"I have lost, young prince! Kill me, so that I could die in honor!" said the old platoon leader, as he was bleeding excessively.
"Your time will come, Platoon Leader. Let's just wait until my Inferno Flame finished its cooldown," said Heracles with a calm demeanor. Heracles decided to stop the bleeding of the enemy platoon to ensure that the latter would be able to live until the next part of his sub-quest can be finished.
"Why are you letting me live, young prince!? I have fought with all my honor! Do you not have any warrior's pride!?" the old platoon leader said at the next moment. Heracles slowly walked toward his side, only to say to him, "Pride? I did not fight for such a thing! You guys tried to harm my master! I came here for a payback for that!"
As Heracles was waiting for the cooldown of his skill, Leonard suddenly entered the accommodation of the enemy platoon leader. He said in a rushed way, "Sun of the Domain! Are you okay!?"
When he saw Heracles's current condition, Leonard could not help but feel relief in his mind. "I am okay, Leonard. You can rest assure. I am just waiting for that skill of mine to cooldown. Did you annihilate them all?" asked Heracles with a serious expression.
"I did everything as you command, Sun of the Domain. The other people other than us, three, are all dead," said Leonard without any hesitation.
"Is that so? Very well done, Leonard. My Inferno Blaze just finished its cooldown. Shall we start the next part of my sub-quest?" said Heracles with a serious expression. "I await your command, Sun of the Domain!" said Leonard with great vigor.
~~~~~
Heracles and Leonard tortured the platoon leader for an hour. After spilling everything he knew, he shouted as he writhed in pain, "ARGHHHH!!! I-I TOLD YOU E-EVERYTHINGGG!!! JUST LET ME DIE FOR PETE'S SAKE!"
At that very moment, Heracles looked in Leonard's direction. The latter nodded with a serious expression. At that very moment, Heracles used his sword to kill him without hesitation for a second.
[Congratulation! You have finished your sub-quest!]
[You just gained a level!]
"I finished my sub-quest, Leonard! I also leveled up! System, show me my status at once!" said Heracles with great vigor. At that very moment, his status board suddenly appeared in front of him.
[Name: Heracles von Alcatraz
Class: Prince
Sub-class: Sword Vulcan
Title: Prince Of Alcatraz Domain
Level: 3
Experience: 800/1600
Health: 170
Mana: 23
Strength: 81
Dexterity: 47
Intelligence: 23
Wisdom: 7
Charisma: 6
Free Stat: 10
Luck: {Reach LVL 50 to unlock}
Skills: Fiery Flame, Inferno Blaze, Heaven's Smash, Blacksmith's Instinct, Heavenly Fire, Alexander's Swordsmanship, Sleeping Dragon Slash]
Upon seeing his status board, Heracles murmured, "The next skill that I have gained is called Sleeping Dragon Slash?"
Upon hearing him, the eyes of Leonard became wide open. "Isn't that the Epic-tier skill used by the first emperor of the domain!?" Leonard could only utter in shock.
"You say that this skill is used by my ancestor, the one who established the Alcatraz Kingdom and Empire?" Heracles wondered upon hearing and seeing Leonard's reaction.
"Yes! I think that skill is one of the skills that he used to finish off his enemies in the early part of his life!" said Leonard with a face full of wonders. Upon seeing his reaction, Heracles thought to himself, 'I never knew that someone like Leonard will be like this talking with that kind of face about my ancestor. I guess I underestimated the reverence of the people of the domain to my great ancestor!'
"I guess I would be able to use this in my main quest!" said Heracles as he walked away from the accommodation of the platoon leader. As soon as he came out of his abode, a notification suddenly appeared in front of him.
[The system has bestowed on you another sub-quest for your main quest!
Do you want to see it?]
Upon seeing the notification, Heracles shouted with no hesitation in his mind, "System, show me my new sub-quest!" At that very moment, the details of his new sub-quest suddenly popped up in front of him.
[You one just took down one of the many bases of your enemy organization! You still have a lot of bases to destroy in order to achieve your goals! Now, you need to make things faster in order to finish your main quest on time!
~ Kill all the enemies on another base by yourself!
~ Let your comrade take care of another base you discovered!
~ You will be rewarded with two skills if you finished this quest!
~ You will be penalized with 50 random skills points from your stats!
~ You have one day and a half to finish this quest!]
"I just received a new sub-quest from my system! System, show Leonard the details of my new sub-quest at once!" he said with a calm composure.
"We can still rest here for the night, Sun of the Domain. We can take care of our enemy first thing in the morning tomorrow!" advised Leonard as he looked at Heracles with a serious expression.
"Yeah, let us take some rest for now. I think we can find some accommodations here that are not stained with blood," said Heracles as he looked around. At that very moment, Leonard said in a rush to Leonard, "I will do that menial task for you, Sun of the Domain. I beseech you to rest because I know the stress of the battlefield, especially for someone of your age!"
"I will wait for you, then!" said Heracles as he sat in one corner to rest. Before he knew it, he fell asleep in that very spot. When he found some accommodations, Leonard decided not to wake up the young prince..
'The young prince had experienced a lot of things today for someone his age! As far as I know, Sword Vulcan system holders don't have any quests like these. Maybe it is because of the rumored curse of the Overlord Family!'