    An hour later, Daedalus was done with the cloth armor for Azalea. It was a white and blue cloth dress with a detachable collar. Daedalus also added in a green short jacket with a hem that only reached above the waist. Ryth wanted the dress to be powerful, yet has the feminine look. Hence, that was the reason why Ryth also added a single garter sock.


    "Nice, Daedalus! You are the best!" exclaimed Ryth, looking at the outfit, wide-eyed.


    "Of course!" Daedalus said smugly. "But why do I get the feeling that you''re too excited with this kind of fashion? I''ve never seen anything like this before. Especially that one you call stocking?" he asked, suspiciously.


    ''Well, this is the type of clothing I like in a woman,'' Ryth thought to himself. But answered, "I already told you before. It looks cool!"


    "Hmm¡­ Whatever you say." if Ryth could see Daedalus at that moment, he probably could see Daedalus shrugging his shoulder.


    Ryth put the new armor inside his inventory and walked to the workbench. He took out Hill''s and Llyod''s equipment and began fixing them.


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    "Finally, it''s done!" Ryth had already regained his control of his hands. He started to clean up the workbench so that Mr. Har wouldn''t need to clean it later. Once he was done, he thanked Mr. Har and then headed back to his assigned house.


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    The day was windy and the sun''s might was covered by the dense tree leaves. It really was a good day. It was already past 12 PM when Ryth arrived at the house. He went straight to take a bath first because he was sweating a lot during the equipment maintenance process. Once he was done, he ate the lunch that Hill and Llyod had already prepared. They had left him a note, stating that they went out for quite a bit.


    "Hmm, this roast beef is tasty."


    "Partner, let''s head to Lady Elsa''s place after this." Daedalus suggested.


    "Sure, I was planning to go there as well."


    "Good, then."


    Ryth nodded and continued with his lunch.


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    "Thank you for the meal," he said as he stood up and walked towards the sink to wash the plate.


    "Okay, time to go." Ryth went outside and headed straight to Lady Elsa''s house.


    It''s slightly over 2 PM when he was on his way to Lady Elsa''s house. He was being greeted by the people he met along the way, there were also some kids who greeted him, happiness evident on their faces.


    "Hello, Mr. Myrad! Your swords are so cool!"


    "Mr. Myrad! I want to be like you when I grow up!"


    "Your armor is so cool!"


    Ryth waved his hand and smiled. He stopped for awhile to have a talk with them a bit before continuing on. After a few minutes, he arrived at Lady Elsa''s house. He knocked on her door. "Hello, excuse me, Lady Elsa."


    A beautiful voice answered from inside, "Wait a minute!"


    Lady Elsa opened the door and when she saw Ryth on the other side, she smiled, "Oh, hello Mr. Myrad. Searching for Azalea?"


    Ryth was slightly surprised, he asked, "Uhm, how did you know?"


    "Haha, how come I don''t know? What else could the reason be if not for her?"


    It was then he realized that he always does look for Azalea, everytime he comes here. So, he awkwardly said as he scratched the back of his head, "Ah yeah... is she home?"


    Lady Elsa giggled. "Yeah, we have just finished eating our lunch, come on in," she invited.


    Ryth nodded his head, "Mhm, pardon me."


    "Azalea, Ryth is here!" Lady Elsa called out. She turned her head towards Ryth and continued, "She''s still in the kitchen, maybe she couldn''t hear me. You just sit here, I''ll get her."


    "Mhm, thank you, Lady Elsa."


    He sat on the chair and after awhile, Azalea came to the living room. "Hey, what brings you here?" she asked as she waved hello.


    She wore a brown shirt with a black training trousers. Although she only wore casual outfit, she still looked beautiful. She was carrying two cups. Ryth could smell the fragrance of the tea.


    "I have something for you," Ryth said. "After what we''ve been through when we fought those bosses, I think you need this."


    "Hmm? What''s that?" Azalea put the tea cups on the table and sat on the opposite chair where Ryth sat.


    Ryth took out the set of the new cloth armor from his inventory and gave it to Azalea, "Try these. It''s a whole new armor set. I guarantee that this is a good armor made from ebony ingots. I made it today."


    Azalea was speechless. First, she was shocked by the fact that Ryth could use spatial magic and second, at the new whole set of cloth armor that was sewed from ebony ingots!


    "Eh, you can use spatial magic...? And you sewed these from ebony ingots...?"


    "That''s not important right now, just try the new armor first. And after that, I will tell you about it."


    "Uhm... okay, then..." Azalea was confused, but she decided to try the armor first. Since Ryth promised to say what was going on later, Azalea took the cloth armor quietly.


    "Okay, wait a minute. I''ll change first."


    "Mhm, I put a note inside so you can read it. It will explain the things that you will ask later when you see the armor set."


    "Huh? What is this actually?" thought Azalea to herself. "I''ll be right back."


    "Mhm."


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    Azalea went to her bedroom. Inside, she placed the armor on her bed and began to undress. She tried putting on the armor that Ryth gave her. A note dropped on the floor, just as she unfolded it.


    "There are a jacket, a shirt, a skirt, and a stocking. This is how you wear it..."


    She read the whole note. She then realized that the weird lone long cloth was actually a leg warmer. She tried the armor on and walked towards a mirror.


    "Hmm... This is comfortable¡­" she mused, twirling around. She then grimaced, blushing. "But¡­ isn''t this a bit too revealing?"


    Azalea sighed. "But then, he made this specifically for me, out of his goodwill. And besides, I could use a good armor," she reasoned with herself in thoughts.


    She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, then she opened the door. She went straight to the living room where Ryth was waiting.


    Ryth was sipping the tea that Azalea served before. When Ryth saw Azalea walked out of her room, he was astounded. Azalea looked beautiful. The colour of the cloth armor matches her eyes. The pure white of the cloth highlights her silver hair, making her look ethereally beautiful. Although, the cloth armor was short, it only makes her look sexy, rather than indecent.


    "Uhm... don''t stare too much, you are making me feel embarrassed." Azalea said in a low tone.


    "Ah no, sorry." Ryth scratched the back of his head and continued, "How is it? Is it comfortable? Don''t worry about its quality. It''s as sturdy as heavy armor yet flexible as casual clothes."


    "Mhm, it really is comfortable to wear. It fits me perfectly."


    Ryth smiled, "Good, then." he stood up and continued, "Let''s go for a walk, I will tell you the things you want to know."


    "Mhm..." Azalea nodded her head, just when she began to follow Ryth, Ryth stopped, his back was facing Azalea. He said awkwardly, "You do look good on it."


    "Uhm... thank you." She lowered her head and smiled.


    They went outside and down below the big trees using the side ladder. Ryth walked towards the big stone where he first met up with Azalea to give her the [Blue Soul].


    He sat on top of it. Azalea followed behind him and sat beside him.


    Ryth activated his scanning skill to check his surroundings before asking to Azalea, "You asked me why I can use spatial magic, right?"


    "Mhm." She nodded her head.


    "I have to tell you from the start, it began when I..."


    Ryth told her the story from the start. Although he didn''t mention the part where he was transmigrated to this world, he told Azalea everything.


    "So that''s how it is..."


    "Yeah, here, take a look." Ryth uncovered the bandages that covered his left eye.


    "So, this is the legendary item that has a soul reside within it...?" Azalea asked, peering in.


    "Yeah, this is the [Eye of Daedalus]. Hey, Daedalus, say something." Ryth said.


    "Haha! Nice to meet you, Miss Azalea! You can call me Daedalus, ku ku ku!"


    Azalea was already getting used to a voice that suddenly rang on her mind, so she wasn''t so surprised. She then replied, "Nice to meet you too, Daedalus."


    Ryth smiled, "Now you know why I covered my left eye. Its because this thing is too flashy. It will just attract needless attention."


    "Haha, well, it is indeed a flashy golden eye." Azalea giggled.


    "Hey, this is a cool design!" Daedalus retorted.


    Ryth and Azalea laughed.


    "Azalea, I want you to keep this for a moment. The people that know about Daedalus are only you, Llyod and Hill at the moment."


    "Mhm. Okay, you can rest assured." She nodded her head vigorously.


    Ryth smiled, covered his left eye with the bandages again and said, "Why don''t we spar for a bit?"


    "Mhm, sure," Azalea agreed. "I want to test how this armor is like in a battle," as she unsheathed her [Blue Soul].


    "Okay, then." Ryth backed away a few steps as he unsheathed his [Ryuujin''s Will].

 42 Preparation

    "CLANG, CLANG!" Azalea swung her [Blue Soul] in a high speed, clashing weapons with Ryth. However, Ryth was able to deflect all of her attacks without breaking a sweat.


    "Fuuh..." Azalea wiped the sweat on her forehead, panting.


    "You''re really good," she said. "You haven''t even used your three swords. I wonder how it would feel like, battling with you and your three swords."


    Ryth sheathed [Ruujin''s Will] back. "Hmm¡­ You''re good, as well," he said, returning the compliment.


    He then looked up at the sky, watching the sun slowly darkens. "Let''s go back," he said, turning to Azalea. "It''s getting late now."


    "Mhm," Azalea agreed.


    It was mid-afternoon, but the sky has already started to darken the sky, slowly blanketing the sky with dark hue.


    The two of them walked together to the ladder, which leads them up to the tree houses. Ryth climbed up the ladder first. He had thought that it would be awkward for her to go up first since she was wearing a skirt. It would be inappropriate for him to let her go first.


    Once Ryth had climbed the ladder, he stood aside and held out his hand to help Azalea up.


    Together, they walked towards Lady Elsa''s house when Ryth suddenly said, "So, I was thinking that we should head over to your village tomorrow or the day after."


    He stood up and reach his hand towards her to pull her up, they walked together towards Lady Elsa house, Ryth said while touching his chin with his thumb and index fingers, "Hmm, I think we will head to your village tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."


    "Mhm," Azalea nodded. "Though, I''ve already prepared everything. All thats left was to meet up with Chief Fenar and discuss our next move."


    "Then, we''ll need to visit him tomorrow."


    "Yeah, maybe in the morning?"


    "Sounds good," Ryth agreed.


    Not long after, they finally arrived at Lady Elsa''s house. Ryth bid his farewell and walked back home.


    He turned his head at Azalea and saw her still waving at him.


    "Daedalus, how many slots do we have left in inventory?"


    "Here, I''ll open it for you."


    Ryth had just arrived at his assigned house. Inside, he saw Hill and Llyod playing chess. He greeted them before going straight towards his room.


    He then sat down on his bed, resting his chin on his fist. "Hmm... there are still plenty of slots available. But I think I will need more slots in the future."


    "Yeah, I think so too."


    "If I could find a grand soul stone, use it to upgrade the inventory."


    "Got it! Ku ku ku!"


    Ryth walked to the closet, grabbed some clean clothes before going in the bathroom to take a bath.


    ------


    It was late afternoon, when he left his room to go to the kitchen to help Hill and Llyod prepare dinner.


    An hour later, the foods were laid down on the dining table. The three of them gathered together at the table, eating together, falling into an easy conversation.


    Once they were done with dinner, they washed the dishes and Ryth returned back to his room. He sat down on his bed and called out Daedalus. "Daedalus, can we upgrade [Eye of Daedalus]?"


    "Yeah, of course! What? Are you interested in upgrading it?"


    "That''s right, at least by increasing the level of the [Eye of Daedalus], I could increase my strength by folds. So, why not?"


    He then rested his chin on his fist. "But then again, if I still can''t meet the requirements now, I guess I''ll have to give up for now," he mused.


    "I''m well aware about that too. The requirement for upgrading the [Eye of Daedalus] to level 2 is ten grand soul stones."


    "Ehhhh¡­ Guess I can''t do it now," Ryth sighed. "Then, I''ll just have to upgrade the inventory, instead."


    "Okay, then."


    He then lay down on his bed, reading a book he found at the closet earlier. He could hear the soft patter of the rain hitting the roof.


    "Ugh," he said, sitting up on the bed. "I''m probably deadbeat after that sparring practice with Azalea this afternoon. I should make some coffee."


    He stood up and head out to the kitchen to make some coffee.


    Before heading towards the kitchen, he saw Hill and Llyod continue their chess game. He then made coffee for the three of them.


    Hill and Llyod were too concentrated in the game, not realising Ryth standing beside them. Ryth placed their cups on the table near them and said, "Here, I''ve made some coffee for you two."


    The two of them jumped in surprise, looking up at Ryth. "Thanks, my lord," they said in unison.


    Ryth nodded. He then went to grab his coffee before getting a chair to sit near them.


    "Llyod, Hill, your equipment are in my room, I''ll give it to you later, alright?"


    "Okay, my lord. You can give it to me later after I beat Hill up! Hahaha!" said Llyod, laughing out loud.


    Hill scoffed. "In that case, you probably won''t be seeing your equipment ever again," Hill retorted. "That''s because you can''t beat me in this lifetime."


    "Huh?! I''ll beat you! Just you wait!" shouted Llyod as he moved his rook.


    "Can you be quiet for once?" Hill asked sarcastically.


    Ryth laughed, watching the two of them bicker.


    The three of them fell into an easy conversation, having a chat and laugh.


    It was late evening when they finally went to bed. However, before that, Ryth brought the dirty cups back to the kitchen and washed them.


    "Let''s rest," Ryth said to Daedalus, laying down on his bed. "Tomorrow we''ll head over to Lady Elsa''s house and go over to Chief Fenar''s House together with them."


    "Alright," Daedalus answered.


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    It was early morning, the sun has just rose up in the horizon, casting a soft blue shade over the sky. Daedalus, as usual, woke Ryth up for his daily morning routine. Because of last night''s rain, the morning was cool and misty.


    Ryth quickly did his routine before heading for a shower. He then went out to the kitchen to help out with the breakfast.


    Ryth and his group had just finished their breakfast when someone knocked on their door.


    Llyod quickly opened the door to find an elf guard standing outside.


    The guard bowed his head and greeted Llyod. "Good morning, Mr. Llyod. Chief Fenar requested for your presence at his house, together with Mr. Myrad and Mr. Hill."


    Mr. Llyod nodded. "We''ll get ready first before heading there."


    "Okay, I''ll be waiting here, Mr. Llyod."


    Few minutes later, the four of them head off towards Chief Fenar''s house.


    When they finally arrived at Chief Fenar''s house, they saw Lady Elsa and the others already sitting inside. Chief Fenar invited Ryth and his group to have a sit before starting his talk.


    "Good morning everyone. I''d like to thank you all for coming this early," Chief Fenar said, slightly bowing his head.


    Ryth and the others returned the gesture.


    "We will march towards the High Elves'' village early tomorrow morning before the sun rises. I will send our best soldiers to assist Miss Azalea. Including Mr. Myrad''s team, this team will be 100-men team."


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    "We will use the darkness to sneak into the Palace, with the help of Miss Azalea. She will help guide us," Chief Fenar announced.


    "Yes, I will show you all the way to the secret passageway that will lead us to the innermost of the Palace," Azalea added. "This secret passageway is only known to the direct line of the royal family. Even my uncle is not aware of the secret passage."


    Ryth rest his chin on top of his fist as he was thinking. "We should also use the [Crystal of Truth] that we collected from the previous mission. We will use that to record Lady Elsa''s memories as proof for Wildan''s treachery. This will gain us the support of the other High Elves there."


    Lady Elsa nodded in agreement. "Yes, I agree with Mr. Myrad. We should bring the other High Elves to our side." She then frowned. "Now, we just have to think about how to deal with the First Army General and also Wildan''s right hand elf, General Rhangyl Larneiros."


    "Oh? A classic villain?" Ryth thought to himself when he heard the familiar name. In ''The Throne'' General Rhangyl Larneiros was one of the villain''s and bosses in the questline of the elf race.


    "He''s a skilled commander, who welded a two-hand swords. He''s also a berserker, " Chief Fenar said, frowning.


    "It''s exactly the same as in ''The Throne'', then," Ryth thought to himself.


    "We need to distract his attention and make him busy while a smaller team will capture Wildan in the palace."


    "We also need to release the loyal followers of Miss Azalea as well. I believed that they are being imprisoned in the castle dungeon." Woodgard added. "For treason."


    "Are the prison and the palace on the same building? If not, that suits us just fine. The farther the better, it will give us some time," Ryth said.


    Ryth wasn''t really familiar with the elf''s village, since his race was human when he played in ''The Throne''. He only knew about the General, because he had once helped a friend of his, who was playing an elf, to complete a quest.


    "Yes, the prison and the palace are quite far from each other. So, even if General Rhangyl noticed something was wrong, it will take some time for him to help Wildan. By the time he arrived, Wildan will already be in our hands, " Lady Elsa said.


    "Well, let just hope that nothing goes wrong later."


    "Yes," Chief Fenar nodded. "Today, we shall prepare for tomorrow. We will head off before 5 AM in the morning."


    Ryth stood up, followed by Hill and Llyod. "Alright. Lets go!" he said, a look of determination on his face.

 43 Departure

    After a few minutes of small talk, they ended their discussion and Ryth bid his farewell to Chief Fenar and the others. Together with Hill and Llyod, they headed back to their assigned house.


    "I''ll go and prepare for tomorrow. So, I''ll be in my room if you need me for something," Ryth said to Hill and Llyod, as they entered their assigned room.


    "Okay, my lord." Both of them nodded in unison.


    Inside his room, Ryth sat on his bed and called out Daedalus. "Daedalus. Let me have a look at the items inside the inventory. I need to double check the items."


    "Sure, I''ll open it for you."


    Inventory panel appeared in Ryth''s interface, then he skimmed through it. "Daedalus, sort the items on magic scrolls first."


    "Alright!"


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    [Gravity]


    Level 8


    (Bind magic)


    (Area type)


    Prevents the enemies from moving.


    Range : 8 meters from the user.


    Duration : 8 seconds.


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    {Fire Pillar}


    Level 7


    Summon a Fire Pillar from the sky to attack the enemy.


    Attack : 70.000


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    {Void Portal}


    Level 5


    Make yourself jump to the other dimension, nothing could scratch the user.


    Duration : 5 seconds.


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    {Mana Shield}


    Level 7


    Summon a powerful mana shield to protect the user from the opponents attacks.


    Duration : 5 seconds


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    {Ancient Dark Thunder Wrath}


    Level 8


    Black Thunder fall from the sky, boost the user status by 70% of user''s max points.


    Duration : 1 minute


    Does stack with other berserk skill.


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    "That''s all for the magic scrolls!" Daedalus said.


    "Mhm, these will come in handy later." Ryth lay down on his bed and continued, "The rest of the items inside are mostly crafting materials such as the huge bear and wolf''s claws, fangs, skins, and furs from back then... also metal ingots..."


    Ryth was immersed in his thoughts when he suddenly remembered about something and shouted, "Daedalus! make me another weapon!"


    "Eh? Aren''t your swords good enough?"


    Ryth shook his head. "No no. The swords are good," he said. "But this time, I''d like a bow. This is useful for my second job."


    He got up from the bed and started to walk out of the room. "Alright, then! Let''s go to the smithing place."


    His second job was an archer job, which was at a decent level. Apparently, the original owner of the body had trained the skill very well under Hill''s guidance. It would be a waste to not make use of the skills.


    Ryth then head over to the living room, where Hill and Llyod were busy playing chess. "I''m going out to Mr. Har''s smithing place. Just call out for me if there''s anything urgent," he informed them.


    Hill nodded. Llyod, with his hand near his temple, giving a salute, said, "Okay, my lord!"


    Ryth walked leisurely to Mr. Har''s smithing place. Once he arrived there, he greeted the older elf and asked whether he could use the smithing place. With a smile on his face, Mr. Har nodded and gestured for Ryth to go in.


    In front of the table, inside the smithing place, Ryth pushed his sleeves back and said with a determined glint in his eye, "Alright, lets do this! An Ebony bow and arrows coming up!"


    "Yes! Lets do this!"


    Daedalus immediately activated the panel that gives an option whether Ryth allows the usage of his hands to Daedalus. Without any hesitation, Ryth chose ''Confirm''.


    Daedalus held the control of Ryth''s hand and began to work.


    "CLANG, CLANG!" the sound of hammer resounded for half an hour.


