"Argh, damn. I can't think of anything at all." Asher grumbled, "Everything still feels so… so confusing to me."

"Hey, Ash, don't burden yourself too much, just take it easy, okay?" Chronos patted Asher's shoulder repeatedly. "I'm sure we'll find out exactly who the sender is, but from my little experience playing online games, the name Athena- goddess of righteousness in ancient mythology is mostly used by women. So, it might be possible that the owner of the account Athena08 is a woman."

"Hmm, yes but it's still a guess and it doesn't necessarily mean that the sender is a woman, right?"

"Yeah, you right. Okay the point is never tell anyone about this before we can find out the truth, okay?"

“Yeah, you’re-“

"Uh, what are you guys talking about?" Persea suddenly appeared from behind Asher, interrupting their conversation. "Why are your faces looking so serious?"

"Oh my, Persea, you've startled us." Chronos stroked his chest. "Just men's business is not something important to say."

"Uh, alright." Persea nodded her head. "Oh yeah, there's something I want to show you. Come on, come with me."

Persea then led the two of them to the Altaria village square. However, once there, Asher immediately shook his head when he saw the sea of people in front of him. It felt so similar to the first time the fairy elder announced his first quest, but fortunately, the number of players was not that big.

"Strange, why do all the players seem to be crowding around that board?" Asher narrowed his eyes. "There seems to be something written there, but what? I can't see it at all."

"Yeah, me too. This crowd keeps blocking my view." Chronos grumbled. " Shit, at this rate we're going to have to get into this sea of players to see it."

"Huh?"

"Hurry up, we have to move before another player will appear." Chronos immediately pulled Asher's hand, entering into the crowd of players in front of him. "Hurry up."

During his time in the sea of players, Asher's screen kept wobbling incessantly due to the encouragement of the players around him. Moreover, the cramped and crowded atmosphere made Asher's head start to spin. But he tried to ignore that feeling and forced himself through the sea of people until he could finally see clearly what was written on the board.

[Event: Welcoming new players]

Deadline October 10, 2030 - November 10, 2030, 23:59 (UTC+8)

This event is for new players who have faithfully played the FOS game with passion where it will give 5000 gold coins and a step item called "Altaria hero suit".

[Altaria hero suit: A suit that uses the fair Altaria village to defend predators. Increases the player's vitality by 50%]

How to get it:

1. Players log in for 7 consecutive days.

"Oh, apparently this is an event, very interesting." Chronos pointed his index finger at the large board in front of him. "The prize is very interesting and the only way is to play this game for 7 consecutive days. It's easy and surely we'll be able to accomplish this event successfully, right, Ash? Ash?" He turned his body around, looking at Asher's face which looked pale as a living corpse. "Gosh, Ash what happened to you?"

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"Calm down, I'm…I’m just feeling dizzy. I'll feel better soon."

"Gosh, now we have to get out of here before all our oxygen is depleted here. Come on, Ash. "

After making their way back through the growing crowd of players, they were finally able to get out of there. Relief was evident on Asher's face, realizing that at least now he didn't have to jostle with the other players anymore. A few minutes later, the two of them decided to head out of the Altaria village, towards the Titanoboa cave.

On the way to the place, Persea told them that Titanoboa was a large snake that was well-known and feared among the fairies because the creature liked to target fairies for food. The snake used a very dangerous poison to paralyze its prey in seconds and if not immediately cured its victims could die.

"Titanoboa poison is able to blind anyone who is exposed to the poison and one way to get rid of the poison is by using the Antidote given to you by the fairy elders."

"Alright, we understand. But, there was something nagging at my mind while the fairy elders were explaining about Titanoboa. Is the creature really without weaknesses?"

"Good question, Ash." Persea snapped her fingers enthusiastically. "Of course not. All darkness has weaknesses, and Titanoboa is no different. That thing's weakness is in- Uh, wait, wait a minute I think I see something over there. I'll be right back." Persea immediately darted towards the group of trees seemingly carrying something in her hand. "Uh, I found this. I hope it's useful."

'Persea gave you 2x Potions.

"Thank you, Persea your help is very useful."

"Uh, that...that's nothing." Persea's face turned red, hearing Asher's words.

"Hey Persea, so where's the weakness? You haven't explained it to us yet." The look on Chronos' face was still curious.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry. So the Titanoboa's weakness is in its later hump which is covered with tough and quite thick skin. However, it is very difficult to touch its weak point because this creature's movements are quite agile and aggressive."

"Hmm, but at least if we can make the Titanoboa's movements slow down, we might have a chance to attack its weak point."

"Uh, that's right, but it's not as easy as you think, Chronos. "Persea slowly stopped and turned her head. "Alright, we've arrived. Welcome to the Titanoboa Cave."

A chill raced down Asher's spine when he saw the appearance of the size of the Titanoboa cave which was quite large compared to the caves he had passed through. Not only that. the front view of this cave felt different and the most interesting thing for Asher was two long and sharp stalactites on both sides of the cave mouth which looked like the jaws of a snake ready to pounce on its prey- It raised a little fear in Asher's mind.

"Hey, Ash why are you staring? Come on, now we have to get inside this cave and defeat that damn snake."

"Uh, yes."

During their time inside the cave, a collection of bones as well as a few pieces of small, fresh wings were scattered on the ground. Instantly, Persea's face paled like a living corpse until her tiny body continued to tremble incessantly, seeing the brutality Titanoboa had inflicted on her kind.

"Persea, stay strong. I'm sure we can defeat that thing and get your strength back."

"Uh, all-all right. "Persea gripped her hands tightly, trying to dampen the tremors in her body.

"Ash, I think I see something glowing. "Chronos pointed his index finger. "Look, over there. You see it, right? There's a bright blue light right in front of us."

"Oh my, that...that's it, that's my crystal light! I'm pretty sure." Persea's face instantly broke into a happy smile. "Now, I'll take that crystal and get out of this place as quickly as possible."

"Wait, Persea don't act carelessly. We have no idea where the Titanoboa is. It could be a trap set by that creature to catch us."

However, Persea paid no heed to Chronos' words and chose to fly closer to the crystal light. When Persea was only a few meters away from the light, suddenly a pair of fiery yellow eyes appeared from the same direction as the crystal light, staring at Persea with a terrifying gaze.

"Oh no, Persea, get away from there!"