A frown appeared on Asher's forehead as he heard the old fairy's words. It felt like this old fairy's words sounded like a joke. How could he possibly make all the creatures in this forest including the Venus River guards fall asleep? That seemed quite impossible to do.
"Old fairy, this is no time for jokes. We are serious and need that light bead as soon as possible."
"Oh, so you think I'm joking?" The old fairy raised his eyebrows. "Alright then, come with me. I'll prove that your words are no joke at all."
They followed the old fairy to the forest of Venus for the umpteenth time. He then slowly took something out of his pouch. Its shape, looking like a small pipe with several holes on its surface, suddenly reminded Asher of the instrument he used to play as a child.
"Huh, a wooden flute?" Chronos mocked. "That thing looks so old and rusty, are you sure it still works?"
The old fairy completely ignored Chronos' remark and smiled at him. "We'll see."
He then blew into the flute until a sound came out of it. The sound was so musical that it made Asher feel goosebumps momentarily. He had not expected this old fairy to be able to play such a beautiful and flawless instrument like a famous musician.
"Well, I guess they must be asleep by now." The old fairy put the flute back away.
"Excellent performance, Maestro." Chronos clapped his hands vigorously. "But how is it possible for all these creatures to -"
Chronos' mouth opened slightly when he saw all the large butterflies around the river sleeping peacefully. He decided to approach one of the large butterflies nearby, making sure that the creature was indeed asleep or not. "Holy shit, is it real? But why?" Chronos continued to kick the large butterfly repeatedly. "Oh my God! This thing is fucking sleep."
"Now you believe what I'm saying, don't you?" The old fairy smiled. "Hurry up, now is your chance to enter the Venus River and retrieve the light bead."
"Wait, but are you sure the creatures guarding the Venus River are affected by the same effect as this group of creatures?"
"Stop asking questions and hurry into the river before the effects of my lullaby song fade away."
Without saying a word, both Asher and Chronos jumped into the river. Asher's eyes widened when he saw several corpses of Venus river guards floating and not moving at all. Seeing the opportunity, they immediately moved to the bottom of the river, picked up the beads of light as quickly as possible, and then returned to the surface.
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"Finally, we, we did it!" Chronos let out a long breath.
"Thank you, thank you old fairy. The two of us were greatly helped by your help."
"Never mind, now hurry back to Altaria village before the effects of my lullaby fade away."
Both of them immediately quickened their footsteps until they reached the village of Altaria. Asher then handed over the last ingredient to the fairy elder and the irritation etched on his face earlier slowly disappeared, replaced with a smile of hope.
'You have completed quest 4: the beads of light. You have earned 1500 Exp.'
'You have earned 100 gold coins, 1x potion, 3x antidote, and 2x fairy clothes.’
'You have obtained fairy clothes (lv.1)'
[Clothing used by fairies in Altaria village to protect themselves from predators (adds +8 Agility)]
'level up to lv.8'
'+5 skill points
Status info: Asher (+5 points)
Total status points: 40 points
Strength (STR): 2
Agility (AGI): 6+8
Vitality (VIT): 2
Intelligence (INT): 25
Dexterity (DEX): 3
Luck (LUK): 2
The fairy elder instantly placed the light bead on the poor fairy's body. Within seconds, the rays of light from the light bead streamed in so fast, entering the poor fairy's body that her body immediately emitted a bright blue light until she came to her senses.
"Where... where am I?" The poor fairy slowly opened her blue eyes. "What exactly happened? Who are you?"
"Calm down, you are now in the village of Altaria. Everything will be fine." The fairy elder stroked the fairy's blue hair. "I am the fairy elder of Altaria village, greetings. What's your name?"
"My name... my name is Persea, the water fairy." The poor fairy covered her face using her blue wings. "Uh, thank you for helping me."
"Wait, elemental fairy? I don't mishear, right?" The fairy elder's eyes widened for a moment. "Oh my God. I, I thought they were a myth."
"No, we elemental fairies do exist and are real."
"Wait, I don't understand what you're saying at all. Elemental fairies?" Asher furrowed his brow. "Navi didn't mention it at all earlier."
"Yes, same questions. Who are elemental fairies?"
"They are four special fairies who are different from ordinary fairies because they can control the elements: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth, unlike us fairies in general. The elemental fairies' abilities are believed to be strong enough to defeat the darkness, so if all the elemental fairies are found, we have a chance to rescue the fairy territory from the grasp of the darkness."
"Alright, I get it. But why is there only one here, where are the other elemental fairies?" Asher asked curiously.
"When the darkness attack spread further in the fairy region, we decided to split up and try to eliminate all the darkness." Persea bowed her head weakly. "But somehow, this decision was… wrong and I deeply regret it." She clasped her hands tightly. "Now, I really worry about other elemental fairies. I...I just want to be reunited with my friends. I really miss them."
"Persea, calm down. I believe we can find others. But I’m so glad to see one of elemental fairies here in Altaria Village. Now, at least using your power, we can eliminate darkness from fairy region once and for all.” The fairy elder continued to smile. "I'm sure, the fairy region will return to its glory days."
"Uh, uh that's right. But now we have another problem. " Persea looked down, her face looking haggard. "I just lost my power.”