Eternal Desires
Ch. 1 - The Beginning of the Suffering
!! WARNING, SENSITIVE CONTENT !!
Three days had passed since the puzzling incident at the Dungeon that day, the purple-haired Youth, better known as Wilbert the Adventurer, no longer took the Quest to search for items in a Dungeon.
Even the small Quest he no longer took to cover the leisure of the days, so people who were accustomed to the activities of Wilbert began to feel an oddity and a suspicious, suspicious sense, at once worried why Wilbert became like that?.
But none of them came close to the genius Wilbert, because he felt that Wilbert was not in a good mood to talk to. Naturally, he had already felt more than twice the painful deaths since from the Dungeon.
He, Wilbert, just sat quietly with a puzzled expression why did he stay alive? Shouldn't he have died after being eaten alive by the Lizard?.
"And wasn't I found unconscious in that Dungeon?"
"It seems like all of that was just a dream" he said to convince himself that all of those events were just dreams.
'Which human can come back from the dead?' in fact, there is no case that a human being can come back from the dead.
After all the statements he used to convince himself, in the end he became convinced that everything was just a dream or suggestion that came out from exhaustion.
"I'm thinking too much, come on.. The work!"
However, he ended up faltering. Not being able to believe all of that was just a dream. How can a dream give a deep pain to a part of his body? Isn't that strange?, then isn't it strange that a human being can still live after all that?.
For now he is still vacillating on those two sides. Shaking his fragile mental, to give bad suggestions that have an impact on psychological conditions.
"Damn.."
He stood up, moving from where he had sat before. Together with the gigantic armor and the huge sword that curved up to cover the back of his body, went from that place with a confused feeling.
Way after way he passed, but not a single sign explained where he wanted to go? Even the purpose of living so far has not been told? Next goal? No no, Wilbert's mind was too naive and pragmatic for any of it.
Although mature and looks authoritative, Wilbert turned out to have a naive nature, so it is not uncommon for him to be used for profit. Especially for a crafty human, meeting a powerful man who could be taken advantage of was like heaven, right?.
Wilbert finally stopped on an empty street, his flat face again exuding a burning spirit to do something. And hey, he just ate the same stuff he brought with him in the Dungeon, controlling his expression inconsistently. What a strange young man.
He sat down and ate his lunch for a few minutes..
"I'll make sure this is all alone" he said with his mouth full.
After a while of finishing off the provisions he brought, Wilbert stood up again and walked a few meters from the previous footing. What does he want to do? Making sure? What does he mean by that?.
He arrived at a Bar that provided Quest to take, in which there was only an old grandfather and two other Explorers were sitting enjoying the results of the goods they sold.
"Anne, look at this. Good as new!"
"Listen yes, baldy. You've said that for the umpteenth time"
"Can't be quiet for some saa-"
"Yet...!!"
The voice of the Lady was cut off when she saw Wilbert enter the bar, just imagine a big man suddenly standing next to you, 'horrible' is the picture that comes to everyone's mind, no exception to this woman.
"Grandfather, I asked for a Silver-level Quest"
"Good.."
"Oh.. You're Wilbert the Genius, huh? Please show me your Silver Level Necklace, as this will soon be upgraded to Gold"
"If you don't mind that.."
"Ah. no need, thank you"
The two men, Anne and Steven, Silver level, looked at Wilbert's face in awe and surprise. "Woah resisting increasing the level of Gold? It's great!" thought they.
Wilbert replied to their views, there was no harm in returning the views, because maybe they or he himself had needs between one and the other. And sure enough, Wilbert directly invited them in his "Party" to the Quest this time when he saw the axe of the Bald Youth.
Everyone, with the exception of Wilbert, would not think of inviting strangers like them. But, for Wilbert there is no harm in inviting people like them in the looting this time, because maybe they can make a friendship.
"A-You're Wilbert, yeah!"
"S-S-It's great to be invited to loot with you, but are you okay with the two of us?"
"K-We're both Bot-I mean, Steven and Anne"
"Be quiet, bald, Mr. Wilbert gladly invites us. Don't question it like that!"
"There's no need to be formal, we're the same age"
Of course people will be nervous if invited bluntly like that by people they do not know, it is natural that they use the words 'Are you okay?' to cover up Grogi's taste and convince them one more time that they are really being invited.
Wilbert formed a confused expression, not knowing whether they accepted or rejected this invitation, until finally the two accepted Wilbert's invitation to go looting together like a Team.
The party contained 3 Silver Levels. One Swordsman, One Heavy, and One Buffer had formed.
Silver Level Quest:
[Stopping the Ogres ]
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"Is this the place?"
They arrive at a Goa like Goa in general, but Goa is certainly the place of the Dungeon. So, it is necessary to be careful.
No one knows what awaits in Goa but Ogre. Because not infrequently a Dungeon contains other monsters.
They all tread their feet in Goa with great vigilance. After a while of walking and walking, it gets deeper and more humid. They all finally reached a door.
"This is his Dungeon room, we all have to be careful"
"It's certain that not only is Ogre our enemy"
Wilbert as the leader of the Party, got ready with his greatsword and broke down the door using his kick.