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    "Done! Try it, partner!" said Daedalus in excitement.


    Ryth wiped the sweat on his forehead, grabbed the new bow and examined it. "Nice work Daedalus!" Ryth complimented.


    Daedalus had already enchanted the new bow with a grand soul stone, so it had magic imbued within it, the new bow has the same quality as Hill''s, but its model and colour were different.


    The bow was metallic red in colour, with sharp edges at each tip of the bow. The upper and lower limbs were designed to curved outward with arrow rest and the hard and metallic grip at the centre. Despite how heavy it looked, it was quite light, making it easier to carry and use.


    Daedalus also made some arrows, with different types. He made it with other metal ingots such as iron, glass, aluminium and orichalcum. Each arrow has different colour on them, based on the ingots being used to create them.


    "Partner! Check out the quiver too! I''ve made it from bear''s skin and fur in black!" Daedalus exclaimed in excitement.


    Ryth looked down at the quiver on his hand. The bottom and the top of the quiver was clothed in leather, which Ryth presumed was made of bear''s skin. The middle of the quiver was clothed in soft black fur, which was held together with a gold button. The strap of the quiver which was used as a handle to carry the quiver was also black in colour and was made in leather. It looked coarse yet stunning and neat.


    Ryth''s eyes widened. "Whoa!" he cried out in surprise. "This looks amazing, Daedalus! Your sense in fashion has improved," he continued, giving a thumbs-up.


    Daedalus guffawed. Then he went silent.


    "Woi! What do you mean by that?? My sense in fashion has always been top-notch!" he retorted.


    Ryth just smiled and began to gather all of the arrows and placed them inside the quiver.


    He lifted the quiver up and swung it around his back, "Let''s test the new bow."


    "Let''s go!"


    Ryth cleaned up the smithing place and thanked Mr. Har for the use of the smithing place.


    He then walked over to the ladder which led to the ground below the trees.


    Once on the ground, he walked to a big tree, measure the distance and made a target mark. Ryth took a few steps away from the tree and back to where the ladder was. He stood nearby the ladder and prepared his bow and arrow.


    "Let''s try without using any kind of skills." With the skill that the original body owner had trained for years, Ryth was able to use the bow.


    "TAP!" the sound of an arrow pierced through the air and it hit the tree, right on the center of the target.


    "Bullseye!" Ryth imitated the way Mirana from D*tA 2 said her famous word when she managed to hit the enemy with her arrow.


    "Why are you getting so excited?" Daedalus voiced his confusion.


    "Ah, nothing, just reminiscing about something." Ryth coughed awkwardly.


    "When you are using a bow and hit the target, you will want to shout that word out loud, right?" thought Ryth to himself.


    Ryth coughed again, looking serious. He took another further step back, grabbed an arrow and shot it.


    "TAP!" the arrow landed on the center of the target again.


    "Okay, seems like I have no problem when it comes to unmoving objects. Let''s try to shoot while moving fast."


    Ryth trained until the sun was about to set. It was already late afternoon, when Ryth had tried every possible moves in his mind, as well as accustomed his body when it comes to switching weapons between bow and swords.


    Ryth let out a long breath, panting. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "I''m beat. Lets head back to the house." He then walked towards the ladder, after gathering back all the arrows being used into his quiver.


    "Ku ku ku! The new bow is exceptionally good, right?"


    "Yeah, nice work." Ryth nodded.


    He headed straight to his assigned house when the sun had already set, clouding the sky in a soft orange hue. The wind blows softly in the air, making Ryth feel more relaxed.


    Once he reached the house, Hill, who was coming out of the living room, notice the bow at the back of Ryth. He immediately headed over to Ryth and asked, "My lord, can I take a look at that new bow?" Although his face looked expressionless, but his eyes contained excitement in them.


    "Sure." Ryth smiled and let Hill inspect his new bow, quiver, and arrows.


    Ryth then said, "I''ll take a bath first. You can place the bow in my room when you''re done with it."


    "Alright, my lord."


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    Ryth was done with his bath when he saw his bow on his bed. Hill must have placed it there while he was bathing. He put on his clothes and walked out of his room to the dining room.


    Inside, Hill and Llyod were waiting for his at the table, with the foods placed in front of them.


    "Thank you for letting me examine your bow, my lord," Hill said, with a small bow of his head. "It looked amazing. And the grip was great."


    Ryth laughed, looking awkward. "Hahah. Thanks."


    They began to eat their dinner, while having a small talk about what they were going to do tomorrow.


    Once they were done, together they washed the dishes and then Ryth returned back to his room. He laid down on his bed and called out Daedalus. "Daedalus, open my status panel."


    "Got it!"


    Ryth skimmed through it and found that his exp bar had already reached 94,7% of level 38.


    "I leveled up just after defeating one boss, that''s good, then," Ryth smiled, "But why didn''t I noticed the announcement?"


    "Maybe because you are too tired, you didn''t notice the announcement." Daedalus answered.


    Ryth sighed, "Well, maybe."


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    Ryth Myrad


    Level 38


    STR : 61


    END : 48


    AGI : 62


    VIT : 44


    INT : 42 (+110)


    LUK : 11


    Free 5 points unused.


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    "Alright, add 3 to AGI and the other 2 to END."


    "Got it!"


    "Ting!" an announcement appeared on his interface.


    ''New skill unlocked''


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    {Endless Stamina}


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    Stamina increase and stamina recovery rate is 30% faster.


    Passive Skill


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    "Good, now that I have this skill, I can move much longer," Ryth grinned, "Let''s prepare for tomorrow, after that we will rest."


    "Okay!" answered Daedalus.


    ----------


    It was early morning, the sun has not rise up when Ryth woke up. They decided to wake up at 3AM so that they can still used the darkness to their advantage for this mission.


    Ryth quickly did all of his daily routine and then went to the kitchen to help Llyod and Hill as usual. They were eating their breakfast when Ryth asked the two of them about their preparations.


    "We are ready, my lord," answered Llyod.


    "Good." Ryth nodded.


    They continued to eat quietly, and after a few minutes, someone knocked on the front door.


    "Excuse me, Ryth? Are you ready?" a beautiful voice called out from the outside.


    Ryth hurriedly walked to the door as he replied, "Wait!"


    Ryth opened the door and saw Azalea standing outside. She was wearing the armor that Ryth had made yesterday. She looked ethereally beautiful with her short silver hair blowing in the air, due to the wind. The moonlight shines on her as she smiled gently to him. It made Ryth speechless for a split second.


    "Ryth?" Azalea tilted her head to the side as she called out Ryth''s name in confused.


    Ryth brought back to reality, he awkwardly averted his gaze and then cough before saying, "Good morning, Azalea." Ryth smiled.


    "Mhm, good morning as well," Azalea nodded, "Are you ready?"


    "Of course," Ryth turned his head and said, "Llyod, Hill, let''s go!"


    "Alright, my lord!" Llyod''s voice could be heard from inside.


    Minutes later, the four of them walked towards the village''s entrance. Chief Fenar, Tregnar, Woodgard, Lady Elsa and the soldiers who got picked to join the campaign had already gathered there.


    "Good morning, Mr. Myrad. Miss Azalea, Mr. Hill, and Mr. Llyod," Chief Fenar cupped his hands towards them. "Many apologies but I can''t join you because I have to stay here for the village''s safety. But I''ll pray for your safety."


    Ryth returned the gesture and said, "It''s alright, and many thanks, Chief Fenar."


    -------


    Azalea was smiling at Chief Fenar and then she turned her gaze towards the man, a human who kept helping her in her times of need. She always felt secure and in peace whenever he is around her.


    These past two months, she always thought about the battle against her uncle. In order to defeat him, she asked for help from the dark elves and the humans. Although, they agreed to help her, she always felt that there are still things that she needs to do. At the same time, she realized how many people do care about her. She was grateful for what she has right now.


    But the feeling of anxiety is still there. She would often asked to herself, ''What if we failed? And what if I drag everyone into their end just because they are helping me?'' And every time she thought about this and the weight of the guilt became heavier.


    But then again, there''s always a certain face that appeared in her mind as he said, "I will help you, you know? Just don''t try to shoulder all of those things alone. You have me."


    She felt warmth filled her heart every time she thought about it. She looked up at the night sky as she revealed a smile. "I''m glad that I''ve met you," she said softly to herself.


    "Hey, Azalea?" a man''s voice called her and bringing her back to reality. She turned her head towards the origin of the voice and said, "Mhm, what?"


    "You want to say something to the dark elves, right? Go ahead." Ryth nodded at her.


    Azalea nodded, and then turned towards the soldiers, "Everyone, I would like to say thank you for agreeing to help me." She bowed deeply, bent at the waist with tears slide down her cheeks.


    "No problem, Miss! We will succeed!"


    "Yeah! We will do our best!"


    Shouts were coming from the crowd, voicing their support for her. Azalea closed her eyes and keeps saying ''Thank you'' to them. But then there was a hand on her left shoulder and said, "It''s going to be alright," Lady Elsa said in a gentle tone, "Now, let''s go."


    Azalea wiped the tears from her eyes. With a look of determination on her face and a glint of courage in her eyes, she stood up straight and said, "Okay."

 44 Encounter

    The team began marching from Tango Forest that early in the morning. The team was led by Ryth, Azalea and Lady Elsa. It was a quiet walk through the mountain path, heading towards Griefendell mountain. Although, there was another path but due to its small path, they had to forego that option.


    While they were walking, Ryth was having a small chatter with the other elves in the team. They talked about the mapping of Griefendell mountain; like how to go through the thorny area, the small bumps along the path and so on. As they were talking and walking, they did not realize that it was getting closer to late afternoon. Hence, they decided to find a good place to set up camp.


    They finally found the perfect place, which was a few feet away from a lake. But it was still good enough.


    A few minutes later, Ryth was done setting up his tent and he looked around and saw the others were still busy with theirs. So, he decided to go and look for firewood himself. Besides, he has Daedalus with him, anyway. He could easily checked his surroundings with the use of Daedalus to keep him safe.


    Just when he was about to head deeper into the woods, a voice called out to him, "Hey, where are you going?"


    Ryth turned his head and saw Azalea, walking towards him.


    "I''m going to look for some firewood since I''m done with my tent," Ryth answered. "What about you?"


    Azalea nodded, showing her beautiful smile at him. "Mhm." She then stood beside him and said, "I''ll help you. Lets go!"


    Ryth nodded.


    The two of them then walked into the forest, where Ryth had unsheathed [Blue Heart] and used it to cut off the branches that stood in their way. He, too, started to gather all the firewood, together with Azalea, who also had used [Blue Soul] to cut the branches.


    They piled up the firewood that they had gathered and placed them inside their bags. Because Azalea had already known about Ryth''s spatial inventory, he did not bother to pretend that it does not exist.


    After awhile, Ryth asked Azalea in concern, "Are you alright?" They have been gathering firewood for quite awhile so he was a bit worried that Azalea might get weary.


    Azalea shook her head, waving away his concern. "Not really. I''m quite good, actually," she replied. She then looked at him. "What about you? Aren''t you tired? You fought a lot of monsters while we were gathering firewood, though."


    Earlier while they were gathering firewood, Ryth and Azalea had encountered several level 30 monsters. Ryth took the lead to eliminate all of them. He then cut the meat of the monsters since they can eat that for dinner.


    Ryth laughed lightly. "Ah, that was nothing. We are too strong for those monsters, anyway." He then picked up more firewood from the ground and placed it inside his bag. He looked up at the starry night sky and continued, "It''s the same for later. We will definitely win this battle."


    Azalea smiled as she looked down at her clenched fist. Ryth had always been one of her pillars of strength. He never stop supporting her and encouraging her to move forward. He had been a great companion from the very beginning.


    After a moment of silence, she finally said softly, "Mhm."


    Ryth nodded and gestured ahead. "Right, lets gather more firewood and then we''ll head back to the camp."


    After gathering more firewood, Ryth then said, "Alright. This should be enough, Azalea. Lets head back."


    "Alright."


    Although the two of them had been searching for firewood deep in the forest, they were not really that far from camp. So they turned back to the direction from where they came from.


    However, just as they were about to go back, a soft and weak growl could be heard. "Raawr¡­"


    Ryth immediately signalled to Azalea to stop walking. He put a finger over his mouth, indicating Azalea should keep quiet. He then called out Daedalus.


    The [Eye of Daedalus] let out a beam of blue light to their surroundings and two red dots were spotted on Ryth''s minimap.


    Ryth cautiously walked where the two red dots indicated, with Azalea quietly following him from behind. When they came closer to the indication, the two of them hid behind a large tree. They then snuck a peek from behind, to see what was the two red dots.


    "Rawr... rawr..." A small cub was weakly rubbing its head against a big jaguar which was lying down near it. The big jaguar was bleeding all over its body and it seemed that it had already died from the injuries. The small cub licked the big jaguar''s face as if it could wake the big jaguar up. It then let out another weak and sorrowful rawr.


    Ryth read the box above their heads which contained the information of the two jaguars.


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    ''Lightning Ash Jaguar''


    (Level 40)


    Dead


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    ''Lightning Ash Jaguar''


    (Level 5)


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    The small cub was a level 5, while the big one, which Ryth presumed must be its mother, wasa level 35. The jaguars had the same orange fur with black dots all over their body, similar to a jaguar on earth.


    The small cub then sensed something nearby. It looked up from its mother''s body and saw Ryth and Azalea. Blue sparks started to gather around its body, as it tried to stand up with all of its might. It let out a weak cry, trying to protect its mother. "Raawwrrr¡­!"


    Ryth and Azalea saw it was trembling, as it tries to stand up. Blood on its stomach could also be seen. And after a couple of seconds, it fell back down again as it cannot build up its strength.


    "Poor little thing¡­" Azalea said, sounding sad. "I think we should take a look at its wound."


    "It''s only a cub, there will be no danger." Daedalus said.


    "Alright." Ryth nodded his head.


    Ryth is not a beast tamer but he was still able to see what is wrong with the cub. Beast tamer was not a popular occupation in ''The Throne''. This is because it is difficult to tame a beast or a monster. However, some still pursue it as their unofficial second or lesser occupation. The concept of being a beast tamer is to increase their familiarity level with the beast or monster that they would like to tame. They have to capture them alive, either by making them submit or lure it with foods and etc.


    Ryth and Azalea walked slowly towards the cub and its mother.


    Ryth said softly, holding out a hand, "It''s okay, we won''t hurt you..."


    The cub let out a weak cry as it having a difficulty to stand up. Ryth stopped near the powerless cub and knelt down near the cub. He examined the cub''s wound and frowned. "It''s really a deep wound. We have to heal it immediately before it get worse."


    The cub does not have the strength to stand up anymore. It began to lie down on the ground, growling weakly.


    Azalea quickly went beside it and said, "Let me do it!" She placed her hands above the cub''s wound and started to chant a healing spell.


    Her hands started to glow where blue light were emitting from her hands. However, after a few minutes, Azalea frowned. "It''s not working! We were too late!"


    The cub fell unconscious and its breathing getting weak.


    Ryth gritted his teeth as he anxiously try to think of a solution. He then opened his inventory and took out [Dragon''s Tears Potion]. He opened the bottle and dropped a tear into the mouth of the cub.


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    Few minutes later, the cub''s body glowed with gold light and the wound began to close, as if it had never been there before. Its breathing returned to normal but the cub still could not stand up, due to the excessive blood loss.


    Seeing that the cub was no longer in danger, the two of them heaved a sigh of relief. Ryth placed the bottle back inside his inventory and lifted the cub into his arms.


    He turned his head at Azalea and said, "Let''s go. We will go back first and later on, we will bury its mother."


    "Okay!" Azalea nodded her head and followed behind him.


    -------


    At the camp, Lady Elsa was pacing in front of the campfire, looking worried and anxious.


    "Where on earth did the two of them go?" she asked herself as she continued pacing. "I was only gone for a few minutes and suddenly, Azalea went missing. And then, Ryth also coincidentally went missing."


    Lady Elsa had just finished setting up the tent for her and Azalea''s. She then went to talk with the other female elves about dinner when Azalea went missing.


    Llyod laughed heartily. "Haha! Don''t worry much, Lady Elsa. Miss Azalea probably went off training with young master Ryth," he consoled. He had great confidence that Ryth would not bring danger to Azalea.


    Lady Elsa just shook her head at Llyod. "Naive¡­" she mummbled.


    Llyod leaned forward at Lady Elsa''s direction and said, "Huh? Did you say something, Lady Elsa?"


    Lady Elsa just throw her hands in the air and walked away, ignoring Llyod.


    Few minutes later, two figures came out from behind the trees, not far from where Llyod was standing.


    Llyod turned around and exclaimed, "Look! It''s them!" He then noticed Ryth was carrying something in his arms. "What is that, my lord?" Llyod asked, confused.


    Lady Elsa immediately rushed forward and stopped in front of Ryth and Azalea. She looked over at Ryth and stared down at the thing in his arms. "Hmmm¡­ Looks like a monster," she answered.


    Llyod rushed forward too. "A jaguar cub?"


    Ryth nodded. He then passed the cub to Llyod, "Have the healer to take a look at it. I need to go and bury its mother first."


    Llyod nodded and ran hurriedly towards the healers'' tents.


    Lady Elsa frowned as she scrutinized Azalea from top to bottom. "Are you alright? What happened?" she asked, turning to Ryth.


    "It''s like this..." Ryth began explaining to her about what happened while they were searching for firewood.


    Lady Elsa nodded and said, "Alright, let''s bury the dead jaguar right now."


    Ryth and Azalea nodded their heads in unison as they led Lady Elsa to where the jaguar''s corpse was.


    The dead corpse of the jaguar was still where they have left it.


    Ryth knelt down beside the dead jaguar and said, "This is the only thing we can do for you." Ryth closed its eyes. And after a couple of minutes, they buried the corpse. Azalea cut a big rock with her spell and placed it on top of the grave.


    "Alright, let''s go back." Lady Elsa said. She turned her head towards Ryth and continued, "You should accompany the cub for now. It will probably regain its consciousness by tomorrow. So when it wakes up, it won''t feel too disoriented. It should recognize your scent and sees you as a friend.


    As from what you have told me, seems like it has a familiarity with you. So again, it should be alright."


    Ryth nodded. "I hope so."

 45 Skye

    The next morning, it was 5 o''clock in the morning but Ryth had been awake for a few minutes. The jaguar cub was sleeping in the same tent as him and seeing the cub still unconscious, Ryth decided to quietly go out and do his daily routine.


    "Daedalus, is there some left of the [Dragon''s Tears Potion]?" Ryth asked, as he worked off the stiffness from his arms, stretching them. "Oh, and also, do open the skill menu of archer job."


    "Okay, wait a second." Daedalus opened up the inventory panel and said, "Here, take a look."


    -------


    [Dragon''s Tears Potion]


    a liquid to heal the user''s wounds, however bad the wounds are, it can heal the user, except from death.


    Note :


    - Can''t heal missing body parts. (Examples : fingers, hands, or legs)


    - Can''t heal the blood lost''s effect.


    Quantity : 98/100 drops


    -------


    "Hmm, I still have plenty of it so it''s not a problem, then," Ryth said, as he studied the description.


    He was done with his daily routine when he asked for the skill panel.


    "Roger!"


    -------


    Archer Skills


    {Eagle Eye}


    (Level Max)


    Give the player a clear vision of distant or fast moving objects.


    Passive Skill


    ---


    {Skull Piercer}


    (Level 3)


    Release a very powerful shot to pierce the opponent''s skull.


    Attack : 3000 (+Weapon Damage)


    MP : 50


    Cooldown : 30 seconds


    ---


    {Multi Shot}


    (Level 3)


    Shot 4 consecutive arrows in a row.


    Attack : 300/attack (+Weapon Damage)


    MP : 10


    Cooldown : 5 seconds


    ---


    {Concentration}


    (Level 3)


    Increase player''s concentration.


    (Reduce miss)


    Passive Skill


    ---


    "Hmm¡­ it''s the same as in ''The Throne''..." thought Ryth to himself as he entered his tent. "Thank you, Daedalus."


