"A guild?" Lance asked from the call. "And Florencia will pay? Is that okay?"
"The girl actually was just trying to impress the villagers and only had half of the amount," Elliot said with a chuckle. "I still have to shoulder half of it."
Lance laughed at this. "That girl, she's seriously sothing else, huh? And by the way, how's Christina. I heard she's also part of the League of Royals and Nobles?"
"Yeah," Elliot said. "She's actually been there for quite a while now. About a year. Her family must've pressured her from joining. Which sucked."
"Yep," Lance chuckled. "Anyway, I still have so guild work to do. I missed a lot of reports as a guild master. Good thing we're pausing with our adventures for now. I need to really do these bad boys."
"Okay, do that and I have to go," Elliot said. "Bye, Lance."
"Bye, Elliot."
They ended the call and Elliot smiled. He had been contacting his friends everyday just for updates but he still missed them sohow. He was leaning his head against a rock, watching the ocean from the shore. It was a beautiful view that he didn't get to see often.
Alorde was in the middle of the kingdom, aning they don't get to enjoy the sea like this.
Just a few minutes from now, Elliot was going to et up with Elda so she could give him the thing that the mysterious Adventurer gave her.
His instructions was awfully clear too.
To give the item to the boy who would use Supre Malevolence.
"It's ti," Elliot said to himself and stood, walking into the forest where Elda was standing. "Did you bring it?"
Elda nodded and offered her closed hand. "Give your hand."
Elliot extended his hand, opening his palm and feeling a small hard and cold object drop from Elda's hand.
"That's the thing," Elda said. "Now, I'm free. I'll go back to Dan now."
"Thank you," Elliot bowed slightly, letting Elda walk out of the forest, leaving him alone.
He took a glance at the item and saw that it was a pendant. He used scan and determined that the tal used in the pendant was Valorium, aning that the one who previously owned this was from Cacten.
"But what does that have to do with anything?" Elliot grunted and placed the pendant in his Inventory.
Imdiately, a notification popped out.
'Encrypted ssage loading"
'Please wait a couple of minutes'
"Encrypted ssage?" Elliot asked himself. He scratched the back of his head while he waited for the system to finish processing the ssage.
'Encryption done.'
Elliot opened his Console and saw the array of ssages. The ssages were encrypted into 7 sections, sothing Elliot think was odd.
[ 1/8
// Dear APRIL,
I know how to thank you for all the blessings you gave from using The Manual. It has only been a couple of months and I've reached the Terran's Legendary tier. ]
As expected, it was from the previous owner. And just like Elda guessed, the owner wasn't Terran. So did that an that the Manual did not originally belonged to their Realm? Or does it go to other realms from ti to ti?
Elliot gulped as he opened the second ssage.
[ 2/8
// Dear APRIL,
I am traveling the world with my best friends. We're currently looking for more people to join us but it's hard to identify which people to trust. The Manual constantly tells to be careful of betrayals. ]
Elliot could feel the sa as to what this man was at. The Manual constantly reminded him that betrayals are inevitable, and that sooner or later, soone will turn on him.
The thought would kill Elliot from ti to ti. He couldn't imagine who and why a person would betray him. And the fact that it could be anyone.
Even his friends.
[ 3/8
// Dear APRIL,
Among the Six Realms, my favorite is Terra, I could say. The Manual lets do crazy quests sotis and even my friends would question its decisions. But then sooner or later, it would all make sense. It's odd, but very helpful so kudos to the Manual for that. ]
Once again, Elliot could relate to him. Collecting certain body parts, doing sothing odd, and so of the other quests The Manual had given him showed that it would make sense in the future. He was in a similar situations with the previous owner and it was fascinating yet scary for him.
Fascinating since they share a lot of struggles with The Manual.
[ 4/8
// Dear APRIL,
Today, I finally asked her out. And she said yes! I couldn't believe how happy I am. After saving her from her tyrant mother, she's finally mine now. And I have to thank you for that. If you haven't given that quest to go to her, I wouldn't have t such a wonderful woman. ]
"So, he was in love?" Elliot tilted his head.
The previous owner of APRIL must be from one of the two boys in Elda's story. And the girl was the one the previous owner fell in love with.
[ 5/8
// Dear APRIL,
Everyday is a struggle when your best friend is literally stronger than you. He can wield more than one affinity while I could only rely on you and my own. *sigh* I kinda wish I didn't gave him my potions though. But that would be selfish. Whatever. ]
[ 6/8
// Dear APRIL,
We have encountered children with horrifying past. One is a prisoner of silence, one is kissed by darkness, and one is chained to responsibility. But I promise to guide them with everything I can. Wish luck! ]
[ 7/8
// Dear APRIL,
She's pregnant! We will finally have a child. I will make our child a strong Adventurer like so we can live a life together, us family. That would be aweso! ]
For the final ssage, confusion starts to fill Elliot's head.
[ 8/8
// APRIL
What is happening? How did it end up this way? I thought I could trust him. But ]
The ssage wasn't finished. And Elliot was in no way to determine if the previous owner was in a hurry to close his Console or soone stopped him from continuing his ssage.
Elliot pulled the amulet out of the Inventory and placed it back, only to be shown the sa ssages. This would an that it wasn't a glitch in the system.
So, what could it an?
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