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"Let us deal with these birds first," said Shin while walking forward.
Surrounding them was a large group of Wingn, both the tribe mbers and keepers. Those two groups were supposedly fighting against each other, but at this point in ti, they seed to have a silent agreent to fight together against a common enemy.
"These guys are supposed to be mortal enemies of the Black Nagas, right?" muttered Cloe from the back before looking at Arthur with a smile.
"What!?" asked Arthur, slightly confused. But he also had an idea of what she was implying to.
And to confirm it for him, Leonard nodded his head from his side while quickly adding. "Snakes are relatives of lizards, and dragons can be considered as reptiles… So~♪…"
But before they could even complete his words, Arthur imdiately reacted and shut him up. "My Dragon is not a god*mn lizard!"
The group started laughing out loud when they saw his reaction, feeling amused.
Well, aside from Shin who was busily sweeping his gaze at the surrounding Wingn, hovering in the air.
"They are quite strong, but since the tribe leaders are already gone, dealing with them is going to be much easier," muttered Shin as he took a sword-drawing stance. And with him taking the lead, the others behind him also assud a battle position, getting ready to fight.
On the other hand, the Wingn surrounding them in the air imdiately looked at the group aggressively before raising their weapons to retaliate.
But before the respective sides made their moves, Archides suddenly flew in the air and put himself in the middle of the groups before shouting. "Wait!"
"Eh!?" Shin and the others were quite surprised by his actions but they imdiately understood what he was planning when they rembered that he was supposedly Garuda's Descendant.
And just like what she was thinking, the keepers imdiately beca at ease and quickly separated themselves from the other Wingn Tribes. Though, they were still on guard against Shin and the others.
"These guys are my guests, take care of the rebels," said Archides, to which the keeper imdiately responded and quickly resud their battle against the other Wingn in the air.
"Whoa~! He really can order those guys," said Arthur with a whistle.
On the other hand, Leonard and Cloe slightly shook their heads before the forr comnted sneeringly. "You are talking as if we don't have the sa level of authority when it cos to our respective Organizations."
anwhile, Shin also lowered his battle stance and said to the two in front of them. "We're sorry for intruding but we really don't have a choice."
"So, can we now ask why are you guys here?" asked Daulla with a slightly annoyed tone.
But instead of imdiately answering her question, Shin put up a smile and asked in return. "Well, we have no problem telling you our reason for coming here. But first, are you guys sure it is fine to talk about it here?"
"How about we find a more quiet place where we can discuss sothing so important?" he added while pointing at the Wingn in the sky, who were currently in the middle of intense battle once again.
"Eh!? Ahm-…" Daulla wanted to say sothing but her words were imdiately cut off by Archides. "Follow ."
Hearing that, Daulla invited the group to enter the castle while chasing after Archides. And when they left the place, a pair of strong-looking keepers suddenly positioned themselves at the entrance of the castle, guarding it.
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Archides led the group to a conference room inside the castle where Shin and the others narrated everything that they discovered so far, starting from the ti they first arrived at the Primal Kingdom. And that included the quest that Arthur and Leonard received from the Head Keeper that they encountered during their test to enter the Sky Island.
In return, Archides and Daulla were asked to tell them honestly their main purpose in coming to this place. Naturally, Daulla had so objections with that since she felt that they were at a disadvantage on this information exchange.
Unfortunately, she couldn't say anything when Archides accepted Shin's suggestion without any hesitation. He was even quite generous to give Shin and others so information regarding the Three-Headed Snake.
After exchanging that information that each side had, the entire room suddenly turned as both sides fell in deep thought, trying to figure out what they were going to do next.
A few monts later, Shin raised his head once again and looked at Archides before asking. "So, what is your next plan? From the information that we have, I'm pretty sure that you also figured out what's really going on, right?"
Hearing that, Archides suddenly knitted his brow as he couldn't believe what he just discovered. But at the sa ti, he was also not fully convinced with it; especially that he was doubting that this kind of quest was going to deceive the players.
Seeing the expression that Archides was making, Shin was able to read what was currently running inside his mind, so he imdiately said. "It is not impossible – those kinds of quests really existed."
"I even experienced so of them personally," he quickly added after rembering the quests that the fake king of Saint Heaven Kingdom had given him.
Hearing that, Archides looked at Shin and asked. "But how can we just believe you?"
