甜橙互动

Chapter 123 - Chain Quest: Preparing

Gregory greatly underestimated him and Yuko. He thought that these people were enough to hold him off and kill Yuko. He should have at least brought someone who was at the level of the assassin before.

’I will get you back for this. I will collect your soul and you will become my nutrition.’ Souta thought as he grinned. He then stood up and patted his clothes.

The patrolling knights will arrive here soon, so Souta decided to finish this immediately.

"That’s enough Yuko!" Souta said in a loud voice and it gathered the attention of the people who were wearing black cloaks.

The ground beneath Souta’s feet immediately turned into shadows. The shadows spread quickly and it emerged from the ground.

Swoosh!!

The people who were wearing black cloaks were caught off guard.

Souta followed it up by casting [Shadow Spike]. It pierced their bodies like a piece of paper. He knew that they were still alive so he used [Crimson Moon] skill to completely kill them.

It was at this moment when he heard the system prompts in his head.

"Come here..."

He grabbed one of the people on the neck. This person was the only one he left alive. Souta didn’t need to know the truth from this man as he already interrogated the individual that he killed before. He only needed the knowledge of this man, he’s the witness that Gregory sent these people after him. So when he attacked someone from the Vidrato family he had a good reason for it.

"Just fall asleep," Souta said as he knocked out the man. He will protect this person and used him to pressure the Vidrato family.

He then heard a voice behind him.

"I didn’t think that he will send out his people to attack despite all the things that I’ve said to him," Lumilia said as she looked at the man that was in Souta’s arms.

"Hmm...? Can you tell me more about that?" Souta looked at her and asked. It seems that she’s the reason why the Vidrato family knew about him being a student of the Ladro Institute.

"Okay..." Lumilia nodded at him and she began to narrate what happened in the meeting room.

Souta just listened to her story until the patrolling knights arrived in the scene.

"I see... I appreciate your help." Souta said as he thanked her. He and Lumilia turned their heads when they heard several footsteps.

They found that some of the knights approached them. The knights asked Souta various questions and Souta cooperated with them. While these knights were asking Souta some questions, some of the knights were cleaning the scene.

The knights took the man from him. Souta didn’t say anything as he let them took the man. He already has a plan to take back that man before he departed.

Souta shook his head and looked at Yuko. "Come here, Yuko!"

Yuko run towards him when he mentioned her name. She stuck out her tongue and licked his cheeks.

"Good job, good job, that’s my girl." Souta hugged her in return and used the [Light Heal] spell to close some of her wounds.

"Um..." Lumilia looks like she wanted to say something.

Souta turned his head to the side to look at Lumilia. He smiled and asked, "What is it? Have you made your deci-" Souta didn’t manage to complete his sentence as Yuko moved her huge body and blocked his vision.

"Oi! Yuko! We’re talking here. Just sit here for a while." Souta looked at Yuko and said while pointing at his side.

"Mu." Yuko dropped her shoulders when Souta raised his voice. She quietly sat at the spot that Souta pointed.

"Don’t worry, I will buy you a bunch of fruits that you want later." Souta gently smiled as he patted her head.

"Um... Souta..." Lumilia looked at Souta with a serious expression. It seems that she finally decided what she should do.

Souta looked at her. He just simply looked at her and didn’t say anything. He just waited for what she was about to say.

"I’ve finally realized it! I don’t want to be bound by my family but I can’t do anything on my own! Please, Souta! Lend me your strength!" Lumilia said as she raised her voice.

Souta waved his hand and used his mana so that her voice couldn’t travel far in the knights’ area.

"Very well, I’ll help you to the best of my ability," Souta said as his mouth curved into a grin.

At the same time, he heard a familiar sound in his mind.

*Ding!*

[Chain Quest Triggered!]

[Lumilia] Quest 1: Leave the Asvares Territory within an hour. Reward: 1,000 exp, 2 free attribute points, and 1 skill point

Souta smiled inwardly when he found that the quest he triggered this time was a chain quest. To think that this was Lumilia’s chain quest.

If he completed all the quest in chain quest then he would earn a high amount of skill points and free attribute points. The only problem was the final quest of the chain quest. It was harder than all the quest that he took since he arrived here in this world.

The chain quest usually consisted of three quests but some of the chain quests have more than ten quests in it.

Souta looked at Lumilia and said, "Prepare yourself immediately. We will leave this place right now."

Since the quest said that they should leave this place within one hour, something will happen in this place if they don’t leave.

"R-Right now?!" Lumilia was shocked when she heard that Souta already planned to leave this place right now.

"Yeah, I thought you’ve resolved yourself?" Souta said while looking at her eyes.

"..." Lumilia took a deep breath and she nodded her head at Souta. Her eyes were burning in determination.

"Go back to your room and change your clothes," Souta said as he pointed at her room.

Lumilia looked down at her clothes and found that she was in her pajamas. She hurriedly went back to her room to change her room.

Souta looked at her back and shook his head. He then turned his head sideways and found that the Gale Group was walking towards his direction in haste.

"What happened here, Souta?" Brianna asked him as she looked around the place.

"I’ve heard that some people attack you," Tidor said as he looked in a direction where the knights were cleaning a pool of blood on the ground.

They were in their room when they heard the knights were talking about this incident, so they immediately came here to check if everything’s all right.

"Yeah, some people attack us but they were too weak to kill me." Souta nodded at Brianna and said. He looked at them with a serious expression and said, "We’ll leave this place."

"Can you tell us the reason why?" Brianna asked him.

"It’s not a problem for me," Souta said as he looked around and tried to sense if there’s someone eavesdropping on them. When he found none he began to talk in a low voice.

"Lumilia came here to annul her engagement but she couldn’t do so because of the current situation of the family. A lot of nobles are eyeing the Asvares family, including those from the Melosa Country..."

Lumilia decided to flee from her engagement from the young master of the Vidrato family. Since she was really the target of the nobles from Melosa Country, if she left her family then those nobles will focus on her. It took her all of her wills before she managed to resolve herself. She decided to trust her classmate, Souta Ieshi, the only one who was willing to help her in this whole city.

Souta told them everything that he knew.

"Then, all we have to do is to safely escort her back to Ladros City to complete her quest?" Tidor asked.

"Yeah, that’s the gist of it." Souta nodded at him. He then recalled something. "Also, don’t worry about the payment. If Lumilia doesn’t have any money in her pocket, then I will be the one that will pay all of you."

"You’re a good classmate, Souta," Tidor said as he patted Souta’s back.

"Not everyone will do anything for their classmates." Brianna smiled and said.

"I wonder about that... At least I know one person that will help anyone in need without hesitation." Souta replied to them.

...

The news traveled fast and Gregory immediately knew that his plan failed.

"Damn! I’ve greatly underestimate that brat." Gregory said angrily as he smashed his table into pieces.

Since he knew that Souta was the strongest first-year student, he thought that his power level was just slightly stronger than the people he sent. That’s also the reason why he sent ten people just to get rid of that bear.

He never thought that Souta’s strength was higher than he could imagine.

"Lord, one of the people we sent is still alive. What should we do?" Gregory’s assistant asked him.

"Kill him! We don’t want to let anyone know about our involvement in this or else we would see the power of Ladro Institute." Gregory said. Then he added, "That Institute is full of monsters that we can’t afford to fight."

...

Souta looked in the sky and said, "This will be a long night."