Going through the village, Arthas saw how much destruction was inside the village, there were practically no walls which lacked security. Houses were now debris and rubble.
While walking he was also inspecting how everyone was doing, the food production was coming together, volunteers were slowly coming to help, the obstruction was slowly getting rid of and things were becoming clean, except for the dead bodies that were slowly getting piled up.
Arthas saw Morpheus carrying 4 large crates around his neck, it was quite funny to see a large beast walking around with crates as its ornament around its body. Adults were fascinated by him, and teenagers looked at him with interest, for kids under his feet playing with him, touching his scales while Morpheus carefully walked around annoyed, hoping to not squish any of them.
'I should probably tell them to get out of his way before they get flattened. What would happen if somebody would get squished though? That's an interesting thought…and a revolting one'
He saw Maria casually picking up the kids that were near the feet of Morpheus, dangling from her beak. Morpheus snorted at the kids and proceeds to carry the crates to where it was supposed to go. He dropped down to the ground and let the villagers dismantle the crates and open them to get the supplies. Afterward, Morpheus slept in a curled-up position and gently closed his eyes.
Nevertheless, the kids continued to bug him even in his sleep, however, he showed no signs of retaliation.
Arthas was amused at the scene and made a smile as he gently looked at them. It was finally getting peaceful after the village was attacked by the Amirite, the villagers slowly started to get their smiles back.
"I see you have a beautiful smile when you are happy, Arthas" A voice casually approached him as he looked back to find out who it was.
"Arthas?" He murmured, but apparently, the other party heard it as well.
"Isn't that what you told me to call you? Am I not allowed?"
"No, No it's fine…I was just surprised being suddenly called without sir or anything"
"Oh? You seem to love that, 'Sir' Arthas"
"Stop it Shuna, it's annoying and it brings me chills every time somebody says that…Anyway how's work, I hope you aren't too tired. Maria told me you were the one who arrange the corpses in an organized manner"
"No, not at all, it's just that I've been anxious, I haven't been able to find my parents ever since the attack…I don't know if they…died but I have a feeling they aren't they weren't in the pile of corpses and I'm sure they are out there, somewhere…"
She replied to Arthas, and the jolly atmosphere soon became sad from the answer that she gave him. Arthas was quite rattled about what to do, he was never the best at comforting others.
"Uh…oh… ah…My condolences, I'm sorry for your loss…May you soon find them" Arthas hurriedly replied as he stammered his way through.
"Thank you, it's fine Arthas, and you don't seem too good with comfort"
"Well yeah, never really one to care about others before"
"Then why care now?" She asked him.
Her question penetrated through Arthas and had to question himself,
'Why am I helping them? Is it responsibility? Yeah, that must be it, right? Yeah, I feel guilty about it, but I don't know I feel like something missing I can't tell but I feel it.'
Arthas wasn't so sure about what to make about that question as he began to ponder for the answer until his thought process was suddenly called out by Shuna.
"H-hey, no need to think so hard about it, we are all thankful for your help. No matter the reason, and besides…" She looked around and saw the kids running around and getting chased by Maria, "Things are slowly getting better because of you"
Arthas looked around and saw everyone in harmony, laughs and smiles filled the village as they worked hard to restore their home. Maria running around chasing kids, and Morpheus sleeping on the ground.
"It's very late, the sun should rise anytime soon, you should take a rest, Arthas in the chief's house, sleep while you can, we'll try our part. If you want I can bring you some food—"
"No need, I'm not hungry anymore. I'll take you up on sleep though, keep them in line while I rest, also where's the chief's house?"
Shuna gave him directions to where it was and he quickly went there. As soon as he was inside he quickly went to the bed and closed his eyes. It was his first proper sleep ever since he came here, in the new world.
As he was gonna settle in and relax a sudden notification popped up to his face. It was surprising as he didn't expect that you could receive points for something like this.
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Reward: *15000*
[Please continue to act freely and help those who are in poverty and needy!]
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[!New Quest!]
