Chapter 18: Give Me Your Curse, I'll Give You My Life
After Jay prompted the system and became a Level 1 Sage, he spoke to Frallia. "Frallia, why don't you go and tell them yourself?" Jay asked as he pretended not to know how the whole story with Frallia will go. "Because I am now being affected by Wither, a curse Fellis passed on to me as she was suppose to absorb me and turn me into a mass of Nature Energy for her consumption."
{Unknown Spell Tier: Wither - Slowly causes pain. Pain increases the longer the spell is in effect. Remaining Time: Unknown.}
For other players, this might be a problem, but Jay fully remembers how to remove the curse thanks to a lot of walkthroughs and gameplay videos players sent in the forums 3 years after the quest was discovered.
A player named 'Drunken Caesar' who was actually just trolling around the game and the forums, was actually the one who found the proper way to remove the curse. He first climbed the Deadwood Treant, to take pictures while hanging on a branch, and to find clues of course. Then as he was hanging on a branch, he noticed that the lower part of the tree was blackish-gray in color while the branch he was hanging on has a purple and reddish color on it. He thought it removed the 'immersive feeling' of his picture so he chopped the branch. This caused the Treant to move a bit and the remaining time of the Wither spell displayed both on Frallia and The Treant, which displayed a shocking number of '9999 days remaining'. But every branch removed only caused 10 minutes to be decreased, which is nothing to the 9999 days remaining.
After that, many players climbed the Treant, chopping as many branches as possible. But there was another discovery after some time. A player named 'Happy Tree Guy' climbed the very top and discovered that all of the Treant's leaved were purple and red in color. There were even a few peach-shaped fruits that looked like a 'Demonic Head'. So he tried removing it all and discovered that the Wither's remaining time decreased drastically. From 9999, a single removal of a leave shortened the time by one day. And the fruits reduced the time by 10 days.
Back to the present...
"Frallia, do you want to live?" Jay asked Frallia. "Of course, but if I leave Fellis, this Treant, alone, then I will die even faster." Frallia then started having teary eyes. Jay then hugged her. "What are you doing?" Frallia was shocked by Jay's action. Jay then replied: "Frallia, give me your curse and I will give you my life." Jay said with great 'emotion'. But in truth, Jay was just doing this trying to get 100 relationship points with Frallia. "Crap, I guess I still fell in love with her. Oh well..." Jay said to himself.
When Frallia heard Jay, she hugged him harder and cried even louder that even the four people Jay left behind that was waiting for him heard the crying.
Crimson Lotus: "Hey! What the hell is going on over there?! Jay!? You still alive?! Our lives depend on you!!!"
Deathly Finger: "Oi! Guys look at the quest progress! 30% completion. WOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!! Keep going Jay! You can do it!"
Explosion Explosion: "1, 2, 3, You. Can. Do. It. Jay! Jay! Jay!"
Bob the Adventurer: "I want to die now. (Why did I have to reject that friend request. WHY!!!???)"
When Jay heard and saw were those random sounds were coming from, his face had an ugly expression. Jay then private messaged the party since he was still on it: "When did you guys become a cheering squad? Especially you, Explosion Kid. What the hell is with that crappy cheer of yours?! Just shut up, you will scare the 'goddess away'"
Everyone: "What goddess? What the hell is happening over there? Hey? WTF?!"
[Jay left the party]
[Epic Quest cancelled. No Rewards or Penalties Given.]
Everyone: "...", "The moment he gets back here, I swear I will kill that kid" Everyone was thinking the same thought right now, except Jay of course.
The reason why Jay left the party was not because of the crappy cheers of their team, or a certain person, but he knew that if he completed the quest with a party, there might be a chance that they will kill him the moment the rewards appear due to it being a bit too good.
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