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Chronicle of the Returned King Go to Dwarf Village
It was just another broad daylight when Alex led his party to continue their journey. No matter how steep the mountains they climb, how harsh the valleys they pass through, how fast the rivers flow to wade through, as the time went by, they keep going through."For God damn sake ..." swore Gremio as his short legs stumbled upon the pebbles and slippery moss.Alex didn't take a second to turn his head and yelled, "Rasheed!"As per usual, the tallest lad of the party rolled his eyes and then went forward to the rescue. Without hesitation let alone asking for permission, he lifted Gremio, released him from his struggle, and carried him away by the shoulder."Are ... you ... an ... effing ... losing ... your ... mind?!" cried the dwarf while punching his fists on Rasheed's head with every word he said.Alex was the one who finally reached the peak with the more stable surface, and looked down in annoyance. "Yeah, that's how you do it, Sir Gremio! Keep losing your energy like there is no t
Chronicle of the Returned King Welcome Party
After the dwarves finished their work, Lucius, Opa Dwarf entertained the heroes led by Alex for a meal. They even took out their best stock of alcohol and slaughtered the livestock that had fled into the forest, due to the goblin attack earlier. The dwarfs also brought several jars full of gold honey that they collected at the hives of the mountain range.After the meal, they all went into the living room to drink. The dwarf king gave a bottle of ale to each of the adventurers. Even Gremio was there.‘This seems like a nice family gathering. I should get closer to them,’ thought Alex.He walked to Lucius and the dwarves, sat down in front of the fireplace, and sipped a sip of the strong liquor that the dwarves offered him.Lucius noticed his guest sitting among them and raised an eyebrow slightly. He smiled and then gestured for Alex to sit closer.Alex approached Lucius and sat right next to him and grinned as he felt the fireplace heat radiating in his side.Seeing the leader sittin
Chronicle of the Returned King Decision to Help
Salieri finally asked the leader, "My music show is over, don't you want to go back to the village?"Alex nodded his head and immediately replied, "Okay, let's go back together!"The two men then led the children outside to walk back to the village. When they arrived, the children hugged both Salieri and Alex, thanking him for their songs while asking Salieri to sing more of his songs next time."You are a good musician, my friend!" said a cheerful little girl.When they arrived at the village again, Alex found from a distance, Gremio still looked gloomy. He also drank alone. As soon as Alex arrived, ya gaped at how many bottles were around the feet of his friend who was sitting gloomily. "Damn it, Man... how many bottles have you finished? How come you're not sober? I just finished a hangover trip. The alcohol kicks hard!" Alex exclaimed as he lightly punched Gremio's upper arm. The short man just snorted and replied arrogantly, "A drink like this would never get me drunk. This is j
Chronicle of the Returned King The Monster in the Valley
After the departure of Alex, Gremio and the heroes party, the remaining dwarven folk were left on the village square staring at the place where they disappeared from sight with puzzled expressions.Somehow, the atmosphere of the entire village was changed by what happened during the last few hours.But Alex took no notice to turn his head back. Instead, he kept on looking forward and walking. Soon, they arrived near the entrance of the valley. At first, nobody uttered any word, even they were still curious of why they would enter the valley."Let's go!" said Gremio as he walked toward the road at the east part of the valley.The others followed after him, eventhough Salieri and Rasheed still had no idea of what they were roaming about.As they reached the valley entrance, Alex said, "Alright, everyone, I will let Gremio to explain our ongoing mission."Everyone nodded their heads silently, even they didn't understand a thing that Alex was saying.Gremio didn't seem to expect get Alex
Chronicle of the Returned King Make a Plan
Salieri nodded in agreement and walked with Alex as the two heroes started running back to the palace.Alex and his companions were walking back through the woods when they heard footsteps coming closer. They hid behind the bushes, hoping they won't be seen.Soon, the source of the footsteps became clear: it belonged to a unicorn who was galloping through the field.When she passed the bushes, they saw she moved forward with her tail wagging, they could hear her purring. She was clearly happy and enjoying herself."Whoa! That' s a beautiful animal! What is she called?" whispered Salieri."She's named Freya. Her favorite color is red and she loves to roam around and eat anything," explained Gremio."Do unicorns eat plants?" asked Rasheed.Gremio thought for a few seconds, before replying, "Yes actually they do. So... Freya eats all kinds of vegetation. Freya seems to be quite intelligent, maybe even smarter than most horses or cows.""How can a Freya make a human sick? Is it the same w
Chronicle of the Returned King Elf's Forest
Finally the party agreed to begin their mission. Except Helene who needed to stay at the Shrine for administration matter, and Pandora who was nowhere to be seen.“We’re incomplete without Hel and Pan, so that means we have to work hard for their share as well,” motivated Alex to his companions. “Prepare yourselves well, we don’t know what’s lurking inside the forest.”“Yeah, you guys don’t know a thing, but I do. Please stop lumping me together with you guys,” responded Stella with air of fake arrogance. She was just trying to be funny, but Gremio took it the wrong way.“Typical of the elves, their ego is as high as their pointy ears,” retorted Gremio, resorting to body shaming behavior.“Hey, what did you say, you midget? Want to have a go, huh?” reacted Stella who lost her temper after hearing Gremio’s bigoted remark.Salieri went in between the two of them and attempted to diffuse the ticking time bomb.“Come on fellas, we’re here as a team, please stop in-fighting among us. Stell