    "No problem, partner! Ku ku ku!"


    Ryth then went to his sleeping bag to grab a towel and some clean clothes. He was about to leave the tent again to go to the bathroom when he heard a soft cry from behind him.


    He turned his head to see the cub snuggled its paws against its cheek as it slowly wakes up.


    Ryth immediately walked towards it and crouched beside him.


    As the cub caught a sniff of an unfamiliar Scent yet comforting, its eyes suddenly widened and became alerted by Ryth''s presence. It quickly jumped back a couple of steps before letting out a soft growl, trying to intimidate Ryth, "Rawrrr¡­"


    Ryth stood up and walked to the bathroom to take a bath, but before he opened the door, the jaguar cub let out a soft cry.


    "Hey, hey.. it''s okay. I will not harm you." Ryth hurriedly said as he lifted up his hands to the air, "Don''t you recognize me?"


    The jaguar cub narrowed its eyes, trying to remember the human in front of it. After a couple of seconds, it began to relax a bit. It tilted its head to the side, with a questioning tone of growl, "Rawr...?" but, like a lightning struck, it ran towards Ryth in realization and bowed its head in a cute manner, "Rawr."


    "Looks like it remembered you. Now, it is saying thank you." Daedalus said.


    "Mhm, that''s a relief, then," Ryth said, letting out a sigh of relief. He then turned to the cub and asked, "Hello there, little fella. Do you understand what I''m saying here?"


    The jaguar cub lifted its head to look at Ryth and began nodding its head twice, "Rawr."


    "TING!" a sound sounded in Ryth''s mind as a notification pop up on the right side of his interface, "Partner, look at the new notification!" Daedalus said to Ryth.


    "Alright, open it for me."


    Daedalus opened the notification panel, a box appeared in Ryth''s interface.


    ----


    Lightning Ash Jaguar


    (Level 5)


    Familiarity Rate with the player


    90/100


    ----


    "Oh! Seems like this triggers his familiarity rate with me. Its higher than before," exclaimed Ryth.


    "Well, that''s not surprising. You saved its life, so it''s only natural that it thinks that you are trustworthy," Daedalus answered.


    Ryth nodded in approval and then turned back to the cub again. "Alright. Follow me, little fella."


    Ryth stood up and began to walk out of his tent. The cub kept tilting its head from left to right, still confused from Ryth''s action. But knowing that Ryth was going to leave the tent, the cub immediately followed Ryth from behind.


    The cub tried to catch up to Ryth but it still has difficulty in walking from the blood loss.


    Ryth, sensing that the cub was far behind, stopped and turned back around. He walked until he was in front of the cub and said, "Come, I''ll carry you."


    Ryth picked the cub by the scruff of its neck and placed it on his shoulder.


    The jaguar cub, feeling that it wants to be more comfortable, swiftly climbed up and rested itself on top of Ryth''s head.


    Although the jaguar was still a cub, it still weighs a few kilograms. Then again, with Ryth''s STR points, it was a piece of cake.


    "Ouch! watch out for the claws!" exclaimed Ryth in pain.


    "Rawr..." the jaguar pat Ryth''s head with its paw as if it was saying sorry, and then it continued as it lifted its right leg forward, "Rawr!"


    "Oh, first you apologize to me and then now you are saying that you are ready?" Ryth sighed.


    "Rawr!"


    Ryth dropped his shoulders in a slump and said, "Alright."


    It was still early in the morning, exactly 15 minutes before 6 o''clock when Ryth walked outside with the jaguar cub on his head. The morning sunlight shone through the dense forest as they walked towards the forest, where he and Azalea found the wounded jaguars. There were stones stacked on top of each other. It was the tomb of the dead jaguar, or to be precise, the mother of this small jaguar cub.


    The cub jumped down to the ground, walking towards the tomb and bowed its head, "Rawr..." it seems to understand or felt that its mother was buried beneath the stones.


    After some time, Ryth broke the silence, "I''m sorry, but this is the least we can do."


    The cub still facing the tomb, shook its head. It then walked towards behind the tomb with Ryth followed behind it. When they got out from the dense trees, Ryth saw an open space where the sun could make its full appearance here. And it was a dead end because it was a cliff. The jaguar cub stopped near the edge of the cliff, sitting on the ground, lifting its head towards the sunrise.


    Ryth stopped when he saw the cub was silently watching the sunrise, knowing it wants to take a moment to calm down. For such a young cub, it was quite mature in its feelings.


    Shortly after, Ryth broke the silence and asked, "What do you want to do now?"


    Another few minutes, the cub finally turned around and walked towards Ryth. It rubbed its head on Ryth''s leg and howled, "Rawr!"


    Ryth squatted in front of the cub and asked, "You want to go with me?"


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    "Rawr!" it howled as it nodded its head a few times.


    Ryth patted its head a few times, then he grabbed the jaguar cub and place it on top of his head, "Alright, then."


    "What about its name? Shouldn''t you named it?" said Daedalus to Ryth.


    "Ah that''s right." Ryth patted the jaguar cub''s head and asked, "Your gender is male, right? I will give you a name so that it will be easier to call you."


    "Rawr!"


    "Hmm... how about Sparky?"


    "Rawr!" it shook its head vigorously.


    "That was really lame, partner..." Daedalus added.


    Ryth coughed and after giving it some thought, he hurriedly said, "Alright, alright, that was indeed lame... Hmm... how about Skye?"


    The jaguar cub was patting Ryth''s head with its two paws in excitement, "Rawr, rawr!"


    "That''s a good name, why didn''t you come up with that name at first?" asked Daedalus.


    "Rawr!" the jaguar cub added.


    Ryth coughed again and said. "Well... I didn''t think about it seriously. I was just casually answering to your suggestion..." Ryth scratched the back of his head and continued as he patted the cub''s head, "Now, your name is Skye!"


    "Rawr!"


    "Remember, everyone in the camp are my friends, so be friendly with them. Understood?"


    "Rawr!" howled Skye in acknowledgement.


    The two... or the three of them if Daedalus was counted as a person, walked back to the camp. When they arrived, one of the elves saw Ryth with Skye on his head and was in a daze for a moment, "Mr. Myrad, good morning..." the elf greeted, eyes widened in surprise.


    "Yeah, good morning." Ryth waved his hands and smiled. Skye who was on top of Ryth''s head growled in a cheerful tone to reply the greeting, "Rawr!"


    When the other elves saw that Ryth was nearby, they too wanted to say hello to him. But they stopped when they saw Skye on top of his head. They could not stop staring at the cub. Finally, the one who had greeted Ryth earlier, has the courage to ask Ryth, "What is that Mr. Myrad? A jaguar cub?"


    "Yeah." Ryth answered, while nodding his head. The movement caused the cub to carefully hold its position on top of Ryth''s head.


    "Ah! It''s that jaguar cub from yesterday! It has already recover?" one of the elves said.


    "Yes, it regained its consciousness this morning."


    "So cute! Is it going to follow you from now on, Mr. Myrad?" asked one of the female members.


    Just as Ryth wanted to answer, Skye growled in affirmation as it nodded its head twice, "Rawr!"


    "Haha, so adorable!" the female elves near Ryth started to giggle and were surrounding Ryth, asking Ryth if they could pat the jaguar cub.


    "How about it?" asked Ryth as he looked up at Skye.


    "Rawr!" Skye jumped to the ground and let the elves pat him.


    Ryth walked to the side, then he saw Azalea and Lady Elsa walking towards him.


    "Good morning," Lady Elsa greeted. She looked at the lively commotion where Skye was in the middle of it. "Seems like the cub has recover well. Seeing how active it is now, we don''t have to worry now."


    She then turned to Ryth. "Seems like it''s familiarity rate with you must be high since it is listening to you quite well."


    Ryth laughed. "Good morning, Lady Elsa, Azalea." He then nodded. "Yes, I did told him that the people in the camp are all of our friends after we got back from the jaguar''s grave."


    "Oh, its a male. And what is his name or haven''t you given it a name?"


    Ryth gave a thumbs up. "The name is Skye. Cool name, right?" he grinned, looking smug.


    Just then a familiar voice called out, "Although your first idea for the name was so lame. Ku ku ku!" Daedalus said in a teasing tone.


    Daedalus had used the voice team chat function-skill so only Ryth and Azalea could hear him. Ryth coughed awkwardly while Azalea giggled.


    "What''s the matter?" asked Lady Elsa in confusion.


    "No-nothing."


    "Alright, let''s have our breakfast and then we can continue our journey." Azalea said.

 46 The Plan

    After they had their breakfast, the team packed their things and continued their journey. They crossed the mountain path, choosing the safest route, there were still many monsters that they had encountered. Ryth used this opportunity to help Skye level up, making it defeat every single monster that they encountered.


    "RAARGH!" a howl could be heard, followed by a "BOOM!" sound soon after. A big ogre with twin heads heavily fell to the ground.


    "Good job, Skye!" Ryth patted the cub''s head. The jaguar cub was happy, getting a compliment and then jumped back on top of Ryth''s head.


    "Rawr!"


    "Hey, hey... you are already much stronger than before, why are you still resting on top of my head? Walk by yourself!" asked Ryth in exasperation, trying to pull Skye down.


    Skye avoided Ryth''s hands and patted Ryth twice on the head, "Rawr!"


    Ryth was speechless. He could only shrugged his shoulders and said, "Alright, alright."


    Skye had already leveled up quite high. He was now level 29. The amount of EXPs that it get from defeating level 20 - 30 monsters was astonishing. In just a few days, with the addition of a lightning jaguar, the team now was stronger than before.


    Seeing the smug look on the jaguar''s face, Azalea giggled and commented, "Skye really likes you."


    Ryth sighed and replied, "I guess."


    The team started to collect the loot that they had found from the monsters'' demise and continued on their journey.


    They walked further into the mountain path and finally, they have arrived at the Valley of Fear. In ''The Throne'', this place was a good place to grind for EXP. Ryth still remembers all of the monsters there, it''s a great place for level 30-40 players.


    Since Skye had leveled up a lot, Ryth decided that he too wanted to level up, as well. So he decided to join in the grinding. It would be a good thing as well to let Skye continue leveling, until it reaches level 30 to get a new special skill.


    "We will stay in the Valley of Fear first. I''d like to train Skye a bit longer before continuing our journey. It will only take 1 or 2 days at most," Ryth said to Lady Elsa.


    "Hmm, okay. It would benefit us well if Skye does get a bit stronger for the upcoming battle." Lady Elsa nodded her head in agreement.


    "Mhm, okay." Azalea nodded as well.


    "Hill, Tregnar, and Woodgard will stay with the team. Llyod, Lady Elsa, Azalea, and me will hunt down some monsters for Skye to train," Ryth explained. He then took a bottle of water from the pocket of his bag and drank it. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and continued, "We will enter the valley once I''m done checking the surroundings for potential threats. We need to tread into the valley carefully."


    "Alright."


    Ryth dropped his bag on the ground while Skye grabbed on Ryth tightly to prevent itself from falling. Ryth then ran towards a big tree with high speed, jumping up high against the trunk of the tree and grabbed one of the branches. He then lifted himself up and looked around the vast valley, "Daedalus!"


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    "Roger that!"


    [Eye of Daedalus] let out a blue light to the surroundings, as Ryth''s minimap now appeared on his left corner of his interface. Red dots started to appear one by one.


    "The map is the same as in ''The Throne'', that''s good." Thought Ryth to himself.


    Ryth was reminiscing about when he climbed the tree in ''The Throne'' and seeing his guild member practicing. "I wonder how my guild is doing right now." He mused. But soon, he shook his head because he knew it was useless since he had already transmigrated to this world.


    Skye patted Ryth''s head twice, "Rawr?"


    Ryth only smiled and said, "Nah, it''s nothing. I was just remembering some things."


    He jumped back down and said, "Alright, I found the perfect place for us to set up our camp. Let''s go."


    Ryth led the team to an open field near a river, it was the same place in ''The Throne''. This place was where players can rest and werr safe from the monsters, in other words, it''s a safe zone.


    "Here''s the place, let''s set up our camp here."


    The open field was surrounded by magic crystals, just like in the Fountain inside the dungeon earlier before. It absorbed the energy of the Fountain to prevent monsters from getting near the area.


    "This is a safe zone, just like in the dungeon before. There''s a Fountain core in the middle of this field. The others can rest without worries while we train Skye." Explained Ryth to the team.


    "That''s good then, we will wait here." Said Tregnar. Hill and Woodgard both nodded with their expressionless face.


    "Okay, we will go now," Lady Elsa announced.


    She turned her gaze towards Tregnar and said, "Make sure to keep the team''s condition at its highest."


    "Yes, Lady Elsa."


    "Okay, see you all." Ryth make a salute gesture with his right hand while smiling at Tregnar and the others. He then led the others out of the safe zone to enter the deep valley.


    Ryth and the others had walked for about 15 minutes with no stopping for rest. And with the help of the [Eye of Daedalus], they managed to avoid lower level monsters before Ryth led them to the grinding place.


    "Alright, this is the place. It''s a narrow path alley with rocks on each side, so firstly we will need to set magic traps here and then Llyod and me will lead the monsters to the traps. When the monsters are weakened by the traps, Skye will deal the final blow," Ryth explained. He then paused and then asked, "Any questions?"


    Lady Elsa and Azalea had already been enchanting the traps when Ryth was still explaining the plan halfway.


    Lady Elsa looked at Ryth and answered, "I already guessed it, no problem." She smiled.


    Ryth returned the smiled and gave a thumbs up. "Alright, Llyod, let''s go."


    "Yes, my lord!"


    Ryth and Llyod walked towards the bigger area where the monsters gathered. They were monsters level 30, a goat-like monsters with big horns on its head, their fur was black and their eyes were red.


    Llyod and Ryth hid behind a big rock.


    "Ok, I''ll go to the right and you go to the left. Each of us will have 15 monsters and then lead them to the traps. No more than that since the traps will not be able to handle more than 30 monsters at once because of the narrow alley." Ryth explained, his voice soft, as to not alert the monsters of their presence.


    Llyod nodded.


    Ryth then said, "Let''s go!"


    Ryth didn''t use his swords but instead, he grabbed his bow and activated his skills. He immediately positioned himself and released his arrows.


    {Multi Shot}!


    "WOO!"


    Many shouts could be heard, the monsters who were still oblivious to Ryth''s presence were caught unprepared and surprised.


    Since Ryth''s objective was to taunt and led the monsters towards the narrow alley, he only needed to attack them once and then run back to where the Lady Elsa and Azalea were. At the same time, Llyod was also done with his task as well. The two of them ran together.


    When Ryth and Llyod had already entered the maximum distance to use the team chat function, he shouted, "Here we come! Get ready Skye!"


    "Rawr!"


    Ryth and Llyod ran as fast as they could. Lady Elsa was calculating the timing and suddenly, a large magic circle appear underneath the monsters, and a flame chain gushed out!


    {Chains of Hell}!


    It was a level 7 mass binding magic skill with fire element. Not only it binds the enemies within the range of it, but also deal some damage to the monsters.


    Lady Elsa also activated the second and the third traps, while Azalea cast a buff spell to Skye.


    The second trap was {Rain of Fire} where the spell spread fire needles. These tiny fires pierce through the goat monsters'' furs where it lasted for quite some time. And just when the second trap duration had ended, the {Chain of Hell} which was the first trap also wore off, Lady Elsa''s third trap spell was activated. This was called the {Chains of The Sea}. It binds the monsters again, making them unable to move or escape once more.


    The reason why Lady Elsa had use fire element for the first and second traps was because fire had the highest damage output. It was the best element to quickly reduce the opponents'' HP, while the third trap was a water element magic which was a great boost for Skye''s attacks since Skye''s attribute was Lightning.


    Ryth thought to himself, "This is getting me the vibe of a certain anime that I''ve watched when I was a kid..."


    "Skye, go!" shouted Ryth as he pointed his index finger towards the horde.


    "Rawr!" Skye roared as it ran towards the monsters, blue lightning sparks flashing from its body. Skye''s body turned bright blue and it disappeared instantly,


    {Storm Spirit}!


    Like being possessed by a wild spirit, Skye was moving in light speed, attacking the defenseless monsters with its claws and fangs.


    "SLASH, SLASH!"


    "BOOM!" Thunder sounds echoed throughout the valley and everytime Skye landed a strike, a flash of lightning will strike the enemy.


    "WOOO!"


    The monsters were defeated in no time. With the help of Lady Elsa''s water binding skills and Azalea''s buff skill, Skye managed to end it in one strike for each monsters there.


    Ryth looked at his EXP bar and Skye''s EXP bar. He was happy to see it steadily increasing at a visible speed.


    "Nice! With this, we can easily level up in no time!" Ryth thought to himself, and then said to everyone, "Okay, get the traps ready again, we will do this over and over again."

 47 The Start of The War 1

    "Nicely done, Skye! Good work, everyone!" shouted Ryth as he wiped his forehead with a handkerchief.


    The moon was bright enough to light the dark night sky. The stars shone brightly, amidst the dark sky, showcasing their brilliance. The wind breeze was enough to make Ryth and others feel relaxed after a tiring day.


    It was already 10 PM when Ryth finally called it a day. They were quite far from the safe zone from where the rest of the team were staying. With the help of Daedalus and his memory of ''The Throne'', they found a cave near the grinding place to rest for the night. After checking the safety of the cave with the [Eye of Daedalus]'' skill, Ryth and the team went inside the cave and put down their bags.


    Once done, Lady Elsa and Azalea went outside, accompanied by Llyod to put some detecting traps to prevent monsters from getting near the cave. Ryth, on the other hand, was taking a look at the loot that they had gained today.


    Shortly after, Ryth went off to prepare to cook for dinner. Fortunately, Ryth had already prepared some firewood beforehand, so they do not need to look for firewood again. Ryth took some of the firewood from his bag and placed it near the camp. When Lady Elsa, Azalea and Llyod had returned, he asked Lady Elsa to lit up some fire on the firewood.


    With the lit campfire in front of her, Lady Elsa took out the cooking utensils from her spatial magic inventory and placed it on the table nearby. Azalea, Ryth and Llyod, on the contrary, were preparing the ingredients. As for Skye? It was lazily lying down near the campfire, while trying to keep itself awake.


    "Rawr..."


    "Haha. Looks like Skye is sleepy." Lady Elsa giggled as she watched Skye trying to keep its eyes open. "Don''t worry. It will be done soon."


    "Well, he did a good job today. He''s probably too tired right now but hungry. Look at how desperately he tries to stay awake. Haha," Azalea laughed.


    Ryth stroke Skye''s fur as he said, "Come on, don''t sleep yet. Eat first."


    "Rawr..."


    For some reason, Skye does not want to eat raw meat. Instead, it seems like it wants to eat some roasted meat.


    It took them 30 minutes to finish cooking, and they immediately dig in. However, Skye was already asleep, its eyes closed. But then, since Ryth knew that it was hungry, he purposely put the roasted meat in front of it. "Come on, wake up. The meat is ready."


    Smelling the aroma of delicious roasted meat, Skye immediately woke up and grab the meat with its jaw. However, the meat was still too hot so it hurriedly dropped the meat and waited patiently for it to cool down.


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    "There, there. Be patient," Ryth comforted, while patting Skye''s head, "The meat won''t go anywhere."


    "Hahaha." both of the women laughed while Llyod just chuckled as he took a full bowl of stew from the cooking pot.


    -----------------


    After they were done with dinner, the four of them cleaned up the mess that they have made and went to their respective sleeping area. The others were already sleeping but Ryth was still wide awake. "Daedalus, let me take a look at my stats. I get the feeling that I''ve probably leveled up today but I might have missed the announcement."


    "Ku ku ku! Sure!"


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    Ryth Myrad


    Level 40


    STR : 65


    END : 54


    AGI : 69


    VIT : 48


    INT : 46 (+110)


    LUK : 13


    Free 5 points to add on.


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    Ryth raised an eyebrow as he looked at his stats. He sighed with relief when he saw that he had leveled up. "If I didn''t level up to level 40 today, that would be very disappointing. I mean, we''ve already encountered 4 level 40 monsters! Fortunately, we have prepared some traps in advance, or else we would get wipe out instead. This world is really similar to ''The Throne'' and it seems like that bug where level 40 monsters will randomly respawn in here is still there!" Ryth thought to himself.


