Ti Left: 30 Days, 4 Hours]
"We've arrived."
Upon hearing Fitz's words in a low hum, I slowed down my dragon's speed until it finally stopped.
The hulking beast hovered above a cluster of especially tall trees, and I could already see them rustling and moving as if they were alive.
"It seems the trees are still after you, Fitz." I smiled, watching them dance.
"Haha! It would seem so." He replied nervously.
A bead of sweat fell from his face, and an awkward smile covered his face. I couldn't help but praise the System for its fine work once again.
"Alright, then. Leave them to ." I answered.
Whether it was due to the excitent I had about the treasures I would find here, or the fact that I was nearly done with my mission, I was suddenly filled with so much energy waiting to be let loose.
"This shouldn't take too long."
~WHOOOOOOSSSSHHHHH!!!~
In a flash, like a bolt of lightning, I left my place in the sky and descended below—to the trees that readily awaited my arrival.
Of course, their reaction speed was nothing compared to my enhanced state—or even my base form if I was being serious.
I swifly infused my blade with energy and brandished it, prepared to swing it at any mont.
"UROOAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" The trees roared, all of them closing in on the mont I landed on the ground.
However, they were too slow… and too weak.
~SWISH!~
My wyvern blade easily sliced through them like hot knife through butter, causing their loud screams to slowly dissolve into helpless echoes.
The vines and branches they lunged at fell powerlessly like marionettes whose strings had been cut off, none of them capable of much else.
It took a few seconds at best to dispatch them since they were slow and weak.
'I wish I had a sword-based Skill, though. It would make all this easier, rather than just doing this manually…' I found myself thinking as I eliminated the last nearby tree.
Perhaps once I got more Currency, I would be able to do sothing about that.
'For now, though… let's focus on the task at hand.'
To my surprise, the other trees beyond the darker, taller ones, didn't make any move against .
I had thought they would act the sa way the trees at the oak behaved—with all of them closing in at once—but it seed the circumstances here was different.
'Makes sense. I don't want to have to tear down this entire forest just to complete this Quest.'
That would be too exhausting and ti-consuming.
"Alright, dragon, bring Fitz down." I murmured, looking above as the colossal beast slowly descended.
As it did this, I took the liberty of looking around .
The area had been leveled, courtesy of slicing and dicing so many trees. It was much easier to see through everything around , and the air also felt much cleaner for so reason.
I activated and beca one with my surroundings. My goal was simple: find the entrance to the treasure room that Fitz was so fond of before he—
"There it is! The entrance is over there!" Fitz's voice echoed in my ears, pulling out of the zone I was getting imrsed in.
It was frustrating having him easily point out sothing I was trying very hard to get right.
Fitz dismounted the dragon in what appeared to be a hurry and excitedly rushed to my side. He had that sa annoying smile on his face, one that I had grown to tolerate.
All the energy I thought I had already dissipated at this point. I felt sleepier and grumpier than ever, but managed to hide it.
"Haha, really?" I forced a smile, glancing in the direction he pointed at.
There seed to be nothing but dirt, but sothing pulsated within all the soil that covered the ground.
"Hmm… curious." I murmured, watching Fitz rush towards the area with an eager smile on his face.
I was the one getting the treasure, yet you'd think otherwise with the way he acted.
'He's just a System prop, yet he can display such human traits. It feels too real…'
Then again, I couldn't be too surprised.
The System had always been like this—surprising at every turn.
"Watch your steps, Fitz, and make sure to… h-hold on… watch out!" My casual tone slowly shifted into sothing else.
Sothing darker.
All in a matter of seconds, my relazed gaze transfod into that of shock and instant worry.
~WHOOOOSSSHHHH!!!~
With swift steps, I rushed to Fitz, reaching out to grab him while he still maintained his usual smile.
He was yet to fully grasp the severity of the situation, considering how slow he was. His innocent gaze was on the Entrance… but mine was on sothing just a few ters after.
Sothing that had suddenly appeared the mont Fitz drew close enough to it.
The Whispering Treant!
Having a hulking height of at least fifteen ters, its enormous mass made it appear even bigger and more intimidating than any monster I had ever encountered in the past.
It had slimy green moss covering its dark brown bark, and its robust arms and legs felt like they could crush a thousand tis over.
The dragon I had already unsummoned was even inferior to it in both height and mass—though I wasn't sure about the power aspect.
It's shimring eyes begged for terror, and the mont it showed up, the whispers that disturbed my head grew even louder.
The noises trasncended the realm of annoyance to that of pain. I could feel a searing, inescapable pain resonate within my head.
However, that didn't stop from moving—from desperately grabbing the man and pulling him away from the raised foot of the Whispering Treant.
Why would I do sothing like this? Why would I go so far for soone I barely knew?
Fitz had been a sketchy character from the start, and he was most likely a prop designed by the System. His entire personality was annoying, and I found his supposed optimism to be off-putting.
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Yet… here I was saving him despite the pain coursing through .
All for a single reason.
'You can't die on ! Not until I'm sure your role as my guide is over!'
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