2 Lost Will
"This is-buh"
After thinking about the words that Hal indicated, a window appeared in front of Aaron that immediately caused Aaron to suffer nausea from all the information he received suddenly causing him to close his eyes and kneel to avoid falling again.
"Sorry boy, it was not my intention, I thought the menu will remain closed ... that's it, think about the word again, well, after the dizziness goes away"
Breathing for a few seconds, Aaron finally managed to calm himself and resentfully thought again.
[System]
Luckily this time only a small window appeared.
Ember Guardian System
User: Aaron Froststar
Race: Human (78%)
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{Status}
LV: 5
HP: 78/112
MP: 34/34
STR: 10
AGI: 14
DEX: 15
CON: 9
INT: 11
WIS:16
CHA: 17
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{Titles}
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{Temporal status}
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{Skills}
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{Equipment}
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{Inventory}
Beta test bundle (5x Small HP potions, 5x Small MP potions, 1 Silver)
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{Forums}
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{E0i&}
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"See, much better ..."
"This ... what is this?"
"The guardian system, made by the goddess Eri with the little divine energy that the goddess Angela left after her plan of the chosen ones"
Hal said with a little resentment in his voice.
"But I can't-"
"Look, boy ..."
Said Hal cutting Aaron
"I know you think you don't have what it takes to carry out this task and you are most likely right but ... you have no choice ... we have no choice"
Aaron stopped speaking, lowered his head, and looked at his reflection on the ground without knowing what to think.
"As I said it will be faster for you to see for yourself ... Open the {Forums} from the menu."
Despite the annoyance he felt against Hal and with this whole situation, Aaron wanted some answers so he decided to listen to Hal again and opened the forums.
[Forums]
As the window opened, Hal proceeded to explain to Aaron what exactly he was seeing.
"Boy these are the forums, used by the {Players} to communicate with each other about everything that happens in this world, thanks to the guardian system you can read them but you cannot interact with them without the authorization of the goddess Angela ... For now enter the forum of the twilight empire... although you may want to sit down first. "
Still kneeling, Aaron accessed the "Forum" that Hal indicated, freezing by what he saw in the window that opened in front of him.
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{Twilight Empire}
-Popular themes
--The Last Battle of a Hero
--Analysis of the early fall of the Caya and quick end of the event.
--The Destiny Dragons guild is buying gold
--An impossible mission to complete? Escorting Little Master Froststar
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-- ...
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"This…"
"Breathe boy"
In fear of what he just saw, Aaron slowly read the topics and not knowing how to react he simply lowered his head.
After several minutes like this, Aaron raised his head and spoke into the air.
"Hal ..."
"What's up boy"
"How do I get out of here"
With an emotionless voice Aaron asked and Hal, knowing that he couldn't do much at the moment until Aaron accepted everything, decided to answer.
"Just walk while you think about going out"
So Aaron got up and walked while wobbling a bit until he disappeared.
"Boy I know it's difficult, but you'll have to get over it soon, we don't have much time out there ..."
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Dragonborn POV
"I'm telling you it's not worth wasting time here, even if we take that brat to the city, now that it's destroyed there is no way we can complete this mission"
Melody said as she drank her soup with disgust and sat around the campfire picking up her light blue hair.
"The sooner we finish this, the sooner we can stop eating this garbage, John better buy fresh ingredients after the launch of the game I don't want to have to go through this again"
"Don't worry Mely, we are almost there just one more day, besides we have already endured 5 days, which is one more"
"Hmm, for things like this I preferred first-generation capsules ..."
"But who would think that the game had such a function of speeding up time compared to the real world, even if only in special events or some dungeons, although seeing that they managed to simulate reality at this point, I have to praise the Cardinal director for developing this game and to EmberCorp for these capsules "
John said while still stirring the saucepan where the soup was.
"Don't start John, we know how much you like technology but I already lost count of how many times you have given the same speech"
"H-haha sorry Megumi but I get excited and I can't stop"
"Don't even remind me" Said Dragonborn "I remember that during the alpha they locked us up because you started fiddling with the cannons and gunpowder in the port to see if it was like in real life, we were in the mines for 3 days until they took us out of there, 23 had to spend 2 more days until he repaired the collapse caused by your ideas of breaking those beams, if not for his muscles we will have been buried on the mines that day "
"""Hahaha"""
"Hmm, I wish it wasn't that way, so I wouldn't have to put up with having to drink this salted water they call soup, I wish my brother had focused on improving other things rather than developing flavors"
"Mely.."
Annoyed by what she remembered, she try to change the subject
"I mean, if that duke was going to die so fast, at least he would have given us something better to eat for the road."
