“Another treasure chest! Lucky~”
While going to the 2nd trial, I received a note while walking along the path of the 2nd trial that I can grab as many treasure chests as I want, but I need only to choose 3 treasure chests after I completed the trials. I can open all of them and choose my reward alongside the essence. Because I have a space inventory I store all of them. Then the pathway from 2nd trial is changing, it’s beautiful and colorful, from torches to lights, the rocky road transforms into a floor. The scent is also becoming pleasant. The first trial doesn’t smell of anything even though the KoR lives there, in this place, it is too fancy as if an aristocrat is living here. Few more minutes and I arrived at the big door here and a sign saying the room is where the 2nd trial begins. I opened the door with ease and then the room was completely black. After stepping, the door is closed by itself. Then a big light comes and it reveals the place like a big mansion where the party of a noble person would take place.
Then a big primate emerges from a big door, the way it presents itself is gorgeous! clean and it has an aura of noble. Then the book of animals gave me information about this creature. King of the Trees but now it has become King of the Dance Floor. A strong creature which can be nominated as King of the Jungle, a beast that can contest with the current King of the Jungle but chose to be King of the Dance floor because no war for now, the species of this creature known to have a great culture and dance moves aside from their beast nature. First encounter of this beast is when the elder brother examines the mystical jungle of a fallen kingdom. The way the species present themselves is like how humans act. From the ruins of the fall kingdom, they strive in a small but healthy community. They can only eat crops and vegetables when the elder brother discovers them. According to the findings, they will only eat meat if the species is on the brink of extinction. The result of eating meat will make them a warrior boosting their capabilities like an elite soldier of an army. 1 species of it is equivalent to 3 armies of elite soldiers. Their mysterious species is still speculating but the current one is that they’re the companion of a hero who slayed the terrors of the old world. Then the gods granted the hero wish where it wants them to be invincible, wise, and strong like him but in exchange they will have only a small population and swear to step up if the world doesn’t have a hero to slay the evil.
“Damn! So all of this is in the records of a fallen kingdom? Krazy! And how does the elder brother decipher the documents? How did the fallen kingdom meet their demise? Are the creatures not helping them?”
The book of animals presents several documented papers that suggest that these invincible primates helped the fallen kingdom to evacuate to safer places. There is a sentence in the piece of paper saying they fight an unknown disaster no one knows what it is. Then the battle takes place in the fallen kingdom, until they subdue it but it was the cost of half of their population which was already small in the beginning. Many kings agree that they need to repopulate and give them their own home. It was unanimous that they will not fight these creatures for the future generation.
Until these species become forgotten of the world and rediscovered by the elder brother. Fortunately the elder brother learned their language which is not hard if you live with them for 3 years. The book of animals said if you have the Aura of the Peak Magician, you can converse to them, which the elder brother added to the function of language with permission of the master of it before it died of old age.
“Sweet! First time I encountered a mythical creature! Aside from the species of Fortis.”
I try to speak to the creature so that it can trigger the translation.
“What are you saying?”
“Oh! Good I can hear you now! How are you?”
“Oh! You young lady, can you speak my language? Interesting! Only a few can speak our language, how did you learn it?”
“I didn’t learn it, I have this item which has a feature where I can converse with other languages as long as it was added here.”
“Ah! I think that person mentioned that they have an awesome device. Fascinating!”
“So, what challenge will I do here?”
“A dance battle but more like how I will teach you to dance. If you know our language, you know we like to dance.”
“Ah, yes. It was mentioned that your species is the King of the Dance Floor.”
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“Correct, even the people of the past say that to us, unlike the two creatures here, mine is the easiest one as long as you know what you are doing. So, how did you defeat that simple minded fish?”
“ I only exhaust it because it transforms into a humanoid one.”
“Ah, I see, that method is a straightforward one, to defeat them you just need a large piece of meat and they will consider you as their friend. But since you defeat that fish in a battle of endurance. It will respect you and give you a blessing. I don’t know how the blessing works but once they wake up, you will receive it unnoticed.”
“Wow! I’m excited! Also it was fun to fight that fish. By the way, before we start, why are you here?”
“Simple, I am the last weapon of my kind. I was there when we slayed the misfortune of the world. All of my kind who participated in that fight died because of old age but me, the gods, made me the last resort to secure my kind. Also I don’t really isolated here, I can visit my kin whenever I want.”
“I see! So, what kind of dance will I learn?”