"Yeah! It is already ridiculous to say that a Nad NPC with such status gives us a fake quest to deceive us, but also saying that it is ant to take the body of a player is even more unbelievable!" added Daulla while slamming the table.
Shin started chuckling when he heard her reaction and tapped his finger on the table while saying. "Believe it or not, it is really possible. After all, this ga is not your ordinary ga from what we can see so far."
He then paused for a mont to open a virtual screen showing the details of Arthur and Leonard's quest. "And we already have the evidence that we need here."
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Quest Na: War of Wingn and Black Nagas
Quest Type: Hidden-Investigative Quest
Quest Difficulty: Hell-Master (V-)
Quest Detail:
The never-ending war between the Wingn Race and spawns of the Wicked Snake Kings had lasted for more than a century already.
Due to this, the land of the 'Glowing Feathers' had never experienced true peace.
Quest Condition:
-Stop the war between the Wingn Race and the spawns of the Wicked Snake Kings and bring peace to Sky Island.
Quest Reward/s:
5 Levels
200 Fa Points
20,000 Reputation Points
15 LP (Legacy Points)
-Unlocked the Wingn Race
-Unlocking one of the sub-races of Naga Race, the Dire Nagas
Note: The current Naga race will be distinguished as 'Ocean Nagas' if the quest is successful
Extra Reward (Depending on your achievents during the quest)
-Epic Tier 2 Skill Books (Class Specific)
Quest Penalties:
-10 Levels
-4000 Fa Points
-40,000 Reputation Points
=Forever disappearance of the Sky Island.
=Being branded as the mortal enemy of the Wingn Race
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"At first, I thought that we just needed to kill the Three-Headed Snake to complete this. After all, it was practically obvious that it is the so-called 'Wicked Snake Kings' ntioned in our quest. And probably the 'antagonist' in this story." said Shin.
And after a brief mont of pause, he quickly added. "But after taking a closer look at its details, I discovered that it is not the case. In order to stop this so-called war between the Wingn Race and the Black Nagas, both Garuda and the Three-Headed Snake need to be killed at the sa ti."
"And how can you co up with that conclusion?" asked Daulla, not buying what Shin had said.
Hearing that, Shin smirked a little and opened another panel on his virtual screen where the murals that they had seen before were being shown.
But despite seeing those, Daulla was still not convinced and imdiately said. "Those murals are only telling you about the legend of Garuda and the history of Sky Island, nothing else. What's more, how can we be sure that your own quest is not the fake one and not ours?"
"So, impatient," muttered Shin with a bitter smile before opening more panels that had different sets of murals in them. But despite the difference, all of those murals had one thing in common; all of them were about the Wingn Race and Black Nagas.
"It is because of these, I guess," he answered after.
Daulla still wanted to say sothing when she saw those murals. But she imdiately stopped herself from talking when she took a closer look at each of them. "Wait-... are those-…?"
On the other hand, Arthur and the others were also quite surprised when they saw those murals since they had no idea that Shin had them.
"Hey! Where did you get those?" asked Arthur confusedly since he couldn't rember any of those murals aside from the first set that they saw in the cave.
"So of them are from that guy Kayne that we captured earlier while the rest are from Crazy Jiang – I ask him to look for similar murals when I discover that the murals that we have are not the only ones out there. Fortunately, he is quite fast at gathering them," said Shin in a nonchalant manner.
"And after putting all of them together, I finally discovered the real reason why these birds and serpents are fighting with each other," he added with a smile.
"You already know all about this but didn't tell us anything about it? Tsk!" said Arthur who seed to be sulking.
Seeing that, Shin was unable to help himself but chuckle at Arthur's expression before saying. "Even if I want to tell you about that, you will not be interested in it anyway."
"Moreover, I just completed the puzzle earlier when we were on our way here," he added while patting Arthur's shoulder.
anwhile, Cloe seed to have a sigh of relief while muttering to herself. "So, that is why he is in a dazed state from ti to ti. Here I thought-…"
"You are thinking of what?" asked Shin, cutting off her words.
Hearing that, Cloe suddenly raised her head and looked at Shin for a mont before dodging his gaze with her burning ears. "Nothing!"
On the other hand, Daulla finally turned quiet and sat on her seat in silence, too ashad to say anything more.
Seeing that, Archides, who was not saying much since they ca in here finally opened his mouth and asked. "So, how about summarizing everything for us?"
Seeing that they were finally willing to listen, Shin imdiately nodded his head before muttering. "So~… where should I start?"
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