The Nameless Crown
Chapter 26 - The Invisible Appearance of Eye II
The embers of the fire lit up, the cracked wood cluttered out a small charcoal that was now flying out. Ash and Lilith who were camping in the cave sat next to each other covered in warm cloth.
“There are so many ways we can take, but at the moment we have no information about them.”
Ash sipped a cup of warm tea slowly, while Lilith was chewing on a small roast. Like any graceful woman, she covered her full mouth so as not to be seen shamefully by Ash.
However, the Beloved seemed to not care. He prefers to stay after feeling the pleasure of natural tea that he bought from the city of Belgana.
Despite being like that, Lilith did not mind at all. The Alluring Empress thought that Ash was very cool when he ignored her and she grew more and more lulled by the good looks of the men beside her.
“Now we only need to wait a day or two. Afterwards we just move,” said Ash softly while sipping a cup of warm tea.
“Two days?”
“Later too you will know.”
Ash's mouth twinkled and after that he took a relaxed position, laying himself on the cold surface of the cave. However, thanks to the aura emitted by Lilith the atmosphere there became warm. In the end they fell asleep with a relieved face.
***
Dead Zone, South West Green Plain, Abandoned House
“All done, Brother?”
“Sabar. Everything takes time. After all it's been two days since that incident and your reaction has always been the same, Fiona”
Being in a spacious room filled with bookshelves and abandoned home furniture. Fion who was now pulling the map ribbon looked towards his beloved sister with an appreciative expression.
However, the impatient Fiona required her to be breastfed. He did not know what his brother would do when his patience was gone. Maybe something bad will happen to other players or monsters around where they are.
However, Fion remains focused on his work in formulating the information they have gained in the past two days. Either rumors spread among other players or brief information from the starting city.
All of that he summarized and translated into a copy of a short, solid, and clear sentence in one width of paper.
“Conclusions I can take, hmm? It's too little. Many other factors that I have not been able to clearly capture, but at least this information is more than enough.”
Fion looked up at his sister who was lying on the table while playing a large scythe. After that he marked some parts on the map and then closed them again.
“Fiona?”
“Ya?” The brother stopped for a moment before his mouth turned wide.
“We have a job.”
The bubble gum that had just bulged was broken, Fiona got up and moved. Facing his sister with an expression of ecstasy full of impatience.
“Finally ... finally ... I can finally get out of this boredom routine!”
“Do not until the fun becomes a double-edged sword, Fiona”
“I know, really. Take it easy, brother. Hehehehe”
“Laughter .. I got a bad feeling,” Fion replied with a long sigh.
***
Along the gazing eyes, a small grass danced in the wind. The roar of light wind that flashed unceasingly stroked the leaves of the tree. Thin fog can be seen clearly, although not thick, but interfere with visibility.
No cattle, no freedom to relax. The voice of the shepherds that I heard now turned into endless fear.
Ash walked slowly while looking at the surroundings carefully, while Lilith who was on her left side looked ordinary even though in reality was the one with the highest level of alertness.
“At that time we were only lucky to find the entrance, but now try to think again”
“So this is what you mean, Ash. I never thought I could miss something as clear as this”
“Because we are fighting against some herd of monsters. Details like this sometimes escape our attention”
“Uhmm. Right, thankfully you told me earlier”
“One more thing we should pay attention to is ‘something’ inside this mist.”
The first floor is usually a place for beginners to develop and find experiences or connections. However, the scene they were seeing right now more resembled a small hidden labyrinth.
As a creation of nature that can be utilized by both fauna and flora, the forest is a place that needs to be considered more carefully. Because it could be that the traces of the past will escape from memory so it is easy to mislead the trackers who enter it.
Especially with the appearance of fog that envelops the entire forest. If only they forced themselves to enter that place tomorrow, it was possible that they would be caught again by another Player.
However, given the current conditions can be overcome by Ash easily. He wants to take advantage of abnormal forest conditions to avoid the attention of other players.
“See there.”
Lilith turned and turned her attention to the spot Ash pointed at.
“Whoaa, many also.”