7 Ogres, no, 8 Ogres and 1 Ice Golem approached the three with a thrilling run. Yet none of them trembled to advance, especially that Youth named Steven, he used his axe to cut off the Ogre's legs in such a short period of time.
As a result, 3 Ogres fell and hit the ground to break their jaws. Not only that, Steven was also given a 'buff' by Anne to issue a Great Fireball to destroy the 3 Ogres in one attack.
Ice Golems that were previously far from the Ogres, now approached Steven who was still preoccupied by other Ogres. However, the Ice Golem was brushed aside by Wilbert easily using his Great Sword.
"Lumayan is also you, bald"
"You're also great as it says, Wilbert"
The two formed a smile and ran forward defeating the crazy Ogres, incision after incision destroying the bodies of the Ogres. Not a little bit of blood came out of their bodies.
"Enchant Magic: Glamour Boost"
Bathed in blood in the middle of the ice, that was Anne's view of the two of them. One, two, three? no-no, the nine monsters had become corpses back then as well.
But the treasure box did not come out. Does that mean..!
No one's coming out? Does this mean that his Dungeon did not issue a reward? No-no, that's impossible..
"Don't.."
The sound of bells ringing loudly, accompanied by another strange sound that fills the silence of the room.
Wilbert soon realized something was wrong in this room, and asked Steven, as well as Anne, to stay put.
A Veteran had spoken, the two of them should have followed what Wilbert had said to not move. So they chose to trust Wilbert motionlessly.
"W-Wilbert, what's wrong?"
"If the box doesn't come out, then we'll just go out. We'll also get money from this.."
"As Steven said, we better get out. Please don't scare me.."
"I know that, but we can't move right now.."
"This voice is a harbinger of the coming of the Goblin Tribe"
Sure enough as Wilbert said, the group of Goblins with masks came to them. Not just one or two Goblins, but dozens of Goblins that immediately filled the room.
"That's right.."
"We've never fought anything like this"
"Well, that's natural, because they are opponents in the Gold-level Dungeon"
"T-Gold Level?!"
Confused and afraid, that was the mental state of the two of them. After all, it felt impossible for a swarm of creatures that originated in a Gold Level Dungeon, to be at the Silver Level without one's intervention.
If someone sends them, who is he? What purpose? But, there's no time to think about that. The enemy is in sight.
According to Wilbert's experience, the Goblin Tribe is a blind Goblin tribe, but they are brutal and move in groups, relying on their sense of hearing to identify their prey. Judging from this aspect, one Goblin Tribe was equivalent to 10 ordinary Goblins.
"Steven, Anne, stay behind me. I'll distract them, then you go to the exit quietly." he whispered
"B-But.."
"It's okay, hurry up."
"I'm used to dealing with things like this."
After the plan was executed, Wilbert immediately shouted loudly to lure the Goblins with the aim of killing as many of them, after all, he had the possibility of living because of the power of his 'live back. So this is all the same as betting.
As expected, the Goblins went after the screaming Wilbert, and were ready to pounce on him with their sharp teeth and small spears.
But..
Unknown why, the Goblins were targeting two men behind Wilbert who were moving out to the door of the room.
Did Wilbert miscalculate? no. gabe.
Did they make noise? no. gabe.
"Then why are they being targeted?."
The weirdness.everything is getting weird.. This goblin moved as if it were doing a command.
[ "Huh..?" ]
Wilbert's facial expression turned pale after looking back. The horror and brutality happened right behind him. After all, he was still a Human who had feelings, it would not be surprising if he cried out in fear of that happening behind him.
His mind was shattered, his mind was mixed, his sweat was bursting out, his face was filled with guilt. Because, what happened behind him was something more sinister than death..
Steven, he's dying. His internal organs were eaten alive and his eyes were made blind. Shouts of pain came out continuously from his blood-filled mouth. Even his Gender Tool was cut into small pieces by the Goblins.
"Help me.."
However, Steven wasn't the only one dying there. Anne, she was trained and forced to do 'that' with the Goblins in turn, until her organs and her mind were crushed, she looked like a silent corpse.
"Please kill me.."
This horror happened right in front of Wilbert, he just fell silent and wondered.
"Why am I not the one being targeted?."
"Is this my fault?."
"Why did I ask them to leave?."
"If I hadn't invited them."
"Why am I doing all this?."
The brutality all haunted Wilbert's head to completely destroy his mentality. He who saw all the horror and brutality, accidentally spewed out a lot of food that he had previously eaten.
Then blindly kill all the Goblins there with his giant sword.
"DEAD! DIE UP! DIE UP! DIE UP! DIE!."
"DIE YOU GUYS, YOU GODDAMN GOBLINS!!!!."
Wilbert's head was smashed, his body shattered, all the deaths he passed. Die, and Die, and Die again. Continuously Dead until all the Goblins are destroyed.
The bodies of the two, look like rotten fish gnawed by maggots. Yeah, that's the picture of the horror of that night.
"It turns out this isn't a dream."
"Steven, Anne, I'm sorry?."
"I hope you can forgive me"
"I wish we could be friends"
For the first time in his life, Wilbert felt this crazy feeling press him mentally down to the lowest point. His feet could not stop trembling, his face paled and his mind was filled with chaos.
Is this what his name is.. Guilt?
