Chapter 3—Bird Boy

Helga's feet slowly hit the ground. There is a thick blood and the smell of decomposing corpses. Helga covers her nose with her arm to get rid of the smell.

(This place is worse than I expected... Anyway, you need to conquer the parliament building as soon as possible!)

"I know... I know but how do I know where to go, I've never lived here?!"

(Well.... It glows... *Points to the large building on top of the hill that shines like a star*)

"... Ohh, that makes a lot of sense.... Let's go *Running with all her might*"

"HEY WOMAN! GET OUT OF MY WAY! SUCH THINGS ARE TOO MUCH FOR A WOMAN" The vagabond-looking man speaks like he spits. Behind him, a group of men shout of approval and laughter.

"I wonder if she's a prostitute or something, look at that outfit *laughs*"

Helga turns her head to see the man who said this but she can't understand because there are too many people running to the parliament building.

[Warning: if you are not one of the first 10 people to reach the parliament building, you will be 'punishment']

"Then there's nothing to do *Helga draws her sword*"

Helga cuts through the crowd with her sword and continues to run towards the parliament building.

"Please don't die..." Helga mutters, not wanting to feel the remorse of killing someone

"There's very little left *A relieved smile spreads across her face*"

After a while,

Helga kept running non-stop. Helga could now see the parliament building clearly. She began to go uphill as fast as she could

"Helga?! Is that really you? It's been a long time last time I see you!!"

Helga turns her head to see the owner of this familiar male voice. In front of her is a man with long hair and round silver glasses. (The man's hair was only slightly below his knees when it was swinging and there was a red part on the right side of his black hair towards the middle)

"Sorry, where am I know you? You're so familiar but I can't remember..."

The man presses his long fingers to his chest and smiles

"It's me Merlin Salix! We were in the same class in high school, and I even asked you out in my senior year. In fact, it was a confession of love... That lemonade stall next to the school... Anyway, it doesn't matter! I'm just glad to see you again. I never expected to see you again, especially in a place like this *Blushes*"

".... *She stares blankly at Merlin for a while* OHH! 'THE BIRD BOY'!! Yea, how did I forgot you? Hahaha I'm glad to see you too!" She gives Merlin a big smile

"... Yea... 'The Bird Boy'..." He speaks in a disappointed voice

Whatever, we must conquer the parliament building as soon as possible, otherwise no one knows what will happen... And this crowd is going to be a big deal..."

"Let me help you! *He begins to speak in an incomprehensible language. Meanwhile, dark clouds begin to form over the crowd. Finally, a great lightning strike disperses the whole crowd... I mean those who are not roasted by Merlin's lightning*"

"I'm sorry, that's the best I can do, I woke up as an S level, but since I still haven't unlocked abilities, that's all I can do *He wipes the blood flowing from his nose with his hand*"

"Never mind, I haven't unlocked any skills yet, even though I woke up as SS level, and I think it was very useful for us"

"Wait, are you the SS-level hunter?—"

[Congratulations to 'Hell Knight' you are the first person who arrived in 'sun tempel']

[Congratulations The 'Ancient wizard of the tree of life' has become the second person to arrive at the sun temple]

[The system automatically assigned the 'Hell Knight' and the 'Ancient wizard of the Tree of Life' as a team]

"Why did system make us a team? Anyway, I guess that makes things easier"

"I think it's because we crossed the crowd together on the way here *Merlin wipes his glasses and puts them back on*"

"Oh... That make sense—"

[Quest 2: Infidels]

{Find and destroy the statue of Ra the sacred sun god of ancient Egypt}

{Find the eye of Horus}

~The duration of this quest is 30 minutes~

[Attention: This quest will start in 5 minutes]

"Let's do it like this, you go to the right and I go to the left. Whichever of us finds the statue, smashes it, and the other takes the eye of Horus *They talk at the same time*"

"Ahh, okay, I'll go right, you go left"

"Deal! Let's go!!"

[Quest 2 Infidels is began!]

{Destroy Ra's statue and take the eye of Horus before the other 48 stop you!!}

"But there was nothing for us to oppose the others— But there was nothing for us to oppose the others— *Before Merlin can finish speaking, the others begin to attack*"

"Never mind them, now it's clear that the system hasn't told us everything to make us think it's going to be easy!"

"*He pulls out a brown wand from his inventory with a large red crystal on it* Helga, you go ahead and I'll get rid of them!!"

"What a no, you'd be wasting too much time"

['Ancient wizard of the tree of life' is about to unleash his first talent]

"Merlin..."

"Go! I'll be fine!!"

