Chapter 51: Chapter 51
On a hill near the Aeolus Great Bridge, a red-haired man wearing a black cloak stood observing down. He smiled as he saw the progress that the giant rock serpent made. For these couple of months, the giant rock serpent became bigger and more powerful. Its magic core was starting to bloom too, which bring joy to the red-haired man. “Soon, soon, the rock serpent will evolve. When it did, it will surpass D-class and would become a C-class monster. Then, and only after then, I can go back”, the red-haired man clenched his fist, blood dripping from it, “Just you wait, you bitch! Once I go back, you are dead!” he said with a hateful light inside of his eyes.
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Abyssal Forest, a forbidden ground caused by the danger of the plants and monsters inside of it. But the real reason for it to be forbidden ground was still unknown as the plants and monsters can be dealt with by masters of 3rd Grade Aura or a 3rd Circle Magician. In the centre of the forest, near the ravine connecting the Abyssal Forest with the Aeolus Great Bridge, beside the waterfall, lies an Ancient Stone Gate.
The serene scene around the Ancient Stone Gate would be breathtaking to watch. The sky blue sky alongside a bright sun shining on the Ancient Stone Gate alongside the decorations given by nature made this place looks like a haven. Unfortunately, not many would be able to enjoy this marvellous scene as to get here, one needs to traverse the fearsome Abyssal Forest. Suddenly, the surroundings around the Ancient Stone Gate darken. The plants around the waterfall lit up, and a glowing butterfly flew out from inside the forest.
Following that, the Ancient Stone Gate that has been dormant for these past few weeks lit up. The ground around them shakes, and the light coming out of the Ancient Stone Gate brightens up even more. When the light dim, a figure of a young man emerged from the Ancient Stone Gate. The young man has raven-coloured hair with a fairly handsome face. He wears a sea blue hoodie with a black t-shirt inside coupled with dark brown long cargo pants held by an ordinary farmer’s belt alongside silvery grey boots, and a black sword strapped to his waist completes his look.
That young man was, of course, Eru. He stretches his body, “Ah, the great outdoor”, he said while spreading his arms wide towards the sky. Eru took a deep breath, “Now, open System”, he said. Then, a blue floating transparent interface floats up in front of Eru. “Congratulations on completing the quest. 100 FP has been rewarded”, a robotic face resounded inside of Eru’s head. “Cool”, Eru smile, “Open status”, he ordered.
“Affirmative!”
“Oh!” Eru exclaimed, “I only had 108 FP after exiting from the Trials Ground. I wonder….” Eru rubbed his chin. As if a lightbulb appears above Eru’s head, his face brightens up, “Ok, I’ve decided. System, buy a random World Card, please”, he said. “Order received! Buying World Card”, the mechanical voice replied. Then, a spinning card was made visible before Eru, “Please stop the spin by touching the card, master”, the system informed.
Eru clapped his hand, “Please be fire, please be fire”, extending his hand to touch the card. After Eru touched the card, the spinning card slowly slowed down before revealing itself to Eru. As if by luck, the one the card revealed itself to be a fire resource world card. Eru clenched his hand, throwing his hand up in the sky and jumping with joy, “Yes! I got it. Suck on that, gatcha system”, Eru said. “For a long time, I had never been so lucky with gatcha, but look at me now!” Eru laughed, putting his hands on his hips.
“Right, now to complete my unfinished quest”, Eru stretched his body, “Now that I’m stronger, I should be able to finish that guy off!” He looked at his NR, “With over 1000 NR left, I can cast Explosion many a time. Because I have a Fire World Card now, I can generate 5 FR points per day.” Eru pondered, “Now that I think about it, the fact that a Fire World Card generate 5 FR points a day while NR regenerated for 1 point every hour made the latter my primary source for my Spell Card. Later though, as I gained more card types, I can only use Spell Card with FR points.”
“Right!” Eru dusted off his clothes, “Time to depart!” Then, the young man suddenly disappeared. After he left, the darkness surrounding the Ancient Stone Gate vanished, the plants dimmed down, and the glowing butterfly goes back to the forest. The atmosphere returned to the way it was before, tranquil and serene.