[Restore the Village to its former glory]
Time Limit: –
Reward: 30000
Failure: The destruction of the village
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'What the? How did I gain points? I don't get it at all, it's quite sudden, who controls the system anyways? It's not Leah, right? Seems like it then who?'
Arthas pondered about the possibilities of where and who controls the system that he owns. Is it another God? Or someone that is currently residing in this world?
Either way, the one who controls the system must be powerful. Before he closed his eyes he opened his system and peered towards the written screen that hovered in the air. He was quite tired and just skimmed through everything.
'This is quite stressful, huh but I must say the thrill is quite fun. I really need sleep I'll let them have their fun outside'
Nothing really matters to him at this peaceful moment, all he needs is sleep and nothing more. The last thought that came to his mind was. 'What would happen next?' And with that, he fell asleep.
A few hours have passed since Arthas slept but his body failed to notice fatigue and exhaustion.
BOOM!—
Arthas was wide awake as he got off the bed and quickly looked towards the door that was slammed open.
'Did something happen outside? What's going on? Is it another Amirite attack?'
"Oi, what happened? What's the fuss about!?''Arthas shouted in an aggressive tone.
"I'm sorry to disturb your sleep Arthas but it's urgent. Lizards and spiders are currently attacking the village, Moltar, and the others are currently fighting them off"
"Let's go, tell me what happened, how did they encounter these monsters?"
Arthas grabbed the sheepskin cloak and tidied his appearance and quickly went to the door. Shuna stepped aside and let Arthas come through, once he was out Shuna followed.
When he got out, he noticed it was light and the morning dusk was upon them, the sun was slowly rising and time was moving. Everything can be seen perfectly without a hint of darkness it was perfectly lit. It blinded his eyes but quickly dashed through without a care.
"These lizards and spiders were fighting with Alcemia that took weeks, we evacuated the village immediately after it was ordered by the City Mayor, only yesterday did we truly return back to the village because they were victorious only to be attacked by the giant scorpion."
"Is that why they were celebrating? Tell me more about these lizards and spiders. How did they come to this village? I thought they won the battle."
"That's what we heard as well. Apparently not."
"Dammit, they are fucking stupid the victory just happened a day after the celebration? On what basis did they think they won? Fucking idiots all of them, aren't they suppose to be a city of defense?"
"Yeah, that's what Alcemia is known for. Although people are diligent in Moonglade there are some minor…major miscalculations…"
"Well yeah, is that it? Fuck now I can understand why they are always on DEFENSE they barely suck at doing anything other than turtling in their shell, how many enemies are said to be there in the village?"
"Right now they said it was about a hundred possibly two hundred or more."
"Fucking, aaghhh. They won the battle but will fucking lose this war dragging nearby settlements, Shuna, go round up the villagers also where's Maria and Morpheus?"
"You mean your Kryptens? They're your summons, right? They must have been desummoned when you slept and forgot to give them the order to standby"
'Damn, so that's how it works. Alright points for me learning something new, please system???' However, nothing of the sort came.
He quickly summoned Maria and Morpheus and gave a command to Shuna and Maria to gather all defenseless villagers and get people to guard them. At the same time, he and Morpheus would go to where the fighting was at.
It wasn't that far from the village as Arthas heard swords grinding their teeth and voices that shouts pain and struggle. Coming into contact he saw a bloodbath, bodies everywhere, limbs, claws, and scales scattered around.
He was expecting a fight expecting to be a struggle for the defenders in the villagers however when he arrived it was different. The battle was already over.
Arthas was shocked by what he saw, it wasn't human limbs or bodies, it was the opposite. Lizard's bodies and spider legs were spread wide turning the floor with the color of their blood.
Inside the bloodbath were the villagers, covered in red, with swords and shields in their hands.
He saw Moltar holding a long spear that was taller than him, with a stern look and cold dead eyes as he was wiping the edge of his spear with his clothes. He wasn't excluded from the men that were covered in red.
All of them were menace, casually cleaning their weapons.
Red. A Fountain of Blood. That was the closest phrase to visualize the scene that occurred.