章節 49: Chapter 13: Part 1
Soul Art Online
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Chapter 13: Travelling
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- Arthas -
I looked at the girl who tensed at the mention of the topic.
Veena didn't push and just sat beside me. "You don't have to be worried. We don't mean any harm. We are just curious about what is happening in the outside world. As you can guess, being trapped inside, we have no idea about the events going on in the outside world and that has left us with many questions and worries. We would appreciate it a lot if you could clarify some things for us. Is that alright with you?"
The girl hesitated a bit but nodded.
"Great. Then please go on. We will ask you any questions we have after that."
The girl then went on to tell us about the Game Master and what he had done in the outside world.
What reason might he have behind all this?
With his power, there would hardly be anything he can't get, so why pull something like this?
"Did anyone go against him?" Veena asked, the worry in her voice easy to hear. She was probably worried that her son went ahead and fucked up.
"Lucifer." Elaine spoke, making her pale for a second before she added. "Rizevim Livan Lucifer went against him. He tried to tamper with the game and…."
"And?"
"The Game Master killed him and hung his body on top of the Lucifer Castle. He then gave the entire Devil Race one last warning before erasing the Agreas Island as a punishment for the actions of Rizevim." She gulped before taking a sip of the water on the table. "He then showed what he would do to anyone who tries to mess with the game after that."
"What?"
"He has the Beast of Apocalypse under his control and has threatened to release it on the faction who tries something like that." She then went on to explain about the Beast of Apocalypse and Veena gripped my hand in shock. The girl however continued. "….and."
And?
What and?
Is there even another and left after all this?
The guy was going to release the big bad beast whom the Biblical God had died sealing. What else could he do?
"If someone managed to survive that, he and his lovers, Great Red, Ophis and the Dragon Goddess Tiamat would personally take action." She shivered even as she spoke.
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By the end of the story I only had one thing to say, 'What the hell, dude?'
Did he suddenly go into his villain arc all of a sudden?
Also Great Red is a female in this world? And what about Tiamat?
Wasn't she a Dragon King level? How did she suddenly become a Dragon Goddess?
Is this even the world I knew of?
Elaine then went on to explain about the middle path discovered by Ajuka and how the Game Master allowed other people to be sent inside the Game to rescue the ones inside.
Taking advantage of this, many people were sent inside the game to rescue the trapped individuals, Veena being one of the most important ones among them.
Even they entered the game due to this.
If what she says is correct then it wouldn't be far before more people enter the game sooner or later and they would increase the number of players too.
That changes our plans by a lot.
It's safe to say that the revelations had left Veena tense. She didn't say anything but the look on her face made her emotions clear.
I had never seen her lose composure like this, not even when we were attacked by those villagers the first time we had met each other.
"Miss Elaine, thank you for letting us know about everything. I really appreciate your courage to come inside to save your loved ones. Rest assured, you will not be discriminated against or troubled in any way and can stay in the guild as you have. If you could tell us the rough description of your friends? If possible, we could keep an eye out for them. If you need anything else, feel free to let us know. We will do our best to accommodate you." I looked at Veena to see if she wanted to ask anything.
She controlled herself and looked at the girl. "Thank you Elaine. Arthas has already said everything I wanted to say apart from the fact that we were planning to invite you to our team. We think your experience as a magician could translate very well to real fighting ability in the game. If you are interested, you can talk to Shiroe and see what you want to do. He is our strategist and games expert. Right now, we need some time to….go through all the information we have received. I apologise for not being able to entertain you well today."
"No no. It's fine. I….thank you for your help." She bowed slightly and got up.
I escorted her outside first and then returned back and sat beside Veena, slowly placing my hand on her.
"Are you alright?"
She looked at me and leaned on my shoulder. "I was prepared for something like this when the matter wasn't solved in the first few months but….I wasn't expecting something like this. The Game Master….just what in the world is he?"
The most OP species in the multiverse….an Isekai Protagonist.
No way I could say that.
She didn't look like she was in any mood to do anything so I called Shiroe and Star and told them that we would be taking a break today.
Either way, they had their own work today with scouting and all so they didn't mind either. Shiroe would also talk to Elaine and see if she would become our group's healer.
