Reliving The Past ~ Mage Of The Abyss 71 Chapter 63 ~ North Riverside Burrow

'C-Come on, Dola. You can do this… look at those bandits, they're totally l.u.s.ting for your undeveloped – nghf – body. Anyway, let's do this!'

"Excuse—"

's.h.i.+t.'

To her surprise, it didn't work. The band was quickly turned into an enemy as she got in his line of sight. Quickly reequipping back to her shrouded gear and Nightwolf gauntlets, she went to inspect them with [Appraisal]. Locking her eyes tight and rapidly moving around them. 'Guh, all of them are above 60, and one is even level 100.'

The archers fire their arrows down at her, luckily, with her new gear… she can move even faster and able to dodge those spiky rain. Hastily, she moves to the back and the ground bandits chased her down.

'What the h.e.l.l, are they not real people? They should've l.u.s.ted for me and began chasing me like wolves in heat, and yet… welp, they are chasing me all right, but doesn't seem like they want me for my body.'

"Haaaaaaaaaah!!"

"Die, Travelers!"

"I'll take your head up on a pike!"

"Hm?" her eyes widened as she heard that, quickly understood what is going. 'd.a.m.n, so they're mindless. Not real people I see, just like a monster or an enemy in the game. I guess I was correct, it is still a game after all' glancing at them, 'Their eyes… lifeless. Does it mean, they are one of those? Those NPCs are not actually an NPC, not a people… just enemies.'

"Either way, they're all going to die in the end, but I'm glad I don't need to dirty my stomach."

The archers up in the fortress started going through the gate instead of just jumping over the walls, soon, they're joining the infantry. Siola moves around to the left, avoiding the lake on the right, and casted her spell as she rounds them up.

"Ma— wait, let's try that."

Stopping as she turned around, she combined her arm like an X, waiting for a few moments until her hands radiate a full yellow aura, and then backwardly slapping the air. Activating a fully charged [Telekinesis]. *Whooopf*

*Bwooooooooosh*

"Guahhh!" the tree bandits were swept away and flew several meters into the water. That did not deal with any damage however. Siola then moves on to the next targets, the three archers. "Magic Arrow!" yelling it loudly as she pushes her hands directed at the archers, *Fwoosh*, multiple spectral arrows were summoned and pierced the bandits' chests.

She kept moving outside their range and keep casting her spell, but suddenly, she started panting, 'Geh, my stamina.' She stopped and decided to fight them head-on, the archers have down to 60% of their health. It is due to their low magical resistance that it led to that result. "Oh ya? Why did I even run? Could've just killed them all like this!"

She activated Magic Arrow at a bigger scale, fully charging them, and then send it to their heads. *Baks *Baks *Baks

"Oof, criticals, baby!" Siola hurriedly went to them, and one by one, smas.h.i.+ng their heads with her staff like a golf club. *RIP… my favorite game ;_;*

"These dogs… so naughty."

"Heh, look at them waving." Siola raised her staff once more and slammed it down to their heads.

*BAKS*

"…"

Breathing a sigh of relief, "Phew."

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" The other three bandits came again, they managed to get out of the water. 'Well of course they do, they're grown men after all.' She points her staff towards them and activated her 2.75 Potency [Magic Arrow]. Bigger in scale, thicker, and stronger. She slaps it away and it quickly pierced the bandit's head, *Baks*, stunning him.

Obviously, she can't take that critical. Instead, she took the smoke air of the archers' corpse and used [Reanimate] to the weakest deceased. It kept failing, and she had to keep using her [Magic Arrow] to keep the enemy at bay, but then… the smoke finally sticking inside, and it quickly formed a transparent ball. One of the bandits coming at her is more than level 100, but it seems that there is no need for her to panic about it.

The archer on her side… has turned into an undead, but what changed is only his eyes which completely blacked out now with his body radiating a smoky aura. He took his bow back and then began showering the bandits full with his arrows. Siola charged up the [Magic Arrow] using her staff, 'd.a.m.n, this charge thing is really great. Thank you so much, Aris! I LOVE YOU!!'

Aiming at the level 100+ bandit, she pierced its head with the biggest arrows she ever made. *Baks!* Another stun she didn't take. She charged her spell again and do it, over… and over again.

*BAM!*

…

"I think… I'm having too much fun with that."

Health: 80/4500 / Mana: 0/0 / Stamina: 78/100

She's one tick away from being sent to the Temple of Gathering. "Hm? Oh yeah, why the h.e.l.l the quest hasn't been updated it yet. I wonder if it's a bug, that would be embarra.s.sing for them if people found out. I should send a report."

Siola went to her menu and then rapidly typing on the forums, "Hm? Ahh, I haven't made an account there yet. Err, let's see… register… and then… name Dola the Cutest Diva Ever, gyaahhh! So embarra.s.sing, let's stick with just Dola for now. Alright, that's available. Great! And then, I need a… picture, huh."