    Ryth looked at Skye, sleeping beside him and smiled. He then called out, "Daedalus."


    "Right away."


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    Skye


    Lightning Ash Jaguar


    Level 35


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    "Alright, good," Ryth laid down, looking up at the ceiling. He then put both of his hands behind his head as a pillow and continued, "Put 1 point to AGI, 2 to VIT and the last 2 to STR."


    "Done!" replied Daedalus.


    Because Lady Elsa and Azalea had already set up a trap earlier, no one was on night duty in guarding.


    "Thanks Daedalus, let''s rest."


    "Ding!" an announcement appeared on Ryth''s interface.


    "Skill unlocked from 50 points of VIT"


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    {Serene Mind}


    (Level Max)


    (Unlocked after VIT hit 50 points mark)


    Make the user clear headed in every situation.


    Debuff skills'' effect are 30% less effective.


    Passive skill


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    "With this passive skill, I''m much stronger against bosses," Ryth said as he smiled, "I guess that''s it for today. I''m beat, let''s sleep."


    "Okay." Replied Daedalus.


    -----------------


    "Hey, wake up Ryth."


    A soft soothing voice could be heard from his right side, he slowly opened an eye and saw Azalea''s lovely face. Ryth rubbed his right eye, still feeling sleepy. "Ah yeah, thanks for waking me up," he said, yawning.


    "Mhm. I''ll go and prepare breakfast with Master Elsa. You go get change first. Mr. Llyod is waiting for you further inside the cave," said Azalea with a gentle smile on her face.


    "Alright, I''ll help you when I''m done," Ryth nodded.


    The two of them went their separate ways with Azalea going to the campfire while Ryth went further inside the cave.


    Ryth greeted Llyod, who was staring at the deeper part of the cave with curiosity. "What are you doing?"


    "Nothing, my lord. I''m just curious about what''s inside." Llyod replied, shaking his head.


    Understanding dawned on Ryth. "Ahhh¡­ There''s nothing inside. It''s just a cave," Ryth explained as he opened his bandage that covered his left eye. He continued, "I''ll change my bandages first."


    "You''ve been inside the cave, my lord?"


    Ryth nodded. "Well, yeah." Though, he only checked the inside of the cave when he first played ''The Throne''. And he was pretty sure that there was nothing important inside since it was a dead end. Thinking that it was probably the same in this world, he did not want to bother checking it.


    "So, you''re done here? If yes, lets go and meet up with Lady Elsa and Azalea."


    "Ah right. Let''s go, my lord." Llyod nodded his head.


    Ryth and Llyod walked back to the campfire where Lady Elsa and Azalea were still cooking breakfast. Outside the cave, Skye was enjoying the soothing morning wind, lying on its side.


    "Once we''re done with breakfast, lets go to the main camp and continue our journey."


    "Okay." Lady Elsa and Azalea nodded their heads.


    -----------


    After having their breakfast, Ryth and the team walked back to the main camp. Along the way, they had eliminated all the level 30 monsters that they encountered. Few minutes later, when they finally arrived at the main camp, they were greeted by Tregnar and Woodgard.


    "Good morning, Mr. Myrad." The both of them slightly bowed their heads in unison.


    "Yes, good morning too," Ryth smiled and continued, "How''s everyone?"


    Tregnar looked at Ryth and replied, "They''re in good condition. In fact, we''ve just finished our breakfast a few minutes ago and now, we''re ready to continue the journey."


    Ryth nodded and said, "Alright, tell the team to get ready and we''ll be off in 15 minutes."


    "Yes, Mr. Myrad!" Tregnar and Woodgard nodded their heads and walked to the center of the crowds.


    The time was 8 AM. The sky was bright blue with the wind blowing in the air. If there wasn''t any monsters around, this would be a good place for one to relax their mind.


    Ryth was sitting on top of a big rock, with Skye on his head, as he waited for the others to get ready. He was enjoying the morning breeze when Azalea walked over and joined him. "Enjoying the breeze?"


    "Mhm," Ryth nodded. "We need to relax too. A healthy mind is also important. We shouldn''t be too anxious." He then pointed at Skye, who was relaxing on top of his head and said, "See? Look at Skye. He''s just chilling."


    Azalea laughed softly. She reached up and patted the cub''s head. She then tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear and continued, "Yeah, I think I should be like that too."


    "Rawr..." Skye softly growled. The wind made him sleepy.


    "Hey hey, wake up," Ryth reprimanded softly. "Such a lazy cub. Don''t you want to walk by yourself? Are you really going to use my head as your bed now?" Ryth asked, reaching up to poke Skye on its nose.


    "Rawr!" Skye slapped Ryth''s head with its paw.


    "Hey, don''t do that to my head!" Ryth said in exasperation.


    Azalea giggled, as she watched their antics, "You two looked like best friends now."


    Ryth could only sighed and leave Skye alone. He then turned to Azalea and asked, "How are you doing?"


    Azalea grinned. She turned her head towards the vast valley, her golden eyes shining with happiness. "I''m great. With you and the others by my side, There''s no doubt in the slightest that we will fail this mission. I just need to do my best," she said, a determined look on her face.


    Ryth felt relaxed when he heard Azalea''s words. He looked at her beautiful face, her silver short hair swayed in the wind. Ryth patted her on the head, smiling as he said, "Yes, that''s right. We just need to do our best and nothing will go wrong."


    "Mhm," Azalea''s face turned slightly crimson red, looking down to hide her bashful face.


    Ryth smiled.


    Shortly after, Tregnar came with an awkward look on his face. "Uhm, Mr. Myrad..."


    "Ah yes? Are you done?"


    "Actually, we''re ready to go for quite awhile. We were just waiting for you two. It seems bad for me to interrupt the moment," Tregnar said, scratching his cheek, looking at other places, other than the two in front of him.


    Ryth felt slightly embarrassed when he heard Tregnar''s word. He coughed, trying to not feel awkward. Azalea''s face, on the other hand, was getting redder.


    Ryth quickly stood up and said, "Ah... alright. Let''s go guys!"

 48 The Start of The War 2

    Few days after their camping in the cave, they finally reached the border of Griefendell Mountain where the High Elves city was located.


    Evening came and the team went to set their camp for the night. Ryth immediately called the higher ranks of the teams to his tent, once everyone had settled down. This includes Azalea, Lady Elsa, Llyod, Hill, Tregnar and Woodgard.


    Skye was sleeping inside the tent. It seems like it did not want to wake up anytime soon.


    "I would like to see a detailed map of the High Elves city, Griefendell Mountain," Ryth commanded.


    Azalea immediately took out a paper scroll from her bag and spread it open on the table. "I actually drew this from memory," she said. "I have included the names of every inn, shops and more. So, this should be sufficient."


    Ryth nodded as he looked down at the map. He looked amazed at how detailed the map is. "You''ve done a great job, Azalea," he complimented. He then peered down, "Let''s see¡­"


    He continued to study the map for awhile in silence. After a few minutes, he said, "So, the castle is here," pointing at a specific location on the map. "Apparently, it appears that it is on a higher ground and the prison, where they have kept Azalea''s people should be around here, outside the city," he continued, pointing to another location.


    "But then again, it looks like its a mining zone and the cliff around it seems like a natural fortress. It only has one entrance, which is the main mining gate," Ryth speculated, pointing at another location. He took a charcoal and marked the two spots.


    "Alright. This should be the downtown district. Its at the very center of the city. This is where Lady Elsa should project the [Crystal of Truth]."


    Azalea nodded. "That is correct." She then pointed at a certain part of the map and said, "This is actually where the entrance of the secret passageway to the castle are located."


    "I see..." Ryth furrowed his brows. From the looks of the map, it appears that the entrance is outside the city, 300 meters away from the city wall. It was on the other side of the mining place, where the prison was located.


    Ryth began to rub his chin with his thumb and index finger, thinking. "Hmmm, why don''t we let Lady Elsa lead 50 people in the team and sneak into the city as merchants?"


    Lady Elsa nodded, smiling. "That should be alright. I believe all of the dark elves have learned the face-changing spell. This makes it easier for us to sneak in and avoid unnecessary trouble."


    Ryth nodded too. "Then, that would be great. Seems like getting into the city is no problem for Lady Elsa." He then continued, "Now, for the prison raid, the entrance should be heavily guarded and can only be open from the inside. Is there any other way to get inside?"


    Woodgard placed a hand over his heart and gave a small bow. "Leave the entrance to me. I will find a way to get inside and open the entrance for everyone."


    Ryth nodded again. "Great. But you need some other assassins with you in your team. Get in with them, find the key and free the prisoners. After that, you can open the gate," he explained. Then Ryth frowned. "But there''s another problem. Wildan''s right hand man, General Rhangyl Larneiros. He''s a difficult opponent to beat."


    "We will just need to distract him," Lady Elsa announced. "Stall for time so that Azalea and Mr. Myrad will have enough time to capture that scoundrel, Wildan in the castle."


    "And during that time, you will also need to project the [Crystal of Truth] in the middle of the city. Make it so that the people will finally know the truth about everything. Let the people be on our side," Ryth added.


    He then turned to Llyod and said, "Your mission here is to protect Lady Elsa, at all cost. No matter what."


    "Yes, my lord! Command well received!" said Llyod firmly, placing a hand over his heart and gave a small bow.


    Ryth then turned to the rest of the team, his hands both on the table, as his face turned more serious. "Azalea, Hill and I will sneak into the castle, with the use of the secret passageway. Tregnar will lead the prison raid gate. Woodgard will sneak in to open the prison gate and free the prisoners. You all need to stall enough time to make General Rhangyl occupied," he said.


    "So, this is the plan first. Once we have gathered enough information from our intels, we will then wait for Lady Elsa to get into the city and then we will gather again. We will discuss further on this," Ryth said.


    "Yes!" all of them shouted in unison.


    -------


    The next day, Ryth did his daily routine as always, where he changed his clothes and bandages. He then walked outside his tent to help the team prepare foods for breakfast.


    It was 6 AM in the morning but the sky was cloudy and it seems like it was about to rain. So, after breakfast, Ryth told everyone in the team to stay inside their tents. Once the rain has stopped, only then they will continue the journey.


    Lady Elsa was preparing her items for the disguise. She needed to make sure that everything was perfect and no flaws.


    When the rain suddenly started to pour down, during that time, Ryth and Azalea were still at the campfire. They quickly ran to Ryth''s tent since his was the nearest, compare to Azalea''s.


    "Excuse me," Azalea said, as she hurriedly went inside.


    Ryth went in after her. He grabbed Skye, that was on top of his head and placed him on the floor. Skye, too, was drenched. It was about to walk towards Ryth''s sleeping mat. It seems like it was about to use the mat to wipe himself dry.


    Ryth quickly grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and grabbed a dry towel from his inventory and started to pat Skye dry. "Now, stop moving around and let me pat you dry," Ryth said, exasperated.


    "Rawr!" Skye sat obediently as it stopped struggling.


    "Haha. Let me help," Azalea giggled.


    "Thanks," Ryth said, handing her the towel and placing Skye on her lap. "I''ll go make some drinks. What would you like? Black tea or green tea?"


    "I''ll have the black tea."


    "Alright. Just give me a moment," he said. He quickly grabbed a kettle from his inventory and placed it on a heated rock and some drywood. He swiftly made a small fire to heat the water and started to make tea.


    Ryth had some leftover tea leaves from his assigned house back in the dark elves'' village. This was because since he still has some slots left, why not bring some leaves to enjoy during their journey? Besides, drinking tea helps to calm Ryth''s mind as it was his favourite drink.


    One''s mental health are one of the important factors of victory. Don''t you agree?


    "There, there. You''re all dry up now," Azalea smiled. She patted its head as she used her wind spell to dry the towel.


    "Rawr!" Skye rubbed its head against Azalea''s right leg. It then walked near the heated stones and drywood to warm itself up.


    "Here you go, Azalea."


    "Mhm, wait," Azalea walked towards the heated stones and drywood and sat beside Ryth. She took the tea cup with both of her hands and said, "Thank you."


    "It''s still hot so be careful."


    "Okay..." Azalea blew on the hot tea to cool it.


    "We probably need to gather more information from our intels. I mean, it has been more than a month since that happened. There''s a possibility that my uncle might have made a new path to connect the prison to the castle. Just to make it easier for him to look at what''s happening at the mining area."


    Ryth frowned. "Hmmm. Yes, that''s what I thought as well," he said. "We should also take him knowing about the secret passageway as a possibility."


    Azalea sighed as she looked down at her tea cup. "Yeah," she said slowly. "We really need to know more about his people. Whether he has any other monster like General Rhangyl on his side. We really need to think of plan B. A much better plan."


    Ryth nodded. He then turned to Azalea and patted her on the head. "Okay. For now, let''s just relax and enjoy the tea. We can think about it later once we get more information."


    Azalea''s face turned crimson red as she looked down to hide her burning face. "Mhm."


    Ryth sensed that she must feel embarrassed by his action so he quickly retract his hand and lightly cough. "Let me see [Blue Soul]''s durability."


    Azalea put down her tea cup and unsheathed her [Blue Soul]. She then handed it to Ryth, "Here."


    "Daedalus, you are unexpectedly quiet today." Ryth said.


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    "Well, there''s nothing for me to talk about." Replied Daedalus, "The durability is still high, no need to worry."


    "I need to know about the [Eye of Daedalus]. I need to upgrade it to level 2 to gain the ability to see people''s statuses, right?"


    "Yeah, and the condition is 10 grand soul stones."


    "Hmm... what else do I get besides that?"


    "The Laser skill will be upgraded too. You can also use it to attack."


    "Oh? The laser skill that you used to craft?"


    "Yeah. Ku ku ku!"


    "I need to get 11 grand soul stones, thinking about it gives me a headache... getting one of it is already hard enough..."


    "Well, take it easy!"


    "Ryth?" Azalea voice brought Ryth back to reality.


    "Ah, sorry I left you out from the conversation. I was talking to Daedalus just now." Ryth returned the [Blue Soul] to her and continued, "It''s still in great condition."


    "Ohh, that''s great, "Azalea smiled.


    The two of them continued to talk with each other, until the rain stopped.


    As for Skye? He was asleep this whole time!

 49 The Start of The War 3

    The rain finally stopped. Little dew formed on the leaves of the trees and the ground was still wet from the rain, forming small puddles on the ground.


    Ryth had given some of loot from yesterday''s hunts to Lady Elsa, who received them with gratitude.


    The rest of the team quickly finished packing their belongings before setting off, with Ryth leading the way.


    The loot that Ryth had given to Lady Elsa was his plan to make Lady Elsa disguised herself as a merchant. And the loot will act as her items to be "sold".


    Lady Elsa had placed the loot inside her spatial magic. She did not think there were any flaws with Ryth''s plan, except for means of transportation.


    As a merchant, she would need to have a cart for her goods. If she appears without a cart, it would look suspicious and the guards may question her identity.


    Just as Lady Elsa was about to voice out her concerns to Ryth, someone suddenly let out a piercing scream, not far from them.


    "AARGH!"


    "KYAA!"


    "Oh no! Don''t get near me!"


    "The cart! Protect it at all cost!"


    Ryth and the team immediately went on defense mode.


    "Daedalus!" shouted Ryth.


    "Alright!"


    "WOOSH!" Blue light gushed out, spreading over their surroundings. Red and yellow dots started to appear on Ryth''s minima. "200 meters from us! 3 o''clock!"


    Ryth turned to Lady Elsa. "Did you hear that, Lady Elsa?! A cart!"


    Lady Elsa''s expression turned solemn. She nodded, she understood what Ryth meant. She quickly changed her appearance, using her face-changing spell. Her long elven ears were now hidden and replaced with two fox ears. "All of you ten people here! Follow me!"


    The ten men that were closest to Lady Elsa nodded their heads. They too used their face-changing spells to change their appearance. They then followed Lady Elsa from behind.


    Ryth hold out his arm when Llyod tried to join in. He looked back at the rest of the team and commanded, "The rest of you will wait here. Let''s leave this matter to Lady Elsa."


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    "Ugh! Stay away from us!" Shouted a middle-aged man, hugging his daughter with his left hand. His right hand was swinging a sword desperately, trying to make the monsters to not come any closer to them.


    "Dad, I''m scared..."


    "It''s gonna be alright. Dad will protect you!" Although, his right hand was trembling uncontrollably, he said those words in serious expression. He did not want his daughter to become more scared.


    The adventurer he had hired were already dead. The monsters were too strong. He had hired only rank F adventurers because he did not expect the monsters here to be quite strong. The chance of encountering strong monsters was actually low. He was, unfortunately, "lucky" to encounter these strong monsters.


    "RAARRG!" the monsters were getting closer to both father and daughter. The father hugged his daughter tightly in his arms. He wanted his daughter to run away while he distract the monsters. Just as he was about to push his daughter away to safety and shout to her to run, a blue circle suddenly appear on the ground.


    "WOOSH!"


    The man was shocked. He did not know what was the blue ''thing'' that surrounds him and his daughter. But he could feel the warmth and could sense how safe he was inside the ''thing''.


    The monsters tried to attack them, but to no avail. The ''thing'' that protected the man and daughter was very strong, as hard as a rock.


    "RAAAARGH!" the monsters screamed angrily. They seems furious that none of their attacks reached the man and daughter. Before the monsters could continue their attacks, there were a sudden rain of arrows pelting on them. After the sudden rain of arrows had stopped, five men in black hoodies suddenly jumped in and slaughter the monsters with their swords. The monsters looked like chickens being slaughtered. They died, falling heavily to the ground.


    After the monsters were eliminated, the ''thing'' that was guarding the man and daughter vanishes into thin air.


    With a trembling voice, the middle-aged man asked, as he hugged his equally scared daughter, "Who¡­ who are you people?!"


    The five men only stared at him quietly. They then made a gesture towards the woods and announced, "This is our leader."


    Slowly, another person, surrounded by another five men walked out, carrying bows in his hand. That person also wore a black hoodie. He then looked straight at the man to reveal a beautiful face. It was a female!


    Her expression was cold and serene, enhancing the sense of calmness around her. The woman elegantly bowed her head and introduced herself, "My name is Rena. I apologise if my men had scared you. I''m a merchant from far away."


    She smiled as she continued, "We were exploring the forests when we heard the screams. We were glad that we were able to make it in time."


    The middle-aged man hurriedly stood up on his feet. Although, he was still trembling, he muster all of his strength, just to thank their savior. He pulled up his daughter to stand beside him. "It''s alright, Rose. Come. Let''s stand up and thank our savior."


    His daughter looked around 6-7 years old. She was wearing a pretty red dress with a flower pattern on her skirt.


    The girl gripped the hem of her dress tightly as she bowed down, her eyes still shimmering with tears at the corner. "Th-thank you for saving my dad and me," she said softly.


    The man patted his daughter on the head, proud of her bravery and politeness. He then bowed deeply as well, as he held his daughter''s hand tightly. "I''m Yatar. And I too am a merchant."


    "Nice to meet you, Mr. Yatar and little Rose," Rena who was actually Lady Elsa in disguise, smiled at the both of them. "Don''t be so stiff. Do relax. Are you hurt?"


    Yatar''s grip on his daughter''s hand loosen a bit. He heaved a sigh of relief, realizing that Lady Elsa and her men were good people. He replied, "No, we''re fine..."


    Lady Elsa nodded. "Why don''t you go back to your cart and have a rest? You must have been exhausted and still in shock after what had happened."


    She looked down at the corpses of the fallen adventurers and let out a sigh. "We would need to make a proper burial for these men. They were worthy of being brave."


    Lady Elsa then gave a discreet sign to the ten men, who quickly gathered the corpses and looked for a place to bury them.


    Yatar was surprised to see how swift they were working. He gestured Lady Elsa to join him," Ah yes, why don''t you come inside too? I know it''s a bit cramped but I hope you don''t mind."


    "It''s alright." Lady Elsa said as she smiled beautifully. The three of them got inside the cart.


