[EVENT PROGRESS: 59%]
Asura knew that he would not be going anywhere else anytime soon, considering that at this point, the players had already gotten their clues and started to head towards the location of where the orb was located.
He was not sure how long he had to wait for someone to even come in, but he supposed he could wait a little.
Anansi's Library, the current location he was in. The library was usually one of the areas that were accessible by everyone no matter the time and day, though since it was an area that was used for the event, the players could only come in if they or someone else in their group had already collected all of the clues.
The library was large, having five floors in total including the basement floor. The tall and wide bookshelves made even the first floor seem way too tall, as if the patrons could not touch the ceiling even with all of their might. The yellow lights gave the whole place a warm glow, making it seem and feel inviting.
Though the top floor was cleaned out, having magical runes reinforcing the walls and ceilings so it would not break easily due to the fights that were inevitably going to happen within that area.
He sat on the sole chair in the room, his fingers tapping along the arm of it, already starting to feel bored out of his mind.
His current getup was much different than his usual style, since he was forced to be in his demon king state; red cape draped over his shoulders, a standard European black formal wear with golden embroidery and black leather boots.
Besides, his body was much taller, muscular, larger and he had two white horns that curled to the back, more akin to a goat's horn. His pupils kept that gleam of red, even within absolute darkness, his eyes would be visible.
"Why do I have to wait here for sooo long~" He groaned, flipping himself over so his face was now facing the chair.
Luckily for him, the first challenger had already decided to enter the area. When he peeked over his shoulder, his grin was wide, filled with nothing but excitement.
"Aww Dava! You're here."
Dava's eyes narrowed on him, but they did not say much.
"Don't worry, I won't take up much of your —"
They turned themselves around, not even bothering to spare him a glance. Sure it was a boss fight zone, but there were no hard restrictions to keep the players in the area unless a fight had started, which currently had not happened.
He stopped speaking, immediately closing up their distance and grasped at their jacket, not wanting for them to leave.
"Hey~ I thought you were here —"
"I did have plans to fight you, but I changed my mind."
He raised an eyebrow, though they quickly showed him the system window that had the full riddle written on it.
[To The Left Of Gaia
Obsession of Knowledge Makes Many Lose Themselves
With What It Means For Their Future
Eager Learners, Yet Most Fall Like Flies
Risks Does Not Always Favor The Daring
It Favors The Ones That The Fallen Favors]
"I think you know exactly what you're doing by being here." Their eyes narrowed, seemingly accusatory towards his actions.
"Not that you don't know people like us are under the whims of the system."
"Well then, you have no reason to get me into a fight."
"Oh, I have more than one reason —"
Asura did not manage to finish his words, seeing as they left before he could say much else. He groaned and rolled his eyes, deciding to sit back down on his chair. The only thing he could do was to wait and he knew that it would be a rather long time before anyone even entered the zone.
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(Alternate POV)
Truthfully, Dava only went there because he wanted to make sure of something. Now that he was sure of the truth, he could continue on to his actual intended destination.
The Tower of Babel.
It is located at the most northeast end of the whole game. Not many players had been there before since that area of the game was not accessible to anyone under the level of 50, usually anyways. Since there was an event going on, that condition was clearly null for the time being.
It was actually his first time stepping foot into the tower since he had no reason to be here before. His immediate impression of the building, aside from the debris that was basically everywhere, there was almost a dense air of something in the air. He could already feel the hair on the back of his neck standing, clearly warning him of danger.
But he continued on venturing deeper into the tower anyways, knowing that the orb was hidden somewhere deep inside of here.
It was silent, the only sounds he could hear were his footsteps and his breathing. He could not help but be a little suspicious of his surroundings, wondering if there was indeed something waiting for him once he was near the orb.
He had a feeling that his hunch would come true.
The whole tower was made out of stone, though there were runes drawn all over each slab, being able to reinforce the walls of the tower. There was some debris that clearly belonged to a broken mural, though he could not tell what it was supposed to depict. There was basically no light within the tower.
He ended up using his sword as a light source, since it glowed naturally and was a good enough indicator if there was something dangerous coming his way.
He could not tell where left or right was, if he was even going the right way and had not tricked himself to walk circles. A lot of the interior looked the exact same, hence why he was not able to discern where he was. Even some of the debris looked the same to him.
He did think that he was walking in circles, but he had nothing to prove that he was.
He took in a deep breath, standing still as he began to concentrate. He wanted to bet that he could feel the presence of the orb if he tried hard enough since the orb, even if it was just an item created for the event, would have a strange presence that differentiated it from other regular items.
Luckily for him, he was right.
The orb felt rather close to him, even if he was walking in circles for a while. He took in another deep breath, wanting to concentrate more to actually feel where the orb was. Though something quickly broke him away from his concentration, making him look around himself.
He noticed that his surroundings were much brighter, seeing that the runes were faintly glowing blue. He picked up a nearby debris, only for it to pull itself out of his hand. A few of the debris all came together and formed a stone tablet, though he could not understand the runes even if he forced himself to.
He pressed on the assistant function.
[WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRANSLATE THE RUNES?]
[TRANSLATING...]
[TRANSLATION SUCCESSFUL!]
[In order for 'you' to progress further into the tower, you must be recognized by 'it'.]
[Please complete this request.]
His eyes narrowed on the system window with the quest requirement and information, sighing out loud before he pressed 'accept'. He knew that he did not have much of a choice in this matter, the only thing he could do was to follow along.
"This is really annoying..."