Strange. The figure did not reply to Asher's words at all, making the frown on his brow even more obvious, indicating his growing curiosity. And so, without further delay, he quickly walked towards the figure, then called Persea's name again with a louder voice.
"Persea!" Asher shouted loud enough to make the figure turn its head quickly.
" Asher?" Persea furrowed her brows, a tense look on her face. "Oh my, I think you will be disappeared forever." The blue fairy darted towards Asher and immediately hugged him. "Uh wait, what is going on there? How long have you been here, Asher? Did you manage to meet Cerberion? What does it look like? " Persea continued to ask questions constantly, her eyes looking increasingly eager.
"Uh Persea, just calm down okay? How can I answer your question if you keep asking over and over again?" Asher sighed, a look of annoyance on his face.
"Oh, yes, forgive me for my mistake. "Persea scratched her head. "I'm just very curious about what's going on."
Asher sighed slowly, replying to Persea's questions one by one with ease. As long as Asher was talking, Persea's face kept getting tense. It was obvious that her eyebrows were occasionally furrowed, showing how tense the situation Asher was facing when facing Cerberion alone.
"Wow, Asher, you're amazing." Persea clapped her hands, admiration was evident on her face. "I don't know what I would do if I were in your shoes. I'd probably give up," she huffed, a resigned look on her face.
"Well, at least that's good news, right?" Asher smiled, his face radiating happiness that could not be described in words.
Persea snapped her fingers. "Oh yeah regarding the good news, I've also confirmed that the strange energy does belong to Ignea." She smiled widely, revealing her teeth.
"Gosh, Persea that's great news!" Asher's eyes lit up, radiating burning enthusiasm. "But, now we have to get out of this place first." Asher stroked his chin, his mind returning to thinking of ways.
Not long after, the same vibrations happened again. Odd. Even though Asher had beaten Cerberion, why were the vibrations reappearing? What exactly was going on? Those questions kept popping up, leaving him with no idea what to do if it was the Cerberion portal.
Luckily, his thoughts were different from reality. It looked like the vibration wasn't opening the Cerberion portal but, was opening a new door in this room that was right behind him.
"Asher, come on it looks like this is our way out." Persea quickly darted towards the door. "Hey, let's hurry." She smiled, then darted quickly out of the room.
"Persea wait, but we don't know where the door goes?" Asher tried to warn Persea, but she ignored Asher. "Oh great now you just leave here alone. " He shook his head, a glimpse of annoyance on his face. "Hey, wait for me!"
As soon as Asher chased Persea along the strange road, he saw a very bright light at the end of the road. He soon stopped walking. At first, he had doubts about the path, but seeing Persea darting quickly towards the light, he began to ignore the doubts in his mind and rushed to catch up with Persea who was already out of there.
"Oh my, what is that!" Asher immediately raised both hands, trying to block the light from entering his eyes. "Wait, are we already outside the room?"
"It's sunlight, Asher! Yes, we finally made it." Persea circled Asher, a smile on her face.
Asher sighed." At least now we can return to Malana's village. I'm sure Chronos will be looking for us," he said as he nodded his head, a stern expression on his face.
Persea immediately cast her teleportation spell and they immediately returned to Malana village. Arriving there it turned out that what Asher had predicted was true, Chronos was already in Malana village and seemed to be looking for Asher and Persea. As soon as they saw him, they immediately ran toward Chronos.
"Hey, Chronos!" Asher shouted while waving both hands upwards.
Chronos slowly turned his head towards him. "Asher, where have you been?" He furrowed his brows, a curious expression on his face. "Hey, why does your face look so happy?"
"I just came from the temple of Cerberion, one of the Light Guardian creatures that was nearby, and guess what? I managed to defeat it." Asher stroked his chin, a happy look on his face.
"Wow, that's great news." Chronos clapped his hands, celebrating Asher's happiness. "Uh wait, but what is the Guardian Of Lights?" He scratched his head, a confused look on his face.
"Geez, Chronos." Persea shook her head. "Stop discussing that, now we have to meet with Rufina. We have something important to talk about." She pulled Asher and Chronos by the hand, leading them towards Rufina.
Once there, their faces immediately tightened, as they saw Rufina's room almost filled with all of Malana's fairies. The moans of pain and cries of children that filled the room made the atmosphere even more chaotic. Who knew what was going on, something bad must have happened, so without waiting long they immediately ran to Rufina
"Rufina, what exactly happened? "Why is fairy Malana like this?" Persea's face tightened, the wrinkles on her forehead visible at a glance on her face.
"Something is contaminating the water source in Malana village," Rufina's face tightened.
"Wait, the same thing happened in the fairy swamp as well. Is it possible that the culprit is the same person?" Asher stroked his chin, a tense look on his face.
"Fairy swamp?" Rufina furrowed her brows. "The water source in Malana village is close to the fairy swamp. The polluted water in the fairy swamp could have entered the water source in this village." She nodded her head, trying to be convincing.
"We will help you find the culprit who caused this mess, Rufina." Persea's face was stern, there was no hesitation at all on her face.
" I'm grateful for your help, but now I need to find the Hydra plant first. So I can make a potion for these suffering fairies. I can't leave them all like this," Rufina sighed, a frustrated look on her face.
"Rufina, let us help you." Persea held Rufina's hand, trying to reassure her. "You can't leave. You have to stay behind to look after Malana's other village elves, right?"
Rufina sighed. "Alright, if you don't mind."
"Quest 11: Medicinal Plants"
Recommended player level: lv 9-11
Rewards: 3x Medicine, 2x Potion, 2x Antidote
Rufina needs help finding Hydra plants in the surrounding fairy swamp, which can cure the illnesses of all Malana fairies who have consumed contaminated water. Hydra Tentacles (0/3).
"It sounds easy enough for me. Alright, I'll choose to do this quest." Chronos pressed the quest button, without any hesitation at all. "Relax, this isn't a problem for us, is it Ash?" he said with a laugh, his confidence looking fiery.
"But, there's one thing I forgot to tell you. These plants are not like other plants. They can attack you, so you have to be careful." Rufina's voice was firm without hesitation.
"Wait, what?" Asher furrowed his brows, showing an expression of disbelief.