Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I log in and waiting for Ivonna from where we were at yesterday. She messaged me this morning and said that she's about to log in, and I hurriedly went to the basement and logged in. While waiting for Ivonna, I check my inventory and read the soul essences I got from yesterday's farming. I have 16 [Giant Scorpion Soul Essence], [7 Sturdy Sandworm Soul Essence], [4 Dessert Great Falcon Soul Essence], [5 Fanged Charmeleon Soul Essence], 3 [Deadly Grasshopper Soul Essence]. I immediately consume all of them.

[Giant Scorpion Soul Essence: DEX+1, additively increase Skill Damage by 1% when consumed]

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[Sturdy Sandworm Soul Essence: VIT+1, DEF, and MDEF+2 when consumed]

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[Dessert Great Falcon Soul Essence: AGI+1, additively increase SPD by 1% when consumed]

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[Fanged Charmeleon Soul Essence: STR+1, additively increase Damage Output by 1% when consumed]

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[Deadly Grasshopper Soul Essence: LUK+1, additively increase Critical Chance by 1% when consumed]

"Open Status"

[Name: [Indomitable] Trevor

Level: 188

HP: 5710

STA: 636

Status:

STR: 218+212 [ATK : 440+40] [DMG : +49.0%]

AGI: 217+252 [ASPD : +66.9%] [SPD : +70.9%]

DEX: 292+212 [CRIT: 53.4%] [SDMG: 52.0%] [CDMG: 50%]

INT: 181+212 [MATK : 393+0] [WIS : 393]

LUK: 664+400 [DDG: 53.1%] [LCKY: 1.01%]

VIT:223+212 [DEF : 411+10] [MDEF : 411+10]

CHR:181+212 [REP : 393] [FAME : Eminent]

ART:181+212 [SMIT : 19%] [ARTIS : 19%]

EXTRA PTS: 94]

Ivonna appears in front of me. She's surprised and waves at me.

"Good morning."

I smile.

"Morning."

I close my status screen.

"Shall we go to Loslan Village?"

Ivonna nods.

We are walking through the forest and Ivonna is still mesmerized by the scenery. After an hour of walking, we both see a village, and what surprised Ivonna is that the village is not on the ground, but it's up on the trees. So many wooden bridges crossing from tree to tree. We enter the small gate and all the NPCs that are on the ground are looking at us weirdly. Ivonna looks at me.

"Why are they looking at us like that?"

I'm walking beside her and look at the houses on the trees.

"It's because they're surprised to see an outsider be able to find this village. It's actually pretty hard to find this village even if you brought hundreds of players and told them to spread to find this village. So don't worry, they're not hostile towards anyone. They're actually nice people."

Ivonna is humming with understanding. One of the NPCs approaches us.

"Are you lost, adventurer? Please let us know if you do because we will help you find the way back home."

I smile and shake my head.

"No, we actually come here on purpose."

He nods with understanding.

"Ahh, is that so..."

I lean toward Ivonna's ear and whisper.

"Ask him, if there's something he needs from us. Because they're gathering over there, hanging, preparing, and cooking something. They might need something for that."

Ivonna looks at me then nods. Ivonna walks and stands in front of him.

"We are here to see the village and by the looks of it, are you preparing for a ceremony? If you need something, we have plenty of items from hunting monsters for the past few days that might be the one you need."

He smiles so brightly and grabs Ivonna's hands.

"Ahh, thank you! We actually need some ingredients and materials for a ritual."

A quest screen should have appeared on Ivonna's screen. Ivonna is reading the quest and then looks at me. I smirk and raise my eyebrow. She grabs something from her inventory and gives it to him. He's so happy and waving at the others. He lifts the items Ivonna gave him. He turns around and looks at us.

"Ohh, I'm sorry. I haven't introduced myself. My name is Kouhak, I'm the one who's responsible for the ritual this month. Please, come with me. We will give you food and a place to rest!"

We follow Kouhak to one of the trees. All the villagers are thanking Ivonna for giving them the materials and ingredients they need. Kouhak then pointing at the stairs that are circling the tree. It's pretty high because the houses are near the top of the trees, so it's around 70 to 80 meters above the ground. We follow him up to the tree.

We are at the top and Ivonna looks down in awe. Kouhak smiles.

