When Ryan Whitemane's headaches ceased, a mental clarity reigned in his body. With a simple glance toward the duel, he could see different quick possibilities of futures that could happen. But it was clear to him that the Ettrian elf would win that confrontation.
The berserker energy force had already been depleted, because of the use of hate and negative feelings as energy catalysts, Max still had a little mana left. Running towards the elf, the warrior threw several punches that took the elf out of his comfort zone. Having to run away with quick steps while using his staff to fire off quick Light attacks.
When Ettrian managed to maintain a distance of at least ten meters, with one very quick movement, he pulled out the book that was at his waist and channeled a simple attack. He concentrated all the remaining mana and energy he possessed and fired a single light punch towards Max's chin.
With a snap of his fingers, the sound of black iron armor echoed through the arena, he had fallen to the ground completely knocked out with the impact of the attack.
Amidst the crowd, Alice and Ryan were holding each other's hands. The blonde remained quite worried about her lover, but he seemed a bit more relaxed than before.
'That duel was amazing' she said, as she watched from afar Max's body being loaded onto a stretcher.
'I think it would be a bit arrogant to say I wasn't surprised'
<You really weren't haha>
"Were you able to learn anything from that battle?" he questioned, as he let go of the girl's hand and began to pet her head.
Alice closed both eyes, as if she hadn't been expecting this, and then eased herself up and straightened her own posture. "A little, they both looked pretty tired. That battle was too explosive."
Ryan nodded, agreeing with her "It's okay to expend all your strength at once, but that's only ideal when there's a significant power difference." le turned to the battle and pointed at Ettrian, "As much as it may not appear so, this battle was pretty level. Neither of them had enough strength to completely overwhelm their opponent."
The blonde's eyes were shining with what she was hearing, even with her ordinary neutral face, Alice was visibly grateful and happy with the teaching.
"You know quite a bit about battle theory, it's been a few months since I've been able to evolve."
'It must be tricky for her to be compared to a family of prodigies'
Opening his system, he assessed the girl's abilities at that very moment. And with a confused look, he couldn't find any defects that would prevent her from evolving ranks or skills.
'Her level is reasonable, enough to reach Rank S. Her skills sure are useful, maybe it's just a matter of lack of practical training?'
Running his hand through her blonde hair, Ryan made a proposal "I can teach you a few things, your level is already evolving by our training, right?"
The girl nodded her head "My strength has increased, but I still can't do the Rank raising"
"We'll take care of that together" he said, receiving a beautiful excited smile from that normally neutral and apathetic girl.
Although this momentary relief made Ryan's mind stop thinking about his problems, the notification remained in front of him.
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[Go to the beginning of the Quest]
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That message kept flashing in front of his eyes, and every time Ryan opened his system, he was faced with it.
'Nyx, you can go home and prepare a backpack with equipment.
<Are we going to explore a dungeon now?
'Just tonight.
Getting up from his chair, Ryan said goodbye to Alice 'I'm a little tired, you can keep watching'. But the girl denied with her head and held his hand, "I'll go with you.
The two left the bleachers, walking together to the arena's reception floor. Running from a distance, a blue haired elf came up with a gasp, "Ryan! I finally found you! Huff" pausing for breath, Olivia crouched down as she tried to get her breath together.
"I found - I found some more of those weird books" she said, standing up and fixing her own hair.
"So there were more books scattered around the library... Did they have any differences?"
The girl shook her head in denial, "Today we received some books transferred by the guild, most of them look like simple documents. But they are all tales or stories from the second world."
"So they camouflaged the information with textbooks, this must be a war strategy" said Nyx, who appeared in front of everyone in her physical form.
Livia and Alice were startled by the sudden presence of the girl, who appeared walking from Ryan's back.
With one hand on his chin and doubts in his head, he said "I'll meet you in a few minutes in the library. Nyx get my backpack ready, Alice let the rest of the girls know I'll be busy tonight."
The three nodded, and each went their separate ways. Livia hurried back to one of the moving platforms, while Alice returned to the arena to talk to Lyza and Ellen who were watching the duels. Nyx disappeared in seconds, flying at top speed toward the apartment.
Alone in the middle of the arena lobby plaza, Ryan opened his system to check the quest information.
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[Blessing of the life guardian - Compass of Reward]
- The guardian of the flow has sent you this ability. Follow the course of this compass to fulfill her wish
Reward: Unlock Supporter
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Follow the guidance and enter the nearest portal
- A new path has been detected
Distance to the detected gate [357km]
Time until the gate closes [5h]
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'No information, what does this quest mean...'
As Ryan's eyes ran through the letters on his system window, the dots began to connect.
'Is that a quest?'
Picking up his cell phone, Ryan opened his notepad. He had written down the message from the crystaldrift quest, which was quite different from the message he had received, looking at the demon system quests, the situation was identical.
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[Return to Crystaldrif][Completed]
After finding the pendant, the only remnant of the princess' love, return with it to the village of Crystaldrift to complete the story of this item. Upon completion of this journey, Fate will send high-level rewards.
- Temporary skill unlocked: Crystaldrift Compass
- A new tab has been added to the system. Click on the Crystaldrift Compass to find the nearest active portal that leads to the region of the ice mountains.
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'This doesn't have a description of the challenge, or what it takes to complete... Is this a quest?'
Scanning his eyes over the message window, Ryan's mind tried to understand what this strange notification was about. Until it all made sense.
'Blessing of the flow guardian, this is not a quest. The message is telling me to get a reward'
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[The flow guardian confirms her thought]
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Frozen in the middle of that crowd of people, Ryan remained static watching the message he had received. A white window with blue borders had appeared in front of his eyes, the text glowing in an intense golden color.
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[The guardian of the life asks if you will accept the path of light]
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Before he could understand what was happening, another notification appeared again.
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[The guardian of the void shows contempt for the path of light]
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And then another notification.
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[The guardian of void calls you to the path of night]
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'So you two are the ones I found'
Staring at the two windows, Ryan repeated what he had said earlier.
'I accept both paths'
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[The guardian of the light is startled by his speech]
[The guardian of the void is confused by what you said]
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Closing his system, Ryan walked towards the library to meet Olivia. But before he could get too far away from the arena, a voice came up behind him shouting for his name.
"Ryan!" It was Laila's voice, running toward him.
Turning around, he was visibly uncomfortable.
"You must be tired from the duel, but I saw how you accomplished what I had asked. Here is your reward" the girl held out her hand, and Ryan accepted the gift. It was a pocket watch, made of iron and with a white stone in the center.
"What is it?" Ryan said, bringing the item close to his eyes. Laila gave a smile, and moved closer to him, placing her breasts close to his arm, she pointed to the stone in the center of that device.
"It is a magic watch, it has some pre-set functions. If you carry it around your neck, you can use it as a protective amulet."
Ryan nodded and thanked her for the gift. "Thanks Laila, it will be quite useful for me"
The girl was a little embarrassed, and nodding, she ran back to the arena. "It's elven technology, so take good care of it!"
"Elven technology... Interesting" he thought, as he looked at the item.
<Are you sure you're going to ignore what those two goddesses are talking about?>
Nyx had appeared beside Ryan, in her spirit form. The succubus was floating upside down, her white hair falling downwards.
'I really don't care.' he thought, as he pulled the girl by her hair.
<Nhaa! You are cruel master>
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AN: I changed the name of the guardian of the stream to guardian of the life. I think it fits better on her
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