I, in the meanwhile, stepped into the kitchen and prepared some tea for ourselves.
"Thank you, Arthas." Veena smiled as I placed her cup in front of her.
"You are welcome." I sat beside her and took my own cup, taking a sip first.
She drank her tea quietly and finally spoke after a few minutes.
"It looks like we are stuck inside till we complete the game. Taking things half heartedly is no longer an option. We need to go at it with everything we have." There was a tone of seriousness in her voice which I hadn't heard before.
"Hmm."
"We need to find my family members too."
"We could always make a group of people who search for people related to our guild members or if the guild expands, we can list their names at our branches. I am sure that like us many other guild members are facing the same problem too."
"Yes. That's a good idea. But first of all, we need to expand our guild. What was the hunt you were talking about?"
"The bosses around Llyne. All of them will be T5 and have special abilities.We plan to hunt a few of them as they give more loot for the first kill bonus to get some Gold for the trip as well as get something good if we can."
"I see. That's a good plan. I will prepare something for the hunt too."
I nodded and we had our breakfast before separating our ways for our daily work.
I spent the rest of the day levelling up my Skills while Veena worked on her potions as usual. The entire atmosphere was sombre in the house.
In the evening, Shiroe and Star came to our house and Elaine came with them.
"Have you decided to join the team?" I asked and she nodded.
"Welcome to the team, Miss Elaine." I smiled as everyone took their seats. Veena served some cookies and sat down beside me. "So, any information on the rest of the bosses?" I asked.
"Yes. They were actually easier to find than I was expecting. Apparently, they are quite famous. Although getting exact details about their skills was hard. I think you would have better chances asking in the Knight's Guild. They often take care of the beasts around Llyne. They might have more ideas about their Skills and abilities." Shiroe said as he picked up some cookies from the table and took a bite. "Ohh, these are nice. Did you make them?"
"Yes. Getting an oven was a great help."
Normally people cooked on open stoves in LLyne. Ovens were a rarity and something we got recently.
Veena wanted to try some baking on them.
"Alright, I will go and try to find out more. Which ones do you want to target?"
Shiroe brought out a map and Star picked up the plate of cookies, placing them in his lap with a smirk as he started feasting on them.
We rolled our eyes at his antics.
In the short time that we have known each other, we have discovered that Star has a sweet tooth like no other.
Ignoring him munching on the cookies, we concentrated on the map.
"There is a bear monster here. Its hide is thick enough to resist attacks from T3 Archers so none of the other teams will be able to hunt it anytime soon. We would need to trap it first but there is a very good location nearby where we can do it. You will have to lure him there."
"Got it."
"There is a Rhinoceros with a nigh unbreakable defence and then there is a Tiger. The Tiger will obviously be more dangerous as it is the fastest. I suggest facing it when we are stronger. But even it is nothing compared to the Snake Monster. It has the highest number of kills from what I have heard. Its poison will be far more dangerous than anything else. We just cannot face it without a Healer. The rest are mostly pack animals and we would need to face them with more members. Our current strength is not enough to take them without considerable risk to ourselves. We need to level up more before we are ready for those." He finished.
"The Bear and the Rhino then. Got it. By the way, how can we get a Healer Class?"
"By going to Church." He said with a deadpan. "Scholars can become Cleric. It's a T4 Class. There are other variations but we don't know how to get those right now. We will have to power level Elaine to get it quickly."
"Shouldn't be hard. At least with the boss battles coming up, she could be levelled up very easily." Star said, finished with the cookies already.
"When are we going to go after them?" Veena asked.
"As soon as Arthas finds out more info, I can perfect my plans for the attack. We will need one more day to scout everything, so the day after tomorrow."
"I see. In that case, I will go and have a talk with Kenneth today and see what I can find out. You can come along if you have any questions."
"Great."
And we did just that.
Kenneth was more than happy to assist us. They didn't have much information about their skills but there were apparently bounties for those monsters in the Adventurer's Guild and the Knight Guild too, something we collected.
Even the Boar Boss we killed had a bounty of twenty thousand Gold Coins.
This led us to search for other quests regarding these Bosses and we were in luck as even the Blacksmith had a quest for the Rhino. Its leather was a premium material.
Shiroe went back to plan while I returned home.
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