Getting up Dragonborn looked at her with annoyance
"Hey, Mel, don't say that, what if the boy listens to you"
"And what if he does, there is still no way to complete this mission"
"Melody don't ..."
Without waiting for Shin to finish speaking, Melody interrupted.
"I'm tired, besides, even though we completed the mission, he won't even be able to leave the continent, I mean, he could barely keep up with us when they ambushed us this afternoon before entering the forest."
This time Cutepuppy23 got up spilling his bowl of soup on the floor and when he was about to yell at Melody he was interrupted by the sound of one of the tent opening and when they saw Aaron stagger out, they all fell silent and 23 rushed to hold him and bring him close to the fire so that he would sit.
"Thank you uncle 23"
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"Thank you uncle 23"
Aaron said wearily as he leaned against one of the logs near the fire
"It's not a problem boy, what happened? You still have to rest for the walk that awaits us tomorrow"
Aaron did not answer but looked at each of the 6 members who were escorting him, Megumi being the furthest and 23 at his side, Aaron placed his gaze on Dragonborn to which he returned a confused look.
"I need to ask something"
"The what boy?"
Said Dragonborn frowning as he moved his gaze to Melody
"My father ... he ... he has died right?"
After the question, everyone was silent for a minute, only listening to the embers of the fire splitting.
"Aaron, that ... you see."
Hearing the doubt in her voice, Aaron knew that what he had seen in that room was not just a dream.
"John, please don't lie to me, I know that you can communicate from anywhere in the continent with other chosen ones ..."
"Yes, it is true, he died ..." Dragonborn replied which was not amusing to 23 but he remained silent while Melody looked away with a bit of guilt thinking about what she had just said in an impulse of rage "
Closing his eyes Aaron sighed, gripped the handle of his sword, and asked
"Since when?"
"The day after we left the pass, the same night that we left several high-class demons together with a superior one attacked, when the duke wounded them and made them retreat it was too late ..."
"I see" Aaron said without much emotion "I guess Caya fell too right?"
"That…"
"Uncle Dragonborn, I know my brother, he will have escaped at the first sign of danger and with my mother unconscious ... there is no way to stop him ... I can tell ... we have been traveling for 6 days, I also know that these beasts move faster than us"
"..."
Rising Aaron looked at the fire for a second and again at the group of chosen ones who escorted him, drawing his sword and holding himself with both hands in front of him, he said.
"I, Aaron Froststar, Duke of House Froststar of the Twilight Empire and last member of House Froststar in the Empire, under the gaze of the goddesses, declared that the escort mission given to you by the former Duke of House Froststar Marcus Froststar as completed "
After saying that, Aaron turned his back on them and stabbed his sword into the ground as his shadow expanded due to the light of the campfire behind him fading into the forest.
"Now all of you should be able to return to the celestial realm with the rest ..."
"Boy..."
Said 23 while he could only look at Aaron's back without being able to move since they were being transported outside the continent because now they don't have any mission that would allow them to continue there.
Sighing Shin said "Well there is nothing else to do, I'll go first, this was just a waste of time"
Thus completely disappearing in an instant, the other members could only look awkwardly at where their partner was.
"Boy, I'm sorry ..." Said 23 as he looked at the others and said "I'll go talk to shin, John you come too, he just won't listen to me ..."
After that they quickly disappeared leaving only Dragonborn, Megumi and Melody.
"I… Aaron… I'm sorry for what I said…."
Receiving no answer, Melody could only lower her head and disappear like the others
"Boy" said Dragonborn "I don't know if you heard what she said but I ask you not to hate her, she has her situations, although compared to yours ... {sigh} I can only promise you that we will return, you have to hold on boy"
"It's okay uncle Dragonborn, it's just a little girl, I won't take it into account, good luck ..."
After that Dragonborn disappeared leaving only Megumi
"Aaron, I'll leave this bag with supplies here ... [It's the least I can do after you give me such a scene, it will certainly be very popular on the forums]."
After that Megumi disappeared leaving only Aaron on whose face there were two lines of tears and unable to contain it anymore, falling to his knees while supporting himself with his sword still stuck in the ground, he let out a heartrending cry which echoed through the forest.
"DAAAAAAAAAAAD!"
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User: Aaron Froststar
Race: Human (88%)
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{Status}
LV: 5
HP: 78/112 -> 78/102
MP: 34/34 -> 31/31
STR: 10 -> 9
AGI: 14 -> 13
DEX: 15 -> 14
CON: 9 -> 8
INT: 11 -> 10
WIS:16 -> 15
CHA: 17 -> 16
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To Be Continued.
