Hello my dudes!
This chapter is where the plot starts to thicken for this part of the world and the plotline of Resko starts to show itself.
Also, I will drop the first few images, and I plan to add the other ones from the other chapter soon as well.
(At least I will try, webnovel has been super slow these past few days)
I like to write and add images, I can't find one every time, and for that, you are free to always drop your own. That helps me a lot even if it doesn't match much, sp don't be afraid to show me your things.
Besides this all, lets go!
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[Your quest has been updated]
[Resko's past
Find out what happened to the old Village of Resko 0/?
??? 0/1
* The Village of Resko is built on top of the ruins of a Labyrinth.
* The Labyrinth is actually the Catacombs for a group known as the Southern Wall corps.
* Something macabre is happening at the heart of the Labyrinth…
Find out why 0/1
Find out what is happening 0/1
Stop 'it' from manifesting 0/?
??? 0/1
#You heard that this village once held an incredibly precious Icon for the Church of Ju-Arkesios, having once a Cardinal, 2 Bishops, and 12 Priests.
#During its downfall, the Church did not send help and instead just retreated.
#Someone asked you for help at the center of the labyrinth.
]
[Your quest has been updated]
[Rotten Tomb
Description:
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Find the source of the Miasma and purge it before it's too late 1/1
Find a way to purge the source 1/1
Grab the sword and purge the source 0/1
Time until the Miasma descends to the Village: 0 hours, 7 minutes, 12 seconds…
]
Dale couldn't focus on the many systems prompts, he barely even felt the pain on his fingers, he only walked forward in pain.
It wasn't hard, but the more he walked and the closer he got to the fleshy ball, the stronger the presence he felt on his back as if something was breathing on his neck.
He wanted to look back, but he felt that was a bad decision.
"Ur... Shit."
Dale arrived in front of the coffin, there was a large hole in it, but he couldn't see what lay inside, so he just went past it.
"..."
'Is this truly a sword?'
Dale looked at his reflection in the shiny blade in front of him. His eyes were red as if he had just woken.
The rest couldn't be seen due to the armor.
"How do I grab this?"
The sword was at least 2 M tall since it was over his height and a portion of it was stabbed within the ground, it was a berserker style Ultra GreatSword…
Shaking his head, Dale raised his arms and grabbed the hilt, before he used everything he had to pull it up!
"URG!"
/Shong!/
The sword slid out of the ground easily, but it was still very heavy, just as he removed it, the sword tilted to one side, and he almost let it fall to the ground.
"FUCK!"
Using everything he had, Dale raised the sword and had it in a stance…
"Good, you actually had it in you… But the worst is just around the corner."
"!"
The voice once again resounded in his ears, making him shiver all over.
Dale gathered all of his courage and asked:
"W-Who…"
"Forget it, kid, we don't have time… Now, I need you to remain as steady as you can, hold that sword tightly in your hands, and focus, you just need to slash it as you pour your heart into it. Cut that shit into 2!"
"I… I can barely even make the tip of the sword rise above the ground, much less raise it…"
"You should be strong enough to do it, and yet you tell me you can't? I thought you were something since you didn't lose your sanity yet."
"Or is that everything you've got?"
"..."
"I… I don't have any choice."
Dale looked at the sword in his hand and inspected it.
[???]
'As expected…'
But as if waiting for this, the voice said:
"The sword in your hand is called Caladgolg, as long as your heart is steady, it will give you its power… Even if… Doesn't matter, just swing it, kid."
Dale was once again surprised by the voice, but he focused once again.
[Caladgolg (Legendary Armament)
Rating: ???
The stronger your conviction, the stronger the Sword gets, giving you +1 to all Stats up to ???
???
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Gives you the temporary Skill, Refracted Starlight ???-Star, ???, ??? …
Requirements: 300 Strength, ???...
*The stronger your conviction the lower the requirements.
Description: ???
]
(N1)
As he read the description, Dale felt his face twist into a smile unconsciously, and due to it, the sword became a bit lighter.
"You know… I came here to get an Icon so that the villagers could be happier and increase my reputation, but in the end, I was dragged into this mess and I don't even know if I will get out of here alive…"
"It's a crappy feeling you know, is this why they say for you to not be overconfident? To fall due to your own greed?... It truly leaves a shitty taste in my mouth... I could also be the air of this dump... I don't even know anymore."
/Shush…/
Dale raised the sword high in the air and got into a stance. His arms were trembling, but the sword was raised...
"I just have to slash that shit… Once?"
"Yes, your time is running out though…"
/FWOSH!/
"ARG!"
Bitting his teeth, Dale swung his sword behind him with everything he got, slashing through whatever was behind him!
The gigantic sword left behind a rainbow-like afterimage as it cut through something.
"WOW! Shit!"
/CLANG!/
The momentum of the sword was too much and in the end, Dale spun on the ground as the sword hit the ground after his swing.
"So that is how you look." He said as he looked at the source of the voice
In front of Dale was a massive humanoid creature, it was on all fours due to the height of this room. It donned heavy armor like Dale, but it was so rusted it was impossible to see anything else apart from brown.
Its helmet was like a crown, but it had long lost its glory.
From the empty socks where the eyes would be, it started at Dale as a gash was made on its armor.
"Urg!"
Dale raised the sword once again and pointed it at the creature, smiling.
While the creature remained still, touching a the spot where Dale cut, saying:
"Impressive, however, it changes nothing, your time is running out and you still need to…"
But Dale did not hear it, instead, he rushed forward and swung the sword at the creature, slashing its head in half!