Chronicle of the Returned King Captured
Ignoring Alex’s astonishment of finding the fact that her daughter was a princess, Stella’s mother threw him a question.“Pardon the late introduction, I am Stella’s mother, Martha,” said the mature elf. “It’s quite rare for humans to wander around the Elf Forest, mind to let me know what brings you here?”“My name is Alex, Ma’am. The reason why I am here is to find the flowers unique to this place. Perhaps you’ve heard about it,” explained Alex.“Well, if you agree to tell me the name, perhaps I can be of some help to you guys.”Alex’s eyes shone brightly to hear that offer. Witnessing the elf rangers’ hostility back then, he didn’t expect any cooperation from the local residents. Surely this brought his mood up to the roof.“That’s great, Ma’am! The flower we’re looking for is known as Randaelwiz flower!”Martha’s expression turned into that of disbelief and a hint of suspicion.“By Randaelwiz flower, you mean that Randaelwiz flower?” confirmed Martha. “Interesting fellow, aren’t yo
Chronicle of the Returned King Bargaining
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!!!”The rooster’s crow was the first sound that woke Alex that morning. He was quite surprised to find out that even in the depth of this lush forest, there was still a rooster around. What a bizarre forest, he thought.Alex sat and stretched out his hands while yawning widely. Then he rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked around. It was Stella beside him.IT WAS STELLA BESIDE HIM?!“Damn, what happened last night? Surely there was nothing going on, right?” asked Alex to himself in panic. He became more nervous when he realized his upper body was naked.“Rasheed saw nothing,”That statement caught Alex off guard. With his trademark straight expression, Rasheed attempted to calm Alex down, which ultimately made Alex more flustered than before.“Nothing? Uh, haha, what is nothing?” responded Alex awkwardly.“Urgh... five more minutes...” Stella squirmed, making Alex felt more inconvenient and quickly grabbed his shirt to cover his exposed chest.Just when the things start
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New Objection
As the group anxiously waiting by the side of the poisonous river, Mephisto’s conditions turns to worse. Helene and Merith are doing their hardest to treat Mephisto but to no avail. The bedridden bird can only hacks and coughs despite their best effort, signaling that the treatment from Helene and Marion didn’t work as expected.“Kween...” Chirp Mephisto weakly.“Meppy! Meppy! Stay with me, okay? Don’t leave me yet.” Stella cries as she hugs Mephisto.As they argued, a giant shadow suddenly emerged out of river with a splash and lands in their vicinity. It was Marion that jumped out of water. On his side, he is holding a creature with a weird body shape, resembling an eel with whiskers and a bloated stomach.“Here is the Lele fish!” Marion shows everybody his catch. The fish can only helplessly squirms on Marion’s grasp.“That’s... You sure ‘that’ is a fish?” Question Salieri.“That no animal. That monster.” Rasheed readies his w
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The Cure for Mephisto
“You’re not doing much of a help, Helene! You know what? You’re a useless saintess!”Stella’s angered words were still spinning inside the saintess thoughts. Her pride was hurt seeing that she couldn’t heal Mephisto and Stella was disappointed in her. Despite the harsh truth, Helene decided to try again after several unsuccessful attempts.“Helene, don’t go too hard on yourself,” Pandora reminded her.“I don’t,” replied the saintess quickly, her hands still busy pressing Mephisto’s weakening body with all of her might. “I just have to … heal Mephisto and prove that I’m a worthy member of this time.”“We are all valuable and worthy, no one is superior to others,” responded Alex, “take it slow, Helene. Don’t rush.”Seeing Helene’s work in vain, Pandora decided to leave the scene and inspect the waterfall. As she peered from above, her eyes caught something long and dark wiggling underneath. The witch sharpened her sight and noticed that it
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New Path
Every hero party member was now relieved after being trapped inside the maze-like, magic forest. As Alex looked up at the darkened sky and the sun was already on the western horizon, he realized they'd spent hours figuring out the escape."Gosh, how long have we been there?" he said with surprise.“Ah, finalmente!” Salieri exclaimed, plopping himself to the grassy ground and stretching his feet. “My legs are sore from walking for days and I can feel my feet blistering.”“Just man up and don’t exaggerate, you limp man” Germio replied, as always being grumpy. “We’ve been there only for a few hours.”As the rest of the group rested and gained some energy, Stella looked around and examined the new surrounding. All the elf girl saw was just an expanse of green meadow, but her keen hearing sensed something more. She quickly took a turn to the opposite side of the sun, following the stone path. It was slightly slippery from the moss that grew on almost e
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Lost in the Forest
