Chapter 7: C007—Bad Omen

Rein moves his waist and stretches his body to see if he is ready to continue the journey. He looks left and right and tilts his head up and down, "Minus 70 Celsius is no joke."

It was his first experience dealing with low temperatures. Once he had acclimated, Rein decided to check on his quest, "Open, Special Quest Find The Lord!"

—Ding!

[ Find The Lord

Grade: A

The Lord was our last hope in this place, he has been missed since two days ago. He was last seen heading north of the hill but never returned. We fear that he may have gotten lost or injured

Can you bring The Lord back?

footnote: don't fly!

Reward: ???, Ancestors gratitude.

Fail: Triangle Oath Sect threat on Crossof Realm (+100%) ]

"Open, Map."

The Map screen opens and there is another circle marker flickering with gold light. When Rein investigates, he discovers that it points to the place he previously wanted to go, where the Nine-Tailed creature is located.

An informational screen displaying the place names appears after he points at the symbol.

[ Shrine ]

"So it was the Lord's place and the hill where the Nine-Tailed creature was summoned? Interesting...."

As the quest suggested walking rather than flying, Rein quickly continues his journey on foot. He walks leisurely and cautiously, for fear of encountering a beast he couldn't fight at the moment.

Beasts exist in the Training Zone. They might not be hard to kill, because they include Low-Level Beasts such as Slimes and Rabbits, as well as Mid-Level Beasts summoned in the Training Zone to prepare players for the main world of Crossof Realm.

Low-Level Beasts are not necessarily low in level, but rather they have simple methods of dealing with them. For example, a Slime may be a level 10 Beast, but it is easy to defeat with just a stone or stick. That's why Slimes are categorized as Low-Level Beasts.

However, if the Beast is an air-type, like an Eagle or Crow, that is only level 5, the player will need a bow or crossbow and accuracy to shoot an arrow that will cause damage. This can be difficult for beginners, so these Beasts are considered Mid-Level.

Rein looks left and right, his head constantly moving as he walks through lots of bushes. This place seems untouched by humans.

'There's no walking path here.' Rein has to stop after a few steps to avoid catching anything that might harm him.

'Level 0 in the unknown forest.'

Rein enters his boundless suspicion mode, a power of the subconscious that kept him at the pinnacle of his performance when playing VR-FPS. He hadn't used it in a year, but now it comes back to him. He keeps his mouth shut and focuses only on his senses of hearing and sight.

'There's no trace of life here... Are there beasts moving through the air? Or am I in the uninhabitable territory? I don't know their habits. The fact that I can't fight them even in a one-on-one situation within my level is so scary.'

'I mean, if the Nine-Tailed exist in here, the beasts are supposed to be on High-Level, right?'

After walking through many trees and bushes, Rein finds himself more than a hundred meters away from the tree that had injured him. Despite his ongoing suspicions and fear of this place, he continues to examine the Exclusive Zone Map, on which he sees that his location is just a few dozen meters away from the Shrine.

However, there was only one thing that he was very afraid of ...

"I'm doing this for my life! So if the Mythical Creature Nine-Tailed exists on the Shrine, please leave me alone so I can finish the Quest—I want the rewards!"

"Indeed! Ancestors' gratitude is a superpower! Just look at my face! People say I'm handsome and charismatic, all because of my grandfather's grandfather! That's the true power of ancestors!"

He would never accept anyone saying praise about his appearance except for the sake of the ancestors of the Alpetrichor family.

Rein had been making his way through the dense forest, using his strong feet and hands to jump over any obstacles in his path, "After that!" he exclaimed as he easily jump a 4-meter tree root that had been blocking his way.

As he continued walking, Rein was struck by the sight of trees with white leaves, a color he had not seen in the forest before.

"What kind of tree has white leaves? I don't remember seeing these before," he said as he checked the map and looked back to see where he had come from.

"Am I going the wrong way?"

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But after confirming that he was on the right path, Rein couldn't understand how he could have missed the white-leaved trees.

"Am I blind? How did I not recognize these trees at all?" he thought to himself as he approached one out of hundreds of trees.

Despite his confusion, a word suddenly popped into his head: "Sakura! Yeah, this is a sakura tree. I know it! But it's not spring yet... how can that be?"

Rein approaches the tree, he wants to touch the cherry blossom branch, but when he almost touches them, the Suvice system appeared.

—PING!

[ (!) You're not allowed to use any mounts or certain skills in this area, including "Fly" ]

'The quest footnote inform me about this before, but—' his brain was already thinking about something that didn't need to be done.

"Fly!"

[ (!) Skill 《 Fly 》 cannot be used ]

"Hish...." Rein hissing on that fact, he was just so curious.

After learning that, Rein walked far away from the area where the Sakura tree grew and tried to do something that was said to be forbidden there—again.

"Fly!" He's flying, indeed, "Wow, how???"

The skill was still usable, and he even tried to fly into the sky. After flying tens of meters in the air, Rein dropped back down and adjusted his flight to hover about 3 meters above the ground.

'Still high tho. I just don't want to die.' Then he flew to an area where the use of this skill was forbidden.

And sure enough...

[ (!) You're not allowed to use any mounts or certain skills in this area, including 《 Fly 》]

[ (!) Skill《 Fly 》 cannot be used ]

—Bump!

[ Health (-10) ]

He's too weak, the forest even teasing him by repeating the sound of its fall.

Rein instantly fell to the ground, right after the warnings appeared. It was the right decision for him not to fly too high.

"Well, that's hurt—but! This hill must be one of those places that were once revered, such a nonsensical place that can control universe laws."

—Ding!

Rein could know that something positive was going to happen after hearing that sound.

[ You've gained the skill: "Eagle Eyes"!]

[ You've just discovered 〘Sakuya Hill〙, a relic of the Sakuya Clan ]

[ You've obtained the [Scroll of Sakuya Hill] ]

Rein couldn't hide his feeling, "This is bad! really bad omen!"

 

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