    They sat across on another. The man sat next to his daughter while Lady Elsa across them. Lady Elsa opened the conversation by asking, "How''s your daughter? Has she calm down?"


    Yatar looked down at his daughter, who was hugging his waist from the side. "She''s still in shock but I''m sure that she will be fine after some time."


    "I see..." Lady Elsa paused for a bit, she looked around inside of the carriage. She noticed there were quite a bit of goods at the corner of the cart. She then looked at Yatar and asked, "Where do you want to sell all of these goods, Mr. Yatar?"


    Yatar was hesitant to answer at first, before he replied, "I-i want to sell it to..."


    Lady Elsa tilted her head, acting confused, "To...?"


    "To..."


    Lady Elsa smiled, as she slowly pushed back her hoodie and said, "It''s alright, Mr. Yatar. I''m not human."


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    Yatar saw a beautiful fox lady, her furry fox ears and the gentle expression on her face made her look like a noble.


    Yatar let out a sigh of relief and said, "It seems like you''ve found out about this earlier."


    Yatar paused for a bit and his face started to change. Bunny ears started to appear on his head as he continued, "I want to sell these goods to Griefendell, the high elves'' city."


    "Ah I see," Lady Elsa smiled again, "What a coincidence, I too am going to Griefendell as well. I would like to extend my trade."


    "Ooh, I see..." Like a lightning struck him, he hurriedly said, "How about Lady Rena go with me? I have a merchant pass to Griefendell. I can help you to sell your goods. How about it? I still want to thank you for helping us. At least, let me treat you and your men to dinner."


    Lady Elsa paused for a bit, acting like she was a bitreluctant, "Is that really okay? Aren''t you busy?"


    "No, not at all! My wife will absolutely get mad at me if she finds out that I did not properly thank our savior." Yatar said.


    Lady Elsa thought for a second before saying, "Alright, then. I''m in your care, Mr. Yatar."


    "Yes, yes, please make yourself comfortable. I will drive the cart later."


    "Okay, thank you." Lady Elsa bowed.


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    Not far from the cart, Ryth sat on top of a tree with Skye. He used his team voice chat skill and connected it to Lady Elsa, "How is it?"


    Lady Elsa use her telepathy skill and answered, "All in order."


    Ryth pumped his fist into the air and said, "First step is a success!" Ryth said to the team, "Now let''s move to our next plan."

 50 The Start of The War 4

    Ryth hopped down from the tree branch, with Skye on top of his head. He then give out a command. "Alright. All 40 men of you should go and disguise yourself as visitors. Go and help Lady Elsa to gather information and protect her when the time to project the evidence arrives."


    "Yes, sir!" The 40 men, who had been selected to join Lady Elsa immediately scattered and disappeared in the blink of an eye.


    "Okay," Ryth turned to the rest of the team. "As for the rest of you. Lets go and find a place to set up a camp. It should not be too close to the city but near enough if an urgent situation arises. At least, let''s find a place that''s between the prison and the secret passageway."


    Azalea stood beside Ryth and said, "I think I know a perfect place. Follow me. I''m very familiar with the surroundings of Griefendell."


    Ryth nodded. "Alright. Lead the way."


    The team took another route, hidden from Yatar and his daughter. Azalea swiftly guided them through the woods, leading the way to the area.


    After some time, they finally arrived in a secluded area, not too far from the city.


    Azalea squinted her eyes as she looked around her. "Hmmm," she mumbled thoughtfully. "It should be somewhere around here." She continued to walk a few steps in, mumbling along the way, "There should be an underground cave somewhere around here."


    She put her hands on her hips as she looked around, not realising that Ryth was behind her, listening to her every word. "I could have sworn it was here. I remember sneaking off to play in the woods and stumbled upon the cave. Gosh, I remember how Lady Elsa had to get me out when I was trapped inside," she said softly to herself, reminiscing.


    A loud laughter caused Azalea to jumped in surprise. She whirled around to find Ryth grinning at her.


    "Eh? So, you''re kind of mischievous back when you were young, Azalea? I did not expect that," Ryth laughed.


    Azalea put her hands on her cheeks, trying hard not to blush more. "Ah! Did you hear it??" she exclaimed. She looked down, trying to evade Ryth''s amused gaze. "So embarrassing!"


    "Hahaha. Its alright. I''m the only one who heard it," Ryth assured her.


    "Rawr!" Skye raised one of his paws on the air.


    "I heard it too, Miss Azalea. Ku ku ku!" Daedalus butt in.


    Ryth rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. You two heard it too." He then shrugged. "Well, do not worry much. I mean, even I was mischievous when I was young. I used to sneak out of our house to play. Llyod and Hill used to catch me and bring me back home where I was lectured by my father for 2 hours straight."


    Azalea covered her mouth to not let a giggle out. But her eyes spoke volumes. "I see. So, you''re a naughty one too, huh?"


    Ryth scratched his cheek sheepishly. "Well, I guess so." To be fair, the scene that he talked earlier was from the original host of the body.


    He then looked around him and asked, "So, what happened then? Isn''t this place filled with monsters? I mean, I know that it is still relatively safe. But there should be some monsters back then, no?"


    Azalea bite her lips as she tries to remember back then. "To be honest¡­ I wasn''t scared at first. But when I got trapped inside the underground cave, it was so dark and moist. I couldn''t even see what''s in front of me. It took me quite awhile to recover from the fear. And after that, I don''t dare to sneak out secretly anymore."


    "Hahaha! At least, you''ve learned your lesson." Ryth said, teasingly.


    Azalea lightly punched Ryth''s right shoulder, pouting, "Meanie!"


    "Ouch, ouch. Hahaha, alright. I''m sorry." Ryth laughed.


    Tregnar whispered to Llyod, "Looks like something is blooming there." Tregnar stared at Ryth and Azalea, "They seems quite close."


    Llyod nodded his head vigorously, whispering back excitedly, "Spring has finally come for my young lord! I''m so happy!"


    Hill''s expression was stern. He slapped the back of Llyod''s head. "You are too loud!" he hissed.


    "Rawr!" Skye slapped Ryth''s head twice, looking smugly.


    "Don''t hit my head!" Ryth pulled Skye''s ear.


    "Rawr!" Skye patted Ryth''s hand, telling him to stop pulling his ear.


    Ryth and Azalea actually heard Llyod''s nonsense. And although, her face was slightly red, Azalea pretends that she didn''t hear it, while Ryth just rolled his eyes at Llyod.


    They talked for awhile. Ryth use [Eye of Daedalus] scanning skill and saw that there were no monsters nor people around so they could relax.


    Suddenly, Azalea said, "There it is! The entrance of the cave," pointing at a hole between two big rocks. "That''s the underground cave. I remember it being big. And it''s quite dark so you need to use a fire magic as light."


    "Alright," Ryth nodded. "Then we will be using this cave as our base."


    "Great," Azalea agreed. "There aren''t any people around and it''s too far from the main road so I doubt that there will be people passing by the area."


    Ryth turned to look at the rest of the team and waved them over. "Let''s head in." He looked at the mages and instructed them, "Mages, prepare to use a ventilation skill, once we''re inside."


    "Roger!" They said in unison.


    Ryth got in first and use his scanning skill to check the cave. There were only bats inside so Ryth told Skye to get rid of them. Once Skye was done, the rest of the team followed inside. The mages began to cast and make torches and ventilation, while the rest of the team prepared the campfire and tents.


    If you are wondering about the team''s composition, the team has swordsmen, archers, mages, and assassins. The swordsman''s second jobs are cleric.


    Because it was getting near noon, once they have done with the tents, they began to prepare for lunch. Azalea, Ryth, Llyod, Tregnar, Woodgard, and Hill were discussing about their position on the map that Azalea drew before.


    "I will scout outside tonight. I need to know about the terrain better so that we won''t have any loopholes and flaws in our plan." Woodgard said.


    "Okay, but make sure to not get spotted." Ryth warned. He then turned to Llyod, "After lunch, youwill go to the city too. Disguise yourself as a beast man. Ask the mage to help you with the disguise."


    "Okay, my lord!"


    "We will also need to go and check the secret passageway, Ryth," Azalea said. "Its been awhile since I''ve last went in."


    Ryth nodded. He turned to Hill and said, "Hill. You will come with us."


    "Yes." Replied Hill firmly.


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    Ryth then turned to Tregnar. "Tregnar, you will stay here. Guard the base and make sure to keep yourself hidden."


    "Roger, Mr. Myrad!"


    "Okay, that''s all!" Ryth said as he rolled the map closed.


    The others then continued to help the rest of the team with the foods. Ryth and Azalea stayed behind as they talked about other things. Just then, Ryth asked, "Hey, Azalea. Is it possible if you can teach me about the basic magic attack spells as well as the face changing skill?"


    "Sure." Azalea nodded in understanding.


    "Skye, I need you to get off from my head." Ryth pressed Skye''s nose.


    "Rawr!" Skye protested. It slapped Ryth''s head in rejection and went back to sleep, ignoring Ryth.


    Ryth shrugged and sighed in exasperation, "Alright, you win..."


    "Hahaha," Azalea giggled, "We will start after we eat."


    "Sure." Ryth nodded his head.


    After lunch, Azalea taught Ryth the basic magic attack spells. And because she only mastered in wind and water elements, Ryth could only learnt those types of elements.


    A few hours had passed, announcement boxes began to appear one by one on Ryth''s interface.


    ------------


    "You''ve learn Wind Pressure Magic Skill!"


    "Wind Pressure, level one added to skill panel!"


    "You''ve learn Water Ball Magic Skill!"


    "Water Ball, level one added to skill panel!"


    "You''ve learn Face Changing Skill!"


    "Face Changing, level one added to skill panel!"


    "Third job unlocked, Mage class."


    ------------


    "Finally, the third job!"


    In ''The Throne'', once the player leveled up to level 40, they could get another new job. But since they need to hone it from level 1, it was time consuming. So there were only a few players who went to get another new job. They would rather hone their current job because it was stronger. Even Ryth himself didn''t get another new job in ''The Throne''.


    But ever since Ryth came to another world, he thought it would be convenient to have another job. Besides, his INT points was high enough to make any mages burnt in fire of jealousy, so it would be a waste not to use it to the fullest.


    "Here, drink this." Azalea handed him a cup of water.


    "Thank you," Ryth smiled at her. "Let''s rest for now. We will go and check out the secret passageway after this."


    "Mhm." Azalea smiled back.

 51 The Start of The War 5

    Llyod had already gone to the high elves'' city after the mages taught him how to cast the face-changing skill. As long as he didn''t invite unneeded attention, he won''t be caught.


    After some rest, Ryth, Azalea, and Hill went out to check the secret passageway.


    "Hey, Azalea," Ryth turned to her. "I''ve been observing our battle this whole time and I notice that no one knows how to combine magic skills with their other job? For example, like the Anubis back then, it combined its spearman skill with black thunder element magic."


    "Hmm..." Azalea tilted her head and put her index finger on her lower lip. "There are only a few people here who knows how to do it. But they are unwilling to share the technique. That''s probably why no one knows much about it."


    "The amount of Mana they needed to combine their skills are quite high too. So, people who doesn''t have large mana could only give up the idea." Hill joined in.


    "Oh I see... so if you have enough mana to do both of it at the same time and for a long period of battle, it doesn''t matter, right?"


    "Don''t tell me..." Azalea stared at Ryth with a look of disbelief on her face. Hill, too, turned to look at him, as if he was staring at a monster.


    Ryth use his scanning skill to check his surrounding first. Once he was sure that there were no monsters around, he smiled smugly and grabbed his ebony bow and arrow. "Watch."


    He made a stance, placing his arrow on the bow''s string. He then activated {Skull piercer} and {Wind Pressure} at the same time and released the arrow, shooting it straight at a big rock.


    "WUSH, WUSH, WUSH!"


    "STAB!"


    Hill was shocked. The {Skull Piercer} skill itself was already powerful enough, but when Ryth combined it with {Wind Pressure} magic, it became even more terrifying!


    The arrow that Ryth had used pierced through the big rock and 2 big trees behind it. It dug deeply on the big tree behind the 2 big trees.


    "Woah! That was amazing! You knew how to combine two skills of two different jobs?!?" Azalea gasped in surprise, her mouth opened in an ''o'' shape.


    "Yeah, It''s pretty easy, to be honest," Ryth replied as he returned his bow on his back. He then continued, "With your second job as a mage, you should have plenty amount of mana. So, I''m confident that you can use this technique too on your [Blue Soul]."


    Ryth learned to use the combination skills technique from his friend, back when he played ''The Throne'' before. He was curious about how powerful the skill is and had wanted to learn.


    "Can you teach me?"


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    "Sure," Ryth said. He then paused and continued, "But do remember that this skill can only be use with an equipment that has an ebony material and above. This is because the skill is too powerful that below ebony materials might break. It can''t withstand the pressure."


    Azalea nodded in understanding. "I see. So, that''s the condition of using the skill. Not surprising at how nobody was able to use the skill even if they tried so many times. It turns out that they probably did not have a good weapon," she mused, looking serious in thoughts.


    "Yeah, I can teach you later at our base. But for now, let''s just check the secret passageway." Ryth said.


    "Okay!" Azalea nodded her head and continued to walk.


    "As for Hill, if you have enough mana, I''m sure you will become the strongest archer on Rysen Kingdom."


    Hill sighed in regret. "But unfortunately, I only have enough mana for my archery skills," He paused for a bit before revealing a rare smile on his face. "But seeing how you have grown up, getting stronger and stronger by the day, I''m content with this. I just pray that you would not lose your sight on your goals and be steered away by greed. With this, I''m sure that you will become the strongest in this continent."


    Ryth was slightly surprised by the sudden compliment. A small smile graced his lips, he then said, "Actually, this is all thanks to you and Llyod. If it weren''t for your guidance, I would be nothing."


    Hill only smiled again and kept quiet.


    ---------


    The three of them walked for half an hour when suddenly Azalea stopped and said, "It should be around here."


    Ryth immediately used his scanning skill to his surroundings and suddenly, Daedalus'' voice rang on their minds. "Over there! Below the big banyan tree, there seems to be some kind of mechanism."


    "Okay, let''s go there." Ryth, Azalea and Hill nodded their heads.


    They rushed towards the big banyan tree. Azalea removed the dirt with her wind magic skill and suddenly, a big heavily locked steel door was revealed in front of them. Ryth ducked and said, "Daedalus."


    "Roger!"


    Daedalus used his scanning skill again, focusing more on the door. Notlong after, he asked for permission to use Ryth''s hands.


    "Accept." Said Ryth.


    Daedalus began to disassemble the mechanism on the steel door. He then activated [Eye of Daedalus] yellow laser skill to cut certain parts of the mechanism with great precision and in unbelievable speed.


    "How is it, Ryth?"


    Ryth answered without turning his head, "Daedalus is working on it," He paused and asked, "Status please, Daedalus?"


    "It''s 1/4 done. No worries, it will be done soon." Daedalus answered in a serious tone.


    "Woah, you''re so skilled, Daedalus!" Azalea complimented with a big grin. Hill stood at back to ensure that there were no monsters around.


    Skye was still on Ryth''s head. It was curious to know how Daedalus work. When it saw a beam of light, it became excited.


    "Rawr!" Skye growled in excitement as he tapped Ryth''s head non-stop.


    "Oi Skye! Don''t hit my head!" Ryth, who has lost control of his hands, could do nothing to Skye at all. He could only shout in protest.


    "Oi partner! Stop moving around! I''m still working here!"


    "Ah, sorry, sorry. it''s just that Skye can''t stop hitting my head!"


    "Hahaha," Azalea giggled. She patted Skye''s head and said, "Hey, you''re disturbing Daedalus and Ryth. Don''t be too excited, okay?"


    Seeing Azalea''s smile, Skye stopped hitting Ryth''s head and quiet down, "Rawr!"


    "How come you only listen to Azalea and not me?" Ryth felt helpless as he sighed heavily.


    "Rawr!"


    "This shameless jaguar!" Ryth shouted in his heart, "Skye! Hop down from my head!"


    Azalea continued to pat the jaguar''s head. Skye ignored Ryth as it basked in the pleasure of being pat.


    "What happen to your manners? You were so polite when we first met!" Ryth hissed in exasperation.


    "Rawr." If one listened to Skye''s tone, one could imagine that the jaguar cub was shrugging its shoulders.


    Ryth sighed heavily. Just then Daedalus'' voice rang out in their minds. "I''m done!"


    "Ah, finally!" Ryth exclaimed. He then turned to Hill, "Come and give me a hand."


    Hill nodded his head. He grabbed the right door knob while Ryth handled the other knob.


    "On three. One... two... three!"


    "Zuuung!"


    "That was heavy as hell!" Ryth exclaimed. Hill nodded in agreement.


    "I guess pulling the door open is much heavier than pushing it open," Azalea mused. "I remember the door wasn''t that heavy from the inside."


    Ryth took a breath and said, "I see... Well, that doesn''t matter anymore. Let''s get inside."


    "Mhm."


    The three of them went in. Ryth and Hill closed the steel door and suddenly, the tunnel lighten up. It appears that the underground secret passageway has a mechanism that would light up the torches inside once the door was closed. "Daedalus. This kind of mechanism is using the dungeon core crystal, right?"


    "Uh-huh. But look at your surroundings. There seems to be a lot of magic crystals so there should be fountain core nearby. It probably prevent those monsters that got attracted by the power of dungeon core from getting inside this secret passageway."


    "Yeah, I think so too."


    "Did you shut the trap too, Daedalus?" Azalea asked. "Because I believe that when the door was opened from the outside, it would trigger the traps. But seeing how we are inside and there doesn''t seem to be any traps here, it should be deactivated."


    "I did," Daedalus confirmed.


    Azalea clapped both of her hands in glee. "That''s great, Daedalus! You''re just too awesome! I remember that the mechanism was not something that easy to decipher. But you managed to solve it in less than a few minutes."


    "Ku ku ku! It''s only natural. I''m the greatest craftsmen in history! The level of the mechanism is just a child''s play to me!" Daedalus boasted. If anyone could see his face, they would notice that huge smug look on his face.


    "Azalea, stop complimenting this narcissistic person."


    "Hahaha, but he is indeed skillful. You can''t deny it." Azalea giggled.


    "Well, I admit it..." Ryth slumped his shoulder.


    "Ku ku ku!"


    --------


    They strolled inside the tunnel, checking every path that they passed by. But since the traps have been deactivated, there were no danger whatsoever. In fact, nothing happened for the past few minutes.


    After checking the tunnel for around an hour, Ryth said, "I think it''s enough for now. Let''s head back."


    "Mhm, let''s go back," Azalea paused, looking serious. "With this, we can be sure that our way to sneak into the castle is secure. Let''s wait for the others in a week."

 52 The Meeting

    After a week had passed, Llyod, Lady Elsa, and Woodgard were back from their jobs, gathering intel.


    It was 6 AM in the morning and the temperature was cold due to the rain last night. The mages were making a pole underground to make way for the water to go through from above. Inside the cave, the atmosphere was moist, hence, they decided to make a bigger campfire to keep warm.


    Ryth''s closest confidants were gathered inside Ryth''s tent, where they gather around a table.


    Ryth took out a scroll and spread it wide open on top of the table. The scroll was a detailed map of Griefendell City.


    "Alright. First, what''s the update, Lady Elsa, Llyod?" Ryth asked, looking at the two.


    Lady Elsa placed her teacup on a nearby table and began to explain. "The situation inside the city is normal. There was nothing suspicious happening. But apparently, from what I have gathered, the merchants were having a hard time acquiring any mining ores."


    Azalea frowned. She looked a bit disturbed and baffled by the news." No ores?" she asked in disbelief. "How can this be? The mining area there should be abundant with ores. And with the capture of my loyal people, they should have produced more ores than before."


    "Well, I''ve heard some news from the townsfolk but Woodgard has a better understanding of what''s going on than me. So, I should let him explain."


    "They''re probably using it for other purposes," Woodgard guessed. "According to what I have discover this past week, when I snuck into the mining place, I have the understanding of what the mining area is really are. Other than producing ores, it has become a smelting place. They are also making weapons inside and store them in some kind of storage rooms."


