Chapter 52: The Helper
In the middle of a black earth road with dried and dead trees around, the sky was dark and the clouds were ashes, dozens of thunder and lightning roared through the sky. On the road, it was possible to see three people dressed in black robes while they were mounted three animals that ran at high speed. They were Liu Yang, Rose and Little Thorns.
"We are already arriving at the entrance of the forest. Little brother, I have a little surprise for you" Rose said in a mysterious tone.
"What kind of surprise?" Liu Yang realized that surprise would be something unpleasant by the way Rose spoke.
"It's a special surprise of the big sister, you'll find out when the time is right. But as I'm a good big sister, I'll give you a little tip, the present is a little help for our adventure inside the forest." Rose did not reveal what the surprise was, but it was possible to know that the help was a person.
Liu Yang did not say anything about it, but he was thinking about it and began to wonder who the person Rose had been to the group.
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After some more time traveling, the group took a small detour and entered the forest that was next to the forest. At first, the trees were wilted and dry, but after some time, the trees began to become petrified, this showed that the group was already arriving at the place.
Gigantic, dry trees that looked like giant stones could be seen after Liu Yang and the two girls traveled for a time inside the forest of dry trees, this place was the Dark Forest of Petrified Trees.
As the group approached the forest entrance, they saw that a person, who was wearing a black robe, was already in place, that person was standing next to a giant black crow.
"Big sister, is this the person you called to complete the group?" Liu Yang knew that to enter the forest it was necessary to have a group of at least two people, but he did not understand why Rose had called one more person since she and Little Thorns were strong enough to defeat any creature within the forest.
The other person saw the group approaching and waved, she signaled that everything was fine and what group could come.
"You've finally come, why did you take so long?" The person in black spoke, her voice soft, but there was a little fear in her voice. It showed that she was afraid of something or someone.
Hearing the voice of the person dressed in black, Liu Yang felt it was quite familiar, he was trying to remember where he heard that voice before. But no matter how Liu Yang tried, he could not remember.
"Little sister, we took a little longer because the younger brother had to do the quest to get the key to getting into the forest." Rose pointed to Liu Yang and explained the reason for the delay.
"Little brother? Big sister, who is this person? "The person dressed in black spoke in a curious tone, she could not imagine someone like Rose calling a boy as a younger brother.
"It's a secret, you'll meet later, but for now, let's go into the forest. Little sister, join the party. Little brother, send her an invitation." Rose said she had a treacherous smile on her face beneath the hood.
"I sent the invitation" Liu Yang replied.
"I accept" The person dressed in the black spoke. She was surprised at the voice she heard and began to be thoughtful about it, for she imagined she had heard that voice before, but she could not remember where she heard that voice.
When the notification about a person entering the party was shown, Liu Yang looked at the name of the new member, he was curious to know who the person Rose had invited.
By the time Liu Yang read the name it was written, he felt a great urge to leave the party and disconnect from the game.
(Tear on Sky !!!!) Liu Yang exclaimed in his mind, he never imagined that Rose would invite Tear on Sky to be the fourth helper, this was like a nightmare for Liu Yang. He tried his best not to show any kind of change.
Rose smiled treacherously when she saw the name of Tears on Sky appearing at the party, she was wondering how Liu Yang was behaving under the hood.
But the situation was a bit different for Little Thorns when she saw the name of Tear on Sky at the party, she was surprised by that since she did not imagine Rose would invite that person to be the fourth member of the party. For some reason, Little Thorns felt a little jealousy in her heart, this was because she remembered the rumor that Liu Yang and Tears on Sky were lovers.
The mood was strange because of each one's thoughts.
"Since everyone is at the party, let's go into the forest" Rose was the one who spoke, she knew the mood in the place was strange.
"All right." The other three confirmed.
Rose started leading the way since she was the strongest of the four. On the way it was smooth, for there was no creature in the place, the only things that could be seen were dry trees and black earth.
The group traveled for a few more minutes before reaching a gigantic glass barrier, the appearance was like a gigantic glass dome keeping the inside out.
"Little brother, take the stone and put it anywhere on the barrier." Rose said and the other two girls did the same.
The moment the stone touched the barrier, a strong white light shone a hole was opened, they entered immediately. Following the same steps, Liu Yang also managed to enter.
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The interior of the dome smelled rotten and horrible because of the corpse on the site, although it had been several hundred years since the Great War, the smell of death could still be felt by the barrier. The barrier blocks any kind of energy, meaning everything inside can not come out.
"Little brother, do you know where the place is or the person you have to deliver the mission item to?" Rose asked the other girls were also curious to know. Depending on the location, the mission could be completed quickly.
"According to the description, I have to hand over to a person named Berit Clark, but according to the history books, that person is already dead, he died during the great war." After knowing about the name of the person in the quest, Liu Yang searched the community and found that this person was a warrior who fought in the war.
"I see ... It seems like we have to find where that person died and put the item. Little brother in the description of the quest is showing some specific place? "Rose did not know if Liu Yang's quest was like the others, where there was the generic location of where the target might be.
"Yes, follow me." Liu Yang started to guide the way as the three girls followed behind. Each of them was attentive to any kind of situation.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone