The fairy elder was silent for a moment and suddenly patted her head. "Oh my, how stupid am I. I just forgot that there is still one material left. It's light beads!"
"Quest 4: Light beads (required)"
Recommended player level: lv 6-7
Reward: 100 gold coins, 1x potion, 3x antidote, 2x fairy clothes
Beads of light are crystal balls that are the source of energy for fairies. It is found in a river in the forest of Venus, but there are strange creatures guarding the crystal and putting it at the bottom of the river to maintain the purity of the light.
Recommended classes: Thief, ranger.
Without hesitation, they both accepted the mission and then the fairy in the red hat explained that a mysterious guardian figure inhabited the Venus River and no fairy had escaped from the river. However, according to rumors, there was one fairy who had defeated the figure directly and he lived inside Venus forest.
"That's all I can tell you. I will continue to look after this poor fairy's condition. Hurry back and bring the materials to me."
"Alright, Chronos and I will try to get the materials."
The two of them walked away from the fairy elders and planned to re-enter the forest of Venus, but before entering the forest again, Chronos advised Asher to buy some necessary items first.
'You have bought 4x potions, 8x bombs, 8x antidotes.'
"Okay, I think that's enough. Come on chronos, we have to hurry to the forest of Venus."
They finally entered the forest of Venus, trying to find the last materials needed to reach the forest of Venus. However, the entrance to the Venus forest was covered with large vines. Chronos tried to cut through the roots of the plant, but the vines were thick enough to make it difficult for Chronos to cut through them.
"Argh, shit! This must be the work of the Venus plants inside this forest. It must have gotten angry and blocked access to this forest. Damn it."
"Yes, you're right and somehow I can't find the old fairy guarding the Venus forest at all." Asher squinted, looking around. "Where is that old fairy going?"
"I don't know either, but right now we need to get into the forest of Venus as quickly as possible. How about we use the same cave as we try to get back to Altaria's village?"
"Yes, that's a good idea, but what about that huge butterfly swarm near the cave? There's no way we'll be able to deal with all those big butterflies, right?"
"Calm down, I have a way. Come on, now we need to get to the cave as quickly as possible."
Once again they decide to enter using the cave in the Altaria forest. Darkness and silence greeted them as they walked through the cave for the second time. Nothing had changed, just like the first time they entered this cave.
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"Nice try Chronos, stop bothering me." Asher felt something touching his shoulder. "This is not a good time to joke around."
"Huh? what are you saying? I don't touch your shoulders at all."
"Wait, you are not kidding right?"
Asher slowly turned his gaze back and instantly his face paled like a living corpse, seeing that several spiders were walking around Asher's shoulders and slowly descending to his hands and feet.
"Oh, man! Get that thing away from me! "Asher yelled and kept moving his body.
"Hey, Hey Ash calm down don't make a fuss. It's just a bunch of little spiders, nothing to be afraid of." Chronos helped Asher kill all the little spiders that were on Asher's body.
'100 exp earned'
'You have obtained 90 gold coins, spiderweb1x'
100 exp earned'
'You have obtained 90 gold coins, spiderweb 2x'
100 exp earned'
'You have obtained 90 gold coins, spiderweb 2x'
'Gained +5 point status, skill unlock'
Skill unlock:
[Esuna]: Removes negative status effects from a target.
Mana cost: 20
"Ash, calm down I've killed all- Oh wait, wait a minute I think I missed the last one" Chronos stepped on a small spider that was trying to escape from Asher's body. "Okay, that's all. I've killed about 8 of those little spiders."
"Thank you for your help, Chronos."
"No problem. Hey, but what are you afraid of that little spider? That thing is only about half the size of our finger, how can it possibly kill us?"
"Yes, but what if the spider released a very deadly poison? We could die instantly, right?"
"Gosh, Ash you're just too paranoid. Never mind, right now what's more important is that we distract that large group of butterflies." Chronos slowly walked out of the cave. "Come on, we have to keep moving."
Asher decided to follow Chronos out of the cave until they reached the forest of Venus. They decided to hide behind one of the trees in the forest and Chronos was seen pulling out something. It was a dull, murky gray bag with simple ties covering the top. An odor was quite pungent similar to the smell of potions made by fairy elders.
"Jeez, Chronos, what's that smell?"
"Nectar. It's a material highly desirable by insect-type creatures. Perhaps, we can use this." Chronos slowly untied the bag and then threw the object into the mass of bushes.
The pungent smell of the nectar instantly attracted the attention of a large group of butterflies near the river, so they immediately followed the smell. Seeing the opportunity, the two of them immediately moved quickly, jumping into the water without waiting for a signal.
When Asher enters the water, a notification appears on Asher's screen, informing him that when they enter the water, a blue bar will appear on the left side of the screen. The blue bar represents the oxygen the player has while in the water, so if the bar is depleted the player must return to the surface to restore oxygen levels.
Asher closed the notification and began to dive down. Being a few meters from the surface of the river, the two found nothing. He also couldn't speak underwater as it would affect his oxygen condition, so the only way was to use gestures.
Shortly after that, something sparkling like tiny crystals emanated from beneath Asher. It looked like the beads of light they were looking for, but Asher couldn't draw conclusions so quickly and dived deeper to make sure it was what they were looking for.
However, Asher suddenly senses something near the object. It moves very fast, but Asher can still see its silhouette looking like a big fish. Unfortunately, multiple shots in the form of water balls shoot out like bullets, successfully hitting both Asher and Chronos. The hits are hard enough to instantly push the two of them out of the river.
"Fuck, what is that?" Chronos averted his eyes, a strained look on his face.
"I'm…I’m not sure, everything feel so fast.” Asher's hands kept shaking. “Is it possible that...that it's the guardian of the Venus River?”
A few minutes later, a strange movement on the surface of the Venus River. Slowly a quarter of the creature's head emerges. Its eyes are blue and on its head is a fin, long and sharp just like a fish. The creature's eyes stare intently at both of them, looking them with hideous stare.