The Amber Sword

Chapter 82 - Volume 2



I’ll check for any mistakes tomorrow.

TL: Good news and bad news. Good news, lecturer has give the thumbs up to draw a full illustration of the concepts and I finished my other stuff early, so I can TL it.

Bad news, the level of complexity of the designs is enough to make my head spin, and I might need to stop TLing my series for 1 week to meet the deadline. Anyway, I’ll see how it goes.

The next update will be tomorrow.

Chapter 26 – The golden mystery

Everyone who heard Brendel describing the Golden Apple Tree paused for a moment when they saw the lone tree in the distance. The mercenaries who overheard about the part where no mortal could leave when they saw fairy queen, shivered in fright when they linked the tree to Brendel’s story.

They immediately kept their glances to a minimal, afraid of being trapped here forever. They had just escaped from Madara’s undead with much difficulty to survive, but they did not have any intention to stay here forever.

But Brendel did not care about the fairy tale at all. He had searched the entire valley along with all the other players in the game. It was certainly mysterious for the residents that lived here, but in the game there was nothing but a desolate land and fog, not even an animal.

[…………. Seriously?]

He turned his head back and indeed discovered that his hand was placed squarely into an undesirable spot on the girl’s chest. Freya was staring at him with her clear light brown eyes, and she did not know what to say for quite some time.

But she finally reacted and pushed him to one side, before scrambling to her feet and kept quiet.

He also regained his senses and pretended to look for that golden figure, but there was nothing there at all.

“I’m, err, sorry……” He thought for a very long time, but only managed to squeeze out a dry apology.

“Err, mmm, who was that just now?” Freya’s face was flushed with blood.

“I’m not sure. I saw a golden figure, but fairies don’t appear like that, but more like they are creatures that are summoned.” Brendel’s mind worked furiously and his thoughts were cleared up.

“A-are you fine?” The girl’s voice was incredibly soft.

Brendel looked at her and hook his head. He had been trying to look for a golden arrow, but there was nothing but a deep hole in the boulder’s wall.

[Arrow of Light?]

Brendel’s brow furrowed.

[That’s from a high grade weapon… This is not an illusion, but judging from the opponent’s speed, he’s not as powerful as Ebdon. As long as I sustain my vigilance I’ll be fine.]

Brendel had confirmed his current strength when he fought against Ebdon. If he went all out, he would barely be at the level of a Silver-ranked fighter, and any enemy below that was not much of a trouble to him.

After checking the area, Brendel gestured to Freya for her to be on the alert, while he gripped the Elven sword tightly and slowly advanced.

[The enemy escaped to the north. That area is where the ‘Fate’s fork’ is at. Does that mean he came from that place? But I have never heard of someone being attacked in the game.]

He immediately spotted an iron box in a stone platform as he reached around the bend. Anyone with a level higher than a Gold-rank was able to destroy the box, but it was a meaningless action as the box would be restored the next night.

Brendel looked around his surroundings. He did not trust his memories entirely now. This enemy had proven that events that did not appear in the game, happened here. Not only was there some mysterious living entity, he looked like he was an enemy.

After confirming there was no one around, he opened the box. But when he did so, he was completely stunned.

There was a pair of earring beside a rock slate.

[What… is this?]

He hesitated. He was now afraid that there was a magic trap in the box. Again, there was nothing like that in the game, but he did not want to take a risk. He did a simple test by allowing the Elven sword to go near the box. Typically there was a simple defensive measure for magic traps that worked sometimes.

There was no such reaction.

He then took the ring and glanced at it, before throwing back into the box like it scalded him.

[Ring of Infinite Ice, +2 to knowledge, +1 to will]

Brendel cried in pain and clasped his head with both his hands. An explosive pain went through his mind like a thousand needles had stabbed it.

“Brendel?” Freya jumped in fright and she immediately went over to support him.

“I’m fine, be careful of the surroundings.” Brendel gasped for breath as he he took the box with one hand. He cursed the person who put the ring into the box.

[Damn it. Who’s the bloody moron who put in this 95oz equipment into this box… That was pure magic recoil because my level is too low. This area is still a beginner’s area, and even the max level of any enemy would not be over fifty, but this ring is at least level seventy and above.]

Brendel had used his ‘Will’ to investigate the ring, and caused a strong backlash to his mind. The pain subsided after a while, and Brendel started to think about the events again.

[… I see. So that is why I felt that things are strange. What if this is an event that was impossible for any players to get? Rather than thinking that the NPC knight in the game came second after the first player who discovered it, the NPC was the first to discover this. That’s because the players started to investigate the veracity of the first player’s claim and discovered the rumors about the NPC discovering this area.]

Brendel stared at the ring.

[A hidden quest beyond level seventy? Try and aim for it? Or retreat right away? The risk is crazy, but the rewards are just as impressive. I completed 3 such quests in the game last time, and I got a ‘Fantasy’ ranked weapon, an intermediate secret skill, as well as a billion Tor coins. Because of these three quests, I managed to get into the upper echelons. But… level seventy? Just any level seventy enemy would be enough to kill me outright just by looking at me.]

Brendel’s heart raced.

[But there’s another problem. If I wait till three months later, the secret mission here might be gone. The timing around that time is when the first player discovered this area, so…… what should I do?]

The youth took in a deep breath and looked at Freya.

“Brendel?” She found that there was a strange look in his eyes, and she asked him in trepidation.

“If I am going to choose to risk my life, would you follow me?” Brendel found his voice was hoarse.

“… I would, but I wouldn’t want you to risk it.” Freya thought carefully for a moment before answering.

Brendel took in her words and nodded, letting out a long sigh.


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