"Egh?"
I blinked.
World quest?
Why is it hard?
You just repeated what you said a moment ago.
A . . . world boss?
Then I couldn't complete this quest at the moment? But it doesn't say anything about defeating a world boss. All it said was to find if the rumors were true or not. I think I could manage that.
I checked and asked about the rewards. It didn't say anything. Just a (?) at the end of the book. Though the color of the books was platinum blue.
A legendary item? My heart beat many times per second. Finally, some good news!
That's good news! I was even more motivated to find this secret lair now!
". . ."
I just saw my hope sunk in the bottom of disappointment.
. . . Or I could give the books to Soarsie.
I somehow felt better.
Though the lack of information was bothering me. Where was this secret lair? Since I triggered it in the newbie village, then I expected that the secret lair would be near it.
"Oh, look. What's this?"
I blinked and regained my thought at Jane's voice. I looked around and found myself in a daze when we were already halfway inside the forest.
Eh? What happened to the monsters? Was I daydreaming all this time that I didn't even notice them?
Oh. How come I didn't notice?
Oh . . . no wonder Jane and Luke were looking at me like I was a leech.
We had come all the way in the middle of the forest with them fighting while I lagged behind. They thought that I was leeching off their kills.
However, right now, it was not important as all our attention was focused on a stone pillar in the middle of a patch of grass.
"What's this?" Jane questioned, eyeing the words carved on the stone.
We hadn't reach this far in the forest yesterday, so we were surprised to find something out of the ordinary in the middle of the usual greens and rocks.
Soarsie read the words encrypted on the massive stone wall.
"Secret . . . Lair?"
". . . Egh?" my head snapped, and I strode in urgent steps to where she was standing and read the contents of the stone pillar.
"This is the Secret Lair of an Ancient God. It is said that the beast was once a mighty hero to the native people. It slew monsters and brought healthy crops but demanded a feast in his name.
"Over time, the natives coveted the God's power and managed to lock it inside a cave, but with it, decayed followed. Without the God, monsters raged, and crops wilted.
"Trying to right what they did wrong, the natives tried to free the God, but they were only reciprocated by its rage. Now, the God was trapped while the natives tried to appease it to this day. Hoping that by doing so, they could return to their golden era once more."
Egh? I think I found that secret lair.
Should a World Quest be this easy? Should a stone containing secrets like this appear here at a convenient time?
So I triggered this stone pillar to show up?
But the question is, I was the one who received the quest. Can the others complete it too? I asked in my mind as I looked at the others' curious faces.
Luke was inspecting the stone pillar, trying to see if he could trigger it to reveal a hidden passageway or something.
"Hmm . . ." This Ancient God looked bad news. Is it a World Boss?
We stared at the stone pillar, hoping by doing so, it would open and reveal stairs or something.
I've already triggered it, might as well explore its depth, right? It might disappear if I dawdle.
But the question is . . . where was the entrance?
"Let's go."