Chapter 54: The Impossible Quest
The Impossible Quest was located in the snowy mountains, far away from the beginner city called Hemil City. The white world had many monsters confined within such as ferocious wolves and bears that had adapted to the cold environment.
Those were around level forty and one would be able to see many trails left by their bodies around the white forest. However, that would be only if one stepped off the road. Following the main road, Michu and his friends finally got greeted by the unobtainable peak.
It was already snowy and their bodies required thick and warm clothes, "This realism... I wish I could literally curse on it," Sandra whispered, her words bringing out the white mist.
She wore a long and furry coat just like Michu and Venomous. It was a special piece of equipment that could be put on their already-on equipment. Of course, the realism also had to say something and forced the witch to give up on her hat and boots. Sandra had to hide her face with a hoodie and wear uncomfortable boots, but that saved her HP from falling.
Had she appeared here without any preparation, Sandra's frozen body would have been the first one to fall dead here. Her two friends had higher stamina, so they would survive a few seconds more without any equipment.
But Yumi wouldn't be Yumi if she didn't prepare anything, "We don't curse here," Venomous also added while faintly laughing. The Impossible Quest was here, but it would teleport them to an even harsher snowy environment.
The wrap was just at the mountain's feet, so the party's steps never stopped.
"What is the history of this Impossible Quest?" Their journey here had been long, so Michu couldn't hide his expectations anymore. He wanted to see the quest with his own eyes, but the path would still take some time.
Thus, he asked. His ears twitched as he got a rather absurd answer, "One player spent the whole year here. For players, one year is too much time, isn't it? Players want fast-paced quests filled with monster killings and other schemes."
"You can do so many things in one year! I understand," Michu nodded.
Venomous continued, "That's it. But there's a worse element of this quest. It's not certain that you would be able to complete it by spending a whole year here. Still, the players that had accomplished this quest left it with treasures in their hands."
Just as Yumi was about to speak further about those treasures, the group of players looked at them with their lips faintly raised. This kind of expression was clearly condescending and Michu didn't like it.
He wanted to ask them why they would look at them like that, but the leader of this group took a peek at them, "You think you can be like Zerze? There are so many idiots around here nowadays."
"Zerze?" Michu titled his head.
"The player that went through this Impossible Quest in less than a month. Don't tell me you haven't heard of him? Everyone is here because of him." The man didn't believe Michu and sent him a glare that forced Michu to plead guilty.
Venomous cut in, "I learned about this Impossible Quest through Zerze's fame." Her eyes glared back at the leader who flinched as if something had bitten him already, "Don't force your thoughts on others. There are too many Impossible Quests to count. This one has such a name because it's exposed to everyone."
"Tche. I don't need you to tell me that. No need to act smart-ass," The leader averted his eyes, then resumed his steps. He didn't want to deal with Venomous anymore, "You all will just lose your time and equipment here anyway. Some people are just destined to clear some things faster."
"Well, save your contradicting heart to yourself," Yumi waved her hand as well and continued to go forward. She explained about Zerze and his impossible achievement, "Impossible Quest, Impossible Achievement. It all sounds epic and like a big clickbait, but he did it. I didn't propose this quest because of his deed, though. I have a feeling that... a strong mentality is required for this quest to come through, so it fits us." Yumi glanced at Michu, then turned belatedly to Sandra as if she'd forgotten about her for a little.
Sandra forced a smile to appear on her face, "I will pray for at least one of us to complete it. For me, it will be a good test too." She didn't back off and added, "I will make the most out of it." This challenged Venomous who knew what Sandra had in mind.
The Prince Charming had already infected both of them, or at least that was how it looked. A few minutes later, Michu appeared before the cave whose entrance had been turned into a blue-white portal.
It whirled and charmed one's eyes with its content, but Michu felt like his mind spun instead. He got slightly nauseating, forcing him to say, "Can we go already?" Both Sandra and Venomous were done with their check-ups, so they nodded and all of them went together into it.
Michu glanced at Yakuzan, "Hold tight." Yakuzan was silent because he couldn't wear his sunglasses here! He nodded decisively with a threatening hue in his eyes! The other monkey just shook his head while looking at all those people and their preparations!
The world then turned blue and Michu appeared in a new world... alone.
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"E-E-Ehhh! Why?!" Michu believed that he would appear together with his friends, but he ended up getting lost in the white world. Once he appeared on another side, Yumi and Sandra's touch faded away, replaced by the coldness that invaded his clothes too.