She went into camera mode and began posing, "Hmm… not quite right. Hmm… hmm… let's see… what about this?" she commanded the archer to pile up the corpses and then she sits at the top of it. Resting her elbow to the archer as he looked at the camera, menacingly. While Siola is smiling brightly with her eyes close… it was a beautiful yet unnerving sight.

*Click*

"Nice! And then… upload."

Forums

Total Views: 0

Karma: 0

Following: 0

Followers: 0

'That Karma thing… it's just standing, is all, like… a reputation point and some sort.' She then uploaded her first-ever private post and then went inside the fortress, where the rest of the enemies lie. The reason she didn't get the summary of battle ended, meaning that there still some enemies nearby, which means she just has to clear them out first before getting her rewards.

"Also, what's odd is that. I haven't found those men the chief was talking about. Did he lie to me or did they die in there?" she then walked inside the burrow, and turns out that… it's a pretty linear cave.

'Haa… this is nice, the Nightwolf equipment is healing me up so quickly. If only I can find the rest of this gear. At this early stage of the game, Mm! With Necromancer, Mm! Would be AMAZING, MM!!

The pathway inside already lights up with many torches on the side.

*Kreg *Kreg

*Plash*

Siola slapped the archer with the back of her hand who is making weird noises. "Shut up" she mumbled.

*Kre~eee…*

There is a door on the right, 'Weird, this is so unimmersive… no, wait, an illusion?' the door suddenly gone when she appraised it. Inside… there are actually people inside. Tied with a rope and with their mouth being shut as well.

One of them… his eyes light up, "Mmphff!! Mmmphf!" wearing the same outfit. 'Oh ya? Are those the guys that were supposed to handle this place? They should've just sent someone from the Adventurer's Guild instead. I wonder if Stoneanvil doesn't have the luxury to hire them. I mean, if it's for the people. Shouldn't they just do it no matter what?'

She then went in and removes the rope on their mouth, though, all of them have pa.s.sed out except for one. "T-Thank you. Those people, they're insane!"

"Woah, slow down there. What happened?"

"T-They eat people, taking a human heart, and then eat them. You, you have to get us out of here."

Siola's eyes brightened, "Suuuuuuure… not."

"Huh?"

Pointing her staff right to his head.

"W-Wait, what are you doing?"

"Send my regards to lady Konig, yeah?"

His eyes quickly widened. Gritting his teeth, veins popped out of his forehead, "Blindi—"

"Magic Arrow!"

*Baks!*

"Ngrr" a critical, Siola raised her staff and pummeled his face down. *Bak!

*BAK! … *Bak … *Bak! … *BAK!

Blood splashes out to the others' face as Siola's hands were coated in blood.

"D-Dammit, they got to my clothes. These are gifts, dude. What the h.e.l.l is wrong with you." She raised her staff once more and pummeled it again, *BAM*. At that time, she noticed that… another one has awakened. Greeting him with a smile and blood in her teeth, "Yo."

The man s.h.i.+vers in terror.

…

Several moments later

Walking through the narrow corridor, they went to look for the main area. "Hmm…" Siola then asked, "Are you sure there's no one in there?"

The 4 men that are following the undead archer, nodded their head.

"All right then, I guess you all can go back now. I have other business after this."

They all nodded and quickly head towards the exit.

Siola arrived at the last door, she took a deep breath… and went inside. Nothing but training dummies and a few boxes are here, "Meh." But then, when her eyes s.h.i.+fted around, she found something… stuck in between cracks of the wall, just behind the crates. There is also a chest behind it as well. Without wasting time, she took out the thing inside the wall and opened the chest. All of the items were quickly absorbed into her inventory, filling them up.

- Deer Pelt x4

- Wolf Pelt x6

- Medium Health Potion x6

- High Health Potion x1

- High Mana Potion x4

- Anti-Frostbite Potion x1

- Slight Cure Disease Potion x1

- Enchanted Sword

- Enchanted Knight Gauntlets

- Enchanted Knight Boots

- (Uncommon) Treasure Map

- (Uncommon) Backstabber Dagger x2

- (Rare) Magic Bag S

- (Rare) Entry-tier Summoning Crystal x2

- (Rare) Entry-tier Summoning Rune Scroll x4

- (Epic) Rough Diamond x2

- Money: Gold Coins: 68, Silver Coins: 24, Copper Coins: 312

Her eyes quickly widened, but right before she says anything. Another [Notification] pops up.

- Enemies Defeated: 7

- Experience Points gained: 185.000

- (Bonus – Enemy Level Disparity) Experience Points gained: 92.500

- (Bonus – 2d 14h Booster) Experience Points gained: 370.000

- (Total) Experience Points gained: 647.500

- None

"WHAT?!"

'Aside from the shocking… erm, well, surprising… that I still have exp booster, I got no fureakfadfin LOOT! Geh, this is like standing among thousands of gold, but then only looted 2 f.u.c.king coins from it.'

Sighing, she then browses the rest of the items she got.