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Up above the ravine, the giant stone serpent curling up, sleeping soundly in front of the Aeolus Great Bridge. The giant rock serpent has been there for three weeks now, and it has already caused the land travel between Borea City and the Great Aeolus City to halt. Adventurers have been dispatched to deal with the Giant Rock Serpent, but they all ended up as food for the creature. If this continues for a while, the Zephyr Kingdom will send its royal army to exterminate the monster.
However, the creature was about to meet its end as in front of it stood a young man with raven hair and amber eyes. “I’m back, you bastard!” Eru cursed. “This time, I will exterminate you”, he brandished his sword at the sleeping giant rock serpent. Eru unsheathes his sword, coating it with his raven-coloured aura before swiftly slashing at the Giant Rock Serpent. The creature instinct triggered, the Giant Rock Serpent tried to dodged Eru’s slash; alas, its attempt was futile as its tail was cut down.
The Giant Rock Serpent cried out in pain. It glared hatefully at Eru while trying its best to stop the bleeding from its tail. The Giant Rock Serpent’s bleeding stopped immediately as it used its mana to temporarily stopped it. The Giant Rock Serpent hiss towards Eru; it slowly observed the human movement so that it did not get caught off guard like before. Eru chuckled, “So, you levelled up, huh?” he held his sword on his side, “Well, me too.” Eru rushed towards the Giant Rock Serpent, “DIE!” he shouted, swinging his aura coated sword to slashed the Giant Serpent.
The Giant Rock Serpent met Eru’s attack by ramming its hard stone head with Eru’s black sword. Like slicing a hot knife through butter, Eru’s sword cleaved the Giant Rock Serpent in two. The monster that kept people from crossing the Aeolus Great Bridge, the creature that killed so many adventurers and the being that caused the distress of many people, dies in a single slash. “And, that’s that”, Eru cleaned his black sword by swinging down then sheathing his sword back to its scabbard, “Good job, Buddy!” The black sword buzzed, vibrated happily from Eru’s praise.
“Congratulations for killing the Giant Rock Serpent and changing countless people fate”, the mechanical voice suddenly resounded inside of Eru’s head. “Nice”, Eru said, “15 FP plus my remaining FP should make my total FP to 43 FP”, he rubbed his chin. “Now that the Giant Rock Serpent has died, I can continue my journey”, Eru said to himself. “Let’s go, Buddy! We’ll head to Great Aeolus City.”
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Night comes, and a red-haired man stood in front of the Giant Rock Serpent’s corpse. The man expression was painted with anger, while his palm was bleeding from clenching his fists too hard. “Who did this? Who the fuck did this!?” the red-haired man flared up his aura, blasting his surroundings, “Unforgivable. UNFORGIVABLE!” the red-haired man screamed on top of his lungs, his aura flared up, becoming fiercer before burning his surroundings to crisps.
“No matter who you are, I will find you. And once I do, your death will not be painless!” the red-haired man swore to himself before vanishing away.
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Back at Bora Village, precisely on the Rudy family’s farm. A raven-haired man can be seen reading a letter inside of the living room. The raven-haired man looks resembled Eru, except he looked more older and more experienced than the latter. The raven-haired man frowned; his face was ugly, “So, those guys had shown themselves again”, he murmured.
“What’s wrong, honey?” a blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty enter the living room holding a basket full of laundry, “Why so gloomy?” she gently asked. She walked near her husband, taking a peek at the letter that her husband held in his hand. The woman’s eyes widen, dropping the laundry basket in surprise, “Is this true, my dear?” The raven-haired man nodded, “It is. Balrog provides the intel himself.” The blond-haired woman looked worried, “Then, our Eru….”
“It seemed he got involved with them in some ways”, the raven-haired man said. “Tell me, dear, how come that after all these years, only now did they decided to show themselves? Is this our fate?” the blond-haired woman hug the raven-haired man from behind. The raven-haired man sigh, “Maybe. That’s what happens when we did not finish the thing from our past. It’s always going to creep out one day, sooner or later”, he somberly said. After saying that, the raven-haired man and the blond-haired woman expression turned vicious, “Try to come out again, and we’ll beat you back to the darkness!” they said in unison.
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