    "How did you get inside the mining area, Woodgard?" Ryth asked, looking at him, frowning.


    "My team and I went down the cliff with the use of ropes. It was unprotected."


    "What about inside?"


    "His people only guards the entrance gate. Other than that, other access to the mining area is weak," Woodgard commented. "Those men seems ignorant. All they do is sleep and drink. They''re really slacking off. They will only get serious every Sunday when Wildan comes for checkup," he scoffed further.


    "So, it seems like you''re familiar with the prisoners'' schedules?" Tregnar asked as he tapped the table continuously with his pointer finger.


    Wood gard nodded. "Yes. From 5AM in the morning they have already started working until 8AM when they have a break for breakfast. Breakfast then ends at 9AM and they will continue to work until 6PM in the evening for dinner. Then continue again working from 8PM to 11PM before being dismissed."


    "They don''t have a lunch break, eh?" Ryth muttered to himself. He then asked, "What about sickbay? Do they have one? For instance, if there''s someone who needs treatment, is there a place for them to recover?"


    "There are. But the doctors and healers are also Wildan''s loyal men."


    "So, you''re saying that they won''t get the treatment that they need if they fall sick?"


    Woodgard shook his head. "If it''s a physical wound, it is possible for the healers to treat them. But if its a sickness, like a fever, they would randomly give them some medicines that are barely working at all. Hence, the number of people who had died from illness is not small."


    Azalea clenched her fists, biting her lips and asked again, knowing this is something she needed to know, no matter how much it hurts. "What happened to the corpses of the dead people?"


    Woodgard fell silent before answering. His heart heavy with sadness and regret. "If there were any people who had died when working, will be gathered and placed on a cart. The cart will then moved to a certain part of the mining area called¡­" He took a deep breath before continuing, "Crocodile Hole. Its a huge graveyard for the masses."


    Azalea bit her lips so hard, she could almost taste her own blood. Her fists clenched white as her face became pale after hearing those news from Woodgard. Anger glittered in her beautiful eyes as she thought of the pain her loyal people had endured and experienced.


    Lady Elsa was shocked and saddened by the news too but she quickly calmed herself down. She gently took both of Azalea''s hands and soothed the clenched fists. "It will be alright. We will take Wildan down and free Griefendell from his tyranny!"


    Azalea was quiet for a bit and then she quietly nodded her head. "Mhm."


    Llyod was so furious that he slammed his fist on top of the table. "Despicable!"


    Ryth was quiet, listening to the people around him cursing and spouting insults against Wildan. He then spoke up, "What about the family of the prisoners?"


    "They too were captured. The women were kept in a separate barrack, where they will be doing the laundry and cleaning the men''s prison cells."


    "The children?"


    "Also captured," Woodgard said, with a grim look on his face. "Their tasks were to feed Wildan''s men and clean the cafeteria."


    Hill, who hardly shows any expression on his face, gave out a dark look as he crossed his arms across his chest. "We must pull him down from the top, no matter what."


    Ryth nodded. "That''s a definite." he looked at Woodgard and asked again, "So, have you been contacting with one of prisoners?"


    "Yes. I received everything I know from her."


    "Her?" asked Ryth in confusion.


    "Yes," Woodgard nodded his head, "She''s the captain of the women''s army and also, Miss Azalea''s personal bodyguard, Loreleia Arryn."


    Her eyes widened in shock, Azalea could not hide her surprise at the news that her dear friend is sti alive. "Is she alright??" Azalea asked, her face looking worried and anxious, standing up abruptly.


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    Woodgard nodded, with a small smile. "Yes. She''s a great supporter. She never loses hope. She helped the people there when they were at their lowest. She, too, did not want them to lose hope."


    Lady Elsa patted Azalea on the shoulder. Azalea sat back down with a huge sigh of relief. "That''s great," she murmured.


    Ryth nodded his head, "Great. All we need to decide is when to strike."


    "About that... I know of a perfect time," Lady Elsa said calmly.


    "Please, continue."


    Lady Elsa said, holding up four fingers, "In 4 days, the moon will be at its lowest light, and I believed that they will have difficulty in seeing in the dark."


    "Then we must take the advantage," Ryth said determinedly. The others nodded in agreement. "We''ll use this chance to strike!"


    Lady Elsa nodded. "As discussed, Woodgard will free the prisoners first. And once it has become chaotic, I will project the truth in the middle of the city. At the same time, Mr. Myrad, Azalea and Mr. Hill will use the opportunity to sneak into the castle."


    "Great. Luck is still on our side." Ryth smiled. He then stood up, stretching his arms up, "Alright then. Everyone is dismissed. Let''s get some food, I''m starving."


    "Rawr!" Skye growled in agreement with Ryth. It jumped on top of Ryth''s head and patted Ryth''s head.


    Ryth rolled his eyes. "You were just sleeping a minute ago. Once you hear the word, ''food'', you suddenly wake up. Are you feigning sleep now?" Ryth said, poking Skye''s nose with a finger.


    "Rawr." Answered Skye as it tapped its belly with its right paw.


    They all go their separate ways to get some food. Lady Elsa was about to talk to Azalea when she saw Ryth walking towards Azalea. She let out a s a smile and went off to join the others.


    Azalea was about to stand up when Ryth tugged on her sleeve. "Hey, you really have a personal bodyguard?" he asked, curious.


    "Yes, why?"


    "What is her job?"


    "She''s a swordswoman, just like me," she said before being quiet. She then spoke up again, "I believe her strength is more or less like Lloyd''s. She was the one who helped distract the enemies, helping me escape. I thought she was gone. I''m so happy to know that she''s alright."


    Skye unexpectedly did not joined in. It was as if it understood what the two were talking about. It jumped off Ryth''s head and went off after Lady Elsa.


    Ryth did not see any tears on Azalea''s face but he could see the sadness and anger in her eyes. She was furious from hearing about her people being treated like animals. Now that she had heard the news about her personal bodyguard being safe and sound, albeit still in prison, she looked relieved. It was as if so many emotions were mixed in her thoughts.


    Ryth patted her on the head and consoled her by saying, "If she''s as strong as Llyod, then I''m sure that she is fine. At least, she knows that you''re coming back and her hope doesn''t die. Believe in her."


    Azalea was quiet for a moment as Ryth patted her on the head. When he stopped, she grabbed his hand with both of her hands tightly. She pulled his hand and placed it on her forehead as she closed her eyes. A tear dropped from the corner of her eyes as she said softly, "Thank you, Ryth¡­"


    Ryth fell silent, surprised at Azalea''s sudden action but also felt warmth. "Yeah, no problem," he said softly.

 53 The Day

    It was 4 AM in the morning, Ryth was doing his usual daily routine; change bandages and a quick workout. Once he was done, he swiftly changed his clothes.


    Lady Elsa and Llyod had returned to Griefendell yesterday, soon after the meeting.


    When Ryth walked out from his tent, Hill was standing outside, together with Azalea. "Good morning, Hill, Azalea," he greeted.


    "Good morning, Ryth," the two of them said as Azalea sweetly smiled.


    "So, how''s the preparation for the raid team?" Ryth asked.


    "Everything has gone smoothly, according to plan," Azalea answered. "We''re ready to go when the time comes."


    Ryth nodded. "What about Lady Elsa''s team? Any news from them?" he further asked.


    "We''ve just received reports from them. They''re ready whenever you are, Ryth."


    Ryth nodded again. "That''s good." He then paused before continuing, "Alright, let''s have our breakfast."


    ----


    After breakfast, Ryth asked Azalea whether she could help him with his training. He wanted to level up his {Wind Pressure} and {Water Ball} magic skills by chanting it continuously.


    The other elves were busy with their own business, while Hill was in discussion with Woodgard and Tregnar. As for Skye? It was sleeping on top of Ryth''s head the whole time.


    Ryth was casting {Wind Pressure}, focusing on a rock as his target. Of course, he had to lower its strength as to not make any noise. His purpose was only to improve his proficiency, rather than its powers. As he was casting, he suddenly said, "We will execute the plan at 9 PM tonight." he then paused and turned his gaze towards Azalea, "You seem calm."


    Azalea leaned back against the wall of the cave as she looked up at the ceiling. "Well, yes. I keep telling myself to keep calm because this is not the time for error. I must win this battle. Just worrying about it won''t help me win," she replied.


    Ryth gave her a small smile, proud to hear her soft but determined voice. "That''s a good motivation, Azalea," he complimented. He then drew out [Vengeance] from the sheath and cast {Cut}, while at the same time, cast {Wind Pressure}, swinging it.


    "WOOSH!"


    A crack appeared on the cave''s soil, ceiling, and wall. Ryth took a deep breath as he sheathed back [Vengeance]. He then walked towards Azalea and stood beside her, "What field is your uncle proficient in?"


    "He''s a mage, a very skilled mage," Azalea answered, crossing her arms across her chest. "He has this powerful staff, made from a special creature material, called [Staff of Despair]. It has a dark green gem on its tip. It''s a drop from Gargoyle of Despair."


    Ryth suddenly became interested. Back in ''The Throne'', [Staff of Despair] was dropped from the gargoyle too. His friend had it, but because it was a type of cursed mythical weapon, he rarely use it in battles. "Hmm... He must be really strong to be able to use it. It would be really hard to defeat him."


    "Mhm."


    "Rawr!" Skye unexpectedly woke up, growling at Azalea. It then tapped Ryth''s head and then tapped its own head.


    Azalea was surprised at Skye''s growl that she became silent. She then burst out into laughter. "Hahaha, are you saying that I have Ryth and you, Skye?"


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    Skye nodded its head vigorously, it also pointed towards where Hill and the other elves were, "Rawr!"


    "Mhm, I know. I believe in everyone''s strength."


    -------


    Woodgard was in deep discussion with the other assassins. He spread open the prison map that he had made after successfully infiltrate it last time. "Alright, we will enter from the same place as before. We''ll open the gate for Tregnar''s team and free the prisoners inside. We''ll need to make a ruckus to distract General Ranghyl''s attention. This will help Miss Azalea and her team''s mission be easy."


    All of the assassins nodded their heads. "Yes sir!" they said, in unison. They have already memorized the map in their head. They were confident that there will be no mistakes.


    "Right!" Woodgard said. "We need this to be a success! It will be a shame to our honour if we made even a single mistake against those undisciplined soldiers."


    "Yes sir! We shall bring honour and pride for our team!"


    --------


    The evening was getting near as the sun slowly settled down in the horizon. On top of a big tree, sentries outside the base was watching the sunset. The atmosphere was intense and brimming with excitement. The upcoming battle was getting close and tonight, they will have to fight with all of their strength. They need to put down Wildan and his tyranny.


    The commanders were also tensed, as they waited for the battle to start. Even Lady Elsa, who usually wore a gentle smile on her face, was feeling the tension.


    Two of the sentries, Gyldorr and Katyr, were feeling anxious as they waited for the signal to start. They were chatting in low voices, trying to relieve their boredom. The base camp where they were at were usually an area where people hardly comes.


    "Do you think the plan will work?" Gyldorr asked Katyr as he watched the sunset.


    Katyr sighed as he shook his head. "I''m not sure. I believed that this is not as simple as it looks. Those people might have something under their sleeves that we don''t know. But Mr. Myrad and the others might probably know about this."


    "Hmm¡­" Gyldorr mumurred, not surprised with Katyr''s answer. "Probably," he said. "Mr. Myrad seems like someone who knows a lot, despite his young age. He also seems like a skilled swordman. Recently, I''ve noticed that he has been using a bow as well. He''s probably skilled in that too. I heard Mr. Hill used to be his trainer, teaching him how to use the bow and all."


    Katyr nodded as he wiped his dagger with his cloth. "And now, I''ve seen him learning how to use magic, as well, from Miss Azalea. Demn. He''s like a monster. I''m glad that he''s on our side."


    Gyldorr let out a soft chuckle. "I agree. I wouldn''t want to make an enemy out of a monster like him," he said. He paused for a bit before continuing, "I''m surprised, though. Heard that he''s actually a noble and a human. But I don''t see any arrogance from him. It''s like he respect us as if we''re the same race."


    Katyr nodded in agreement. "Yeah. I thought it was all an act just to get our favour." He twirled his dagger around, examining it. He then smiled at Gyldorr, "But these past few weeks, after getting to know him, he isn''t like those other humans at all. His thinking is quite different from them."


    "Agreed." Gyldorr nodded his head.


    The sun has finally set and the moon was slowly showing its appearance against the darkening sky. It was a chilly night where only the sounds of the crows can be heard. But other than that, it was silent.


    A shadow suddenly appeared on a tree branch near them. "Hey Katyr, Gyldorr. Here''s your dinner."


    Katyr turned his head and said, "Ah! Yes, sir! Thank you, sir!" Katyr said, bowing his head.


    The shadow handed them their dinners and quickly disappeared as soon as it came.


    "Thank you again, Sir Woodgard," the two sentries said.


    The shadow, which was Woodgard, smoothly disappeared into the darkness. He gave a quick glance at a certain area and said, "Let''s go."


    "WUSH!" a soft wind breezed by the two sentries as they felt something had flown past by them. "They are probably getting ready into position," Gyldorr commented. "Once we''re done with our dinner, we should go, as well."


    Katyr nodded. "Yes, we should."


    -------


    "All set?"


    "Yes, sir!"


    "Good," Tregnar nodded as he turned towards Azalea, Ryth, and Hill. "Now, then. I wish you good luck."


    "Thank you. You too." Azalea said, returning the nod. She turned towards Ryth and Hill. "Let''s go."


    "Rawr!"


    -------


    Woodgard was running with {Stealth} skill on, leading the other assassins. With Woodgard, there were 6 people in the team.


    When they finally arrived at the cliff, where they will sneak into the prison, Woodgard turned to the team, his face covered with a mask and black hood. "Everyone understand what they need to do?"


    All of the assassins nodded their heads.


    "Good..." Woodgard took out his rope and said in a low voice, "Operation begins."

 54 Mission 1

    Woodgard and five other elves went down the cliff, using the ropes; quietly but quick. They secretly landed inside the prison.


    Woodgard gave out a signal to the other elves to take their position. They nodded and scattered out.


    There were five guard towers inside the prison and there were two guards in each tower. Each assassin in Woodgard''s group will need to eliminate these guards and only then, they will be able to open the gate. But before that, Woodgard would also need to retrieve the master prison keys.


    After his discreet discussion with Loreleia, he discovered where the keys were. According to Loreleia, the keys were located inside the barracks of the guards. It was an underground barracks, located a bit further from the prison itself. Woodgard need to sneak inside and retrieve the keys without being detected.


    Normally, this kind of mission would be difficult for an assassin. But not for Woodgard, with his years of experience and skills. Additionally, the guards were easy to avoid since they knew only to sleep and drink. Hence, this should be a piece of cake for Woodgard.


    As Woodgard was sneaking silently towards the underground barracks, he suddenly stopped and hid inside a rift on the cliff. He saw two guards walking around, patrolling the area.


    "Ugh. Why do we have to do this? I want to drink!"


    "Do you think I want to do this as well? There''s no point keeping an eye on those pathetic slaves! No one would dare to even think about escaping from here. Why should we waste time looking after them?"


    "True," the guard agreed, scratching the back of his head lazily, as they walked around. "Besides, all of them are shackled with an anti-magic collar. And all their weapons were taken away too. They are weak now."


    The other guard scoffed. "Hah! Even if they have weapons or somehow managed to get that anti-magic collar out of them, they don''t have the guts to go against us! We have their women and kids!" He smirked.


    "..."


    "These animals..." Woodgard thought to himself, scowling at the sight of the two guards laughing with each other. He felt angry for the prisoners, feeling rage building inside him. "I''ll teach you a lesson."


    When one of them walked to the other direction, leaving his partner alone, Woodgard quietly grab his daggers. After the other guard were out of sight, Woodgard used {Stealth} and moved behind the guard who had stayed.


    "SLASH!"


    Woodgard slashed the guard''s neck with his dual ebony daggers. The guard fell dead, not knowing what killed him. Without wasting a single second, Woodgard quickly exchanged his clothes with the dead guard''s uniform. He then dragged the guard''s corpse to the rift and burned the corpse until there were no more evidence. Woodgard then activated his face-changing skill, his face now similar to the dead guard''s face.


    Woodgard fixed his collar and smoothen his clothes. "Alright, this should be good. No bloodstains."


    He went back to the barracks and as before, there were no other patrol guards. Woodgard scoffed at their lack of security.


    Basically, there were two areas in the prison. One area has a wooden path that was attached to the cliff wall, where the guards can see the prison from above. Another area was one where there was only the prison walls where the guard towers were located for the guards.


    From what Woodgard could see, the prisoners worked on the area below the wooden path. So, meaning there were three levels. One level was above the wooden path, the other levels were the guard''s towers, the mining, smelting and prison area and lastly, the underground barracks.


    Currently, Woodgard was standing on the wooden path, where he could see the prisoners working.


    His fists clenched with anger as he watched some of the prisoners being whipped with a rope and another were hit by a wooden stick. This was because the prisoners looked too tired to work, from the way their bodies had slumped.


    "Hang in there! We will free you from this nightmare. Just don''t lose hope," Woodgard said softly to himself as he gritted his teeth.


    He walked along the wooden path and went down to the mining area from the wooden stairs. He continued on to the underground barrack.


    Inside, Woodgard saw someone in the first room. He was mumbling to himself, saying that he wanted to grab a jug of ale. The man turned around and saw Woodgard on the stairs. "Hey, buddy!"


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    Woodgard coughed lightly and replied, "Yes?"


    "You''re just back from patrolling, right? Come and join me for some ale!"


    "Yes, sure. But let me clean up first. I want to get rid of this filth after patrolling," Woodgard said, feigning a look of disgust on his face.


    "Sure, sure. Let''s go."


    Woodgard followed the man to the cafeteria. Woodgard kept nodding and keeping quiet as the man talked all the way to the cafeteria. Woodgard did not want the man to be suspicious so he could only agree to what the man was saying.


    After they arrived at the cafeteria, they went on their separate ways.


    The cafeteria was filled with guards, drinking and eating. They kept to themselves, minding their own businesses. They did not care what the others were doing.


    Woodgard was relieved to see that there were signs inside the barracks. At least, he would not get lost inside.


    "Okay, I''m inside now. The keys should be inside the control room." Woodgard thought to himself. He swiftly walked towards the control room. And inside, he saw that there was only one man sleeping inside.


    Woodgard saw the keys at the corner of the wall. He activated {Stealth} and grabbed the keys.


    "The prisons keys are in my hand. I should get going to the women''s prison to free the women and children. Then I will be able to meet up with Loreleia."


    He returned back to the cafeteria, still in his disguise. Because the guards inside the cafeteria were busy getting drunk, they did not take any notice of Woodgard. He grabbed some ales and went outside to the underground barracks with ease.


    He quickened his pace to where the females and children'' prisons were. And when he arrived, he sneaked a peek to see how many guards were guarding the cells.


    There were two guards there, drinking. One was leaning against the wall and the other one was sitting on a chair, his feet were on the table.


    Woodgard walked casually towards them and said, "Hey guys, I brought you two some ales."


    "Woa.. hic! You are our hero, man! We just ran out of it, a minute ago."


    "Thanks... hic!"


    Woodgard placed the ales on the table and said, "Wow, you guys are so drunk." He turned to look at the one standing and said, "You should sit down before you get dizzy."


    "Ah I''m okay... hic!"


    "Come on and just sit¡­ You will hurt yourself later," Woodgard cajoled, letting out a smile.


    "Alright, alright..."


    Just as the guard was about to sit down, Woodgard use {Stealth} and disappeared. He wielded his daggers and slashed the guy on the neck and disappeared again.


    "Wha! Bastard! Who are yo-"


    "SLASH!"


    With an amazing speed, Woodgard had appeared again behind the other guard and then knocked him out.


    "You should learn some discipline."


    Woodgard sheathed his dagger and revealed his true face. Suddenly, there was a voice calling out his name.


    "Mr. Woodgard!"


    He turned and walked to where Loreleia was held. "Miss Loreleia," he greeted politely.


