[1-200] THE EVOLUTION OF A GOBLIN TO THE PEAK

Chapter 74 - Battle for the Mystical Light Cherry: Quest Complete!!

Lumilia saw his smile. She then bowed her head and said, "Thank you for helping me. I will not forget this debt."

Souta snapped out of his daze when he heard her. He waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it."

Lumilia smiled at his actions. She didn't know what's his real objective this time but he helped her and that's all she needed to know. She thought that Souta didn't receive rewards for helping her, so she decided that she will pay him back in the future.

"We're grateful for what you did for our young miss." Jusmin and Fred stepped forward and also thanked him.

They also thanked Bryan causing him to smile awkwardly while scratching his cheeks.

Cluster watched this scene silently.

Souta felt two hands circled around his waist. He looked behind and saw that it was Yuko. Yuko stuck out her tongue and licked his cheeks.

Souta patted her head and let her do what she wants. He then remembered something. He looked at Bryan and asked, "Bryan, I want to ask something."

Bryan turned to Souta and said, "What is it?" He doesn't have any idea what he's going to ask.

"How did you survive from the [Bestrou] of the Earth Crawler Ape?" Souta asked. He was curious about this. He wanted to know how did Bryan survive that powerful attack. If he was in Bryan's position at that time, he knew that he wouldn't be able to defend that attack from the Earth Crawler Ape. He would be forced to use the [Possession] skill of the Vajra Sword if he was in that position.

"I don't know too... At that time, I thought I was a goner but..." Bryan frowned as he tried to recall what happened at that time.

"But?" Souta looked at Bryan while caressing Yuko's head.

"Some power flowed inside my body. It gives me strength and I felt the world slow down, so I managed to cast some defensive spell but that wasn't enough. That unknown power protected me." Bryan told Souta what he felt and did at that time.

Souta frowned at his answer. He rubbed his chin and thought that Bryan wasn't an ordinary person. It seems that Bryan holds some secrets within his body.

Ah~ I smell the scent of a hidden quest.

He remembered the time in the game when he always talked to his colleagues (NPC) in Mechanic Country just to get their quest. When he was low rank at that time, he helped his captain and commander. It's okay if he parties with NPC because an NPC wouldn't get a share of reward in the quest. Just like the time when they subjugated the Patience Commandment, he wasn't solo at that time, he was with the other commander of the Mechanic Country.

He's a solo player in the game but that doesn't mean that he wouldn't interact with people. He just didn't party with any other player as he wanted the rewards on the quest on himself. If he doesn't interact with people (NPC) then how would he get a quest. He wouldn't get a hidden quest if he only took quest from Adventurers Guild. He needed to interact with various NPC and raised their affection points to know their secrets. After he knew their secrets, the NPC would give them a quest but not all NPC would give a quest.

Suddenly, a strange energy swept out in the whole area.

Souta and the rest stopped. They turned their head and looked at the Desolate Woods. They saw a shocking scene that occurred in front of their eyes.

The grass and trees withered one by one. The green leaves started to fall from the trees and it loses its life. The soil on the ground dried up and the birds that were flying away slowly fell down.

The strange energy snatched all life within the Desolate Woods. All the life force of the whole forest gathered in a single point within the inner woods.

"What's that?" Fred muttered with a stunned expression.

"Let's get out of this place," Souta said with a grave expression.

"Yeah, I feel uneasy about this." Bryan nodded.

"Young miss." Jusmin looked at Lumilia.

Lumilia looked at Jusmin and nodded. "Yes, we should go now."

Yuko picked up Souta in her arms before she ran away.

"Oi! You can put me down. I can run on my own." Souta said as he patted Yuko's hand.

Lumilia and the rest looked at each other before they followed Yuko.

A loud neigh of a horse echoed in the whole area. It shook the hearts of everyone who heard it. Everyone felt their life was going away when they heard the neigh.

Lumilia and the rest felt pain from hearing this neigh. The strange energy was sucking their soul away.

Souta looked back and saw a pale color horse and a man with a pale color armor in the sky. The horse and the man were exuding a very powerful aura. The aura surpassed the limits of a mortal body.

Carmilla and Julius were looking at the armored man from below.

"Ufufu, I didn't expect that this one would be alive after so many years of being sealed, so that's the reason why the Authority hasn't appeared at all," Julius said with a passionate gaze.

"As expected... He's really a powerful man." Carmilla observed the horseman from top to bottom. "But his power deteriorated from being sealed for twenty thousand years."

Julius smiled and he opened his arms widely. "Let's take him with us."

Souta couldn't hear their conversation. He was outside of the Desolate Woods and those people were in the inner woods of the forest.

Since Souta couldn't see the noble head and the Head of the Dry Gulch Town. It means that they already died at Julius' hands.

Soon, the ground shook once again as the two commandments fought the armored man.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The aftershocks of their fight were truly devastating. Souta and the rest could even feel it even when they were outside of the Desolate Woods.

"So that's why..." Souta muttered while looking at the fierce battle behind him.