/CLANG!/
The sword was so sharp and heavy that Dale barely felt any resistance as it split the creature's head, and once again, he wasn't strong enough to stop it and the sword crashed against the ground.
[DING]
[You have slain the Agonizing Shadow]
[No rewards shall be given due to it being a Quest-related Kill]
{'It' opens its eyes in amusement}
/SPLASH!/
Once the creature was killed, the ball of flesh exploded, releasing fleshy bits all around the place, some of which even fell on Dale...
But it revealed something inside of it.
"AHA! There it is!"
Flying in the air was a miniature golden head, this was the Icon of the Church he was looking for!
Dale jumped without hesitation, grabbing the Icon with one hand and the sword with another.
He didn't realize it, but the sword was still very heavy, but he was already somehow capable of holding it with one hand... Not for long though.
[Your quest has been updated]
[Resko's past
Find out what happened to the old Village of Resko 0/?
??? 0/1
* The Village of Resko is built on top of the ruins of a Labyrinth.
* The Labyrinth is actually the Catacombs for a group known as the Southern Wall corps.
* Something macabre is happening at the heart of the Labyrinth…
Find out why 0/1
Find out what is happening 0/1
Stop 'it' from manifesting 1/?
??? 0/1
#You heard that this village once held an incredibly precious Icon for the Church of Ju-Arkesios, having once a Cardinal, 2 Bishops, and 12 Priests.
#During its downfall, the Church did not send help and instead just retreated.
#Someone asked you for help at the center of the labyrinth. In the end, it was a trap, the creature wanted you to break the holy Icon instead and not to purge the miasma.
]
[Your quest has been updated]
[Rotten Tomb
Description:
…
Find the source of the Miasma and purge it before it's too late 1/1
Find a way to purge the source 1/1
Grab the sword and purge the source 1/1
Time until the Miasma descends to the Village: 0 hours, 2 minutes, 31 seconds…
]
"So that was the source? I still don't understand anything but… Why is the countdown still going?!"
"That is because of the inertia."
Once again, another voice interrupted him!
"Who is it this time?!"
"It's me… On your hand." Said the Golden head
"?!"
Dale dropped the head on the ground.
/Bonk!/
"OUCH! BE CAREFULL FOR FUCKS SAKE… Please… The ground is filthy so please take me away…" It said with an angry and then pitiful expression as the dirty water on the ground washed over it
Dale quickly grabbed it before he wiped the miasma out of it, but as he did so, he felt immense pain on his hands and body!
"Shit…"
He took several potions but it only had so much effect.
The golden head saw that and said:
"Forget about your injuries, they won't heal in this place and even if you try to use potions, it will at most stall, for now, we need to stop it from spreading outside."
"Trust me, I am as confused as you but I have a certain understand of what os going on, so move it!"
Dale found the head rather bizarre but he still said:
"Fine, tell me what to do."
"Long story short, I don't have the power to stop this anymore, so we need to try and go with plan B. We'll stall it until we find another solution."
The Golden Head's eyes moved to the right, looking at the ceiling.
"See that tomb? Open it!"
Dale ran to the tomb and pushed it open, but it didn't budge…
"PUT MORE FORCE INTO IT KID!"
"FUCK YOU!" He screamed
/BAM!/
Dale swung Caladgolg and broke the tomb in half.
"... I guess this works…"
Dale soon realized the tomb was actually hollow, leading somewhere deeper…
/SHUUUSH!/
The very air started to be sucked into the hole, together with the Miasma!
/CLONG!/
Dale used the Sword as a pole as he stuck it on the ground so as to not be sucked into the hole…
"DON'T FORGET ME, KID! I AM THE REASON YOU ARE HERE!"
The Golden head screamed in desperation, trying to make sure Dale did not forget it.
Dale held onto it tightly, and after 5 minutes, all of the Miasma, or at least, most of it had been sucked inside.
And like magic, the cut tomb repaired itself…
[Quest completed! Rotten Tomb]
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Notes
N1
I tried to make it vague so I have space for change in the future, after all, since I put something rather high Level for the Mc to face, then I need to leave it ambiguous else in the future, if I want to make a change, be it by my will or because the story changed over time, than I won't be able to without making some tweaks in the early chapters.
I hope you understand since it's my first time doing such a thing.
Now, a few extra things:
Why the sword? Was it needed to be legendary?
Yes for two reasons:
First, this is just how big of a deal this questline is for the continent, I have yet to specify how much so, but that was on purpose, I do not want to make the power level so clear from the beginning else in the future, I may get trapped from my own work.
Second, I hate when the mc does a quest, and he suddenly has to do a series of annoying things to actually make use of his rewards...
An example would be to make the sword break after use or decrease its ranking because of reasons...
So I simply decided to go with another reason, he simply can't use it, and I will go into detail later.
Next, why a sword? Simple, I thought giving him a spear would be too coincidental deeming what his preferable weapons of choice is.
I thought about it and realized it might've been cooler had it been an ax or hammer, but after I thought about it, it was too late and I have 6-7 more chapters where the sword appears and going over each to change things would delay this chapter's release.
I don't have any intentions of using the sword as the ultimate plot tool, it is simply a half reward for completing this mission and I have more ideas as to how to enforce the plot without needing the Mc to rely on something like that...
Besides, even if he had to, he wouldn't be able to because he can't use it effectively in combat at all.
Thats all from me, bye!