“Many! But since you fight that fish, I think it will be great to have you eat food.”
“Sweet! I will take your offer! Thank you very much! Also, what will I call you?”
“Call me what you like, it’s fine with me.”
“Okay Ingens!”
He treats me to some exotic meat and fish, the way he cooks some dishes is amazing. The way he slices those meat with ease as if he is slicing butter. For the fish,he carefully inspecting the body of it. He said that the fish he is preparing has too many bones and little meat but it’s worth it because in the past, this fish united the classes of the fallen kingdom they protected. Another fact is that this fish can kill parasites in the water and can also kill the parasite on their body. So, serving it raw is recommended to maintain their natural flavor.
After he finishes cooking, we eat and chat like friends. He questions my background and if I’m affiliated with another organization. So, of course I didn’t lie and tell the truth. He also knows my Masters which is not surprising anymore xD. They are still learning their language unlike mine with a built-in translator. It was a good time with him and the vibes I get from him like an uncle or something old xD. After our meal, we head again to the venue where we first meet, then he teaches me first the basics of dancing. After that we proceed to dance intensely from folklore dance up to modern dance he knows. Then we mix it with beats, he chants a spell then a crowd of animals appear and play instruments. Then I proceed to summon my pirates to join the dance fever. He also taught my comrade how to dance and he was strict with them because they were always making mistakes.
Though they make mistakes, they improve well. Which Ingens compliment them then more days come and they manage to be good dancers! Now we are performing a dance event, the event feels lively and as if we are performing in front of the audience. Every step we make lifts up our spirit, the rhythm of the music makes our body more crazy. More and more and we feel we become more powerful!
“[So, this is how the bards or performers do when they buff their parties in game!]”
Then suddenly Ingens becomes bigger and concentrates its energy to his fist. All of us understood what was happening and still we continued to dance. We are nearing our last steps and everyone is gathering from the front and a few more steps before we end. Ingens suddenly jump and throw a devastating punch. Then a barrier is forming around us then the punch and barrier colliding with each other resulting in a blinding light but more intense. After that, we see ourselves standing in one piece, same with Ingens. He bowed to us and clapped and a big text appeared and congratulated us for finishing the 2nd trial.
“The one you performed is the secret barrier of our kind, it only passes down if you are worthy to wield that power to protect the people you love. It was also the hero whom our ancestor cherished much, who helped us to make our very own technique. Hope you guys will pass down this secret to your worthy successor in the future.”
We thanked him and before we went out to face the other trial, he gave us food and wished us good luck. We thanked him and also bid farewell to him and then we advanced to the next stage.
“So.. why are you guys still here and escorting me?”
“Because we want and we are also curious about the food that Ingens gave to you!”
“Ok-ok, also I will register these foods. Before I consume. [I will ask GG if there is a way to give them appetite or something like that.]”
Along the way, the scenery change again and this time it became the like medieval type where it was peaceful with green land and at the far away, we see a giant tree and the cloud over there is black like it will ominous because it is the stronghold of a powerful evil being or something like that.
“As if I’m in the game but this time so straightforward. No town and only that place.. Oh! I forgot that forest! I think we can skip that place and it's not a requirement or anything right?”
“I think so boss!”
“Now we run past the forest and straight to that place!”
“Aye!”
I enhanced them with sprint spells and endurance, so that we can go in that place faster but when we are about to pass the forest, we see the sign saying that it is a requirement to clear the forest before we advance further.
“Huh? I didn’t see that sign! What is this a game, where it will only pop up if you are near?”
“So, boss.. We don’t have a choice here so we suggest that we go to the forest as the sign says.”
“Yeah, anyway you guys are still good right?”
“Aye!”
“Ok, let’s clear the forest! Let’s goooooo!”
When we entered the forest, it had eerie vibes and suddenly a fog came and surrounded us. Then for around 10 minutes of walking, I sensed that someone was stalking us. Then I informed my guys that someone is stalking us. I informed them that we will stop at that big tree and I will clear the fog around us. When we reached our destination I told them to hug the tree and never let go and after that I release ki to make the fog go away. After the clear we see a large creature with no eyes, thin arms, big belly, and thin legs. The color of it’s skin is on dark purple and when we face to face, this fucker let out a pretty wide grin on its face as if it seeing me. I also show a pretty wide grin on my face.
“Hehe! Time to humble someone now!”
Chapter 18 End