    "Come and break this anti-magic collars!" She demanded impatiently.


    Woodgard rolled his eyes. "Just relax and give me a second."


    After he had told Ryth about the anti-magic collars, Ryth had taught Woodgard on how to break the collars. Since it was the same collar that Azalea had worn when she was captured by the Fang Bandits, Ryth knew the technique of breaking it.


    According to Daedalus, there was a method of breaking it, without triggering its self-destruct functions. And luckily, he had managed to teach that to Ryth, who in turn taught Woodgard.


    After a few minutes, the two of them had freed all the women and children. There were some women who volunteered to stay and protect the children. While the others joined Loreleia to open the gate with Woodgard.


    Loreleia stood straight, as she faced the women with a determined look on her face. "O Warriors of Griefendell! In the name of Griefendell! We must bring down the fake Chief, Wildan!" she yelled out.


    All the women placed their right fist on their chest, where their heart beats and shouted in unison, "For Griefendell! For Princess Azalea!"


    "Let''s go!" Loreleia said calmly, but her eyes were burning with anger.


    "Finally!" Loreleia thought to herself. She then remembered that Woodgard had told her that Azalea should be sneaking into the castle right about now. "Stay safe, princess!" She said softly, as she headed off to the gates with Woodgard and the other women.

 56 Mission 2

    Woodgard, Loreleia, and five female high elves gathered together in a circle. Woodgard stood in between them, explaining the plan briefly in a soft voice. Just then, five black shadows appeared beside Woodgard. One of them reported, "The targets have already been eliminated, sir!" These are the assassin elves that Woodgard had sent earlier to secure the area.


    Woodgard nodded his head. "Good job," he complimented. "You got the thing, right?"


    "Yes, sir," they said in unison. One of them stepped forward and handed Woodgard a large bag. "Everything is inside, sir!"


    Woodgard opened the bag and took out the things inside. He handed a sword to Loreleia, "Here you go," he said. "There are more swords inside the bag for you and the others," he continued. "Also, some clothes to wear for concealment."


    Loreleia took the sword and turned to the other female elves. "Alright. We need everyone to be armed so go get the weapons and change your clothes immediately."


    The rest of the female elves took a weapon each. They hold the weapon close to their heart, as they close their eyes, remembering the hardship that they had experienced the past few weeks. All the pain, the cries of the children, the agonizing scream from the forced working elves and the unwilling women who got sold as slaves. Everything that had happened ring through their mind again.


    Each one of them took a deep breath. They quietly calmed their minds. Once they had opened their eyes, a glint of determination can be seen in their eyes. They each grabbed the black hoodies and changed their clothes. Once clothed in black, they walked towards Woodgard and Loreleia. They placed their hand on their left chest, where their heart beats. "We''re ready!"


    Woodgard and Loreleia nodded their heads. "Alright, let''s do it!" Loreleia said. Her tone of voice was powerful enough to boost up the elves'' morale, motivation and determination.


    They headed towards the prison gate. There were no guards on duty around to watch over the male prisoners because Woodgard and the team had used the stairs above to the wooden path. The assassins had already cleared the way earlier so it was easy to walk around openly. They were heading towards the female ad children cells. Along the way, they only encountered several unlucky guards, who eventually were eliminated.


    "Sir, there should be six guards guarding the gate," one of the assassins reported to Woodgard.


    Woodgard nodded. "True. But from what we have observed throughout this week, I believed that usually there are four guards on duty. The other two would usually go to the cafeteria in the underground barracks. Its like their schedule on who will be on guard and who will be drinking on working hours.


    Do it as planned," Woodgard ordered.


    The assassins nodded their heads in unison.


    The plan was to catch the guards off-guard. Woodgard and the assassins will make them confused by wearing the guards'' uniforms, not knowing who were the friends and foes. Loreleia and the other female elves, on the other hand, will serve as a backup if needed.


    Once they were close to the stairs that leads to the prison gate, Woodgard and the tea stopped. "Alright, you know what to do," he said softly to Loreleia.


    Loreleia nodded.


    Woodgard immediately gave a signal to the other assassins. They quickly walked forward, activating their face-changing skills.


    Woodgard and the others continued to walk towards the gate. They saw that there were four guards on each side of the prison gates.


    "Hey man! Got some ales for us? Furel and Yryok should be back by now. Damn them! They must be dead drunk and forgot that it''s our turn now!" One of the guards complained at Woodgard.


    Woodgard scratched the back of his head, pretending to be obtuse. "Ah, nah, we don''t."


    "Ah, sh*t!" he screamed and said while pointing his finger to Woodgard and the others. "All of you, change with us! At least until the other two are back."


    "We can''t, it''s your shift now. I''m just strolling around with them to get some air," Woodgard rejected, shaking his head.


    "Come on, man! We''ll drag that two bastards here once we''re there! Just give us a few minutes or so!" the guard literally begged.


    "Well..." Woodgard pretended to think before reluctantly agreed. "Fine. A few minutes¡­ not a minute longer than that. Otherwise, I will report you to General Ranghyl."


    "Alright, no problem!" the guards exclaimed in excitement. They have already licked their lips as they imagined about drinking ales at the cafeteria.


    Woodgard and his men stood aside as they waited for the ignorant guards to walk past them, defenseless.


    "Ah! Finally I can drink!"


    "Yeah. I''m sick of guarding the gate. There''s never been any problem so why bother?"


    "Hahaha, that''s righ-"


    "SLASH!"


    "What the heck are you doing?!" the guards hurriedly trying to pull out their swords, but before they could make a fighting stance, shadows appeared behind them.


    "The problem that you mention won''t ever happen had just happened."


    "SLASH!"


    Before they could react, all the guards'' necks were swiftly slashed. Their bodies fell heavily to the ground, dead.


    Woodgard wiped his daggers with the guard''s uniform. "Good, let''s send the signal to Tregnar''s team and open the gate."


    --------


    Tregnar was standing not too far from the prison gate as he waited for the signal. He was still studying prison map when suddenly, one of his men came with a report. "Sir, the signal has been spotted!"


    Tregnar clenched his fists, excitement was starting to surge into him. "Woodgard did it! Prepare to depart!" he called out.


    "Yes, Sir!"


    -------


    Loreleia and the rest of the female elves ran to the gate. "Sir Woodgard, leave the gate to us! You still need to free the men who are still forced to work at the mines!"


    "Alright. I leave this part to you." Woodgard said. He then ran to the mining area with his team.


    "Hey, you! Don''t stop! Keep moving the cart!" one of the guards shouted. He was whipping an old elf because he had fallen, pushing the cart. The fallen elf was trying to protect his head with his hands.


    "Hey! Stop!" shouted a young elf as he ran towards the old elf to help him up.


    "What?!" the guard then turned to whipped the young elf, instead. "What are you doing here? Go push your cart!" he said with a sneer on his face.


    The young elf gritted his teeth as he endured the pain from the whip. "Please!" he begged. "Let my father rest for a bit. He''s sick from the work here!"


    "Shut up!" the guard whipped the young elf again, "He will be healthy again after more whippings!"


    When the guard wanted to whip the young elf''s father again, the young elf ran to protect his father with his body. "I won''t let you hurt him again!"


    The guard became angry. He shouted, "It seems like I have to teach you a lesson!"


    He was about to whip the young elf again. But before the whip could reach the elf, it was cut.


    "WHO DARES?!"


    A guy wearing a guard uniform appeared in front of the guard. But suddenly, he vanished again.


    "Cra-"


    "SLASH!"


    Before the guard could turn around, his throat gushed out with blood. He put his hands on his wound. He looked around to look for the culprit who had slashed him. Hatred and disbelief could be seen on his eyes. But then he had lost too much blood and he fell to the ground heavily.


    The man who had killed the guard turned his head towards the young elf. "Are you alright?"


    The young elf was in a daze. He hurriedly stood up and replied, "Yes, thank you... who are you?"


    The man in the guard uniform was none other than Woodgard. He lightly smile, "Just someone who is passing by." He paused for a moment, sheathing back his daggers. "Just run to the main gate. Your friends are there."


    It was then, the young elf and his father realized that something major will be happening tonight. They nodded their heads. They felt like their lives will change for the better good. This had made them so happy, even the young elf''s father who was sick regained his vigor. "Alright!"


    Woodgard nodded and vanished from sight.


    "Let''s get goin, father!" the young elf ran towards his father. He helped and supported him as they walked towards the main gate.


    As they hurriedly walked towards the main gate, every now and then, they would turn around to where the other prisoners were. They saw that there were fights among the guards. They were not sure what was happening but they felt hope. "Finally! The day has come!"


    -----------


    "Push the cart! Stop being so lazy!" shouted one of the guards while holding a whip.


    The prisoners were clenching their fist in anger. "Just you wait, Wildan''s dogs. When Princess Azalea come, this will be the end of your lives." Said one of the prisoners in his heart.


    They have been enduring the mockery and humiliation for the past few weeks. All because Miss Loreleia had told them that Princess Azalea would surely back to seek justice.


    Even without Loreleia''s encouragement, they would absolutely wait for their princess. Their princess would never abandoned them. They could only hope that Princess Azalea would not be too much in a rush. They know that she would need to have powerful allies beside her.


    "Endure it, hold on, don''t lose hope!" said one of the prisoners to himself. He gritted his teeth as determination flashed in his eyes.


    "What?! You better know your situation here! I don''t like the look in your eyes!" shouted one of the guards when he saw the look on the prisoner''s face.


    Not far from them, a figure was getting closer to the guard. He readied his daggers as he activated his {Stealth}. He then dashed forward.Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting.


    The guard felt a cold feeling like a darkness seeping into his soul from behind. He shouted,  "Who is that?!" the guard had turned his back but then a figure appeared. The figure attacked with dual daggers on both of his hands.


    "Crap! You dare?!" the guard hurriedly jumped backward. The tips of the daggers left two scratches on his neck.


    The figure who appeared was Woodgard. He was slightly surprised to see that the guard has good instinct. "Seems like it won''t be as easy as the other guards. He could feel my killing intent," he thought to himself.


    Many more figures started to appear behind Woodgard. They were Woodgard''s men. "Sir, what do we do now? Should we help you?"


    Woodgard shook his head without turning his head. "No need, leave him to me. You guys should take care of the other guards."


    "Roger." They nodded and vanished.


    Woodgard turned to the nearby prisoners, who were looking at him in surprise. "Quickly get back. Run to the main gate, your friends should be there."


    The prisoners were surprised, at the same time, worried because they were not sure whether Woodgard was a friend or foe. But when they heard his words, their hope heightened. This man was on their side! They hurriedly ran. "Okay!"


    "Did I give you permission to leave, trash?" the guard coldly said. He used his whip to catch one of the elves'' legs. But Woodgard had intervene and cut the whip. "Your opponent is me."


    "Tsk. Annoying trash. Dare to rebel against Chief Wildan? You deserve death," said the guard as he unsheathed his sword from his back.


    Woodgard looked as cold as ever. Right now, he let his killing intent spread to the surrounding. If normal people were near Woodgard right now, they would find it hard to even breathe. "You''ll pay for what you''ve done."

 57 Mission 3

    Woodgard stared at the guard coldly. He readied his daggers and dashed forward. {Dual Slash}! "Tsk, child''s play." The guard sneered at Woodgard as he activated {Deflect} He spinned to the left and activated his swordsman skill. {Cut}! Woodgard was calmed as he jumped back, just enough to avoid the upcoming attack. He then activated his skill, spinning to the right and dashed to the back of the guard. {Backstab}! The guard was slightly shocked at Woodgard''s quick reflex. He then hurriedly turned around and blocked with his sword. "CLANG!" The clash brought the situation to a stalemate. The guard and Woodgard backed away. "You got a good weapon. Seems like Your daggers can withstand my [Black Heart]. Even though, This sword was made with ebony ingots," the guard whistled in amusement, "Once you''re dead, those daggers will be mine." Woodgard paid no heed to his blabber. He dashed forward as he activated {Stealth} and vanished as if he wasn''t there earlier. "Your cheap tricks won''t work on me!" The guard grinned, totally confident with his ability as he waited calmly. Just as Woodgard was about to launch his attack from the front, the guard had turned his gaze to Woodgard and slashed his sword. {Cut}! Woodgard was already prepared since his first attempt had failed earlier. He was aware that his opponent might have some special skill that could detect his {Stealth} skill. So he lightly parried the guard''s attack with his right dagger, and then launched an attack using his left dagger. The guard was prepared, since he knew that his greatest disadvantage was his weapon. He only has a sword while his opponent was using dual daggers. He hurriedly jumped back and used a near cart full of ores from behind him as a stepping stone to jump as high as he could. "Since he''s just an assassin, I will have an advantage against him with my sheer power. And I can prevent him from hiding again and launch a surprise attack. An assassin is known to be weak in an head-on battle." Thought the guard as he slashed his sword down. Woodgard was aware that he couldn''t win against this guard head-on but it doesn''t mean that he should give up. So, he crossed his dual daggers. "CLANG!" Wind gushed from the clash, vibrating their surroundings violently. Even the heavy carts which were full of ores were blown by the impact. Woodgard successfully repelled the guard''s attack and fell back, keeping distance to take a quick breather. He took a deep breath as he closed his eyes. If Ryth was here, he would definitely know that the skill Woodgard was using was {Sirene Mind}; a skill that you could acquire when your VIT points hits 50 points mark. Although Woodgard wasn''t using any game system. Since this world was the same as ''The Throne'', naturally, all of the skills were the same. "I only need to stall for time. As long as this guy is occupied here, he will not chase the others. I will wait for Tregnar''s reinforcement to arrive before regrouping." Thought Woodgard. He opened his eyes, his gaze was calm yet terrifying at the same time. The guard felt the chill and he could tell that the atmosphere had changed. But he cleared his mind, using the same skill which was {Serene Mind} He was deep in thoughts before he finally spoke. "I see. So you are one of the dogs that coward''s daughter, Princess Azalea, was seeking for help. The Dark Elves eh? It seems that tonight, there will be a big party and this is just the beginning. Seems like the princess is still alive after being chased for so long. She really has some good luck." "Wildan''s wicked plan ends tonight, so is your life." "Whoa, scary," the guard sneered, "As if you could defeat my mentor, General Ranghyl. Not to mention, our Chief. You won''t be able to get near him at all with General Ranghyl by his side." "That''s our problem." Woodgard scoffed as he rushed forward to attack. -------------- A man, with a big sword on his back was running at full speed in the front, leading a large group of people in black. Although the man was bringing such a big sword on his back, he was still very fast compared to a normal person. The wind that went past his ears was loud enough to make a normal person feel dizzy, but the man seems oblivious to the wind pressure as he concentrated on running.  The man in the front was Tregnar. Followed by the reinforcement troops to break the prison. "Hope you guys are alright." Thought Tregnar in concern as he rushed forward. They had already scouted the route beforehand. So it was a smooth run towards the prison, without any hindrance. After some time, he was finally able to see what he was seeking for.  "I CAN SEE THE SIGNAL FROM HERE! WE ARE ALMOST THERE! O WARRIORS OF THE DARK ELVES, WE SHALL WIN THIS WAR!" "OOOH!" The group shouted in unison. ---------- Lolereia was standing on the top of the prison wall where she was giving instructions to her followers. "Hurry, open the gate!" "Yes!" They hurriedly opened the prison gate, and as soon as the gate was opened, many figures clad in black emerged from the darkness of the night. "I''m Tregnar from the dark elves tribe. I''m here as the reinforcement," the black figure in the front looked up to where Loreleia was. He then lowered his hood, "you must be Miss Loreleia, Princess Azalea''s personal bodyguard." Loreleia had already been informed by Woodgard, so she knew about the dark elves. She nodded her head. "Yes. Let''s go, we need to evacuate the children and women who can''t fight first." "Yes, we will assist you. I need you to guide us, and I''ll leave some of my men here to guard the gate." Loreleia gave a nod. She then jumped to the ground, where she felt a presence moving towards the gate at high speed. She stopped and looked over to see a man running towards her. "Miss Loreleia! Mr. Woodgard is engaged with an enemy right now! And it seems that the opponent is really skilled. Mr. Woodgard needs a reinforcement right now!" Tregnar who heard the report walked toward Loreleia and the man. "Alright, Flynt, I will go. You will guide me there!" Tregnar turned to his men and continued, "As for the rest of you, some of you will go and guard the gate while the rest of you should assist Miss Loreleia to evacuate the captives." "Understood sir!" Tregnar nodded to Loreleia and then said to Flynt, one of Woodgard''s men. "Let''s go!" ------- Woodgard was still on a stalemate. None of them had gained an advantage. Although Woodgard was supposed to be in the disadvantage , but he had filled that gap with his vast experience. Although the guard was strong, he lacked some battle experience. "CLANG!" Sparks were flying everywhere where the two daggers and the black sword clashed. "He is so persistent, I cannot drag this battle any longer, especially while I''m wielding [Black Heart]. I can feel myself losing my consciousness!" Thought the guard as uneasiness filled his thoughts,. and now he had a bad feeling about what was to come as the battle continued to dragged on. "STOP RESISTING, YOU D*MN DARK ELF!" He ran forward as he used {Stab} but, Woodgard was able to parry his attack and strike his daggers. He landed two slashes on the guard''s left shoulder. It was the first time an attack landed in their battle. "YOU MANAGED TO HURT ME FIRST, HOW DARE YOU!" The guard was so enraged that he was literally shouting, his eyes were blood red as if blood could burst out at any moment. "AAAAAAAGHHH!!!!"Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "He''s totally lost his self control after wielding that black sword for too long. It seems like it is a cursed weapon." Thought Woodgard. Black aura burst out from the guard, it contained a very intense killing aura that could make ordinary people suffocated. "AAAARGGHH!!!"  The guard kept clutching his head and screaming, gritting his teeth. "I DON''T GIVE YOU THE PERMISSION, YET!" Woodgard stood there as he tried to withstand the black aura. The black aura was giving Woodgard a headache, his head feels hurt all of a sudden. It is an area debuff skill, called {Aura of Darkness}. In ''The Throne'', this skill gives the opponent a headache, enough to stun them for 5 seconds. Tregnar and his men noticed the black aura, and they could feel the atmosphere had changed from the distance. They quickly rushed forward as fast as they could. "KAHAHAHA, FINALLY, I''M OUT!" The guard suddenly yelled and looked at Woodgard who was still affected by the stun debuff. "NOW I CAN KILL THIS DARK ELF, KAHAHA!" He moved forward in a flash, swinging his black sword towards Woodgard, aiming at his head. "CLANG!!" Flynt who was moving with Tregnar came first as he used his daggers to block the attack, but his daggers couldn''t withstand [Black Heart] and shattered. Blood gushed from Flynt''s hands, because he tried to block the attack using his hands after his daggers were shattered into pieces. "FLYNT!!!!" Tregnar shouted from afar. He gripped his huge swords really tight as he gritted his teeth.  "ARCHERS!"  The archers reacted quickly as they activated their skill, {Multi Shot} towards the guard. "WUSH WUSH!"  "CLANG CLANG!" "TSK, ANOTHER BOTHER, WHY DID YOU BLOCK ME!"  A figure dashed and jumped forward as he swung his sword in anger, "I WILL KILL YOU!" "BOOM!" It was Tregnar, but his attack wasn''t able to land on the guard since he had already fallen back.  Woodgard staggered backward, covered in Flynt''s blood. He hurriedly held the heavily injured man. "Master, you''re back." Woodgard calmly patted Flynt on the shoulder. "Thank you. You can leave the rest to me and the others." "Yes¡­ you have to win¡­" then he lost his consciousness. Woodgard turned his gaze to Tregnar''s men and shouted, "HURRY, MEDIC!" The swordsmen with the second job as cleric ran and hurriedly moved Flynt to a safe place. Woodgard turned toward Tregnar, "I''m sorry, I had to stall this man in order for the mission to succeed. If only I knew earlier that it is a cursed weapon, I would have been more cautious. But just when I realized, it was already too late." "No, it was my fault for not coming earlier. We should finish this bastard now." Woodgard taking in deep breath, his grip on his daggers tightened. "For Flynt." "Yeah." The guard was smiling from ear to ear as he licked [Black Heart] that was soaked with Flynt''s blood. He said sinisterly. "KAHAHA TASTE JUST RIGHT, NOT BAD!" "We will kill you." Said Woodgard as killing intent flashed from his eyes.

