"This is…" I read the notification message that appears inside my head.
[Quest "The Pearl Necklace and Lost Daughter" Cleared. Reward Items: EXP 10.000.000, Dereasl Shard x 20, Darksteel x 20, Reilim Stone x 20, Taetim Bone x 50, Darkwood x5. Reaper's Cloth x 5, and Hauvel Jewel x 5]
"Is it done…?" A Sylph Elf girl asked the Ignish Elf boy in front of him.
"…O…oh…" The boy nodded to the Sylph Elf girl.
"WE DID IT!" A Sylph Elf Ranger is screaming in joy.
"YEAH!" A Knight also screams in joy.
"YEAH WE DID IT!" The Priests and Druids are hugging to each other.
"WE WON!" The Mages and Rogues tossed their hands to each other.
"UWWOOOOHHHH…!" Everyone is screaming in joy because we have defeated the Abyssal Reaper.
Well, I think they deserve some celebration since this battle was extremely hard and almost costed our life, but the feeling of satisfaction from completing this quest together with our dearest comrades without anyone dying is the best reward that we could wish for us.
"Haru-san!" Ayumi ran to me and she hugs me tightly.
"O…oh, what's up Ayumi-san?"
"I'm just glad we made it through!"
"Y-yeah…ahahaha…" I blushed a little.
"Haaah…Kaichou, Kaichou…anywhere, anytime, you two are always flirting…give me break…"
"It's not like that, Yuna-chan…ahaha…"
"ANIKI WE MADE IT!" Robert hugs me from behind.
"Woah! Robert, calm down!"
"Hnnnggggg…..finally I can laze around every day again…" Rania stretched her back.
"Wawawawawawawawawawa....." Luna is mumbling and drooling while looking at her [Status Screen].
"Hey, why are you drooling Madwoman?"
"Look at this Spidey! Each of us got millions of EXP and legendary class materials! Awawawawa….!"
"What's gotten into her head right now?"
"Just let her keep fantasizing, Arnold-chan."
"Ishizaki-dono…" Kenzia walked to me with Naval.
"Oh, Kenzia-dono, Naval-dono, glad you two are safe."
"Likewise! By the way, that was tough battle. Did you know the boss' level?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it was around 2000…"
"That was really high. Don't you agree Tavaniris-dono…eh…Tavaniris-dono?"
Naval turned his head left and right searching for Zack whereabouts but Zack is nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, Zack himself is laying on the floor on the Healers Room. He is unable to move while he keeps losing his HP little by little.
The Healers forgot him when they left him there to join the battle. They immediately returned to their room to tend Zack while being shouted by Daendles. Luckily, they made it in time before Zack's soul can flies away to the afterlife.
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After the battle, we decided to rest in the [Boss Room]. The boys chatted together with other parties members and the girls tend the wounded together with the Healers. There are few of us like Robert, Erick, Tim, Ello and Toval who can't sit idle and try to find out some loots here.
They even dug the ruins in search for treasures but they found nothing other than rocks and debris. Then, Daendles came and he praised my brilliant plans along with saying that he still has a lot to learn even as an experienced [Enchanter].
Well, he was just exaggerating when he was praising me and being modest about himself. Daendles himself was one of the top graduates from Northlandia Magic Academy and he was the one who made my plan go smoothly, so basically, he doesn't need to be too modest in front of me. Other than that, Daendles also asked me where he could learn about the monsters and beasts' [RS] [Racial Skill] and [RA] [Racial Ability] with excited eyes.
I just answered him that he could learn that from Summoner Mage Tower's library and he also needs to study by himself by watching, analyzing and recording every data he got from battle or observation, just like [Summoners] and monster researchers did. After I explained that, he gotten more excited and thanked me many times, but our chat is interrupted when Tim is running to me while carrying something heavy on his hands.
"What's wrong Tim?"
"Haah…haah…we…we…"
"Catch your breath first Tim. Don't worry I'm not going to run." I rubbed his head.
"Water…please, give me water Kaichou…"
"Here you go." I give him a water sack.
"Thanks!" Tim quickly drinks it while I'm still holding it.
"Tim…why are you not holding this by yourself…?"
"Mmm…my…m…hands…are…mmmfuuulllll…!"
"Awawa…" I heard the girls whispered behind me and when I looked back, I saw the girls stared me with blushed expression. Then, they are whispering something to each other with excited expression.
"Tim, wait this position—!" Yep, this position is so misleading if someone is looking from behind.
"Mmm?" Tim keeps drinking with cute curious expression. Then, I pulled the water sack.
"Pwah…! Muu…Kaichou, I'm not done yet…" There is a lot of water smearing over his face. Oh, shit.
"Stop looking at me with that face. By the way, what's in your hands?"
Tim showed the relic on his hand. He said this relic was from A.E.V I era and it was used as seal for a gate or door. He also told me about a hidden door that buried by ruins in the boss room. He asked me to go with him there. He said Erick and other Rogues can't unlock the door with their skills.
"This is the room, Kaichou." I see Erick and other people are struggling to open the door.
"Ah Erick, what are you doing?"
"Oh, Leader…hmm…." He is ignoring me and he keeps trying to unlock the door.
I walked to the door and touched it. I felt a strange mana circulated in the door for a bit. I think that mana sensation is similar to a magic that used to seal a gate from inside. I remember we used same technique to lock our base door at night. I called Yuna to assist me decoding this magic circle formula.
"Hmm…it's very complicated indeed…"
"Hey, is there a boss inside there?" Arnold asked Yuna but she shook her head. We kept doing this until the seal finally opened. It took almost a heverra to unlock this door.
"Now, after a heverra we finally unsealed this shit and it's still locked?!"