Michu was buried in the snow and he had to make his way outside by digging. His hands relentlessly waved before his eyes. If he were to stay here for too long, the effects similar to bleeding would bless his body.
Would that be a blessing, though?
Fortunately enough, Michu's teleportation wasn't severe. He left the snow world in less than five minutes, but the snowstorm waved its hand at him straight after his head had popped out.
Its content was like a sharp tornado with icicles and frozen stones. If he were to be swallowed by it, Michu would probably just die! "Isn't it better to stay below?" He momentarily thought, then wholly left the snow. However, would it be so easy to run here? Would it be so easy to escape this tornado that had already locked its gaze on the monke? Michu didn't think like that and instantly began to swim within this new environment! He felt his fingers becoming numb already and no sight of any help entered his eyes so far.
The more time passed, the worse it became, "I can't fall here! We didn't even eat sausages together! Ah, I must take an ice resistance pill... Yumi would kill me if I didn't..." Michu cried out loudly, unsettled by the fact that he couldn't have even a little fun with his friends here.
The cries continued as Michu swam. Although the snowstorm was just about to eat him, he didn't stop moving his limbs at all. By then, the loud wind exploded at the front.
The explosion of this element was so sharp and loud that Michu stopped and raised his eyes. Here, the man clad in similar furry clothes flew up toward him. He wore goggles and his appearance was neatly hidden from the rest of the world.
On this flight, the man took out a silver crystal. He crushed it, summoned another wind howl that pushed him closer to Michu! Of course, he didn't land on the snow, but on the tree next to Michu.
He then shouted, "I thought there was a damsel in need from how innocent you sounded, the lucky one." It was a familiar voice that brightened Michu's face! The man shrugged to this expression, then threw a rope below, "Hold tight." He said the same words, but the confidence reeked off.
There was also something cool within this man's actions and voice, "And another one!" Another silver crystal shattered, pushing both the man and Michu away from the snowstorm! Mid-air, Michu regained some balance and flew like a monkey on the cloud! This made things easier for his savior, so both of them were all smiles.
Once Michu got thrown into the cave, he raised his voice, "Handsome dude!"
[Your Prince Charming Call Me My Sweetheart! Lv. 44 Guild: Love Paradise Guild.]
"You remember me? That's why you are the lucky one," Handsome dude smiled, "I also remember you. How did it go with that girl?"
"Ah, it's all okay! We became even closer and better friends!" Michu happily giggled.
"Friends, hmm? Did you come here with her?" As the goggles fell off and the handsome dude threw off his clothes, the prince charming asked. It was really hot here, probably due to other treasures!
"Yes, but we got lost!" Michu's words brought out a sigh from the handsome dude.
"That's bad, the lucky one. You let the girl's hand go despite her wanting to hold you. You have failed. Still, I can't be that rough with a virgin. Come deeper."
"Thanks! Are you here alone?"
"Me? Alone? Never." There was another lady deeper in the cave. She held her hand close to the bonfire and she seemed to be lost in thoughts. However, the steps of Handsome Dude and Michu brought her back to reality.
Michu waved at her! "Oh, another beautiful friend!" He shouted, "Hello!" His eyes then shifted to Handsome Dude, "You have beautiful friends. I wanted to thank the lady from back then too."
"I will pass your words to her," Handsome Dude smiled, his eyes on the lady. Her initial indignation faded away just from his eyes alone and Michu's presence no longer was a bother. Once his hand slithered around her waist, the lady laid herself on his shoulder and closed her eyes.
"See, the lucky one. This is the romantic world. You can't waste your time here," Handsome Dude continued and it was time for some small talk, "This Impossible Quest is a particularly romantic world. A time flies here differently... In a few places, at least." He began with a mystery!
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Chapter 55: The time
Although Michu could understand how this world could be romantic, he missed the meaning of the handsome dude's words. His head turned to the side and looked to the cave's entrance.
A ravaging snowstorm was not too far away from them, but it luckily wouldn't go near them. This snowstorm blocked most of the white forest and it was just the least harmful aspect. If someone were to be thrown here...
"How can it be romantic?" Michu asked as his head tilted.
The Handsome Dude quietly laughed, shifted his eyes to the lady sleeping on his lap. As if guided by his hands, the woman went down and comfortably settled herself on his lap. While her head enjoyed his thighs, the rest of her body got wrapped in a blanket.
In less than one minute, her mind drifted to a more pleasant place than this dull and dark cave. "Let's get on a first-name basis first... Call me Feng." It was rare for him to introduce himself to a man, so there was a brief pause.