 58 Pay Back

    \"Disgusting. This guy is crazy.\"


    \"He had just lost his humanity. I think that cursed weapon took control of his consciousness and is now controlling his body. We need to kill him quickly before it hurt someone else.\"


    \"Agreed.\" Tregnar nodded. He slowly took a deep breath and calm himself down. He knew that a person''s worst enemy isn''t a strong opponent, but rather, anger and panic.


    \"Archers, back us up, I will be the vanguard with Woodgard,\" Tregnar threw his black robe aside, revealing his armor. He then lifted his sword up and placed it on his shoulder, \"Woodgard, I need you to help me too. I can''t keep blocking him since my weapon''s durability isn''t that strong. That weapon of his is made from ebony ingot. So, I''m counting on you to help me block his attacks.\"


    \"Yeah, I know. Leave it to me. Just make sure you don''t stop your attacks on him.\"


    \"Easy.\"


    \"Archers, keep on attacking his blind spots!\" Tregnar shouted as he ran forward. He swung his great sword and activated a skill.


    Tregnar spinned to his left side using his sword momentum to evade. He then used the spin to attack once more.


    \"KAHAHA!\" Just when the guard was about to face Tregnar to block his attack, he sensed something from above.


    \"THE ASSASSINS! I FOUND YOU!\" he hurriedly jumped back.


    \"KAHAHA EASY!\"


    After seeing the guard avoiding his attack, Tregnar pulled his sword away, stopping in the middle of his attack.


    Woodgard too noticed this and decided on a new plan of attack. He used the side of the great sword and stepped on it. Understanding what Woodgard was trying to do, Tregnar threw Woodgard towards the guard, with all of his strength.


    \"WOOSH!\"


    \"WHAT?!\" the guard was shocked at this sudden attack of theirs. He quickly thrust his sword towards Woodgard. However, the latter was quick as well. He managed to half-spinned in mid air to avoid the attack and activated a skill.


    \"SLASH!\"


    \"ARGHHHHH!\"


    Blood dripped from the guard''s left ear, gushing out with blood as he keeps screaming in pain.


    \"HOW DARE YOUUUU!\"


    Woodgard smoothly landed on a big rock. He then turned and quickly ran to attack again.The archers use their skills at the same time, aiming at the crazy guard.


    \"WUSH!\"


    \"WUSH!\"


    \"AAAARGHHHHHH!!!\"


    Both Woodgard and Tregnar became wary when they saw this action of the guard''s. They quickly stopped advancing and jumped back to distanced themselves from the latter. They watched with narrowed eyes as the [Black Heart] slowly absorbed the blood on it.


    They then became more guarded as the sword turned redder, like charcoals on fire. If Woodgard and the others had a game system, they would surely see the guard''s status suddenly increased.


    +10 STR


    +10 AGI


    +10 VIT


    \"KAHAHAHAHA! I''M UNSTOPPABLE!\"


    \"Tsk. This might take longer than we expected.\" Tregnar clicked his tongue.


    The cleric swordsmen who were done healing Flynt quickly returned back. Seeing what had happened, they immediately cast buff spells on Woodgard. Woodgard''s body began to glow with golden lights. He could feel his body very light and brimming with power.


    \"Let''s go!\"


    Both Tregnar and Woodgard rushed forward at the same time, the archers also launched their attacks.


    \"WUSH!\"


    \"WUSH!\"


    \"CLANG!\"


    \"CLANG!\"


    The guard was smiling sinisterly as he blocked all of the arrows easily.


    However, what the guard didn''t know was that the archers'' purpose was not to hit him, rather to prevent him from falling back.


    Woodgard who arrived nearer to the guard, quickly activated a skill.


    The guard parried both of the daggers and moved to the side. He then slashed his sword down.


    Both Woodgard and the guard''s speed were the same. The former managed to duck, avoiding the blade and attacked the latter''s right leg soon after.


    \"SLASH!\"


    \"KAHAHA!\" The blood that came out from his injury was absorbed by the black sword. It began to turn even red-blacker.


    Tregnar showed up behind the guard and jumped. Woodgard was still attacking the guard. And when, Tregnar activated his skill, so did Woodgard.


    The guard had noticed Tregnar earlier. He blocked Woodgard''s attack and kicked him.


    Woodgard was sent flying from the kick but he managed to lessen the impact by blocking the kick with his daggers.


    \"CLANG!\"


    The wind produced by the clashes of swords made their surroundings tremble violently from the impact.


    Tregnar hurriedly pulled his sword back and continued to attack, slashing his sword horizontally, aiming for the guard''s abdomen. The guard blocked the attack, as he jumped a few steps back. He then activated a skill.


    \"AAAAAARGHHH!!!\" Blood sprouted from the guard''s chest.


    \"NO, I DON''T WANT TO DIE!\"


    The guard said, tears started falling from his eyes, his eyes turned normal again from blood-red. The guard regained control of his body.


    \"This is pay back for every evil deeds you have done.\"


    \"NOOOOOOO, I REFUSE TO DIE LIKE THIS!!!!!\"


    Woodgard pierced his heart with his dual daggers. He then activated a skill as he pushed his daggers horizontally. The left and the right daggers moved to each side respectively.


    \"SLAASSH!!\"


    The guard''s body ripped apart with blood spurting everywhere, painting the ground black and red. Woodgard had cut him into half.


    Tregnar let out a long breath of relief. \"Finally, the crazy pest is dead,\" he said. He then looked down at his weapons and thought that if he had a better weapon as Woodgard''s, they probably would be able to be done with the fight much earlier.


    Although Tregnar''s weapon was strong as it was made from orichalcum ingot, it did not stand a chance against a sword made from ebony ingot. Orichalcum ingot was a rare material and a high grade too. Then again, the strength from an ebony ingot was much stronger than from orichalcum ingot.


    There were scratches all over Tregnar''s weapon, indicating that its durability had been reduced by over half. Tregnar let out a sigh. \"D*mn. If only Mr. Myrad made me a weapon too,\" he mused in a low breath. He then turned around and began to instruct the archers and cleric swordsmen to go assist Woodgard''s team and release the prisoners.


    \"Yes, Sir!\" All of them disappeared quickly.


    \"Woodgard, what about the sword?\" Tregnar asked Woodgard who was still wiping the blood from his face.


    \"I think if we put it on its sheath, it will be alright. I''ll carry it and give it to Mr. Myrad later to examine.\"


    \"Alright, then.\"


    Once Woodgard was done, he walked over to where Flynt was lying down. Although he seems alright, he was still unconscious. Woodgard carefully carried him on his back. He then turned to Tregnar and said, \"Okay. Let''s go now. We shouldn''t waste any more time. We need to free the prisoners before Ranghyl comes.\"


    \"Yeah.\" Tregnar nodded and quickly followed Woodgard.


    -------


    Meanwhile inside the palace of the high elves city, Griefendell, a guard was running towards the Chief''s Hall. He looked haggard as he was almost out of breath. Another guard who was guarding the entrance to the Chief''s Hall frowned when he saw the former panting as he stood in front of him.


    \"What had happened?\" he asked.


    \"URGENT REPORT! I NEED TO INFORM THE CHIEF RIGHT NOW!\"


    \"Alright, alright, come in.\" The guard hurriedly opened the door and went inside, accompanying the man who had to report.


    Inside, There were was a high elf who looked like in his mid 30s. He wore a luxurious golden robe with jewellery and ornaments adorning his robe. On his fingers, there were a lot of rings that looked like it cost millions. The elf was sitting on a long chair, sandwiched by two female elves, wearing almost nothing on their skins. The two were dancing seductively near the male elf.


    \"What made you disturb my relaxing time? I hope that you have a good reason for this.\" The man''s  fierce gaze was intimidating Although the two female elves looked frightened, they did not dare to move or many any noises.


    \"I won''t dare, Chief! I have an urgent report,\" he hurriedly replied. He was so scared by the fierce gaze and aura that emitted from the man, who apparently weren''t pleased by his disruptions.


    \"The prison was attacked! I was guarding the city wall when I saw a distress signal from the prison gate. I went over to check and saw the gate was opened. Then I saw some men wearing black clothes together with some women on top of the prison wall. I quickly hurried here to report to you, Chief!\"


    \"I see. So she''s finally come back¡­ HAHAHAHAHA! This is great,\" The man laughed loudly. He pushed away the two dancers and stood up. He then turned his gaze to the side and smiled viciously, \"Rhangyl, you hear that? Go exterminate those rats.\"


    The man who was sitting at a huge dinner table, was eating fruits. He licked his fingers and stood up. \"As you wish, Chief Wildan.\"


    The man grabbed his big sword that was leaning against the table and walked to the Hall which led to the barrack.

 59 General Rhangyl

    Woodgard left Flynt with some of his men and then went deeper into the smelting area with Tregnar and the latter''s men.


    Thanks to some careless and lazy guards, the prison raid was successful without much problem. Though, the guard that Woodgard and Tregnar encountered earlier was a bit difficult, they managed to kill him without wasting more time. Just near the smelting area, they found many injured prisoners where Woodgard had helped carry one of them to safety. It appears that he had hurt his leg during a battle. \"Men, come and treat his wounds.\"


    \"Yes, Sir!\"


    Tregnar sighed as he watched the chaos around him. He felt his heart jump when he noticed a cart in a far corner, covered with a dirty blanket on top. If one looked closer, they could see legs dangling from the cart. He gritted his teeth as his fists tightened. Remorse and anger filled his entire body. If he wasn''t wearing a gauntlet, his nails would dig deep in his palms, spilling blood.


    \"Despicable!\" He thought angrily.


    He walked over to the cart. He sighed when he pulled up the blanket. He then covered it again.


    \"May all of you rest in peace. We will surely avenge all of you.\" Tregnar said in a low voice. He then closed his eyes as he gave a small bow of respect for the dead. The people who had died were because of overworking and illness. There were scars and bruises all over their bodies, caused by whipping. It was a terrifying sight to see.


    Tregnar turned to the men who were watching his every move. Sadness and remorse were painted on each of their faces. They knew the men who had died and even if they don''t, they believed these people do not deserve such deaths. \"These are the people who died today. Let us pray for their souls and may they live well in the afterlife. We shall make a funeral for all of them, once the war is over!\" Tregnar said, determination in his eyes.


    \"Yeah, we must,\" said Woodgard. He then turned towards his men. \"Let''s assist the others at the storage area.\"


    \"Yes, sir!\"


    Woodgard and Tregnar continued to move forward. The weak guards who tried to stand on their way had no chance at all. The two quickly gained control of the storage area. Once they arrived at the storage area, Woodgard ordered his men to assist the prisoners to escape to the gate. At the gate, Loreleia was waiting to help them further escape from the prison.


    Inside the storage area, Woodgard looked around him. His heart was pumping with anger. These people had died because they were forced to make the weapons. By looking at how dark and unsanitary the place was, he understood how the people could easily get hurt and ill in here.


    As he continued to look around, he was more determined to take down Wildan who sees people as tools to be more rich. \"Let''s go Tregnar. We need to move now. I''m afraid that news must have reach to Ranghyl about the raid.\" Woodgard said after he calmed down.


    \"Yeah, let''s meet up with Miss Loreleia.\"


    Suddenly, one of Woodgard''s men appeared in front of them, his one leg on bended knees with his head bowed in respect.


    \"Reporting in, Sir. I found an underground path near by here. And it seemed to be connected to the castle.\"


    Woodgard and Tregnar furrowed their brows. \"Are you sure it leads to the castle?\" Woodgard asked. He was worried that it might be a trap laid by Wildan or Rhangyl.


    \"Yes, I''m pretty sure. It''s locked by some kind of mechanism, so I assume it''s a secret path for Wildan and General Rhangyl when they come to inspect the prison mine every week.\"


    \"Guard this area secretly and observe it from afar. If Rhangyl really did appear from that path, you must not fight him. Report to me immediately!\"


    \"Yes, Sir!\" The man turned around and disappeared.


    \"We need to move fast! Let''s go!\"


    --------


    Loreleia and some other female elves were helping the other helpless women and children to safety. They needed them to evacuate the place as soon as possible. While helping, she too was waiting for Tregnar and Woodgard to arrive.\"


    Miss Loreleia! All of the women and children are here. We are ready to go at anytime!\" one of her followers said, as she saluted in the high elf way.


    \"Okay, good.\"


    Not long after, there were people coming from inside the prison. These people were Woodgard, Tregnar and their men.


    \"We are ready, Miss Loreleia. All of the prisoners are here, you can move right now. I will dispatch some of my men to guide you to our base. You must depart immediately!\"


    \"What happened?\"


    \"We have found a secret path which is suspected to lead the way into the castle. If that''s the case, we believe that Rhangyl may come sooner or later. We need to bring these people to safety immediately!\"


    \"Alright then. I too will instruct my followers to assist with the evacuation and guarding. I will join you to fight Rhangyl,\" Loreleia said, her face turning serious.


    Woodgard nodded. \"Fine,\" he said. He then turned to his men and said, \"I need ten people to help with the escort!\" he turned his gaze to Flynt, who has already healed and gained his consciousness. \"Flynt, I''m counting on you to lead the men.\"


    Flynt immediately dropped to his one knee and bowed his head. \"Yes, master!\" he said solemnly.


    Woodgard nodded and then said. \"Go!\"


    Loreleia turned to her followers and nodded too, giving them the signal. Understood, her followers immediately followed behind Flynt.


    Flynt stood in front of the prisoners and clapped his hands, getting their attention. In a loud voice, he instructed, \"Alright, everyone! We will be moving out! Keep in group and don''t get left behind!Do not worry! We will be with you all the way to help you all escape from here,\" he continued.


    \"Yes!\"


    --------


    On their way to the secret base, in front of the group, a child pulled on her mother''s sleeves as she stopped walking.


    \"Mom, I can''t walk anymore. I''m so tired.\" The child elf said to her mother, exhaustion evident on the child''s face as sweat dripped down her face.


    \"Come sweety, mom will give you a piggy back ride,\" Her mother smiled as she carried her daughter on her back.


    \"Mom, why isn''t dad coming with us?\"


    \"Dad needs to do something there, Laila. You have to pray for him so he can meet us sooner.\"


    \"Okay, mom. I will pray for dad now!\" She smiled.


    The mother turned her gaze towards to the man who was leading the group. She couldn''t help but asked, \"Sir, where are we going?\"


    Flynt, the man who was leading the group, turned around and back again. \"We''re going to our secret base. It''s not that far from here. Though, it''s not that near either.\"


    He knew that the people behind him were exhausted. They do not have the stamina as them, who had trained their bodies everyday. He turned around and gave them an encouraging smile. \"Don''t give up now! I know that each one of you are really tired. But we got to be strong. Strong for the people who had died for us and for the people who had given you all the chance to escape! We need to keep going or else, everything that we have done will be futile,\" he continued.


    Each one of them nodded. They felt relieved too when they heard that the place wasn''t that far. The woman who had asked the question earlier murmured her thank you to Flynt. Flynt could only bitterly smile. He wasn''t sure whether he deserves their gratitude. He felt a bit useless and disappointed whenever he recalled his actions in the battle. He could not do much other than blocking an attack. And that was only a single attack before he fainted.


    But seeing how his master, Woodgard, still trusted him with this task of guiding them to safety, he thought perhaps he does have some use. It may not seem much but it was a task that his master has entrusted to.


    The clouds were slowly drifting away, revealing a murky appearance of the moon. And because of that, the night sky was dark. They had to lit up torches to help light their way. The silent night was eerily calm as the wind blew over them.


    Despite the calmness, it still wasn''t enough to put their hearts at ease.


    The women kept praying in their hearts, hoping that God was watching them and would grant them the victory they greatly yearned. They too pray for their beloved ones to be safe and hope they would survive the upcoming battle.


    The children were clearly exhausted. They did not have much rest after working at the cafeteria. Some of them were too tired that they had to be carried on their mothers'' backs, similar to Laila. The older children help with the young ones to walk. Although exhaustion can be seen on their faces, there were also hope and perseverance in their eyes.


    Indeed, even if the hope was small, they can do anything they want to achieve if they put their will into it.


    The older children were mature enough to understand the need to evacuate to a place that was far from their hometown. These children had already experienced the bad things in their life. They had suffered through the whipping and they had enough of those bitter torments. Like their mothers, they too could only pray to their God, praying that their princess would win the war.


    --------


    At the other side, the men and women who could fight stayed behind. They went into the storage room and equipped themselves with weapons and armors. Woodgard, Tregnar and Loreleia were also there. Punching his fist to his other palm, Tregnar raised his head and said, \"Good. Now, we''re ready to battle.\"


    \"Yeah,\" Woodgard bumped his fist on Tregnar''s shoulder, \"Let''s win this.\"


    \"Of course.\" Tregnar nodded.


    Loreleia also nodded. \"Where do you think the Princess is right now?\"


    Woodgard gave her a small smile. \"Don''t worry about the Princess. If I''m not mistaken, she''s definitely in good hands. She''s with the most powerful fighter in our group. There shouldn''t be any problem with him around.\"


    Tregnar nodded his head vigorously while placing his hands oh his hips.


    Loreleia was surprised. \"Him? Who?\" she has never heard of any strong elves among the dark elves, other than Chief Fenar, Lady Elsa, Woodgard, and Tregnar.


    \"A man who gave me these daggers. A human, and a noble to boot.\" Woodgard said, smiling.


    \"A human and a noble?!\"


    \"Yes, but you don''t have to be alarmed. His personality is unlike any noble human you know.\" Tregnar joined in.


    \"Is that true?\" Loreleia was still in doubt.


    \"Yes, I can say with confidence that we''re good at judging a person''s character.\" Woodgard said with a smile.


    Loreleia was silent for a moment, but then she nodded. \"Alright, then. I hope your words are true.\"


    Both Woodgard and Tregnar chuckled. Confidence brimming out of them whenever they thought of Mr. Myrad.


    The storage building was very large in size, that can fit hundreds on people inside. There were huge stone pillars inside the building. The floor and the wall were greyish stone tiles, but it was hot inside with so many people around.


    Suddenly a man appeared in front of Woodgard, he knelt.


    \"Report! There seems to be some movement from the secret path. We can hear the mechanism opening from the other side!\"


    Woodgard''s face turned grim. He then turned around and said in a loud voice. \"EVERYONE, PREPARE FOR BATTLE!\"


    \"YES!\" They stood behind the 3 commanders.


    The storage room shook from the voices, with over four hundred people inside shouting in unison.


    Woodgard''s men immediately rushed out from the hall and straight to where the secret path was located. \"It''s open! Enemy in sight!\" Woodgard shouted.


    Shortly after, a large man with a red heavy armor and a big sword on his right hand came out from the dark hall. Behind him were a few hundred soldiers, who seems to be under his command. It seems like this will be an even battle. The man smiled when he saw the crowds in front of him. \"Seems like they are ready as well,\" he said.


    He then saw a woman standing in front of the crowd and his smile got wider. \"Long time no see, Miss Loreleia.\"


    Loreleia gritted her teeth in anger. \"Wildan''s dog! I will kill you\" she spat out vehemently. She unsheathed her sword and gripped it.


    The man laughed heartily as if Loreleia had just told him a joke. \"Hahahaha! You''re still impatient as ever!\" he then pointed his sword at her direction and continued, \"I''ll play with you later, once this farce of a battle is over.\"


    Woodgard narrowed his eyes at the man. \"The one who will lose will be you,\" he said. He then mimic the man''s action where he too pointed his dagger at the latter''s direction. \"Your scheme will end tonight and soon, you will pay for all the misdeeds that you have done!\"


    \"Oh? Looks like the little princess has brought some helpers.\" Rhangyl said as he studied Woodgard, Tregnar and the other dark elves. He then smiled and began to laugh crazily.


    \"HAHAHAHAHA, I''LL KILL YOU ALL WHO DARES TO DEFY CHIEF WILDAN!\"