With all her might, Helga opens the large doors of the parliament building with some difficulty.

Helga opened and closed all the doors, not sure what she was looking for... She' s looking for anything resembling Ra. The parliament building began to feel like it was 10 times the size of what it looked like from the outside.

[Your teammate 'Ancient Wizard of the Tree of Life' has begun to bleed life]

"What?.. *Helga suddenly felt very sick. She was shaking like crazy and everything around her seemed to be spinning*"

(What are you doing, keep going! If you not finish the quest, your friend's situation will be much worse than it is now!)

Ruh was now in the form of a male fairy with a green suit. He angrily adjusted his glasses in one eye.

(Don't worry he will be fine. He's a S class hunter. He can't die easily. Even if he wants to)

Helga was a little relieved. She kept running again and looking at all the rooms. That is, until she came across the large double doors at the end of the corridor. She broke open the doors because she was so bored of turning them on and off every time

This was the conference room. Behind the lectern was a familiar statue.

"I found it..."

['Ancient wizard of the tree of life' is about to lose consciousness]

"Fuck... Please hold on a little longer, Merlin..."

Helga jumps up and attacks the statue with all her might. But the statue raises its arm and fends off Helga's attack. The statue's right arm is severed, but not completely shattered.

Helga falls to the ground. He jumps to attack again, but Ra the statue parries this attack as well and takes very little damage

"This is going to take longer than I expected... "

Helga tries for a long time, but fails every time.

"Damn! Let me destroy you! If I can't destroy you, my comrade will lose his life!"

The statue naturally shows no signs of emotion.

['Ancient wizard of the tree of life' can't seem to move]

"..."

"..."

"..."

['Hell Knight' opened up a new talent]

['Knight of Hell' uses 'God's Eyes']

Helga's eyes begin to emit an intense blue glow

"I summon you 'The bloody ruler of Egypt and the eternal war of the desert'. Please answer my call. The ancient Egyptian god of war... Seth."

"Ehehe. You were braver than I thought. Ok. I'm answering your call. 'Hell Knight' Helga C. Silver"

Helga's body completely transforms into Seth's

"I've always wanted to get the head of the Ra"

He waves the black sickle in his hand once and the statue of Ra turns to dust

"It's not enough to calm my anger, but it's enough for this moment... I don't know how to go back so I have to have a little more guest in your head. If I need help, just say my name. Now, you'd better go save your old friend"

"I've got to go find Merlin—"

['Ancient wizard of the tree of life' has regained his consciousness]

['Ancient wizard of the tree of life' unleashes 'Flames of Sacrifice' talent]

(See? I told you. He's fine)

"Hahaha Merlin! He's fine! Wait the eye of Horus! How much time is left until the end of the quest?!"

[5 minutes left on quest]

Helga begins to run with her usual strength. Finally, she arrives in the backyard of the Parliament building and she finds Merlin in front of the fountain.

"I found it! *Raises 'Horus' eye'in the air. He is covered with blood*"

['The ancient wizard of the tree of life' found the eye of Horus]

[Congratulations, you have completed the task of infidels. Quest rewards are being awarded...]

[Time until new quest starts: 8 hours]

[Hunters teleport back to where they came from in front of the clock tower of the Port City...]

Sit in front of the Merlin and Helga clock tower

"I got some money along with the wizard's robe, blessing of Horus and Seal of Horus. I guess it's pretty good"

"And I am the protection of Ra, a bracelet made of snake skin, the seal of Ra and... A small model of a boat? Anyway, there's some money with this thing"

"Is this the royal boat? You know, the one that Ra used to go to the Duat... "

"Isn't this too small for that?"

"I remember it was growing when it was taken into the water. But I think you'd better go to sleep first because rest assured, the next quest is going to be harder than previous one"

Merlin looks at Seth, who is transparent like a hologram with fascinated eyes.

"Are you really seth? Wow, I'm a big fan of you—"

"Merlin, He's right, we have to sleep first, and then you can continue to talk about your obsession for Seth"

She speaks as she rubs her bleeding feet

".. Wait here, I'll find more comfortable shoes for you and come back"

He leaves and comes back after a while with black ballet flats in his hands

"I'm sorry, these were the neatest shoes I could find"

"Where did you get these, all the shops are looted—"

"I took it from a corpse..."

"... Oh..."

"I'm so sorry but I had no choice, as you said, all the shops were already looted"

"No, It's okey thank you so much! Now let's go and find a place to sleep. There were homeless shelters nearby, I think we can use them"

Helga puts on the shoes Merlin brought and puts the old ones in her inventory. Then the two head to the homeless shelter together