Yuna's words are true. We had unsealed the door but it still won't open. I asked Erick and he shook his head. It seems that he has given up opening this door. Nevertheless, Robert still hasn't given up. He searches around the ruin near the door and he found a relic that has similar characteristics with the relic that I hold.
"Hmm…what is this?"
"Wait, Robert! Don't throw it out!"
I explained to Robert about this relic and he gave it to me. Then, Robert walked to the door and he put the pieces in the hole that located on the middle of the door. It fits the hole and he suggested to me that we must find other four pieces to complete the relic seal.
"Yavia-san, come here."
"Yes…! What's it Kaichou-sama?"
I asked Yavia to use her [Earth] Elemental Magic to find the relics that still buried underground. First, she touched the relic on the door and analyzed it. Then, she activated her magic [Detection of Lost Treasure] to find out the relics' location.
"I found them, Kaichou-sama! Over there and there! The rest of them are located below that pillar and big stone there!" Yavia pointed her finger to west and northeast side from the door where we are standing right now.
"Are they buried deep below underground?"
Yavia shook her head, "They aren't Robert-san. But after the Abyssal Reaper went into rampage, they are buried a bit deeper underground."
Khazim snorted angrily, "Dang, that skull face only makes our work harder."
After hearing Yavia's words, I asked Khazim's group and Arnold's group to excavate the ruins and dig the ground. However, they refused because it seemed impossible for them with these members.
"Haru-chan!" Viorelle walked to me with other parties' leaders. I saw the Healers have tended Zack's wounds. I thought they were leaving him to die because they were too busy celebrating their victory.
"What'cha you doing?" After Viorelle said that, Rudolph smacked her head.
"What are you doing Rudolph-chan?!"
"At least have some manner and respect, you stupid cat!"
"Hiiii—!" Viorelle jolted and she hides behind Kenzia's back.
"Well, I don't mind, Rudolph-dono. I have become friend with her for long time."
"You see? Haru-chan is—"
"Is that so? I'll take a note of it. By the way, what are you doing Ishizaki-dono?"
"Oh, this is…" I explained (again) the whole thing to them and they nodded after I finished my explanation. It seemed that they are quite satisfied with my explanation.
"So, our last objective is to open that door, am I right? I'll call my party members then…"
Zack left us to call his party members as well as the others. They came back a few minerval after. I asked them to excavate the spots that Yavia have told me before. We dig and remove the stones carefully to prevent the relics from being destroyed. After we spent 30 minerval digging, Kenzia's group found the third relic that buried in northeast side.
Not long after that, Naval's group found the fourth relic that buried on west side. Viorelle found the relic under big stone and Zack also found them under a ruined pillar. Meanwhile, Viorelle and Zack need very long time to find it since it buried deep underground and they need to remove the big boulders one by one. Thanks to Nanderioelle's guide and assistance, they can find the relics easier than they thought.
"We found all of them Ishizaki-dono. It sure took a lot of time, haaah…"
"Thanks for your hard work Nanderioelle-dono. Now, let's put these relics on the door." Then, Robert and Erick helped me to put all the relics on the door but the door still won't open.
"Dang, after everything we did, it still won't open?!" Erick punched the door.
"Calm down Erick! Let me try to figure it out!"
I tried to figure out something but I still haven't thought of any solution. Other leaders discussed this with each other but they too can't think of anything. It seems, they can't figure it out too. Then, I saw Yavia's anxious expression and gesture. I think she wants to say something but she hasn't had a chance.
"Is there something wrong, Yavia-san?"
"Eh, ah yes! Umm…Kaichou-sama, may I try to open the door?"
"…you want to try? Go on."
"But beforehand, may I ask the assistance from some Mage with high combat power?"
"Hey Tree-worshipper, if you wanted to blow up that door, we didn't need to find those relics, you know? Say it sooner." Said Khazim with sarcastic tone.
Yavia puts her hands on her chest, "I'm not going to destroy that door O dear Khazim, Earth Mother's child…"
"Hey I'm not a tree, stupid."
"Okay, you may try Yavia-san. Who will you going to ask for assistance?"
Yavia asked her friends, along with Tim, Yuna, Okimura, Del and Luna. But when we called Luna, she didn't come and kept mumbling something near the pillar on the west side until Rania came and smacked her head.
"Ow! What are you doing Spidey?!"
"You were still fantasizing?! Haru-chan called you, stupid!"
"Eh what?! Yes,…yes…! Kaichou, I'll come right away!"
Finally, Luna came but she didn't understand everything so I need to explain the whole thing to her….again. She is excited and left us to open the door but she failed.
"THIS SHITTY DOOR WON'T BUDGE EVEN THOUGH I HAD PUSHED THIS!"
"You stupid Madwoman! Didn't you hear what Kaichou said to you?!" Erick dragged Luna back to me and I explained (again) to her. Right now, I explained it with simple words that are easy to understand.
"WE ONLY NEED TO FIND THE RELICS, RIGHT?! WHERE ARE THEY?!" Luna stares at me with sparkling eyes.
"Psstt…Ishizaki-dono, is this woman insane or deaf?" Zack whispered to me.
"............." I can't say anything. I covered my face with both of my hand in frustration.
"You have wasted Kaichou-sama's time. Follow me!"
Yavia pulled her to the door and she places her hand on there. Yavia asked other Mages that she has called to place their hand on the door too. After that, she puts her hand above all of them and begins to chanting. The chant itself used Dryad Language that is hard to understand.
"Mefhtyoui Pofeleihammer hugeriotelle amerivannia elpheriver or mazedelia aszer eikolos invariudum resvar!"
(The Earth Mother who seals and unseals all Gaia doors in entire world, please help us and open this sealed door. We seek for a knowledge and secrets behind this door…and grant our prayers!)