Solo Mission
'Thank goodness I can see well in the dark. So this is how being a nocturnal monster feels like...' Rem was relieved.
'I was curious about what was going on in that forest too..! I guess Nor knew something dangerous was going on in that forest! It was quite abnormal, after all. But still... I can't believe I can only buy one teleportation stone every month!!! That sucks! Now I have to run there!!!'
{You need some exercise anyway.}
'I do not!'
{Yes, you do. You depended on the teleportation stone too much. Get used to this.}
'Che... At least I'm fast thanks to my high agility.' Rem ran towards the Dark Forest.
'I can sense that forest from miles away! It's definitely not a pleasing smell...' After ten minutes, Rem arrived at the forest.
'Now what is in the forest that makes everything around it strong and corrupted..?' Rem ran deeper and deeper into the forest.
*Sniff, sniff.
'Aw, geez... What is that smell???' Rem covered her nose.
'My sense of smell is way too good... Urg! Bleh..! That smell is horrible!!!'
{I don't smell anything.}
'Of course, you don't!!! Oh, I wonder why you're not smelling anything...' Rem said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
{...}
'Hey, what was that..? I can feel the ground shaking a little. I never noticed before since I was in a rush to find the boss but now I can feel the ground shaking... I wonder why I never smelled this before? I don't think we've gone to this part of this forest yet.' Rem looked around her surroundings.
'Ah, ha! I found it.' Rem found a hidden underground entrance.
'That was hidden really well... If I don't have good senses, I would have never noticed. What is this? A facility..?' Rem activated her stealth and entered the underground facility.
As she entered the underground facility, she noticed a few guards and inspected their stats.
'Oh, no..! They are all around level 60. But still... They're no match for me!' Rem equipped her dagger but before she could do anything, 001 stopped her.
{Before you do anything, I'll tell you one thing. Never turn your stealth off because I can feel something bad is going to happen if you do. Be extra careful.}
'Alright... Got it.' Rem thought in a serious tone.
Defeating all the guards silently was not a problem for Rem. She was doing fine until she reached deeper into the underground facility.
'What is that???' Rem hide behind a few stoned pillars.
She saw many people in black and red cloaks.
'Are they mages..? What are they doing here?' Rem wondered.
{It seems these people are doing a ritual. That thing under this forest is an extremely powerful dark orb. They are sacrificing dead people for it. If they succeed in activating the dark or to its full power, an evil spirit will appear. That spirit is very strong and can destroy a whole city. I recommend you stop them before they succeed.}
'No wonder it smells... These people in black and red cloaks are all around level 80! How am I supposed to beat them..?' Rem was worried and doubted herself.
{You will beat them.}
'... Fine. You better not let me die!' Rem charged at one of the people wearing a cloak.
Five people were wearing black cloaks that were all around level 80. Using all her skills at once, she succeeds in killing one of the people wearing a black cloak. Before Rem could attack another, she was paralyzed for a second and got stabbed by one of the black-cloaked people.
"Urk..!" Rem resisted the pain and continued to fight the black-cloaked people.
'I need to kill four more!' Rem was exhausted.
She has been fighting the level 80 black cloaked people for ten minutes already. She only succeeded in killing one black cloaked people. In the process, Rem became heavily injured. She was bleeding and losing a lot of blood. She also got poisoned by one of the black-cloaked people.
"Hah..." Rem was half-conscious.
'Three more...' Rem forced herself to fight but failed to do so.
Just before she was about to collapse on the floor, Rem heard a voice.
{You Are About To Die. Would You Like To Activate The Auto Fighting Mode Function?}
[Yes/No]
{Auto Fighting Mode Activated!}
Gaining a lot of power, Rem was healed and her eyes began to glow bloody red.
"You two! Distract this intruder. I will report this to them." One of the black-cloaked men said.
The other two black-cloaked men nodded. They continued to fight Rem but Rem easily destroyed them in a few seconds. After killing the two black-cloaked men who were in her way, Rem followed the last one alive. In a few minutes, she caught up with the last black-cloaked man but before she could do anything, the man swallowed something and died.
{Auto Fighting Mode Deactivated!}
Rem slowly began to regain consciousness and started to comprehend what was going on.
'What happened..?'
{You defeated all of the black-cloaked men and that man ate poison that killed and burned everything on him to avoid getting information leaked out.}
'I see... Right now I have to destroy the orb. First, let me search the others.' Rem got back to the underground facility and searched the other black-cloaked people.
'Good thing these people didn't eat poison. I should keep these items for now. Before checking what those are, I have to get rid of that orb. 001, how do I get rid of that..?' Rem asked.
{Shift into your beast form and use shadow chains on it.}
'Okay.' Rem did what she was told to do.
*ShAtTeRs!
The orb shattered.
{Now get out of here, this instance.}
'Sure.' Rem could feel enormous energy coming from the shattered orb.
Rem ran away from the shattered orb as fast as she could.
*BOOMMM!!!
'Oh, wow... If I didn't escape as soon as possible, I would have been dead meat.' Rem sighed and ran back to the city.