They have been walking for around an hour now and yet they could not find any sign of exit. The party began to feel tired.“Sir Alex. Everyone is tired. Should we take a break?” Helene looked worried. She could feel Pandoran and the merfolks began to catch their breath.“Just a little more. Resting in the forest and got lost might be a bad idea. We need to find the exit soon.” Alex demanded the team to keep walking more because as far as he could remember, there was a forest that could trap them for days. Alex’s memory was quiet blurry at that time but one thing for sure that when he decided to take a rest in a certain forest, on the next day they were trapped for more than one day.The others nodded in agreement because they believed in Alex’s decision. So, they tried their best to continue walking while following the hero.More minutes have passed and they were still wandering around the foggy forest. Not only Pandora and the merfolks, the other coul
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Tiryag Continent
Alex and his party continued their journey to explore Tiryag continent after they had enough rest. They came deeper into the forest until they reached the area where fog started to appear. The fog was not so thick and they could see the road in sight. They might arrived in a new area and new enemies might appear anytime soon.“Hmm, this forest give me a chill.”Pandora commented. It seemed like she could sense something.“What is it, Pan? Do you sense any enemy?” Alex asked. He was leading the team by walking in front line.“I’m not sure. I just feel like something is bothering me.” Pandora still could not clearly stated what she felt once she came into this foggy forest. She tried to find out herself.As they kept on walking further, they could hear a sound like a giggle.“Hey, elf girl. What are you giggling about?” Germio looked at Stella suspecting her for being the one who giggled. The sound was indeed like a little girl and it fit he
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First Obstacle
It took almost a day until Alex and his party arrived in Tiryag continent. The ship was anchored near a beach that looked gloomy with eerie atmosphere. There was no sign of lives as far as they tried to search around it. However, they could feel uneasiness when they tried to see the forest right in front of them. Soon after that, they decided to explore the continent by going forward to that forest hoping that they could find some clues about how to locate the Demon King.The large group were walking peacefully without encountering something dangerous at that moment. But soon, they might find themselves surrounded with uncertain dangers and challenges ahead.“Rasheed, are you alright?” Alex asked after reading the expression of that big fella that turned discouraged. Despite of Rasheed’s big body, that expression did not really suit him. Moreover, Alex could remember something about his past life when he stepped into Tiryag along with his hero party. He believed th
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Two Merfolks
“Avast ye, ye filthy camper! ‘Twas so cowardly of you to launch a sneak attack like that!” cursed Jillaab. He aimed his remark at the ocean, suspecting that the assault just now came from down there.That statement resulted in a twin pillars of water forming from the seemingly calm waves. And from within those pillars, two blue shadows appeared and landed on board.“Shiver me timbers! ‘Tis the Wow Warriors!” exclaimed Balastar, finding it hard to see two humanoid fishes walking towards him with two legs. “I thought it was just a myth!”“Wow Warriors?” asked Pandora. It was clearly merfolks that they saw in front of them. “Is that how you guys call merfolks?”“Young lass, we have no idea what this merfolk yer’ talking about, but the Wow Warriors we’re referring to is a stuff of legend, used to be told as a nighttime scary stories!” replied Jillaab, equally in awe with his comrade.“Aye, that be true, matey! Many a sailor have told tales of their terrifying encounters with the Wow Warri
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New Arrival
It had been less than an hour since the ship departed the port, but the debate had been going nonstop. The main topic was caused by Alex’s rash decision to recruit the two pirates who appeared out of nowhere.“Al, have you lost your mind?” protested Pandora. “We don’t know about these two dirty guys and you just casually invited them aboard? On top of that, you entrusted them with the wheel!”“Not to mention that sinister-looking parrot, Alex!” Stella took on Pandora’s side. “This ship is too small for two birds. Mephy should be the only one on board!”Alex, on the other hand, didn’t directly entertain their banter. Instead, he just stood there, allowing each of his crews to vent their dissatisfaction. Meanwhile Jillaab and Balastar were having a god round of the ship, amazed by the beauty they laid their eyes upon."Ahoy there! Ye lot be blessed enough to sail the virgin ocean on this beauty, yet ye still find time to argue? Ye should be grateful for this adventure and enjoy the jour
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Figure of Speech
“What’s wrong, Alex?” asked the King. “Where did all of your previous enthusiasm go?”“Your Majesty, I would love to do as just what you told me. But steering the ship is something out of my realm of capabilities.” Alex chose his words carefully not to displease the King. “I’ve been looking around for a while, but never did once I saw someone tending the ship.”Frown appeared in King Romeus’ forehead. “Didn’t you subdue the pirates before here in this very place? I thought you were no stranger to command a ship?”“Yeah, but that time a good person came to my aid,” argued Alex, his eyes were scanning the surrounding and by a pure stroke of luck, he locked his view on his aforementioned lifesaver. “Speak of the devil, that was the man!”Hamith, being pointed out by Alex, smiled and waved at his old companion, approaching him lightly. “Sir Hero, I have heard that there would be a grand farewell of the heroes here on the port, so I made my way here. And boy am I honored to know that you s
