The Newbie Is Too Strong's
188. The Poor Griffon
The quest should have gone fine. Silvia, Egi, and Zevan's long-range combination attacks have been able to defeat many galpagos very well. Meanwhile, if there are galpagos who want to come crashing towards the attacking team, then Asti will immediately dispel their attacks. Aside from being a buff giver, I also occasionally act as Asti's support in protecting the main attacking comrades.
Galpagos are monsters that are only able to physically attack and are not too happy with the lowlands where they could slip down due to rubbing against the ground so there will be no problems for our formation will destroy. Everything should be going fine.
But there, a form of a collection of black files that came from nowhere suddenly moved very quickly towards Egi.
“Egi!”
Without thinking long I immediately approached Egi to protect him from any black file. But because I was so quick, I was only able to reach Egi, but it was too late to avoid the black file with him.
As soon as Egi and I were surrounded by darkness and knew, the two of us had been moved elsewhere.
***
At that time, two young men and women with bulging eye bags had been trying hard to observe something from a computer screen while fighting their drowsiness.
“Hey, Senior Karina, do you think there will be someone tonight who will soon find the hidden quest that we just spread the rumor this morning?”
“That's impossible, Dimas. No matter how quickly the information circulated, it felt too fast if it would be discovered today. Do you know the quest requirements yourself? Your party must defeat five hundred galpagos in less than half an hour.”
“And moreover, the only players who could enter the hidden quest were players who were below level 50. Do you think there is a party of middle to lower veteran level players who can defeat five hundred galpagos in less than half an hour?”
“But there was not a great newbie player who recently appeared last month who suddenly managed to open and complete two hidden quests that were the first and second hidden quests that opened and resolved. Otherwise his current level was also at the realm of almost fifty. He should have perfectly matched this quest.”
“Eih, where it is possible that there is luck three times coming in a row like that. Moreover, the location of the hidden quest this time was very far from the location he often played. Isn't the newbie just often play if not in the beginner village, in the Lalania Empire alone?”
“It's true too yes. Hahahahahaha.”
“Hahahahaha.”
Then they laughed together about having had time to think about the absurdity that could not happen.
Unfortunately, what they originally thought was absurd, actually happened.
“Two players with code names LUCA and TOBBY111 have entered the hidden quest area ‘Depression Griffon”.
The two admins of The Last Gardenia game can only be agape once the absurd thing they were talking about actually happened. Once again, the third hidden quest that opens in The Last Gardenia game was opened by a player named Luca.
***
As soon as I woke up and looked around me, I was already in a barren mountain area where countless galpagos roamed, even more so than the quest places I was following with my party back.
Not only that, almost all of the galpagos here were high-leveled ones that were very different from those in the previous galpagos hunting quest area that did not even exist at all high-leveled galpagos.
This is what I should be waiting for to fight a high-level monster so that I can quickly pass this mid-level veteran that I have long stacked in it.
But that doesn't mean that the monster has to be this many!!! If this much, how can I beat!!! I can only complain of annoyance.
But ignoring that first, I glanced beside me. The innocent face of sinless Egi was falling asleep. I patted him on the cheek so he would wake up. After a while I patted her, she finally woke up as well.
“Hmm. Luca?”
“Egi, you are aware?”
“Yes. This... where is it? Huh?!”
Instantly Egi was surprised to find the middle of many galpagos around him.
“Sst. Don't be noisy, Egi. It seems that their herd is not yet aware of our presence. Let's review the situation for a moment.”
We looked around until we saw an unpleasant sight.
A griffon who may not have reached his adult age is visible from his posture that is not in accordance with the size of a chained adult and tortured by a herd of galpagos.
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The Griffon's hidden quest of despair
Free the young Griffon from the chains that constrained him
Penalty if it fails: never again can try to explore hidden quest “this Griffon’ despair
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“Egi, this?”
“Luca, it seems we actually managed to access that hidden quest.”
Egi looked so carefree with his brilliant smile.
“But how will we reach the place where the young griffon was chained to release it?”
We also looked around. I noticed that the galpagos who were in this place really did have a high level of all. Even among them, some were up to level 92.
Thankfully all that seemed to be guarding the chained griffon was a level 55 galpagos only.
What we have to think about now is how we were able to sneak into the place without being caught by the galpagos crowd that was in between. If we get caught, absolutely we'll go straight game over. No matter how great we are, it is impossible for us to defeat a huge pile of high-level monsters at the same time.
Even if I summoned Aura to this place, he would still not be able to defeat this many galpagos monsters without sustaining fatal injuries and there was also a possibility that Aura could game over.
My stealth skill and shadow steps, nor will it go that far taking us every time it activates. There is a possibility in the middle of the activation pause of the skill, we will be caught and attacked immediately.
Instantly an idea stuck in my mind.
‘Aura, you hear me?’
‘Yes, Master. What's up?’
‘You can move quietly without being caught right?’
‘It feels kinda hard, Master. Given my prominent body size and skin color.’
‘Lantas how about you turn into a small insect like a firefly?’
‘It could probably be anyway, Master. But what's all of a sudden?’
‘We're on a hidden quest. Make sure you've changed into the shape of a firefly before I summon you here. I'll explain the details after I get your summon here.’
‘Alright, Master.’
Thus, I immediately summoned Aura to this place. Thankfully this time, Aura was able to be summoned without any problems, unlike when in the dungeon of The Legacy of Sultan Lacoza before.
“Luca, this?”
Egi was startled so suddenly there was a bright light in my hand then a firefly appeared.
“OK, Aura. You see that place there, right? Which there was his young griffon who was temporarily chained to it. You go nearby there secretly without being caught by the roaming throng of galpagos monsters.”
“It's easy, Master. But why should I hide like that? They are just kroco-kroco not important because of it. With my dragon breath, I can instantly overcome them all.”
“Don't be arrogant, Aura. Even if your level is now 140, it will still be difficult for you to overcome that many galpagos without injury. In any case, it could be in the process, the galpagos will rampage and even injure the griffon that is being chained. Find the safest course that is the most likely success. If needed, then you can act wild.”
Egi looked even more surprised when he found a firefly in my hand that could talk like a human. But perhaps aware of the situation, Egi this time preferred to just observe without asking.
Long story short, with a step I mean with a definite movement of wings, Aura headed to the place where the young griffon was chained. As expected, none of the galpagos would notice Aura moving.
It seemed that none of the galpagos were aware of Aura's presence in their midst. Although the galpagos saw it at a glance, at most they only thought that it was an insignificant insect. Who would have thought that the original form of the golden firefly was actually a dragon whose level was much higher than theirs.
As planned, Aura finally reached the place where the young griffon was chained without any significant problems.
Now in the second phase plan. I immediately hugged Egi from behind by touching his waist area to the middle of his stomach. Egi looked intrigued, but he tried his hardest to hold back his expression.
Even when Egi hadn't had the chance to ask my purpose of suddenly doing that to her, I had already started the plan first. I immediately activated my ‘instant change’ skill first with Aura then swapped positions with her.
In an instant, our positions were exchanged. Now, it was me and Egi who were near the chained griffon. As expected, once we got there, the galpagos finally checked our existence.
I summoned Aura back near me and immediately told him to activate the protective shield around us before the galpagos charged towards us.