"Welcome to our Loslan Village. Here is the house we used for the guests or adventurers that came by. We will provide you food three times a day. So please, enjoy your stay in our village."

Ivonna nods.

"Thank you very much for the hospitality. We are very grateful."

Kuhak nods.

"I will come back later in the evening. We are holding a feast to ask for permission to Betelgeuse before we are going to do the ritual next week."

Ivonna tilts her head. But she's not going to ask because she knows that Kouhak is pretty busy preparing for the ritual.

"We understand. Once again, thank you."

Kouhak nods and then he leaves. Ivonna and I enter the house and it's a small house but it looks so neat and comfortable. I sit on the chair while Ivonna is looking at the scenery through the window. She's smiling and closing her eyes while taking a deep breath because the air here is nice. Then she approaches me and sits in front of me.

"I love this place. I wish I knew about this place a long time ago."

I nod with agreement. Ivonna then continues.

"Is Heugron's book in here?"

I raise my eyebrows.

"Yeah, it is and it is not at the same time. We can't find the book today because it's not here yet."

Ivonna tilts her head with confusion.

"Then, where is it then?"

I smirk.

"You'll see. For now, let's farm Betelgeuse's Coin. There's a decent amount of monsters at the border of the forest and it's not that far from here. We have to go back here in the evening, so our time to farm is quite short."

Ivonna nods.

"Okay, let's go."

We already put Loslan Village as our savepoint. Then we left the village and went northeast. After 30 minutes of walking, we left the forest and we entered a vast valley called Zerkhil's Valley, and there's a big volcano with a dark sky and thunders above it far away from us called Zerkhil's Volcano. It's currently being active but it's not that dangerous. Ivonna was mesmerized by the scenery once again. Then we started to hunt monsters.

(9 hours have passed.)

I leveled up 6 times and I got 471 Betelgeuse's Coin. Ivonna leveled up 2 times and got 152 Betelgeuse's Coins. The monsters here are high leveled and they're too tanky to kill in less than a minute, but it was worth it. The juicy EXP what made us keep farming in this place.

Ivonna is laying on the soft grass. She exhales deeply.

"That was tiring. I can't believe those monsters are level 220. It felt like they're way higher than that. I kept dying and it was embarrassing for a tanker to run away from the battle."

I sit beside her and chuckle.

"It was that hard? But they're just a small fry. The further we walk deeper into the valley, the harder the monsters are. But yeah, this place is for a 5-man party at least. The deepest of the valley need a full party or even two parties to be able to survive. Basically, we are not supposed to be here now."

Ivonna is looking at me with disbelief and scoffs.

"No wonder it was hard. But it was fun and exciting."

Ivonna looks at the volcano.

"Can we enter the volcano?"

I nod.

"Yeah, we can. It's actually a dungeon."

Ivonna looks at me with a surprised expression.

"A dungeon? What's in there? A World Boss?"

I'm surprised because her guess is on point. I scoff and nod.

"Yeah, at the lowest level inside Zerkhil's Volcano, there's a World Boss called Khafir. His level is 5500."

Ivonna is staring at me without blinking her eyes and not moving her body. I look at her and chuckle. Ivonna scoffs and shakes her head. She looks at the volcano.

"Unbelievable... The world we know is still a small part of it. Bless you, Mister Becker, to give us such a wonderful world."

I'm humming with an agreement. Ivonna looks at me and sits up.

"Oh, let's go back to the village. Kouhak should be visiting us soon."

I nod and I offer my hand to her. She grabs it and lifts herself up. Then we walk back to Loslan Village.

We are back in the village. Kouhak sees us and running towards us. He waves at us and we wave back at him. He's exhausted from running towards us.

"I thought you are leaving our village already, I was worried. Where were you go?"

Ivonna is pointing at the northeast.

"We were hunting monsters in Zerkhil's Valley. We just got back from there."

Kuhak is surprised and panicking.

"You went to the death valley?! Are you injured?!"

Kuhak is checking our bodies. Ivonna smiles and shakes her head.

'We are fine."

Kuhak looks at us and sighs with relief.

"I see. Well then, let's meet with the chief of this village. We are going to start the feast."

We both nodded and followed him to one of the biggest trees in the village. We walked upstairs and entered the big treehouse. It's as big as a school cafeteria maybe. All the villagers gathered here. They greeted us and let us sit with them. The feast started and we all enjoyed the food.