BACK STORY OF KAWA BLISS
"It's this one, right? Are we gonna go inside with just the two of us?" Stalane asked after the two of them meet up at the domain that Bell told them.
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When they got out of the Astro's Labyrinth, Syton and Stalane ran towards Iteria town as fast as they could. As expected, Stalane arrived first. Nevertheless, Syton's speed was also visibly getting faster. He was only one day late than Stalane.
They were not even sure how many days they have traveled when they started to run, since they rarely stopped to rest. They only stop for a while to recover some stamina or to eat for a bit. They even just sleep for an hour to rest.
They knew that this was the only way for them to travel faster. Since they don't have the portable waypoint that Crane have.
Stalane messaged Syton immediately when she arrived at the Iteria town first. She have the 2 ingredients with her, which is the prince fish and the sylvan leaf herb. She forgot that the holy water was still with Syton, since he was the one who bought it. That's why even if she arrived first, she had to wait for Syton to arrive in order to give all the ingredients to Bell.
She just then slept the whole day while waiting for Syton to arrive.
When she woke up, she saw a ton of messages from Syton. She was grateful that he didn't called her since that would definitely interrupt her slumber. The contact system of this world doesn't have any reject or silent options after all.
Most of Syton's messages was him complaining about how fast Stalane was. He was asking her for another race next time and he even highlighted that he'll win next time.
When Syton arrived at the Iteria town, he went directly to Bell's house. Stalane was already there, since he notified her first.
The two of them successfully gave the three ingredients that Bell needed. In return, Bell gave the second gem that they need.
Bell was actually surprised. She couldn't believe that the both of them, who were only a 5H rank braver, would be able to collect all those ingredients. She was sure that they would fail to do so.
With that, Bell decided to give them the location where the other gem was.
Syton and Stalane already know that it is located at a domain, but they were not able to ask Kaleigh where that domain was located at. Fortunately, Bell gave them the direction and even gave some few tips on how to conquer the domain.
So when they got the directions, Syton immediately asked Stalane to do another race.
The result was obvious. Syton lost.
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"Don't worry, I've raided a tons of domain alone before." Syton replied to Stalane.
He immediately slumped down on the ground then put his arms on his eyes, to cover the light that was blinding him. He shut his eyes off as he gasp for air.
He have been running for days and he have never had a good rest. He was definitely tired. But what concerned him the most was that he lost again to Stalane.
"Really?" Stalane asked in surprise.
"In a game, yes. But in this world, nah. This is my first time seeing a domain in person" Syton responded.
Stalane looked at him in disbelief. But she didn't bother to argue with him, since she knows that Syton was already too tired.
But Syton noticed that Stalane didn't respond to him anymore. He got worried that Stalane might be having a doubt, so he opened his eyes again to look at Stalane.
"Don't worry, we can do this with just the both of us! Besides, we don't have that much time to look for other people to join us. We only have 2 days left to successfully finish this domain" he said, trying to sound enthusiastic as he was before even though he doesn't even have any energy left.
Stalane just gave him a bored look. "Just rest first before being too positive. I'll wake you up after you got some sleep"
Syton gave a smile. "Cook me some foods too. I'll eat it when I wake up"
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When Syton woke up, he immediately smelled the food that was beside him. He smiled as he used his eyes to search where Stalane was.
Syton saw Stalane sleeping that was not that far from him. He watched her for some seconds before he decided to eat. His tummy is already complaining from too much hunger.
When he finished eating his meal, Syton woke Stalane up. Even if he want Stalane to rest some more, they don't really have much time to idle.
They still don't know how large the Forlorn Ikewa place is. They don't know how long it'll take for them to be able to search for the gem that is hidden in there.
Long time ago, Forlorn Ikewa was called as Kawa Bliss. It was a beautiful resting place and a tourist spot for the people of the land and adventurers.
But then some war happened and as time goes by most of the dera started to inhabit the Kawa Bliss. Not much later, people decided to abandon that place and let dera take control over the Kawa Bliss.
Some adventurers from the past used a sealing spell so that deras won't be able to leave that place.
Adventurers used that place as a training ground and a hunting spot. But the place was also too dangerous since the deras inside is becoming stronger and stronger as time passes by.
That's why when they need to hide some important things, the people of the land and some adventurers hide it inside the Forlorn Ikewa since they know that dera is not interested with luxuries. Even Bravers learned to hide their riches inside. Bravers uses that place as to search some treasures and to train. The Bravers are also the one who decided to use the term 'domain' for that place.
Of course, all these information was passed to Syton by their friend Crane. Stalane also received some back story of the Forlorn Ikewa from Kaleigh.