It necessary help to be helped

"Big sister, my plan is to follow the path to the forest, while you two fight against the creatures. After that, when you are inside the forest, you keep fighting while I follow behind you. It's a great plan, right? "Liu Yang said in an innocent tone.

As the two girls heard Liu Yang's words, they wanted to beat him until he fell to the floor. He was being very shameless in using two beautiful young women as his maid.

"Little brother, do you really dare to say those words ... This older sister is really surprised to know that you have so much courage ..." Rose spoke with a cool and piercing tone, she was looking at Liu Yang as if he was a dead person.

Liu Yang felt a chill on his spine when he heard these words, he felt like disconnecting the game and coming back later, but he knew he could lose the chance if he did it.

"Big sister, this younger brother here is very weak at the moment, moreover, it is the big sister's duty to protect her younger brother in his weakest moment. When this younger brother gets stronger, I will protect you both. "Liu Yang spoke with a solemn tone.

What he said was true, his parents always taught Liu Yang about mutual respect and gratitude. To be respected, you need to respect. If someone helps you, you need to return this favor. The two women did not know that these words of Liu Yang would save them from a great disaster in the future.

"I see ..." Rose was surprised by Liu Yang's words, she was getting more and more interested in Liu Yang, although she liked to harass him always, she still liked those moments of distraction. For as a lady who came from an influential group, she had duties that normal people did not have, and because of that, spending time in a relaxed way was something rare for her. The same was true for Little Thorns, as she was Rose's private maid, she too did not have much freedom to do the things she wanted.

"This big sister will believe your words, but you have to remember what you promised. If not, this big sister will be sad if the younger brother goes back with his words" Rose said with a funny tone.

"This little brother will not forget the favors of the big sisters." Liu Yang swore.

"Okay, let's set this aside for now. Little brother, have you made the arrangements for the trip yet? "

"Yes, everything is ready"

"So what are we waiting for? Let's go"

"Wait." When Rose was about to open the bedroom door, Liu Yang interrupted her.

"Little brother, what happened?" Rose was doubtful at the sudden interruption of Liu Yang, Little Thorns was also curious to know why.

"Let's use the Parchment of Return to return, but we'll go to another city," Liu Yang said with a serious tone. The two girls understood why they realized they might be being followed.

"Fine, but which city will we go to?"

"Get it." Liu Yang opened the trading window and handed a parchment to each of them.

"Before using the parchment, wear black masks and robes." Liu Yang said, after that, he used the Mr. Smile's mask, the two girls did the same, the difference was that Rose's masks only covered the half of her face, while Little Thorns' mask showed only her eyes.

After the preparations were ready, the three activated the parchment, a light covered their bodies before disappearing. The place where they were was the City of Heavenly Lake because no chase would think the three would go to a place so far.

The arrival of the three did not draw much attention from the public, because there were also other people dressed in black walking around the city. The transport stone was on the side of the place where the three were, they just walked a little to get to the rock.

The next destination was a village called Black Stone Village, this village is near the Black Forest of Petrified Trees, despite having to travel for a day on horseback, the village was still the closest place to the forest. A light covered their bodies before they disappeared.

...

In a place where the clouds were black, thunder and lightning roared in the sky like snakes twisting, strong and sharp winds blew on all sides. A small village with dozens of wooden houses could be seen below these clouds, some people were pacing as they carried baskets of straw with plants.

One light shone and three people appeared from the shipping stone, they were Liu Yang, Rose, and Little Thorns. Liu Yang was surprised when he saw the place because it was different than he imagined, the two girls were not surprised because they had come to this place before.

"Little brother, before we go into the forest, we can get a quest here in town, which can be repeated every two months" Rose said, she had done this quest before and recommended that Liu Yang do it too.

"Alright, but where do I get this quest?"

"Follow me." Rose walked ahead, while Liu Yang and Little Thorns followed behind.

As they walked through the village, the locals were curious about the three, for it was unusual for them to see people from outside the village. The trio walked to a wooden house that had the plaque with the following words written: Chief of the Village.

Tock ... Tock ...

Rose knocked on the door some times to see if anyone was in the house.

"Came in" A husky, old voice was heard from inside the house. The door opened and the three of them entered.

"Sorry for the inconvenience." The three of them spoke at the same time.

The interior of the house was common, there was only a small room with a bed, an old man was sitting on the wooden chair with his eyes closed.

"Adventurers, what do you want?" The old man slowly opened his eyes when he saw the trio dressed in the black cloak.

"Chief of the village, we're here to help with the temporary purification of the village" Rose said in a courteous tone. She did not dare to be disrespectful to the old man.

"I see ... But before I can let you into the forest, you have to do something for me in return." The old man spoke.

"Chief of the village, what would it be?" Rose asked though she had done this quest before. If she did not show her face or the item she received before, she would have to do the process again. As she was with Liu Yang, Rose and Little Thorns preferred to do the process again.

"I would like you to help us in the village with some kind of food"