Feng continued, "A cold world... In this world, what kind of scenario can happen? Either you or your companion gets bitten by the coldness. Worse would be if both of you got bitten? In such a scenario, what would you yearn for? A warmth... And what can be warmer-"
"Bonfire!" Michu cut in, giggling like an idiot he was. His white teeth flashed at Feng whose body seemed bitten by the coldness.
He shattered that imagined coldness, "Wrong. It's a human body. To say nothing of the body, only a naked body can provide sufficient warmth to save the fallen. It's so easy to take a woman into your nest here... And if we add that time-flow, then the world blesses us with more time just for ourselves." Feng spread his arms and hugged himself, "Imagine it."
Michu had some problems imagining the naked body of a woman. He needed some help, so Yumi's image flashed in his mind. She wore her armor, but it was so hard to imagine her naked self that he gave up on it.
He lacked experience, but Feng already knew it. To kill time, he spoke about various topics, his lips as fast as before. All he had been speaking off as women, though. Michu still took it as good advice and experience, so he listened, but what was knowledge without any experience?
The Handsome dude chuckled, "Enough of it. It seems like you lack too much and I might've been too oppressive." Feng saw the shell of himself within Michu and he also lacked male friends, the man forgot himself. He slid his hand through his golden hair and asked, "Wanna talk about this world?"
"Yes! I am sorry I can't really help you." Michu bowed and apologized faintly.
Taken aback by this sincerity, Feng waved his hand and burst out laughing! The man laughed so much that his partner fell off his thighs and hit the ground with her head. Her eyes snapped and she woke up to an ever-giggling handsome dude.
He stroked her hair, "We had a pleasant man talk, so how about you go and hunt to give us some room? Here." Feng passed a hefty pouch to his partner. Her eyes instantly glazed with golden color as she nodded. The lady snatched the pouch to her inventory, then excused herself with a gleeful smile.
Feng watched over her disappearing back with a big smile.
"Do you not like her?" Michu suddenly asked.
"Hmm?" It was Feng's time to tilt his head.
"It seemed like you forced a smile and... it was not really genuine..." Michu didn't know whether he saw it properly, but that was the rough feeling he got from the handsome dude's smile.
"How surprising... Well, in this world, you can't meet princesses and queens on every step. In tales, most of those were the sweetest creatures, but tales are tales... Still, you never know with a woman. She can either step on a redemption road or... still be herself." Feng smiled, took out a sharpened branch, and put some raw meat on its tip.
He then hovered it above the bonfire, "Before I forget... What I just told you is backed up by experience. Don't go around and tell people what happened between you and your partners. Eh, I don't know why I am saying something so normal..." What he spoke about was just common advice backed up by his experience. Those pieces of advice never touched anything personal, but the handsome dude was a reliable man and he did as he felt.
Michu nodded, then took out the sausage. Unfortunately, his friends weren't with him, but he could enjoy it with a new friend, "If I understand it correctly, then this woman is not nice to you?"
"She is not the princess, at least." Feng sighed, "You can't tell someone else's heart, can you? You have to spend time with them and if I see even the slightest stain on their hearts, they enter my redemption folder." Redemption Folder was a sub-category in Feng's friend list for women that had yet to become his and their relationship was in early stages.
Michu munched on the sausage, he replied with big cheeks, "Aren't you stained too? Why do you have so many women? Doesn't it hurt their hearts?"
"It doesn't if you play it correctly. I also have a bottom line, Michu... Didn't we agree to stray away from this topic, though?" It wasn't like Feng was running away, but his explanation would require him to go deeper into his life. The person on the other side was someone he met two times and it was a friendship made on the spot.
"Sorry! Uh, we are here for equipment!" Michu changed the topic.
"Who isn't? You and I, are both here to reach that. And so was Zerze who ended the Impossible Quest alone and yet I have information that he had a companion," Feng added another mystery that made Michu blink his eyes.
It would be pointless for Feng to lie or create a lie in the spur of the moment. The monke also couldn't feel any malicious intent out of Feng's eyes. Thus, Michu tilted his head as he munched.
By now, for both of these men, this kind of move meant one thing - "What are you talking about?"
"The Ice Tomb... There is The Ice Tomb you can reach by going against the time. I initially wanted to play around with my lady here, but you know how it is... This quest is also a good time to check her heart in a tricky situation... So, I wouldn't mind whether I would reach it or not, because I have a more important goal. Still, I can help you reach the tomb."
"Oh, really?! What is it?"
"Well, you just have to think about the question. The question is - What do you think about the game that can command time?" Feng's question left Michu's mind blank.
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