In the girl's dream, she saw around an endless black space without light, there was a child looking at her. That child is her brother, because both of them are orphans, they have to live in an orphanage. Then suddenly one day, her younger brother got sick with a strange disease, seeing her brother's pain because of the disease made her extremely heartbroken.
So she went to the shaman to ask for help, the shaman said there was a magical lake that could cure all diseases. But that lake was only available in that cursed Narian country, however, but since her brother was her only relative, the girl did not hesitate to go to Narian country to find that lake.
But while she was lost in Umbra Forest with the children she happened to meet, she was attacked by bandits earlier. Thinking that she would die right here, suddenly a shadow appeared to rescue her and the children.
"Uh...it hurts..."
Pandora heard the moaning of the other girl, she gently helped the girl to sit up, immediately brought a bowl of soup to the girl, but because she was still badly injured, she couldn't move, so she had to feed the girl. eat.
"Open your mouth, eating will make you stronger." - Pandora
"Who...are you?"
"Eat it and I'll tell you." - Pandora
Hearing that, the girl opened her mouth slightly, and Pandora gently put the soup spoon into the girl's mouth. Seeing that the girl did not complain, she continued to feed the girl the soup until there was no more left.
"Where...am I?"
"You were injured while protecting the children, so we came to the rescue in time. Right now we can only give first aid, so it will take a long time to recover." - Pandora
"Are...the kids...okay?"
"They're safe. My name is Pandora, may I know yours?" - Pandora
"My name...Sina...from a...small village."
"Then Sina, why did you come here and go with the children again?" - Pandora
"Actually...I came here voluntarily...And the children were forced to come here...because I felt sorry for them...so I let them go..." - Sina
"What are you here for, Sina?" - Pandora
"Crystal lake...I have to find Crystal lake. For my brother who is sick at home...." - Sina
Sina started coughing because of the wound so Pandora didn't ask any more so she let the girl rest, waiting until she got better, it was not too late to ask.
Pandora was going around again checking and looking for something to collect, but only now did she notice, her black skin was harder than usual. She tried tapping her arm and it creaked, like a thick shell but not too hard to move. First, she wanted to see if this body itself could fight without using magic.
First she found a big tree nearby, what she needed was how to knock down that tree. She had tried before to make her hand bigger and longer, but now she could still do it, looking at the tree in front of her, she rushed over and raised her hand.
There was an extremely smooth cutting sound, the upper part of the tree slipped from the roots and fell. She was a bit surprised at her own strength, there was no logic to explain how she was able to gain strength in such a short time. To say that this was part of the absorption from the [Ancient Parasitic Flower] wouldn't be convincing at all.
Even though she wasn't the type to like to play video games, she somehow understood how it was played. To be stronger, it is necessary to plow EXP to level up and then upgrade equipment and skills, the fact that she is getting stronger and stronger every second makes her somewhat afraid of herself.
Pandora checked her [Stats], this time she checked and found that the cube she used to decode last time with
'Only a little more to finish, just like that, you can find the way to that castle' - Pandora
For some reason she felt that this Sina girl was really resilient, daring to come here just to find a lake for her little brother. Despite knowing that this place is dangerous but still determined to find medicine for her loved ones, Pandora agrees on that, it makes her even more hopeful that the cube is decoded soon so that Sina's wish can be fulfilled.
But no one knows what will happen next, then someone will have to die before reaching the destination. Pandora's heart suddenly had a strange feeling of unease, she just hoped that nothing bad would happen.
So she closed her eyes to fall asleep.
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In front of her was a brutally crushed corpse, the scene was so terrifying that the esophagus in her body boiled as if it was about to burst. No matter how many horror movie scenes you watch, it's even scarier in person than on screen. Pandora tried to take a deep breath to stay calm, she stepped closer to see the body.
But when she stepped closer, she was so shocked, she couldn't believe her eyes. That body was very familiar to her, all of her senses were frozen because her brain had stopped working.
That body is...
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