Just a few minutes after Chronos spoke, a giant butterfly suddenly appeared in front of him and this time, Asher got a clear view of the creature. Large wings with a pitch-black pattern, furry long legs with sharp nails instantly made this creature look terrifying. However, there was one thing that immediately made Asher speechless- The creature's faceted eyes were quite larger than normal.

The huge butterfly immediately launched its attack, shooting the same green liquid at Asher whose body was still frozen like a statue. Chronos swiftly pushed Asher until he managed to escape the creature's terrifying attack.

"'Fuck. Fuck." Chronos grumbled in annoyance. "Argh, my hand."

"Oh my, Chronos! I'll cure you right away. Cure! Cure!" Asher's face instantly paled, realizing that the poison in Chronos' body had by no means disappeared. "Damn, but...but how come? Why isn't my spell having any effect at all?"

"Must...must neutralize the poison, Ash." Chronos grumbled in pain "Argh, goddamn it!"

"Yes, that's right. Antidote!"

Asher quickly retrieved his antidote item, pouring the antidote right over Chronos' wound. In an instant, the liquid entered between Chronos' wounds, causing him to groan in pain. Hearing Chronos' scream, Asher could only stay silent, imagining that if he were in that position, surely that feeling could be a bad thing to remember.

"Hang in there, Chronos. I will cure you right now. Cure!"

"Oh my, thank goodness. Nice movement, Ash. I thought I almost died." Chronos wiped the sweat from his forehead. " Goddammit, you fucking creature! I have to kill this damn thing."

Chronos darted swiftly towards the huge butterfly, slashing repeatedly and relentlessly. However, none of Chronos' attacks managed to hurt the creature.

"Argh, damn it! My attacks can't reach it at all." Chronos grumbled. "If we can take this thing down, I can use my power to cut down this damn thing." He continued to swing his sword, like a madman. "Argh, son of bitch!"

"There must be a way to defeat this thing. We need to think clearly."

While Asher was thinking of ways to defeat this creature, his eyes suddenly caught sight of the tree previously affected by the poison becoming more and more tilted and almost falling on this creature. With just one strike, the tree would fall and kill the creature. Seeing the opportunity, Asher unhesitatingly threw his bomb at the tree to produce a loud explosion.

Chronos turned around, staring here at Asher "What the hell! Hey, what are you doing? Your attack missed."

"Calm down, this is part of my plan."

"Plan you say? You almost made us -"

In an instant, the tree trunk fell, hitting the winged creature and causing it to crash to death. Chronos was watching this and only shook his head. His face still seemed to look shocked and disbelieved by what he saw

'500 exp obtained'

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"Yes, and I'm going to finish this damn thing off. right now!"

"Chronos, don't act-"

Without listening to Asher's words, Chronos immediately shot out at high speed, dodging all of the creature's attacks with ease. He then launched his attack with all his might, until the creature's body was instantly split into two and its blood splattered everywhere.

"Take it, motherfucker!"

"Slash!"

'500 exp earned'

'You have obtained 90 gold coins, 3x sturdy stem, 2x Chitin'

"Good, the materials we need are complete, Chronos. Now we need to get back to Altaria village as quickly as possible. But..."

"But what, Ash? We only need to go back the way we came before, right?"

"That's right, but I'm not sure we can use that route. Chronos." Asher shook his head. "Surely that route has been filled with a collection of monstrous plants ready to finish us off, Chronos. We'll have to think of another route."

Chronos was silent for a moment. "Eh, yes your words do make sense. After all, I don't want to have the same fate as that player. So, where should we go? Do you have any suggestions?"

"Chronos, do you remember on that signboard it says about a cave? Maybe that could be an alternative way out of here." Asher snapped his fingers, a pleased look on his face.

"Oh yeah, that's a good idea. I think we can try Ash's idea instead of just staying here. Come on, we should go around this forest and look for that cave." He pulled Asher's hand, walking deeper into the forest.

A few minutes into the forest, the sound of flowing river water came from behind a cluster of bushes just a few meters ahead of Asher. Good, it seemed that they were getting closer to the river, so they both accelerated their footsteps, passing through the cluster of bushes until they finally saw a small cave adjacent to the river - just like the clue on the wooden board before.

"Ash, there, there's the cave." The look on Chronos' face was one of excitement. "I'm sure that cave will lead us out of this place. Hurry up, Asher now we have to get inside this cave."

"Chronos, but wait a minute." Asher immediately stopped Chronos' steps. "Look over there. Around that cave is a giant butterfly swarm. We can't just go in, we need a plan."

Chronos just nodded his head, followed by a faint smile on his lips. "I know, you will say that. But don't worry, I've already thought of a way."

"Huh? Wait, what?"

Chronos did not reply to Asher's words at all and just continued to smile broadly. Seeing Chronos' smile, Asher could only sigh and hope that Chronos' idea could go as smoothly as he hoped.

"Ash, why are you staring? Come on, follow me."

A few minutes passed and it seemed that everything was still safe. The crowd of creatures was completely unaware of Asher and Chronos behind the mass of green grass slowly passing them by. Honestly, Asher didn't expect Chronos' idea to work at all even though Asher had to feel the pain of constantly squatting.

"Oh my, finally. We made it through that crowd of creatures." Chronos stretched his body. "Oh, man it feels so good. Now at least we're safe."

"Yeah, but we have to keep moving before the crowd will realize our presence." Asher stepped into the cave. "Come on Chronos, hurry up."

After a few minutes of walking in the cave, Asher suddenly saw a flash of light a few meters ahead. It turned out that Chronos' previous guess was right, this cave turned out to have access to the outside of this place. They decided to follow the light until they finally saw a stretch of tall trees in front of Asher's eyes.

"Wait, this is the Altaria forest? But how come?"

"I don't know, I don't know either, but there's no time to think about that now. We have to meet with the elf elders soon and give them all these materials."

"Yes, your words are true, Chronos."

They immediately quickened their pace through the Altaria forest until they finally reached the Altaria village. Without waiting long, they immediately searched for the whereabouts of the fairy elder in the red hat and then handed over all the materials he needed to the fairy elder so that he could help the poor fairy.

"Thank you, I appreciate your help." The red fairy elder took the materials.

'You have completed the quest 3: Broken Wings.’

Gained 2500 Exp.

‘You have obtained 50 gold coins 2x potions'

"Alright, I think I've coated the entire surface of this fairy wing. Now we just need to wait for the potion to take effect."

Slowly the bruises on the poor fairy's body faded and the poor fairy should have regained consciousness, but after several minutes passed, the poor fairy did not move at all, making the fairy elder start to worry.

"Strange, after receiving the reaction from my medicine, this poor fairy should have recovered. But why hasn't she regained consciousness at all?"