What he had just seen was the silhouettes of the Players that flashed past them. Fortunately, the distance between Palyer and Ash was far enough that their presence could be disguised.
Lilith nodded steadily. With a big smile on his face, he was happy that Ash praised him. However, on the other hand Ash himself did not praise him at all. This is a misunderstanding that always scares Ash because every time he throws a double meaning word, Lilith's feelings continue to peak.
“Now all we need to do is eliminate those creatures”
“Umm. Fine!”
Although their presence was close to nothingness, but to the A.K.A.Surveyor of the forest itself, they could still be very well detected.
As a result, several monsters came to greet them with their respective herds. Be it the forest wolf, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Kobold, even Ogre class did not want to miss raiding Ash and Lilith.
“[Wolfang lv.8], [Goblin lv.5], [Hobgoblin lv.9], and [Ogre lv.14] .. It looks like we are greeted with great fanfare, Ash~”
“This is not the result of your charm, ‘kan?”
“Fufufu~ who knows?~”
“Ugh. I hate to say it, but that tone always gives me goosebumps tofu”
“Customize, my dear. It will be even more intense if we wrestle in bed~”
“Who wants to do it?!”
Lilith chuckled, while Ash pulled out a dagger while grumbling with a sour face.
“Again and again, that joke of your acute degree will never come true, Lilith”
“Maybe a miracle will grant it, because nothing is impossible in this world, Ash~”
“Hahh. You ready?”
“Of course ...”
Ash lunges forward, beginning the battle with the skills of Phantom Dusk. An invisible brisk lunge, followed by an aura emerging from the darkness of the shadows.
The sound of consecutive slashes can be heard scraping up to split some parts of the monster's body. On the other hand, Lilith uses her supporting skills to improve the accuracy, attack power, speed, prowess, and endurance of Ash in one rapalan.
Red threads emerged from within the hold and instantly it also shattered giving off a deep red mist. Thanks to the half-Vampire Ash race, all that mist he absorbed in the blink of an eye.
A red aura seemed to envelop him faintly. His two pupils stiffened, along with a two-colored red flame within the fog blanket. Ash is an unmitigated killer.
All the monsters that were within his attacking range were getting a strong pressure from Ash's Vampire aura. None of them were undaunted, all of them trembling violently.
[Levels up!]
[Levels up!]
[Levels up!]
Only in that one-sided massacre did Ash manage to raise his level by three levels. The sound of an explosion of virtual data was also heard following Ash's body that landed smoothly on the surface after beheading one of the Ogre heads.
“As expected of my beloved Ashku. You managed to defeat them before I cast the second magic~”
Ash flicked his dagger, the blood patches that stuck to it instantly vanished instantly. After which he only sighed for a moment before glancing towards Lilith.
“For sure, ‘kan? Anyway there's you by my side”
“Ahn~ darling~”
“Already, already. Don't be so exaggerated. Come on, there's a place we should go to now”
“Umm. I came~”
Lilith ran small towards Ash, as soon as she arrived nearby. Ash immediately embraced Lilith's waist gently and then they vanished into the smoke of ash. Went away leaving the place of the massacre without a trace in the faint mist surrounding it.
Elsewhere, Fion and Fiona experience the same thing. However, the difference is that the place was destroyed by the tantrum of the small butcher, Fiona.
While his older brother Fion just read a book while walking through the pile of corpses of monsters that were crushed into virtual data as soon as he shook his feet.
Fion fix his glasses with index finger, “Everything ... has it settled?”
“Khahaha! It's not much. Definitely, nothing left .. wait ... “
“Hmm? Is something left behind?”
“No. It's just that I can smell the carnage from here. Hehehe, apparently there are people who are as similar as me, huh?” fiona sahut with a wide grin.
However, the Big Brother let out a long breath.
“If there's a second person like you, my problems will grow. Besides maybe my head won't be able to hold it anymore”
“Hahaha. Don't worry, Brother. Even so, I can also hold back,” replied while giving a V sign with the index and middle fingers.
“Say that after we clean your face, Fiona.”
They finally left the place in leisurely steps while having a light conversation.