Chapter 193 Quest Completion [2]

Chapter 193 Quest Completion [2]

[The incident has been resolved with no lasting effect on anyone who has been involved. The future is changing.]

I stared at the notification with my breath caught in my throat.

So far, reading the first part, everything appeared to be flowing smoothly.

'The quest... did I fail it, or not?'

I was still waiting for the next notification to pop up. Who knew whether I had failed or not? Until I saw confirmation, I didn't dare hope.

In the meantime, I pulled the main quest window by my side.

[ ◆ Main Quest Activated: Tree Of Ebonthorn.]

: Character Progression + 401%

: Game Progression + 13%

Failure

: Calamity 1 + 23%

: Calamity 2 + 17%

: Calamity 3 + 19%

In particular, my eyes fell on the lower end of the quest window.

'I hope I didn't fail.'

While I still wasn't sure exactly what the percentage rise for the failure brought, the percentages were quite high. Whatever it did, it was certainly not good. For that reason, I needed to be extra careful.

"Hoo."

Time seemed to stretch all of a sudden.

I stood frozen while staring at the notification window.

'There's nothing that said I can't align myself with the tree, and since it says that the future has changed, it means that there should be no problem, right?'

Typically, whenever it said the future had changed, then it would say that I had passed.

That was how it usually went.

But I couldn't be sure.

The quests were unreliable, and the criteria were unkown.

The only thing I could do was pray.

Pray that I had passed.

And,

Soon, the notifications that I had been waiting for, arrived.

◆| Game Progression EXP + 13%

Game Progression : [0%——-[31%]———————100%]

Seeing the experience bar fill before my very eyes, I felt every part of my body starting to relax.

It was a sight that I had been eager to see.

Despite not knowing exactly what the game progression bar did, seeing that I had reached 31%, I felt an indescribable emotion.

'Soon, soon...'

Then came the best part.

"Ah."

◆| Character Progression EXP + 401%

Exp : [0%-—[20%]——————100%]

A familiar wave of energy surged through my body, reaching its deepest parts and reinvigorating me. My muscles began to tense, my eyesight sharpened, and my hearing, along with all my other senses, heightened.

It was a euphoric and addicting feeling that I didn't want to stop.

But all good things eventually came to an end.

Sure enough, after a few minutes like this, the feeling stopped and a new notification popped up before my very eyes.

[ ◆ Active Main Quest: Prevent the Calamities from awakening or dying.]

Aoife K. Megrail : Slumber

: Progress - 0%

Kiera Mylne : Slumber

: Progress - 9%

Evelyn J. Verlice : Slumber

: Progress - 0%

It was there to remind me of my current mission.

So far, staring at the numbers, I felt relaxed.

They weren't high, and nothing to worry about.

Then again, staring at the quest window again and seeing the high numbers, I knew that there would eventually come a quest that would make it extremely hard for me—

"Uh...?"

If that was the case, then this entire event had been useless for them.

In that regard, I think I was starting to get a better understanding of the quests.

'I have to prevent them from suffering the trauma that they experienced in the game, while at the same time ensuring that they progress for the future.'

"Fuck."

I swore at the thought.

It was certainly an annoying situation, but at the same time, I felt like I was starting to get a clearer picture of the path that I needed to take in the future.

I rubbed my forehead.

'I hope that the sudden increase in percentage didn't do a lot of damage.'

Considering that Kiera looked completely unbothered after she rose to 9%, I didn't feel that worried.

"Hoo."

Taking a deep breath to calm my mind down, I looked outside the window.

It was dark now, and the previous excitement that I felt when reaching the next rank cooled down.

Level : 32 [Tier 3 Magician]

Exp : [0%—[19%]———————100%]

Staring at the notification in front of me, I waved my hand and scattered it away.

I no longer felt that excited about reaching Tier 3.

"There is still... a lot of work to do."

To Tok—

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

I hastily turned my head to look at Owl-Mighty who flapped its wings and directly entered my body. I knew that I was still curious about my situation, but our relationship was one of mutual exchange.

I didn't plan on revealing any of my secrets to it.

I couldn't afford to do so.

"Cadet? Are you sleeping?"

A rough voice echoed from the other side of the door.

Fixing my clothes, and wiping my sweat, I headed for the door where a large man donning a uniform greeted me.

"Yes...?"

Frowning, I looked at him up and down.

He was well-built, and his eyebrows were rather thick. Hiding his hair was a small cap, but taking a closer look, it didn't seem like he had much hair to begin with.

"I apologize for suddenly disturbing you."

He started off with an apology and I relaxed. It didn't seem like he was here to start any trouble.

"There's no problem."

"That's good. I do apologize for calling you so late into the night, but I need you to follow me for now."

I blinked my eyes.

I needed to follow him?

For what?

"Is this an order?"

The man deeply looked at me.

I stood on the spot while staring back into his hazel eyes. Eventually, he broke off the stare and cleared his throat.

"No, this is not an order. We would just like to interrogate you with regard to what happened. You must understand that this is all because we're trying to investigate what happened. You don't have to come, but it might get troublesome for you if you don't come."

At first, I thought he was threatening me.

However, when I thought about it, he was right.

Were I to reject this offer, then I would start to look suspicious to them. Perhaps not by much since there were probably others who planned on rejecting the request, but I didn't doubt for one second that it was going to become troublesome further down the line.

It was for that reason that I nodded.

"Okay, I can do that."

Either way, there was no way for them to pin-point Owl-Mighty who was inside of my body.

Not only that but from what he told me, everyone's memories had been wiped.

All I had to do was act like I had also lost my memories.

The only thing I would lose from this would be time. However, when considering that it would probably lead to me losing more time in the future, I gladly accepted the offer.

"Please lead the way, I'll follow you from behind."

"Thank you. Please follow me."

And thus, I followed the officer into the interrogation room.

'It's a bit of a pity that everyone's memories have been wiped.'

I'd have been able to milk something from the Guild executives had that been the case.

Truly, a pity.