[Estro Village]
Difficulty: Guild Territory Quest
"Everyone in Estro mysteriously vanished in the middle of the drought season. Everyone except one. The girl who owns this doll is still out there and hiding away from her past home. She is the only person left to be able to answer what truly happens in Estro Village. Knowing the secrets behind this village is the only way to recover life back to it."
Requirement: Find the owner of the doll.
Quest Rewards: Estro Village will be the territory of Gold Paradise
I shared to the group about the details that popped up when I picked up the doll.
"Huh? We need to find someone to earn this village and that someone is who now?"
"Unless there's another village or town nearby, she should be in Twilight City."
"Who are you joking, Cherry? There are at least a hundred of thousands of NPCs currently living in the City. You don't mean we should be looking for a nameless girl among the crowd."
Our hope was once again shattered after realizing the quest given was impossible to do. Finding for a mysterious girl without any clues is unreasonable beyond a point. We could ask our guild for help, but it would still not be enough to find whoever it is in a short amount of time.
I asked my teammates to check each house carefully once more. This girl should be an habitant of this village, so if there are any clues of where she could have gone, it should be in one of these houses.
"Leader, there's something strange here."
ChickB was the first one to find something during the search. It seems like he has a bit of luck when it comes to things like these.
It would be impossible to find what he just saw under the silent night with only our candle lantern to help us see through the darkness. We are fortunate to find something before giving up the search.
"There're gravestones here. Three to be exact."
"Ruth Gill. Lisa Gill. Jarod Gill, a family of three which died during the said incident... This is really sad now that I think about it. These people are probably living peacefully in this dreadful place and someone or something just took their life away"
I felt everyone in the scene remembered the story in the diary of the village head when we saw the graves. Aria felt emotional after reading the names engraved on the gravestones. Her fear of the supernatural was gone and instead, she was now holding a dandelion-like flower she got from the top of one of the graves.
The mood of the party is obviously down after we pay our respect to the graves. It may be a game, but it does not feel like it in our current situation. If we stay here any longer, maybe tears will follow.
Thankfully, Fifty Silver cleared his throat audibly which placed us back to reality. As I was about to pat Aria back to reality, I notice the flower she was holding.
"Does that flower look quite fresh? And I never saw that type of flower nearby."
"Now that you mention it Cherry, isn't it also weird that only these three are present in a whole village? As if someone specifically chooses this house and this family to pay respect.
" This clue together with the quest details, we should have our person. Her last name should be Gill if she's a member of this family which is extremely likely."
"But I never heard about NPC giving out their family name randomly."
Fifty Silver who kept quiet the whole time shared his thought.
It was a reasonable concern for what seems to be a solved case, yet it is not something I worry about. It should not be that hard to find her in the city as long as we befriend some NPC on the way, but we should ask Richest Asian for some help just in case.
[A task for all members of Gold Paradise. Find an NPC with the family name of 'Gill'
Whoever has any useful information regarding 'Gill' will be rewarded with 500b$
Whoever finds 'Gill' will be rewarded with 10,000b$]
Our guild leader has immediately announced in the guild chat.
We messaged our leader about every single detail we discovered in Estro Village. Clearly, he did not hesitate anything when we told him we have the chance to earn a Guild Territory. Finding for the missing woman is already cost him a week worth of our guild salary which is already high by the way.
Naturally, the guild chat went insane when Richest Asian chat in our Guild chatbox. Some people really bow down at money that fasts, but that is none of my business. Rather it helps a lot how much manpower we got for finding this Gill girl.
"Do you think we can get 10,000b$ if we look for Gill ourselves?"
"Don't be greedy. We're already being paid four times of that amount in a month. We should just do what Officers of a guild should be doing."
"Puff~ You're no fun, Cherry."
Making sure we did not miss anything, we were back to where we came from-- There was nothing left to do. No monsters, no hidden quest, or no anything of that sort. The village is now back to its eerie state.
We know what the reason behind this village being deserted, but it does not change the fact this place is filled with mystery. I hope nothing bad happens after we occupy this place with all the devil stuff surrounding it.
Lighting up another candle lantern, we have decided to wrap up for today. We are now on our way home after using almost all of our time looking for the Guild Territory quest.
It was a slow day for our experience to fill up because we have only levelled up one time. Nevertheless, our trip here is more than enough to cover any delay on our levels. If everything goes accordingly, we will be one step closer to the top.