"Hmm… Magic Bag, huh. Even if it's small, it can hold many kinds of things that fit its size. Maybe I can sell it later. Nothing really valuable except the treasure map anyway. The summon crystal and scroll might sell a lot if I can find summoners. Or maybe I could just use it myself?"

Summoning Crystal is being used for summoning a random beast within an instant and it lasts for several minutes until it gets "Pact" by a summoner or anyone that has the "Pact" skills. The same as rune, but the scroll can last for several hours.

Siola took out the treasure map and inspect it, 'Heh, why do I need to look at this. Let me show you guys a bit of a trick. So, you see… there is no need to look up all the details, and spend hours looking for the exact location.'

'In this game, you can just appraise it, and then use [Clairvoyance] spell to find the location of the treasures. And that is precisely what I'm going to do… but I don't have enough health to maintain it, so…'

'Let's just go back for now.'

…

Siola went outside and release the archer from its torture, and then head back to the bush where that girl, Lilian, is at.

She doesn't need to look around for Lilian since she is already there, waiting patiently for her to come back while hugging her doll. "Let's go." Once she heard it, Lilian quickly rose from the ground and followed Siola from behind.

Little by little, Siola chugged a health potion whilst looking at the treasure map. Following, Clairvoyance's path.

"Oh yeah, here, wear these." Siola gave Lilian, the hide set. Unfortunately, the size of the armor and leggings are too big for her, which results in Lilian to be only wearing the gloves and shoes of the set. Surprisingly, she followed and do everything Siola asked her to. She even gave her the Magic Bag that stores all the medium potions that she got, and when she needs it, Lilian would take it out for her.

"Hmm… I think you can wear this one too." She gave her the [Shrouded Gauntlets of Hedge], 'Maybe I'm being too generous, but it would be bad if something happens.'

And so, they went to continue their journey.

It takes her a while, and they are quite far now from where they left. The treasure is on another side of the mountain, so if they want to go back to Stoneanvil, it would be night by then. Siola has taken the loot from the depth of the earth, but haven't check on them yet. She then opens her inventory, pa.s.sing the many items inside, and pulled out… the tier 5 [Teleportation] Scroll. "Another gift from the G.o.ddess" smiling as she said that.

She went inspected Lilian once more and asked her permission to view and gain control of her status menu, Siola guided her to the "yes��� b.u.t.ton, and she pressed it willingly. It is a type of parental control that was recently added but has yet to be mentioned aside from the forums.

'Not a good time to do it, I should go back for now.' She grabbed Lilian's shoulder, lightly blus.h.i.+ng as she gets close to Siola. The latter then closed her eyes shut, and focus on managing the coordinate for the [Teleportation] Scroll. Unlike the skill/spell version, the scroll one needs to manually enter the code for their destination. But this matters not as Siola already memorized every major and minor location that exists in this game… most of them… that has been explored of course.

'Kuh, enough with the narration. Just hurry up and teleport me already!' Lights appeared, and both of them were disintegrated into pixelated beings and arrived back to Stoneanvil.

*Fwoosh*

"…"

Lilian looked around, it's a refres.h.i.+ng feeling and it seems that she's not scared of anyone that is walking around. Though, only a bit nervous since she doesn't know anyone around here.

"Come on, stop ogling around."

Lilian quickly nodded and smiled as she catches up to her. 'What's up with her.'

They went inside an inn, meeting up that lady again. She's eying them with a slithered eye, and lightly biting her lips as she saw Siola's face. Though, the latter didn't notice it. She walked towards her and then asked for a player's room. Siola wasn't sure if it's allowed to bring an NPC there, but… "Of course, she may stay there if you like, but if you don't come back after 3 days. Well, this time, as an exception, but I would take care of her, temporarily of course, until you come back."

Siola's eyes brightened, "That's great, I'm actually just tired, but if that ever happens. Please take care of her" she said as she bows.

"Of course, do you… need anything else?"

"Eh? Err, maybe some food and drinks, I don't mind anything you recommends, but give something light for this girl."

"… Is that… all?" said the lady as she rested her bosom on top of the table, giving a full view of her cleavage. Siola's eyes are truly grasping for light, but the shadows of the lady's bosom keep pulling her in. She is… without a doubt, suggesting… something.

Siola glanced at Lilian, who is eyeing up the inn around.

Swallowing her saliva, Siola then shook her head, "Yes, that is all." When she said that, the lady's mood quickly turned sour. She's even glaring her down like a predator looking at its prey. It made Siola… excited a bit. 'B-Being looked down like this once in a while… it's not bad.'

Noticing that Siola is squirming, and it's not because of fear. The lady formed a grin, relieved that the light towards ecstasy is still yet faded completely. "I'll make sure to bring them to you then… very soon."

"…" nervously, Siola nodded.

After the two left to the whirling air inside the door, the lady played with her tongue, licking her lips in an erotic fas.h.i.+on.

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Been thinking to cut this up into two, but... hehe, decided not to for the sake of "viewing-pleasure"

Hope y'all enjoyed it. I have a few more chapters coming up and they should be out pretty soon.

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