CHAPTER 9 - AN EMERGENCY QUEST
The three were pondering what they should do when Bradley was interrupted by a system message. Half the text was unintelligible to him when reading it.
EM*R**ENC* QU*** - SU**E** #13*3***3 *A* ES***ED HIS E*ER**L PUN**HM*NT. TR**K HI* D**N A*D DE*L W*** H*M. DE***TI*G S***EC* *13***313 W*** UN*LO*K A RA*ND** FI*GU**** A* RA**** FR** YO*R IN**ENT***.
Y** C** HA** T*O F**UR**ES F**M YO** IN*I**ORY T* A***IS* Y** TE**PE*A**LY.
“Can any of you two read this gibberish? Because I can't,” Bradley complained, trying his best to decipher it. The only real lead he was getting was a strange marking that extended out of the sky when the message appeared, which was followed by an arrow. The marker got farther and farther away as time passed.
It took the two a while to help him guess what the quest had said. In the meantime the three of them had to get the housemaker 9000 to repair what had been destroyed by the man. The AI assistant however had suffered major damage and was going to be need to be repaired in order for it to fix the house. Kimiko left Jess and Bradley to decipher the message while she went to get someone who could fix the AI.
After about ten minutes the two finally think they figured out the message. “So it says. EMERGENCY QUEST - SUBJECT #13131313 HAS ESCAPED HIS ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, TRACK HIM DOWN AND DEAL WITH HIM. DEFEATING SUBJECT #13131313 WILL UNLOCK A RANDOM FIGURINE FROM AT RANDOM FROM YOUR INVENTORY. YOU CAN HAVE TWO FIGURINES FROM YOUR INVENTORY ASSIST YOU TEMPORARILY.
Both Jess and Bradley looked in shock from the message. “Well that is a lucky bonus to have i guess, but what does it mean by his eternal torment?” Bradley looked at Jess questionably.
“To heck if I know what that means, but it looks like we need to track him down. It seems the system wants us to deal with him. That is obvious from the marker and arrow leading to wherever.”
Bradley could only sigh thinking about how he might get killed tracking the man, as Kimiko joined back up with them. “Well i was able to call in the damage report, but no one really believed me about the dungeon escapee. Someone will be over in about an hour to get the AI back up and running. Anyways, did you guys decipher the message?”
Jess quickly got Kimiko up to date with the message as the three sat around thinking about it. “Well if that quest was giving you a reward, we better get it, knowing what damage the lunatic had caused. Lordy knows what else he could do.”
The three of them cleaned up what was left of the summoning terminal for Bradley’s figurines and the dungeon kiosk. The damage around the console was severe, most of the features on the machine were damaged, but luckily the figurine summoning portion had been undamaged.
The three worked out what he should use for the temporary two summons. After a bunch of debating between the three of them. It was decided to get a healer and another damage support. Juluis ended up selecting his best healer and best summoner he had to help him.
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He selected two figurines at platinum grade. The healer he selected was a female high elf paladin, while the summoner was a faerie dragon noble. The two were some of the most expensive and hardest to get for his collection. Even with the figurines in his possession. They had ridiculous unlocking requirements to assist in the game.
Looking them over again. The elf paladin wore light armor that was a match of gold and white metals on her chest that exposed her midriff. White trousers covered her sensitive parts. She wore a legionnaires helm with the same colors of metal over her head showing menacing blue eyes behind them. Her arms and legs were protected by gold and white metal boots and gauntlets. In her hand was a crossbow that could shoot magical bolts, with a short sword seethed by her side accompanied by a kite shield on her back.
The Faerie dragon was just as interesting, The being stood on a circular platinum platform. The figure held a staff in one hand that was supposedly made from the tree of Yggdrasil. His body resembled a humanoid dragon completely covered in blue scales with feet and claws. A large reptilian snout made up for his face with a dark blue mane going down his back. He wore casual clothes of a noble you could find from medieval times.
Both of the figurines vanished from his inventory and appeared on the transfer pad.
The elf paladin was first to appear. She stepped off the teleporter, looking at the ruined mansion, before looking at the sorry lot in front of her. She muttered something Bradley couldn't hear.
The elf sighed approaching him. Staring him up and down. Her attention shifted to the other two before coming back to Bradley again, who could only stare back with lust in his eyes. The high elf paladin was having an effect on him with her goddess like beauty. The platinum blond elf stared at him more intensely with her blue eyes making him even more nervous.
“So what fine mess do you need help getting out of?” She said, widening her face with a grin.
Before Brdaley could answer, the teleporter spat out the Faerie dragon noble. Everyone turned to see the new arrival coming to join the party.
“Sheesh, if you wanted to create this much destruction. You should have called me earlier to let loose some of my summons,” the Faerie dragon half joked, stepping off the platform, seeing the carnage.
The Faerie Dragon approached the others looking mostly at Bradley who was too confused to think about being around so many summons. Jess realizing he was still processing things decided to speak for him.
“Our master here has summoned you both as temporary allies. He needs your help in defeating a rogue prisoner who has escaped their eternal punishment.”
The padalin and Faerie dragon both smiled after hearing the news.
“Well what are we waiting for?” The elf spoke up. Raising her sword and shield, pretending she was charging into a battle without any care in the world.
Bradley just nodded showing them where they needed to go on his emergency quest. Their target had moved much farther away when he last checked. Subject #13131313 was moving at a faster pace now.
“I think it is time we get him before he causes too much destruction in the area. If you dont mind Bradley I'll fly you to our target,” Jess remarked looking at Bradley with a smile. Bradley felt nervous but just nodded, looking at the others, wondering how they were going to keep up.
The faerie dragon was the first to take action after hearing what Jess said. He sprouted wings from his back that made him look like a humming bird.
“Well if we all are going to fly to our target. I can give you two mounts,” the Faerie dragon spoke up. Pointing to Kimiko and the elf paladin.
“No need too, Blood transformation,” Kimiko said, as she transformed from her bipedal form into a four legged fox with nine tails.
The transformation lasted quickly as her blood magic encased her growing her size. Her new form was as big as a school bus. She lepted into the air doing a barrel roll to show off, before landing back down.
Bradley looked on in astonishment.
“Mind if I hitch a ride,” the padalin elf asked Kimiko.
Kimiko nodded her head to the padalin. Getting the okay, the elf jumped onto the blood mage’s back up near her neck.
“Guess that settles that then,” the faerie dragon chuckled.
“Everyone ready?” Jess asked everyone who nodded or responded with a yes.
With that, the five of them left the ruined mansion taking flight to take on the escaped subject.